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Lately I haven't really been "inspired" to write...Photo Copyright By Vernieman
BUT here's the catch (you don't think I would have left that statement just hanging there, did you?)...because I've been writing anyways. It's been a discipline for me. And it isn't like writing hasn't been fun for me, because it actually has been...but it's been something else keeping me going forward.
And since I usually like to write about what inspires me, I thought about how I could write about that "discipline" that moves me forward. Because, how much could I say about discipline? If I want to write...like, ever...I have to use that particular muscle. That's just the way it is...
So, here's where my writing people came in...
Like I said before, I would be asking these particular questions on the various writing communities I'm in (and if you haven't started following me, and you want to get involved, follow me on Google Plus, Twitter, or like my blog's Facebook page!),
So, I asked my writing communities, "What gets you writing?" And you know what? It's totally different for everyone! Here's what people said...
1) Music
Geoff Bowman (check out his site, "The Composer's Journey" here) told me, "I unfortunately have little control over my own inspiration...I try to write on a regular basis but if it isn't there I just end up with an empty screen."
I can so relate to this feeling, by the way...that awful, awful blank screen...but then I love what he does to overcome that blank screen of (inspirational) death...
Geoff then says to me, "My one savior is music. I make playlists of music that causes me to both feel and visualize the project I'm working on...I'm working on a time-travel related piece right now for example and the song "Mad World" from Donny Darko tends to get my brain thinking aout the kinds of complex views of the world that I need to [think about] in order to write on those lines..."
If you are curious, here's the song Geoff is talking about.
@AmaliaTd confirmed what Geoff said, "...particular songs ALWAYS get me writing. Train's Drops of Jupiter gets me every time"
Here's the song that inspires Amalia's writing:
What music inspires you to write? For me, it's horror music.
2) Schedules
On GooglePlus, another writer wrote a response to my question. Juliette Wade (make sure you check out her blog here!)...told me, "It's important to me that I'm always writing, which means writing every day. Even if it's just pushing ideas forward in my head and not putting anything on paper. I can have a ton of ideas but the thing I need to get myself going is a sense of the core conflict of what I'm writing, and then a first sentence that serves as an entry."
I love Juliette's philosophy, by the way. Even if you aren't writing, but putting ideas together in your head, that still counts! Does writing every day inspire you?
3) Yourself, as a writer.
And then, another writer, Thomas Wilson (check out his blog here) told me, "My stories get me writing, but I usually try and start the day with a meaningful blog post to get my fingers and brain working and then drive back into my stories. I don't let word counts or deadlines interfere with my thinking because it causes negative feelings. [I'm] much more producitve when I am feeling happy and [writing] because I want to!"
How is that for cool? He gets inspired by his own work! Sometimes that torment of leaving characters just stay in the same place as I left them before makes me want to get back to a story! You know, like that Mario game, and Mario shrugs his shoulders at you if you just ignore him. Anyone else get inspired by their own work?
5) Who we know
I love what @lyman_tuttle told me, "That's easy. Attending any family holiday party. Plenty of disorders and dysfunctions to write about for the entire year"
I totally cracked up on that one! Anyone else get inspired by their family get togethers this holiday season?
6) Deadlines
I think what @AprilVak said is right on for a lot of writers! She says, "if not random thoughts that stick in my head, deadlines. I set some for myself that are earlier than the actual deadlines."
Deadlines! I'm awful with deadlines, but they can really push you, for sure! Anyone else get inspired by deadlines? Do you set your own?
So, writers! What gets you writing? What puts that pen to paper? I'm beginning to realize it's so different for all of us...from music to deadlines to the weirdness of the people we know (and love).
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02 January 2012
What Gets You Writing?
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Music is the one and only thing that truly inspires me to write. When I hear a song that seems to fit into the story I'm working on or match one of the characters, I put it on my favorites playlist. I even arrange them in order to tell the story, kind of like an opera. And usually, there's one, maybe two songs in particular that provide the germ for the entire story. Fopr my first book, it was Hurricane by Thirty Seconds To Mars. For my current WIP, it's Let You Down & Hate, both by Three Days Grace. Nothing inspires me quite like music -- and therefore someone else's pain -- does.
Keep on writing. And Happy New Year!I have to force myself to write because once I start being lazy I get a liking for it.
Moody Writing
The Funnily EnoughI get inspired in lots of different ways to write - depending on what I'm writing! Music is a definite big inspiration - different styles to write different things!
Found you through one of the Blog Hops.
I'm following you now, and hope you'll stop by and visit our blog sometime too!
http://beourbest.blogspot.com/@Tonja - Yes, I find that lately I moved by deadlines - knowing that I've told a lot of people I will have a book done by February really gets me moving. Nothin' like pride being on the line to push me to that end. :)
@Nancy Thompson - Oh that's so cool you do that!! I love that idea, too! Oh that's so inspiring for me to do that for my first work....oh wow! Very true by the way - music does represent another's pain - so the troubles themselves are inspiring!
@Mooderino - oh me tooooooo...I love being lazy. I've FINALLY gotten into that habit of writing everynight after dinner and it's worked pretty good so far. But, ah, laziness...I love it!
@Amalia T. - It's so true, when you get into that habit it becomes more fun! I've recently gotten used to doing it. If I don't, I just let my writing fall by the way side!
@Kelly Hashway - I've that before! Especially if you just go to that set time each day, even if you don't write anything, you are training yourself to get into that habit!
@The Desert Rocks - sometimes for me, too. Especially songs with words, then my brain goes way off track. Without words songs, like classical, is best for me. Oh I like the idea of using a noun to brainstorm from!!
@Diane Carlisle - Me too! I'm exactly the same way, that's half the reason I have just grown to love blogging because you get so many different experiences from different walks of the journey and it's inspiring (and I get competitive)
Ha ha...ME TOO ON BEING INSPIRED WHEN SOMEONE PISSES ME OFF! ha ha......I love proving them wrong! :)
@Deb Claxton - Oh that's perfect! I love hearing about old horror stories or rumors that may or may not be true, and those can be VERY inspiring!
@Jill - Me too! For me, this fantasy story I'm working on, deadlines inspire me. For other things, it can be music that keeps me going, or something else entirely. I'm following your blog now, too!
