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If you follow me on twitter, you know that I've been intermittently commenting on the new Automation Tool that I've been building for Simulationcraft. I'm happy to say that the tool is more or less finished at this point, complete with documentation!
For those that haven't heard about this project before, the Automation Tool allows you to quickly generate profiles to compare different talent, glyph, gear, or rotation configurations. For example, if you want to compare 10 different talent configurations, the tool will generate a profile containing 10 different players ("actors"), each of which is identical except for their talents. You can then run that simulation and look at the report to see which one of the actors performed the best, and by how much.
The point of this post is to provide a tutorial that supplements the documentation. I'm going to give you a step-by-step guide that shows how to use the tool to perform different types of comparisons. And hopefully, show some of the tool's impressive feature set in the process.
To start using the tool, fire up Simulationcraft (version 602-1 or later, a beta of which you can download here), click on the "Import" tab, and then choose the "Automation" sub-tab. You should be looking at a screen that looks like this:
Let's walk through the interface quickly. At the top left, we have a drop-down box that lets us choose a "Comparison Type" (currently set to "None"), and to the right there is a help text area telling us that we need to choose a comparison type to get started.
In the left column, we have a bunch of defaults. We have drop-down boxes to choose Class, Spec, Race, and Level, and some text boxes to define default talents, glyphs, gear, and rotation. The "Default Talents" box is filled in with a default "0000000" (meaning no talents), and the "Default Glyphs" box has some dummy glyphs for protection paladins. "Default Gear" has some placeholder gear, and "Default Rotations" is empty. There's also a greyed-out "Unused" box at the bottom.
In the center column, we have another greyed-out "Unused" box, and a "Footer" text box. Finally, the right column has a greyed-out "Rotation Abbreviations" box with some placeholder text.
We can ignore all of the greyed-out boxes for now. Once we choose a comparison type, some of these boxes will become active and their titles will change to describe what they do.
Since this is a paladin blog, let's set our default class and spec. We'll click on the Class drop-down box and choose "Paladin," and then choose "Protection" from the Spec drop-down. We'll leave the Race and Level as "Blood Elf" and "100" respectively. You may have noticed that the Rotation Abbreviations text box changed when you chose a class and spec – we can ignore that until we get to the section on rotation comparisons.
We also need to specify some default talents, glyphs, and gear. For now, we'll leave the talents and glyphs texts boxes alone (they already have defaults), but the gear box needs some attention. We'll take the gear a premade level 100 character starts with and put it in this box (you can automatically generate this using the Simulationcraft addon).
The left column should now look something like this:
For now we'll leave the Default Rotation empty. As it turns out, if we don't specify a rotation, the sim is smart enough to use the class module's default rotation, just like it does when you import your character from the armory.
Now that we've gotten some defaults put in, let's set up our first comparison.
Talent Comparisons
The first choice in the Comparison Type drop-down box is "Talents." When we make that selection, the large text box in the center column becomes enabled and the name changes to "Talent Configurations." In addition, the text in the box changes to some example talent configurations: "0000000," "1111111," and "2222222." The other change is that the Default Talents text box becomes greyed out, indicating it's no longer being used. Finally, the help text area gives us some instructions on how to set up a talent comparison.
Now let's talk about exactly what this all means. Because we've chosen the "Talents" comparison type, we've told the tool that we want to compare several different talent configurations. It's responded by greying out the Default Talents box and giving us a new place to list the talent configurations we want to try.
Each talent configuration is specified as a 7-digit number, with each digit corresponding to a talent tier. The first number is our level 15 talent, the second number is our level 30 talent, and so on. A zero means we haven't chosen a talent, and a one, two, or three indicates we've chosen the talent in the first, second, or third column. So "0000000" is a character that has no talents, "1111111" is a character that's taken all of the talents in the first column, and so on. Each new talent configuration is specified on a new line, with no blank lines between them (this is important).
When we hit the Import! button in the bottom right-hand corner, the tool will generate a profile containing three level 100 Blood Elf protection paladins. Each paladin will have the same glyphs and gear, but the first one will have "talents=0000000," the second will have "talents=1111111," and the third will have "talents=2222222." Try this yourself, it should automatically swap you to the Simulate tab and look like this:
As you see, the tool conveniently gives us simple names for our paladins corresponding to their talent selections, and each one is the same except for the "talents=XXXXXXX" line.
So that's the basic function of this tool. It takes the text you supply in each of the boxes and Frankensteins it together to create multiple actors that you can simulate together. Before we do that, though, let's go back to the Automation tab and make these paladins a little more unique.
Since the tool is simply combining bits of text, it's very flexible. It will let us specify additional text that is specific to each actor. For example, let's change the text in the Talent Configurations box to this:
Again, each line is specifying a different actor. But now we have some extra options, like a name, for each actor. Each new option is separated by a single space, so we can string options together like we have for Bob and Eve.
The tool is smart enough to put these extra options at the end of the actor's profile, so the "glyphs=alabaster_shield" command we've added to Bob's profile will overwrite the default glyphs. Likewise, Eve will be sporting a new phony_helm with 100 stamina and will be standing behind the boss rather than in front of him. Also note that for Eve I've included "talents=" in the talent definition; the sim is smart enough to look for that and adjust its output appropriately.
If you hit "Import!" and scroll down to the end, it should look like this:
As you can see, the "name=Bob" and "glyphs=alabaster_shield" are at the end of the third profile, and all of Eve's options are at the end of her profile.
Since the Automation Tool puts the profile directly on the Simulation tab, it works just like a profile you import from the armory or another source. The simulation will use whatever settings you've chosen on the Options tab, including number of iterations, boss type, fight style, stat scaling calculation settings, and so on.
Here's the report that Simulationcraft generates when we hit the Simulate! button:
Report for Talent Simulation
This is a raid simulation, so at the very top it shows a summary of all actors, showing DPS, HPS+APS, DTPS, and TMI charts:
We can quickly see here that Eve's configuration does the most DPS and takes the least damage, while Alice has the highest HPS and gets the best TMI score. The report also has detailed results for each actor that we can scrutinize if we want to figure out why a particular actor is performing better than another.
