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I hope someone can tell me something about this leather bag. I think it might be a mail or bank bag. It was made by the Max W.Behnke company of Chicago. Across the front is the name L.R. Thomas in yellow letters with black in back. Above the name is a yellow and black Santa Fe railroad symbol that has faded. It can be seen in the light. I hope someone can tell me something about the bag, or L.R. Thomas.


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Number Of Seats
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Road Tax
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Ten Second Review
The Ford Focus Estate has been given a proper working over in MK4 form, with more boot space, sleeker looks, a more user-friendly interior, more efficient engines and some suspension tweaks that aim to remind us what made the Focus great in the first place. It's not the biggest or the cheapest estate in its sector, but it might just be the most appealing all-rounder.
Such is the pull of small SUVs that the estate car seems to have had its last rites read time and again, yet still they struggle on. The reason why they refuse to die? They're a good idea. What's more, if people were honest about why they really needed a vehicle, an estate car would make more practical sense. They carry just as much as many SUVs, yet they're better to drive, they're lighter and more aerodynamic which means better efficiency - and they're usually cheaper to buy too. Ford's brought us some brilliant estates down the years but as much as customers have warmed to the Focus hatch, the five-door estate has never occupied a huge slice of the overall Focus sales pie chart. Perhaps this current version can formulate a more convincing argument.
Driving Experience
This fourth generation Focus estate, like its predecessors, has a reputation as a family station wagon with the ability to entertain at the wheel - and if you enjoy your driving, that's something you'll appreciate pretty early on the first time you try one. Twenty years ago, the original version of this model achieved much the same thing by standardising advanced multi-link rear suspension across its model line-up. Today, you get that too - in contrast to the hatch body shape which restricts this more advanced damping set-up to its most powerful 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol and 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel variants. To give you the engine line-up in full, things kick off with the brand's familiar three cylinder 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol powerplant, available in a 125PS variant that features cylinder deactivation, plus it can also be had in mHEV mild hybrid form in 125 or 155PS forms. Next up for petrol people is the 1.5-litre four cylinder EcoBoost engine with 150PS, borrowed from the Fiesta ST hot hatch, this unit also available with 182PS. The Focus ST gets a 2.3-litre EcoBoost petrol unit with 280PS. As for diesels, well there are 90 and 120PS versions of Ford's 1.5-litre EcoBlue powerplant, then 150 and 190PS versions of the company's 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel. The ride isn't overly firm, but body control through the bends is exemplary, allowing you at the wheel to make the most of the stiff new C2 platform, the feelsome power steering and the torque vectoring control system that helps you get the power down through the bends. It all combines to create a car that really can still reward at the wheel, even in its most affordable forms: there's still nothing else in this segment that feels quite the same. Yet it still does the sensible stuff well too, being decently refined, with confident braking and a lovely tactile gearshift.
Design and Build
The styling has useful evolved but looks a touch conservative in this station wagon guise. The front of the cabin's of much higher quality than before and comes complete with Ford's latest 'SYNC3' infotainment touchscreen in most models. There's space for four adults inside without too much of a squeeze, but levering a third body onto the rear bench will be a bit of a pinch. Since this is an estate though, our emphasis needs to be on the luggage bay, which really is a lot bigger than it is in the hatch. A typically-specified estate model fitted with a mini-spare offers up to 575-litres of capacity - or as much as 728-litres if you load to the roof. If you need more room and want to push forward the 60:40-split rear bench, then up to 1,620-litres of space is on offer, thanks to 175mm of extra loading length this time round and an extra 43mm of roof height for this generation model, an increase apparently calculated so as to enable owners to comfortably accommodate a dog crate. Go for this station wagon variant and auto-folding 'Easy Fold' rear seat backs come as standard, plus you can have a gesture-controlled powered tailgate if you're prepared to pay extra for it.
Market and Model
This estate body style attracts a premium of £1,100 over the equivalent hatch. The Focus Estate range kicks off with the base 'Zetec' variant priced at around £23,500, before progressing through 'ST-Line', 'ST-Line X', 'Titanium', 'Titanium X' and 'Vignale' variants. An SUV-style 'Active' version and an 'ST' performance variant are also available. Equipment levels reflect the fact that most customers will be paying upwards of £20,000 for this once very affordable family hatch. Even the base Focus 'Zetec' comes as standard with 16-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, alomng with an 8-inch SYNC3 touchscreen incorporating a DAB digital radio with Bluetooth and Emergency Assist. Plus there's an electronic parking brake, autonomous emergency braking, tyre pressure monitoring, Hill Start Assist and a Lane-Keeping Aid. If you want the base 100PS version of the 1.0 EcoBoost engine, you have to have 'Zetec' trim. Most will choose this 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine in 125PS form. If you can afford a little more and enjoy your driving, then you can go for one of the more powerful engines that come fitted with more sophisticated 'control blade' multi-link rear suspension package. These include a 150PS 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel and a 1.5-litre three cylinder EcoBoost petrol option, offered with either 150 or 182PS.
Cost of Ownership
Let's get to the figures, which we'll quote using WLTP measurement for fuel and WLTP measurement for CO2. Bear in mind with all the engines that if you choose the optional 8-speed auto gearbox, you'll hit your efficiency readings by around 10% - which isn't the case if you go for a Volkswagen Group model with DSG auto transmission. The latest version of the 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol unit that most choose gets increased injection pressure to facilitate efficiency. In mHEV mild hybrid form, this unit gets a lower compression ratio and a larger turbo. And the mHEV version has been embellished by a beefed-up starter/generator driven by a belt at the front of the engine that stores the energy harvested when you brake or decelerate in a tiny 48-volt lithium-ion battery secreted at the back of the car. That 1.0 EcoBoost petrol unit comes in three forms with 125PS (standard and mHEV) and 155PS, all of which return up to 55.4mpg on the combined cycle with a CO2 reading of 116g/km. For the 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine, the figures are up to 44.8mpg and up to 142g/km of CO2. Or 43.5mpg and up to 147g/km of CO2 for this engine in its uprated 182PS state of tune. What about the diesels? Well, for the 1.5 EcoBlue unit in its base 95PS state of tune, you're looking at up to 62.8mpg on the combined cycle and up to 119g/km of CO2. Or up to 58.9mpg and up to 125g/km with this engine in its 120PS state of tune. For completion, we'll also give you the figures for the 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel variant - up to 60.1mpg and up to 125g/km.
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Key Standard Features*
- 6 speakers
- Solid - Race red
- Roof rails
- Solid paint
- Cruise control + speed limiter
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Lane keeping system - lane keeping alert and lane keeping aid
- Cloth - Black with red stitching
Body Glass
- Tailgate wash/wipe
- Heated rear window
- Rear privacy glass
- Automatic rain sensing wipers
- Front variable intermittent wipers with electric wash
- Electrically operated front and rear windows with one touch opening and closing
- Quickclear heated windscreen
- ABS+Electronic Brake force Distribution
- Electronic stability control
- Electronic parking brake
- Hill start assist
- Auto hold function
- Post collision braking
- Sports tuned suspension
- Bluetooth system
Driver Aids
- Eco mode
- Intelligent speed assist
- Selectable drive mode
- Pre collision assist with autonomous emergency braking and pedestrian/cyclist detection
Driver Convenience
- Easy fuel capless refuelling system
Driver Information
- Trip computer
- Digital clock
- Rotary gear shift dial
- 4.2" TFT coloured cluster
- Wireless charging pad
- Ford SYNC 3 navigation with 8" TFT touchscreen, and app link Android auto/Apple carplay
Driving Mirrors
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Body coloured electrically operated and heated door mirrors with side indicators
- Power folding door mirrors with puddle lights
- Diesel particulate filter
- Aux input
- 2 USB ports
Exterior Body Features
- Body coloured bumpers
- Body colour large rear spoiler
- Body coloured door handles
- ST-Line upper and lower grille with full body styling kit and wing badges
- Polished twin tailpipe
Exterior Lights
- LED daytime running lamp
- Auto headlamps (on/off)
- LED front fog lamps with cornering function
- LED reflector headlamps
- Manual air conditioning
Interior Features
- Reach + rake adjustable steering column
- 3 spoke flat bottomed leather steering wheel with red stitching
- Dark headliner
- Alloy finish pedals
- Cloth upholstery with red stitching
- 2nd Load floor
- Cloth upholstery
- Driver airbag
- Front passenger airbag
- Front side airbags
- Passenger airbag deactivate switch
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- Side curtain airbags
- 3x3 point rear seatbelts
- Front inertia reel height adjustable seatbelts with pre-tensioners
- Three rear inertia reel lap/diagonal seatbelts
- Front and rear seatbelt reminder
- MyKey system
- Height adjustable front headrests
- Driver's lumbar support
- Isofix child seat preparation
- Auto fold rear seats
- Rear centre headrest
- Remote central locking & engine immobiliser
- Thatcham category 1 alarm
- Ford keyfree system with Keyless entry and keyless start/sleep mode key fob
Wheels - Alloy
- 17" 5x2 spoke alloy wheels with rock metallic finish
Wheels - Spare
- Mini steel spare wheel
- 0 to 60 mph (secs)
- 0 to 62 mph (secs) 10.5
- Engine Power - BHP 120
- Engine Power - KW 88
- Engine Power - PS
- Engine Torque - LBS.FT 221
- Engine Torque - NM 300
- Top Speed 119
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More Q & As
|Can I turn in a paper for one class that I've written for another class?
|Generally speaking, no. However, your instructor may work with you to come up with a solution to use the same topic.
|Do I only have to cite sources in my written papers?
|You must document the source(s) of your information whether you are producing a written paper, giving a speech, creating a website, compiling PowerPoint slides -- or working in any other medium where you are sharing what you have learned.
|Does all this plagiarism stuff only count while I'm in college?
|In college you could fail a class; outside of college you could lose your job or even be sued for copyright infringement. Journalists have been fired, the works of famous authors have been criticized, and research reports have been called into question, all under the dark cloud of plagiarism.


