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Monday, September 01, 2014
I woke up at 2:45am worrying if the alarm was going to go off to wake me so I could take my 3am medication. After that I couldn’t go back to sleep so I worked on my Diary. At 6am I went back to sleep until almost 9am. I watched the last part of two TV shows. Mae has been busy since about 8AM with the garden, fixing breakfast, preparing for our children to come and washing chard from our garden. I got up and packaged the chard for her as well as seal-a-meal frozen strawberries. I wasn’t up long and my leg began to hurt again. I set down and worked on my journal and Diary.  Scott and Kylan helped me put the camper onto the truck. The boys, with Mae’s directions got the games, tables and volley ball net up. They also cooked all the meat. I mainly just set around and ate. It was a fun afternoon and evening.
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
I was up at 3am to take my pills but went right back to sleep. We didn’t get up after 8am. I worked on my diary quite a bit today. After lunch I worked on the camper, repairing the electrical plug in. Mae cleaned and straitened the inside of the camper, getting it ready for our trip this weekend. I worked more on my diary after getting the hookup from the camper to the pickup repaired. This evening Mae and I watched a show on Netflix before going to bed.
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
I woke before 3AM and stayed up a few minutes before taking my 3AM medication. I see improvement in my leg almost daily. We didn’t get up until almost 9am. I helped Mae prepare breakfast. I would really like to take my boat and go fishing but I am afraid that there are too many other things in the planning, plus we don’t have much money. It discourages me to think that we can spend $4,000 for these hearing aids, that I am not sure are really helping. Mae got work that Sister La Rae Karboski is being put into a Nursing Home. I hope it works for her. Mae is out in the garden picking strawberries and weeding. Bob and I got out and mowed the lawns; Mae then came out and trimmed the edges. I was sure tired by the time we finished. Brother and Sister Saunders came over at 2PM and Mae helped them with Family History. I put my leg up and fell asleep. Sister Saunders and I are related as both have the same Great-Great Grandfather, David Elis Browning. Shortly after the Saunders moved into our Ward, we invited them over for an evening and at that time we realized that we were related. After they left, I worked more on the camper and got my Browning sign put on the back of the camper. This evening Mae and I watched the movie “First Knight”. Although we have seen it before it is still a good movie. We were late getting to bed.
Thursday, September 04, 2014
I slept in until 8AM and Mae got up at 7AM. I sure am in love with that beautiful girl and praise my God daily and often in my heart for the blessing she is to me. I try to understand why with such a perfect Mother my children are not stronger in the worship of my God and His Only Begotten Son. Shellie is the strongest but I fear that she does have an anchor with her. After we showered I prepared scrambled eggs for our breakfast. We both have been busy getting ready for our trip. I got the trailer hitch attached to the truck. I also put air in the load busters so that the pickup will carry the load better. I called and visited with Keela Mangim who told me to call her son-in-law about Quail Creek reservoir. She also told me that there is a Sand Hollow reservoir in the area of Hurrican. I tried to reach Ryan, Lacy’s husband but I didn’t make contact. Mae and I went in to Ogden shopping. We got our propane tank filled, bought some items at Costco, filled the car up with gas and went to Winco. It was late when we got home and had some dinner. I did call Garrett to let him know that we had sent him a Birthday card but it came back as unknown address. Garrett told me that they have added a Unit # now to the address. I think that is just a laze Mail Man. Mae still wants to give Bob a haircut and then I will cut her hair before we take our showers. It was 11PM before we got to bed.
Friday, September 05, 2014
Most of the morning was spent in picking, cleaning and storing the products from our garden. We stopped for lunch and I took 15 minute nap and then we spent the rest of the day packing for our trip. We stopped at 6PM for dinner and we are ready to quite or drop. Sandy came over at 7:30PM to borrow my palm sander so they can repaint their garage door. It was almost 8PM when Jeff and the children came over. Jeff helped me bring my boat up and get it hooked to my truck. We then loaded some camping equipment into the boat. I think we are about ready to leave. It is now 9PM and Mae just finished cooking some cookies for us to take. We are both very tired.
Saturday, September 06, 2014
We woke before 6AM and worked just as fast as we could to pack the final items. We left home at 8:05AM, stopping to buy some ice, worms and some oil for the pickup. Shortly after leaving we called Sandi. She, Gail and her children are riding together and Steve, Chelci and their family are just a few minutes ahead. We drove through to Sipio where we stopped for gas and also bought us a Sub-way salad. We continued on to Beaver where we stopped again as I was getting too tired to drive. We filled up the gas tank again just to check the mileage and it looks like we are getting 11 to 12 miles per gallon. After I slept for about 20 minutes we continued on to LaVerkin. We called Sandi and they are in Cedar City, so about a half hour behind us. We stopped at a grocery store to wait for them. While waiting we bought us each a piece of chicken and I talked to the clerks. They said that they would suggest that for boating and fishing we should go to Quail Creek reservoir. When Sandi and the rest caught up to us I had Ben trade places with Mae. That way she can use her Golden Age card to get Sandi’s outfit into the park and I used my card to get our outfit in. It took me a few minutes to get my boat and the camper arranged in the parking area but it worked out ok. I soon started assembling the canapé. Mae and I also helped Gail set her tent up. I was sure glad that she has set it up before because we didn’t have any instructions. Nathan fell on his bike and with this terrible gravel they have serviced the roads with, it really skinned his leg. Chelci and Steve were very concerned about the wound. I believe that the gravel is crushed lave rock and is very sharp. Sandi cooked hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner this evening. This evening was very warm with clear ski and little breeze. Mae and I decided to try sleeping under the stars in the recliners. It was nice for a while but Mae has to get up two or three times in the night and so she went back to bed in the camper.
Sunday, September 07, 2014
I
slept well until 2:30AM when the wind and the bright moon woke me. I then went
into the camper to sleep the rest of the night. After eating some breakfast I
went into town with Sandi’s pickup to buy ice for everyone. When I got back
Gail and her three children, Mae and I went into town to attend church. When
we got there, there wasn’t but one car in the parking lot and they were
tourist. There was a note saying that today was Stake
Conference so there would be no meeting in this building today. I then went
looking for the Restraint, Gift Shop, Motel and Wilde Life Display that Charles
and Karen Hyer brought us to when we came to their home in St. George last
spring. The children really enjoyed it. After getting back to camp I stayed
with Sandi to tend the twins and Addie as Chelci, Steve and Nathan climbed to
Angles Landing. Mae and Gail took the other children to the river and let them
play. The twins kept Sandi and I busy almost all of the time. This evening
Mae, Gail and I took Addie plus three of Gail’s children to the Ranger
program. It was talking about the California Condor preservation program. The
children go tired and fell asleep, but I really enjoyed it. By the time we
were ready for bed it is now 10PM.
Monday, September 08, 2014
I woke at 12:30AM with acid reflex and got up for a pill. When I tried to go back to sleep my left leg got itching and I kept scratching until the scab came off. That caused it to burn so I got back up and put alcohol on it. By then I was too wide awake to sleep so I stayed up and played games on my computer until 2:45AM. It did start to sprinkle but it only lasted 5 minutes at the longest. It is interesting that the Weather report were predicting from 1 to 2 inches. Well it certainly didn’t occur in this area. I started this entry until I could take my medication at 3AM. I took that and went back to bed, sleeping until about 7AM. I used the restroom and as I was coming back Sandi came over and said good morning. She then went for a walk. I would have liked to have gone with her but that would have sure slowed her down. Mae got up about 7:30AM, she having slept fairly well. Mae and I prepared breakfast of hotcakes and eggs. I couldn’t help thing that it is different than when I grow up. When we had a family campout and breakfast was ready everyone came at that time. This morning we had breakfast ready about 8AM and some didn’t come for it until after 10AM. I didn’t say anything but I thought it. Gail told us that Rachel came to her and asked if we were her Great-grandparents. When she said that we were her Grandparents, Rachel said that Addie said that we were her Great-grandparents and added who are my Great-grandparents. Gail explained that her Great-grandparents are now dead. Rachael then said that she wanted Great-grandparents. I worked on my journal for a while, then I took a shower and a nap. I then ate my lunch and decided to meet the neighbors across the street. I was there for only a few minutes when Jeff arrived. I had just finished cooking Dutch oven chicken and vegetables. Everyone seemed to enjoy that. It started raining just as we were finishing dinner. We have sure been grateful for the canapé to cover our eating area. This time we got a heavy rain storm but everyone weather it ok. Sandi, Jeff, Gail, their three children, Mae and I went over and road the shuttle bus up to the narrows and back. We had so much fun looking for waterfalls coming off the top of the cannon rims and down into the canyon below. We were the only ones on the shuttle so the driver helped us find places to take pictures of the falls. Part way up another couple got on the bus and they enjoyed the falls with us. It was a very special experience. After getting the children to bed the adults were going to play games. Jeff then came over and said that water was coming into their tent. While Jeff carried children over Mae and I made beds in the camper for them. Although it was still raining, the adults still played games for a while before going to bed. Again tonight we got a couple more very heavy rain storms.
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
I woke at 2:30AM and got up as it has raining very hard hard. I went over to check on Jeff and Gail and they said that they were still dry. I then walked over and quietly checked on Sandi and her family. They seem to be ok. As I was in the area I walked down to the river and it is really running fast and muddy. I particularly noticed a small that was a couple of feet from the water. When I came back to our outfit I realized that I had left the drain plug in the boat. I got a wrench and removed it.  I estimated that there was at least 20 gallons and maybe close to twice that. I left the plug out this time. I cooked breakfast with Mae’s help when she had time. She was also helping Jeff children get up. Jeff came over and gave me a hand also and breakfast turned out pretty good. I think everyone had all they could eat. Sandi and her family were busy trying to get their camp cleaned up ready to leave this morning. I tried to help but Sandi was quite independent. I asked Steve if I could help but again they felt that they had everything under control. Finally Jeff and I just went over and started helping. It was raining lightly but we got them packed and ready to leave just as another heavy storm hit. I am sure glad we helped them and later Sandi called back on her phone and told us thanks for helping. When the storm subsided Jeff and I walked to the river. The tree that I had noticed out of the water now had water up on it by at least a foot or more. We got Mae, Gail and the children and walked along the river. More and more water along with large trees and lots of forest trash was coming down the river. It was amazing to see the power of the waters. By the time we walked back I noticed that the river had risen at least 2 feet more on the tree. I moved our camper so I could empty the storage tanks and fill the water supply. We had some lunch and I took a nap. Mae tried to take a nap with me but when I was woken by a phone ringing no one else was in camp. It was Gail’s phone that she had left charging and I have idea how to answer it. Mae left me a note, telling me that they had gone for a hike. At 6PM I took a break from my computer and walked down to the river. The river has subsided considerable so I came back and got a measuring tape and went back to the river and measured the small tree that I have been using as a gauge. With the measuring tape, from the high water mark on the tree to the water it had subsided just less than 6 feet. The water still looks like a melted Cholet milk shake. Gail had put a chicken dish in the Crock Pot for dinner. When Mae, Jeff, Gail and the children returned they told me that they had gone to the Emerald Pools. Mae and Gail finished dinner and we ate. I made a fire in the fire pit where we then roasted marsh mellows before putting the children to bed. Jeff, Gail, Mae and I then played some games before we went to bed.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Jeff, Gail and Ben left early this morning to clime Angel’s landing. Mae and I tended the other children. After getting up and having breakfast we decided to take the children up the canyon to Weeping Rock, then to Court of the Patriarchs. After returning to the Visitor Center we bought a few items there. It was after noon when we returned to camp and found that Jeff, Gail and Ben had also just returned. We prepared lunch and then I took a nap. All of us played Uno and the children did very well at it. Jeff told us that at the “backbone” of the trail to Angel’s landing, when it is the most dangers, Ben’s attention was on a lizard that he saw. Ben certainly enjoys catching lizards and Jeff enjoys them almost as much. We had dinner of left over’s before Gail but the children to bed. We took down the canapé and did some packing this evening while Gail got the children to bed. The four of us then played some games before going to bed.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
I woke at 2AM to use the bathroom. Being that I had some time before taking my medication I decided to catch my journal up to date. I went back to bed at 3:15AM. We got up at 7AM and started getting ready to leave. I was glad that we had packed many thing last night because with getting breakfast and finishing packing it was 11AM by the time we pulled out of the camp site. I then dumped the storage tanks while Mae returned 7 decks of playing cards to the gift shop that we bought them yesterday. The cards were made by different companies so they were of different card stock and also varied in exact size. Mae wanted to keep one set for a souvenir. I wanted the 8 decks of playing cards in order to play Hand & Foot. We next stopped at a lodge in Springdale where we purchased some bow & arrow sets for Grandchildren gifts. So it was at least noon before we really got away. We stopped in Cedar City for gas and also added air to the boat trailer tires. We then stopped in Fillmore where we took a walk and a nap. We then filled up the truck with gas and bought a frozen yogurt that we shared as we went on. Mae has been reading from the book “Why I Believe” and it is very enjoyable. When we got to Clearfield, we again filled the truck with gas before coming on home. It was 9PM when we got home, very tired. We unloaded what we needed and went to bed.
Friday, September 12, 2014
We got up fairly early but then went back to bed and cuddled for a while. After breakfast I went into Dr. Toone’s and got a treatment. I was still not feeling very well so when I got home I laid down for a nap. Mae has been busy with the garden and putting things away. I haven’t done very much today. I did figure up the mileage and we drove 685 miles and averaged a little over 10.6 miles per gallon. I have help Mae a little but she doesn’t stop. I did text David and wish him a Happy Birthday. Jeff came over this evening and helped me finish the unpacking and putting things away. He forgot to bring his bike rake to carry the bikes home with him. He will have to come back for them. Irven, Sandy and Mark had come over to visit with Bob so Mae and I went upstairs to say hi to them. We watched the end of a movie with them. For Bob a visit is to watching a movie or a sports game on TV with him. Following the movie we came downstairs and went to bed.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
I woke at 5AM and recognized that Mae wasn’t in bed. I slipped into the front room and she was sleeping in the recliner. After using the bathroom I went back to bed. I really didn’t sleep but meditated about my life. I wonder if when all is added up, have I done what the Lord would have wanted me to do with my life? Mae got up about 7AM and then she cuddled up for a few minutes. I took a shower before breakfast. After eating I washed the windows. I then started mowing the lawns and Bob came out and helped. Mae also did some trimming before she left to watch Ben’s soccer game. After finishing the lawns we mowed the weeds in the far back yard. I then came in and took a nap. After being woke by Sister Olsen calling on the phone I watched a western show on TV. I then worked on a purposed program for my funeral to have on file. Mae came home just as I was finishing it. She brought a Christmas gift home from Mike and Becky with instructions to open it. Mike said that it was something that we wanted but until we began to open it I couldn’t think of what it was. It is a shower curtain and rod that bows out into the room giving more room in the shower itself. Mike and Becky has one in their bathroom and I mentioned that while we were tending the girls a week or two ago, we enjoyed their shower curtains. We decided to go out to dinner at Sizzler this evening.  She felt so bad the rest of the evening over it. After dinner we came home and watched a show that Bob had recorded. We watched the end of it last night with Irven and Sandy so tonight we watched the complete show again for Mae. It is now 11PM and time to go to bed.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
I got up at 6:15AM to get ready for meetings. I let Mae sleep in and woke her just before I left for my High Priest Leadership meeting. This will be Charles Saunders last time to meet with us as he and Carolyn’s last Sunday to be with us as they are being set apart as Missionaries at 4:15PM and will enter the Missionary Training Center tomorrow morning. I was glad I got to wish them well. After Priesthood meeting I came home and got Mae. We then went to Gail’s Ward where the children participated in the Children’s Primary Program. Following that Sacrament meeting Mae and I went Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching to Sister Fallis. We then went back to Jeff and Gail’s for dinner and to play some games. We played “Hand & Foot” with Jeff and Gail winning us. After returning home I took out the trash and then worked on the computer for a little while. Mae and I then watched “A Man for All Seasons” on video. Any way we watched ½ of it and then turned it off and went to sleep.
