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Q: Using a string to generate a byte array of data from a lookup table I have this program that is reading the test string from a textbox and convert it to a byte array that makeup data to be diplayed on a screen. I am getting very close. The code can currently pull the text, convert it to a char array, and then replace the zeros in the byte array with useful data from a 2 dimensional array that contains 5 bits for all the letters of the alphabet. I am have a problem though. The code only seems to run once. If I click the button a second time I end up with an "indexOutOfRange exception unhandled." Also it only seems to work for one letter at a time
EX: if I type "A" it will display, but if I type "AA" I get the same error.
Here is the WordArray[]
byte[,] Letters = new byte[18, 5] { { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 },
                                       { 63, 72, 72, 63, 0 },
                                       { 127, 73, 73, 54, 0 } };

Here is the click_button method:
    int Aindex = 0;
    int LettersIndex = 0;
    private void SendButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        WordIndex = 0;
        if (Aindex > 0)
        {
            Aindex = 0;
        }
        string CurrentTextString = textBox1.Text;
        char[] charArray = CurrentTextString.ToCharArray();
        if (textBox1.Text == "")
        {

        }
        else
        {
            foreach (char c in charArray)
            {
                int index = 0;
                CharAsciiArray[index] = Convert.ToChar((Convert.ToInt32(c)));
                textBox2.Text += CharAsciiArray[index] + " ";
                charCount++;
                index++;
            }
            for (int NumberofBytes = 0; NumberofBytes < charCount; NumberofBytes++)
            {

                LettersIndex = 0;
                // int currentChar = CharAsciiArray[index] - 65;
                //textBox2.Text += currentChar;
                int currentCharAscii = (CharAsciiArray[Aindex]);
                int currentChar = currentCharAscii - 'A';
                for (int NumberofBits = 0; NumberofBits < 5; NumberofBits++)
                {

                    // textBox2.Text += currentChar;
                    WordArray[WordIndex + 3] = Letters[currentChar, LettersIndex];
                    textBox2.Text += WordArray[WordIndex] + " ";
                    LettersIndex++;
                    WordIndex++;
                }
                Aindex++;
            }
            SendingData = true;
            //SendNextByte();

            serialPort1.Write(WordArray, 0, WordArray.Length);
        }
    }

A: In the following loop
  foreach (char c in charArray)
  {
      int index = 0;
      CharAsciiArray[index] = Convert.ToChar((Convert.ToInt32(c)));
      textBox2.Text += CharAsciiArray[index] + " ";
      charCount++;
      index++;
  }

You apparently want to increase the index on each iteration but you're resetting index to 0 every time.
Besides that, make up your mind on what pattern you want to follow when naming your variables. For instance:
Why is AIndex not AnIndex and how would you name the next index? AnotherIndex? Does it need to be global? Why does charArray start with a lowercase c and NumberOfBytes with an uppercase N? Write code as if you would have to explain it to your wife / husband (who knows?) and it'll be easier to maintain / debug.