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Pioneer Fair- Southwestern Students
The annual Pioneer Fair takes place at the Shelby County Fairgrounds, at 500 Frank St. in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Pioneer Fair- Pioneer Play
The fair is a two-day event, taking place on Saturday September 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday Sept. 18, Noon to 4 p.m.
Pioneer Fair- Petting Zoo
Various artisans, shops and activities from the pioneer days are represented at the event, with something for every member of the family to enjoy!
Streets of Old Shelby Event
These three volunteers decided to spend their day serving Root Beer Floats and Sundaes to people as they stopped in the Emporium in the Street Scene. Free Root Beer Floats are served the third Saturday of each month.
Streets of Old Shelby Event
Shelbyville High School students volunteered for the day, and dressed in 20th century clothing and gave presentations about their professions. Here, one of the volunteers locks some Boy Scout members away in the jail.
Streets of Old Shelby Event
Some of the Shelbyville High School volunteers.
Streets of Old Shelby Event
People line up for FREE Root Beer Floats, while the museum brought their "Streets of Old Shelby" exhibit to life in March 2016. The museum will host another living history event in the Street Scene in July.
Shelby County Gallery- School Clothes
Various uniforms and clothes worn by Shelby County students.
Shelby County Gallery- Shelby County Artifacts
These artifacts are just some of the old advertising we have from various businesses and organizations throughout Shelby County.
Shelby County Gallery- Children's Display
Various organization outfits and uniforms worn by children in Shelby County.
Shelby County Gallery- Blue Ridge Baseball
1940's Blue Ridge Baseball Uniform, with picture of Mt. Auburn Softball Team
Railroad Gallery
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Miss Chiquita
Get to know our first lady of fruit
In her early years, Miss Chiquita found fame in the fruit aisle as an animated banana. Drawn in 1944 by cartoonist Dik Browne, creator and illustrator of H?gar the Horrible and Hi and Lois comics, Miss Chiquita put a personal face on Chiquita bananas. She showcased a festive and fun personality, as the resident expert for everything you ever wanted to know about bananas.
History of Miss Chiquita
In her early years, as an animated banana, she helped to teach consumers about the great nutritional value of bananas and how to ripen them. She was a big celebrity, making guest appearances in top radio shows including those of Fred Allen and Alec Templeton. Other broadcast personalities inviting Miss Chiquita to be on the air were Charlie McCarthy and Bert Lahr.
As the decades progressed, so did Miss Chiquita's look as she was slowly brought to life.
Live models and personalities were hired to bring the "First Lady of Fruit" to life, beginning with Patty Clayton in 1944. Portugal-born Elsa Miranda (no relation to movie star Carmen) was the most famous Miss Chiquita. In 1945 and 1946. Miss Chiquita made numerous personal appearances. She also made many guest appearances in movies, in commercials and even with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra.
Since 1963, a likeness of Miss Chiquita has appeared on the labels that identify Chiquita bananas and other products. She was depicted as a banana until 1987, when artist Oscar Grillo, creator of the Pink Panther, transformed her into a woman. The change reflected the image the public had of Miss Chiquita as a real person.
One of America's most famous and beloved icons, Miss Chiquita, celebrated her 50th birthday in 1994. It was a proud moment. Testa of New York was selected from a national talent search for this landmark occasion. That year, she made numerous broadcast and personal appearances as part of her nationwide "Good Will, Good Nutrition" tour, with the mission of giving every person she met a Chiquita banana and educating them on healthy eating.
In 2000, Angela Lanza took on the role of Miss Chiquita. Her activities included the Chiquita Perfect For Life Tour in 2001, during which she visited with the media, school children and the public in many cities across the country.
The latest in a series of women handpicked to portray the number one ambassador of fruit is Jenny Canales. In 2003, she started her duties as Miss Chiquita by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Chiquita Brands International's listing on the NYSE.
Inspired on Miss Chiquita, in 2017, Charlotte Olympia launched Chiquita shoes atthe London Fashion Week. With the collection Let's Go Bananas, the designer showed a fruity fashion trend, all brightness and fun. Demonstrating, once more, that bananas and Miss Chiquita are in fashion everywhere these days.
Now over 70 years old, Miss Chiquita remains the indisputable first lady of fruit and still brings a smile to the faces of banana fans everywhere.