Monday, September 15, 2014
We were busy around the house and the garden this morning. I am quite depressed this morning over my health. I think I am falling apart. My leg does look much better, my ears are not doing very well and I am disappointed over the hearing aids. I am getting too old to make love with my wife and really just getting old and broke. My mind is failing along with the rest of me. After lunch I took a nap and then we went into Dr. Kennington.  When we left there we drove up to East Canyon to see how low the water is. It is very low. We stopped at Sub-Way and bought us a salad. When we got down the canyon we stopped at Good Earth and bought some items. We sure spend a lot on Health Food. I stopped at a Maverick to buy a frozen yogurt but they no longer have the machines. We went upstairs and watched a show “With Six You Get Eggroll”, with Doris Day. Mae said that she has never seen it but I have seen it at least once or twice. It was ok but mainly it gave us some time with Bob.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
I slept until 8AM but Mae had got up a little earlier. After breakfast we worked in the back yard and garden. I took a nap while Mae prepared lunch. I unloaded the camper then worked weeding and cleaning up trash. Bob went with me to take a load of trash to the dumps. We then came in and after dinner we read from the Ensign and then watched a show on TV. Jeff came over and got their bikes.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
We didn’t sleep very well last night. After getting some breakfast, Mae went Visiting Teaching and I went down to Randy’s and put the door on his pickup shell. Randy asked if I would go to Price and pickup his boat as his sons had taken the boat to Lake Powel and on the way home the bearings and breaks went out on the trailer. Mae went with me and we left about noon and didn’t get home until after 8PM. It was a good trip and we got some reading done. Mae soon went to bed but I didn’t feel like it so I stayed up and watched a movie.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
I slept in until 8AM, when I got up Mae had breakfast ready. Mae went out into the garden after eating so I started out to take Randy’s boat and truck back but as I walked past the boat I noticed that the trolling plate was bent out of shape. I worked two or three hours getting it reshaped and put back together. When I returned the boat to Randy I noticed that the front bumper was missing. I stopped at the boat shop and bought a new bumper. Randy and I planned on going fishing tomorrow so I wanted the boat to be ready. Mae had lunch ready for me when I got home. After eating I took a nap and then I installed the new shower curtains. Sandi called and she is quite upset as tomorrow she and Nick are to appear in court for a divorce. Nick has decided to fight the divorce and he wants the house. Mae and I have decided to go out to support Sandi. I don’t understand Nick’s claims! We did watch a very good show that Becky had told Mae about, “Unconditional” before we went to bed.
Friday, September 19, 2014
I slept well but Mae didn’t. She was up most of the night, so I let her sleep and I went out to be with Sandi.
We were until noon in the court house before Sandi’s case came before the Judge. Nick partitioned to have Sandi removed from the house because he didn’t have any place else to live. The judge gave him until the end of the month to find someplace but got an objection from his attorney as that only gave him a little over a week to find someplace. The judge then extended it to the 15th of October with strong suggestions that he make it quicker than that. Over all I am sorry that Nick has decided to handle this situation by not only hurting himself but also trying to hurt Sandi. After I got home I was upset over not being able to hear what was going on in the court room. I called Dr. Kennington’s office and they had me go right up. Dr. Kennington gave me a complete re-examination and said that my hearing had taken a drastic change for the worse. After testing me he took the results into Dr. Owens who re-examined my ears. He feels that due to tension that there is not enough blood flow and he gave me medication that should change the situation. He wants to re-see me on the 30th of September. I stopped at Winneger’s to get the items. They did not have the Niacin 100 mg, but could order it in by Monday. Not wanting to wait until Monday, I went to Kmart, then to Wal Green’s who they didn’t have it in the 100 mg tablets. The pharmacy at Wal Green’s suggested that I check with Good Earth. I had Mae call them and they do have Niacin 100 MG, so after having some dinner we drove there and got the Niacin. When we got home I Morgan called and we discussed the schedule for tomorrow. he said that he would cover my Saturday cleaning assignment if I would go to the Stake camp and help them there. Mae and I watched the movie “Three Coins in a Fountain” before going to bed.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
I woke at 6:30AM and got ready to go up to the Stake camp to help with the Fall cleanup and put away. Morgan called just before 8AM and we finally decided that there wasn’t an assignment until next Saturday. Mae was up by then. She slept well last night. I sent Nick the following Text message this morning. I don’t know if it will help but I don’t think it can hurt. I really feel bad the way this marriage has turned out. We do enjoy Nick but for some reason he just doesn’t get it.
I text Nick with the following, Nick, I am sorry that you are handling this situation the way you are. What I see, is because you failed, you are now trying to hurt Sandi. The Direction you are taking can only hurt both of you financially. It will also destroy many feelings and friendships. The only winners will be the Attorneys. What is your thinking and where is your Honor and Integrity?
I also text Sandi just to let her know that I love her. Mae took Scott’s children to Dinosaur Park this afternoon. I worked on my Diary for a while. I also repaired the pump to the sprinkler system. I watched the first part of the BYU football game but got tired of the advertisements so did other things. Robert and Patty came over to visit Bob so I visited with them also. I did return to see the last of the game and was glad that BYU won. I just started a show on TV when Mae came home with the children. Later Scott and Mishelle came over to get the children. I had Scott help me hook up the hearing aids for the TV but he couldn’t do it. Mae and I watched a show on Netflix. We then took our showers before going to bed. It was late when we got to bed.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Mae came in and woke me at 9AM. She had slept well but I had really slept in. After getting up I prepared egg omelets for our breakfast. Jeff came over and I let him borrow my miter box saw my plainer and my vacuum. He is building some shelving in his garage. Mae and I walked to the Church House where we attended the 2nd Re-Dedication service of the Ogden Utah Temple. It was a special experience. It is a light rain shower but we walked to and from the Chapel. When we got home I had a TEX message from a fellow that is interested in purchasing my Ice Fishing Tent. Maybe he will come by? Bob cooked chicken and gravy for lunch. Shortly after dinner there was a young man came to purchase my Ice Fishing Tent. We had originally listed the complete set for $499.00 and when he called last week about it he asked if I would go down any. I finally decided to go for $475. He tried to get me to go down further but I told him no and I stuck to it. I told him if he didn’t think my price was fare, then he should just not buy it. He finally paid me the $475.00 for it and we loaded everything into his truck. When I came in I worked on my Diary for a little while before we went over to Jeff and Gail’s. We played a game of Beans which Jeff won. Mae got upset with me just before we left to come home and I spoke cross in return. That didn’t end the day on a good note. I took the garbage out after we got home and then finished this entry.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Neither Mae nor I slept very well last night. I am afraid that I was the problem. When I finally got to sleep this morning I slept until 9AM. We got breakfast and then both of us worked in the garden. I was a long time picking the tomatoes because of the wire trellises. I used the bolt cutters and cut the trellises into pieces in order to get the out. I am not going to use those again. I got two 3 gallon buckets heaping with tomatoes. I fell asleep while using the chee machine. Bob decided to mow the lawns so I got out and used the hand mower and Mae used the trimmer. Before I got done Jeff came over and I used my table saw to cut him some shelving. After finishing the lawns we came in for dinner and watched a show on Netflix. We watched a few minutes of another show on TV when the Netflix ended. It was 9:30PM when we got to bed.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Mae and I got up early so that we could be into the Ogden Temple for the first session. We thought the first session was at 6AM but when we got there we found that the 1st session is at 7AM. We were there really early and it just about caused us some problems however it all worked out. There was a very special Spirit about attending the first Session of the re-opening of the Temple. The Temple is very beautiful and special. Following the session we drove down into the underground parking just to see it. With the remodeling of the Temple and the restoration of the area around it, it is sure a special setting. We then went to Wal-Mart and bought some items Mae needed in order to make tomato sauce. When we got home we got some lunch and then started making the tomato sauce. I set the camp stove up outside and that is where we cooked it. Mae sure is a special wife so it becomes so fun to help her. We put up 2-3 gal buckets of tomatoes that we picked yesterday, into Tomato Sauce, before going to bed. I went to bed shortly after 8PM but Mae will stay up longer cold packing the sauce.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
I got up at 3:15AM and got ready to go fishing. I was at Randy’s at 5AM and Randy was waiting for me, however there was a car, trash receptacles and a motor scooter that was in the way. I thought that we could maneuver the boat trailer around the car but with the weight of the boat and the trailer having duel axels we just could not get the trailer to turn. We had to get Randy’s son up to move the car. By the time we got my items and Randy’s items into the boat it was almost 6AM before we got away. I asked as we started out if the boat was full of fuel.  We got to Strawberry about 7:45AM and the lake had a mist over it but as the sun started to worm the mist was leaving and was gone from the west end of the lake by the time we got launched. As we left the marina I looked at the fuel gage and it registered empty. I asked Randy and he assured me that the boys had filled the tank and so the gage must not work. We got to the area where I wanted to start fishing and the boat ran out of fuel. There we set in the middle of the lake out of gas. We spent until noon getting gas delivered out to us and back to the marina to get more gas. It was good that we had cell phones with us as I finally had Mae reach the marina and get them to send us help. Anyway we started fishing just after noon, the poorest time of the day to fish. We did catch some fish but had to release them because of the slot limit and they were all rainbow trout, where as the last time we fished this same area I caught all rainbow trout. I did catch one large cut throat that measured 22” and so we kept it. We moved to another area of the lake but still had to release everything we caught. At 5PM we called it enough and came home. It was after 8PM when I got home, very tired. With Randy being blind it really causes me to work. Also with the starting stress that took its toll. Then to add to the problems I hadn’t got all my gear out of my truck when we left this morning and so I didn’t have the fishing equipment I needed to fish with. After getting home I cleaned my fish after taking some pictures of it. I re-measured it and it only measured 11 ¾”, which if that was what it would have measured when I caught it is should have been released. I really think it did shrink during transportation as I had checked the length three times before keeping it. I was so tired that I fell asleep in the recliner as Mae was talking to me, and that is where I slept most of the night.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
We got up and had a light breakfast and then went out to work in the garden. I also got the boat and equipment put away. I had brought Randy’s boat home so that I could store it in the back yard for a couple of weeks while Randy is having his blacktop sealed for the winter. That way the boat is not in the way of the workers. Mae is busy cleaning the house as we are having Grin and Kathleen Clark over for dinner this evening. I did some chasing for some items for Mae and I also bought some fishing equipment, a spare tire holder for my boat trailer and some worms for fishing. Grin and Kathleen came shortly after 5PM. We enjoyed a nice dinner and played game for a little while. They are sure fun to visit with although I think I talk too much. After they left Mae and I put a Netflix on but I really didn’t like it that well.
Friday, September 26, 2014
I woke up at 7:20 this morning but had slept through my alarm set for 7AM. I needed to wake Bob but he was already up. Mae didn’t sleep very well and was in the recliner.  I worked on my journals for a while. Today has been one of those days that we got quite a bit done but haven’t worked real hard. I did get quite a bit done on my journal today. I finished mounting the spare tire bracket on my boat. I put a cover over Randy’s boat. We picked tomatoes this evening as it looks like rain tonight and we don’t want to pick the tomatoes for Sandi’s sauce in the mud. This evening Mae and I took some vegetables over to Casey’s. We walked over to their place instead of driving the car, just for the exercise. This evening we went up stairs and watched the movie “Mother Goose” that Bob had recorded. Bob likes us to come up as for him that is visiting for him. Linda and Barbie were coming over for the night but at 10PM they still hidden arrived so we left a note and the light on, then we went to bed.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
We got up at 6:20AM so that I could go up to the Stake camp to help with fall cleanup and Mae went over to clean the chapel. I picked up Corbin Rogers to take up with me. When we got up there it was raining heavy and they canceled the work for now. Corbin and I had a good visit as we traveled. When I got home Mae had just returned from the church house and Sandi had just arrived. Sandi, Mae and I put up 12 Quarts and 4 Pints of tomato salsa mainly for Sandi as the salsa has too much spices for Mae. We did keep 3 pints and the rest was for Sandi. While the salsa was cooking down the three of us played games. After Sandi left to go home, Mae and I went up to Mountain Green where Connor was playing in a game of succor, even though it was raining steady. Connor’s seem lost but it was a good game. Mae and I then came home and after eating dinner we watched a show on TV, channel 21. Linda and Barbara did not come last night nor have they contacted us today. I added this entry and then became so tired that I went to bed. Mae took a shower and came to bed. She had just been to sleep for a short time when Bob woke her, wanting her to find a hot pack to put on his face to calm a tooth ache. By the time she did that she was wide awake and so wasn’t able to go back to sleep.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Mae was up most of the night and when I woke with the alarm she woke again. I tried to let her sleep but she couldn’t so she got up. I attended my High Priest Leadership meeting. Brother Glenn Higley was also there today. He has been off for a while as he has had a knee replacement and has been recovering. I attended regular meetings and my hearing was fairly well during Priesthood Meeting. During Sunday School it became harder to hear, then continued to get worse during Sacrament meeting, until I took them clear out. I am becoming quite concerned about this problem. This afternoon I visited with David and he agrees that since I have given the hearing aids some time to check them out and at this point maybe I should turn them back in and get my money back. I also did some calling and got a hold of Linda.  This evening Mae and I took a walk. It started out to be a short walk but we ended up in a area that we were not familiar with and it took us a while to find a way back out. We set down to read but Mae turned the TV on to BYUTV for some reason and the 3rd show of The Work and The Glory was on so we watched it. We went to bed around 10PM.
Monday, September 29, 2014
We didn’t get up until Vie Gramm called us at 8AM to give me his report on Home Teaching for the past month. They are on their way to California to go to Disney Land. Sandi then called, she was quite frustrated with Nick. He told her that we would move out by this weekend if she would give him ½ of everything. He then listed both bedroom sets, the TV, the computer, the camera that he had given her as a Christmas gift, half of all the kitchen items including he wants the refrigerator, the full sectional set, ½ of all the food in the house, half of all the Christmas & Halloween Decorations. Plus he wanted $50,000. He also wanted the two dogs and the kennel. Sandi said that she would agree to some of it but the Camera was a Christmas Gift, she said that the Antique Bed Room set was hers; she didn’t understand why he wanted her Christmas and Halloween decorations and she wasn’t willing to go for the $50,000, but maybe $25,000 to $30,000. She then explained that they would make a list of all items divided and present to the court along with a him signing quick deed to the turning the house over to her. Nick said no, he still wants ½ of the house. I sure didn’t expect this of Nick. It is sure hard for Mae and I not to have bad feeling towards Nick because of his unfair attitude. I checked our onions that we had harvested from our garden and found many of the spoiling. We salvaged what we could and throw the rest out. We diced what was good and put them in the freezer. This afternoon I did some shopping for the materials I need to build a cover over one for an opening at the back of Randy’s boat. I worked on my Diary this evening. Mae and I watched the show “The Voice” on TV this evening as we understood that Tanner, Shanna and Danny Linford’s son, would be singing on the program. It didn’t happen tonight so we might have to watch it again. Sandi texted and said the she and Nick had another discussion this evening but not so heated. It’s late so we will go to bed. Mae read a letter from Kim and Jeanenne.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
We woke at 6AM with the alarm, so that I could wake Bob as he needs to take medication at that time. I moved my tools up into Bob’s garage and worked on a part for Randy’s boat. This afternoon Mae went with me to see Dr. Kennington. He gave me another hearing test and continues to encourage me to keep working with the hearing aids. Maybe it is the high pressure system that is causing me so much discomfort with my ears at this time. Mae and I then did some shopping at Costco and Winco. Mae had dinner in the crock pot and so when we got home we ate and watched the show that Tanner sang tonight. We hope it went well. Our concerns are for what it will do for Tanner! We then watched the show “Hatari” starring John Wayne. We were late getting to bed.


