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Did the kids' competitions take a break on Easter? Not a chance!
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: "On Easter afternoon in 1970, we took a posed photo of our two youngest kids looking like sweet little cherubs . . .
". . . but my favorite photo was the candid as our 3-year-old son seriously and meticulously counted out the morning's loot.
"Bulletin Board may not be a competition, but with our six kids, everything was a competition, all year long. On Easter, it was always the race to be the first kid to find their own Easter basket, and then they competed to see who could find the most Easter eggs. After all were found and counted, they took turns carefully choosing which ones each wanted to use in the Egg Crack Contest. The victor had no modesty; he or she flaunted that tough egg and saved it for days before reluctantly peeling it to eat.
"Not until the Egg Crack Contest was over could I proceed to chop 'the shell-smashed losers' up for our traditional EASTER DINNER POTATO SALAD. (Note: All caps are required for my mother-in-law's mouth-watering recipe.)"
And now Homeless of Woodbury: "Subject: Easter Memories.
"I grew up in Fosston, a smallish town in northwestern Minnesota, in the Fifties. Our activities were mainly centered around school and church. We knew nothing about the big city and were mostly content with our lives.
"We were blessed to have good music teachers. Many holidays were celebrated with musicals and plays.
"One year, we celebrated spring with a variety show. A group of girls were chosen to dance to 'Easter Parade.' We wore big boxes decorated with crepe paper made to look like gigantic Easter hats. We must have made quite the impression: five sixth-grade girls with our toothpick legs sticking out.
"The dance wasn't very complicated; there was only one step, actually. Keeping the hats on straight was a little tricky, and they sometimes slipped to a jaunty angle. Because we really couldn't see, there were a few minor collisions but no serious injuries.
"Ah . . . the joy of simpler times."
LeoJEOSP writes: "I wasn't too excited about my new robot until Dad showed me it could yodel!"
The Retired Pedagogue of Arden Hills: "Subject: About that brake problem . . .
"A five-paragraph article on Page 2A of Sunday's Pioneer Press has this headline: 'Group wants probe of Nissan braking.'
"The entire article is focused on severe weather that struck Texas on Saturday."
The Permanent Brothers-in-Armsly Record
Including: Not exactly what (if anything) he had in mind
The Astronomer of Nininger: "My friend Dave and I shared many activities together. We bonded through our love of flying and our adventurous spirits, frequently hunting and fishing together.
"I was fortunate enough to be married to the Good Wife, while Dave had a different relationship with his spouse. Once, when we had to go on Temporary Duty (TDY) to upgrade to higher-performance airplanes, the Good Wife and even our canine companion, Rusty, accompanied us from Alabama to Texas. Dave, on the other hand, told his spouse that wives were not allowed. I'm not sure how he explained that the Good Wife came with me. He actually had a square-stern canoe on a trailer which he loaded up with his Fisher stereo, Ampex tape deck, some fishing equipment and other miscellaneous items that today we would call Man Cave décor. He moved into the Bachelor Officer Quarters (BOQ) along with all of the paraphernalia, which was heaped higher than the gunwales of that canoe.
"The Good Wife and I took the opportunity to explore the Pedernales River, New Braunfels and other parts of the Texas scene.
"Dave must have gotten tired of paddling that canoe. After all, it had a square stern and could have been propelled by an outboard. I had a small, 2-horsepower outboard that I used on that slender boat many times, and Dave was certainly welcome to use it any time he wanted. But he thought that if my 2-horsepower motor made that canoe move nearly on plane, a bigger motor would really make it go fast. He found one advertised in the local San Antonio paper and thought he'd try it out. It was 25-horsepower.
"Conveniently, there was a drainage ditch behind the apartments where the Good Wife and I were staying. I suspect you might call this a cesspool. Dave fastened the motor to the stern, and the mere weight of the motor on the lightweight boat was enough to make it float with the bow already bobbing above the surface of the polluted waters.
"Now, since the Good Wife and I were not present and there were no other observers to record the details, I have to admit that separating fact from fiction would be difficult. But I describe to you what Dave shared with me over a couple of beers: He had the motor firmly fastened and tried to start it. To no avail. It would not start, again and again. So he turned the throttle up a good bit and gave the starter cord one last yank. As he did, the fuel ignited and the motor started. Not at idle, but close enough for government work to being wide open. He said that the motor running at essentially full throttle, with the bow already elevated, caused the canoe to assume a near-vertical position. At least it seemed that way to him. He was almost ejected. Dave swore to me that he thought he was going to die right then and there. He didn't even have time to say a Hail Mary!
"Then, as quickly and with as much surprise as he'd experienced when the motor suddenly started, it died. The bow came crashing down with a deafening 'splash.' Inertial forces caused him to be slammed to the floor of the canoe, which was swamped with sewer water. He was totally soaked, but he did live to talk about it.
"He meekly described the happenings of that Saturday morning. He did not use that canoe anymore while we were in Texas that summer, other than to haul his goods back to Alabama. He never bought an outboard for it, but he certainly gained some respect for water safety."
April 12 email from Grandma Paula: "With all the hype about Winter coming (think 'Game of Thrones'), to that I say: Summer is coming! These are a few photos from a summer road trip to Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud.
"Located along the banks of the Mississippi River, the gardens are free and open to the public. I guess I'll go outside and shovel now. Sigh 😒"
And now, Mounds View Swede reports: "Before our latest snow, I started noting the signs of spring developing in my yard. The maple buds were brightening up.
"Some back-yard leaf buds were beginning to open.
"Rhubarb stalks were starting to emerge.
"Just before the snow, some maple buds were starting to crack open.
"Thursday morning, after a night of wet snow, the purple coneflower seed heads were wearing their latest snow hats.
"And I enjoyed seeing that even the vertical branches had snow on their sides.
"By Thursday afternoon, when the stronger winds came, all the snow was off the branches and most of the purple coneflowers had been blown over.
"Sunday after the snow melted, the rhubarb stalks looked like they had made some progress, and a few were starting to leaf out.
"And the maple buds where beginning to open.
"The snow didn't seem to stop anything. Spring continues anyway!"
Electronic Board of the Church on Lexington in Shoreview Division
Our Official Electronic Board of the Church on Lexington in Shoreview Monitor — Red's Offspring, north of St. Paul — reports: "Subject: Seeing is not always believing.
"The most recent message on the electronic board of the church on Lexington in Shoreview reads:
"'We're doing Spring by Faith
"'& not by sight this year!'"
Where we lived
Deuce of Eagan writes: "Subject: One Haunted House Plus Two Feathers.
"My family lived in the morning shadow of the Cathedral of Saint Paul from the early 1940s until 1960. Our neighborhood had its share of notable historical structures and characters within a two-block radius: the Cathedral church (1914), architect Emmanuel Louis Masquery; the Swedenborgian church (1886), architect Cass Gilbert; the Aberdeen (luxury) Hotel (circa 1900), razed 1943; the Angus Hotel (circa 1887), renamed the Blair House; St. Joseph's Academy (young ladies' high school, 1863-1971), sold; Selby Streetcar Tunnel, upper end (1907-1954), buried; the family of George M. Shepard, chief engineer of Shepard Road (named for him), mansion razed; and a haunted house (built about 1895), razed, located on the northeast corner of Selby Avenue and Virginia Street — and that is where this totally factual but slightly suspect story begins.
"All of the kids in the neighborhood just knew this large old building was haunted. Just its appearance and condition were a dead giveaway.
"We never saw who actually lived there back then, but now and then we saw a shadow of a man near the doorway. The mailman was the only daytime visitor we noticed. We figured the owner did not want to be seen, for some reason.
"A lot of tall tales were spun among my grade-school friends about the supposed resident. He was described as a possible killer — some claimed he was a gangster hiding from the Feds. The theories were many. The fact is: We did not even know if it was actually a 'he.' Many of our parents went along with our stories — further endorsement of our beliefs.
"A sharp-eyed reader might have picked up on the phrase 'the only daytime visitors we noticed.' Yup, there was an infrequent night visitor who could be counted on to make a mysterious appearance over the years — a legend for many years prior, as I understood. Hold on to that thought; more about that soon.
"The large grassy lot behind the house extended to the next street, and this was where softball and football were played by younger neighborhood kids (up to the age of about 10). Nothing organized; merely pick-up games. Some well-hit balls rolled and were stopped by the house. We had a well-used tire swing tied to an old oak tree about 60 feet behind the haunted house. We had no fear of being somewhat close during the daytime hours. In all the years we used the empty lot, no one was ever seen in the windows. We figured the resident must have peeked at us through the drapes.