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MADtv was a comedy/sketch show loosely based on MAD Magazine, even though in later seasons, the program generally dropped its association with the magazine. MADtv generally features an off-the-wall, at times, risque style of parody humor. The show ended in 2009 in its 14th season on the FOX television network.
Sesame Street had been parodied in a series of recurring sketches starting in the 11th season. The sketches feature Keegan-Michael Key as Gordon, Bobby Lee and Crista Flanagan as kids Billy and Sally (even though they didn't receive their names initially), and Jordan Peele as Big Bird, in a "fake" costume character and called "Bird." When Gordon initially appears in a sketch, he typically says "Hey kids, Bird, what is going on?" The sketches take place in Big Bird's nest, and opened with footage of children crossing a bridge and playing in a playground accompanied by the opening theme tune. With the exception of the latest ones, all of them had parody lyrics lampooning the Sesame Street Theme. While entirely revolved around Sesame Street, the sketches would quite often throw in references to The Electric Company and The Muppet Show.
Big Bird Gets the Flu
- Episode #1108
- Air Date: December 10, 2005
Billy and Sally notice a sick Big Bird in his nest. Sally tells "Bird" that he should feel relaxed since he had just gotten back from a long vacation. Then Gordon enters to see what's going on, and when he asks Big Bird where he went, which Big Bird answers Southeast Asia (visiting his relatives), he realizes that Big Bird might have the bird flu. "The bird flu? What's that?", Big Bird asks. Gordon and the kids then start singing and dancing to a song entitled "Avian Influenza Virus Genesi," to the tune of "ABC-DEF-GHI."
This cuts to a "Silhouetted Faces" segment (from The Electric Company) with a man and a woman in a blue background. The words they form are "flu," "fever," and "fatal."
Back at the nest area, Sally decides to cheer up the Bird with a big hug. But Gordon tries to resist her from doing so, but it's too late as Sally gets feathers on her, and Big Bird sneezes on the kids, thus infecting them with the bird flu and causing them to start sneezing. Gordon panics and runs off screaming, "This is bad! This is bad!".
This cuts to another sketch, with Cookie Monster (with a big, flat head and yellow nose) walking behind a brick wall which holds a plate of chicken. Cookie notices the chicken, which at first he doesn't want to eat (simply because he's not "Chicken Monster"), but gives in ("Who me kidding? Me eat anything. Me compulsive eater!"). Cookie gobbles up the entire plate until he starts to feel cold and faints, as the chicken has been infected with the bird flu.
Sally notices Bob (played by Frank Caeti) (as a portly man) coming in pushing a wheelbarrow full of dead Muppets (actually just random non-working puppets, including humanoids and some monsters). Billy and Sally walk up to him, and Bob tells them that they have to leave right now. Billy asks him what's going on, but Bob tells them that he doesn't want the kids to see what's in the wheelbarrow. Sally looks at the cart with sorrow as Bert, Ernie, and Grover (not shown) have died. Elmo, lying in the cart (with bloodshot eyes and without his nose), giggles and blurts out, "Tickle me! Tickle me!" until he coughs and falls backwards, dead.
Big Bird asks Bob if he's responsible for what has happened, to which he says yes, and opens a nearby trashcan to dump the dead Muppets into while singing "Everyone's Infected in the Neighborhood" (to the tune of "The People in Your Neighborhood").
Gordon comes back and tells everyone to back away as he pours a can of gasoline onto Big Bird. "Hey, that smells funny!", says Big Bird. Gordon then asks if anyone has a lighter, to which Billy says he does and hands it to him (Gordon gives him a rather strange look, as he would again in some of the following sketches). Gordon is about to set Big Bird on fire, but before he does, he reminds him that he is sorry about what is about to happen. Big Bird says his last words: "Well, I guess that's it for me. Goodbyeee, kids!".
The screen turns blue with the burning flames heard in the background as the letter P zooms towards the screen. Grover says, "Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter P... for "Pandemic!", and the word "Pandemic" appears on the screen.
Statler and Waldorf also give their concluding thoughts in front of the red curtain. Waldorf says, "We're gonna get letters on that one!", to which Statler replies, "As if anyone who watches this show can write!", and then they both laugh.
Donald Trump Tears Down Sesame Street
- Episode #1115
- Air Date: March 4, 2006
Some construction workers are taking apart Big Bird's nest. Billy and Sally show up and Big Bird tells them about the situation, to which Billy asks if it's because his nest is dirty. Of course it is, as Big Bird does everything there, but there's no reason why they should tear down his nest.
Gordon comes in and apparently, because Big Bird's nest is being taken apart, everyone else has to move out as well (not only did the sketch's incarnation of Gordon actually own the street as Big Bird realized, but his grandfather did as well back when it was "coloreds only"). Gordon and the kids then start singing "E is for Evicted" (to the tune of "C is for Cookie").
A wrecking ball then swoops out of nowhere and hits Big Bird in the head, to which the scene cuts out with a clanging sound effect (used in cartoons) and Big Bird moaning in pain.
This leads to an Ernie and Bert sketch. Ernie (with red skin, a yellow nose, and a different striped shirt) packs up his suitcase and as Bert (with two eyebrows and a different shirt) approaches, Ernie tells him that it looks like they will have to find a new place to live, but it turns out that Bert will be staying at Grover's place in Chelsea. "Room for one more?", Ernie asks. "No, it's a studio.", replies Bert, and adds that they will "be on top of each other as it is". Ernie had thought that he and Bert have always been together. Bert says that they were, but now that the apartment will be gone, so will he, and walks off without his paperclip collection. Ernie, now alone, then starts singing a heartbreaking song to his Rubber Duckie: "Oh my Duckie, we're alone. Now this is a broken home..." But then he gasps, "...Literally!" as the same wrecking ball that hit Big Bird earlier swoops in and hits Ernie.
Sally wraps a bandage around Big Bird's head. Gordon says that he will find some aspirin, to which Billy says he has in his pocket (Gordon again gives him a strange look). An incoming car is heard, prompting Sally to cry out, "Elmo! Look out for that limo!" as Elmo gets hit and lands right onto the ground screaming, coughing and falling back dead. Donald Trump (Frank Caliendo) approaches and apologizes as he (Elmo) didn't cross at the traffic light. Gordon tells Billy and Sally that Donald is the one who will be tearing down Sesame Street, and replace it with a Starbucks coffee shop. Sally tells Donald that now they'd have no place to live. Big Bird also reminds him that he's already a millionaire. "Billionaire, Bird.", Donald corrects him as he sings "I Love Cash" (to the tune of "I Love Trash"). His hairpiece joins in the song as well. After the song has ended, Gordon remembers that he has to send an eviction notice to Luis at the Mail It Shop, but as soon as he walks in, a gunshot goes off. Gordon comes back out, having been shot in the arm by Luis. Gordon warns Big Bird and the kids that they must run for their lives as Luis has gone mad, and they do while Luis continues firing gunshots. Big Bird, however, is still in his nest, trying to find a way out.
The sketch ends with a light blue background with the Sesame Street logo being censored by the "Registered Letter" accompanied by the theme instrumental. Grover says, "Sesame Street is brought to you by the Registered Letter, informing you that your property has been sold to a thatch-haired real estate mogul."
- Episode #1206
- Air Date: November 4, 2006
Big Bird notices Billy text messaging a friend he has made on the internet on "MyPlace" on his phone. Sally explains that MyPlace is a site where one can meet new friends. Billy then gets a message from his friend, whose screenname is "Dr. Fuzzyballs1964". Gordon comes in and the kids tell him what's going on. Billy says that his new friend wants to meet him today, but Gordon is concerned, and asks Billy how much he knows about this "friend" of his. Gordon gives a reasonable shrug when Billy says that his friend is into fashion, as he always asks Billy what he's wearing. But then starts to think otherwise when Billy continues that this friend, who also knows a lot about computers, can only use one hand to type. Gordon, Big Bird and the kids sing "Watch Out for the People on the Internet" (to the tune of "The People in Your Neighborhood"), warning about the dangers of meeting strangers online.
This cuts to another spoof of the "silhouette faces" sketches from The Electric Company. The words the man and woman form are "MyPlace," "message," and "molester."
Back at the nest area, Billy meets his online buddy, who, unbeknownst to him, is actually Bert disguised in a trenchcoat, hat and shades. Bert notices that Billy looks much older than 13. Which is because Billy is a smoker. As soon as Billy leaves to change his clothes, Bert is approached by Chris Hansen (Michael McDonald) from Dateline NBC. Chris then asks Bert about a photo he had sent to Billy, which is one of his fuzzy testicles as his online identity suggests. Bert tries to act innocent, but then a man shouts, "Everybody get down!" as two members of the force then run in and tackle Bert. Big Bird and the others rush in to see who the predator is. Bert then claims that he's an alcoholic and that Mr. Hooper molested him, which is why he did it. Gordon tells him that they're not buying it, and so he, Big Bird, and the kids sing "Going to Prison" (to the tune of "Doin' the Pigeon").
The sketch then ends with a blue background accompanied by the theme tune instrumental, and Grover says, "Sesame Street is brought to you by the letters (letters flash on screen as he mentions them) A, O, and L". It then cuts to the Sesame Street logo censored by a computer with the MyPlace website, and Grover concludes "...providing chatrooms to all ages for over a decade."
Dirty Bomb
- Episode #1211
- Air Date: January 20, 2007
Billy and Sally notice Big Bird glowing green and in pain. Billy also notices that he's slowly getting some bald spots. Big Bird also points out that he has also laid a hard-boiled egg, which is odd because he's a male bird. Gordon comes in and Sally tells him what's happening. Gordon tells Big Bird that he is suffering from (what "that Russian secret agent died of") radiation poisoning. Big Bird asks him what it is, and this leads to Gordon and the kids into singing "Radiation Poisoning" (to the tune of "Rubber Duckie").