This example was a bit contrived due to the talent choices, but you should be able to see how you would use this tool to compare individual talents. Comparing one actor with "talents=0000001″ to another with "talents=0000002″ and a third with "talents=0000003″ would let you compare the spec's level 100 talents with one another in the absence of other talents.
However, there are some warnings to keep in mind here. This sim uses the default action priority list, so if the APL isn't properly optimized for a given talent the results will reflect that. In this example, the APL hasn't been optimized properly for L100 talents, so even if we had looked solely at those talents we wouldn't want to draw any conclusions about their relative strength from these results. It's also worth remembering that talents can interact; the value of Empowered Seals could be different if you've chosen Sacred Shield than if you've chosen Eternal Flame, since Sacred Shield requires GCDs and Eternal Flame doesn't. And we've also added some variables by tweaking certain players' glyphs and gear rather than using the defaults.
In general, it's good to keep that issue in mind when analyzing the results of this sort of simulation. There are plenty of variables involved, and you should consider all of them before drawing conclusions. As we've discussed in earlier TC101 articles, trying to control as many variables as possible leads to better results and an easier analysis. The tool is designed to do that as much as possible for you by setting default glyphs, gear, and rotations, but in the interest of flexibility it gives you ways to circumvent those controls.
Glyph Comparisons
If we go back to the Automation tab and switch the Comparison Type to "Glyphs," the Default Talents text box becomes active again and the Default Glyphs box becomes greyed out. The "Talent Configurations" box is renamed "Glyph Configurations" and gets a new set of placeholder text specifying two different glyph configurations. The help text area has also changed to provide instructions for a glyph comparison.
As you might guess from the screenshot, the syntax for a glyph comparison is very similar to a talent comparison. Each set of glyphs is defined exactly as they are in any other profile, as a tokenized (i.e. lowercase, spaces replaced with underscores, all other symbols excluded) list separated by forward slashes. Each new line is a new configuration, as before. In our example above, one actor has Alabaster Shield and Focused Shield, while the second has Final Wrath and Word of Glory. We could add more actors if we wanted by adding more lines to the central text box.
For example, let's add a third configuration that uses only Alabaster Shield – then we'll be able to compare the first and third configuration to see how much DPS the Focused Shield glyph provides. We can also specify options like we did in the talent comparison, and to demonstrate that we'll name this new configuration Al.
At this point, I also want to talk about the Footer text box at the bottom. This box gets added to the very end of the profile, and only once. It's there so you can specify global options that you wouldn't want or need to repeat once for each actor. So for example, we could type "optimal_raid=0″ in this box to turn off raid buffs (if we were too lazy to do that on the Options tab), or use this area to specify a custom boss or bosses. To illustrate that, let's turn off raid buffs and specify a pair of bosses, like this:
If we hit Import!, we see that we now have three paladins with different glyph configurations, and our Footer text has been faithfully reproduced at the end of the profile. Like before, the tool is stitching together the text in each of the boxes to create the profile.
Unlike the talent sim, this gives each paladin a generic "G_#" name rather than trying to come up with a descriptive name based on the talent configuration. So the ability to rename each actor using additional options, like we did with Al, is pretty helpful here.
Again, we can hit Simulate and generate a report, linked below.
Report for Glyph Comparison
Looks like Al did the most damage here. Remember that he's using Alabaster Shield, while paladin G_0 is using both Alabaster Shield and Focused Shield. And while Focused Shield would be a DPS increase against a single target, here we have three targets, so it's a DPS loss.
Wait, three targets? Didn't we specify only two Fluffy Pillow bosses? What happened?
If you look at the report, you'll see both Fluffy Pillows and a TMI_Standard_Boss_T17N:
That happened because I had the "TMI Standard Boss" option on the Options->Globals tab set to "T17N." Remember that since we're using the Simulate tab of the GUI, the sim will use all of the options you've specified, including that boss option. If we want to just use the bosses we have defined in the Footer section, we need to change the TMI Standard Boss drop-down to the "custom" setting. If you do that and run the simulation again, you'll get a report with just our two Fluffy Pillow bosses, and the DPS results of G_0 and Al will be closer together.
There's not a lot more to say about glyph comparisons that I haven't already said about talent comparisons. The two are pretty similar from the tool's point of view. You can modify the talents of a particular actor by adding " talents=xxxxxxx" as an option after their glyphs are specified, just like you could modify glyphs in the talent comparison. If you do use that flexibility, just be aware of it when you're analyzing your results.
Before we move on to gear comparisons, I want you to go to the Comparison Type drop down and switch back to "Talents." You'll notice that the central text box reverts to the input we used for the talent comparison. This central text box stores its content separately for each configuration type, so you don't have to worry about losing your old inputs when you swap between one comparison type and another. It should also save this text (and most of the other text boxes, in fact) in-between sessions, just like most of the other options in SimC do.
Gear Comparisons
Now I want you to change the Comparison Type to "Gear." As with the other settings, the help text area updates to describe a gear comparison, and the central text box is renamed. This time it's set to "Gear Configurations," and some new example text appears in the center. The Default Glyphs text box is re-enabled and the Default Gear box is disabled.
Since defining an entire gear set on a single line would be a bit cumbersome, the gear comparison uses a slightly different syntax. Instead of putting each configuration on a new line, it allows you to use multiple lines for a single configuration to make it easier to see what gear you're defining. Each configuration is now separated by a blank line. So the text we're starting with here defines two gear configurations, each only containing a head and a neck.
If we wanted to, we could flesh these configurations out by adding shoulders, chest, etc. until each was a full gear set. We could also add more configurations as long as each new configuration was separated by a blank line. And we could add options (like a name) to each configuration by adding lines to that configuration. For example, here's what it looks like if we add a third actor named "premade" that uses our premade character's full gear set:
That said, you can see how this would get unwieldy fast. If we wanted to define 10 gear sets, all of which used the default premade gear but had a slightly different weapon, we'd be doing a lot of copy/pasting. Luckily, there's a slightly easier way.