BRProduct
Objective-C
@interface BRProduct : NSObject <BRSerializable>
Swift
class BRProduct : NSObject, BRSerializable
Describes one product on a receipt
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The product number (SKU, UPC, or other) found on the receipt, if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *productNumber;
Swift
var productNumber: BRStringValue! { get }
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The product description found on the receipt, if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *productDescription;
Swift
var productDescription: BRStringValue! { get }
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The product quantity found on the receipt, if any (can be # of items or an amount if units are weight)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRFloatValue *quantity;
Swift
var quantity: BRFloatValue! { get }
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The unit price (i.e. if the item costs $8/lb this would be 8.0)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRFloatValue *unitPrice;
Swift
var unitPrice: BRFloatValue! { get }
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The unit of measure for this item (i.e. pounds, ounces, packs, etc)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *unitOfMeasure;
Swift
var unitOfMeasure: BRStringValue! { get }
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The total price paid for this line item, taking into account quantities, weights, and discounts
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRFloatValue *totalPrice;
Swift
var totalPrice: BRFloatValue! { get }
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The total price before any savings were applied to this item (to compute the discount on this item, subtract totalPrice from fullPrice)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRFloatValue *fullPrice;
Swift
var fullPrice: BRFloatValue! { get }
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Declaration
Objective-C
@property (strong, nonatomic, readonly) BRFloatValue *priceAfterCoupons
Swift
var priceAfterCoupons: BRFloatValue! { get }
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An array of any additional lines connected to this product that were scanned (can be above or below). This array can be nil if no lines were found
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSArray<BRProductAdditionalLine *> *additionalLines;
Swift
var additionalLines: [BRProductAdditionalLine]! { get }
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Indicates whether this is a voided product. Voided products will only be returned if
BRScanOptions.returnVoidedProducts
is setDeclaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL isVoided;
Swift
var isVoided: Bool { get }
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For e-receipt orders, this indicates the shipping status of this product
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *shippingStatus;
Swift
var shippingStatus: String! { get }
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The prefix found before the product description if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *prodDescPrefix;
Swift
var prodDescPrefix: BRStringValue! { get }
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The postfix found after the product description if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *prodDescPostfix;
Swift
var prodDescPostfix: BRStringValue! { get }
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The prefix found before the product number if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *prodNumPrefix;
Swift
var prodNumPrefix: BRStringValue! { get }
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The postfix found after the product number if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) BRStringValue *prodNumPostfix;
Swift
var prodNumPostfix: BRStringValue! { get }
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If this product is fuel, this will be the type of fuel (e.g. “Regular”, “Unleaded”, etc)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *fuelType;
Swift
var fuelType: String! { get }
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Additional product fields
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSDictionary *extendedFields;
Swift
var extendedFields: [AnyHashable : Any]! { get }
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The product reseller, if any
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *seller;
Swift
var seller: String! { get }
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The product condition, if any (e.g. “New”, “Used”, etc)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *condition;
Swift
var condition: String! { get }
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The product url, if any (usually found in ereceipts)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *productUrl;
Swift
var productUrl: String! { get }
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The currency for this product, if identified. It can be different from BRScanResults.currencyCode
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *currencyCode;
Swift
var currencyCode: String! { get }
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The subscription frequency for this product, if identified (e.g. every week, every month, etc…)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *subscriptionFrequency;
Swift
var subscriptionFrequency: String! { get }
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The full product name
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *productName;
Swift
var productName: String! { get }
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The product brand
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *brand;
Swift
var brand: String! { get }
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The product category (this is a legacy property - it is recommended to use
BRProduct.sector
,BRProduct.department
,BRProduct.majorCategory
andBRProduct.subCategory
insteadDeclaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *category;
Swift
var category: String! { get }
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The product sector (highest level of taxonomy)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *sector;
Swift
var sector: String! { get }
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The product department
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *department;
Swift
var department: String! { get }
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The product major category
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *majorCategory;
Swift
var majorCategory: String! { get }
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The product sub category
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *subCategory;
Swift
var subCategory: String! { get }
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The product size
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *size;
Swift
var size: String! { get }
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The product UPC
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *upc;
Swift
var upc: String! { get }
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The product item type
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *itemType;
Swift
var itemType: String! { get }
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Zero or more attributes related to the product. Each attribute is a dictionary with a single key-value pair, representing the name of the attribute and its value
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSArray<NSDictionary *> *attributes;
Swift
var attributes: [[AnyHashable : Any]]! { get }
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If this product is part of a different product’s
possibleProducts
array, then this property indicates an estimate of how likely this particular possible product is to match the description of the parentBRProduct
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, readonly) float probability;
Swift
var probability: Float { get }
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The product thumbnail URL (size may vary)
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSString *imgUrl;
Swift
var imgUrl: String! { get }
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If product intelligence is unable to return an exact product match, it may return an array of possible products. Each of these will have only the above product intelligence properties populated.
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSArray<BRProduct *> *possibleProducts;
Swift
var possibleProducts: [BRProduct]! { get }
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An array of sub products tied to the current product, if any. Generally only populated for restaurants
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSArray<BRProduct *> *subProducts;
Swift
var subProducts: [BRProduct]! { get }
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Whether the user added this product during the receipt correction flow
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL userAdded;
Swift
var userAdded: Bool { get }
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Whether the user modified this product during the receipt corretion flow
Declaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL userModified;
Swift
var userModified: Bool { get }
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If
BRScanOptions.filterSensitiveData
is enabled, then this flag will indicate whether the current product is from a sensitive category as determined by product intelligenceDeclaration
Objective-C
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL isSensitive;
Swift
var isSensitive: Bool { get }
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For custom user corrections flow, when a user modifies an existing product, call this method to update the product’s properties. Note: You should pass values for all the properties even if the user did not modify them
Declaration
Objective-C
- (void)userCorrectedBrand:(NSString *)brand upc:(NSString *)upc productName:(NSString *)productName imageUrl:(NSString *)imageUrl totalPrice:(float)totalPrice quantity:(float)quantity;
Swift
func userCorrectedBrand(_ brand: String!, upc: String!, productName: String!, imageUrl: String!, totalPrice: Float, quantity: Float)
Parameters
brand
The brand, if any, of the modified product
upc
The upc, if any, of the modified product
productName
The name, if any, of the modified product
imageUrl
The image URL, if any, of the modified product
totalPrice
The total price of the modified product
quantity
The quantity of the modified product