@Juliette Wade - I'm the same way! Getting started, music can help, but after a while, it's just in the background of my mind!
Thank you for responding to my question!! :)I'm the same way when it comes to music. A lot of times when I'm writing, a certain song comes into my head during a particular scene and it just sticks.
Madonna, oddly enough, came to mind in a couple scenes during one story... 2 actually, the third is there because the song is called "Angel"... saying that "you must be an angel." It's almost an inside joke because the character in question was one in his past life.
Music was such a huge part of the making of that story that I burned a 12-song soundtrack, with songs either in the story or could be associated with it.
These days, what gets me writing and I'll limit it to my fictional endeavors, I get a lot of my inspiration from movies. Particularly the ones that had me wondering "I wonder what happens after the screen goes black" or "is there a way I can change this characer's path so he doesn't end up the way he does?"
Or even dreaming about something that's so vivid or emotionally powerful that I'm driven to put the pieces together to figure what brought these characters together to this one place. But that's a very rare occurrence.
But usually the driving force for me lately is that I can't get something out of my head or shake an uneasy feeling I have, so I gotta write it down, make sense of it and I can move on. Usually it works out pretty well
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Despite being known in Chile for his international competition, Gonzalo Barroilhet hosted his first press conference in front of media last week. / Glenishia Gilzean/FSView
Gonzalo Gonzo Barroilhet
Olympic sport: Decathlon
Favorite Event: Pole Vault
Least favorite event: 1500M Run
ACC Championship Record: 8065 points
Description on personal website gonzonitro.com: Ever since the 1960s comic book writers have found inspiration for their super heroes in Gonzalo Barriolhet. Without him, pop culture just would not be the same, Batman would drive less impressive motorized vechiles, Superman would be less agile, and The Incredible Hulk would be considerably less credible.
A typical checklist for college freshmen during their first year of school consists of: Make new friends, dont sleep through classes, and make Mom and Pop proud. The checklist for Gonzalo Barroilhet his first year enrolled at FSU as a freshman in 2008 differed a bit: Train, eat right, sleep well and rock it at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Gonzalo Barroilhet, nicknamed Gonzo for short, was approached toward the back half of his high school career about trying out for the decathlon; he was already skilled in the decathlons hardest events to learnthe pole vault, high jump and hurdlesplus he had thrown the javelin and shotput some when he was younger, so he gave it a go. In 2007, the year before entering Florida State as a freshman, he placed first at the South American Championships in São Paulo, Brazil. Before stepping on Florida States campus, he also won both the Chilean Senior National and Junior National titles.
Qualifying for the Olympics wasnt that easy, though, as Gonzo was still below the average of the competition.
When I came here in 07, my personal best was 7,500 points, and the standard was 7,700 or 7,800 points, said Gonzo. It was a real distance. But after the first decathlon, I got standard in 08 so that came out as a surprise.
After matching the standardor the general average countries want their decathletes to achieve before selecting them to represent them internationallyGonzalo Barroilhet was headed to Beijing, China to represent his home country of Chile. But Beijing didnt end so well for Gonzo. During warm-ups for the pole vault in Beijing, he landed a bit outside the pit, and landed hard on his ankle.
I was still pretty pumped so I didnt feel too much, but my ankle was not in good shape, he said to I Love Chile this year in an interview. I ended up not being able to clear a bar.
He competed for Florida State his freshman year before the Olympics, even setting a school record with 7,907 points during the NCAA Championships. Florida State finished third. Gonzo received surgery on his right shoulder that had been nagging him for a while in 2009, delaying it so he could compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Returning to competition proved hard for Gonzo as he didnt compete in any decathlons in 2010. He would attempt a few individuals events, but didnt quite hold the same confidence he did his freshman year. While training for the 2011 season, fate seemed to turn for Gonzo. He practiced well in the fall, regaining his confidence after not competing in any decathlons for over a year and a half and it looked like Gonzo would return to his previous Olympic form. While polishing his pole vault one day at practice, he had an accident, landing on his left shoulder and injured it in the practice. He was forced to sit out and go into surgery.
Its really frustrating once you get off the rhythm of finding things easy, said Gonzo. [Before, I would think] Im just going to go to NCAA meet and I know I can win. But then you start second-questioning that.
All those hours of practice seemingly wasted; all the time training for not one or two or three events, but ten, evaporated by a simple fall; all the sacrifices: leaving his friends, his family, his entire country behind to train at Florida Stateall those mishaps and misfortune might make a decathlete reconsider his profession, but not Gonzo. He trained and rehabbed, recovering twice as quick as the first shoulder injury. In just two and half months, he was competing in his first decathlon at Wake Forest in over two and a half years.
Once I finished that decathlon at Wake Forest last year, after the surgery, it was like, I love this, you know, Barroilhet said while throwing his hands up, almost like he cant help but love the sport. I want to keep doing it. Since this day, Ive always been really looking forward.
Later in 2011, Gonzalo would finish fourth in the Pan-Am games with a 7,986 point total and less than a hundred points from reaching the podium. However, his performance in the 2011 Pan-Am games would earn him a spot on the Chilean roster for the 2012 Olympics in London. For some, that would mean the world; for Gonzo, it was bittersweet. He wanted to break 8,000 points and place on the podium for his country, but couldnt.
Gonzo has been on a tear in 2012 since qualifying for the Olympics, breaking his personal best in eight of the ten decathlon events this year excluding the javelin throw and long jump. He set the conference championship record with 8065 points at the ACC Outdoor Championships. And he finished fourth at the NCAA Championships in June, a mere four points out of a silver medal.
This year I was pretty determined just to go back, all out, and just come back to the old-school Gonzo, Barroilhet said.
The 2012 Olympics will be a bit different than his freshman experience in 2008. Hes skipping the opening ceremonies, citing that athletes generally have to stand four to five hours and he doesnt want to place the stress on his body. This year, Gonzo has his sights set on reaching top 8, if not more.