After the song has ended, it cuts to an emergency room in a hospital, where Kermit (portrayed as an iguana and is green and yellow; his trademark eyes and pupils are also missing), who has also been infected with the radiation, is lying in bed singing how it is "quite easy glowing green" (to the tune of his trademark song "Bein' Green"). He falls backwards dead after he says, "The doctors hope I taste like chicken."
Back at the nest area, the hazmat team are searching around a trashcan on top of a few crates, where they detect where the radiation is coming from: The trashcan, in which Oscar pops out of. Oscar tells Gordon that he was making a dirty bomb. Billy says that he too made a dirty bomb once, after "eating scallops and chocolate milk". Gordon corrects Billy that a "dirty bomb" is a weapon of terrorism. But Oscar isn't a terrorist, he's just a grouch. He was actually making the bomb for somebody else. Then Elmo enters the area, dressed in a terrorist outfit, asking Oscar if he's got the dirty bomb, but also sees that he's surrounded. Gordon asks him why he even needs the dirty bomb. Elmo says that he's now "Elmo TMX", is an extremist, and will take over Sesame Street and turn it into Elmo's World. However, Elmo's plan is foiled when Gordon points out that the "hazmat guys" are also police officers, who then arrest Elmo.
Big Bird asks Oscar why he hasn't been infected by the radiation. Oscar then says, "I've got a kick-ass immune system! I've been living in my own crap for 30 years. That's why!".
The sketch concludes with a blue background accompanied by the theme instrumental, and the Sesame Street logo blocked by the "Registered Letter". Then Grover says, "Sesame Street has been brought to you by the letters (letters flash on screen as he mentions them) K, G, and B. (All letters come onto the screen, forming "KGB") Killing people in creepy ways for the last 50 years!".
Tickle Me Emo
- Episode #1303
- Air Date: September 29, 2007
A commercial parody featuring an "emo" version of Tickle Me Elmo from "Depress-a-me Street." Tickle-me-Emo is Elmo's "angst-ridden, teenaged cousin," who is programmed to say a number of different phrases, such as, "If life is so fair, why do roses have thorns?" "There is no God, you hear me? No God." "Nobody understands what I'm going through, especially YOU!" "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" And, "I hurt myself to feel alive!" Tickle-me-Emo also has a head-spinning function, but it is advised that children not leave the doll alone for too long, as it also has the ability to slash its wrists.
Economic Depression
- Episode #1316
- Air Date: May 17, 2008
Big Bird is seen standing under a tree in a suburban street with his suitcase on the ground, groaning to himself, "Why me?! WHY ME?!?". Billy and Sally find him and ask why he's not in his nest back on Sesame Street. Big Bird explains that the bank took his nest after he defaulted on his rate mortgage. So he decided to move back into the tree he grew up in, where he is standing (even though his parents don't quite accept his presence as he is defecated on by one of them). Then Big Bird angrily shouts, "Okay, I get it, Dad!". Big Bird continues that his parents also think that he's a weirdo. Not because of his size, but rather the fact that he hangs out with children 30 years younger than him.
Gordon comes in riding an ice cream cart, having just lost his job as well (whatever it was he was doing before), and now he's been assigned with a task usually performed by illegal aliens. Big Bird adds that it's hard all over. "It sure is, Bird. It sure is.", Gordon agrees. Gordon and the kids then sing "Economically This Whole Country's Screwed It Seems" (to the tune of "ABC-DEF-GHI").
This cuts to another silhouette word segment from The Electric Company, with the words "Bear stearns," "Bankrupt," and "Blow your brains out."
Back on the street, Big Bird comments that just when things are getting worse, he's been living on the streets before. Sally inquires that maybe they'll get a new president, and things will change. Gordon scoffs at that remark. The president, as he puts it, doesn't even have real power. Big Bird agrees; the president is also a bigger puppet than he [Big Bird] is. Billy wishes he could vote, but he's 13, and Sally can't vote either because she's a girl. Gordon assures the kids, "It wouldn't matter anyway. If I've learned one thing, it's that one vote doesn't make a difference-- get your hands off the merchandise, China Grove!", he abruptly yells to Billy and smacks his hand while trying to open the cart's lid.
Cookie Monster is standing behind a brick wall (still on the same street) moaning in pain. Billy enters and ask what's wrong. Cookie says that he eats way too much sugar, and can't get a health insurance, so he had to cut off his foot. Cookie (and Billy) sings "D's for Diabetes" (to the tune of "C is for Cookie," accompanied with words on the screen, with cookies floating above the words) before collapsing.
Sally bemoans that the country is "in the crapper". Gordon tells Billy and Sally that they can work for him; the ice cream cart he's operating also serves as a mobile meth lab. Gordon opens the cart, and out pops the Swedish Chef holding a jug of smoking pot. Gordon adds that the Chef is the best cook in town, and the kids happily cheer. The skit ends with a shot of the Sesame Street sign in a blue background.
Guyco Commercial
- Episode #1406
- Air Date: November 8, 2008
In part 2 of a GEICO commercial parody skit, Elmo is hired as a celebrity to tell Guyco customer's, Melinda Calkins (played by Arden Myrin), story. As Melinda tries to tell her story of being in a car crash (with a totaled 1999-2004 Ford Mustang in the background), Elmo replies, "Elmo say that must have given you a poo poo!" and then laughs. Melinda goes on saying how her father flew through the window shield and hit an iron fence. Then Melinda talks about her sister's head was then severed by the airbags and she is trying to find it. Elmo replies, "When Elmo loses things, Elmo retrace his steps!", and then laughs again. As Melinda tries to remember that her insurance is Guyco, Elmo says that he's going to count the street sign as the police comes by with a body bag on a stretcher. The sign said "311" as Elmo reads it. Elmo then says, "Elmo love to read!", and laughs again. Melinda replies that this just happened and Elmo laughs after he shouts, "Tickle Elmo!". Melinda is mad at Elmo for laughing when her parents are dead and throws Elmo into the street. A car brake is heard and Melinda runs away.
Elmo is now a Guyco customer, and celebrity Carlos Mencia (played by Johnny Sanchez) is going to help tell the story of what just happened. Elmo is disgusted that Carlos is the best celebrity they can give him. Elmo says that he's famous and that he should be able to have George Lopez or Cheech ("Hell, I'd even take that Wilmer Valderrama too!") as his celebrity to tell his story. Carlos is getting so mad at Elmo that he tears his head off and throws it into the street. His head then hits a car's windshield, which happens to belong to another celebrity, Mo'Nique (played by Erica Ash), who was in the first part of the GEICO commercial parody skit.
As Mo'Nique steps out of her car and sees Elmo's head on her windshield, she says that she is paralyzed, she's got whiplash, and her back hurts. She then picks up Elmo's head off the windshield and plans to sue Carlos for throwing it at her as Carlos runs away.
The skit ends with Guyco's logo as the narrator says, "Guyco, insurance for everybody. Regular people, Latin comics, sisters looking to get paid, or even decapitated puppets."
Childhood Obesity
- Episode #1416
- Air Date: April 25, 2009
Gordon finishes a conversation with Big Bird at his nest: "Bottom line: You're gonna have to start cleaning up after yourself. I'm tired of spraying down at my walkway." "Okay, Gordon.", Big Bird replies. After Gordon explains that he doesn't use Big Bird's nest as a toilet, Big Bird snaps, "I said, OKAY!", annoyed by the fact that after Obama had been elected, Gordon has been acting "uppity". Gordon of course doesn't care for that word. Gordon then notices a quiet and not so cheery Sally (whom he calls "White Girl") standing by them. She is worried about Billy. When Big Bird asks why, an exhausted and fat Billy enters, much to Gordon's shock. Billy had apparently been eating pizza and donuts from the cafeteria. Sally remarks that he looks like a Cabbage Patch kid. Big Bird abruptly cuts in: "More like a Cabbage FAT Kid!" and Gordon makes a reprimanding gesture at him. Gordon and the kids then break into the song "Childhood Obesity" (to the tune of "Rubber Duckie").
This cuts to an Electric Company-esque silhouette faces segment, where they form the words: "Food," "Futon," "Fideo Games," and "Fatty."
Back on the street, Gordon tells Billy, who is playing on his game boy console, that he is in bad shape. "I know.", Billy responds. "I didn't get the morphing scepter on level 14!". Gordon snatches the game away from Billy, and tosses it out into the air. A crash is then heard (parodying the off-screen crashes that Sesame Street is known for). Gordon tells Billy that he needs to exercise. Billy reluctantly gets on the ground to do some push-ups while The Count, standing behind the brick wall, counts them (with the number flashing on the screen). He counts, "1! 1 push-up!", but Billy gives up quickly before he can continue. "What?! That wasn't even 1!", the Count exclaims. But then he concludes, "0! 0 push-ups!" and does his trademark laugh, and keeps on laughing for a long time as the others start talking over it..
Sally wonders what they're going to do now. Gordon tells her that there is only one thing that they can do: Which is (as they answer in song to the tune of "One Fine Face") get Billy on a gurney and take him to get liposuction surgery (behind the brick wall again). Ernie (who somehow survived after being hit by the wrecking ball) and Bert (who probably decided to move back to their apartment) appear as surgeons who operate on Billy.
The sketch concludes with the Sesame Street sign in a blue background, with a letter P, as Grover (whose voice is slightly different than in the previous sketches, probably because he's getting older) says, "Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter P, for "Plastic Surgery." It's never too early, kids!".
Verbal Mentions
- Episode 1205 (November 11, 2006): Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane reveals that the show was originally live-action, and had to switch to animation, a slew of celebrities tried out for roles including Kathy Griffin (Arden Myrin), who says she has a perfect voice for cartoons, because she shot so much Botox into her neck she sounds just like Kermit the Frog - she then pauses and remembers he's a Muppet, and says she has a perfect voice for Muppets.
Cast & Crew
- Nicole Sullivan, cast member (1995-2001)
- Keegan-Michael Key, cast member (2004–2009)
- Taran Killam, cast member (2001-2002)
- Jordan Peele, cast member (2003–2008)
- Dick Blasucci, executive producer and writer (1998-2009)
- Bruce Leddy (CinderElmo director), director, writer, supervising and executive producer (1999-2009)
- Linda Mendoza, director (1998-2007)
- Heavy D, theme song composer