Eco Driving
Simple principles before and during your trip.
Manage Hills
As you descend, take your foot off the accelerator pedal, do not try to accelerate uphill whilst you are in gear.
Acceleration and speed control
Accelerate freely at low speeds, and remain within the speed limit when possible to allow fuel economy.
Optimise your vehicle
Regular monitoring of tyre pressures and a well maintained vehicle are the key to manage fuel consumption.
Opt for a smooth ride
Anticipate by looking at the traffic conditions in advance, to avoid hard acceleration or sudden braking.
Adapt your gear changes
To consume less you must be in the highest gear as soon as possible.
Vehicle Thermal Management
Start your journey without "warming up" the engine unnecessarily, and switch off the ignition when you stop for more than a few seconds.
Eco Mode
Boosting fuel economy by up to 10%.
The ECO function is present for all new generation engines, the driver delegates to the car some of the "driving style". Driving becomes softer with longer acceleration. The ECO mode is activated by pressing a button, it disconnects during strong acceleration if needed.
This technology changes the management of the engine torque, power and acceleration as well as the automatic air conditioning and heating.
R-LINK & ECO DRIVING
Training you to gradually drive more economically and environmentally.
In the R-Link vehicle menu you can find a trip quantitative and qualitative assessment report. It evaluates the performance of your eco-driving through four ratings: an overall score out of 100 called "Eco-scoring" and three more specific notes: acceleration, gear changes and anticipation.
Eco-coaching provides the driver with personalised advice in line with the four ratings explained in the report. The goal is to help the driver to make gradual changes towards driving more economically.
Electric Vehicles
Optimise energy, maximise range.
Speed Limit
Try pressing the accelerator pedal depending on the terrain of your journey.
Anticipate
Consider using energy recovery and limit braking by using engine braking.
Create thermal comfort
Think charge. Pre-warm or cool your vehicle's interior.
Limit acceleration
Adopt a flexible approach without pushing acceleration beyond the actual needs.
Charging and warming
The electric vehicle driver has a specific version of the Eco ² driving programe to maximise its range before, during and after the journey.
Before starting the journey, the driver can start the preconditioning of the vehicle easily via various interfaces (mobile phone, computer, tablet ...) and charge the battery of the vehicle.
Eco² Driving
There is specific Eco² driving in R-Link for electric vehicles
Trip balance, Eco-Scoring and coaching in R-Link
The details shown are the driver's driving record, as in conventional vehicles. (Link "combustion vehicles") Eco-coaching, offers the driver personalised advice based on the results of Eco-scoring.