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The marine environment
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More than two thirds of the Earth's surface is occupied by seas and oceans. Heated by the sunshine, the temperature of sea water varies with location and depth. On the other hand, its composition and therefore its salinity are remarkably constant in a given sea while showing some variations from one sea to another. In the marine environment, the cradle of life, under the open ocean surface, which is neither flat as the ancients believed, nor really round, a multitude of organisms live in conditions very different from those known on earth and constitute an amazing biodiversity.
1. Origin and extent of the oceans
During the slow evolution of our planet, plate tectonics has continuously changed the positions of continents and oceans. At the time of the Pangea, about 300 million years ago [1], there was only one large ocean surrounding this one continent. Today, according to the classification of the International Hydrological Organization (IHO), there are three oceans. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, its surface area is about half that of the oceans as a whole, and it alone covers one-third of the Earth's surface. It is certainly because of its predominance on the surface that the median meridian of this ocean was chosen as the date change line. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest by area, accounting for about 30% of the total. It is much better supplied with fresh water than other oceans, since it receives flows from large rivers such as the Amazon, Congo and St. Lawrence. The Indian Ocean, the third largest by area, accounts for about 20% of the total. It is almost entirely located in the southern hemisphere, between Asia, Africa and Australia.
Despite this official classification, it is common practice to have 5 oceans on our planet, rather than 3, distinguishing between the Antarctic Ocean to the south, or Austral, which surrounds the Antarctic continent up to about 60 degrees and whose area represents about 6% of the total, and the Arctic Ocean to the north, which is bordered by the lands of Siberia, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America, whose area represents about 4% of the total. This shallow Arctic Ocean is partly covered by ice floes. Globally, the surface area of these oceans represents 71% of that of the globe.
The seas then appear as marine sub-domains, of relatively small sizes and relatively individualized. Geographical reasons usually justify this individualisation, as is the case for the Mediterranean Sea, which communicates with the Atlantic Ocean only through the Strait of Gibraltar, so narrow that the Atlantic tides are slowed down to the point of being felt very little on the Mediterranean coast (read The Tides). On the contrary, the English Channel is largely open to the Atlantic and receives high tides, slowed by the Pas de Calais between England and France, before joining those of the North Sea, being slowed down again by the narrow passages between Denmark and Sweden, and finally reaching the Baltic Sea almost imperceptible. In other cases, such as that of the Caribbean Sea, even if the geographical separation is very real and characterized by the long chain of islands that runs from the coasts of Venezuela to the Florida peninsula, it is rather because of the history of the riparian states and successive conquests that we can justify the individualization of these seas.
2. Density, salinity and temperature of the marine environment
Under reference conditions (pressure of 1013 hPa, or hectoPascal, temperature of 3.98 °C, zero salinity) the density of the water is exactly 103 kg/m3. It was these conditions that led to the first definition of the kilogram, the maximum value of the mass of a litre of fresh water. The density of seawater varies mainly with temperature and salinity, much less with pressure, which often leads to considering this fluid as incompressible.
The salinity, or mass fraction of salt, or ratio of the mass of salt contained in a unit of volume to the mass of this unit, is expressed in g/kg (gram of salt per kilogram of sea water). In lakes and rivers, salinity is almost zero, rarely exceeding a few units. It can reach and sometimes exceed 50 g/kg in the seas, its average value is around 35 g/kg. It is 12 g/kg in the Black Sea. In the Dead Sea, its very high value, close to 275 g/kg, practically prohibits any animal or plant life.
Figure 1. Temperature distribution in the Mediterranean as a function of depth, with evidence of the thermocline and its seasonal variations. [Source : according to Levitus et al., 1994, World Ocean Atlas, NOAA [1]]
In the seas, the water temperature [2] varies between 2 and 30°C, although Figure 1, relating to the Mediterranean Sea, suggests a more limited range of variation, between 13 and 24°C.
Figure 2. Variation of the sea water density with temperature for various values of the salinity.
The variation in density as a function of temperature, shown in Figure 2, shows its maximum, around 3.98°C for fresh water, with a decreasing variation between 13 and 30°C. In addition, in summer, the surface water of the warmest seas can reach temperatures of 26 to 30°C, which often leads to cyclones (see Tropical Cyclones, Development and Organisation).
In the upper layers of the marine environment, surface water, heated by solar radiation, is subjected to constant thermal exchanges by conduction and convection with the atmosphere. Agitation by waves and turbulence then manages to homogenize the temperature in the first tens of meters (between 0 and -50 m). On the contrary, at great depths (below -120 m), exchanges are almost limited to pure conduction and become much weaker, so that the approximation of a resting marine environment is well justified, even if extremely slow deep currents, coupled with surface currents, weakly amplify the apparent thermal conductivity of the water at the depths.
Between these two areas, it is common practice to distinguish a relatively thin layer (between -50 and -120 m) called the thermocline, where the temperature can vary by about ten degrees between the water above and the water below. The temperature of the water above the thermocline experiences significant seasonal variations, due to variations in sunlight, without any change in the temperature of the deep layers. It can be seen in Figure 1 that the Mediterranean Sea thermocline is built in spring, as the sunlight increases. It reaches its maximum temperature difference of around 10°C in August, and sees it decrease more and more in autumn and early winter. In February and March, the thermocline disappears, making the temperature almost invariant over the entire depth, between 13 and 13.5 °C. It is noteworthy that above and below the thermocline the temperature variation as a function of altitude, even very low, remains increasing, so that this deep fluid layer heated above is only slightly subject to the convective instability of Rayleigh-Bénard, which generates a low rise in deep waters compensated by a fall in surface waters.
However, this vertical movement plays a key role in the deep life of the marine environment by regenerating oxygen by supplying surface water. The corresponding upwelling is beneficial to life on the surface by bringing nutrients from the seabed to the surface. In the Mediterranean, this phenomenon of deep convection is mainly located in the Gulf of Lions, making it a major centre of biological activity. However, this convection only occurs when the conditions necessary for its presence are met, so the Black Sea remains constantly stratified in density, and this prevents the penetration of oxygen beyond a depth of 200 m. Only very specific species can live in this marine environment under so-called anoxic conditions. On the global scale of thermohaline circulation a similar phenomenon of convection brews the world ocean at depth.
3. Composition of seawater
The chemical composition of seawater is not a simple matter. Most of the chemical elements are found in solution in the form of a complex mixture of anions, cations and molecules. Ions are not reduced to either chloride anion or sodium cation, although these two elements, which are largely dominant, form the basis of sea salt (NaCl). The attached Table lists, in descending order of importance, the top five anions and cations of typical seawater, with a salinity of 35 g/kg. As it happens, the ratios between the concentrations of all these ions vary very little from sea to sea [3], so that, if we measure the content of one of these constituents, we can deduce the overall salinity.
These elements have various origins. Some ions come from the dissolution of continental rocks by rivers that carry them to the oceans, where they stay for very long periods of time and where evaporation of water increases their concentration. A significant part of the cations comes from the original ocean floor. And the origin of the chloride ion is often attributed to the degassing of hydrogen chloride from volcanoes, which is soluble in water.
Table 1. Concentrations of the main ions dissolved in typical seawater with a salinity of 35 g/kg.
In addition to water and salts, there are also various low-concentration molecules, such as boric acid (0.0198 g/kg) and carbon dioxide (0.0004 g/kg), as well as nitrogen and oxygen. It is remarkable that the amount of carbon dioxide in seawater is much greater than in the air, about 60 times, without this value constituting an upper limit on the oceans' ability to retain this molecule. This is a highly debated issue at the moment: the possibility of sequestering carbon dioxide in the oceans, with a view to reducing the content of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Some suggest capturing this gas near emitting sources and injecting it directly into the oceans at great depth, despite uncertainties about possible reactions, such as significant changes in the pH [4] of seawater or the carbon cycle.
4. The hummocky relief of the seas
Since mass is not uniformly distributed in the Earth's mantle, gravity cannot be uniform on the Earth's surface. This effect alone implies that the altitude of oceans assumed to be absolutely immobile must vary due to the opposite of local gravity, being maximum where gravity is minimal, and vice versa, so that their product is constant. As a result, the average free surface of the oceans cannot coincide exactly with that of a sphere. However, since all altitudes are defined and measured from mean sea level, it is necessary to specify what this level represents [5]. This has led oceanographers and geophysicists to choose as a reference the equipotential surface of the gravity field (or gravity) that best coincides with the mean sea level. This particular surface, called the geoid, shown in Figure 3, highlights how far the actual ocean surface deviates from the sphere that would correspond to the case of uniform gravity. This bumpy surface represents the variations in gravity on the Earth's surface, both on continents and oceans [6].
5. The amazing biodiversity of the marine environment
Figure 3. Flat projection of the geoid, equipotential surface of the gravity field coinciding at best with the mean sea level. On the right we find this same geoid seen from space, with the same color scale. We can note the extreme elevations (+80 m in south-east Greenland, -80 m in south India), as well as those related to the Mediterranean (+40 m near the Balearic Islands, -40 m in south-east Crete). These views come from the GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite launched by ESA (European Space Agency) in March 2009 and specifically dedicated to the study of the gravitational field and ocean circulation[2]. [Source: European Space Agency]
On Earth, formed 4.6 billion years ago, life appeared in the oceans about 3.8 billion years ago. And it was only very recently, about 400 million years before our era, that it conquered the land. As a result, extremely diverse lifestyles have developed in the oceans, where light only penetrates the upper layers, gradually adapting to the specific conditions of this marine environment. It is recognized that only a few species have managed to pass through and differentiate themselves on land, which means that most of the biodiversity on our planet is found in the marine environment. The most common estimates of the number of living species in the marine environment range from 5 to 10 million, but most of these species, especially those living in deep water, are still unknown. By way of comparison, the number of species living on land is about 1.3 million, including 850,000 varieties of insects (read What is biodiversity?).
[1] The single continent called Pangea dates back to the Paleozoic (between 500 and 250 million years ago, or Ma, before our time), a geological era that followed the Precambrian (2500 to 500 Ma) and preceded the Mesozoic (250 to 65 Ma), the Cenozoic (65 to 1.65 Ma) and the present Quaternary era.
[2] S. Levitus and T.P. Boyer, 1994, World Ocean Atlas, Vol. 4, Temperature, NOAA
[3] This empirical property is known as Dittmar's Law, in honour of the Scottish chemist William Dittmar (1859-1951) who drew it from the analyses of samples taken during the Challenger oceanographic expedition between 1872 and 1876.
[4] The acronym pH stands for hydrogen potential. Its value measures the chemical activity of hydrogen ions (H+) in solution and characterizes the acidity or basicity of a solution. Thus, in an aqueous medium at 25°C, a solution is acidic with a pH below 7, neutral with a pH of 7 and basic with a pH above 7.
[5] Gravity, or the weight of the unit of mass, derives from a potential. Like all vector quantities that possess this property, it can be represented by a family of equipotential surfaces to which it is orthogonal. These surfaces are tighter, like contours on a map, where gravity is at its highest; they are further apart where gravity is at its lowest. Broadly speaking, we can consider that the bumps of the geoid correspond to gravity minima, the hollows to maxima.
[6] G. Balmino, F. Perosanz, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw and H. Sunkel, Champ, GRACE and GOCE: mission concepts and simulations, Int. Gravity Commission and Int. Geoid Commission, N°2, Trieste, 1999, vol. 40, No. 3-4, pp. 309-319.
L'Encyclopédie de l'environnement est publiée par l'Association des Encyclopédies de l'Environnement et de l'Énergie (www.a3e.fr), contractuellement liée à l'université Grenoble Alpes et à Grenoble INP, et parrainée par l'Académie des sciences.
To cite this article:	MOREAU René	(2020), The marine environment, Encyclopedia of the Environment, [online ISSN 2555-0950] url : https://www.encyclopedie-environnement.org/en/water/marine-environment/.
The articles of the Encyclopedia of the Environment are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - No Commercial Use - No Modification 4.0 International license.
MOREAU René, Professor emeritus at Grenoble-INP,Laboratoire SIMaP (Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et des Procédés), member of the Académie des sciences and the Académie des technologies
S. Levitus et T.P. Boyer, 1994, World Ocean Atlas, Vol. 4, Temperature, NOAA
G. Balmino, F. Perosanz, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw and H. Sunkel, Champ, GRACE and GOCE : mission concepts and simulations, Int. Gravity Commission and Int. Geoid Commission, N°2, Trieste, 1999, vol. 40, n° 3-4, pp. 309-319
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The international Peace Run team were picked up by our local hosts in a truck and driven down to the start of our day's activities, the Kavatoetoe Church. A young team of runners were already waiting outside who were all tennis and badminton players, brought along by Mr Iakapo Molotii, President of the Tuvalu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee.
Everyone went in the Church for a blessing from the Reverend Tepehalakai Koloto, delivered in Tuvaluan. It was followed by beautiful singing, a welcome song, gloriously sung by all present.
The Peace Torch and the team were welcomed by the CEO of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr Tufoua Panapa, who with the Reverend ran with the torch, starting the Tuvalu Peace Run.
The runners were escorted by three police on motorbikes, two trucks and other assorted vehicles.
Adding to our tennis and badminton players were representatives from volleyball, soccer and staff from Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, as well as members from National Olympic Committee.
The team's first stop was the AoG Pre-school.
There was time for a quick unscheduled visit to nearby Vaiaku Pre-School, who welcomed the team enthusiastically.
Continuing on our way we turned onto the air strip, running beside the runway and stopped at the Governor Generals residence. The Governor General, Mr Italeli Taia, welcomed us to the island and his comments showed good knowledge of our Peace Run.
... for a brief visit outside the Tuvaluan Prison.
We then turned off the runway and ran into the Seventh Day Adventist Primary School.
Here we were able to do our usual school program to a very large audience. Mr Tautai Tautai accepted the Certificate of Appreciation.
This is Esther, who allowed the team to cook at her lodge.
It was a short journey on to the Fusi Aloa Centre for Disabled where the torch was passed to everyone and received warmly.
The Peace Run team then went to the Nauti Primary School where we were greeted by a large audience of students. Stacey led the program which included skits and singing.
Their teacher Ms Satupi received the Peace Run Certificate of Appreciation.
... along with the acting director of the Hospital, Ms Philorala Sakaio.
... and presenting the certificate to Oliveta Talia.
As the Peace Torch continued its journey north our runs became longer, more water was consumed and more runners had arrived on another truck.
... and then continued for a few kilometres of scenic running to reach Fetuvalu Secondary School.
They received us very warmly and after finishing our singing we asked if they could sing something for us. Wow when they sang it was fantastic, such beauty and oneness in the harmony.
We left enriched by the experience and continued on a rapidly narrowing island to what they call the causeway where the ocean is very close on both sides – 40 metre across.
A few hot kilometres further on, we reached our boat that transported us to Amatuku Island, home of the Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute.
The head of the institute, Captain Teitimani Simeona welcomed the Peace Torch and accepted a Peace Run Certificate of Appreciation.
A highpoint of the day was fresh, chilled Tuvaluan coconuts to drink, and then smash up on the rocks and eat.
The aqua coloured water again had us entranced.
We all gathered back at the Tuvalu Government for group photos with all of the Peace Runners who had joined for the whole day.
Our friend Tala (Talafai Tiputa), the acting sports officer of the Ministry of Education, offered to accompany us to meet people on the runway. This turned out to be an incredible experience, meeting so many groups of people playing sports and spending time together in their community groups: they do this every evening as one of many ways the communities from the outer islands stay connected since they have moved to the capital.
They were mainly involved playing soccer and volleyball.
It is really an incredible sight, the number of people using an airport runway as a sports facility. We will never forget the joy we felt from each and every person who came out to spend time with their big extended family.
The torch has travelled 15.0 km from Kavatoetoe to Amatuku Island.