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You will notice that the main task (blue waveform) never runs, this is because the higher priority task does not give up control and therefore the task scheduler does not let the less important task run.
You will notice that the main task (blue waveform) never runs, this is because the higher priority task does not give up control and therefore the task scheduler does not let the less important task run.
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RobotC's ability to run more than one task is IMHO it's greatest strength, there has been lot's written describing multi-tasking in it's different forms but when dealing with RobotC I like to think of it as the ability to run more than one independent program at a time even though these programs are contained within one executable and downloaded together. For some background reading on multi-tasking, wikipedia is not a bad place to start. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_multitasking.
Some will argue that most programs written for the VEX robotics system do not need to use multi-tasking. This to a certain extent is true, back when micro processors were not so powerful much embedded software used a technique where the "tasks", in this case simply meaning different subroutines, were called one after the other in a so called "main loop". Each subroutine would determine if it had any actions to take, perform them if necessary and then return. System functions needing immediate attention would be setup to use interrupts but great care had to be taken to make these special interrupt routines fast and efficient. Having said this some of the most complex embedded systems of the 60's did use a primitive form of multi-tasking, one of the most famous of all was the Apollo guidance computer (AGC), which enabled NASA to land on the moon.
RobotC is, in fact, always using multi-tasking even when you have not created additional tasks yourself. It's ability to display global variables, sensor values and other parameters is achieved using tasks that are started behind the scenes. These tasks only consume a small amount of the microcontrollers resources, perhaps 5%. We are not going to be concerned with how RobotC switches between tasks for now, perhaps a future post.
Part 1
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=225688&postcount=23.
Modified by magicode at: http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=225688&postcount=24
The difficulty in creating a simple multi-tasking example is that almost everything proposed can be done without using multi-tasking, however, just to illustrate the principles involved we will create a very simple piece of code to flash two leds on and off connected to different output ports.
RobotC always needs a main task, this is the entry point for the code, it's the equivalent of the main function in any C program. From the main task we will start a second task using the StartTask command with a single parameter, the name of the task to start. The call to start the second task is:
StartTask( flashLed_1 );
Both the main and flashLed_1 tasks contain an infinite while loop, that is, a loop that never exits until the program is stopped. This loop prevents the tasks from running out of code to execute and therefore stopping. Sometimes allowing a task to finish can be useful but in general I would not recommend it, perhaps we will cover starting and stopping tasks dynamically in another post.
The contents of the while loop of each task is very similar, change the value on the output port and then wait for a preset amount of time, change the output port value back and then wait some more.
The code also includes another example of using the C preprocessor discussed in an earlier post.
#if (_TARGET == "Emulator")
This line is testing to see if the code is running on real hardware or on the PC emulator. The PC emulator can be very usefull but does not simulate real sensors, to overcome this in the example we substitute the real sensors for an array of integers by using a definition. If the code is compiled for a real cortex then
#define SENSOR SensorValue
will be used, otherwise if running on the PC Emulator a different definition is used and an array
#define SENSOR SensorValueSimulations int SensorValueSimulations[kNumbOfRealSensors];
Here is the code to play with, if you try this in the PC emulator look for SensorValueSimulations[8] and SensorValueSimulations[9] changing as these represent the first two digital ports.
In part 2 on multi-tasking we will create a more complex example doing something more relevant to VEX robotics.
#pragma config(Sensor, dgtl1, LED_1, sensorDigitalOut) #pragma config(Sensor, dgtl2, LED_2, sensorDigitalOut) //*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*// // Detect if we are running in PC emulation and switch to // using a simulation of the sensors as we cannot see the real leds #if (_TARGET == "Emulator") #define SENSOR SensorValueSimulations int SensorValueSimulations[kNumbOfRealSensors]; #else #define SENSOR SensorValue #endif // Flash the first LED task flashLed_1() { while( true ) { // output to 1 SENSOR[ LED_1 ] = 1; wait1Msec( 500 ); // output to 0 SENSOR[ LED_1 ] = 0; wait1Msec( 500 ); } } // Main task - flash the second LED task main() { // Start the other task StartTask( flashLed_1 ); // Do our own thing while( true ) { // output to 1 SENSOR[ LED_2 ] = 1; wait1Msec( 250 ); // output to 0 SENSOR[ LED_2 ] = 0; wait1Msec( 250 ); } }
If the tasks that you are running do not have ant wait time in them, i.e Wait1Msec(x), then the tasks might not execute properly. When you are not absolutely sure that a task will include wait time, then you must include this command somewhere in the while loop of your task so that it es executed on every iteration: endTimeSlice(); For example:
task flashLed1(){ while(true){ SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); } } //There is no endTimeSlice() needed here because the task always waits //no matter what task flashLed2(){ while(true){ if(SensorValue[button1]){ SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); SensorValue[LED1] = 0; wait1Msec(500); } endTimeSlice(); } } //This task needs a endTimeSlice() because if the button is not pressed, //then there will be no wait time in the task task main(){ StartTask(flashLed1); StartTask(flashLed2); while(true){ motor[port3] = vexRT[Ch3]; endTimeslice(); } } //The command is also needed in the main task here because the //main task does not wait in the while loop.
Part 2
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=225727&postcount=25.
The previous post contained a very simple example demonstrating RobotC multi-tasking that would flash two LEDs at different speeds, not very exciting but actually useful in some cases. The task, flashLed_1, will keep executing no matter what other code you are running. Perhaps the robot is under driver control, LED_1 keeps flashing, perhaps following a line in autonomous mode, LED_1 keeps flashing. Why it's flashing I have no idea, perhaps bad battery, that's up to the programmer.
(one caveat here, when using the competition template, RobotC will stop all tasks started in Autonomous mode before entering driver control mode. You need to restart tasks you may want in both phases).
Now for a more complex example, hopefully not too complex but programmers of all abilities are presumably reading the forums.
One thing that I see that always worries me when students are doing motor control is that motors are being switched from full speed forwards to full speed backwards instantaneously. I've never seen any damage resulting from this, and I'm sure VEX has designed the motors to handle this stress, but it worries me all the same. To circumvent this situation we are going to use multi-tasking to implement a controlled acceleration and deceleration of the motors, I call this slew rate control, but it goes by other names as well.
To achieve this we will use an intermediate variable to hold the requested speed of the motor and a task to gradually change the current speed of the motor until it reaches the requested speed. As there can be up to 10 motors connected to the cortex microcontroller we need to track this for all 10 motors. We may not want the same acceleration and deceleration for all motors so we will also have a variable for each motor that determines how fast each one can change.
OK, a section by section breakdown of the code:
#pragma config(Motor, port2, DriveLeft_1, tmotorNormal, openLoop) #pragma config(Motor, port3, DriveLeft_2, tmotorNormal, openLoop) #pragma config(Motor, port4, DriveRight_1, tmotorNormal, openLoop, reversed) #pragma config(Motor, port5, DriveRight_2, tmotorNormal, openLoop, reversed)
Usual RobotC setup, we have 4 motors, 2 on each side for driving the robot:
/* */ /* definitions used by driver control */ /* */ /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #define JOY_DRIVE_V vexJSLeftV #define JOY_DRIVE_H vexJSLeftH #define JOY_THRESHOLD 15
definitions used by the arcade driver control:
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* */ /* definitiona and variables for the motor slew rate controller. */ /* */ /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #define MOTOR_NUM kNumbOfTotalMotors #define MOTOR_MAX_VALUE 127 #define MOTOR_MIN_VALUE (-127) #define MOTOR_DEFAULT_SLEW_RATE 10 // Default will cause 375mS from full fwd to rev #define MOTOR_FAST_SLEW_RATE 256 // essentially off #define MOTOR_TASK_DELAY 15 // task 1/frequency in mS (about 66Hz) #define MOTOR_DEADBAND 10 // Array to hold requested speed for the motors int motorReq[ MOTOR_NUM ]; // Array to hold "slew rate" for the motors, the maximum change every time the task // runs checking current mootor speed. int motorSlew[ MOTOR_NUM ];
A bunch of definitions used by the task controlling acceleration and deceleration. An array, motorReq, to hold the requested speed for each motor. An array, motorSlew, to hold the change in speed for each motor each time we check it:
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* */ /* Task - compares the requested speed of each motor to the current speed */ /* and increments or decrements to reduce the difference as nexessary */ /* */ /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ task MotorSlewRateTask() { int motorIndex; int motorTmp; // Initialize stuff for(motorIndex=0;motorIndex<MOTOR_NUM;motorIndex++) { motorReq[motorIndex] = 0; motorSlew[motorIndex] = MOTOR_DEFAULT_SLEW_RATE; } // run task until stopped while( true ) { // run loop for every motor for( motorIndex=0; motorIndex<MOTOR_NUM; motorIndex++) { // So we don't keep accessing the internal storage motorTmp = motor[ motorIndex ]; // Do we need to change the motor value ? if( motorTmp != motorReq[motorIndex] ) { // increasing motor value if( motorReq[motorIndex] > motorTmp ) { motorTmp += motorSlew[motorIndex]; // limit if( motorTmp > motorReq[motorIndex] ) motorTmp = motorReq[motorIndex]; } // decreasing motor value if( motorReq[motorIndex] < motorTmp ) { motorTmp -= motorSlew[motorIndex]; // limit if( motorTmp < motorReq[motorIndex] ) motorTmp = motorReq[motorIndex]; } // finally set motor motor[motorIndex] = motorTmp; } } // Wait approx the speed of motor update over the spi bus wait1Msec( MOTOR_TASK_DELAY ); } }
This is the task that sends new speeds to each motor. The code before the while statement initializes the variables to a known state. Within the while loop there is a for loop that iterates through each motor. The current motor speed is compared to the requested speed and incremented or decremented as necessary. The motor speed is limited to the exact speed requested and then sent to the motor. The task having checked each motor then goes to sleep for a defined time (15mS in this case) before being woken up again by the RobotC task scheduler.
void DriveLeftMotor( int value ) { motorReq[ DriveLeft_1 ] = value; motorReq[ DriveLeft_2 ] = value; } void DriveRightMotor( int value ) { motorReq[ DriveRight_1 ] = value; motorReq[ DriveRight_2 ] = value; }
Two intermediate subroutines to control left and right drive of the robot. Instead of send a new value to the motor directly the new speed is written into the variable holding the new requested speed.
task ArcadeDrive() { int ctl_v; int ctl_h; int drive_l; int drive_r; // Basic arcade control while( true ) { // Get joystick H and V control ctl_v = vexRT[ JOY_DRIVE_V ]; ctl_h = vexRT[ JOY_DRIVE_H ]; // Ignore joystick near center if( (abs(ctl_v) <= JOY_THRESHOLD) && (abs(ctl_h) <= JOY_THRESHOLD) ) { drive_l = 0; drive_r = 0; } else { // Create drive for left and right motors drive_l = (ctl_v + ctl_h) / 2; drive_r = (ctl_v - ctl_h) / 2; } // Now send out to motors DriveLeftMotor( drive_l ); DriveRightMotor( drive_r ); // don't hog CPU wait1Msec( 25 ); } }
This task controls the robot's drive, it's fairly standard arcade drive control, nothing fancy.
task main() { // Start motor slew rate control StartTask( MotorSlewRateTask ); // Start driver control tasks StartTask( ArcadeDrive ); // Everything done in other tasks while( true ) { wait1Msec( 100 ); } }
This is the main task and entry point for the program. The "MotorSlewRateTask" is started, the "ArcadeDrive" is started and then it enters a loop that does nothing. All control is handled by the other two tasks. Implementing main in this fashion allows the code to be moved into the competition template easily, to enter driver control simply start the two other tasks.
Part 3
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=226282&postcount=28.
Consider a group of students sitting around a table having a discussion with their teacher. If a student wants to speak then they have to raise their hand and wait for the teacher to give them permission. If several students have their hands raised the teacher will choose each one in turn so everyone can be heard. Some students may want to speak often and keep raising their hands, others may be sleepy and not participate much at all. The teacher is also watching a clock, if a student speaks for too long then the teacher will interrupt them and give someone else a turn. At one point the school principle joins the debate, he also has to raise his hand to be able to speak but, as he is considered more important, the teacher always gives him priority.
This analogy describes quite well how the RobotC task scheduler works. The task scheduler (the teacher in my example) determines which task (student) can run. The principle represents a high priority task that has precedence over the others. When several tasks of the same priority want to run the scheduler chooses them in turn. If a task continues running too long then the scheduler stops it and gives time to others.
To show how this works in practice I'm going to use a modified version of the code presented a couple of posts back that flashes two LEDs. I've modified the code a little so that everything happens much faster and we can observe the signal going to the LEDs on an oscilloscope. An oscilloscope lets us look at the level of a signal (it's voltage) over time and creates a graphical representation. More background on oscilloscopes is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscilloscope.
Here's the test code we will use, very similar to before but the while loops only wait for 1mS and 2mS respectively.
#pragma config(Sensor, dgtl1, LED_1, sensorDigitalOut) #pragma config(Sensor, dgtl4, LED_2, sensorDigitalOut) //*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*// // Flash the first LED task flashLed_1() { while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_1 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_1 ]; wait1Msec( 1 ); } } // Main task - flash the second LED task main() { // Start the other task StartTask( flashLed_1, 6 ); // Do our own thing while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_2 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_2 ]; wait1Msec( 2 ); } }
If we observe the digital outputs on the scope we see the following, the value of LED_1 is shown by the yellow trace, LED_2 the blue. LED_1 is changing state every 1mS, LED_2 is changing state every 2mS. This corresponds exactly to the wait1Msec delays we have in the two tasks, each task does it's thing and then sleeps until woken again by the task scheduler.
For the next example we replace the wait1Msec(1) statement in the flashLed_1 task with a different command, AbortTimeSlice. This command hands control back to the task scheduler which then decides if any other tasks are waiting to execute (have their hands up), if none are waiting then control is given back to flashLed_1, lets see this on the scope.
// Flash the first LED task flashLed_1() { while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_1 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_1 ]; AbortTimeSlice(); } }
You can observe that LED_1 is now flashing very fast as the only other task we have created is the main task which sleeps for 2mS before wanting to run. Both tasks still operate but the majority of the time is spent running the flashLed_1 task. If you are wondering what the large gap in the yellow trace is, well in the previous post I explained that RobotC already has other tasks running for debugging purposes, this gap occurred when the RobotC task, presumably a more important task, needed to run.
Part 4
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=226297&postcount=29.
For the next experiment I'm going to delete the AbortTimeSlice command completely and see what the result is, here's the modified code.
// Flash the first LED task flashLed_1() { while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_1 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_1 ]; } }
And the waveform showing what the two LEDs are doing.
So not much changed but it is different from before. flashLed_1 did not voluntarily give control back to the task scheduler, however, the task scheduler was watching the clock and after a while said enough is enough and let the main task run. LED_2 controlled by the main task is still changing but not as consistently as before.
One more example for today, lets now make flashLed_1 a more important task, the correct terminology is a higher priority task. We do this by providing a second parameter to the StartTask command in the following way.
StartTask( flashLed_1, 10 );
Normal priority tasks are started with a priority of 7, if we provide a number which is higher then that task will have a higher priority (bigger number = more important).
Here's the modified code.
// Main task - flash the second LED task main() { // Start the other task StartTask( flashLed_1, 10 ); // Do our own thing while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_2 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_2 ]; wait1Msec( 2 ); } }
And here's the waveform.
You will notice that the main task (blue waveform) never runs, this is because the higher priority task does not give up control and therefore the task scheduler does not let the less important task run.
Part 5
This tip was posted by jpearman over at http://www.vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=226297&postcount=29.
For the next experiment I'm going to delete the AbortTimeSlice command completely and see what the result is, here's the modified code.
// Flash the first LED task flashLed_1() { while( true ) { // toggle output SensorValue[ LED_1 ] = 1 - SensorValue[ LED_1 ]; } }