I'm going to take our premade gear and save it as a simple text file, like this one:
I'm going to put that file in the "profiles" directory of my simulationcraft folder, like so:
Now I'm going to go back to the Automation tab and create three actors, each of which uses a different weapon. I'll use this file as the base gear set by calling it directly, and then simply add a new weapon for each set on a separate line. The result looks like this:
And when we hit Import!, this is what we get:
Again, you'll notice that it gives each actor a default name like "G_1," which is why I'm naming each gear set something descriptive. Since Simulationcraft's input is all text-based, you can actually tell it to read in entire text files on the Simulate tab like we're doing here. It will check the profiles folder, find the base_gear.simc file, and read that file in line by line as if we had typed the entire gear set right there in the profile. Very convenient!
Keep in mind that we had to put the "main_hand=" line after the line containing "base_gear.simc" for this to work. base_gear.simc has its own definition of a main hand weapon, so if we want our new weapon to override it, it has to come second. This works just like a variable in a programming language – if I define "x=1″ and then in a later line of code define "x=2″, the second definition will overwrite the first.
If we hit Simulate!, we get a report for the three actors as usual. Note that I've deleted the text in the Footer section and set the TMI Standard Boss drop-down back to "T17N" here.
Each of the weapons has slightly different secondary stats, so they'll all produce slightly different DPS, HPS, and DTPS numbers. TMI is largely unaffected by such a small change in the gear set.
It shouldn't be hard to imagine uses for this simulation mode. As in this example, we could use it to test out all of the weapons within a tier to see which gives the highest total DPS. We could also define several different complete gear sets to compare combinations of tier pieces and off-set pieces, different enchanting and gemming strategies, and so on.
Also note that while I didn't show it, you can add comments to the text in the Gear Configurations box as well. You can add a line like "#config one" anywhere in the configuration and it will show up in the generated profile.
Next Time – Rotations
As it turns out the final Comparison Type, which lets you compare rotations, is far more complex than the three we've demonstrated today. So much more complicated that it really deserved its own blog post. So stay tuned for next time, when we go over the most powerful part of the tool: the Rotation Comparison.

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/ Saturday, June 19, 2010 / 5 Comments / Appetizers and Snacks , Condiments and Sauces , Grilling , Indians , Vegetables
Tandoori Cauliflower With Mint Chutney
I did this Tandoori Cauliflower With Mint Chutney recently. Again, just another one of my endless effort to coax my kids to eat more vegetables, this time, cauliflower. They are just not bothered with cauliflower unless it's roasted with lots of spices. So, that's just what I did. I cooked the cauliflower directly on the grill and served them hot with some mint chutney. They loved it and I was happy. Worked out as planned for me. Try it. :-)
Recipe adapted from The Moti Mahal Cookbook by Monish Gujral
Tandoori Cauliflower With Mint Chutney
(Printable Recipe)
1 Large (about 1.2 kg) Cauliflower, cut into large florets
3 Green Cardamoms
1" Stick Cinnamon
4 Cloves
5 Black Peppercorns
2 tsp Sea Salt
4 Tbsp Yogurt
1 ½ tsp Red Chili Powder (Degi Mirch)
1 ½ tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 ½ tsp Cumin Powder
¾ tsp Black Salt (Kala Namak)
½ tsp Sea Salt
¾ tsp Chaat Masala
¾ tsp Coriander Powder
¾ tsp Fenugreek Leaves (Kasuri Methi)
2 tsp Ginger Paste
2 tsp Garlic Paste
1 tsp Dried Mint Leaves
2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
Mint Chutney
30 g Mint Leaves, chopped
50 g Coriander Leaves
2 Tbsp Chopped Ginger
6 Green Chilies, seeded and chopped
2 Tbsp Pomegranate Seed Powder (Anardana)
1 Cup (250 g) Yogurt
1 tsp Sea Salt
Juice of 1 Lime
Bring a large pan of water to a boil. Add the cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, black peppercorns, and sea salt. Lower the heat to medium and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and add in the cauliflowers. Set aside for 10 minutes.
Then drain the cauliflowers and plunge into iced water. Drain when cool and pat dry.
In a medium bowl, combine all the marinade ingredients and rub into the cauliflowers and set aside for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, prepare the mint chutney. Grind all the ingredients except yogurt, salt and lime juice to make a smooth paste, gradually adding up to 4 tsp of water. Then mix in the yogurt, salt and lime juice.
Preheat the oven to 400˚F. Roast the cauliflowers in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cauliflowers are fully cooked but still firm.
Prepare the grill on medium heat for direct cooking. Preheat a perforated frill pan until hot, about 8 to 10 minutes. Spread the cauliflowers on the hot pan and grill for about 4 to 6 minutes, or until the cauliflowers are fully cooked but still firm.
Serve immediately with mint chutney.
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This looks absolutely delicious. One question--what is Chaat Masala?ReplyDelete
@Shelle: Chaat Masala is an Indian hot and tangy spice blend. They are used for salads, snacks, drinks, and savory dishes. They are available at some of the local grocers over here in Vancouver.ReplyDelete
Mint chutney! That sounds really interesting. I've never had it before, but I imagine it to be rather refreshing. Shall have to see about getting a taste of that somewhere =DReplyDelete
Yum! I love cauliflower!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful, mouth watering recipe, shall try to make it asap!!ReplyDelete
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Is there any way to write an array of images into file ( for example text file) and read them from file (in Java of course).
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Is there any way to write an array of images into file ( for example text file) and read them from file (in Java of course).
Yes. You can write images to a file, by concatenating one after the other. I think you'd need a record length field to keep track of each separate image.
Why do you want them in a text file? Images are composed of binary data that is useless to view in a text editor.
If you need to convert the bytes of the images to text, look at Base64 encoding.
