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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- What's special about Python?
- Structure of quizzes and programs in CS 9H
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Group E
Study guides. Each study guide focuses on a particular programming topic. It provides references to textbook material describing the topic, and suggests exercises for self-study. The study guides reference the following text, available online.
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, by Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers (Green Tea Press, 2004; ISBN 0971677506). You will be able to access it online.
In addition, there are a supplementary set of online notes which are listed (and linked) in the reading sections below.
Programming assignments. Each one has a header page (this tells you the title and related topics) that is followed by the actual assignment.
System information. Some programming assignments require you to use features of Python not adequately described in the standard documents. More information is included with the corresponding study guide.
Sample quiz questions, with solutions. These help you prepare for the quizzes.
Note: This course is written for Python 2. Python 3 may be used, but be aware that all sample code and quizzes are written in Python 2 and that versions 2 and 3 are incompatible.
The following table outlines the relationship between quizzes and programs. All the material for a particular grouping should be completed before material in the next grouping; however, programs within a group must be done before the quiz for that group.
|Cellular Automaton
|Expressions and Functions
|Python-powered unit conversion
Basic web programming
|Collections & Mutation
|Online Mad Libs®
|Input and Output
|Turtle Behavior
|Object-oriented programming
|Turtle Arena
|Tkinter and Event-Based Programming
For information about deadlines, consult the Information and Rules document (available at the Self-paced center).
This program introduces you to Python by giving you practice with the interpreter, expressions, strings, functions and the various flow-of-control constructs.
You learn the "art" of using Python not only by writing programs of your own, but also by reading those of others. Quiz questions ask you to generate code as well as understand, debug, and criticize already-written code. There is a lot of reading for this first topic, so get started right away. It will cover most of the Python syntax you will learn:
-2 ** 3 + 7 -3 % 5 - 8 'spam' * 3 + 'lovely spam' 'spam' + 3 + 'lovely spam' 'eggs' and '' and 5 0 or 4 and 2 or 7
>>> -2 ** 3 + 7 -1 >>> -3 % 5 - 8 -6 >>> 'spam' * 3 + 'lovely spam' 'spamspamspamlovely spam' >>> 'spam' + 3 + 'lovely spam' TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects >>> 'eggs' and '' and 5 '' >>> 0 or 4 and 2 or 7 2
>>> mystery(15, 'red') 'redredredredred' >>> mystery(12, 'green') 'greengreengr' >>> mystery(26, 'aquamarine') 'aquamarineaquamarineaquama'
Answer with looping:
def mystery(n, word): result = '' while len(result) < n: result += word return result[:n]
Answer without looping:
def mystery(n, word): return (word*n)[:n]
def make-scaler(c) def scale(n) return c * n return('scale')
Answer with errors removed (but indicated in comments)
def make_scaler(c): # 2 errors: '-' not allowed in names & missing ':' def scale(n): # 1 error : missing ':' return c * n # 0 errors return(scale) # 2 errors: the indent was not consistent & no quotes
Answer with lambda
def make_scaler(c): return lambda n: c * n
Creating add1
>>> double = make_scaler(2) >>> double(3) 6
These programs will give you experience converting between units using Python (which will exercise your understanding of collections) and basic web fetching to highlight the power of using the web in your programs (and show you how easy it is to do in Python).
In this group, you will learn about Python's various techniques for maintaining collections of data and handling mutation. Again, there's a lot of reading, but by the end of this section, you will have significant Python fluency. You'll learn:
a = [1, 2] b = [1, 2] c = [6, 7, a] d = [6, 7, a] e = a + c f = [c, d] a.append(5) c[:1] = [] print a print b print c print d print e print f
[1, 2, 5] [1, 2] [7, [1, 2, 5] [6, 7, [1, 2, 5]] [1, 2, 6, 7, [1, 2, 5]] [[7, [1, 2, 5]], [6, 7, [1, 2, 5]]]
mystery function returns a dictionary that maps ______________ to ______________."
def mystery(x): a = {} for y in x.split(): z = y[0] if z not in a: a[z] = [] a[z].append(y) return a
"...a dictionary that maps each letter to a list of the words in x that begin with that letter."
b = 5, 6 c, d = b a = b, c
a at this point?
a += 2, what would happen to the value of
a += b, what would happen to the value of
a.append(b), what would happen to the value of
a is the two-element tuple
((5, 6), 5).
TypeError because tuples cannot be added to integers. The value of
a would remain unchanged.
a would become
((5, 6), 5, 5, 6).
AttributeError because tuples do not have an
append method. The value of
a would remain unchanged.
Function A (supposed to print the last value):
oldvalue = None def change_to(newvalue): print 'previous value was', oldvalue oldvalue = newvalue
Function B (supposed to print a list of all previous values):
oldvalues = [] def change_to(newvalue): print 'all previous values were', oldvalues oldvalues.append(newvalue)
Function A contains the bug. The assignment oldvalue = newvalue makes oldvalue refer to a local variable, not the global variable that was set to None. Every time change_to is called, oldvalue will be a new unbound local variable and the print statement will cause a NameError. Insert the declaration global oldvalue at the beginning of the change_to function to fix the bug.
Function B works correctly as given, because oldvalues.append(newvalue) is a method call, not an assignment. Since there are no assignments to oldvalues, oldvalues refers to the global variable and persists between calls to change_to as intended.
