ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? The Democrat gearing up for a rematch against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended his campaign Friday, proclaiming success in his goal to oust the polarizing conservative from Congress two days after she announced she wouldn't seek re-election.
In an email message to supporters, Jim Graves, who narrowly lost to Bachmann last year, said he felt his primary goal of unseating Bachmann was complete even if she decided to step away voluntarily rather than face him in a rematch race.
"We set out to defeat Rep. Bachmann, and that has been accomplished. You should feel incredibly proud," he wrote to his backers. "After all, it was the grassroots movement that you built that kept the pressure on and forced Rep. Bachmann from her seat in Congress."
Bachmann made her own announcement in a Web video on Wednesday in which she tried to head off speculation that she was stepping down to avoid another tight race or because of various ethics investigations surrounding her. She hasn't spoken publicly about her decision since then.
Graves, who founded a hotel chain, narrowly lost to Bachmann in 2012. He had previously announced he would challenge Bachmann again next year if the incumbent opted to try for a fifth term. Her district is the most heavily Republican in Minnesota.
Without a polarizing figure like Bachmann opposite him on the ticket, political experts predicted that Graves would find the task of raising money and converting GOP-leaning voters to his side more difficult.
Several Republicans are weighing a run. No other Democrats have emerged yet.
Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Keith Downey said no matter whom his party chooses, the seat looks safe for the GOP.
"We have a really good chance for a Republican candidate to win that race in the general election in 2014, and apparently Jim Graves saw that as well. We agree with Jim Graves."
Heading into the 2014 campaign, Minnesota Democrats enjoy a 5 to 3 advantage over Republicans in the House delegation.
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Associated Press writer Patrick Condon contributed to this report.
New single virus detection techniques for faster disease diagnosisPublic release date: 30-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Brielle Day bday@osa.org 202-416-1435 The Optical Society
Researchers at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics describe optical techniques for counting individual viruses outside the lab
To test the severity of a viral infection, clinicians try to gauge how many viruses are packed into a certain volume of blood or other bodily fluid. This measurement, called viral load, helps doctors diagnose or monitor chronic viral diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. However, the standard methods used for these tests are only able to estimate the number of viruses in a given volume of fluid. Now two independent teams have developed new optics-based methods for determining the exact viral load of a sample by counting individual virus particles. These new methods are faster and cheaper than standard tests and they offer the potential to conduct the measurements in a medical office or hospital instead of a laboratory. The teams will present their latest results at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO: 2013), to be held June 9-14, in San Jose, Calif.
One research group, led by electrical engineer and bioengineer Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA, is working to directly image single virus particles using holographic microscopy. The other, led by electrical engineer Holger Schmidt of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), is detecting single particles tagged with fluorescent labels on a microfluidic chip. Both teams expect to use their work to develop commercial instruments useful for on-site diagnosis and monitoring with rapid results and fast turnaround.
Ozcan's UCLA team has demonstrated the ability to capture optical images of single viruses and nanoparticles over a comparatively large field of view about the size of a postage stamp using nanolenses that self-assemble around the virus particles like little magnifying glasses.
"Because viruses are very small--less than 100 billionths of a meter--compared to the wavelength of light, conventional light microscopy has difficulty producing an image due to weak scattering of sub-wavelength particles," Ozcan says. When lighted, the team's new nanolens-nanoparticle assembly projects a hologram that can be recorded using a CMOS imager chip (a type of semiconductor-based light detector) and digitally reconstructed to form an optical image of the particle. "The resulting image improves the field-of-view of a conventional optical microscope by two orders of magnitude," says Ozcan.
This wide field of view allows the device to form images of many nanoparticles in a single photograph and provides a high-throughput platform for a direct and accurate viral load count. The instrument can be made sufficiently compact and lightweight for field applications and, attached to a cell phone, could become useful even in remote locations.
The UCSC researchers will present the results of a collaborative effort between UCSC, Liquilume Diagnostics Inc., and the groups of infectious disease clinician and virologist Charles Chiu at University of California, San Francisco, and engineer Aaron Hawkins at Brigham Young. While Ozcan's group visually counts individual viruses, Schmidt's counts them by detecting their nucleic acids--the genetic makeup of the viruses. The nucleic acids are labeled with a fluorescent dye, and light from the fluorescence is detected as they pass through a channel in a microfluidic chip about the size of a thumbnail.