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Women Behind the Screens - The Music
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There's a theme day going on over at The DreamCage today and Susan Omand decided to take a look at the more musical side of the Women Behind the Screens...
More precisely, I've been looking at the numbers. One study said that, for the top 100 fictional films at the box office in 2017, only 1 female composers worked (Rachel Portman in A Dog's Purpose), compared with more than 110 men. The study then went on to further expand that to say that, over the previous decade (2007-2016) no more than two female composers were employed in any one year on the top 100 films. That's 16 female composers out of over 1,200 credited names.
I also found a statistic for 2018 which said that only 6% of the top 250 grossing films in the US had female composers attached. That's only 15 films out of the 250 biggest box office hits in the USA.
It's not a lot is it?
So I decided to test the figures and went on to IMDb with the theory that I'll look through the top grossing films for last year until I find a top 5 which have a female composer listed. It took me until film 116 before I had my five which explicitly listed a female as a composer. I couldn't count the obvious one, A Star is Born (Film 11 on the highest grossing list), as composers weren't listed on IMDb but, even if I had, I wouldn't have had my five until film 108.
One thing I did notice though, going through all of those, was that the same names kept cropping up again and again and again, so it seems that, even if you're not female, it's a hard game to break into - I guess that, as in all walks of life, people stick with the tried and tested, who they know.
1. Mamma Mia II - Anne Dudley (Composer) - Film 26 on the list
(yes I know, it was Benny and Bjorn from Abba that wrote the songs but someone had to do the inbetweeny just-musicy bits)
2. Tag - Germaine Franco - Film 52 on the list
3. Sicario 2: Soldado - Hildur Guðnadóttir - Film 57 on the list
4. Sorry to Bother You - The Coup, Merrill Garbus, Boots Riley, Tune-Yards - Film 108 on the list
5. Eighth Grade - Anna Meredith - Film 116 on the list
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HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL (on what the team got out of mini-camp)
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HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL (on if things are slowing down for the rookies)
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HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL (on TE-Brody Eldridge)
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HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL (on if he thought TE-Brody Eldridge could be a good receiver from watching his college film)
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HEAD COACH JIM CALDWELL (on why 3rd-and-one situations seem to be so difficult for offenses to convert)
"When I first came into the league, I'd been coaching in college for 20 some-odd years, we were having a discussion about short-yardage and one of the guys said, 'You know it's very tough to get half-a-yard in this league, particularly in those situations.' You don't have a real good sense of that until you are actually involved in it because people are so big and strong on both sides of the ball that oftentimes you end up getting stalemates when you'd certainly like to get some movement. You've got to be able to find a crack. Defensively, we've been a real hard-nosed team when it comes to short-yardage situations, where guys have come up with some big stops, not only third down stops, but fourth down stops. But like anything else, we have to improve in that area on both sides of the ball; offensively, getting that half yard that we need and defensively, making certain that we get them stopped."
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"I don't think it applies to him (QB-Peyton Manning). I just think everybody is different. Bodies are different. You look at (QB-Brett) Favre and obviously he is a guy that has great longevity. There has been a number of guys, QB-Vinny Testaverde, that had longevity, that played well. I just think everybody is a little bit different. I think Peyton is a very unique guy, and he will set his own course in that regard."
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"There is no question about it. He has been fantastic, but every year he has improved and I don't think this year will be any different."
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"We'll wait and see. I don't think so in this particular case. It's going to be awhile."
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It is harder to trade the racing on a Saturday but use the extra liquidity and stability to use larger trade size and just look for one or two one tick trades. This trade does not use my usual entry points but when the mountain won't come to you, then you go to the mountain.
Sorry for the dire audio and a bit of a fuzzy recording. This shows how it doesn't matter which horse you select, as long as you pick the right side of the trade first depending on the money and resistance points signals.
Trading with two minutes to go before the start, just doing one tick scalping trades, showing what to look for when deciding when and where to do your trades.
Trading the first half of a race, when none of the horses are really exerting, nothing much happens and prices bounce all over the place for no obvious reason.
Showing how the tick offset tool in BetTrader works, using the hedging function to equalise the profit over all runners, ensuring profit no matter which horse wins.
This video shows how it doesn't matter which horse you trade, you can trade any or all of them, it is just a case of getting in and out at the right point in the market.