This program will give you experience with CGI programming and Client/Server processing. Specifically:
In programming assignment 2b, you learned how to pass data to and from a website. For this quiz, you will learn about how Python reads and writes information to files, otherwise known as Input and Output (I/O). Thankfully, there's not much reading in this section.
input.txt contains a list of one or more floating-point numbers, with one on each line. An aspiring Python programmer wrote the following program to calculate the average of these numbers and write it to
output.txt. However, the program has four bugs. Describe each of the bugs and write out a fixed version of program below.
file = open('input.txt') total = 0.0 count = 0 while 1: line = file.readline() total += line count += 1 file.close() file = open('output.txt') file.write(total/count) file.close()
while loop.
file = open('input.txt') total = 0.0 count = 0 while 1: line = file.readline() if not line: # Fix bug 1. break # Fix bug 1. total += float(line) # Fix bug 2. count += 1 file.close() file = open('output.txt', 'w') # Fix bug 3. file.write('%f\n' % (total/count)) # Fix bug 4. file.close()
Alternatively, bug 1 can also be fixed by replacing the lines
while 1: line = file.readline()
with the single line
for line in file:
This program will give you experience with object-oriented programming in Python:
...by having you assign cool behavior to Turtles in a small artificial life program. Don't panic, we've done most of the heavy lifting for you!
For this quiz, you will learn about object-oriented programming in Python:
Counter class that supports the following interaction:
>>> c1 = Counter() ## default is to start counting from 0 >>> c1.numCountersMade 1 ## Only c1 so far >>> c2 = Counter(100) >>> print(c1) Counter: 0 >>> print(c2) Counter: 100 >>> c1.increment() >>> print(c1) Counter: 1 >>> print(c2) Counter: 100 >>> c1.numCountersMade 2 ## We've only made c1 and c2 so far >>> c2.clear() >>> print(c2) Counter: 0
Here are thoughts as we approach the solution
numCountersMade in a Class Variable so that as we make more
Counters, it gets updated
__init__ needs to be optional with a default value of 0
__str__, since print knows what to do with a
increment() and
class Counter: '''A simple counter''' numCountersMade = 0 def __init__(self, count = 0): '''Make a new counter''' self.count = count Counter.numCountersMade += 1 def __str__(self): '''Override str''' return "Counter: " + str(self.count) def increment(self): '''Increment counter''' self.count += 1 def clear(self): '''Clear counter back to 0''' self.count = 0
Umpire class that can track the count of a hitter. Note, we wrote this code in a rush, there may be bugs in it! Your job is to find them and identify whether they are syntax, logical, or style bugs, then correct all the bugs.
class Umpire '''A baseball umpire''' def __init__(self): '''Make a new umpire''' self.balls = self.strikes = Counter() def __str__(self): '''Printed representation of an Umpire''' ### Want something like "3 balls, 2 strikes" print self.balls + " balls, " + self.strikes + " strikes" def strike(self): '''Register a strike, reset if 3 strikes''' self.strikes++ if self.strikes.count == 3: clear(self) print "Strikeout" def ball(self) '''Register that we had a ball''' self.balls.increment() if self.balls.count == 4 self.clear() print "Take your bases...a walk!" def clear(self): '''Clear the umpire counters''' self.balls.clear() self.strikes.count = 0
Here are the problems we found (the corrected solution is below)
Counter module if we're to use it in
balls and
strikes need to be different
Counters, and not share the same
Counter() initialiazation method (
__init__) in the
Counter class, we need to call
self.balls.count to get the number, not
self.balls (an object), and we need to surround it with a
str call
self.strikes is an object, and the
++ operator is from C/C++/Java, not Python.
clear will result in a
NameError, since without the "
self." it will look in the global namespace.
count will work given the current implementation of
Counter, you are exploiting Python's "weakness" in its inability to limit access of its local instance variables from the outside. What if
Counter.clear() were rewritten to effect other internal state in addition to zeroing out the
clear variable? You'd be missing that, which would be a hard bug to track down. It's like going to a restaurant by coming through the back entrance in the kitchen...you sometimes miss the flyers they hand out at the door. Lesson: Always use official accessors ("setters" and "getters") when provided -- follow the Application Programming Interface (API), otherwise known as "specs". Granted,
Counter doesn't provide a getter, and it probably should, but we can't change that in
import Counter ### bug 1 class Umpire: ### bug 2 '''A baseball umpire''' def __init__(self): '''Make a new umpire''' self.balls = Counter.Counter() ### bugs 3, 4 self.strikes = Counter.Counter() ### bugs 3, 4 def __str__(self): '''Printed representation of an Umpire''' ### Want something like "3 balls, 2 strikes" return str(self.balls.count) + " balls, " + str(self.strikes.count) + " strikes" ### bug 5 def strike(self): '''Register a strike, reset if 3 strikes''' self.strikes.increment() ### bug 6 if self.strikes.count == 3: self.clear() ### bug 7 print "Strikeout" def ball(self): ### bug 2 '''Register that we had a ball''' self.balls.increment() if self.balls.count == 4: ### bug 2 self.clear() print "Take your bases...a walk!" def clear(self): '''Clear the umpire counters''' self.balls.clear() self.strikes.clear() ### bug 8
This program will give you experience with Tkinter and event-based programming in Python by asking you to modify the GUI we handed you in the Turtle Behavior project.