"It was many years later that I discovered the truth of what went on within those walls, and I was astonished. A quotation from a 1950s Pioneer Press article: '. . . that old building is surely haunted by memories of men who have done more than any others to tell the story of Yellowstone park to the world.' I'll explain the Yellowstone connection. This was the St. Paul studio of the world-famous photographers Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921) and his son J.E. Haynes (1884-1962). They perfected the process of hand-coloring Yellowstone Park photos they took prior to the advent of color photography. It was named the Haynes Photo Studio and was the largest and most fully equipped photographic studio in the Northwest. They were the official photographers of Yellowstone National Park. They produced untold millions of postcards there. Eventually most of the business moved to Bozeman, Montana. The 'shadow of a man' mentioned above turned out to be E.W. Hunter, one of the country's finest photographers, known internationally for his dramatic photos of bears and scenery. He stayed with the building till the age of 80. A great history of what was thought to be only a haunted house!
"Now, more about that mysterious night visitor mentioned earlier: He was known as 'Two Feathers.' He appeared as an American Indian — Sioux, we thought — sporting a headband with two feathers appearing slightly off-center, long decorated braids, and several strings of beads hanging from his neck. There was something regal about him. He was a neighborhood legend. Two Feathers was reported as being seen now and then, slowly strolling, eyes to the ground, in the back yard of the haunted house. He seemed not to pay any attention to his surroundings and always had a serious expression (maybe worried) on his weathered, handsome face. He was visible for only a minute or so, and then — poof — he disappeared. I personally saw him twice, when I was 7 years old (1948) and then about a year after that. At the second sighting, I had a buddy with me, and he claimed to see the same vision. The imaginations of kids are really remarkable, aren't they!"
How shy is "just shy"?
Donald: "Subject: I beg to differ.
"The caption beneath a picture of dejected New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom on Page C5 in the Sports section of last Wednesday's STrib reads: 'Jacob deGrom's streak of 27 scoreless innings fell just shy of the Mets' record of 32 2/3 by R.A. Dickey.'
"'Just shy?' I'd consider anything of 31 or more innings 'just shy,' but 27 is barely in the ballpark!"
Dennis from Eagan reports: "I love this still frame of ESPN's coverage of the Frozen Four (Final Four of college hockey) on April 11.
"No. 2 on the University of Massachusetts team is supposedly a complimentary player (like offering vocal accolades to the media about his teammates), rather than physically assisting on goals as a 'complementary player' would do.
"I imagine that they really meant the latter."
Wicki-Yah: "Migrations make birdwatching fun these days. We have seen a platoon of pelicans hanging around the marinas on the St. Croix at Bayport and Hudson. An asylum of loons on several ponds in Lake Elmo. We have a charm of cheerful goldfinches at our feeders. A flock of about 50 robins were kicking through the oak leaves in our back yard yesterday. A descent of woodpeckers on the gigantic, ancient maple drilling out its sweet sticky sap. Ratatatatatat!
"On our back-yard pond, a raft of ducks. (We have a group of five unaccompanied males who make their home on the pond all season, and a mother mallard who lays her eggs inside the nearby church courtyard and . . . well, you just have to see it here:
"It will be our job to feed her brood when they return to the pond. There is the usual gaggle of geese (noisy and messy things that they are, I am never as fond of them as the other birds). And this year again, a small convocation of eagles circling overhead. Now that the ice is out, occasionally one of them will drop in for dinner: a fine fat toad; a small fish.
"Not all is cheerful in migration land, however.
"Did a yoga/stretch class at the a nearby nature preserve yesterday in a room overlooking the woods. There were several interruptions to our conscious breathing.
"'Eyes closed, breathe in, raising your arms, and slowly exhale, dropping your arms . . .'
"THUMP!
"'It's OK; the cardinal is up and moving her head around.
"'On your back, as you are comfortable, inhale as you raise your arms like you are making a snow angel, and . . .'
"THUMP! (And the whole group inhales together, 'gasp.')
"'Don't worry. I am sure the bird will be fine. [A long pause.] Um, well. OK, exhale as you lower your arms.'
"They assured us as we were leaving that the migration is to blame and most birds survive. [Bulletin Board interjects: That is not what we have heard.] Only a couple more weeks, and then the birds will settle down in their nesting locations, they say.
"I hear a murder of crows in the parking lot, 'laughing' at a poor junco, lying on its belly on the walkway outside the building, its breathing labored. We are told to leave it, that it likely will be OK. So they say.
"During migration, nature preserve is a loose term in my book."
Another close encounter of the natural kind, reported by Juliet Avenue Mom: "Subject: Dinner at the fence 😳.
"Here are some pictures from the back yard of our lovely home in the heart of Macalester-Groveland. This hawk/falcon??? [Bulletin Board interjects: I.D., Al B? ] ate his dinner on our fence the other evening. Dinner was a junco, I believe.
"It was a sad and amazing sight at the same time."
This 'n' that 'n' the other
From our Official Ornithologist, Al B of Hartland: (1) "I'd driven by many red-tailed hawks, ever-vigilant and perched on posts, and an old farm place where a wooden corn crib still stood. The slatted walls encouraged the drying of ears of corn. Those gaps made such a crib a giant bird feeder. On the farm I grew up on, red-headed woodpeckers found those corn cribs to their liking."
(2) "A woman told me about wearing bread wrappers over her shoes. I didn't do that often, but I do recall slipping Wonder Bread wrappers over my stocking feet before putting on boots. They kept my socks dry and helped my feet slide into boots I was trying to outgrow.
"I thought about that as I looked at the bread displayed at a Costco. I'd taken my wife there as a surprise. It was our anniversary. I'd gotten a couple of one-day passes. We could look, but we couldn't buy. I was OK with that."
(3) "I was in an airport lounge trying to enjoy an overpriced sandwich. It was passable pabulum. I'd eat it all because my mother believed that cleaning my plate would somehow fill the stomachs of the starving children in China.
"My flight was delayed, and there was gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
"Flying has become as easy as stacking marbles.
"There was a game on most of the establishment's TVs. Other patrons were screaming at the big screens because of an official's call. One man grumbled about the delay, because the play was being reviewed. A couple of other fans agreed. If they truly dislike breaks in the action, they should boo the beer commercials."
(4) "I heard on the radio a few years ago that the average American eats 1,996 pounds of food each year. Nearly a ton of food. Using math skills that earned me such kudos as 'He's not that good at math,' I figured that's just short of 5.5 pounds of food daily. I didn't figure in the Leap Day we get every four years.
"Inspired by that recalled information and having had a breakfast of tea and a banana, I decided to find food. I need to eat regularly to keep from feeling like yesterday's hash browns. When nearing empty, I walk to my favorite hunting grounds: the refrigerator. I hoped there would be some of the waffles that fit perfectly into a toaster. I believe there is great value in waffles. I'd planned to make a smiley face of syrup on each waffle. Sadly, I found a great emptiness where the waffles would have been if we'd have had waffles. I'm an easy bruise, but a quick heal. 'OK, then,' I said much too loudly to myself, and I moved on to other victuals.
"I built a sandwich. Wheat bread and cheese. I smelled a couple kinds of cheese I'd found in the refrigerator. I tried to snifferentiate the two, but I could not. I put both in my sandwich."
The little treasures
Tim Borgan writes: "Lafayette Elementary School. West Side Flats. School Year 1958-59. First Grade. I can remember a few people: Jimmy C or K., Valerie, Sandra. Me top left."
Vertically Challenged reports: "I just had a Joy of Juxtaposition! Tonight is April 13th, and I just turned on my audio book to listen to the second in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. 'Clair' is talking about their traveling north and describes the weather as 'bad all the way.' And it was wet. 'It was April 13th.'"
The great comebacks
Rusty of St. Paul reports: "I was reading in Money magazine about '10 Must-Have Apps for Seniors.' Several of them caught my attention, but the one I liked best was the one that tells you where you last parked your car.
"I was discussing this app at the dining table when we hosted brunch for my cousins. My wife was sitting next to me and perfectly set herself up: 'Hmmm . . . I wonder how it work,' she said.
"I told the group: 'You leave the wife at your car, and when you come out of the big-box store, she waves and says: "YOO HOO! OVER HERE!"'"
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Q: How to sort insert and prioritize most recent in an Array List? I tried checking the array to see if the number is already listed, if the user happens to input a number twice thus number should be placed to the top being its most recent and everything else should be shifted down. in Short given the array [ 4, 5, 6, 7, 9] if the users inputs 7 it should be changed to [7, 4, 5, 6, 9].
//Array Created
int intArray[] = new int[5];