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Live Through This: The evolution of Horace Holloway
February 6, 2013 — Leave a comment
It's a crazy thing being able to work with your heroes.
There's this guy. That has helped me GREATLY in my evolution to GENU-WINE recording artist. His name is Brett Williams. He writes and has written some killer songs, and was in a GREAT band that had a bit of success back in the late 90's called "Mighty Joe Plum". They had this album on Atlantic Records called "The Happiest Dogs" with this song "Live Through This (15 Stories)" that went to #6 on the modern rock charts.
Why is this relevant? because without Brett and his help, the Horace Holloway that you know would not exist. I used to go to his house to talk songwriting, talk music, talk ideas. To show him things I'd come up with and get his take. to Jam and understand.
Do you know what it's like to have a guy who wrote a top ten hit song (and a damn good one at that) tell you that you have good hooks and melodies and that he digs your lyrics?
It makes you keep going. it makes you push harder. it MAKES you believe.
Before this project evolved into what it's become, the idea was to get Brett on board. To do a song together. and when it came time to ask, I was more nervous then I'd ever been. I'm sitting on his porch and my hands are shaking, and my chest is tight and my mind is going a mile a minute. and I'm spilling out all these ideas for the album and title. and I realize now that if he'd have said he couldn't do it, if he would have declined, it may have killed the project before it got started.
But he didn't, and he even helped me select the tracks that are on the "Tin Foil Stars" ep. and so began a series of FORTUNATE events.
Mighty Joe Plum "15 Stories" on Youtube:
Here's to you Bretty boy, CHEERS!
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So not only is the dumping at the Sewer Plant location being abused but the city no longer has a free chipper to use to dispose of limbs. The city is currently looking into options to clean up and remove the current debris pile. Until the city is able to get the current pile down to a managable size and find a way to control who is using and what is being left, the branch disposal site will be closed.
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How it will appear in GUI: A toolbar - three buttons alongside: default location, select location, add new shortcut.
Left button is relatively wide, smth about 50px wide, it holds default shortcut. When user presses it - directory shortcut leads to oppens. Only name is displayed.
Second button is smth about 20px wide. When user clicks it, a dropdown with all shortcuts opens.
Right most button is also smth about 20px wide. When user clicks it a text prompt appears to set name of shortcut. After user sets name, currently oppened directory is added to directory shortcut list. If user closes text prompt then latest folder will be used as shortcut name, e.g. from "D:/MyProject/WorkingFolder" "WorkingFolder" will be used as shortcut name.
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Q: Pagination url issues with express js I've created a Pagination and i'm facing some issues, the goal is to when the URL is '/platform' then use the DOM to update the pagination. I'm using Express to pass in the URL path (req.url).