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Roger Nelsen, professor emeritus of mathematics, co-edits this useful resource for those who teach calculus in high schools or colleges. The authors present a collection of remarkable proofs in elementary mathematics, which they find exceptionally elegant, full of ingenuity, and succinct.
Mathematical Association of America, 2010. 295 pages.


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It's true that Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, perched on the Atlantic Ocean between the wide yawn of Naval Station Mayport and tidy, residential Atlantic Beach, has a rare beauty. Not much of the coastline south of the St. Johns River exists in such an untainted state. Just when you think it's all gone under the bulldozer blade, here's Hanna flirting for your attention with 450 acres of rolling dunes, coastal forest and foaming waves -- the old-fashioned girl reminding you of how things used to be.
Only the angular icon of a swimmer announces the park's presence in the dog-eared copy of the Florida Atlas & Gazetteer I keep in my car. But after a pleasant Sunday morning of poking around, I realize that Hanna is an overachiever in the recreational department, her many icons jingling like a charm bracelet.
This girl is all about action verbs. Visitors certainly can swim off a 11/2-mile white-sand beach bordered by sand dunes studded with mop-topped palms. Or they can hike and bike through a maritime forest, camp and picnic under the shade of rough-barked oaks, and paddle a kayak or canoe on a freshwater lake.
And, of course, there's the Big R -- Hanna, like any proper Southern hostess, would want you to relax.
A bad case of Sunday-morning lazies has led my companion, Bill, and me to Hanna Park after two days at Neptune and Atlantic beaches, charming residential communities north of Jacksonville Beach. This morning, we want something more natural and unpopulated. When Bill spots Hanna Park on the map, we quickly load up the car. Even though we've read sketchy descriptions of the place, we're not quite sure what to expect.
We take State Road A1A toward the Mayport ferry landing, then follow Mayport Road when it splays off A1A to head true north. After a mile or so, we roll up to the park's lush entrance and pay $1 per person. Our first impression of Hanna is a good one: The guard shack is set beside a fern-lined depression where a fountain spews droplets into the air.
A ribbon of asphalt leads us into the park, but when I see a sign for the children's water park, I follow it, quickly veering right onto a dirt road, my car tossing up more dust than a stagecoach in a western. Like confectioners' sugar on a funnel cake, it coats palmettos, scrub oaks and vines growing on the road's shoulder.
I carefully pass a helmet-clad woman and a boy on mountain bikes, slowing to lessen the choking cloud of dust that trails my car. Throughout the park, beach cruisers and mountain bikes share roads as riders pedal between the trailheads of squirmy single-track paths dubbed "Forgotten Trail," "Dead Dog" and "Briarpatch." This is fat-tire country -- loose sand quickly conquers riders on thinner-tire hybrid or road bikes.
The road curves along the green bank of a freshwater lake, where an angler sits in the shade of an oak tree as he baits a hook. On the water, a man in a ball cap paddles a kayak to nowhere, while two pedal boats drift precariously close to each other like aquatic bumper cars.
The road ends at a dusty parking lot edged by a grove of oaks that link limbs over orderly rows of weathered wooden tables. Many of them already are spoken for by picnickers who have staked their territory with plastic tablecloths that wear gay yellow daisies and red-and-white checkers. The staples of many a good picnic are here: plastic Coleman coolers packed with sandwich meats and condiments, baskets holding paper towels and bags of chips, and battalions of 2-liter bottles of Coke, Mountain Dew and 7-Up.
Out in the bright sun, across grass still moist with dew, is the fenced water park, where kids frolic on the balls of their feet in the fine spray that spews from the long noses of elephant heads. Shrieks and giggles ring in the air as children cavort around the water park's centerpiece -- a bright yellow submarine-fish hybrid that looks as if it were lifted from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book.
A small girl, wet hair plastered to her brow, grabs the handles of a disembodied elephant and swivels the head to take aim. Water cascades from its pink trunk and falls with a smack at the feet of a toddler, who giggles and dances with flapping arms.
We walk east toward the seashore, heading around the lake and across two asphalt lanes. Along the way, we see a "Happy Camper" sign with its sun-yellow, winking smiley face.
We follow it to the park's camp store, where a banner over the door proclaims "Fresh Made Sandwiches." Without a pass, motorists don't get beyond the gate to the campground, where housekeeping is set up in canvas tents, tin-can RVs and four climate-controlled Cozy Cabins rented by the park.
Even for tent campers, this is hardly roughing it. According to park literature, a modem hookup is available at the upper bathhouse, and Lee Hall, between rows R and S, offers morning coffee, potluck dinners and a lending library.
Back toward the beach, we find an undulating parking lot that has been carved from the wooded dunes near the shoreline. The humid air is heavy with the musk of the woods and the tang of fire-starter being doused on charcoal at picnic pavilions.
From the lot, we follow a boardwalk through the trees and over the crest of a dune to find a sliver of undeveloped coastline being watched over by a pair of lifeguards. Atop the women's red, wooden stand, a blue flag emblazoned with a thick red cross snaps in the stiff breeze and declares its sovereignty.
Children play in waves that break in front of the stand, splashing and yelping, diving belly-first onto skim boards.
A squadron of brown pelicans flies overhead in a V formation, casting shadows on a steep white dune that wears a receding hairline of tangled roots and clumped eyebrows of sea oats.
In a sky streaked with angel's hair clouds, a whimsical biplane kite shares its air space with a long red-and-yellow centipede kite that dips and loops at the whim of a shirtless man in a baggy swimsuit.
Modern life bustles in the distance. A mile or so north, the gaunt, industrial skeleton of a crane rises behind the dunes. South is the shimmering mirage of Jacksonville Beach's high-rises.
But on this part of the shoreline, the lady Hanna jangles her charm bracelet, beams her Miss Congeniality smile and seems to ask: How do you do?
Lisa Roberts is the travel editor of the Orlando Sentinel. She can be reached at Lroberts@orlandosentinel .com.