//Number of values in the array
int count = 0;

//Value user enters
int userInput = 0;

//Receive user inputs
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

//First Prompt
System.out.println("Enter The File You Wish To Use. Enter 0 to stop:");
userInput = in.nextInt();

//Keep asking for number if invalid
while((userInput < 0) || (userInput > 10)){
  System.out.println("Invalid number. Must be between 1 - 10\n");
  System.out.println("Enter The File You Wish To Use. Enter 0 to stop:");
  userInput = in.nextInt();
}

intArray[count] = userInput;
count++;

 while(userInput != 0){

   //Keeps Track of the numbers inputed
  System.out.println("There is currently " + count + " On The Table.");
  for(int i = 0; i < count; i++){
    System.out.print(intArray[i] + " ");
  }

  System.out.print("\n\n");
  System.out.println("Enter The File You Wish To Use. Enter 0 to stop:");

  userInput = in.nextInt();

  //Don't Allow numbers bigger than 10 or less than 1
  while(userInput < 0 || userInput > 10){
    System.out.println("Invalid number.\n");
    System.out.println("Enter The File You Wish To Use. Enter 0 to stop:");
    userInput = in.nextInt();
  }

  if(count == intArray.length){
    int tempPrev;
    for(int i = (intArray.length - 1); i > 0; i--){

      //Store the previous value
      tempPrev = intArray[i - 1];

      //Assign current index to what was in previous
      intArray[i] = tempPrev;
    }

    intArray[0] = userInput;
    count = intArray.length;
  } else {
    intArray[count] = userInput;
    count++;
  }
}
System.out.println("The end.");

}
}

A: Let's start with the fact that you need to have uniqueness in your array, so you want a set.
The best (quick) implementation you can find using the standard libraries is LinkedHashSet<Integer>.
If we analyze its documentation for a second we can see that by default it preserves the insertion order, which is perfect for your case, however, we also notice that it ignores re-insertions if the element is present:

This linked list defines the iteration ordering, which is the order in
which elements were inserted into the set (insertion-order). Note that
insertion order is not affected if an element is re-inserted into the
set. (An element e is reinserted into a set s if s.add(e) is invoked
when s.contains(e) would return true immediately prior to the
invocation.)