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Listen, this ain't hard. Rachel Rose, great artist, at the studio of Sebastian Black (great artist). Why don't you just GO already? —Dan Duray
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Irrational haters such as yourself should like this move- at least this way if he continues to be as futile as he was earlier in the year they can do something about it before the playoff roster deadline. But his AAA numbers against lefties suggest that he earned a shot to prove he can contribute. There's no reason to hope he will, but it's better to find out now. |
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Inge was an elite defensive third baseman from 2005-2008. That has nothing to do with his whiteness, it's just the numbers. Look up UZR and +/- in the period if you need to be educated. 2009 he had a great first half before his knees blew up, rendering him totally useless since. Your entire argument rests on the idea that he's a middling player, except he wasn't. He was one of the best in the sport at a particular aspect of the game. |
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You don't even know the guy, yet you felt compelled to post multiple times now about how much you hate him. Including the always hilariously pathetic internet fight challenge. |
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...when it was played in the final minute of a game that has been decided like it was when it was introduced in what...1998 I think? The 'tradition'(but really it's an error that caught on) of waiting until the clock hits zero is not something you need to be defending just to defend it. It can be improved. BTW, anyone that knows that it's actually called the Victors Waltz was probably in the band, so your lecture is pretty funny. |
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But one quick and easy band fix that I think absolutely needs to happen is to quit playing the Victors Waltz when the clock hits zero. The team may be pumped up and running around after a huge victory, but the crowd has to wait for 20 seconds to join in. That's just silly. A simple change like this is very much tied into the "Find a way to connect the band to the team" goal. |
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He said that he feels more encouraged about results of efforts to battle the Black Forest Fire and that authorities "gained some tremendous ground" when it came to identifying hotspots and saving structures.
"To me, it was the turning point we were looking for," he said, though he acknowledged conditions could change.
Some 750 firefighters have helped contain the blaze by 5%. With the help of helicopters and air tankers, they established a loose perimeter.
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Whether you're holiday shopping at the mall, online, or by phone or mail, the FTC says that a little planning and know-how can help you deliver a holiday season that's on budget and maybe even a little less stressful.
- List the people you plan to buy gifts for, the type of gifts you plan to buy, and how much you plan to spend. Include the cost of cash gifts, holiday travel, extra food, wrappings, decorations, greeting cards, and postage. If it relates to the holiday season and it costs money, add it to your budget.
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Kristin Ostling joined the Baltimore Symphony in 1995. She is a graduate of both the Curtis Institute of Music and the Mannes College of Music, where she received the Mannes College Performance Award. She has been a featured soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and has enjoyed chamber music roles with a roster that includes Pinchas Zukerman, Ralph Kirschbaum, and The Baltimore Symphony's concertmaster, Jonathan Carney. Since 2002, she has served as principal cellist of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Orchestra,under the direction of Tom Hall.
She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at venues throughout the world including Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The German and Icelandic Embassies, the U.S. State Department, The Pennsylvania Academy of Music, and the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. She has also appeared at New York's Bargemusic, the La Jolla Chamber Music Society's SummerFest, the Pensacola Chamber Music Festival, at An Die Musik, and on the Baltimore Symphony's Chamber Music by Candlelight series. Most recently, she has been featured on the newly released "Works of Larry Hoffman," by the Baltimore based composer of that same name. Her performance of "Blues Suite for Solo Violoncello" has garnered rave reviews from such notable publications as the American Record Guide, Downbeat Magazine, and the Baltimore Sun. She plays a cello made by Giacomo Rivolta (Milan, 1828).
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I have been using NOS Ether by Get Diesel Nutrition for about 7 days now.
My stack is:
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Diesel Test: 4 tablets/ED
NOS Precursor: 4 tablets/ED
NOS Ether:
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-Non-workout days: 3 scoops total throughout the day.
I am taking slightly higher than I need for NOS Ether and I find it to be increasingly helpful.
Strength: My strength has went up, noticibly on my Power Cleans. I expect this to increase as time progresses.
Intensity: I noticed a slight increase in intensity, which seems to be cumulative with DTH.
Pumps/Nitric Oxide: When I take NOS Ether with 4 tablets of NOS Precursor I get the 'blood pressure cuff' pumps. However, I do not have anymore NOS Precursor tablets, and NOS Ether alone has produced so-so pumps. The NOS Precursor+NOS Ether work together synergistically very well, but it kinda sucked running NOS Ether solo.
Taste: NOS Ether is very bland. It tastes like sprite mixed with water. It does not taste that bad and for someone like me who complains a lot that says something.
Endurance: I've noticed an increase in energy through my workouts and a delay in fatigue. Not an increase in energy like a stimulant would provide, but a cleaner endurance.
Overall NOS Ether has been a solid product and worked for me very well. I bought a tub @ nutraplanet when it went on sale and will definitely buy it again eventually once my tub runs out. The only issue is the pumps are OK when NOS Ether is ran solo, but I have huge pumps when using 4 tablets of NOS Precursor. The strength, endurance, and recovery has been expierenced as promised by the product.
If I had to cut the fluff and only run 2 products outside my basics it would be a Ether+DTH stack.
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< : [[image:DrewsEmacsMinibufIWikiModes]]
< This meant setting `iWikiModes-mode-hook' and
< `iWikiModes-mode-end-hook' to take care of the iWikiModes color
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> This meant setting `isearch-mode-hook' and
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This page is part of the description of OneOnOneEmacs.
When you have multiple frames, there is no advantage (that I can see) for each frame to have its own MiniBuffer. In fact, it can sometimes be confusing, in terms of input focus.
So, I prevented (via 'default-frame-alist'
) any frames from having a minibuffer, except a separate, special frame that is dedicated to the minibuffer. This frame, named '1on1-minibuffer-frame'
has these properties:
(minibuffer . only)
'.This means that you have only one place to look for the minibuffer. And it is long, giving you lots of room for informative messages, editing previously executed commands, icompletion choices, and so on.