For this quiz, you will learn about Tkinter and event-based programming in Python:
from Tkinter import * Button(text="L").pack (side=LEFT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) Button(text="T").pack (side=TOP, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) Button(text="R").pack (side=RIGHT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) Button(text="B").pack (side=BOTTOM, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) Button(text="LL").pack(side=LEFT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) Button(text="TT").pack(side=TOP, expand=YES, fill=BOTH) mainloop()
from Tkinter import * clicks=0 def clicker(): global clicks clicks += 1 lab.config(text=clicks) Button(text="Click me", command=clicker).pack() lab = Label(text=clicks) lab.pack(side=LEFT) Label(text=" clicks").pack() mainloop()
There are many possible answers, but we believe the best is that one can customize an existing widget in a very interesting way (ala "Styles" in Microsoft Word) as a new class, and then use many instances in the final GUI. All the instances will have the same customization. If we didn't define a new class, then we'd have to apply the customization to each of the instances individually. These new classes can now be used by anyone, not just your program! Think software reuse!
import Tkinter def quit(): print "goodbye..." import sys; sys.exit() Label(text="Demo GUI") b = Button(text="Quit").pack(fill=yes) b.config(command=quit) root.mainloop()
Here are the problems we found (the corrected solution is below)
pack doesn't return a widget
import Tkinter ### bug 1 def quit(): print "goodbye..." import sys; sys.exit() Tkinter.Label(text="Demo GUI").pack() ### bug 2,3 b = Tkinter.Button(text="Quit") ### bug 2,4 b.config(command=quit) b.pack(expand=Tkinter.YES) ### bug 5,6,7 ## Alternatively you collapse the above three lines into one with ## Tkinter.Button(text="Quit", command=quit).pack(expand=Tkinter.YES) b.mainloop() ### bug 8
from Tkinter import * ### bug 1 def quit(): print "goodbye..." import sys; sys.exit() Label(text="Demo GUI").pack() ### bug 3 b = Button(text="Quit") ### bug 4 b.config(command=quit) b.pack(expand=YES) ### bug 5,6 ## Alternatively you collapse the above three lines into one with ## Tkinter.Button(text="Quit", command=quit).pack(expand=YES) mainloop() ### bug 8

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> My question is, how can such a function be defined in a package and made
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Rough outline: firstly a BeginPackage, then the foo:usage-stuff, then
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Inscribed in the World Heritage List in June 2010, the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, located in the heart of Ha Noi, is Viet Nam's newest World Heritage Site. The Citadel was built in the 11th century by the Ly Viet Dynasty, on the remains of a Chinese fortress dating from the 7th century, and withstood a succession of regime changes to remain the seat of regional political power for almost 13 centuries.
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CHAMPSA is a South African youth and family centered HIV prevention program modeled after the Collaborative HIV Adolescent Mental Health Program (CHAMP) developed in Chicago, Illinois and implemented in Chicago and New York.
Dr. Carl Bell M.D., Psych., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the University of Illinois, and president and CEO of Community Mental Health Council and Foundation, Inc. has over thirty years of psychiatric practice and was the principal investigator for CHAMP USA. He directed the CHAMPSA project as well.
The CHAMP initiative is based on the idea that the spread of HIV can be halted by addressing underlying behavior patterns and influences which encourage the kinds of risky behaviors which in turn can lead to HIV transmission. Examples include weak family structure and communication between children and parents, difficulty for children resisting peer pressure, and uncertainty about how HIV is transmitted.
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The CHAMP intervention project did not rely exclusively on academic support. Researchers believed that consulting with and engaging the community is essential to the success of any initiative involving its members, and a collaborative board was formed that included community leaders and representatives as well as researchers and mental health professionals.
As a result of this collaboration, a program and accompanying educational manual were developed and implemented, and youths and families who participated in the program showed promising results. CHAMP South Africa is based on this model.
In 2001, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded South African and American researchers grant #2RO1 MH-01-004 (principal investigator: Bell, Carl C. $2,179,890) to discover if CHAMP could be successful in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa as well.
Researchers hypothesized that there were universal field principles developed from Brian Flay's Triadic Theory of Influence (TTI) necessary to support health behavior change. These universal field principles were:
Further, the most important factor in implementing an intervention program internationally lies in a solid understanding of the culture and in presenting the material in a way that is acceptable to the community.
Research colleagues in South Africa, led by Dr. Arvin Bhana, PhD conducted ethnographic studies to determine what lay behind the spread of HIV, and saw similarities with the Chicago researchers' previous discoveries.
But before attempting to adapt CHAMP for South Africa, the team engaged the community and hired teachers and experts from local colleges, notably University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, social workers, mental health experts, and parents to help shape and present the program by answering questions such as: What is appropriate for our community? How should we handle traditionally sensitive issues and what is the best way to disseminate this information?
With this input, an intervention program, workshops, and an accompanying educational manual were produced. Because of possible low literacy levels, the manual and its lessons were presented as illustrated storylines.
Based on the ethnographic study findings and a pilot study, the manual was revised three times with the final version including additional topics not included in the Western version: stigma associated with contracting HIV, possible child abuse, and difficulty handling bereavement. Characters and behaviors had been modified to accurately reflect the Zulu community's culture and values. Additionally, the manual is presented in the local language, Zulu.
For the actual study, the program focused on personal empowerment, relationships with community, and parent-child relationships, and researchers were looking for differences in these key areas.
CHAMPSA Collaborative board community leaders approached schools and met with principals, teachers, and parents, explaining the study and asking if they would like to take part. Participating students were required to be between the ages of nine and thirteen, and were to live with a parent or caregiver over eighteen years of age. Consent of caregivers and student assent were necessary.
The indigenous college graduates and local community Zulu who were trained co-facilitated the multiple-family groups that were conducted, and presented the ten lessons which lasted an hour and a half every weekend for ten weeks.
During these sessions participants covered the materials and participated in discussion groups, etc. Participants were paid for their time. The families that consented to participate were randomly assigned to an experimental and control intervention.
By the study's end, 94% of participants who had began the intervention remained, and researchers found that caregivers in the intervention group displayed significantly higher frequency and comfort levels discussing sensitive topics such as sexuality and HIV, increases in knowledge of HIV transmission, and decreased stigma toward HIV-infected individuals.
In addition, the caregivers in the intervention were significantly more likely to provide closer observation and supervision of children, and also reported a significantly greater sense of social fabric as a result of the intervention. All are key areas which protect against risky behaviors.
The youth in the intervention reported significantly more knowledge of HIV transmission and significantly less stigma toward HIV-infected individuals.