Current tests for determining viral load generally rely on a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies a small sample of nucleic acid, such as DNA, and makes it easier to detect. "The gold standard for viral load detection is PCR, due to its sensitivity and specificity," Schmidt says, but PCR is limited to merely estimating the number of viruses. In contrast, the new method counts real particles as they pass through the fluorescence detector on the chip. "We have demonstrated actual virus counts of specific nucleic acids in less than 30 minutes with minimal sample workup," Schmidt says. So far, the group has collected reliable data on samples diluted to a point well within the range required for clinical detection.
Unlike direct visualization techniques, Schmidt's chip-based method requires that the targeted virus particles be labeled. The labeling technique would allow clinicians to target specific viruses while ignoring unlabeled background material. This makes the process potentially useful in situations where clinicians already know what they are looking for often the case for viral load tests.
The chip is currently housed in an instrument about one foot square, making the device portable. Along with rapid analysis turnaround, this portability should make the technique useful for point-of-treatment tests. In addition to detecting viruses, the device may also find uses as a sensor for cancer biomarkers, for environmental analyses of chemicals, and even in industrial production monitoring.
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CLEO: 2013 presentation AW1I.6. "High-throughput Imaging of Single Viruses using Self-assembled Nano-lenses and On-Chip Holography" by Aydogan Ozcan will take place Wednesday, June 12 at 12:15 p.m. in the San Jose Convention Center.
CLEO: 2013 presentation CM1M.7. "Clinical Detection of Viral Infection on an Optofluidic Chip" by Philip Measor will take place Monday, June 10 at 9:45 a.m. in the San Jose Convention Center.
EDITOR'S NOTE: High-resolution images are available upon request. Contact Brielle Day, bday@osa.org
Press Registration
A Press Room for credentialed press and analysts will be located on-site in the San Jose Convention Center, June 9 - 13. Media interested in attending the conference should register on the CLEO website or contact Brielle Day at 202.416.1435, bday@osa.org.
About CLEO
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is where laser technology was first introduced. CLEO unites the field of lasers and electro-optics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, with content stemming from basic research to industry application. CLEO: Expo showcases the latest products and applications from more than 300 participating companies from around the world, providing hands-on demonstrations of the latest market innovations and applications. The Expo also offers valuable on-floor programming, including Market Focus and the Technology Transfer program.
Sponsored by the American Physical Society's (APS) Laser Science Division, the IEEE Photonics Society and the Optical Society (OSA), CLEO provides the full range of critical developments in the field, showcasing the most significant milestones from laboratory to marketplace. With an unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, CLEO connects all of the critical vertical markets in lasers and electro-optics. For more information, visit the conference's website at http://www.cleoconference.org.
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New single virus detection techniques for faster disease diagnosisPublic release date: 30-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Brielle Day bday@osa.org 202-416-1435 The Optical Society
Researchers at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics describe optical techniques for counting individual viruses outside the lab
To test the severity of a viral infection, clinicians try to gauge how many viruses are packed into a certain volume of blood or other bodily fluid. This measurement, called viral load, helps doctors diagnose or monitor chronic viral diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. However, the standard methods used for these tests are only able to estimate the number of viruses in a given volume of fluid. Now two independent teams have developed new optics-based methods for determining the exact viral load of a sample by counting individual virus particles. These new methods are faster and cheaper than standard tests and they offer the potential to conduct the measurements in a medical office or hospital instead of a laboratory. The teams will present their latest results at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO: 2013), to be held June 9-14, in San Jose, Calif.
One research group, led by electrical engineer and bioengineer Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA, is working to directly image single virus particles using holographic microscopy. The other, led by electrical engineer Holger Schmidt of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), is detecting single particles tagged with fluorescent labels on a microfluidic chip. Both teams expect to use their work to develop commercial instruments useful for on-site diagnosis and monitoring with rapid results and fast turnaround.
Ozcan's UCLA team has demonstrated the ability to capture optical images of single viruses and nanoparticles over a comparatively large field of view about the size of a postage stamp using nanolenses that self-assemble around the virus particles like little magnifying glasses.
"Because viruses are very small--less than 100 billionths of a meter--compared to the wavelength of light, conventional light microscopy has difficulty producing an image due to weak scattering of sub-wavelength particles," Ozcan says. When lighted, the team's new nanolens-nanoparticle assembly projects a hologram that can be recorded using a CMOS imager chip (a type of semiconductor-based light detector) and digitally reconstructed to form an optical image of the particle. "The resulting image improves the field-of-view of a conventional optical microscope by two orders of magnitude," says Ozcan.