See Library: Lisp:oneonone.el
Even with a display-wide standalone minibuffer, you will sometimes have input that covers more than two lines, which is the default height of the standalone frame (which you can control using option '1on1-minibuffer-frame-height'
). To accomodate dynamic changes in input size, the standalone minibuffer frame is automatically resized after each user event (e.g typing a character) to fit its current content, provided user option '1on1-fit-minibuffer-frame-flag'
is non-'nil'
. Options '1on1-fit-minibuffer-frame-max-height'
and '1on1-fit-minibuffer-frame-max-height-percent'
define the maximum possible height for this behavior. In addition, if you bind command '1on1-fit-minibuffer-frame'
to a key (I use 'C-o'
), then you can use that key repeatedly to increase the height by one line, even beyond the maximum. To take advantage of this feature, you must also have library fit-frame.el – see Shrink-Wrapping Frames.
I took advantage of the fact that frame '1on1-minibuffer-frame'
is dedicated to the minibuffer, by dynamically changing its background color slightly to indicate the status of the current user interaction (the colors are user variables):
This meant setting 'isearch-mode-hook'
and 'isearch-mode-end-hook'
to take care of the isearch color changes. It also meant redefining these functions:
and 'abort-recursive-edit'
-- Reset the background to inactive.'y-or-n-p'
– Temporarily change background to active, until user input.Some minibuffer commands let you enter a recursive minibuffer. When the minibuffer is active – that is, when it is expecting input from you, it can be at different depths of recursion. In Emacs, there is no indication of this depth, or even of the fact that you are in a recursive minibuffer. (A recursive edit is indicated by bracketing ([...]
) in the mode line, but a recursive minibuffer is not indicated in any way.) To help you perceive the change to a new minibuffer recursion depth, the background hue (color) of the minibuffer frame is changed slightly with each depth change.
Here are screenshots showing this color change, together with a recursion-depth indicator ( 2)
, 3)
,…) at the left of the minibuffer. (The +
sign followed by the colored rectangle are Icicles completion indicators – see Icicles - Nutshell View.)
Each of these background changes can improve orientation. Taken together, I find that they help quite a lot. Perhaps the most disorienting thing about Emacs is its various input modes, and the fact that there is generally little feedback about them.
is. It now looks that will be added for Emacs 22, probably in the minibuffer itself. – DrewAdams See Library: Lisp:oneonone.el
You can also set the 'minibuffer-prompt'
face to something bright to get an indicator when the minibuffer is active. – AmitPatel
By "also", I suppose you mean "as an alternative", for OneOnOneEmacs, to changing the background color, since the change in frame background is already a good indication. There are two things to keep in mind about that alternative: 1) Face 'minibuffer-prompt'
is not defined in Emacs versions prior to 22. 2) Changing existing faces is something that is better left to users, in their customizations, since they have different backgrounds, tastes etc.
If, on the other hand, you are advising users that they can customize face 'minibuffer-prompt'
, to make it better indicate an active minibuffer, then, yes, that is a good suggestion for people who don't use OneOnOneEmacs. – DrewAdams


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addition to a thickness that's downright addictive. You also get more sustain and a pick responsiveness that just plain feels good—a far cry from the muddiness you might otherwise expect from a bass boost. Once I tried this function, it was hard not to use it, so I spent nearly my entire review time with the bass switch engaged.
The tone control is wonderfully effective. Many tone controls add little more than harshness or spiky treble past the noon mark, but that's not at all the case with the Infinity. At the lowest settings the tone is darker, but without any real loss of definition. Crank it up and the tone remains focused and defined, but also surprisingly sweet.
With the Epiphone driving the output, the boost function added a high-mid edge that emphasized top-end zing. You may have to cut the tone control a bit to keep the sound from getting overly bright, though rolling back your guitar's tone enables you to move between a nice, slicing lead sound and a tighter rhythm sound with ease.
Pros: Wide range of overdrive tones.
Larry Alan Infinity Driver, $200 street, larryalanguitars.com
Cons: May not be enough gain for some players.
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The germanium diode, which is activated with the Infinity switch, completely transforms the Infinity Driver's tonal character. The pedal gets grainier and more compressed, and you lose a little volume compared to the bypassed setting. The volume drop probably isn't significant, given that few players will toggle between voices on the fly, and how the Infinity switch provides versatility that's almost like adding a second, dirtier overdrive to your board.
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Players who like their overdrive to worklike a jackhammer might find the InfinityDriver a little subtle—at first. But you'llbe sonically rewarded if you spend a littletime exploring the breadth of the InfinityDriver's capabilities and subtler aspects.Even if you're looking for a little aggres-sion from your OD, the Infinity Drivercan do the job. Just max the level andyou'll achieve the near infinite sustain youmight get from a good compressor, alongwith the tonal colors that come from driv-ing a tube amp hard. The boost functionmade the guitars a bit bright, but alsoadded a welcome range and a cool voicewith a little more attitude.
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Basics of Waves Review
Navigate to Answers for:
Questions #1-#14
Questions #15-#26
Questions #27-#38
1. A single disturbance that moves from point to point through a medium is called a ___.
a. period |
b. periodic wave |
c. wavelength |
d. pulse |
What is a Wave? |
2. If the particles of the medium are vibrating to and fro in the same direction of energy transport, then the wave is a ____ wave.
a. longitudinal |
b. sound |
c. standing |
d. transverse |
Categories of Waves |
3. When the particles of a medium are vibrating at right angles to the direction of energy transport, then the wave is a ____ wave.
a. longitudinal |
b. sound |
c. standing |
d. transverse |
Categories of Waves |
4. A transverse wave is traveling through a medium. See diagram below. The particles of the medium are vibrating _____.
a. parallel to the line joining AD. |
b. along the line joining CI. |
c. perpendicular to the line joining AD. |
d. at various angles to the line CI. |
e. along the curve CAEJGBI. |
Categories of Waves |
5. If the energy in a longitudinal wave travels from south to north, the particles of the medium would be vibrating _____.