var mainPath = '<%=url[1]%>'
var pathURL = '<%=url[2]%>'
var pathnum = '<%=url[3]%>'
let link1 = document.getElementById('link1')
let link2 = document.getElementById('link2')
let link3 = document.getElementById('link3')
let pastPage = pathnum - 1;
let nextPage = pathnum + 1;
if(mainPath == 'page') {
 link1.innerHTML = ''+ pastPage +''
 link2.innerHTML = ''+ pathnum +''
 link3.innerHTML = ''+ nextPage +''
} else if(mainPath == 'platform') {
 link1.innerHTML = ''+pastPage+''
 link2.innerHTML = ''+pathnum+''
 link3.innerHTML = ''+nextPage+''
}

The issue is, when the URL is 'platform', it doesn't update the href to like below
href='/platform'


Keep in mind: unless the pipeline steps have non-trivial cost, the overhead of partitioning and distributing the work may overwhelm any parallel speedup. Also data.table itself already seems to exploit some thread-level parallelism (notice user time is greater than elapsed time). That being said, in this note we will demonstrate a synthetic example where computation is expensive due to a blow-up in an intermediate join step.
First we set up our execution environment and example (some details: OSX 10.13.4 on a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5 Mac Mini (Late 2015 model) with 8GB RAM and hybrid disk drive).
##  "Sun Jul  8 09:05:25 2018"
rquery and rqdatatable can implement a non-trivial calculation as follows.
And we can execute the operations in parallel.
##  "rqdatatable" "rquery"      "stats"       "graphics"    "grDevices"
##  "utils"       "datasets"    "methods"     "base"
data.table can implement the same function.
We can also run data.table in parallel using wrapr::execute_parallel.
##   "data.table"  "rqdatatable" "rquery"      "stats"       "graphics"
##   "grDevices"   "utils"       "datasets"    "methods"     "base"
dplyr can also implement the example.
And we can use wrapr::execute_parallel to parallelize the dplyr solution.
##   "dplyr"       "data.table"  "rqdatatable" "rquery"      "stats"
##   "graphics"    "grDevices"   "utils"       "datasets"    "methods"
We can benchmark the various realizations.
The benchmark timings show parallelized data.table is the fastest, followed by parallelized dplyr, and parallelized rqdatatable. In the non-paraellized case data.table is the fastest, followed by rqdatatable, and then dplyr.
A reason dplyr sees greater speedup relative to its own non-parallel implementation (yet does not beat data.table) is that data.table starts already multi-threaded, so data.table is exploiting some parallelism even before we added the process level parallelism (and hence sees less of a speed up, though it is fastest).
rquery pipelines exhibit superior performance on big data systems (Spark, PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, and hopefully soon Google bigquery), and rqdatatable supplies a very good in-memory implementation of the rquery system based on data.table. rquery also speeds up solution development by supplying higher order operators and early debugging features.
In this note we have demonstrated simple procedures to reliably parallelize any of rqdatatable, data.table, or dplyr.
Note: we did not include alternatives such as multidplyr or dtplyr in the timings, as they did not appear to work on this example.
Note: Matt Summersgill pointed out for this sort of problem data.table is far more effective than I have originally shown. rqdatatable can not take advantage of this technique, because I have not yet truly implemented theta-joins in the rqdatatable dialect of rquery (it is on my TODO-list).
A re-rendering of this article can be found here, source code here, and raw timings here.
Thank you for the great article. It is heart-warming to see that the historic arch-enemy of potential R converts (speed) is now facing formidable challenges in the form of packages.
Totally unrelated to the main purpose of the article but why did the dplyr package still produce a message despite the use of suppressPackageStartupMessages()?
Users can avoid making a copy and reduce memory usage by using setDT() instead of as.data.table() within functions, with the caveat that the tables in the global environment will be modified as a side effect of the function. Depending on your use case, these side effects may or may not be acceptable, but the speed-up and reduced memory usage may be well worth it. You can also set keys in setDT(), and sorting ahead of time can provide a little performance boost on the merge.
Non-equi joins (see the "on" argument documentation in ?data.table) can accomplish the same result here with faster execution and reduced memory usage. This is one of the lesser known features of [.data.table, but in cases where performance is critical or you're bumping up against memory limitations, these can make a non-trivial difference.
Subsets on .SD are not optimized in the data.table internals due to the need for flexibility, so if you use grouped indices (.I) to subset the main table you can also get a performance improvement.
Putting those things together, the function below uses less than half the memory and runs more than twice as fast as the original data_table_f() example with identical results (only difference being column order).
Wow, thanks for the note!
I hadn't tried a non-equi or theta join yet (it is not yet implemented in rqdatatable). But you are right, it really performs on this example. I have re-run with your function instead of mine and the results are great: non-parallel data.table is faster than other methods and speeds up still more with the process level parallelism.
data.table really is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to performance, it's amazing how much power is packed between those brackets!
I am going to start looking for opportunities to try out wrapr::execute_parallel(), the partitioning syntax seems pretty painless and the overhead looks pretty low, exciting stuff!
P.S. — For future reference, the data.table contributors use the twitter hashtag #rdatatable, I know they appreciate the support!
Now that I think about it the partitioning is essentially a by-hand base::split(). Is there a data.table enhanced version of that? If so I could switch over in some update.
in my device, parallel times were always higher. However, this package worked as expected. http://www.business-science.io/code-tools/2016/12/18/multidplyr.html. Any ideas?
I took care that R and all packages were up to date (latest CRAN if on CRAN, else latest from GitHub; with the excpeption of rquery, which we are using a development version of) for these examples. I took care to note down most package versions.
multidplyr appears to work unless you try a join. I have the example in the linked materials. So I am assuming you ran some multidplyr example other than the one in my linked materials. If not, I'd be happy to take a correction and include multidplyr in my timings.
As far as parallel being slower for you. That would be a symptom of the problem partition and transport cost being higher than the task cost. So it may mean that the problem is not at a scale considered difficult for your device.