To get around this problem, you can create a utility function that first attempts to remove the number you want to insert from the set, then reinserts it again, thus changing the insertion order.
E.g.
final var set = new LinkedHashSet<Integer>();

...
static void addFirst(Set<Integer> set, int val) {
  set.remove(val);
  set.add(val);
}

At this point you can take its iterator and read the set values as you need it most.
Note:
Since this is only efficient if the reads are in the direction of the iterator or if they are few compared to the inserts, so, if you have to iterate often in reverse then you are better off using a LinkedList<Integer>
directly and doing the same little game as remove() and add().
That's because, unfortunately although the set is doubly linked, the only way you can scroll through it in reverse is as follows:
final var list = new LinkedList<>(set);
final var it = list.descendingIterator();
while(it.hasNext()) {
   int item = it.next();
   // do something
}

A: Keeping to you existing scheme, here is one way this could be accomplished. Read the comments in code:
Runnable code:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class AddNewButDeleteDuplicate_Demo {

    // System related newline character sequence. Could be used anywhere.
    public static final String LS = System.lineSeparator();

    // Open a keyboard input stream. Could be used anywhere.
    public static final Scanner userInput = new Scanner(System.in);

    // Application Entry Point:
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // App started this way to avoid the need for statics:
        new AddNewButDeleteDuplicate_Demo().startApp(args);
    }

    private void startApp(String[] args) {
        // This code can create an int[] array of any size:

        int[] intArray; // Declare our int[] array
        int count = 1;  // Counter used for 'number of entries' display:

        // Inform of upcomming prompt:
        System.out.println("Enter integer numbers (1 to 10) to add to Array" + LS
                           + "or enter 's' at any time to stop.");

        /* List Interface of Integer to hold all integer values supplied
           by User.This List is later converted to an int[] Array. List
           is used because it can grow dynamically whereas Arrays can not.
           This then allows the User to enter as many elements as desired
           which the rules specify 10 elements max since we can only enter
           values from 1 to 10.                     */
        List<Integer> intList = new ArrayList<>();

        // To hold the current value supplied by User:
        String inputValue = "";

        // Repeatable User Entry Prompt with a Stop mechanism and entry Validation:
        while (inputValue.isEmpty()) {
            // Prompt:
            System.out.print("Entry #" + count + ": -> ");
            // Get User Entry:
            inputValue = userInput.nextLine().trim();
            // Is 'Stop' desired?
            if (inputValue.equalsIgnoreCase("s")) {
                // Yes...Inform and exit `while` loop
                System.out.println("Done Creating Array!");
                break;  // Exit `while` loop.
            }
            /* Validate User Entry. If the entry IS NOT a string representation
               of a unsigned integer value from 1 to 10 then indicate as invalid
               and allow the User to try again.        */
            if (!inputValue.matches("\\d+") || Integer.parseInt(inputValue) < 1 ||
                                                 Integer.parseInt(inputValue) > 10) {
                System.out.println(">> Invalid Entry (" + inputValue + ")! Try again... <<" + LS);
                inputValue = "";    // Empty variable to ensure re-loop.
                continue;  // Jump to top of loop:
            }

            /* If we made it to this point, then the User supplied value is
               valid. Convert the User supplied string numerical value to
               int data type.               */
            int val = Integer.parseInt(inputValue);

            /* For demo purposes, display the Current List before checking
               for duplicates:         */
            System.out.println("List Previous: -> " + intList);

            // Check for duplicate...
            /* If List is not empty and the int value of the User supplied
               number IS currently contained within the List then remove the
               duplicate value already contained within the List and insert
               the new (same) value to the beginning of the List at index 0.  */
            if (!intList.isEmpty() && intList.contains(val)) {
                int idx = intList.indexOf(val);
                /* If the duplicate is already located at index 0 of the List
                   then there is no point doing any modification to the List
                   since this is where we would place the new value anyways. */
                if (idx != 0) {
                    intList.remove(idx);
                    intList.add(0, val);
                    // Inform of duplicate entry:
                    System.out.println(">> Duplicate Entry (" + inputValue + ")! "
                            + "Old value removed at index " + idx + " and New value inserted "
                                    + "into index 0. <<" + LS);
                }
            }
            // Otherwise, just add the int value to the List:
            else {
                intList.add(val);
            }

            /* For demo purposes, display the Current List after checking
               for duplicates:         */
            System.out.println("List Current:  -> " + intList);

            inputValue = ""; // Empty variable to ensure re-loop.
            count++;  // Increment User entry count:
        }

        // Convert the List to an int[] Array using Streams:
        intArray = intList.stream().mapToInt(d -> d).toArray();

        // Display int[] Array:
        System.out.println("The intArray[] Array: -> " + Arrays.toString(intArray));
    }
}

A: I will provide a solution for arrays and I will presume that if a new item is specified by the user, it will get to the head of the array and pulling everything to the right, with the oldest falling out of the array:
int index = intArray.indexOf(input);
if (index < 0) {
    index = intArray.length; //we default to the last item that would disappear
for (int i = index; i > 0; i--) {
    intArray[i] = intArray[i - 1];
}
intArray[0] = input;