a. from north to south, only |
b. both north and south |
c. from east to west, only |
d. both east and west |
Categories of Wave |
6. As a pulse travels though a uniform medium, the speed of the pulse ____.
a. decreases |
b. increases |
c. remains the same |
The Speed of a Wave |
7. The main factor which effects the speed of a sound wave is the ____.
a. amplitude of the sound wave |
b. intensity of the sound |
c. loudness of the sound |
d. properties of the medium |
e. pitch of the sound |
The Speed of a Wave |
8. As a wave travels into a medium in which its speed increases, its wavelength would ____.
a. decrease |
b. increase |
c. remain the same |
The Wave Equation |
9. As a wave passes across a boundary into a new medium, which characteristic of the wave would NOT change?
a. speed |
b. frequency |
c. wavelength |
The Speed of a Wave |
10. What is the amplitude of the wave in the diagram below?
a. 0.03 m. |
b. 0.04 m. |
c. 0.05 m. |
d. 0.06 m. |
The Anatomy of a Wave |
11. The wavelength of the wave in the diagram above (Question #10) is ____ m.
a. 0.030 |
b. 0.040 |
c. 0.060 |
d. 0.080 |
The Anatomy of a Wave |
12. A wave X meters long passes through a medium with a speed of Y meters per second. The frequency of the wave could be expressed as
a. Y/X cycles/sec. |
b. X/Y cycles/sec. |
c. XY cycles/sec. |
d. (X + Y) cycles/sec. |
The Wave Equation |
Consider the following diagram for Questions #13-#14.
13. How many complete waves are shown in the diagram?
a. 1 |
b. 2 |
c. 3 |
d. 1.5 |
14. If the distance from point A to point B in the diagram is 60 cm, then the wavelength is ____.
a. 20 cm. |
b. 40 cm. |
c. 60 cm. |
d. 90 cm. |
The Anatomy of a Wave |
15. The number of cycles of a periodic wave occurring per unit time is defined as a wave's ____.
a. wavelength. |
b. period. |
c. amplitude. |
d. frequency. |
Frequency and Period of a Wave |
16. A periodic and repeating disturbance in a lake creates waves which emanate outward from its source to produce circular wave patterns. If the frequency of the source is 2.00 Hz and the wave speed is 5.00m/s then the distance between adjacent wave crests is ___ meter.
a. 0.200 |
b. 0.400 |
c. 1.25 |
d. 2.50 |
e. 10.0 |
The Anatomy of a Wave | The Wave Equation |
17. What is the frequency of a wave that has a speed of 0.4 m/s and a wavelength of 0.020 meter?
a. 10 hertz. |
b. 20 hertz. |
c. 0.008 hertz. |
d. 0.5 hertz. |
The Wave Equation |
18. Many wave properties are dependent upon other wave properties. Yet, one wave property is independent of all other wave properties. Which one of the following properties of a wave is independent of all the others?
a. wavelength |
b. frequency |
c. period |
d. velocity |
The Speed of a Wave |
19. A pendulum makes exactly 40 vibrations in 20.0 s. Its period is ____. (Be cautious of the units.)
a. 0.500 Hz. |
b. 0.500 s. |
c. 2.00 Hz. |
d. 2.00 s. |
e. 8.00 x 102 Hz. |
Frequency and Period of a Wave |
20. A period of 0.005 seconds would be equivalent to a frequency of ____ Hz.
a. 20 |
b. 50 |
c. 200 |
d. 500 |
e. 2000 |
Frequency and Period of a Wave |
21. TRUE or FALSE:
The number of waves generated per second by a source is called the frequency of the source.
a. True |
b. False |
Frequency and Period of a Wave |
22. TRUE or FALSE:
The SI unit for frequency is hertz.
a. True |
b. False |
Frequency and Period of a Wave |
23. TRUE or FALSE:
Doubling the frequency of a wave source (without altering the medium) doubles the speed of the waves.
a. True |
b. False |
The Wave Equation |
24. If the frequency of a wave is doubled and if the speed remains constant, its wavelength is ____.
a. quartered. |
b. halved. |
c. unchanged. |
d. doubled. |
The Wave Equation |
25. Two different ropes with different mass densities are attached to each other. A pulse is introduced into one end of the rop and approaches the boundary as shown at the right. At the boundary, a portion of the energy is transmitted into the new medium and a portion is reflected. Which one of the diagrams below depicts the possible location and orientation of the pulse shortly after the incident pulse reaches the boundary?
Boundary Behavior |
26. When a pulse reaches a boundary between two different media, it will be____.
a. reflected, only. |
b. transmitted, only. |
c. partly reflected and partly transmitted. |
d. neither reflected nor transmitted. |
Boundary Behavior |
27. Diagram P at the right shows a transverse pulse traveling along a dense rope toward its junction with a less dense rope. Which of the diagrams (A, B, C, D, or E) below depicts the ropes at the instant that the reflected pulse again passes through its original position marked X? Consider such features as amplitude and relative speed (i.e., the relative distance of the transmitted and reflected pulses from boundary).
Boundary Behavior |
28. A wave whose speed in a snakey is 4.4 m/s enters a second snakey. The wavelength changes from 2.0 m to 3.0 m. The wave in the second snakey travels at approximately ____.
a. 1.5 m/s. |
b. 2.2 m/s. |
c. 2.9 m/s. |
d. 4.4 m/s. |
e. 6.6 m/s. |
Boundary Behavior |
29. The diagram at the right shows a disturbance moving through a rope towards the right. If this disturbance meets a similar disturbance moving to the left, then which one of the diagrams below depict a pattern which could NEVER appear in the rope?
Boundary Behavior |
30. A 2.0-meter long rope is hanging vertically from the ceiling and attached to a vibrator. A single pulse is observed to travel to the end of the rope in 0.50 s. What frequency should be used by the vibrator to maintain three whole waves in the rope?
a. 0.75 Hz |
b. 1.3 Hz |
c. 4.0 Hz |
d. 6.0 Hz |
e. 8.0 Hz |
The Wave Equation |
31. A standing wave experiment is performed to determine the speed of waves in a rope. The standing wave pattern shown below is established in the rope. The rope makes exactly 90 complete vibrational cycles in one minute. The speed of the waves is ____ m/s.
a. 3.0 |
b. 6.0 |
c. 180 |
d. 360 |
e. 540 |
The Wave Equation |
32. Consider the standing wave pattern shown below. A wave generated at the left end of the medium undergoes reflection at the fixed end on the right side of the medium. The number of antinodes in the diagram is _____.
a. 3 |
b. 5 |
c. 6 |
d. 7 |
e. 12 |
Nodes and Anti-nodes |
33. A node is a point located along the medium where there is always ___.
a. a double crest |
b. a double trough |
c. constructive interference |
d. destructive interference |
e. a double rarefaction |
Nodes and Anti-nodes |
34. TRUE or FALSE:
Constructive interference of waves occurs when two crests meet.
a. True |
b. False |
Interference of Waves |
35. Which phenomenon is produced when two or more waves passing simultaneously through the same medium meet up with one another?
a. refraction |
b. diffraction |
c. interference |
d. reflection |
Interference of Waves |
36. Two pulses are traveling in opposite directions along the same medium as shown in the diagram at the right. Which diagram below best depicts the appearance of the medium when each pulse meets in the middle?