I am making project and its GUI needs to show some images (that can be changed in program) and then I want to save them back. Saving images in folder "Images" and something like that will make things more difficult (difficulties with picture names etc...) I use the following program:
[highlight] BufferedImage image=ImageIO.read(new File(legal file path)); ByteArrayOutputStream baos=new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", baos); byte[] bitii=baos.toByteArray(); FileOutputStream f=new FileOutputStream(new File(legal file path)); f.write(biti); [/highlight]
Yesterday it did not work properly, today it works norm can I use a hint of placing 1 or more empty lines between two different images and then read first one until I reach empty line and so on?
I would recommend against writing multiple images to the same file. Instead, create multiple files with one image per file.
To read/write images, see this post: Images (read/write and drawing)
What byte makes an empty line? The new line character? Since the image is binary, it can contain any byte value including the newline character. It could be most images would not have 3 newline characters in a row. But it is not impossible.
For an exercise: Write an image to a byte array. Create a histogram of the bytes used in an image by writing a loop to go thru that byte array and use the value of the byte to increment/count occurances. Then print out the results. For example:
byte[] theImage // the array with the image bytes int[] histogram = new int[256]; // the byte usage counters for(int i =0; i < theImage.length; i++) { histogram[theImage[i] & 0xFF]++; // count usage of this byte from the image } System.out.println("histo=" + Arrays.toString(histogram)); // show the counts
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Or use a ZipOutputStream and write the images as separate ZipEntries to a ZipFile.
Thanks for advices.
I have also found Base64 encoder and decoder at Encode/Decode to/from Base64 - Real's Java How-to and downloaded java mail from https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-CDS_Developer
and how can I add this classes ( something like library) to be used in my project .
I tried to add this one to bootstrap entries (I am using Eclipse) but import of javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility is not recognized yet ?
Why do you want the image's bytes to be output to a text file? Is this a student exercise to see how to do something?
Sorry, I have no idea how to configure your IDE.
I am doing Java project in which each user should have its own picture that can be changed and I have to save these changes Since there can be many many users it can become a little bit difficult to deal with all these pictures and I wanted to write them in just one tex file but I have forsaken this idea (because it is a little bit complicated and I do not have too much time now to deal with all these conversions + javax.mail.internet.MimeUtility not recognized and so on) and will save each image separately in one folder.
You still haven't explained why you want to use a TEXT file. If that requirement is not part of some learning assignment, it's a downright stupid approach.
Darryl.Burke I think that you have not read my first post carefully I wrote : for example text file It can be any type of file but aim is to have just one file instead of many pictures. I am also sure that it will increase my project points and of course I want to learn how to do this (not just for project points).
How will the images be changed if they are all in one file? To change any one image in the file, you will have to write out the file with all of the images.user should have its own picture that can be changed and I have to save these changes
norm When program starts, it reads all of images from file Then a frame containing combo box for name selection is drawn. And if for example John Norm is selected then panel containing his picture and some infos is shown. We can change a picture that is shown and when we close application all these pictures should be saved back into file from which they were read.
Ok that could work if you read ALL of the images in at the start and write all of the images out at the end and don't do any I/O to the images file while the program is running.
I'm attaching a zip with a project I did a while back that does something like you are trying to do. I had a web site that restricted the number of files I could post. It did allow jar files and .dat files. So I put all the images in one file vs have separate files for each image. Enjoy.
Last edited by Norm; August 31st, 2010 at 10:44 AM.
Javabeginner (September 2nd, 2010)
Thanks for post.


text: Found:Reading 2009. These jackets are made in the style of the wet weather gear of my youth. The flap across the front conceals a zipped pocket. While you wear the jacket you can keep all of your bits in there and when you want to pack the jacket away you can fold it in to the pocket for easy storage. Like with the hooded jacket, all of the strings and elastics that feature were found on the tent and the zips are from there too!!


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At over 240,000 square feet Ski Dubai is currently the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. But a Danish architectural firm believes that record should belong to Denmark, and so has designed and proposed an indoor ski facility for the city of Randers that will safely snatch the title of world's biggest from Dubai.
But just how big will the proposed Skidome be? The entire facility, shaped like the world's largest snowflake, will be just over 1,076,000 square feet in size, with over 750,000 square feet being dedicated to almost two miles of indoor and outdoor slopes. In fact, there will be a total of eight slopes in all of varying levels of difficulty, with six of them being located indoors and usable all year round.
Unfortunately there are no concrete plans to build the Skidome just yet. It will certainly do wonders for the city's tourist trade, but such a massive building project will require a substantial amount of funding. And let's be honest here, with three massive arches comprising the structure, this is a golden McDonald's sponsorshop opportunity. [Skidome via Gizmag]


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Matt Boynton necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Creative Workspaces
We run a website called http://www.creativecontact.com, and are launching a website called creative-workspaces.com. We need to rebrand both so that they appear to be part of the same network (i.e. similar design elements with interchangeable text for scalability should we expand into other artistic arenas).
Our target audience is artists and designers who use web-based tools to grow their business by promoting their work, connecting with and collaborating with other artists, and looking to work easily on creative projects online. They are well-versed in online technologies, regularly use social media to spread the word, and are looking to seriously make a living from their art. They are early adopters.
We are working at the intersection of arts and business and want to convey a feeling of productivity with creativity. We are looking for a logo that stands out from other web 2.0 businesses (i.e., if you feel the need to stray away from cleanly-designed text-logos, that wouldn't be a bad thing).
We will also be using this logo on other media, as we run creative networking events with artists at progressive art galleries, so a logo that looks good on paper is important.
A logo, text-logo using the words Creative Workspaces, or combination of both would work. We need to include the words "Creative Workspaces" within the logo somewhere.
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Awesome multimedia. This is big.Watch movies. Make movies. Whatever your passion, nothing brings it to life like the HP ENVY 17 Notebook. With an ultra vivid, 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ display.