This wide field of view allows the device to form images of many nanoparticles in a single photograph and provides a high-throughput platform for a direct and accurate viral load count. The instrument can be made sufficiently compact and lightweight for field applications and, attached to a cell phone, could become useful even in remote locations.
The UCSC researchers will present the results of a collaborative effort between UCSC, Liquilume Diagnostics Inc., and the groups of infectious disease clinician and virologist Charles Chiu at University of California, San Francisco, and engineer Aaron Hawkins at Brigham Young. While Ozcan's group visually counts individual viruses, Schmidt's counts them by detecting their nucleic acids--the genetic makeup of the viruses. The nucleic acids are labeled with a fluorescent dye, and light from the fluorescence is detected as they pass through a channel in a microfluidic chip about the size of a thumbnail.
Current tests for determining viral load generally rely on a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies a small sample of nucleic acid, such as DNA, and makes it easier to detect. "The gold standard for viral load detection is PCR, due to its sensitivity and specificity," Schmidt says, but PCR is limited to merely estimating the number of viruses. In contrast, the new method counts real particles as they pass through the fluorescence detector on the chip. "We have demonstrated actual virus counts of specific nucleic acids in less than 30 minutes with minimal sample workup," Schmidt says. So far, the group has collected reliable data on samples diluted to a point well within the range required for clinical detection.
Unlike direct visualization techniques, Schmidt's chip-based method requires that the targeted virus particles be labeled. The labeling technique would allow clinicians to target specific viruses while ignoring unlabeled background material. This makes the process potentially useful in situations where clinicians already know what they are looking for often the case for viral load tests.
The chip is currently housed in an instrument about one foot square, making the device portable. Along with rapid analysis turnaround, this portability should make the technique useful for point-of-treatment tests. In addition to detecting viruses, the device may also find uses as a sensor for cancer biomarkers, for environmental analyses of chemicals, and even in industrial production monitoring.
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CLEO: 2013 presentation AW1I.6. "High-throughput Imaging of Single Viruses using Self-assembled Nano-lenses and On-Chip Holography" by Aydogan Ozcan will take place Wednesday, June 12 at 12:15 p.m. in the San Jose Convention Center.
CLEO: 2013 presentation CM1M.7. "Clinical Detection of Viral Infection on an Optofluidic Chip" by Philip Measor will take place Monday, June 10 at 9:45 a.m. in the San Jose Convention Center.
EDITOR'S NOTE: High-resolution images are available upon request. Contact Brielle Day, bday@osa.org
Press Registration
A Press Room for credentialed press and analysts will be located on-site in the San Jose Convention Center, June 9 - 13. Media interested in attending the conference should register on the CLEO website or contact Brielle Day at 202.416.1435, bday@osa.org.
About CLEO
With a distinguished history as the industry's leading event on laser science, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) is where laser technology was first introduced. CLEO unites the field of lasers and electro-optics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, with content stemming from basic research to industry application. CLEO: Expo showcases the latest products and applications from more than 300 participating companies from around the world, providing hands-on demonstrations of the latest market innovations and applications. The Expo also offers valuable on-floor programming, including Market Focus and the Technology Transfer program.
Sponsored by the American Physical Society's (APS) Laser Science Division, the IEEE Photonics Society and the Optical Society (OSA), CLEO provides the full range of critical developments in the field, showcasing the most significant milestones from laboratory to marketplace. With an unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, CLEO connects all of the critical vertical markets in lasers and electro-optics. For more information, visit the conference's website at http://www.cleoconference.org.
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EE, the UK's only 4G LTE network provider, has announced a range of brand new, 30-day rolling contract SIM-only deals, perfect for your iPhone 5. The bad news is that LTE still doesn't come cheap, with the most expensive offering set at ?63 for that 30-days.
SIM-only is a great way to go if you like to buy your iPhone's unlocked, and a 30-day rolling contract is perfect for those who don't want to get tied down to a lengthy contract. The new deals all come with unlimited calls and texts, plus tethering, and begin at ?23 for 500MB of data. That's not a lot of LTE, but thankfully EE is offering several data allowance options:
?23 for 500MB
?28 for 1GB
?33 for 3GB
?38 for 5GB
?43 for 8GB
?63 for 20GB
The deals are available now, and can be obtained either online or via the EE high-street stores. Is this just the thing you were looking for to make your iPhone 5 sing?