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I’m helping my girlfriend set up an 18th century blog. I’m currently playing around with how to present dates and times for posts and comments. It’s an interesting usability question, what with different time zones.
The Time Since plugin displays relative times like “1 hour, 23 minutes ago”. I like this, but I want a cut-off point. Times older than some number of days (or hours, seconds, whatever) should be displayed absolute.
The plugin doesn’t support this out of the box, but it’s a very easy fix.
Simply change the code for displaying the time into something like this:
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The 60*60*24*7
bit is the cut-off age – 7 days, in seconds.
Incidentally, that blog displays the absolute time in user local time per Johan’s insights. I’ll likely blog that later.


Lyrics of Love and Laughter
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Two Little Boots
Additional Information
- Year Published: 1913
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Dunbar, P.L. (1913). The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.5
- Word Count: 304
- Genre: Poetry
- ✎ Cite This
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Two little boots all rough an’ wo’,
Two little boots!
Law, I ’s kissed ‘em times befo’,
Dese little boots!
Seems de toes a–peepin’ thoo
Dis hyeah hole an’ sayin’ “Boo!”
Evah time dey looks at you—
Dese little boots.

Kickin’ de san’ de whole day long,
Dem little boots;
Good de cobblah made ‘em strong,
Dem little boots!

Ahms akimbo, stan’in’ wide,
Eyes a–sayin’ “Dis is pride!”
Den de manny–baby stride!

Yo’ bright tops don’ look so red,
Dese brass tips is dull an’ dead;
“Goo’–by,” whut de baby said;
Deah little boots!

Dis is all his mammy ’s lef’,
Two little boots.
Sence huh baby gone an’ died.
Heav’n itse’f hit seem to hide
Des a little bit inside
Two little boots.


Plants
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All my PDFs are typed up in LaTeX. LaTeX is a document preparation system which allows for all the symbols needed to write mathematical documents. Documents include material from highschool and univertiy.
The chatline is reserved for my friends only, it is written in nodeJS and its purpose is to keep in touch with old friends. It also has the capability to send links and videos back and forth.
The math practice is designed to help children with their times tables. The whole thing is written in JavaScript and is designed to make flash cards perminantly available.


Welcome to Kittens! Home of Fluffy, Socks, and Whiskers. If you're not suffering from a cute overdose within the hour, then you really are a heartless bugger! Now lets look at some cats!