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Feds: California rail project infringed on fox habitat
Updated: 4:57 PM PST Feb 3, 2015
Efren Adalem / Oohlookphotography.com
A mother kit fox cleans here pup.
SOURCE: Efren Adalem / Oohlookphotography.com
California's $68 billion high-speed rail was chastised by federal officials for infringing on the habitat of the protected kit fox.In a Jan. 26 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Federal Railroad Administration are out of compliance with environmental commitments for building the bullet-train line in the Fresno-Madera area, the Fresno Bee reported.PHOTOS: Cute kit foxes in CaliforniaThe letter claims a contractor's preliminary work infringed on habitat for the fox.The authority has pledged to make up for the loss of the habitat by providing additional habitat elsewhere in the Central Valley.VIDEO: Gilroy will have stop on nation's first bullet trainThe Fish and Wildlife Service regional office in Sacramento and the state rail authority characterized the problem as a communication issue, not willful disregard of the rules.Ground was officially broken on the initial phase of the project in January but preliminary work had been done prior to that.The San Joaquin kit fox, about the size of a cat, has been on the federal endangered species list since 1967.In the letter, a Fish and Wildlife official chastised the agencies for work done by contractor Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons last June.Fish and Wildlife Deputy Assistant Field Administrator Dan Russell said the agency was not notified of the unauthorized work until an Aug. 29 telephone conversation. A written notification didn't come until Oct. 21.A biologist hired by the contractor determined a potential San Joaquin kit fox den near the Fresno site was not active last summer.With the high-speed rail system, the state has promised to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours.The initial work is on a 142-mile stretch north and south of Fresno.
FRESNO, Calif. —
California's $68 billion high-speed rail was chastised by federal officials for infringing on the habitat of the protected kit fox.
In a Jan. 26 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Federal Railroad Administration are out of compliance with environmental commitments for building the bullet-train line in the Fresno-Madera area, the Fresno Bee reported.
PHOTOS: Cute kit foxes in California
The letter claims a contractor's preliminary work infringed on habitat for the fox.
The authority has pledged to make up for the loss of the habitat by providing additional habitat elsewhere in the Central Valley.
Gilroy will have stop on nation's first bullet train
Gilroy residents react to high speed rail
VIDEO: Gilroy will have stop on nation's first bullet train
The Fish and Wildlife Service regional office in Sacramento and the state rail authority characterized the problem as a communication issue, not willful disregard of the rules.
Ground was officially broken on the initial phase of the project in January but preliminary work had been done prior to that.
The San Joaquin kit fox, about the size of a cat, has been on the federal endangered species list since 1967.
In the letter, a Fish and Wildlife official chastised the agencies for work done by contractor Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons last June.
Fish and Wildlife Deputy Assistant Field Administrator Dan Russell said the agency was not notified of the unauthorized work until an Aug. 29 telephone conversation. A written notification didn't come until Oct. 21.
A biologist hired by the contractor determined a potential San Joaquin kit fox den near the Fresno site was not active last summer.
With the high-speed rail system, the state has promised to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours.
The initial work is on a 142-mile stretch north and south of Fresno.

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What You Likely Know About America's 1st Thanksgiving is Probably Wrong
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Where was the first Thanksgiving? Like centuries of Americans, I grew up hearing that America's first Thanksgiving took place in New England with the Pilgrims.
"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together," Pilgrim Edward Winslow wrote in December 1621 of a Thanksgiving feast, which one might call "friendsgiving" today.
Earlier that year, in April 1621, after suspicious surveillance of each other, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag had entered a peace treaty that prevented war. The Wampanoag had lost as much as 90 percent of their tribe to a plague in the preceding years brought unknown by Europeans. The Pilgrims had lost 45 of the 102 Mayflower passengers. Both sides were highly motivated to survive at the time, and their treaty staved off war for 54 years.
"[M]any of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted," Winslow also wrote of their 1621 feast, crediting the goodness of God for their bounty.
Giving thanks was a top reason for celebrations among the Wampanoag and other native people of North America. Also contributing to that first joint feast, the Wampanoag "went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others," Winslow noted in 1621.
Virginia's Claim to the First Thanksgiving
After moving to Virginia, I discovered that Virginia also has a claim to Thanksgiving fame. "We ordain that this day of our ship's arrival … in the land of Virginia, shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God," prayed Capt. John Woodlief upon landing 38 Britons on Dec. 4, 1619, two years before the Pilgrims' first feast.
If Virginians celebrated Thanksgiving first, how did Plymouth's Pilgrims earn the distinction of being first?
Read the full article on The Federalist as originally published.
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Q: Sed - changes in multiple files on Mac OSX I would like to add some text to the end of some specific files. If I do this however:
[command producing file names] | xargs sed -e '$s/$/\
TEXT/'

I get the following result:
(all the contents of every single matching file)
TEXT

This is obviously not what I want. Adding g to the substitution pattern does not help either and turning on -i results only the last file being edited.
Is there anything I can do to fix this or an alternative to add a specific string to the end of a list of files?

A: If you're trying to add a line to a set of files, keep it simple and just write a line to the end of each file:
while IFS= read -r file; do
    printf '%s\n' 'TEXT' >> "$file"
done < <(command producing file names)

or you could still use xargs if you prefer:
command producing file names |
xargs -I {} sh -c 'printf '\''%s\n'\'' '\''TEXT'\'' >> {}'

A: My teammate told me a working solution: adding -n 1 to xargs actually fixes this.
[command producing file names] | xargs -n 1 sed -e '$s/$/\
TEXT/'


A Sandy Lake family forced to leave their home during the full evacuation of the community last week returned Sunday evening to discover their house completely destroyed by a fire.
The house fire started on the morning of Sunday, July 31, 2011.
Bradley Kakegamic and Savannah Rae were part of the evacuees who had to leave the community along with their 10-year old son and 5-year old daughter after forest fires in the area posed a threat of reaching the community. The family fled with none of their belongings and arrived home to even less.
A lack of housing in the community has 150-200 families on a waiting list for a new home. Unfortunately, the community does not have the resources to replace this family`s house at this time.
The cause of the house fire remains under investigation.
An account has been set up to help the family who lost their home in the fire.
Sandy Lake First Nation will administer the funds to ensure the family receives furnishings, clothing and children`s toys.
A full evacuation of Sandy Lake was ordered due to thick smoke of nearby forest fires and the threat of a fire reaching the community.
Sandy Lake was fully evacuated starting July 18, 2011 and evacuees began returning home on Wednesday, July 27.
Sandy Lake has a band membership of 2741. It is hoped that a majority of the community residents will have arrived home by Wednesday, August 3.
The community is accepting donations to assist with costs associated with the full evacuation.
Updates on the evacuation can be found at www.sandylake.firstnation.ca.
For more information regarding the house fire and evacuation, contact Chief Adam Fiddler at (807) 774-3421 or at adamfiddler@knet.ca.