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Feminist Fantasies
One of the greatest champions of the conservative right, Phyllis Schlafly wrote a book called _Feminists Fantasies_ in 2003. As she has been doing for decades, Mrs. Schlafly elaborates upon this "fantasy" of third-wave feminism, constantly creating the specter of male aggression, male entitlement, and patriarchal dominance. Feminism went from the advancing suffrage movement to gain voting rights for women at the turn of the 1900s, to the advancing ERA movement and the move out of homemaking in the 60s and 70s (courtesy of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinhem) and finally, the passive-aggressive third wave, that sought to portray women as constant victims in every situation, laying blame on society, the specter of male aggression, entitlement, and patriarchy. The recent set of photos from Allaire Bartel is no exception.
Among the girls at our organization, we have members who have worked full time in corporate offices from secretarial to executive positions. And yes, some of us have majored in Women Studies / Gender Studies in established liberal arts universities. Men at the office today carry out orders without the chauvinism portrayed in the tv show "Mad Men." The sort of aggression and over-stepping of boundaries portrayed in these photos is exactly what Phyllis Schlafly would call "Feminist Fantasies."
Almost all of our members visit local gyms regularly – in addition to working out at home on machines. No men – NO MEN ANYWHERE – behave like this in gyms. Anyone who has been to gyms know this. If anything, men have a very narrowed, allowed field-of-view, as women obnoxiously prance around in shamefully skimpy outfits showing off tattoos daring men to sneak a peek. In contrast, men at gyms are overly polite and keep their eyes and certainly, hands to themselves.
Other photos from this set include women being groped by anonymous hands while walking down a public street, being choked while cooking. These, are feminist fantasies. Walk down any public street in America if you are a woman, and chances are, men will walk to the side and give you the right of way.
Mrs. Schlafly said it best when she said the American woman has it best in the world today. We have the most power and choice to choose our destiny.
And we, at the Stepford Wives Organization choose to return home to cook, make the beds, clean the home, and serve and entertain our men where we belong!
Tags: Betty Friedan, conservatism, feminazi, feminism, feminist fantasies, feministing, feminists, Gloria Steinhem, gym etiquette, Phyllis Schlafly, stepford wives, stepford wives organization, third wave feminism, victimhood, women studies