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One million Earths could fit inside the Sun.
If a hollow Sun was filled up with spherical Earths then around 960,000 would fit inside. On the other hand if these Earths were squished inside with no wasted space
then around 1,300,000 would fit inside.The Sun’s surface area is 11,990 times that of the Earth’s.
The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass in the Solar System. The mass of the Sun is approximately 330,000 times greater than that of Earth. It is almost three quarters Hydrogen, whilst most of the remaining mass is Helium.
The Sun is an almost perfect sphere.There is only a 10 kilometre difference in its polar diameter compared to its equatorial diameter. Considering the vast expanse of the Sun, this means it is the closest thing to a perfect sphere that has been observed in nature.
The temperature inside the Sun can reach 15 million degrees Celsius. At the Sun’s core, energy is generated by nuclear fusion, as Hydrogen converts to Helium. Because hot objects generally expand, the Sun would explode like a giant bomb if it weren’t for its enormous gravitational force. The temperature on the surface of the Sun is closer to 5,600 degrees Celsius.
Eventually, the Sun will consume the Earth. When all the Hydrogen has been burned, the Sun will continue for about 130 million more years, burning Helium, during which time it will expand to the point that it will engulf Mercury and Venus and the Earth. At this stage it will have become a red giant
The Sun will one day be about the size of Earth. After its red giant phase, the Sun will collapse, retaining its enormous mass, but containing the approximate volume of our planet. When this happens, it will be called a white dwarf.
Light from the Sun takes eight minutes to reach Earth. With a mean average distance of 150 million kilometres from Earth and with light travelling at 300,000 kilometres per second, dividing one by the other gives us an approximate time of 500 seconds, or eight minutes and 20 seconds. Although this energy
reaches Earth in a few minutes, it will already have taken millions of years to travel from the Sun’s core to its surface.
The Sun travels at 220 kilometres per second. The Sun is 24,000-26,000 light years from the galactic centre and it takes the Sun 225-250 million years to complete an orbit of the centre of the Milky Way.
The distance from the Sun to Earth changes throughout the year. Because the Earth travels on an elliptical orbit around the Sun, the distance between the two bodies varies from 147 to 152 million kilometres. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is called an
AU.
The Sun is middle-aged. At around 4.5 billion years old, the Sun has already burned off about half of its store of Hydrogen. It has enough left to continue to burn Hydrogen for approximately another 5 billion years. The Sun is currently a type of star known as a Yellow Dwarf
The Sun has a very strong magnetic field. Solar flares occur when magnetic energy is released by the Sun during magnetic storms, which we see as sunspots. In sunspots, the magnetic lines are twisted and they spin, much like a tornado would on Earth.
The Sun generates solar wind. This is a stream of charged particles, which travels through the Solar System at approximately 450 kilometres per second. Solar wind occurs where the magnetic field of the Sun extends into space instead of following its surface.


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Cancellation Player Class¶
This section will describe a player who has a complex internal state that can be modeled using existing library classes.
In Cancellation Player Analysis we’ll look at what this player does.
We’ll turn to how the player works in PlayerCancellation Design.
In Cancellation Player Deliverables we’ll enumerate the deliverables for this player.
Cancellation Player Analysis¶
One method for tracking the lost bets is called the “cancellation” system or the “Labouchere” system.
The bets are designed around an ascending sequence of values, . The sum, 21, is the total budget. Each bet will be a multiple of the table minimum, . The core principle is to bet on the sum of the numbers at the end of the sequence.
In this example, the end values of of the sequence are , leading the player to bet .
On a win, the player cancels the two numbers used to make the bet. In the event that all the numbers are cancelled, the player has doubled their money, and can retire from the table happy.
For each loss, however, the player adds the amount of the bet to the end of the sequence; this is a loss to be recouped. The next bet is designed to recoups the most recent loss and provide a small gain. Multiple winning bets will recoup multiple losses, supplemented with small gains.
Example. Here’s an example of the cancellation system using a budget of 21 times the base bet, decomposed to .
Bet . A win. Cancel 1 and 6, leaving .
Bet . A loss. Add 7, leaving .
Bet . A loss. Add 9, leaving .
Bet . A win. Cancel 2 and 9, leaving .
Next bet will be .
State. The player’s state is the list of multipliers. This list grows and shrinks; when it is empty, the player leaves the table. The bet amount will be the first and last elements of this list. Wins will remove elements from the collection; losses will add elements to the collection.
Note
Alternative Budgets
The system of betting shown above can involve large numbers, since the betting starts at the table minimum. The numbers are smaller when working with a list of smaller numbers.
Consider a starting list of . The bet is 2. A win cancels both numbers and resets the betting.
A loss, however, appends the bet to the sequence, leaving us with . The next bet becomes 3.
A win will leave one uncancelled value, this can be dropped, the list reset to , and betting can resume.
A subsequent loss appends 3, leaving us with . The next bet becomes 4.
Almost any starting sequence will work as long as the values are positive integers.
PlayerCancellation Design¶
-
class
PlayerCancellation
¶ PlayerCancellation
uses the cancellation betting system. This player allocates their available budget into a sequence of bets that have an accelerating potential gain as well as recouping any losses.
Fields¶
-
PlayerCancellation.
sequence
¶ This
List
keeps the bet amounts; wins are removed from this list and losses are appended to this list. THe current bet is the first value plus the last value.
Constructors¶
-
PlayerCancellation.
__init__
(self, table: Table) → None¶ This uses the
PlayerCancellation.resetSequence()
method to initialize the sequence of numbers used to establish the bet amount. This also picks a suitable even moneyOutcome
, for example, black.
Methods¶
-
PlayerCancellation.
resetSequence
(self) → None¶ Puts the initial sequence of six values,
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
into thesequence
variable. The sequence[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
will also work, and the bets will be smaller.
-
PlayerCancellation.
placeBets
(self) → None¶ Creates a bet from the sum of the first and last values of
sequence
and the preferred outcome.
Cancellation Player Deliverables¶
There are three deliverables for this exercise.
The
PlayerCancellation
class.A unit test of the
PlayerCancellation
class. This test should synthesize a fixed list ofOutcome
instances,Bin
s, and calls aPlayerCancellation
instance with various sequences of reds and blacks. There are 16 different sequences of four winning and losing bets. These range from four losses in a row to four wins in a row. This should be sufficient to exercise the class and see the changes in the bet amount.An update to the overall
Simulator
class that uses thePlayerCancellation
class.
Looking Forward¶
In the SevenReds
subclass of Player
, the state was a simple
count. In the Player1326
subclass, the state was a more complex
hierarchy of classes. In this case, a built-in list
object could
maintain the player’s state.
In the next chapter we’ll look at one more way to maintain state of a player,
using a pair of integer values.


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I think this is fascinating.
It's an eBay auction, and a somewhat unusual one. Jim Lamb is selling his Micro-ISV. He's got a photo management application called BrilliantPhoto. He just swallowed the red pill (he's going to work for Microsoft) so he doesn't have time to build/maintain/promote/sell/support a software product anymore. Jim is trying to sell the whole package, including full ownership of the product, the source code, his website, and the domain name.
On eBay.
Like I said, I think this idea is interesting. Sales of this kind happen all the time, but not on eBay. They happen behind closed doors in secret discussions where the person with the best negotiation skills wins. For every ten such discussions that begin, nine deals fall through.
On eBay it will be very different. There is no reserve. The deal is going to happen (barring fraud or some other oddity). And this time, the rest of us get to watch. Or even bid. :-)
(Jim's decision to use eBay was apparently inspired by another auction. Evidently somebody bought jux2 (a search engine, never heard of it before) for over $100K. Assuming the deal was legit, that's a heckuva lot of money for an eBay auction, especially when the item being sold is not physical property.)
I don't really know much photo management apps, but I assume that this is a reasonably large market and that there are lots of competitors out there. Still, BrilliantPhoto seems like it might be deserving of a slice of the pie. I just downloaded the demo version and very briefly gave it a whirl. It installed with no problems. The app seems to work and the UI has a very nice level of polish.
Don't expect eBay to take over the merger/acquisition market anytime soon. Several reasons come to mind:
Despite all this, a Micro-ISV is special and different in many ways from a larger small company. I'll be watching this auction to see what happens.


“Who can contemplate this superb elevation without a mixture of awe and admiration, or fail to recur to the page of sacred writ illustrative of Almighty wrath and the just man's recompense? Who can gaze upon the majesty of this mount, towering above the ‘high places' and the hills, and turn without repining to the plains beneath, where puny man has pitched his tent and wars upon his fellow, mocking the sublimity of Nature with his paltry tyranny? I felt as if I lived in other times, and my eye eagerly but vainly sought for some traces of that ‘ark’ which furnished a refuge and a shelter to the creatures of God's mercy when the ‘waters prevailed, and were increased greatly on the earth,’ till ‘all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, and all that was in the dry land, died’!” — J H Stocqueler, Journal of Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage Through Untrodden Tracts of Khuzistan and Persia


The goal is to learn and package a few front-end techs together.
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Interested in becoming an Appraiser?
The Medical Appraisal Scheme in Scotland offers doctors formative, systematic and regular review with a peer. It also supports doctors in preparing for revalidation, allowing a positive demonstration of fitness to practise.
Join an enthusiastic group of appraisers throughout Scotland who meet for development both locally and nationally. The scheme has been well received by both Primary and Secondary Care colleagues in Scotland.
To apply:
By far the most important skills you will possess will be a positive attitude to the principles of peer appraisal and the credibility and interpersonal skills to engage your colleagues in this process.
The Application form and the Equal Opportunities form are available to download from the link below. Please select the relevant course type; New Appraiser or Refresher Appraiser training.
You must have your Appraisal Lead's approval prior to applying.
If you have already attended formal Medical Appraiser training in other parts of the UK (e.g. relocating to Scotland from England or Wales or Northern Ireland etc), or you were previously trained in Scotland and returning after an extended absence, dependant on your experience and how active you have been as an appraiser, it might be that your health board may recruit you to the role without the need to attend further training.
Liaise with your employing health board's Appraisal Lead first to ensure there is vacancy in your health board; if so, they will conduct an interview with you to determine experience and suitability and proceed from there.
All training courses are carried out remotely via MS Teams to ensure a safe delivery and educational experience for all. A return to face-to-face training will be reviewed pending on latest government guidelines.
Applicants to the "New Appraiser" training will be assessed throughout two half-days and prior to this attendance, they are required to complete 7 online modules.
On completion of the course you and your Medical Director / Appraisal Lead will be informed of the training course tutors' recommendation.
To apply for a place on any of the training courses:
Once your place is confirmed we will add you to a team created on MS Teams and grant you access to the online modules then.
Are you...
Primary Care (GP), or Secondary Care?
(You are advised to read carefully the role description / personal specification criteria included in the downloads.)