On our way down into Mexico we stopped for a night at a beachside condo where I painted this the next morning. I enjoyed the many subtle...and not so subtle...colors of the flowers. 10x12. Oil on linen. Available.


Graphic design salary in India: So you are a graphic designer, right? Maybe you are fresher out of school/college and looking for a job or job change to fullfil fill your dreams of designing, that admire your artistic voice and stylistic choice. Maybe you've worked 10 years as a full-time designer under your belt, but it's time for a change in the scenario. Regardless of your situation, all designers should start to think ahead and of course it's not a bad idea. Have you ever thought what a graphic design salary in India is? So where do you want to see yourself in the coming years?
Perhaps the most important decision you will make after choosing a career in the design field is where you plan to live and work. For some, the choice is easy; for others, it's a big world out there and choosing where to put roots down can be a difficult task. Should you relocate for a higher salary? Move to wherever the lowest unemployment is? Or pack your bags for specific design colleges and universities? Putting aside personal preferences such as friends, family, weather, and geographic amenities, let's take a look at what makes sense when deciding to move to a new city. Also let's see what is a graphic design salary in India considering the different cities across the country.
These estimates are the nation's most reliable source for the number of people employed in specific occupations and areas, and the amount of wages people earn. Now more than ever, getting the biggest bang for your design-buck is essential for living a successful life. Why chase a large salary if your rent eats up most of it? Why move to a location you love only to find the advertising base is lack luster and career opportunities are scarce at best – especially in this economy.
A Graphic Designer in New Delhi, India get an average pay of salary of Rs 258,585/year. The skills that increase pay for this job the most are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Flash, and Graphic Design. Most designers move on to other jobs if they have more than 10 years' experience in this field. Experience strongly influences income for this job.
The average salary for a Graphic Designer in Gurgaon, Haryana is Rs 356,065/year. Skills that are associated with high pay for this job are Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop (deep knowledge), Adobe Flash and Graphic Design. Most of the designers move on to other jobs if they have more than 10 years' experience in this field.
A Graphic Designer in Bangalore, Karnataka gets an average pay of Rs 291,010/year. Most designers with this profile move on to other positions after 10 years in his career. For the first 5 to 10 years in this position, salary increases steeply, but any additional experience does not have a big effect on pay.
A Graphic Designer in Mumbai, Maharashtra earns an average pay of Rs 249,121/year. Most designers with this job profile move on to other positions after 10 years in this field. Skills that are associated with high pay for this job are Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, FCP, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Illustrator.
A Graphic Designer in Chennai, Tamil Nadu gets an average pay of Rs 234,415/year. Experience strongly influences income for this profile. Most designers move on to other jobs if they have more than 10 years' experience in this career.
The average salary for a Graphic Designer in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh is Rs 234,256/year. Experience has a moderate effect on pay for this job. Designer in this job generally doesn't have more than 10 years' experience. Skills that are associated with high pay for this job are Adobe InDesign and Graphic Design.
The average pay for a Graphic Designer in Noida, Uttar Pradesh is Rs 232,257/year. Most Designers in this job generally don't have more than 10 years' experience.


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package ch.sharpsoft.hexapod.simulation.evaluate;

import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Matrix4;
import com.badlogic.gdx.physics.bullet.linearmath.btMotionState;

public class MotionState extends btMotionState {
	Matrix4 transform;

	@Override
	public void getWorldTransform(Matrix4 worldTrans) {
		worldTrans.set(transform);
	}

	@Override
	public void setWorldTransform(Matrix4 worldTrans) {
		transform.set(worldTrans);
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In the first installment, I set out the traditional Greco-Roman letter format and looked at the "Judases" and "Jameses" in the New Testament. There seemed to be only one good option for whom the Judas/Jude to whom this letter is attributed could be, the Judas/Jude who is the brother of Jacob/James and Jesus. In the second installment, I weighed the arguments on authorship and decided the best evidence does indeed point in that direction. I then looked at what this means for the date of the letter and the location, or place, in which the letter was written. In the third installment, I examined the salutation, verses 1-2, in which I studied the letter itself, the reasons the letter was sent, and the goals of the letter.
The Greek actually uses a few participles in v. 3, one of which appears in the NRSV translation as "preparing," I find Hartin expresses the ongoing and active nature of Jude's concerns better by translating the participle in this case as "making" (it is also a more literal rendering of the Greek verb poieô). The second participle, which the NRSV translates as "appeal," Hartin translates as "to encourage." While either is possible, I prefer "to encourage," since exhortation is at the heart of ancient Christian epistles and this one in particular. He also translates better the phrase "eagerly" as "every effort." The word "every" (pasan in Greek) is lost in the NRSV translation. In addition "common salvation" is a superior translation to "the salvation we share." "Entrusted" is a decent translation of paradotheisê, the third and final participle in this verse, but this aorist passive participle is based on the verb paradidomi, which means "to hand on", or "to give over." It has the technical meaning of "handing on tradition." Hartin keeps this sense of the active "handing on" of the faith. Finally, I find that translating hagioi as "saints" can be confusing, since many current readers see it as exclusive, referring to those the Church has formally defined as saints. Jude, like Paul and the early Christians in general, intends hagioi to include all Christians and so "holy ones" encourages us to see every Christian included in this exhortation.
Both translations, though, point to the occasion for the letter and, more than that, the fact that this was an actual letter. Jude intended to write for a community of Christians, but the shifting situation on the ground made it necessary to change the topic of the letter. A letter which was to focus on the "common salvation" of the writer and recipients has now become a matter of exhortation to the recipients to maintain the traditional faith passed on to them. Indeed, they are encouraged "to contend" for the faith, an image from athletic contests which challenges them to "win" this encounter.
The reason for the change of topic is discussed in v. 4. Some "intruders" have come into the community who "pervert" God's grace into "licentiousness" (aselgeia). Licentiousness here does have the strong sense of sexual misbehavior. There is no other information given here about concrete behaviors, but it is possible that some of the literature Jude cites later in the letter could be read in terms of the actual practices that these "intruders" engage in. The "intruders" are also accused by Jude of denying "our only Master and Lord." Again, it is difficult to know if this is an outright denial of Jesus as Lord or whether it is a different understanding of who Jesus is. It is hard to believe it could have been a blanket rejection of Jesus himself, unless this rejection was hidden behind the secrecy that brought them to the community and then later revealed.
As to who is meant by "intruders," that is difficult to determine. How long have they been a part of the community? How did they "steal" in? Was there secrecy or false pretenses? Have they simply revealed their beliefs and behaviors after becoming a part of the community? This suggests that they were "outsiders" who came in, but it is also possible that they were "insiders" who by revealing themselves in belief and practice have shown themselves to be unworthy, according to Jude, for membership in the Church. Possibly, there can be some determination on who the "intruders" were in the context of the whole letter. This, of course, might simply be a problem for us; the simple manner in which Jude writes indicates that the Church long ago would have known who was intended.
There is still one element of v. 4 which has not been discussed and that is that these intruders were "people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly." As William Brosend has written, this charge accomplishes two things: it indicates that God is in charge and though these "intruders" might seem to have influence now, their condemnation is already foretold; and it places the weight of tradition on the side of Jude and the Church for he has knowledge that "long ago" these "intruders" were set apart, so Jude represents what is "old" and traditional and not innovation. The ancient world generally considered what was new as problematic.
In the coming verses, Jude will continue writing in terms of this "ancient context," drawing on examples from the Old Testament and other non-canonical works to prove his point.