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Balloon animals: swan
Balloon animals are a great party game or magic trick for kids to learn. This easy swan balloon animal is a good one to start with.
What you need
- 1 x white balloon fully inflated
- a black marker pen
Fully inflate your white balloon leaving just a short end uninflated.
Create two bubbles, each about 35cm long and loop them (see video).
Once you have them looped, end to end, to form a circle, twist the ends together to form two large loops and a long straight portion of balloon (see video).
Tuck one loop inside the other, arranging the loops carefully to create the swan's body with the wings sticking up (see video).
Create the elegant curved neck of the swan by bending the neck down and holding it there for about 20 seconds until it stays curved.
Draw eyes on your swan.


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Kats_God Drawing Gallery 4
Posted 24 February 2007 - 10:39 AM
I am estatic this moring because I managed to finish a new pet portrait that I have been meaning to work on for over a month now. But with all of the things that have happened in the past month or so, it was not possible. However, it is now finished, and I wanted to share the results with my family!
This is probably my most favorite pet portrait I have done so far.
Posted 24 February 2007 - 11:33 AM
What a fantastic piece of art! I love it, especially your use of purple and the spirit in the dog's eyes.
I think I recall you said you write poetry, as well? I know we have a poetry thread somewhere on here. It would be great if you could share some of your writing with us, too.
Posted 24 February 2007 - 01:13 PM
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 24 February 2007 - 02:20 PM
Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
Posted 24 February 2007 - 03:14 PM
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Edited by GhostCat, 24 February 2007 - 08:15 PM.
Posted 25 February 2007 - 02:43 AM
Viv, I will try looking for the poetry thread and post some of my writing as well.
Posted 25 February 2007 - 09:19 AM
Can you believe we're up to 4 already. There certainly are some great artists here!
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 25 February 2007 - 09:44 AM
and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-Jim-Demick/261669903877527
"There are some things money can't buy...A good imagination is one of them
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Posted 28 February 2007 - 07:59 AM
I am also on a project of my own. I'm making a blanket for my husband. Crochetting is so relaxing for me. I still have alot of work to do on the blanket. I'm a few weeks behind. We got busy painting the living room n such, I've put my hook and yarn down for a bit. In about a month or so I should have it done. I'll snap a picture of it and put up.
Right now, I have to get this living room complete.
Good luck with more drawings. I'll be watching for your posts.
God Bless you
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Owen Wilson Drops Out of New Ben Stiller Movie
As he recovers in the hospital, the actor pulls out of his next comedy role
Owen Wilson has placed his acting career on hold as he recovers from his suicide attempt.
Wilson, 38, has dropped out of Tropic Thunder, a movie comedy for DreamWorks he was set to begin shooting in two to three weeks with longtime pal Ben Stiller, Variety reports.
Wilson's role was due to take a week, according to the trade paper. Stiller – who is producing, directing and starring in the film – started shooting in Hawaii six weeks ago.
The decision for Wilson to sit out the project was apparently mutual between him and Stiller, and it is unclear whether Wilson will be replaced or if his role will be dropped from the script, says Variety.
Tropic Thunder involves a group of actors on the location set of a war movie who find themselves caught up in a real-life conflict. The comedy also stars Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr. and Nick Nolte.
Wilson and Stiller, 41, have starred together in eight movies: The Cable Guy (1996), Permanent Midnight (1998), Meet the Parents (2000), Zoolander (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Meet the Fockers (2004) and Night at the Museum (2006).
Wilson is currently in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being taken there Sunday. In his only statement since then, the leading man has asked to be given the privacy to "heal."
Neither DreamWorks nor Wilson's reps have commented on the casting development.


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Get this one
Scoop neckline, Y shape, strip shoulders and pleated lower part of the skirt make Audrey Hepburn's Dress lovely, while silk material make it elegant. The design of its back part is a highlight. You can just add some elements and tuck your hair just like Audrey Hepburn did to show it out.


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Chuck and his catch phrases would become known by all Raptor fans across the country. I found out after this interview that the Raps will be honouring Chuck in some way on Wednesday as part of the Bulls Raps game. Chuck never made a mention of that at all in this interview. I am sure he was aware of it because he references the Raps honouring Vince Carter on the 22nd. Chuck is just not that type of guy. Despite having his own bobble-head and being known more than some of the players, he always was a humble nice man.


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Global High Scorers' Concert
We are so excited for the 14th November Global ABRSM High Scorers' Concert, with 34 performances from 12 countries. More details to follow soon...
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International Choral Festival & Competition
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) invites choirs from all around the world to be a part of a virtual International Choral Festival & Competition. This is an opportunity to showcase the rich choral heritage of your country and region on a global platform.
Below is the link with to the International Choral Festival and Competition and also attached is the brochure.


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Video of I'm a Huge Fan Jennifer Aniston at Barneys and With Jennifer Aniston's Yoga Instructor
I'm a Huge Fan Jennifer Aniston: Barneys Shopping Spree, Louboutins, and Jennifer's Personal Yoga Instructor!
Update: Watch part three with the Jennifer Aniston interview here!
It's time for part two of I'm a Huge Fan starring Jennifer Aniston! Our winner Jen was flown out to LA, put up in style, and put through her PopSugar host training so now it's time to get the perfect look! Barneys in Beverly Hills opened their doors for Jen's private shopping spree. She got to pick out the perfect dress and a pair of Christian Louboutin pumps in the same shoe department Jennifer Aniston tries on stilettos in Just Go With It. Celebrity stylist Cher Coulter helped Jen choose her winning interview outfit, and topped it off with a pair of earrings from her and Kate Bosworth's Jewelmint collection. Jen was then off to the PopSugar Studios where she got a personal workout session with Jennifer Aniston's yoga guru and Yogalosophy creator, Mandy Ingber. Who wouldn't want the secret to Aniston's amazing bikini body? Jen's so close to her big moment with Jennifer Aniston, but we still have a few more surprises in store so don't miss the final installment of I'm a Huge Fan tomorrow!


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This is a multimedia essay by Matt Brandon and myself. We first approached this essay thinking we wanted to help preserve 2 dying trades among the Mamas in Penang, butchering and fish mongering. Through the process of making this we found out that, while


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Watch out…..
From Cedarville to the ranch on County Road one,
you have to watch for……
and for……
also for…….
And watch out for your neighbor…..
And while you're watching out for the critters and the farm machinery,
you also have to watch for rocks !!
Most of the the time the half hour trip is uneventful, but there have been days and nights when we have encountered all of the above !
Happy travels and don't forget to have your tea when you get there !


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