The example starts with a call to example.com/cat.html
The client (browser) makes a GET request for the resource (cat.html)
The webserver serves the GET request: it sends a response
with code 200
(“success”) and cat.html as the payload.
The browser parses the HTML page and tries to display it.
The page contains CSS and an image, so the browser requests
each of these with new GET requests.
The server responds to each request with
code 200
(“success”) and the requested file as the payload.
The CSS arrives and is applied (the page goes pink). The
image arrives and is displayed (the cat appears).
An interactive version of this diagram is available with JavaScript enabled.
This is an example of an animated SVG diagram controlled by step/run/stop
buttons. KeyshapeDiagram is a wee JavaScript program which adds the buttons
and manages the presentation.


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Gludio Town Square
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Front of the Southern Fortress
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Ruins of Despair - 500
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The project password generator was designed to create an application that an employee could use to generate their own personal password. The objective was for this design to produce a random password based on criteria selected for the user to choose from.
Deployed SiteThe purpose of this project was to correct code that was undescriptive for the website of Horiseon. Fixing the code within html and css made it easier to interpret what was being displayed on the webpage.
Deployed SiteThis portfolio project was an opportunity to demonstrate the tools that were learned via Bootstrap and CSS to create a mobile responsive portfolio.
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Internationalization¶
New in version 1.1.
Complementary to translations provided for Sphinx-generated messages such as navigation bars, Sphinx provides mechanisms facilitating the translation of documents. See the Options for internationalization for details on configuration.
Sphinx internationalization details¶
gettext 1 is an established standard for internationalization and localization. It naively maps messages in a program to a translated string. Sphinx uses these facilities to translate whole documents.
Initially project maintainers have to collect all translatable strings (also
referred to as messages) to make them known to translators. Sphinx extracts
these through invocation of sphinx-build -b gettext
.
Every single element in the doctree will end up in a single message which results in lists being equally split into different chunks while large paragraphs will remain as coarsely-grained as they were in the original document. This grants seamless document updates while still providing a little bit of context for translators in free-text passages. It is the maintainer’s task to split up paragraphs which are too large as there is no sane automated way to do that.
After Sphinx successfully ran the
MessageCatalogBuilder
you will find a
collection of .pot
files in your output directory. These are catalog
templates and contain messages in your original language only.
They can be delivered to translators which will transform them to .po
files
— so called message catalogs — containing a mapping from the original
messages to foreign-language strings.
gettext compiles them into a binary format known as binary catalogs through msgfmt for efficiency reasons. If you make these files discoverable with :confval:`locale_dirs` for your :confval:`language`, Sphinx will pick them up automatically.
An example: you have a document usage.rst
in your Sphinx project. The
gettext builder will put its messages into usage.pot
. Imagine you have
Spanish translations 2 stored in usage.po
— for your builds to
be translated you need to follow these instructions:
Compile your message catalog to a locale directory, say
locale
, so it ends up in./locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/usage.mo
in your source directory (wherees
is the language code for Spanish.)msgfmt "usage.po" -o "locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/usage.mo"
Set :confval:`locale_dirs` to
["locale/"]
.Set :confval:`language` to
es
(also possible via-D
).Run your desired build.
Translating with sphinx-intl¶
Quick guide¶
sphinx-intl is a useful tool to work with Sphinx translation flow. This section describe an easy way to translate with sphinx-intl.
Install sphinx-intl.
$ pip install sphinx-intl
Add configurations to
conf.py
.locale_dirs = ['locale/'] # path is example but recommended. gettext_compact = False # optional.
This case-study assumes that BUILDDIR is set to
_build
, :confval:`locale_dirs` is set tolocale/
and :confval:`gettext_compact` is set toFalse
(the Sphinx document is already configured as such).Extract translatable messages into pot files.
$ make gettext
The generated pot files will be placed in the
_build/gettext
directory.Generate po files.
We’ll use the pot files generated in the above step.
$ sphinx-intl update -p _build/gettext -l de -l ja
Once completed, the generated po files will be placed in the below directories:
./locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/
./locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/
Translate po files.
AS noted above, these are located in the
./locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES
directory. An example of one such file, from Sphinx,builders.po
, is given below.# a5600c3d2e3d48fc8c261ea0284db79b #: ../../builders.rst:4 msgid "Available builders" msgstr "<FILL HERE BY TARGET LANGUAGE>"
Another case, msgid is multi-line text and contains reStructuredText syntax:
# 302558364e1d41c69b3277277e34b184 #: ../../builders.rst:9 msgid "" "These are the built-in Sphinx builders. More builders can be added by " ":ref:`extensions <extensions>`." msgstr "" "FILL HERE BY TARGET LANGUAGE FILL HERE BY TARGET LANGUAGE FILL HERE " "BY TARGET LANGUAGE :ref:`EXTENSIONS <extensions>` FILL HERE."
Please be careful not to break reST notation. Most po-editors will help you with that.
Build translated document.
You need a :confval:`language` parameter in
conf.py
or you may also specify the parameter on the command line.For for BSD/GNU make, run:
$ make -e SPHINXOPTS="-D language='de'" html
For Windows cmd.exe, run:
> set SPHINXOPTS=-D language=de > .\make.bat html
For PowerShell, run:
> Set-Item env:SPHINXOPTS "-D language=de" > .\make.bat html
Congratulations! You got the translated documentation in the _build/html
directory.
New in version 1.3: sphinx-build that is invoked by make command will build po files into mo files.
If you are using 1.2.x or earlier, please invoke sphinx-intl build command before make command.
Update your po files by new pot files¶
If a document is updated, it is necessary to generate updated pot files and to apply differences to translated po files. In order to apply the updates from a pot file to the po file, use the sphinx-intl update command.
$ sphinx-intl update -p _build/locale
Using Transifex service for team translation¶
Transifex is one of several services that allow collaborative translation via a web interface. It has a nifty Python-based command line client that makes it easy to fetch and push translations.
Install transifex-client.
You need tx command to upload resources (pot files).
$ pip install transifex-client
See also
Create your transifex account and create new project for your document.
Currently, transifex does not allow for a translation project to have more than one version of the document, so you’d better include a version number in your project name.
For example:
- Project ID
sphinx-document-test_1_0
- Project URL
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/sphinx-document-test_1_0/
Create config files for tx command.
This process will create
.tx/config
in the current directory, as well as a~/.transifexrc
file that includes auth information.$ tx init Creating .tx folder... Transifex instance [https://www.transifex.com]: ... Please enter your transifex username: <transifex-username> Password: <transifex-password> ... Done.
Upload pot files to transifex service.
Register pot files to
.tx/config
file:$ cd /your/document/root $ sphinx-intl update-txconfig-resources --pot-dir _build/locale \ --transifex-project-name sphinx-document-test_1_0
and upload pot files:
$ tx push -s Pushing translations for resource sphinx-document-test_1_0.builders: Pushing source file (locale/pot/builders.pot) Resource does not exist. Creating... ... Done.
Forward the translation on transifex.
Pull translated po files and make translated HTML.
Get translated catalogs and build mo files. For example, to build mo files for German (de):
$ cd /your/document/root $ tx pull -l de Pulling translations for resource sphinx-document-test_1_0.builders (...) -> de: locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/builders.po ... Done.
Invoke make html (for BSD/GNU make):
$ make -e SPHINXOPTS="-D language='de'" html
That’s all!
Tip
Translating locally and on Transifex
If you want to push all language’s po files, you can be done by using tx push -t command. Watch out! This operation overwrites translations in transifex.
In other words, if you have updated each in the service and local po files, it would take much time and effort to integrate them.
Contributing to Sphinx reference translation¶
The recommended way for new contributors to translate Sphinx reference is to join the translation team on Transifex.
There is sphinx translation page for Sphinx (master) documentation.
Login to transifex service.
Go to sphinx translation page.
Click
Request language
and fill form.Wait acceptance by transifex sphinx translation maintainers.
(After acceptance) Translate on transifex.
Footnotes
- 1
See the GNU gettext utilities for details on that software suite.
- 2
Because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!