About model 17-j040usWith a 17.3-inch diagonal, HD+ display and awesome multimedia performance, nothing brings your passions to life like the HP ENVY 17 Notebook.
Key specifications- Windows 8- 4th generation Intel Core i5-4200M Processor- 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ BrightView LED-backlit display (1600 x 900)- Product weight: 6.15lb- Up to 5 hours and 30 minutes of battery life- 8GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 DIMM) Maximum supported = 16GB- 750GB 5400RPM hard drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection- Intel HD graphics 4600 with up to 1792MB total graphics memory- Beats Audio with quad speakers and a subwoofer- Full-size island-style keyboard with numeric keypad- SuperMulti DVD burner- 1x1 802.11b/g/n WLAN
Product highlights- Featuring Windows 8- HP TrueVision HD Webcam: Capture all the details with vibrant clarity.- HP Connected Photo powered by Snapfish: Sync photos across your PC, smartphone, and tablet. Crop, rotate, add captions, and more. Then share in seconds with friends and family through your social networks. Picture the fun.- HP Connected Music powered by Meridian: Get the most out of the tunes you love today and discover more music in a whole new way. Enhance your experience by browsing your CDs, downloads, Internet radio, and streaming services - all together in one place.- HP ProtectSmart: Helps keep your notebook's data safe from accidental bumps and bruises.- HP CoolSense: Keeps your notebook cool and comfortable automatically.- HP SimplePass: Access online accounts with the swipe of a finger.- CyberLink: We've got your entertainment needs covered. From our webcam app to powerful photo and video editing - even an enhanced video experience.- Beats Audio: With quad speakers, and a subwoofer, is designed for the best sounding, richest audio available on a PC.- Dual array microphone with noise cancellation: Hear and be heard clearly with advanced noise reduction.- Box: Finally, all your mobile content is in one place. Free 50GB lifetime cloud storage from Box.
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- 24x7 technical assistance via on-line chat, e-mail, HP Support Forum or HP Total Care.- Parts and labor coverage, including customer-replaceable parts, return of equipment to HP, and authorized service provider options.- Toll-free technical and limited software support in English, French or Spanish
In addition, and at no charge, you get lifetime access to HP's Support Forum in English, French or Spanish and HP Support Assistant, a free self-help tool that's built right into Windows based PC's. HP also offers a variety of enhanced services and options both in and out of warranty to give you peace of mind and extend the coverage on your pc.
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Video Graphics- Intel HD graphics 4600 with up to 1792MB total graphics memory
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The site Cleverbot.com started in 2006, but the AI was 'born' in 1988, when Rollo Carpenter saw how to make his machine learn. It has been learning ever since!
Things you say to Cleverbot today may influence what it says to others in future. The program chooses how to respond to you fuzzily, and contextually, the whole of your conversation being compared to the millions that have taken place before.
Many people say there is no bot - that it is connecting people together, live. The AI can seem human because it says things real people do say, but it is always software, imitating people.
You'll have seen scissors on Cleverbot. Using them you can share snippets of chats with friends on social networks. Now you can share snips at Cleverbot.com too!
When you sign in to Cleverbot on this blue bar, you can:
Tweak how the AI responds - 3 different ways!
Keep a history of multiple conversations
Switch between conversations
Return to a conversation on any machine
Publish snippets - snips! - for the world to see
Find and follow friends
Be followed yourself!
Rate snips, and see the funniest of them
Reply to snips posted by others
Vote on replies, from awful to great!
Choose not to show the scissors
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Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
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Play the imitation game, to win! Who's what and which is not?
AI from the future has come... to play a game of 20 questions!
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As iPad Grows, PC Replacement Cycle Slows
PC market growth has been decelerating for some time now and will continue to do so for some time to come. That's the word from Barclays Capital's hardware analyst Ben Reitzes, who says that there's no end in sight to the PC market's slow decline.
Why? As the use case for tablets and smartphones grows, particularly in enterprise and education, those devices are beginning to eclipse the PC. And in doing so, they're extending the PC replacement cycle.
"We believe a new generation of consumers and IT workers are figuring out how to compute differently than those that started using PCs in the 90's — relying more on mobile devices and the cloud — as PCs see significant 'task infringement' by the day," Reitzes theorizes. "After years of denial, most PC industry players still don't seem to realize what is happening — and don't have contingency plans."
And they really should. Because, according to Reitzes, those 350-million-units-shipped years are coming to an end. And quickly, too. He figures that, in a few years, the PC replacement cycle will be a year or two longer than it is now, resulting in a significant drop in shipments — a loss of 50 million to 100 million units in annualized demand by 2015.
That's a dramatic decline, but one that's not without its upside.
Tablet makers, for example, stand to benefit quite a bit from the PC industry's misfortune. Reitzes expects 182 million tablets to be sold in 2013 — up from his prior estimate of 146 million. By 2015, he expects that number to hit 268 million.
And by 2016? An even 300 million.
And in each of those years Reitzes expects the iPad to account for the majority of tablet sales: 61 percent in 2013 and 2014, 60 percent in 2015, and 59 percent in 2016. "We believe that Apple will continue to gain share and be one of the main beneficiaries of the market move toward mobile devices," Reitzes concluded. "Even with near-term margin pressures, Apple should still generate a disproportionate share of profit in computing over the long-term."


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Marla.fersten necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 316 diseños de 84 diseñadores freelance.
Just for Kids Foundation
The "Just for Kids" (JFK) Foundation was founded in 1987 by a small group of concerned parents who saw the need to raise funds to purchase urgently needed, state-of-the-art medical equipment for The Montreal Children's Hospital in Montreal, Canada. Since then, our organization has grown into a group of approximately two hundred dedicated volunteers who continuously look for new and innovative ways to raise funds for this very important cause.