This immediate improvement seems to illustrate the universality of the health behavior change field principles developed from Flay's Triadic Theory of Influence that influence both positive and negative behaviors, and has promising implications for future HIV prevention programs in South Africa.
Additionally, by using sound business principles, at the end of the study, CHAMPSA received private funding and the control group received the intervention as well.
The CHAMPSA Manual is comprised of 10 issues. Issue number 9, focusing on bereavement; is pictured above and at the request of Dr. Bell, has been translated into English.
The study is featured in the August 2008 edition of the Journal of the National Medical Association. Dr. Bell M.D., is the lead author; Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., and Anup Amatya, MA; are among the co-authors of the article, titled: "Building Protective Factors to Offset Sexually Risky Behaviors among Black Youths: A Randomized Control Trial." The piece contains more details and reports the effectiveness of the Collaborative HIV Adolescent Mental Health Program - South Africa (CHAMPSA) developed in the US to prevent HIV in South Africa. Read the article in its entirety here.
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It's not often you see a maths professor reduced to zero on stage and then stuffed into a bag. But this is exactly what happened to Marcus du Sautoy at the Science Museum — and by means of a mathematical argument at that. Only du Sautoy wasn't being himself of course. He was playing the role of X in the new play, X&Y.
When we arrived at the The New Diorama Theatre in London we didn't know what to expect. The universal machine is a musical about the life of mathematician and WWII code breaker Alan Turing. I have only seen one musical in my whole life, Cats, and it made me feel ill, so I really could not fathom how this was going to work. But as it turned out, we loved it.
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Many people's impression of mathematics is that it is an ancient edifice built on centuries of research. However, modern quantitative finance, an area of mathematics with such a great impact on all our lives, is just a few decades old. The Isaac Newton Institute quickly recognised its importance and has already run two seminal programmes, in 1995 and 2005, supporting research in the field of mathematical finance.
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NJ 'Storm Czar' Refutes Claim Hoboken was Shortchanged
New Jersey officials fought back on Monday against the claim from another local mayor that the administration of Gov. Chris Christie engaged in strong-arm political tactics when it came to doling out Sandy relief funds.
Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer said over the weekend that she felt pressured to support a private development deal in exchange for Sandy aid, pointing to a conversation she claimed she had with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.
The latest response came from Marc Ferzan who oversees the state's Sandy recovery effort. It was the first time he's talked to reporters since being tapped over a year ago to head the governor's Office of Recovery and Rebuilding.
Speaking on a conference call, Ferzan refuted Zimmer's claim that state officials held Sandy funding hostage, and he said any suggestion that Hoboken was shortchanged recovery dollars was an oversimplification of the aid process.
"We've tried to have an objective process. We've tried to design programs with application criteria that are objective, that prioritize the communities most in need with the least financial resources, and I think we've accomplished that," he said.
The city applied for over $100 million dollars in Sandy funds through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and received $342,000. Still, Ferzan said Hoboken and its residents have received or been promised nearly $70 million through other sources. He also said there simply isn't enough Sandy recovery money for everyone who would like it.
"If you look at our recovery programs in totality, I'm scratching my head a little bit about any community that's [claiming they're] getting the short end of the stick, other than to say that I understand we've got very limited resources at our disposal to date," he said.
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The World Superhero Registry is a website dedicated to real-life superheros. Most of the profiled 'hero's' participate in crime-fighting, with many having their alter-ego's acknowledged by the local media. The site lists the character's name, category, activity level, notoriety level, possible arch-enemies and location; along with their favourite quotes and links to their website. According to WRS a 'superhero' is classed as;
a person who does good deeds or fights crime while in costume. This is a movement among ordinary people to make the world a better place in an extraordinary way. There are always those who will take something less seriously, but the Real-Life Superhero community is generally composed of sincere, well meaning people who have finally decided to go out and make a difference.
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"At Anchor Court sheltered housing scheme in Warrington, we offer purpose-built properties for rent for people over the age of 55. You can enjoy your retirement and get the best out of life in comfortable surroundings with the benefit of having a scheme manager and a 24-hour alarm service if ever you have an emergency. You will not need to worry about maintenance and repairs as we take care of those. We provide a wide range of facilities, including a communal lounge, a garden or outside seating area, an on-site laundry, parking bays and, in many schemes, a guest room for visitors. Sometimes you may want to be on your own and other times you may want to be sociable. Our properties give you that freedom and our scheme manager can help arrange social activities where you can meet other like-minded people. We know pets are important to some people and we have a policy which welcomes small pets. If you want to know more, please get in touch"
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Each year tens of thousands of people, from backpackers to billionaires, take to the golden sands of this wide, one-kilometre long city beach expanse to walk, jog, or just soak up the sun. Being only 10 kilometres from the city centre, Bondi Beach is one of Sydney's busiest beaches. There's a host of events held here all year round from community art shows to city to surf running marathons.
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Throughout the year the beach hosts many local and international events from the annual City to Surf fun run to the Festival of the Winds kite flying festival. On Christmas Day, at the height of the Australian summer, it has become a tradition for families and travellers to meet and celebrate on the beach. It's a special place to be on New Year's Eve with thousands of revellers watching the local fireworks. You may have to buy a ticket to these events because of their popularity. Bondi Beach is also fun in winter, with an ice-skating rink built as part of the Bondi Winter Magic Festival.
Events often centre on the heritage-listed Bondi Pavilion Community Centre which has a theatre and exhibition gallery and an outdoor amphitheatre. Check out the Marine Discovery Centre inside and learn about Australia's amazing sea creatures.
If you are coming to Sydney you can't miss a visit to Bondi Beach, about 30 minutes by public transport from the city centre.