Interference of Waves |
37. TRUE or FALSE:
A vibrating object is necessary for the production of sound.
a. True |
b. False |
Sound is a Mechanical Wave |
38. Which one of the following CANNOT transmit sound?
a. Liquid air |
b. Gaseous oxygen |
c. Liquid water |
d. Solid steel |
e. Perfect vacuum |
Sound is a Mechanical Wave |


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11 September 2012
Edge Testing Solutions, Scotland's fastest growing software testing and risk-management company, accelerates its growth strategy, targeting new markets and creating up to 20 new skilled jobs with today's opening of a new office in Birmingham.
Posting an annual turnover of £1.65m last year, Edge has built a powerful portfolio of blue-chip clients including Heineken, Historic Scotland, Ignis and Baillie Gifford. Launching in September 2007 in a challenging economic climate, founders Susan Chadwick and Brian Ferrie have seen a significant growth in turnover year on year.
"We're delighted to be marking Edge's fifth anniversary by expanding upon our work down south and creating new jobs. Despite the largely tough trading conditions for UK businesses we have delivered solid and sustained growth. It's exciting to be able to extend our geographical reach to England. As always though, we remain fully committed to our client base in Scotland and will continue to expand here, as well as down south." Says Susan Chadwick, co-founder of Edge Testing Solutions.
Edge's rapid expansion has been fuelled by the impact of technological risk and its increasing threat to the digital economy, particularly in the financial services sector. Software 'glitches' hit the headlines every day with technical problems on the Nasdaq stock market marring Facebook's debut as a public company and embarrassment for US-based Knight Capital Group last month resulting in $440 million of capital losses and a devastating plunge in the company's share price.
The increasing frequency of this kind of incident highlights the critical need for robust software testing. Edge Testing ties software testing to business strategy and directly affects the achievement of business objectives. Technology and sector independent the company has a broad client base and is able to target all markets. Again this has meant it has been well placed to ride the difficult economic environment of the last five years.
The Edge Testing business model takes a holistic and business focused approach to testing, supported by an ethos that 'prevention is better than cure' and recognising that cost to fix increases exponentially the later in the project lifecycle that issues are identified. It is these potentially extraordinary levels of cost that Edge Testing addresses - enabling clients to decrease overall project costs and time to market. In essence testing pays for itself.
As two of the UK's leading experts in software testing, the combined reputation of Edge Testing's two co-founders, Susan Chadwick and Brian Ferrie, gives the company a competitive advantage that has allowed the company to flourish during one of the toughest trading environments on record.
13 April 2012
The press release covering the annual results for Edge was featured in The Scotsman. You can read the article here
12 April 2012
Edge Testing Solutions has today announced annual results of £1.65 million, bringing to a close a robust and profitable year which saw revenue increase by 50%. Since its launch in 2007, the award winning software testing company has continued to sustain high levels of growth, increasing turnover year on year, despite the recession.
Edge Testing Solutions is a powerful independent force in software testing, working with some of the UK's leading public and private sector organisations including Heineken, Historic Scotland and Ignis Asset Management.
2011 saw the company extend its client portfolio with six high profile new blue-chip accounts. The company has already made a strong start to 2012 securing further work on the Scottish Government Framework and signalling its intention to expand geographically by winning a significant contract in the south of England in the financial services sector. This year will also see Edge undertaking some research and development into a number of new products and services.
Brian Ferrie, Edge Testing Solutions' co-founder comments: "We are delighted with such a significant increase in revenue. This has allowed us to invest heavily in both infrastructure and our sales procedures, which will help drive the business forward in the coming year."
"We are hugely excited about the next 12 months and already know that we will generate 60% of last year's profit in the first quarter of this year. We are forecasting a turnover of £2.4 million for 2012 and have introduced quarterly targets to maintain this powerful momentum."
Increasingly in the ICT sector there is a move towards agile development, and it is this trend that Edge Testing Solutions aims to leverage. The company is adapting the services it provides in line with this movement, and are already offering training courses in agile testing with further courses to be added later in the year.
Edge Testing Solutions unites software testing and business strategy and directly impacts the achievement of clients' business objectives. Technology and sector independent, the company has a broad client base and is able to target all markets. This has allowed it to prosper despite the tough trading climate.
With an ethos that 'prevention is better than cure', Edge Testing Solutions takes a holistic and business focused approach to testing. When testing is initiated at the start of a project lifecycle it enables companies to increase quality and reduce both overall project costs and time to market by finding defects early.
As two of the UK's leading experts in software testing, it is the combined reputation of co-founders Susan Chadwick and Brian Ferrie that has given Edge Testing Solutions a competitive advantage, and facilitated the company's continued growth and profitability despite the challenging economic conditions.
29 March 2012
Edge Testing Solutions is running its annual HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Spring Workshops on 18th and 25th April. The free sessions, held in Glasgow and Edinburgh, will be fully interactive allowing you to ask the experts questions about maximising the potential of the products. The workshops will cover:
- Challenges of Upgrading to ALM 11
- Making the most of Quality Center Reporting
- HP Software-as-a-Service Offerings
- Ask the Experts.
If you have any topics or questions you would like to discuss on the day, please submit these details in advance to email@example.com .
Event Details
Glasgow Radisson Blu Hotel Wednesday 18 April 8.30-11.30 am
Edinburgh Apex Hotel Wednesday 25 April 8.30-11.30 am
Registration, breakfast rolls, tea and coffee will be served from 8.30-8.45 am.