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Michael Lopez | August 19, 2009 | 9:11am
Delightfully Swedish new wave rockers The Sounds are planning a world tour in support of their latest album, Crossing the Rubicon, and they just so happened to include Tempe on their massive list. The Sounds built their reputation with their infectious 2002 debut Living in America, putting them on the short list of top-notch new-wave/indie rock Swedish bands at the time joining The Hives, Shout Out Louds, Mando Diao, Sahara Hotnights and Razorlight. While Rubicon signals a new, mature sound for the band, it still encapsulates the energy and dynamic of the band - buoyed by radiant lead singer Maja Ivarsson (holy crap that name is Swedish). She is the lifeblood of the band and she is what set them apart from their other America-infiltrating Swedish contemporaries, and the real reason you should get out and see at the Marquee.
No One Sleeps When I'm Awake -...
The Sounds will play Tempe's Marquee Theatre Friday, October 16. Support is yet to be named.
What happened circa 2002 with Swedish artists like The Sounds is important for what we see today with the ever-growing popularity of Peter Bjorn & John, Royksopp, Robyn, Lykke Li, Lindstrøm and Karen Dreijer Andersson (aka Fever Ray). Lest we forget that ABBA started America's fascination with Swedish music way back in the 1970's, something hair metal band Europe tried to ruin in 1986 with the release of that awful, awful song "The Final Countdown." Swedish music was resilient, though, and it came back to fruition in the 1990's with the help of the aforementioned Robyn, The Cardigans, Kent and, of course, Ace of Base. So as we see, Swedish musical is oddly cyclical and is bolstered by offerings of unabashed, mega-popular pop music, smart rock music and experimental/avant-garde electronic music.
So why not celebrate the enigma that is Swedish music and spend a night out with The Sounds? How often do you get to see a native Swede like Maja Ivarsson -- a stunning, talented woman -- absolutely kick ass onstage?
Some of you may have heard The Sounds' "Don't Want To Hurt You," quite recently, even though you may think otherwise. Behold the proof:
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storiesbywilliams	in News, Technology	 December 19, 2012 December 19, 2012 574 Words
Omnitouch Projection Touch Screens
One of the most interesting areas in which computing has been improving lately has been in the realm of interfacing. Concepts like the XBOX Kinect gaming console have not occurred in a vacuum; in fact, they are part of a larger research trend that wants to make projection and scanning the way of the future. After all, why rely on a monitor or a console when you can project images onto any surface and use them like a touchscreen?
That's the idea behind the OmniTouch technology. Using the same technology from the Kinect gaming system, a research team made of developers from Microsoft and Carnegie-Mellon University revealed back in October that they've come up with a system that can turn virtually any surface into a touchscreen. By combining a miniature camera and a portable computer, the user can write documents, check email and carry out their daily computational tasks simply by finding a surface.
Chris Harrison, a postgraduate researcher at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute in Pittsburgh and a former intern at Microsoft Research and co-inventor of the device, describes the process as follows:
"OmniTouch works by bringing together a miniature projector and an infrared depth camera, similar to the kind used in Microsoft's Kinect game console, to create a shoulder-worn system designed to interface with mobile devices such as smart phones. Instead of relying on screens, buttons, or keys, the system monitors the user's environment for any available surfaces and projects an interactive display onto one or more of them.
"OmniTouch does this automatically, using the depth information provided by the camera to build a 3-D model of the environment. The camera acquires depth information about the scene by emitting a patterned beam of infrared light and using the reflections to calculate where surfaces are in the room. This eliminates the need for external calibration markers. The system rebuilds the model dynamically as the user or the surface moves—for example, the position of a hand or the angle or orientation of a book—so the size, shape, and position of these projections match those of the improvised display surfaces."
Hrvoje Benko, another researcher who developed the device, admits that the current shoulder-mounted model is impractical. However, all the components involved in its creation are off-the-shelf electronics which are being miniaturized all the time. "But it's not where you mount it that counts," he says. "The core motivation was to push this idea of turning any available surface into an interactive surface… So I don't think we're so far from it being made into a pendant or attached to glasses."
All of this calls to mind the SixthSense concept invented by Pranav Mistry many years ago. Presenting at TedTalks, he demonstrated how a wearable camera, finger mounted devices, and a portable computer, a person could use just about any surface to interface with their computer and even be able to transfer documents and programs to stationary computers.
While he may have beaten the IBM research team to the punch, this represents a step forward for portable computing and touch-technology since it shows that the results can be duplicated and made commercially viable.
Click on the video below to watch the OmniTouch device in action, and check out Pranav Mistry's presentation to TedTalks at the bottom. Both enlightening and worthwhile video segments, trust me on that!
3-d mapping
omnitouch
portable camera
pranav mistry
SixthSense
smart screen
Transhumans by 2030?
Timeline of Game of Thrones
3 thoughts on "Omnitouch Projection Touch Screens"
Things used to be so much simpler; whatever happened to the days when people could actually take care of themselves if disaster struck and not feel like they relied on technology so much?
storiesbywilliams says:
They invented penicillin. HA! Just kidding, I know what you mean. I seem to remember life being less certain and more hands on when I was a kid, and I liked it!
so did I. Hey, you should read the Age of Misrule trilogy. This subject is looked at quite a bit in the series. It's also got Celtic gods and Eastern ideas of consciousness and life, which I really dig.