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Dine at the upmarket restaurant, Bondi Icebergs, named in honour of a group of dedicated locals who swim at the beach all year round, and where local celebrities can often be seen.
To discover more stunning beaches nearby, take the trail to Tamarama, Bronte and Coogee via the scenic coastal walk. From the cliffs on the six-kilometre Bondi to Coogee Walk you can see the entire expanse of Bondi Beach. Each spring, the Bondi to Tamarama Beach section of the walk is transformed by the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition with works by local artists.


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Middleman in $18M Navy scheme sentenced to 3 years
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Navy subcontractor who was a middleman in a kickback scheme that cost the U.S. Navy $18 million has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Russell Spencer was also ordered to pay $18 million in restitution during sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence.
Spencer is one of six people to plead guilty. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and lying to the FBI. Spencer apologized for his actions at sentencing.
The 59-year-old Spencer has acknowledged funneling kickbacks from a Georgia-based Navy contractor to civilian Navy employee Ralph Mariano and others.
The company's founder was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday. Mariano, who worked for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport and at the Washington Navy Yard, is serving a 10-year prison term.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – Jonathan Grimes and Ashanda Heyward were selected as Francis Marion University's 2004 homecoming king and queen on Feb. 28.
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Start your second day in Memphis with breakfast at Cockadoo's, home of the Memphis Bar-B-Que Omelet. A bus or taxi can take you there from downtown. Fueled with a good Southern breakfast, turn your attention to Memphis music. No trip to Memphis is complete without a visit to Graceland, where thousands throng to pay homage to the city's most famous son, Elvis Presley, who, with his parents, is buried on the property. Take a taxi to get to Blues City Tours' Graceland Platinum tour, or take the free shuttle offered by Sun Studio. (It picks up hourly at the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum at Beale and Third, and at Sun Studio.) Get an early start and count on spending at least two hours, or longer, if you want to see the whole estate. While pictures make the home look large, it's not palatial but a comfortable home decorated in early 1970s style. Elvis put his own stamp here, particularly in the jungle and pool rooms.
In the trophy room, you'll see lots of memorabilia, including some of Presley's many costumes and his numerous gold records. Here is where you come to grips with the huge influence this one-time Mississipi-born truck driver had on global music. True fans should opt for the full tour, which includes a look at his famous pink Caddy and other cars, as well as his private jets. In the Meditation Garden, fresh floral tributes from fans are laid at his grave and those of other members of his family who are buried alongside.
Take the shuttle back to Sun Studio, a natural follow-up to Graceland located just east of downtown. Dubbed the "Birthplace of Rock N' Roll," the tiny studio is where Elvis was "discovered" when he walked in to record a song for his mother. Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins are among artists who have recorded here, and, though small, it's still an active studio. For the city's most exciting museum, take a taxi to the Soulsville USA neighborhood and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, built on the site of Memphis's legendary Stax Records. This funky museum tells the story of Memphis soul, including stars such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Booker T. & the MGs. There's even a dance floor that recreates the 1970s atmosphere of TV's "Soul Train."
For dinner, enjoy new-style Southern cuisine and a great selection of wines at McEwen's on Monroe. Later, check out more clubs on Beale Street or see what's playing at The Orpheum — a restored vaudeville palace where Broadway shows, operas, concerts and other performances are staged. Also check for events at FedExForum, including NBA basketball games played by the Memphis Grizzlies and college roundball played by the top-ranked University of Memphis Tigers.
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Re: Please Help a student...
On Jun 22, 2006, at 6:21 AM, Kerekes Csaba - Antal wrote:
> I'm a student in Romania, I study informatics. I use Mathematica
> and I'm very satisfied with the product. I use it because I work in
> the number field theory and experimental mathematics, where I need
> big number precision. I am now in my last year and I need to show
> my final project.
> I have been written an algorithm in Mathematica, and I need to
> make a graphical user interface in MS Visual C++ 6.0. I have make
> the first step successfully I connected MS VC++6.0 with Mathematica
> via MathLink and I can call every function from Mathematica
> directly from my VC++ program.
> Here comes my question:
> I sad I can call every Mathematica function from VC++ via
> MathLink but what can I do to call my own written Mathematica
> function from VC++6.0?
> Please Help I got my finals in one week, and by the university
> nobody can help me. I need to do my GUI in VC++ and I have not yet
> connected my own function written in Mathematica.
> Please send be a good description in a short time: how to call
> in MS VC++6.0 via MathLink your own function written in
> Mathematica, or youre notebook file.
I don't have any code that does this, but this is how I understand
one would go about this. First of all to simplify the task, tag all
the cells of your notebook that contain expressions you wish to
evaluate with something unique then:
- From your Mathlink program issue a NotebookOpen
["YourNotebookFileName",Visible->False] this will return a
- Issue a SetSelectedNotebook[NotebookObject] where NotebookObject is
the result of the previous expression.
- Issue a NotebookLocate[YourTag] this sets the selection to be all
the cells of interest. If you did not tag the cells you will have to
select each cell of the notebook in turn, examine its contents and
evaluate it if necessary, the commands to do this are described in
the Built-in Functions->Notebooks->Notebook Operators and Built-in
Functions->Notebooks->Notebook Manipulations sections of the Help
- Issue a SelectionEvaluateCreateCell[NotebookObject] where the
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Good after noon. I have a unversal m12 it starts up but rev high 3400+ and when try to kill the motor it wil lnot stop i have to pull the fuel supply what could it be?
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Motor is new to me. i start the motor and right off the back it rev to max the throtel does nothing and to kill the motor off i have to pull the fuel line it self off
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Not wanting to state the obvious, but the M12 is a diesel engine. You don't turn it off by turning the key (or pulling out the fuel line). There should be a throttle cutoff handle near the controls (T shaped handle). Pull out the handle to kill the engine- then turn off the key.