To book a free place please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
08 February 2012
Please read our Testing Services Director and Consultant, Nadia McKay's, top ten tops for test managers published in the February edition of TEST magazine.
24 November 2011
Susan Chadwick, co-founder of Edge Testing Solutions, has recently had an article published in the leading European software testing magazine TEST. The article entitled 'Construction or Demolition' argues that a collective focus is essential to the success of any software project. You can read the full article in the online digital issue on pages 26 and 27.
10 June 2011
Edinburgh: 30 June 2011, 8.00 - 10.30 am
Apex Waterloo Hotel, 27 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3BH
Glasgow: 6 July 2011, 8.00 - 10.30 am
Radisson Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8DL
Following the HP Software Applications Road Show earlier this year, Edge Testing is running a free 'nuts and bolts' workshop looking at the practical implementation of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11.0 as well as Quality Center 11.0.
By running interactive demos of the new HP features, Edge will show delegates how to apply and leverage the innovations in each of these products to save time, create knowledge, drive collaboration and deliver better business results.
Edge Testing is Scotland's fastest growing independent software testing company and Edge Training enables delegates to build and develop their testing capability and skills through practical training, mentoring and re-skilling.
Established by two of the UK's leading experts in software testing, Brian Ferrie and Susan Chadwick, Edge Testing has quickly secured a powerful reputation within the industry, working with high profile clients including Heineken, Historic Scotland and Ignis Asset Management.
Brian Ferrie, Edge Testing's co-Founder explains: "This will not be theory on a slide but a hands-on session looking at the new HP features and how they can be applied in a real world scenario."
Edge Testing is an HP Software Silver Business Partner and helps companies across Scotland maximise their return on investment in the implementation of HP's quality management products. They also offer customised training and mentoring and support throughout installation and configuration to help HP users maximise return on investment.
To book a free place email firstname.lastname@example.com or register at Eventbrite for Edinburgh or Glasgow.
15 April 2011
Gary Gilmour, a principal consultant at Edge, has recently had an article published in the leading European software testing magazine TEST. The article entitled 'In Defense of Regression Testing?' argues for the benefits to be achieved from an effective, well implemented and actively managed regression testing approach. You can read the full article in the online digital issue here.
25 February 2011
The first half training dates for 2011 public courses are issued, covering practical, real world training from Requirements through Strategy, Techniques and Approaches, including Agile, to Performance Testing and Automation. Click here for more details and to see the full schedule.
15 February 2011
Our annual results featured in The Scotsman on Monday 14th February. You can view the article here http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business/Contract-wins-help-software-firm.6717491.jp
25 January 2011
The dates for our popular testing breakfast forum for quarter one are 16th February for Edinburgh and 23rd February for Glasgow. Testing practitioners discuss their challenges and provide advice based on their own experience - lively discussion and no presentations. Contact us now for more details or to confirm a place.
14 November 2010
Edge Testing Solutions ("Edge") has successfully become a supplier on the Scottish Government's multi-supplier framework for the provision of Applications and Web Development and Associated Services. The three year framework covers seven lots and Edge features under Lot 5 - Testing.
Brian Ferrie, co-founder and Director of Edge, commented "This award demonstrates that Edge continues to go from strength to strength as we enter our fourth year of trading. Edge has demonstrated that its skills and innovation in software testing will support the needs of public sector organisations in Scotland. It is also an endorsement of the underlying capability of the business after a demanding and stringent procurement process"
11 November 2010
Susan Chadwick, co-founder and director at Edge, has recently had an article published in the leading European software testing magazine TEST. The article entitled 'Is the testing world still flat?' argues for the need to align testing with business objectives, ensuring that companies are not just testing for the sake of it. You can take a look at the article in the online digital issue here.
29 July 2010
Announcing half yearly results in excess of £500K, Edge Testing is forecasting an annual turnover of £1.2m in year three. Since its launch at the end of 2007 the award winning IT company had already achieved a strong revenue growth rate from £170K in year one to £500K in year two.
Edge Testing is a powerful independent force in software testing, working with some of the UK's leading public and private sector organisations including Heineken, Historic Scotland and Ignis Asset Management.
This month sees the company open its new headquarters in Maxim Business Park to accommodate its growing workforce, now standing at 12. Maxim is a £330 million development, the UK's largest speculative build, aiming to attract 8000 jobs to North Lanarkshire.
The company has also completed a full rebranding exercise, part of which includes the re-launch of its website which can be seen at www.edgetesting.co.uk.
Earlier this year, Edge Testing won Best New Business in the Lanarkshire Business Awards 2010. This award is for businesses less than three years old that demonstrate a high degree of entrepreneurship and vision for the future, with the potential for further growth in turnover, profits and employment levels.
Founders, Susan Chadwick and Brian Ferrie, are respected as two of the UK's leading experts in software testing. It is their strong personal reputations in the industry that gives Edge Testing a competitive advantage and has allowed the company to buck the trend of recession, having launched just months before the collapse of world markets in 2008.
Susan Chadwick, Edge Testing's co-founder comments: "We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved in three short years and it is thanks to the whole Edge team and our focus on service excellence, thought leadership and our unique solutions that has helped us, not only to weather a stormy market but to prosper. We are very excited about the future and what we can achieve for software testing as an industry and the IT sector as a whole in Scotland."
Edge Testing ties software testing to business strategy and directly affects the achievement of business objectives. Technology and sector independent the company has a broad client base and is able to target all markets. Again this has meant it has been well placed to ride the difficult economic environment of its early years.
The Edge Testing business model takes a holistic and business focused approach to testing, supported by an ethos that 'prevention is better than cure' and recognising that cost to fix increases exponentially the later in the project lifecycle that issues are identified. It is these potentially extraordinary levels of cost that Edge Testing addresses - enabling clients to decrease overall project costs and time to market. In essence testing pays for itself.
Software testing is still a maturing industry and Chadwick and Ferrie have led a movement to establish a community of software testing professionals that can share best practice and help shape the growth of the profession.
29 July 2010
Following our recent announcements on office move and half-year results you may have noticed us in the press.
On Wed 7th July we were in the City Briefing on the back page of The Herald.