JFK is comprised of over two hundred dedicated volunteers divided into three chapters based in and around the Montreal area. Each of the chapters organizes a major annual fundraising event. Some examples of late include our "Dancing with the Stars" gala event, and a new event which has been attracting adolescents based on the hit television show "Glee". In addition, there is an annual golf tournament and ongoing projects such as charitable collection boxes, season's greeting card campaigns and tribute cards that help heighten our profile and let us concentrate on channeling money directly into medical equipment to where The Montreal Children's Hospital needs it most.
Our target audience is locally-based corporate sponsorship, and we also rely heavily on our community's generosity.
• Logo will be used for letterhead, corporate solicitation, and signage at all fundraising events
• Logo should have a new modernized feeling, completely updated
• Logo needs to reproduce well both in colour and black and white
• Logo needs to be bilingual (see below):
English: "Just for Kids" Foundation
French: Fondation «Pour les enfants seulement»
Note: The original and current "Just for Kids" logos are attached for your viewing.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The salaries of part-time and full-time hourly workers at health clubs will likely be affected over the next couple of years after Congress approved last month a bill that will increase minimum wage almost 30 percent from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.
The bill's passage will raise costs for small businesses that pay minimum wage, but many small businesses already pay above minimum wage, so it will have less effect on them, says Mike Stamler, a spokesperson for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Michael Nelson, president of Bodyworks Family Sports Centers in Lubbock, TX, says his four clubs will be affected by the bill's passage. Texas is one of 20 states that adhere to the federal minimum wage of $5.15.
"The minimum wage increase affects a town like Lubbock a lot more than it probably would a Dallas or Chicago," says Nelson, who adds that Lubbock has one of the lowest costs of living in the country. "With the lower wage base as a whole, we are limited in what we can charge for a membership. We can't charge what they charge in Houston or Dallas or Austin for a membership, especially if you want to provide any service."
Thirty-three states already have a minimum wage higher than the current federal minimum wage, and seven states' minimum wage is higher than $7.25, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a research group. Those seven states are California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
The House passed the minimum wage bill by a vote of 348 to 73. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 80 to 14.
The bill will put in place $4.84 billion in tax breaks to help small business owners who might be affected by the federal minimum wage increase, which was added to the bill that provided funding for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After the president's expected signing of the bill, the first increase in minimum wage in 10 years would occur in three stages during two years. The first stage in the minimum wage increase — from $5.15 to $5.85 — will go into effect 60 days after the president signs the bill.
By September 2009, the number of states with minimum wages above the federal level will drop from 33 to 12, with several states tied with the federal rate of $7.25.
Some of the issues that Nelson will be dealing with at Bodyworks, which has 21,000 members total, include keeping solid staff workers at an hourly rate that's appropriate for them yet higher than newer staff members who are making the new minimum wage rate. Nelson might have to raise membership dues to accommodate the increase in payroll, and that may prevent a certain segment of the market from joining his club, he says. The increase might also detract from the number of people he can hire for services such as kids clubs that don't bring in revenue, Nelson says, and one particular kids club of his may have to be cut.
"We have a 90-day probationary period for any new staff person," Nelson says. "If they stay with us, then they begin to get merit raises. It's not the people who have been with us for a while that concern me, but it's for the new staff people. You're going to have to hire at a lot higher payroll rate before you know what you're getting, which is going to make it harder to hire. Sometimes you may hire two people to see which one works out the best. With this [wage increase], you're going to end up hiring just one person and hope that they work out. It's going to slow down the overall quality of the initial service that we get out of first-time, frontline staff people."
Besides Texas, the other 19 states that currently have a $5.15 minimum wage, according to the Economic Policy Institute, are: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
A spokesperson for the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association declined to comment on the increase, stating that it does not take a position on minimum wage increases because clubs have different views about the issue.


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TUNING IN—From the left, Grace Miller, Ashton Repp and Kiahna Repp pay attention to their interactive educational game during Fayette's after-school F.A.S.T. program. Students store their own personal headphone set in the school lab, courtesy of a purchase by the elementary school PTO group.
Fayette Elementary School teacher Ruby Leininger knew that students should have their own headphones to use in the computer lab. Shared headphones are a likely way to spread head lice.
She mentioned the idea to the school's PTO group and the $2,000 purchase was made.
Each K-6 class is in the lab at least once a week. There will soon be a box for each class containing headphones stored in a plastic bag with the student's name written on the outside.
Each student will be responsible for the care of their headphones and they'll be asked to replace them if they damage their set.
When a student completes sixth grade, the headphones will be cleaned and given to the next kindergarten class.
In addition to the headphones, the PTO paid the subscription price for Study Island for both the elementary and high school this year. Study Island is a web-based program that helps students meet state curriculum standards.
The PTO's major fund-raiser—the annual Pancake and Sausage Supper and raffle—is scheduled March 11. Elementary students will sell raffle tickets cash prizes of $750, $350 and $150.
PTO officers for the 2011-12 school year are Kandi Lemley, president; Suzy Sommers, treasurer; and April Brehm, secretary. Parents are invited to join the group at its monthly meetings.


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7:09 | When B-29 pilot Gene Frazier got to the Pacific theater, he joined the 58th Bomb Wing, the original B-29 unit. It was just as Gen. Curtis LeMay was changing tactics in the campaign to bomb Japan. At a briefing for a Tokyo mission, the men were told they would be going in at 7000 ft. "You mean 27, 000 ft., right?" For Frazier, it was the scariest mission he ever had, but it was effective.
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Gene Frazier was from the High Plains of Kansas. At the University of Kansas on Dec 7, 1941, his landlady asked if he and his roommates had heard the radio. When they tuned in, the three of them high-fived and pledged to enlist. All three became pilots.
Pilot trainee Gene Frazier took his first plane ride at Fargo, ND and dropped his first bomb there, a two pound sack of flour. At his next stop in California, actor Robert Cummings was his tough but fair instructor. After he got his wings, they made him an instructor, which was the last thing he wanted. Everyone else was going off to fly fighters! But two years after soloing in a 65 HP Piper Cub, he became the pilot of a 22,000 HP B-29 and prepared to deploy to the Pacific.