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DOH! - That's right- On my Catalina 27 (with a Universal M18) you pull the throttle cutoff (T-shaped) handle. Look for that or a kill button, usually located near the ignition. Then turn off the key. (Earlier post re-edited - Thanks JimsCAL for pointing out this glaring error).
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the motor is on a stand not in the boat
the stop lever will not kill the motor
the throttle is in idel spot and moving it does nothing
i stop the motor by pulling the fuel line off the motor
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If the throttle isn't doing anything then that is your first clue.
Fix the throttle. It's stuck wide open - check down stream of it - fuel rack, injector etc.
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Prosecutors said they had not decided whether to appeal the ruling by Oslo's district court, which declared the right-wing extremist sane enough to be held criminally responsible for attacks "unparalleled in Norwegian history".
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I have some black mold on the window frame/edge inside the house. What would be the best way to fix this. It is not painted and does not look like it ever has been stained or any thing.
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There is mold because there is moisture
Stop the cause of the moisture
Kill the mold (50/50 water/bleach or X-14)
Seal what's left (Zinnser's BIN shellac-based sealer)
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Is this in a bathroom? If it is in a regular room there must be moisture building up on the window and dripping down. It is possible you need new windows if the seal has worn away in the panes. You can tell if the window looks foggy.
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Any fears that the Indonesian criminal system did not intend to deal with those responsible for the Bali outrages swiftly, thoroughly and with due severity must surely have been assuaged by this latest verdict. Some of the procedures may seem arcane, but that is largely the product of different legal histories and traditions. Samudra's co-accused Amrozi bin Nurhasyim has already been sentenced to death on associated charges. Six key accused are still facing trial or sentence on charges arising from the Bali attack. A number of others have been charged with incidental crimes. Four of them have already been sentenced to 15 to 16 years' imprisonment. While the Indonesian criminal justice system has performed creditably under enormous pressure from both within and outside Indonesia, the same commitment is not always evident in the country's political process. Vice-President Hamzah Haz's assertion last week that the United States was a terrorist state, while the Indonesian Government refuses to formally acknowledge the existence of Jemaah Islamiah, was hardly calculated to instil confidence in the country's partners in the campaign against terrorism.
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Often described with terms like "urban blight" and "toxic environment," the Hunts Point neighborhood in New York's Bronx does, in fact, have its share of determination and positive impact.
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NE5530N op amp or substitute?
I have an old QSC a32 I might have posted about previously. I'm still looking for a sub for NE5530N. Or if anyone has one or two and can do paypal that would be even better.
This amp is good to go except for this one part! Anyone?
QSC has told me ne5532 would not work?
2 Attachment(s)
Schematics :
NE5532N have two internal clamping diode. (on differential input)
I have looked for datasheet of NE5530 but is cannot be found.
NE5530 can perhaps be replaced with a NJM4560
Compatibility with pin - ok (from schematics)
From schematics supply originates from 1N4744A = 15V zener
Also I have seen that in all the new schemes QSC the NE5530 has been replaced with the NE5532...
I have to wonder if the 5530 was a house number. I just looked through a bunch of old databooks, and can't find any reference to it from any of the people that made NE/SE prefixed parts.
some retailers say that the NE5530 is production of Philips.
at this point I think that is better to ask directly to QSC
to ask Replace/substitute for NE5530 or datasheet ! :D
bye :)
Try to subsitute with 4580.
A pin for pin replacement for the dual channel '5530 = http://www.analog.com/UploadedFiles/...D8065_8066.pdf
( ... http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...37#post1212637 ... )
QSC just said that it was obsolete and wouldn't suggest any subs. I'm still learning to read and compare specs on ops,so I'm not sure about finding something suitable. If no harm would come in trying the above models I would be more then happy as I have most except the AD8066's mentioned. Which I am going to see how available they are.
Thanks for all the help!
You said first thaat QSC told you NE5532 wouldn't work, now you are saying they just said the NE5530 is obsolete. Which was it?
I would think that NE5532 would work.
I was replying to gold and others. QSC said 5530 was obsolete(and they are unless you order from the $300 minimum warehouses) and told me 5532's would not work. They did not make any suggestions as to what would,simply saying save yourself the hassle and buy a PLX.
I got this thing working 99% and all I need is one stinkin op. Besides matching pin outs there's not much I can tell from spec sheets. I'll try some of the above suggestions,I just don't want to ruin my work and short a channel or think everythings fine because the amp seems to be running and then have it fail later. Thanks again for any input!
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An online survey shows strong support for closing parts of Point Defiance Park's Five Mile Drive to motorized vehicles in the morning. About 70 percent of the 140 people who have taken the survey like the idea of closing the road to cars, leaving it for only walkers, runners and bike riders
Since the beginning of the month, the outer loop of Five Mile Drive has been closed to motorized vehicles until 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. The roadway had been closed to cars on weekends until 1 p.m. for several years. The weekday extension of the road closure is a six-month trial as parks officials gather information with park users. Metro Parks Tacoma's board will decide the issue next spring.
"We still consider it very early in the process," Metro Parks spokeswoman Nancy Johnson said.
The road closure does not affect access to Point Defiance's Fort Nisqually or Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, as those attractions are on the lower half of the drive through the 700-acre park.
The idea behind closing the one-way road in the mornings is to allow pedestrians, joggers and cyclists safer access to the park without fear of vehicle traffic. The roadway often winds and curves, making it difficult for people to see oncoming cars, especially those that are speeding.
The road is too narrow to paint on a bike lane, Johnson said. Some of the turns are too tight to allow speed tables, – wider-than-usual speed bumps – since drivers might not see them in time to slow down enough to avoid damaging their cars.