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Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved the proposal to accept Armenia to the Russian 'Defense systems,' reports "Armenpress," citing the corresponding decree published on March 2. "Accept" the accession of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian government's proposal to hold talks on signing an agreement between the Russian and Belarusian governments on the f...
Turk who killed Russian pilot of Su-24 arrested 2016-03-02 16:12:30
The Syrian government forces have followed and caught up the Turkish commander who killed Oleg Peskov, the Russian pilot of the Su-24 aircraft which was eliminated in the area of the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24, last year. As reports "Armenpress" the Turkish "Haber 7" informed citing the semi-official Fars news agency, which in its turn cited the "Russia today&r...
Iranian Russian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers are to meet 2016-02-29 18:23:57
A trilateral meeting of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministers is to be held in the near future, reports "Armenpress" citing APA news agency. Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Hussein Jabari Ansari announced that the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran in Tehran are to be discussed. Ansari sa...
Putin confirms increase of rates of excise duties on petrol and diesel since April 1 2016-02-29 15:54:25
The Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the increase of excise rates on petrol and diesel since April 1, 2016 which introduced changes to article 193 CC RF Tax Code. The bill was passed by the State Duma by the first and final reading on Friday. In particular, the rate of motor gasoline excise tax is to increase by 2 rubles for 1 liter of gasoline, 5th class moto...
'Enemies behind the hill' began their preparations for parliamentary elections-Putin 2016-02-27 11:57:47
Putin has no doubts that launched the ant-terrorist operations in Syria on time. At the Federal Security Service (FSB) board meeting, the Russian president stressed that it is important to close the country's area in front of militants from the Middle East and other regions, promptly identify and neutralize those who are involved in terrorist activities abroad. Speaking...
Moscow proposes to launch a unified system of registration of CIS citizens 2016-02-26 16:33:32
Partnership between the Russian Federation and CIS countries should be strengthened in terms of the Federal Migration Service (MCA) and a unified system of the registration of the CIS citizens should be conducted, reports "Armenpress" citing the Head of the Russian MCA Konstantin Romodanovsky. "One of the priority issues is the strengthening of the part...
Gasoline and diesel fuel rates increased in Russia 2016-02-26 15:55:42
The deputies through the first and final reading have adopted the draft resolution on the rise of rates of gasoline and diesel fuel at the State Duma's plenary session on Friday. Accordingly, the exercise rates of gasoline, middle distillates and fuel are to go up, according to TASS. In particular, the rate of motor gasoline is to increase by 2 rubles for 1 liter, the excise ...
We develop military-technical cooperation with Armenia, Baku must understand- Russian Foreign Minist... 2016-02-26 15:22:02
Moscow does not conceal the fact of military-technical cooperation with Armenia and calls on Azerbaijan to understand it, said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, reports TASS. "Through diplomatic channels we informed Azerbaijan that Russia and Armenia have partnership relations including developing military-technical cooperation. It ( the military...
After ceasefire Russian air forces to continue strikes against terrorists-Peskov 2016-02-26 14:56:55
The Russian air forces continue striking towards the terrorist positions even after the ceasefire, stated the Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov. "After the ceasefire entered into force, the offensive operations against the terrorist organizations are not to stop, it is not planed. This is one of the conditions included in the Russian-US agreement",...
Russia and US to strike ceasefire violators in Syria 2016-02-25 16:45:00
Moscow does not rule out that Russia and the US will jointly strike the existing groups in Syria which are not to join the ceasefire, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told RIA Novosti, "Armenpress" reports. According to the US-Russian joint declaration published on February 22, a cesefire between the government forces and opposition armed groups...
Putin and Aliyev discussed 'urgent issues' 2016-02-25 14:20:10
The Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, reports "Armenpress" citing the Kremlin Press Service. A number of urgent issues of trade and economic cooperation and international agenda were under consideration during the telephone conversation. "The leaders exchanged views on the settlement of the...
Putin and Rouhani discussed Russian-US agreement on Syrian ceasefire 2016-02-24 17:28:53
The Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, reports "Armenpress" citing the Kremlin Press Service. " The sides mainly focused on the Syrian issue, in particular, on the discussion of initiatives and proposals which were included in the joint Russian-US statement over the Syrian ceasefire", it is repo...
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Every person in an office struggles with focus and fighting off distraction. For a business owner or entrepreneur, the challenge of finding and holding focus is critical each and every day. While the cost to a company might be significant if staff are surfing social media all day, the cost to a business if an owner can't maintain focus is life or death for that organization.
So how does a business owner find focus when leading a busy life, being pulled in all directions?
Set Strategic Time – most entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches and business owners get trapped in the day-to-day dealing of their operations. Few owners have set aside a time block of 2-3 hours each week to simply be strategic. This means getting away from the office potentially, turning off all email and interruptions, locking the door or finding a quiet space. Look at major challenges and opportunities for the business and just start to play with solutions, options and get back to blue skying how you see the business unfolding. Don't move to tactics plans yet… just focus on the bigger picture. Most owners are strategic less than 5% of the time and this first step moves you towards a healthier 20-30% range.
Closest to the Money – the priority and focus for what helps a business most today is usually around cashflow. So choose items to focus "closest to the money". Collecting payments, getting agreement signed, invoicing, collecting AR, alliances, new sales. These are the foci that make everything else run smoother. Each day look at what CTTM steps can be taken and do them first.
Set Your Own Priorities – most owners are bombarded with lists of "should do" or items for staff, clients and outside sources. The items most important to you, as the owner, are often moved down the list repeatedly. You have the best idea of what priorities will move the company forward, so take time to quietly define what your priorities are. One expert suggested a morning routine of exercise, breakfast and then focused priority setting… all before checking email, turning on your phone or allowing outside influences.
Cut Distractions – This is a similar strategy suggested to make strategic time a reality; eliminate all the things that disrupt your day. Close doors, lock them if you need to, turn off email (yes, you can turn if off), work outside your office, clear your workspace. Once you start to find you can create 30-60 minutes of undistracted time it will empower you to start to create larger blocks of focused time. One entrepreneur used 8am to 10am each day as his undistracted personal work time and claimed it was the single most powerful tool that allowed him to build his empire.
Time Tools – we live in a world where everything has an alarm system, a reminder option and a timer available. So use these calendar reminders, alarms and time tools to constantly be reminding you what to focus on. Each personal work period should buzz on your phone and computer. Each critical task should have a time allocated to it and a reminder or multiple ones are set. Focused people don't just say "I'll remember". They know that a business owner has a to-do list in the hundreds of items and finding focus comes from a system of time tools.
Third Location – many entrepreneurs say they can't get the peace and quiet they need to really focus at their office… or at home. So finding a third place is critical. This is often a coffee shop where you can watch some people, have some background noise but mostly work at a table with your favorite drink and your head down. You bring one to two focus items to the third place with you, not a huge briefcase or file folder. You go, you work, you get away and then you get back to the office.
Reset Strategy – As an entrepreneur you have outside forces trying to disrupt your focus and priorities all day long. When something really does create stress or an emergency, in order to get back to a focused state, you need a reset strategy. This is much like a professional goalie in sport – someone scores against them and they go through a ritual to reset themselves and get back in the game. What's your reset ritual? Go for a walk for 10 minutes, review your goals and get your favorite drink from the kitchen. Create a Reset Strategy today to get you back in the focus zone fast.
Your Focus Tribe – While most people can be distractions, some key people can bring you back into focus quickly. Perhaps this is a mentor or a peer but it is someone that can remind you what you're supposed to be focused on. This is someone you can call and they quickly say, stop doing that and get doing this. They can yell a little to snap you into focus but you know they are yelling from a good place with a smile to support you. Don't have someone like this… then pay someone; get a coach or a mentor or a peer group now.