It was a surprise. When B-29 pilot Gene Frazier went to the briefing room, he was told the guns had been removed from his plane along with some of the crew. Not only that but the altitude for the mission was now five thousand feet instead of twenty five thousand feet. Many in the huge operation felt like it was a suicide mission. He says it was the scariest mission of the war for him.
The B-29 had twelve 50 cal machine guns and a 20 mm cannon with central fire control. Enemy fighter pilots learned to stay away. Pilot Gene Frazier discusses tactics of the enemy over Japan and relates the tale of two leaders with a strange relationship, Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
It was a RADAR bombing mission over Japan with total cloud cover and targeting by instruments. When he got back to the briefing room, B-29 Pilot Gene Frazier found out that his bombs had totally missed the target, but he was relieved to find out it was not his fault.
There was a secret unit on Tinian at the air base. B-29 pilot Gene Frazier recalls how he was instructed to stay away from their operations, and how one night, all the crews were rousted and trucked to the other end of the island, then almost immediately returned to their barracks. He later found out the unit had loaded the Enola Gay and the midnight move was for his own safety.
Gene Frazier had been part of the huge mission on March 9-10, 1945 when a large part of Tokyo was firebombed and approximately 100,000 Japanese people were killed. On the ground was an eleven year old boy, who would miraculously survive and meet the B-29 pilot years later.
The nose art on World War II era planes is fondly remembered by the crews, but B-29 pilot Gene Frazier was put on the spot by his five year old granddaughter when she asked a question about those ladies in the paintings.
B-29 Pilot Gene Frazier flew fifteen combat missions in the Pacific, but he had many more search and rescue missions and ferry flights. On one of these, he nearly lost his life when his flight flew into a huge storm front, in which the entire aircraft was bathed in St. Elmo's fire.
After the war, B-29 pilot Gene Frazier had a supply drop over a POW camp in Korea. Unable to locate the camp, he headed back and dropped his barrels over Hiroshima, his secondary supply target. Leukemia deaths after the war made some of the crew wonder, had they been exposed to radiation?
In preparation for his interview, B-29 pilot Gene Frazier wrote down some thoughts about his role in the war as compared with his friends who fought and, in some cases, died. He feels he had it easy. He then reveals the technology link between himself and the modern pilot that is unchanged by the decades between.
Unlike the airmen in Europe, who were over enemy territory most of the time, the men in the Pacific who were bombing Japan were over enemy territory for a fraction of flight time. B-29 Pilot Gene Frazier points out that most missing planes were lost to the vast Pacific Ocean rather than enemy action. Another big danger was crashing on take off.
Why was their ground speed so low? B-29 pilot Gene Frazier thought he may have to abort the mission when he figured out they were in the jet stream. If you could catch it just right on the way back, you could really make time. They saw many kamikazes in the distance and had to evade one themselves. Considering the date, that would have been really unfortunate.
B-29 pilot Gene Frazier tells the story of a secret war crimes trial held on Guam in 1946. It concerned atrocities on the island of Chichi-jima, where his cousin Glenn Frazier was captured. The incident was documented by author James Bradley in the book Flyboys.
The B-29 was pressurized, like modern airliners, which allowed the crew to fly at 30,000 ft. without oxygen. Pilot Gene Frazier says they had to depressurize over the target because a hit would explode the plane. To relieve boredom on the long flights, they played bridge.
As officers, each man was issued a bottle of whiskey every week. B-29 pilot Gene Frazier didn't drink, so he traded his accumulated bottles to the sailors for all manner of goods. After the war ended, he was selected to ferry some planes to the Philippines where he acquired a small plane and had fun flying all over the area, except for the occasional potshot by Communist rebels. He turned down a chance to fly for the Chinese Nationalists, and he mailed home a parachute to his fiance, who put it to good use.
Pilot Gene Frazier recalls the mistakes he made during training and his first solo flight. His instructor was actor Robert Cummings who had a unique method of preparing his students for their solo. His next instructor had flown in the Spanish Civil War. He was angry at being stuck as an instructor, so he took it out on the cadets, which made them the best pilots there.
Asked if he lost many friends in the war, B-29 pilot Gene Frazier remarks that he did not lose many in the planes. It was his friends from high school and others he met in training who were sent to much more dangerous circumstances and paid the ultimate price.
He was sick with dysentery, but Jack Roan was determined to escape. The Germans were marching prisoners aimlessly on the road, so security was lax. He and two others made their move during a big storm. They hid in the woods and took potatoes from fields until they made contact with allies.
B-17 pilot Crawford Hicks was returning from his tenth mission when he spotted the German fighter coming in with guns blazing. The plane was crippled by hits on the engines so they had to bail out. After the others had jumped, he looked down through the hatch to the ground far below, then he fell.
The Ranger battalion was supposed to make it to a certain point in Italy by nightfall, but rain and mud slowed them down. The result was that the Germans were already there and had a distinct advantage. Jack Roan describes the humiliating surrender of hundreds of Rangers that followed.
The morning after his capture, B-17 pilot Crawford Hicks woke up in a German jail. After interrogation, he was sent to Stalag Luft III, the POW camp at which the "Great Escape" had occurred several months earlier. On his arrival, he was astounded when one of the guards addressed the arrivals with an unexpected accent.
Following his French contact at a discreet distance, George Starks parked his bicycle and watched the man enter a bakery. In the back of that bakery, he met Maurice, a member of the Free French Resistance. He was getting close to Switzerland, but he would need Maurice's help to get over the border. Part 4 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
George Starks had evaded capture all across France and was safe in Switzerland, where he had it easier than downed airmen who had actually come down in Switzerland. They were supposed to stay put and wait, but he had other ideas, which led to the liberation of Evian on the other side of Lake Geneva. Part 6 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
The POW's were allowed to do whatever they wanted all day except for two roll calls. Crawford Hicks was kept in the same camp where the "Great Escape" had occurred and he describes some of the details of that incident and why he was ordered not to try to do the same.