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QR code
QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode) first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached. In practice, QR codes often contain data for a locator, identifier, or tracker that points to a website or application. A QR code uses four standardized encoding modes (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, and kanji) to store data efficiently; extensions may also be used.
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Barcode
A barcode (also spelled bar code) is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by special optical scanners, called barcode readers. Later, two-dimensional (2D) variants were developed, using rectangles, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns, called matrix codes or 2D barcodes, although they do not use bars as such. 2D barcodes can be read or deconstructed using application software on mobile devices with inbuilt cameras, such as smartphones.
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Quality control and verification
Barcode verification examines scanability and the quality of the barcode in comparison to industry standards and specifications. Barcode verifiers are primarily used by businesses that print and use barcodes. Any trading partner in the supply chain can test barcode quality. It is important to verify a barcode to ensure that any reader in the supply chain can successfully interpret a barcode with a low error rate. Retailers levy large penalties for non-compliant barcodes. These chargebacks can reduce a manufacturer's revenue by 2% to 10%.
A barcode verifier works the way a reader does, but instead of simply decoding a barcode, a verifier performs a series of tests. For linear barcodes these tests are:
• Edge determination
• Minimum reflectance
• Symbol contrast
• Minimum edge contrast
• Modulation
• Defects
• Decode
• Decodability
2D matrix symbols look at the parameters:
• Symbol contrast
• Modulation
• Decode
• Unused error correction
• Fixed (finder) pattern damage
• Grid non-uniformity
• Axial non-uniformity
Depending on the parameter, each ANSI test is graded from 0.0 to 4.0 (F to A), or given a pass or fail mark. Each grade is determined by analyzing the scan reflectance profile (SRP), an analog graph of a single scan line across the entire symbol. The lowest of the 8 grades is the scan grade, and the overall ISO symbol grade is the average of the individual scan grades. For most applications a 2.5 (C) is the minimal acceptable symbol grade.
Compared with a reader, a verifier measures a barcode's optical characteristics to international and industry standards. The measurement must be repeatable and consistent. Doing so requires constant conditions such as distance, illumination angle, sensor angle and verifier aperture. Based on the verification results, the production process can be adjusted to print higher quality barcodes that will scan down the supply chain.
Barcode verifier standards:
• Barcode verifiers should comply with the ISO/IEC 15426-1 (linear) or ISO/IEC 15426-2 (2D).
This standard defines the measuring accuracy of a barcode verifier.
• The current international barcode quality specification is ISO/IEC 15416 (linear) and ISO/IEC 15415 (2D). The European Standard EN 1635 has been withdrawn and replaced by ISO/IEC 15416. The original U.S. barcode quality specification was ANSI X3.182. (UPCs used in the US – ANSI/UCC5).
This standard defines the quality requirements for barcodes and matrix codes (also called optical codes).
• As of 2011 the ISO workgroup JTC1 SC31 was developing a Direct Part Marking (DPM) quality standard: ISO/IEC TR 29158.
International standards are available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
These standards are also available from local/national standardization organizations, such as ANSI, BSI, DIN, NEN and others.


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Enterprise UX Case Study: Improving Usability Under Tight Deadlines
Client: Continental Tires
Problem
Continental Tires needed to help users create dashboards more effectively & quickly. The old process required creating dashboards, and all the widgets within, completely from scratch. The team’s goal was creating a “one-click solution”
where the user could create a useful dashboard right away without any configuration.
Roles
User Research, UX Design, UI Design, Data Modelling
Time
13 Weeks
Setting the Context
Before getting into the actual process, let’s examine the user groups and project goals.
User Scenarios
As a business analyst, I can view the stored and visualized data to analyze critical issues and make business decisions.
As a data analyst, I would be able to view the dashboard to view different aspects and insights of the scraped data.
As the HR Manager i would like to monitor all ongoing campaigns and operations.
Project Goals
The following quantitative and qualitative goals would define project success for the dashboard template feature:
Increase usage of dashboards within 30 days of release. Using Heap to track in-app events, they discovered the friction in creating dashboards was holding the whole product.
Grant immediate access to project critical information. It wasn’t just about quality, it was about speed. We needed to streamline access to data.
Finish the project in 3 months. Starting in Sept. 2018, the launch for the pilot was set for early December, giving the team a compressed timeline to craft the right solution.
System Architechture & Sample Wireframe
Stage One: Discovery & Concepting
Before the actual legwork started, the team gathered for a brainstorming/research session. Examining in-app patterns from Heap, the team categorized the most commonly-created dashboards:
Project Dashboards
Campaign Dashboards
Team Dashboards
Brainstorming Session
We sketched out some of our ideas on the whiteboard. These mostly involved user flow charts, drawing out the pace of the experience screen by screen. The user flows formed the foundation that would eventually grow into the perfect solution
for the dashboard problem.
Creating & Testing Mid-Fidelity Flows
Immediately following the whiteboard session, I used Adobe Creative Suite & Power BI to create mid-fidelity versions of the white board sketches. These mid-fi flows become the key to the intermediary stage of internal testing before hi-fi prototyping
and testing with users.
For initial, early-stage feedback, We showed the mid-fi user flows to 12 Users. We administered these casual tests individually, explaining the problem and collecting feedback on the proposed redesign for the dashboard creation process.. The informal
testing also gave him a chance to answer his own personal questions and concerns. Ultimately, the tests proved successful: the absence of bad feedback is still good feedback.
here
here
here
High Fidelity Prototypes
Since the goal of creating a prototype is to test your design decisions, the first step was outlining desired insights in a usability testing plan.The usability testing plan also included sections such as the test script and a list of user tasks.
This document prioritized test goals for the most important user actions:
Validate that people know how to create a new dashboard.
Validate the 3 default testing templates are useful options (Project, Campaign, Team).
Validate that created dashboards are discoverable from within the project.
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Since the new design needed to be intuitive without confusing current users, I actually chose a left-handed tabbed format versus the multi-step process the team initially sketched. I realized the choice was simpler for his team to implement while
also benefiting users. Designers wouldn’t need to create playful icons, developers wouldn’t need to build a multi-step wizard, and users could select their dashboard type faster with fewer steps.
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Design highlights
The UI design was made to be easy on the eye, because Users would typically work with the Core Banking system for majority of their work day. Thus the design should be neutral. UI customization in the future was also made possible.The system
supported multiple languages, locales, permissions and keyboard navigation (designed and tested). The web application was designed for desktop and large screens and had a responsive layout with two breakpoints: 1024 px and 1200 px.
Usability Testing & Iteration
The team conducted remote, moderated usability tests with 24 people. I moderated the testing sessions, while another team member observed and took notes. We tested two main scenarios: creating a dashboard, and finding an existing dashboard in
the project. Test results were quickly iterated into a new version, which was then likewise tested and the results reiterated, until the team came up with the proven, ideal design.
Final Design
Usability testing revealed the design worked well as a system:
Users found the tabbed layout easy to use and understand when creating dashboards from templates.
Users mentioned the default testing templates were useful and matched their needs.
While most users found the default widgets useful, some mentioned how they’d prefer different widgets due to personal preferences. For example, some users didn’t find the “Remaining Work” linechart widget useful. Others wanted the ability to save their
customizations to the templates.
Users did experience some difficulty in accessing a dashboard once created.
I spent considerable time with the program manager to map out the patterns of feedback to consolidate insights. To improve findability of newly-created dashboards, We decided to increase negative space around the “View Project Dashboard” label
inside their details panel view. Further improvements, such as the ability to save widget edits, were earmarked for later testing, since they were fell outside the scope of the MVP.
Development and Launch
Following the Agile process, development sprints immediately followed the design sprints. Even as Our team was still testing prototypes, developers were already building the validated iterations.
Because the new feature tested well, the Client launched the dashboard template feature live to users without beta testing.While the team runs beta tests for larger features, they needed to get the feature out the door since dashboard creation
was so difficult before. Thanks to efficient hi-fi prototyping and close collaboration, the team launched the new feature on schedule and within scope. The initial results are promising:
The template feature is responsible for 75% of new dashboards created in the app.
A majority of large enterprise customers already use and enjoy the new feature, as it facilitates their large, complex projects.
Of all the dashboards created, 10% were created 2 weeks after launch..


cmdexist
The cross-platform and super-fast library which can check if a command or even the commands bundle exist.
npm i cmdexist
yarn add cmdexist # or if you use yarn
/* SINGLE FILE TO TEST */
function singleFileToTest() {
CheckIfExist("node").then((exec) => console.log(`node is ${exec}`));
}
/* MULTIPLE FILES TO TEST */
async function multipleFilesToTest() {
// Set as `const` so TypeScript will correctly show the entries in toCheck array.
const toCheck = ["npm", "node", "yarn", "python", "docker"] as const;
const [result, details] = await CheckIfAllExist(toCheck);
details; // We can see that it shows the every entries in `toCheck`.
console.log(result);
console.log(details);
}
For more information, See the docs and examples/
folder.
See benchmarks/command-exists.ts
.
commandExists - when the exe exists: 12.467ms
commandExists - when the exe not exists: 6.156ms
[our] cmdexist - when the exe exists: 0.92ms
[our] cmdexist - when the exe not exists: 0.301ms
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I'm a software engineer interested in database management systems, data visualization, and big data.
Currently, I work at Microsoft on the SQL Server team. I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Computer Science.