The fear of pedestrian accidents along Five Mile Drive is not based on data. The Tacoma Fire Department can only find one accident along the route among the 80 calls for medical service to Point Defiance during the last two years. That one accident involved a group of drunken teens crashing a car during an afternoon drive in April. One of the four teens in the car was thrown from the car and died at the scene. The driver was charged with vehicular homicide.
None of the calls involved cars hitting pedestrians, cyclists or joggers.
That said, people have complained about near misses or having to dash across the roadway to avoid cars.
"People drive really fast through there," Johnson said.
Widening the road to create bike or pedestrian lanes would be expensive, and would mean cutting down some of the last old-growth trees in the county.
"That forest has never been logged, ever," Parks Commissioner Erik Hanberg said. "You don't want to cut down the trees to widen the road to do that."
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Is there a US source for this anchor? Also, I'd like some feedback from anyone who has practical experience with this anchor. Currently use a Delta, but looking for more hold. We'll be at the Annapolis show in a few weeks. Thanks.
kava...I think they only have a Canadian distributor. Craig from Rocna and Alain from Spade are regulars on the SSCA.org bulletin board. You might try there for more info or if they'll have any boat show presence. I hear great things about both anchors though have been quite happy with my Delta and hate the CQR.
Have you seen the Manson Supreme, looks and performs much like the Ronca but quite a lot cheaper as they have a US distributer. Try www.azuremarine.com/. I'm getting one to replace an old CQR.
I use a Manson Supreme...
And love, love love it. Although it's a knock off of the Rocna it performs very similarly. The Sail Magazine anchor test results were just published and confirm what I've been saying on this and other boards for quite a while now. The Rocna & Manson are excellent performers.
The "tried and true" anchors most sailors use are not the king pins they once were. These tests are about the most scientific and real world I've seen done to date. At least they used anchors of similar size unlike the Practical Sailor tests. My one gripe is I wish they had given more info on 180 degree re-sets and tested in soft mud. I'm a little concerned, by the test results, that some folks will run out and buy a Fortress as a primary and have tide/wind re-set issues like I have with mine. I only use my Fortress as a, direct line pull, stern anchor where no "shifts" from tide or wind can occur. The authors/testers had many debates about the rather shocking test results and this quote kind of sums it up.
"Having several anchors with established reputations fail to set sparked many hours of debate. We questioned our methodology and tried to determine what could be done to insure that all anchors could at least return some results apart from "did not set"."
I stopped using my CQR a longtime ago because of terrible setting performance and a few dragging incidents. I also stopped using my Bruce for similar reasons. My observations, in Maine, NH, MA and Carib anchorages is that most folks never really bother to set an anchor properly. If they don't set properly they would not know that their trusty CQR is lying on its side only partially burried, at best, and acting like a rock on a rope. In normal benign summer conditions the chain and the weight of the anchor (rock on a rope) probably hold most boats and most people are clueless until a squal or 20+ knot winds pipe up. I someimes like to dive on anchors to observe the set and doing this is what caused me to stop using my CQR! On top of the poor performance it was the straw that broke the CQR's back for me.
We actually keep an anchor log and have been doing so for quite a while because we like to anchor whenever we can. I started this log after an incident where every boat in the anchorage, except us and one other, draged during a wind storm with winds of only 35-40 knots. We almost got taken out by a 70 foot Swan dragging its CQR. I was so angry the next morning that I wrote down what each boat was using for ground tackle as I watched as each boat weigh anchor and leave. I now keep track any boats that have dragged anchor around me. I log what anchor they used and to be as fair as possible if I saw them actually set the anchor or not.
I have done my own personal anchor testing and made videos of them setting on an inter tidal zone and my results are very similar to the Sail Magazine results. I have tested and own/owned the Bruce, CQR, Manson Supreme, Fortress, Spade (both Aluminum and Steel) and a Delta Fast Set. I chose the Manson Supreme as my clear winner with the Spade and Fortress as my back ups. The Manson Supreme, Rocna, Spade & Fortress were the clear winners in Sails tests, along with the Hydro Bubble which I don't own, and closely mirror my own very un-scientific results. I have sold my Fast Set, did not set as well as Spade, and my Bruce and CQR are on loan to friends who don't really anchor much and just needed a lunch hook hanging off the bow. My Spade A-80 (aluminum) sits in my garage because I had some real problems with getting it to penetrate a hard bottom. This is most likely due to its very light weight. The S-80 (identical size but in steel) performs much better and does set in tough bottoms. Theoretically the Spades should set identically but they don't??
The Fastset is a decent anchor compared to a CQR or Bruce and will hold well but according to the Sail tests it does not like anything less than a 5:1 scope where the Rocna and Manson Supreme don't mind a 3:1 at all.
I wish more people took anchoring & mooring as seriously as I do but they don't. Last season my boat sustained considerable damage because a boat broke free in a wind storm and dragged onto my boat due to poor mooring maintenance. I'm sure this clown has similar anchoring manners. Fortunately the damage was cosmetic only but the whole event set me back some serious pocket change with a 2% deductible.
My question is this. Why do people choose to use anchors that have been proven time and time again, in test after test, to be considerably less effective than other commercially available models? I know I bought a CQR because everyone else had one but I tested it myself and decided it was a less than robust anchor for my taste. Do others not actually put a product through the paces and just rely on mass appeal?????
I actually had a few salty types laugh at my "ugly new fangeled" anchor this summer and I found it to be quite idiotic. One guy actually told me of how he dragged into another boat last year in a "bad" wind storm. This as he laughed at my "ugly" anchor while I was washing he boat at the dock. I only wish I knew what anchor he was using for my log book..