We also featured in Business7 with a link to the article here
25 June 2010
We have recently moved office to support our continuing growth. Our new headquarters is in Maxim Business Park, Eurocentral.
At the same time we have just launched our new website to coincide with our re-branding exercise. We would welcome your comments and feedback as well as suggestions for what else you may wish to see on the website. Send details to firstname.lastname@example.com.
02 March 2010
Edge Testing Solutions are celebrating winning Best New Business in the Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards 2010.
The award was announced at the annual awards dinner held on Friday 26th February and attended by 350 business finalists and sponsors. Brian Ferrie and Susan Chadwick, the co-founders of Edge, were delighted to accept the award.
The award was for businesses less than three years old that demonstrate a high degree of entrepreneurship and vision for the future, with the potential for further growth in turnover, profits and employment levels.
Edge Testing Solutions sees this award as recognition of the contribution of the entire Edge team and a focus on service excellence, thought leadership and delivering unique solutions which enable our clients to meet and exceed their business objectives.
The main sponsors were Amey and the new business award was sponsored by Lanarkshire Enterprise Services.
20 October 2009
Does your testing process have to rely on stand alone documents, a collection of disparate systems and non-standardised practices? This approach increases the risk of cost effective application deployment due to missing information or coverage, inneffective communication and lack of consistency and repeatable processes. HP Application Quality Management supports your entire testing methodology, saving you time, decreasing costs and mitigating risk.
HP Quality Center is the industry leading software for requirements and test management and the latest version has enhanced that position. HP Quality Center helps your developers, QA teams and security professionals coordinate and consolidate functional, performance and security testing. It provides visibility of the process from end-to-end to optimise our quality assurance.
Edge Testing Solutions invites you to attend a breakfast seminar on 4th November in the Apex Hotel, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh (2 mins walk from Waverley station) where you will be able to see a demonstration of the product, new features and template accelerators. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss your requirements with the experts and other users.
Whether you are an existing user who wants to understand what the latest version provides or may be considering investing in the tools this event is a must. Call Edge Testing Solutions today on 01236 702088 or email email@example.com to book your place or find out more.
01 July 2009
Susan Chadwick, co-founder and director of Edge Testing Solutions, has been appointed to the board of ScotlandIS. The trade body for the ICT industry in Scotland recently approved the new board of directors to include representation from a more diverse range of companies and organisations.
Susan commented "It is an honour to be asked to join the board of ScotlandIS and I look forward to contributing to the vision of raising the profile of the industry and raising an awareness of issues on behalf of member organisations".
A link to the news story can be viewed here...
23 March 2009
The practical training courses offered by Edge have a 'real world' and practical focus providing attendees with the 'how' rather than just the 'what' that is offered by most testing training courses. Our public courses are delivered at our training facilities in Coatbridge, near Glasgow or in Edinburgh city centre. We can also deliver closed courses at your offices.
Our current suite of practical training courses offered includes:
- An Introduction to Testing (2 days)
- An Introduction to User Acceptance (1 day)
- The Top 5 Test Design Techniques (2 days)
- Better Requirements, Better Outcomes (1 day)
- Testing in an Agile Environment (2 days)
- A Practical Risk-based Approach to Software Testing (1 day)
- Exploratory Testing in the Real World (1 day)
- Becoming an Effective Test Manager (3 days)
- Test Process Improvement & Metrics for Business Benefit (1 day)
Our courses are priced at £225 (ex VAT) per course day per delegate. This includes all materials, lunch and refreshments.
To register your interest for our Q2 and Q3 courses or for more information please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call us on 01236 702088.
20 October 2008
We are hosting a public training event aimed at improving requirements gathering and management.
Prevention is better than cure. Minimising the cost to fix defects and hence influencing the overall cost of delivery is best achieved by finding potential problems as early as possible in the project cycle. Static testing techniques can dramatically reduce the overall cost to a project, with this course focusing on the key area of Requirements.
Requirements Testing, a simple yet effective technique, can realise savings of up to 30% in rework. This workshop highlights the key components of the techniques and considerations on how to effectively align the implementation of these with the way in which requirements are established and maintained throughout the project lifecycle, providing full traceability.
£195, ex VAT, per delegate. Includes materials, lunch and refreshments.
Held at our Coatbridge offices (with free parking or 5 minutes walk from the train station).
Wednesday 12th November 2008.
To request a booking form or for more information please email email@example.com or call us on 01236 702088.
13 June 2008
Edge Testing Solutions is delighted to announce it has joined the HP Software Business Partner Programme. As an HP Silver Partner, Edge Testing Solutions are able to act as a reseller of HP Software as well as delivering its innovative solutions to complement the technology.
Focusing on the applications formerly belonging to the Mercury suite, the primary areas of expertise lie within the Quality Assurance and Performance Validation solutions of HP BTO Software. In essence, this ensures that Edge Testing Solutions are perfectly placed to provide solutions through Edge Practice in tools such as TestDirector for Quality Center, QuickTest Professional ("QTP"), WinRunner and LoadRunner.
Brian Ferrie, co-founder and director of Edge Testing Solutions comments "We are delighted to join the HP Partner Programme. Partnering with the industry leading testing tools vendor provides our clients with a fantastic opportunity to realise benefits from effective and efficient testing through our testing solutions which can now be underpinned by world-class technology".
Further information on our solutions related to HP Software can be found by following this link Edge Practice - Tools or by contacting us via firstname.lastname@example.com.
03 June 2008
Edge Testing Solutions have been announced as a regional finalist for the HSBC Start-Up Stars awards. Start-Up Stars is Britain's premier awards for new businesses, with a top prize of £50,000. Now in its eighth year, Start-Up Stars is supported by HSBC, Sky News, the Daily Express and Google.
Commenting on the achievement, Susan Chadwick, co-founder and director of Edge Testing Solutions said "We are proud to be selected as a regional finalist for Scotland. This award recognises new businesses with inspirational ideas and creativity in their industry and provides us with confidence in our business model and market proposition".
Susan is pictured receiving the award from David Laing, Senior Regional Commercial Manager for Scotland HSBC Bank.
Further information can be found at www.startupstars.hsbc.co.uk


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