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Breckenridge Blizzards: EmPOWDERing the People!
Ullr might've had a slow start to winter, but he's quickly redeeming himself by steadily dumping tons of fresh powder on Breckenridge this December. Colorado's favorite season is in full swing in this ski town, and it's time to tune those skis and boards and get to Breck for some incredible skiing and riding!
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Q: Add extra property in Symfony model I want to add new properties to existing Entity without creating the new column in database.
Let'say we have defined an entity with 2-3 columns id, name, score.
Now when we query using findAll etc. methods I need to get additional value average. So we are expecting 4 fields whenever we query specific entity.
Can we achieve this using getter/setters or any other solutions for this?

A: Sure, you can simply create an additional getter on the entity class which calculates the average on the fly:
public function getAverage()
{
    // calculate the $average;
    return $average;
}

If the calculation of the average is expensive, you can cache the result in a private property and return that on subsequent calls to the getter.


As if making the 2019 Kelly Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2015-2016 campaign wasn't enough, Kansas City Mavericks coach John-Scott Dickson received more good news over the weekend.
He found out forward Mark Cooper and defenseman Cliff Watson were returning to the team in time for their opening round ECHL playoff series in Tulsa, that begins at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.
Cooper, who has been on loan to American Hockey League team San Antonio, and Watson, who has been on loan to the Ontario Reign, were both headed back to Independence when Dickson talked about postseason play following Monday's practice at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena.
"They're both on planes as we speak and should be here for practice tomorrow," said Dickson, whose Mavericks claimed points in their last five ECHL regular season games – winning four in a row and falling 2-1 at Rapid City Saturday in overtime.
The Mavericks finished the regular season with a 36-30-4-2 record and finished in fourth place in the Mountain Division.
This will be the first time the Mavericks and Oilers have met in postseason play. The Mavericks were 4-6 against Tulsa this past season, sporing a 4-3 record at home and 0-3 mark in Tulsa.
"When we were on that 0-7 streak, I told you after many of the games that we were playing pretty well, but just couldn't find a way to get the puck in the net, or we'd make a mistake that would cost us a game," said Dickson, who is taking the Mavericks into the postseason for the first time as a head coach.
And that led the Mavericks winning four out of their last five regular season games.
Mason McDonald, who has been a brick wall in the net for the Mavericks this season, takes a personal 23-10-1-2 record and 2.54 goals against average in the playoffs against the Oilers.
"We're all excited to be heading into the playoffs after missing them the past couple of years," McDonald said. "I think we're playing with a lot of confidence, and even though we didn't win our last regular season game, we got points in our last five games with four wins and that shootout loss at Rapid City (with Nick Schneider in the net).
Captain Rocco Carzo, who along with defenseman Nate Widman, played in all 72 regular-season games for the Mavericks, can't wait for postseason action.
"That losing streak at the end of the season can help us, because we won four in a row after that and got points in our last five games," said Carzo, who led the team with 59 points (20 goals, 39 assists).
LONGTIME RIVALRY: The Mavericks and Oilers have played never played each other in the postseason despite playing each other 97 times in their 10-year rivalry. The Mavericks have a stranglehold on the all-time series with a 64-27-2-4 record against the Oilers. The team's 100th all-time meeting will be Game 3 at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena on April 17.
TAKING IT BACK: The Mavericks are making their seventh postseason appearance in franchise history. In their 10-year history, the Mavericks have a 27-26-2 record all-time in the postseason and a 4-5 series record. They have reached the conference finals twice in their history, once against the Fort Wayne Komets in the 2012 CHL Playoffs and again in 2013 against the Allen Americans, losing in the seventh game of the series both times.


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De Indcar Wing of Indcar Wing Iveco is een midibus, geproduceerd door de Spaanse busfabrikant Indcar. De bus is gebaseerd op de Iveco First en is zowel geschikt voor tourvervoer als voor openbaar vervoer. De bus is beschikbaar met een of twee deuren.

De bussen worden gebouwd op een chassis van Irisbus/Iveco of Mercedes-Benz. Zoals gebruikelijk bij de meeste bussen staat zowel het logo van de carrosseriebouwer, in dit geval Indcar, als dat van de chassisfabrikant op de bus.

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Dit model bus komt voor in Nederland bij onder andere BBA Tours en Juijn Rossum. BBA Tours gebruikt de bus voor tourvervoer en versterkingsritten voor Veolia Transport in Noord-Brabant en Juijn Rossum gebruikt de bus voor tourvervoer en versterkingsritten voor Arriva in de Bommelerwaard. Daarnaast wordt deze bus ingezet in België bij TEC voor hun Proxibus-projecten. Ook komen enkele exemplaren voor in onder andere Spanje en Italië.
Ook Kupers Touringcars gebruikt deze bus voor personeel van ASML te vervoeren van en naar carpoolplaatsen. Dagelijks rijden deze bussen tussen Eindhoven/Veldhoven en Eersel.

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  Technische gegevens Wing Iveco
  Technische gegevens Wing Urbano Iveco
  Technische gegevens Wing Mercedes-Benz Vario

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