What happens if a customer's credit card is declined?
When a customer's credit card is declined, an optional email will be sent out to the customer and store owner notifying them that the card has been declined. The app will attempt to recharge that credit card every 24 hours until the charge goes through or the order is canceled.
You can view all failed transactions by navigating to the failed transactions tab located in the app's sidebar navigation: Reports > Failed Transaction Logs.


Finally upgraded my webserver and php modules to support HTTP/2 ^^ Everything works fine.
It's not exactly updating php modules rather than changing the MPM for PHP.
Have to look into what this would entail for us but will definitely work on it at some point. Have a few high priority items we're working on at the moment but after that I'll see when we can get it done.
@Linux I had to change the MPM though since the old prefork isn't supported by Apache anymore.


This brand new Arteon dynoed stock at 156kw @ wheels. It only had about 1800km on the dashboard. We supplied and installed a Leyo intake and custom Etuners stage1 file.
Peak power rose to 203kw a gain of 47wkw, with midrange gains of +60wkw.
Maximum wheel power: 204wkw (measured stock 156wkw), gains 48wkw on 4 wheel since it is equipped with a 4motion system.


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Berwick horse struck by car was named 'Annie'
Brian Early bearly@seacoastonline.com @briantemprano
BERWICK, Maine — The horse killed in the early morning July 4 crash was a 14-year-old mustang named Annie.
Mike Bataran, who owned the horse with his wife, called it a freak accident Friday morning and was thankful the driver of the 2006 Pontiac Vibe that struck Annie a little after 2 a.m. Thursday morning was not injured or killed.
"No chance of seeing a brown horse at night," Bataran said. "Glad he is OK."
According to Berwick police, two horses got loose and were in the area of 519 Portland St., also known as Route 4, when 21-year-old Nicholas Murphy of Londonderry, New Hampshire, struck the mustang. Murphy reported seeing the other horse but not Annie. Bataran said the incident did not awaken him and his wife.
Bataran said he and his wife are unsure how the horses got out of the gate. "The gate is never opened," he said. "We have a tough time opening it."
Bataran said they've had Annie for the past five years, after acquiring her from a place in Oklahoma. He said his wife is taking the loss hard.
"It's a real unfortunate event," he said.


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One dead, another hurt in Gloucester tow truck crash
End of an era: Military Circle Mall's last day
Revisit Your Resolution: Financial Fitness
At six weeks into the New Year, don't feel defeated about not sticking to your resolution to get on track.
file image (Credit: Getty/Thinkstock)
Author: Andre Senior
Published: 2/22/2016 11:03:58 PM
Updated: 11:03 PM EST February 22, 2016
NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) - Many people made a resolution to get financially fit for the New Year, and that meant getting out of debt.
If you're still struggling, don't give up, because you can always pick up again today to reach your goal.
We all know that we have to pay off our obligations in order to become financially independent, but perhaps knowing where you money is supposed to go will help you achieve your goal.
According to numbers from USAA, you should spend according to the following numbers to properly balance your money.
Housing 25-36%
Food (Groceries, Restaurants) 10-15%
Healthcare co-pays & Deductibles 5%
Transportation (Insurance, loan payments, fuel, repairs, fees) 10-15%
Entertainment (Fun, travel) 5%
Personal Care/Clothing (Clothing, shoes, hair, makeup, laundry, dry cleaning) 5%
Miscellaneous (Cash, dies, subscriptions, general merchandise, gifts, pets, fees, other) 10-15%
Charitable Giving (Charity, church, other) 5-10%
Debt Payments (Credit cards, loads) 5%
Insurance Premiums (Life, Health, Dental and other insurance) 5%
Saving for goals 5%
"It's that old saying: 'Today in the first day of the rest of your life,'" said John Piscitelli, senior vice president of of investments Davenport & Company in Virginia Beach.
When it comes to attacking which debt payment to pay off first, focus on the high-interest credit cards.
"You'll save dollars in interest rates if you if you pay that off first."
Then there is the absolutely essential must when your make a plan to get out of debt that can seem overwhelming at first, but it is now much easier that it has ever been when it comes to putting on together.
"Right now, there are a lot of great apps and programs that help people keep track of that kind of thing," Piscitelli told us.
He has his personal favorite, but there are plenty to chose from on the market right now.
The "Mint" app, for instance, will link all your accounts, from banks to mutual funds, automatically track your spending and then build a pie chart to show where your money is spent
"I think the important thing is committing to it, focusing on the vision of that end game, but working towards it slowly and just making sure you're going in the right direction."
Avoiding Debt and Ways to Save | Your Money