I can't speak highly enough of the performance my Manson Supreme has given me compared to my other anchors and I'm sure the Rocna performs the same or better. I've never had an anchor set so definitively and immediately and it's just plain jarring. With this anchor, when you back down to set it, there is NO guessing if it set you KNOW it set.. It even bests my Spades by enough to notice a distinct difference. Hamilton Marine in Maine sells Manson Supremes and Rocna has a distributor in Canada..
These new style anchors really DO work but I'm sure, like the GPS, it will take some of the salty types to come around to them...
Last word: don't be fooled by copies...
Craig... while I frown on anyone knocking off another's patented design can you give any details on how Manson Supreme would "fool" anyone? Are there differences in construction or performance that you think are significant or should they be avoided simply because they are making $$ off of your proprietary work?
There is a difference in price - any American buying a Rocna has two options, buy from us in NZ and pay horrendous freight costs, or buy from Vancouver at a higher retail price and - well, still pay horrendous freight costs. This we hope to rectify shortly. However there remains the "you get what you pay for" difference, and our USD recommended retail will still be "moderately priced", not "cheap"; we're not about making cheap rip-offs, we're not based in China, etc. However you will find us competitive with most other genuine brands, and especially competitive with the top stuff, like genuine CQRs and Spades.
When a copier sits down to make his copy, he has two options. One is to copy the anchor identically but take manufacturing short-cuts to save money (the only way he'll sell his copy is by making the retail price cheaper). Witness many Chinese made claws. The other is to "improve" it, but most "improvements" are done by idiots that don't fully understand the original product, certainly not like the original inventor did. Witness any number of CQR and recent Delta copies that are not as good as the originals. Or any with gimmicks like slotted shanks, floatation bubbles, etc.
There are certain things we refuse to compromise on. For example:
Since we don't have a three-dimensional tip (like a plow or the Spade, which have because of their lead inserts), we need to make sure the tip is very strong. We do this by creasing the blade, which is a more expensive process than rolling. The crease then runs the full length of the fluke and together with the solid steel provides as much strength as possible.
We don't laminate steel. Metal doesn't gain strength from lamination in the same way that other materials do, it's often just edge-welded so the space between the sheets is effectively hollow. In addition to a ridiculous lack of strength, this has massive other implications. For example the weld is usually ground off to make it look nice, and the laminate edges might not be properly chamfered before joining. Result: not much weld holding your fluke together. Or, maybe the galvanizing blows it apart. Or, it doesn't, and the anchor rusts from the inside out.
We form a proper concave shape by raising the heel of the fluke, so it is a two dimensional spoon, not a one dimensional upside-down plow.
We have a properly designed shank intended to fit on as many rollers as possible, and work well with regard to self launching and retrieval. A shank with a tall profile is a bad idea, since anchors frequently come up sideways or upside-down. The shank must be of such a shape that it can rotate while in the roller, and it needs to do it fairly quickly. If you look at plows and claws, their shanks are usually of quite a low profile - for a reason.
Our shank is high tensile steel. We don't destroy the metal's tensile strength by running a gas cutter up and down the inside of the shank.
Our tip-weight is 30% the weight of the anchor. That's more than a Delta and not bad for an anchor with no dedicated tip-weight (lead).
And we know a whole bunch of stuff that other, ahem, designers don't, so they make mistakes.
All of which adds up to an anchor which apparently did better than a certain other anchor (supposed to be the same) in a certain recent independent test, and by the way said certain anchor was 10% larger than the Rocna.
Sorry if that sounds like an informercial, but, with no names, hopefully that should arm you with some knowledge with which to go comparison-shopping. Any more and it'd read like a list of instructions "how to fix my copy".
now i'm really confused (this is nothing new)
great..i have a cqr hanging from my bow, that as best i can tell is a heavy paperweight. now to complicate matters, i've been reading these threads and now am not sure what to replace my cqr with.
i sail on the chesapeake, keep my boat in a well protected marina, near mobjack bay and want something to occasionally drop or have on hand should something nastier than "ernesto" come screaming through should i need to move my boat. i also don't want to spend the night on anchor watch for fear some inferior anchor design will drag on me.
i saw the Rocna, Manson Supreme and then the Hydrobubble. now i am completely lost. all three of these anchors make the most design sense to me. now i'm looking to the venerable senior members here to make up my mind.
oh...1990 sabre 30 mkIII, draws 5'3" if this matters...
so, do i make the cqr a piece of "yard art" and get two new anchors..or make the cqr my back-up..oh..and although i understand you get what you pay for, i don't want to spend a ridiculous amount on a new hook.
The hydrobubble is junk IMHO, as anything that reduces the weight of the anchor in the water is going to reduce its effectiveness at digging in.
I have a Rocna, and love it..but it is a bit expensive. I ordered mine from the guys in Canada.
My main complaint on it is that it tends to bring up lots of the bottom with it...and it is a bear to break out. I'm adding a windlass and bow roller to my boat to make using my Rocna a lot more user friendly. :D
I got the 15 kg Rocna, since I depend on it to hold the boat when I'm anchored out, and like the security it gives me, even if the current and wind shift.
Skimping on ground tackle is pennywise and pound foolish IMHO, especially if you're on the hook in bad weather. Getting undersized or badly designed ground tackle is putting your boat at risk. Why carry two small anchors and have to deploy them both, when a slightly larger single anchor will hold you more securely and with fewer complications.
If you have specific questions, let me know via PM.
Some clown on another board stated that this negative factor must get worse with increasing depth, as the floatation would increase, rendering the anchor useless in deep water :rolleyes: - now that's not right folks...
From Peter concerning the float: "I will make no harsh comment on this, save to point to possible issues concerning durability in the harsh conditions anchors are subjected to, and longevity if exposed to UV."
Peter has written a little something about the SAIL testing and also addresses copies and variations of genuine anchor types. We've put it online here. Comments welcome.
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