After leaving his safe haven in Switzerland, downed B-17 pilot George Starks finally met up with American forces near Evian in France. Then began a long, sometimes pleasurable trip back to his unit in England. After debriefing, he was sent around to give lectures on evasion for other airmen, then back home to Florida. Part 7 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
The food was meager in the POW camp, but one of the men in the room with Crawford Hicks had been a cook and so they agreed to pool all they were given by the Germans, along with what they received in parcels, so that he could repurpose it into decent meals. The men relieved the monotony of camp life with lively talent shows.
When at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Jesus Cepeda would attend mass on Sunday with his friend from back home in Guam. As he waited for him on deck, he heard a big rumbling noise, like hundreds of planes at once, but as he searched the sky, he could see nothing. Then he turned to the north.(This interview made possible with the support of ALBERT SMALL.)
After bailing out, evading German troops and hiding in the woods, B-17 Pilot George Starks was helped by French civilians and put on his way over land toward Switzerland. He had a broken bone in his foot, but he managed to make good time, with some help from locals. German troops were everywhere but his young looks and beret gave him a chance when he encountered them. Part 2 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
They heard the Russian guns approaching from the East and it wasn't long before the men of Stalag Luft III were shipped on a train to Nuremberg. It was there in a freezing outdoor camp that Crawford Hicks saw his friend strip down in the snow to bathe at a water spigot. There was a good reason.
With a commandeered truck, newly liberated POW Bob Honeycutt made three trips into Belgium, loaded down with as many freed US airmen as he could carry. He'd lost half his weight and was eaten up with lice, but he'd made it. When he got back home to Chattanooga, both he and his family had a big surprise. Part 6 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
After a long trek across France, George Starks was finally next to the Swiss border. From the time he hid his parachute until the time he stepped across the creek that was the border, he had been helped by sympathetic locals. When he was finally out of occupied territory and free in Switzerland, he was surprised when someone else showed up. Part 5 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
The end of the war was imminent, but the Germans were still marching POW's around the countryside. It was the forces of GEN George Patton that liberated the temporary camp where Crawford Hicks was listening to the approaching guns. Then started a whirlwind of activity for the newly freed Americans.
As he made his way through France in disguise, downed B-17 pilot George Starks encountered German troops, stole a bicycle and made friends with many locals. In one town he was sheltered by the chief of police, who had a very friendly daughter. Part 3 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
Injured and dazed from his bail out at 18,000 feet, Bob Honeycutt was taken into the home of an Austrian family until the local officials came to arrest him. He was cared for so well, he had to wonder, why were these civilians treating him like a friend? Part 2 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
Chan Rogers experiences a couple of close calls on the Siegfried Line. His unit stumbles upon a nest of sleeping Germans, suddenly finding themselves in a harrowing firefight. Later, when facing off against a group of German pillboxes, they are showered with deadly shrapnel from tree bursts. (This interview made possible with the support of TIMOTHY R. COLLINS.)
On his fifth combat mission, his first as aircraft commander, B-17 pilot George Starks was on the outside edge of the formation when the plane was hit by German fighters. With a wing on fire, he gave the signal to bail out and he was soon in free fall from high altitude over France. He landed hard, hid his chute, and hid in the woods as he heard German troops approaching. Part 1 of 7. (This interview made possible with the support of DOROTHY J. D'EWART.)
It was his 29th mission, a bombing raid over Austria, when Bob Honeycutt's luck ran out. First they lost an engine. Then, when they dropped behind the formation, they were swarmed by German fighters. As the gunners fell one by one, a rocket finally set the plane on fire and blew him right out into the air. Part 1 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
In Dachau, Rogers witnesses thousands of starving prisoners in a concentration camp. He remembers the many other displaced civilians, forced into labor, who suffered at the hands of the nazis. (This interview made possible with the support of TIMOTHY R. COLLINS.)
From the information they had and the mock-up of the island they saw, the Marines figured Iwo Jima would be an easy operation. Bill Richardson went ashore with his artillery battery as soon as they could get on the crowded beach. It was immediately apparent that it was going to be a monumental battle. Part 1 of 3. (This interview made possible with the support of JOHN R. ASMUS.)
After a hearty breakfast with his German guard, Bob Honeycutt left the comfort of the Alps, where he had bailed out, for the misery of the German POW system. First came the mind games of the interrogation. Then, he wound up at Stalag Luft IV, one of the worst camps, where he learned new meanings for "cold" and "hungry." Part 3 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
The Russians were close enough that the American POW's could hear the fire in the distance. Their guards roused them all and put them on the road in a forced march, leaving their camp in Poland and heading for Germany. It was seventy nine days of freezing cold out in the open, with very little food. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
After eight months in the prison camp, Bob Honeycutt could hear the guns of the Russian Army approaching, but he was not going to be free anytime soon. The German guards forced 10,000 men out of the gate and onto the road, where they began a forced march, with no known destination. The deprivation and cruelty was mind numbing. Part 4 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)
Jack Houston had just helped his buddy dress a wound when he volunteered to return to the Okinawa hilltop where they were getting the enemy cleared out. When he got the jump on three of them, his muzzle flash gave him away and he had to leave in a hurry. He flung himself off the hill where he came face to face with a rifle. Part 5 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of JOHN & BARBARA MCCOY.)
The Japanese were so well dug in on Iwo Jima that the field artillery couldn't get to them. The flag had been raised on Mt. Suribachi but there was a long way to go to secure the island. When he wasn't wondering where the Japanese rounds were going to land, Bill Richardson had to deal with the cold, wet conditions. Part 2 of 3. (This interview made possible with the support of JOHN R. ASMUS.)
The little known "death march" of the men of Stalag Luft IV lasted 86 days. That was when an Allied tank column rolled up and the Russian prisoners took their revenge on a particularly sadistic German guard. With a friend, Bob Honeycutt set out toward a small town, where they spotted a truck in a garage. Mighty tempting. Part 5 of 6. (This interview made possible with the support of PHILIP J. O'NEILL.)


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