As always John was an outstanding tutor, and I thoroughly enjoyed having him teach me. He got me through the 2 exams with his outstanding knowledge and help. TOP man and credit to your company!
Generally very good. I enjoyed the week.
Had a good introduction in practical.
STEVE AND MAX ARE VERY GOOD AND THEY HELPED US A LOT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER SOME POINTS AND THEY EXPLAINED VERY WELL ! HOPE I WILL DO ALL MY PRACTICAL IN HERE WITH THEM !
I LIKE STEVE VERY MUCH, HE IS A GOOD TUTOR, CALM AND EXPLAINS VERY WELL SO I CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND MAX HELPED ME . 2 GOOD PEOPLE I HAVE MET IN HERE . I HOPE TO DO ALL MY PRACTICAL HERE WITH THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH STEVE AND MAX!
Steve Hoyles is a great tutor.
it was a very good experience for me in the centre and appreciate my tutor John for passing on his experience to us.
I enjoyed my week here, tutor and staff are very friendly and proffesional, training facailities are good.
It was a great week, great staff and very good conditions for learning. I'm very pleased and impressed.
excellent facilities clean environment friendly staff and trainer is a really good leader. berings out the best in you.
the training centre is excellent everybody is so welcoming and professional.the training is excellent and have learnt alot here so far.
Had great week with great people.thak you.
Very pleased with the training centre, really enjoyed this week, staff are very friendly. Came here on monday with no hands on plumbing knowledge, feel as though I've learnt a lot more than I expected to. If there was anything the group were umsure of, Gary didn't hesitate to explain/show us again.
All people including admin, trainers and management were helpful,friendly and professional. Would recommend to anyone anytime.
I have now finished my training weeks. FINALLY FINISHED…. IM OVER THE MOON. ITS BEEN A HARD LAST WEEK WITH EXAMS AND PRACTICLE. got to say this teaching centre is excellent. thanks for all you guys have done, you lot really was the best.
Martin was fantastic as always- knowledgeable and found a way of making the heavier tasks/topics easier to get through.
Steve is an absolutely fantastic tutor.
His knowledge is un-paralleled and he is eager to transfer his knowledge to all students fortunate enough to cross paths.
I suffered some difficulties during the week and Steve was incredibly understanding and helpful; something which I very much appreciate!
Spent a most worthwhile week, our Tutor was amazing, understanding and encouraging, cant wait to come back next week.
great centre. enjoyed every min of it. Its motivated me now to push my self and get my theory done quicker so I can book another practical block as soon as.
Great tutor. Learnt a lot in my first week, looking forward to my second week.
Tom was a very good tutor. was very help demonstrating what was need to be done and achieve and answer any questions.
Learnt a lot this week and appreciate the staffs help.
WAS VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING THE MEASURMENTS FOR MY PIPEWORK.
I have received many valuable hints which make work easier and more accurate.
Steve was excellent when doing practical very helpful and tried to help everyone when he could, Chris was also very helpful and would answer anything he could. overall really impressed.
THE COURSE WAS VERYU FAST PACED AT THE BEGINING OF HTE WEEK, BUT EASED OFF TOWARDS THE END.
Great centre to do your training at and great teachers to help you on your way to being qualified.
Bob our tutor was excellent in the teaching he gave us.


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SPIRIT DSP Powers New LG U+ Video Calling Service
SPIRIT DSP, the world's #1 voice and video over IP engines provider serving more than 1 billion users in 100+ countries, has announced today that Korean service provider, LG U+, a subsidiary of LG Group, has selected SPIRIT's TeamSpirit® Voice&Video Engine Mobile to power a new video calling service. LG U+ is the third largest carrier in South Korea.
The new LG U+ service enables subscribers to make voice and video calls using Samsung Galaxy Player. LG U+ offers its subscribers media players with special preinstalled application. It includes a telephone number that allows Samsung Galaxy Player users to throw their landline phones overboard. Calls between Galaxy Players are free, and LG U+ expects the main source of revenue will be calls between Galaxy Player and mobile and landline phones. Video calls from media player to another Galaxy Player or cell phones are powered by TeamSpirit Voice & Video Engine Mobile, which allows LG U+ to provide crystal-clear HD video quality. The new service based on Samsung Galaxy Player has become popular among LG U+ subscribers. SPIRIT experts expect that LG U+, which serves millions of landline phone users, will soon have 500,000 subscribers of its new service."LG U+, with its core approach of differentiation in technology innovative, is a long-standing SPIRIT customer who has come to rely on our technology to provide high quality VVoIP services to its subscribers," said SPIRIT's VP Alex Kravchenko. "This well-timed launch of this new service will help LG U+ bring in new subscribers and avoid loss of revenue resulting from subscribers switching to OTT providers like Skype and Google. We're pleased that SPIRIT products allow our operator customers to offer competitive solutions and hold their leadership positions in this rapidly changing telecommunications market."
LG U+ already uses SPIRIT's TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine to provide top quality voice and video communication in its U+070 Mobile service. SPIRIT engine technology can also be found in many other VVoIP services and VVoIP-enabled devices in the Korean market, which is known for pioneering breakthrough innovation in IP communications. SPIRIT software is used by Korea Telecom, KT Tech, Acromate, iRiver, Samsung, LG-Dacom, Seoul Commtech, Hyundai, LIG Nex1, Core Logic etc.
TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine is compatible with RCS-e and VoLTE specifications. It includes resource-efficient voice and video codecs, echo and noise suppression, advanced tools for stream protection and adaptation to changes in network, execution and physical environments. Apart from standard IMS codecs, SPIRIT offers industry leading IP-MR™ (IETF RFC 6262) adaptive and error-resilient HD voice coding technology that has been selected by Tier1 service providers to deliver HD voice communications to dozens of millions of users of their mobile VVoIP services.
About LG U+
The three LG Telecommunication companies make a new start under the name "LG U+". The company was founded on the back of the successful commercialization of the world's first CDMA technology in July 1996. Since beginning the PCS service around the country in October 1997, the company has continued to grow together with the customers and today, LG Telecom, LG Dacom, and LG Powercom have combined to make a new start as LG U+.
Source: http://www.telecommsbriefing.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=225737


For sale is a leading functional fitness competition business. The first competition was held in 2011 with about 70 athletes and has since grown to over 19,000 athletes in 2017.
The concept was simple yet long overdue. Many fitness competitions were focused on advanced athletes. However, since novice and intermediates make up 95% of athletes, it made sense to have a competition designed only for them. When athletes compete in these events they can expect to be challenged but can also expect to have a lot of fun.
The product is the sale of a registration for individual athletes and 2-person teams. They offer an Individual event in April and a 2-Person Teams event in October each year. At the next event, novice, intermediate and masters (45+) athletes from across the country and various parts of the world will compete, all on the same day, in this one-day event. Each host awards the top three athletes in each division for both male and female classes.
The business has proven systems with strong relationships in all aspects of operations that are all transferable to the new owner. It is currently setup to run as a one-person operation with outsourcers for leverage. Can be run as is or grown out more with a larger team.
Seller bought this and built it up with the intent to exit once it was at this size.