May 29, 2013 ? Students preparing for final exams might want to wait before pulling an all-night cram session -- at least as far as their neurons are concerned. Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have discovered a new intermediate phase in neuronal development during which repeated exposure to a stimulus shrinks synapses. The findings are published in the May 8 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
It's well known that synapses in the brain, the connections between neurons and other cells that allow for the transmission of information, grow when they're exposed to a stimulus. New research from the lab of Carnegie Mellon Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Alison L. Barth has shown that in the short term, synapses get even stronger than previously thought, but then quickly go through a transitional phase where they weaken.
"When you think of learning, you think that it's cumulative. We thought that synapses started small and then got bigger and bigger. This isn't the case," said Barth, who also is a member of the joint Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. "Based on our data, it seems like synapses that have recently been strengthened are peculiarly vulnerable -- more stimulation can actually wipe out the effects of learning.
"Psychologists know that for long-lasting memory, spaced training -- like studying for your classes after very lecture, all semester long -- is superior to cramming all night before the exam," Barth said. "This study shows why. Right after plasticity, synapses are almost fragile -- more training during this labile phases is actually counterproductive."
Previous research from Barth's lab established the biochemical mechanisms responsible for the strengthening of synapses in the neocortex, the part of the brain responsible for thought and language, but only measured the synapses after 24 hours. In the current study, post-doctoral student Jing A. Wen investigated how the synapses developed throughout the first 24 hours of exposure to a stimulus using a specialized transgenic mouse model created by Barth. The model senses its surroundings using only one whisker, which alters its ability to sense its environment and creates a sensory imbalance that increases plasticity in the brain. Since each whisker is linked to a specific area of the cortex, researchers can easily track neuronal changes.
Wen found that during this first day of learning, synapses go through three distinct phases. In the initiation phase, synaptic plasticity is spurred on by NMDA receptors. Over the next 12 hours or so, the synapses get stronger and stronger. As the stimulus is repeated, the NDMA receptors change their function and start to weaken the synapses in what the researchers have called the labile phase. After a few hours of weakening, another receptor, mGluR5, initiates a stabilization phase during which the synapses maintain their residual strength.
Furthermore, the researchers found that they could maintain the super-activated state found at the beginning of the labile phase by stopping the stimulus altogether or by injecting a glutamate receptor antagonist drug at an optimal time point. The findings are analogous to those seen in many psychological studies that use space training to improve memory.
"While synaptic changes can be long lasting, we've found that in this initial period there are a number of different things we could play with," Barth said. "The discovery of this labile phase suggests there are ways to control learning through the manipulation of the biochemical pathways that maintain memory."
Nicki Minaj poses backstage at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Nicki Minaj poses backstage at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Nicki Minaj is following Mariah Carey out the door on "American Idol."
The hip-hop diva posted Thursday on Twitter that it was "time to focus on the music," just a few hours after Carey announced she wasn't coming back to the Fox talent competition so that she could focus on her upcoming tour.
Minaj and Carey became new judges on "Idol" this season, along with country singer Keith Urban. Minaj and Carey frequently bickered on the show, creating a feud that was uncomfortable for both viewers and contestants.
Fox and "Idol" producer FremantleMedia said in a statement Thursday that Minaj was "a superstar who brought a level of honesty and passion" to the show and that Carey "will remain an inspiration to 'Idol' hopefuls for many seasons to come."
Randy Jackson, the show's lone remaining original judge, announced earlier this month that he was leaving the show ahead of its 12th season finale, which crowned booming R&B vocalist Candice Glover as the latest "Idol."
Other judges who've departed the "Idol" panel include Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Simon Cowell.
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Accepting applications from TESOL professionals for fellowships Worldwide- must be U.S. citizen and have a Master's degree to apply.
For more detailed information on the English Language Fellow Program and to apply for Senior Fellowships, please visit our website at ELFellowProgram.org
The English Language (EL) Fellow Program fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries by sending talented, highly qualified U.S. educators in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) on ten-month fellowships to overseas academic institutions in all regions of the world. The program promotes English language learning and enhances English teaching capacity abroad. Through U.S. embassy projects, Fellows share their expertise, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn other cultures. Upon returning to the United States, they share their experiences and acquired knowledge with their communities and professional colleagues.
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The EL Fellow Program is funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Fellows serve as full-time ESL/EFL instructors and may be engaged in some teacher training, ESP instruction, curriculum/materials development, test design, assessment, evaluation, programming, summer camps, and outreach projects.
Senior Fellows serve primarily as teacher trainers and may be engaged in supervision, advising, ESP instruction, curriculum/materials development, test design, assessment, evaluation, programming, research, and outreach projects.
Assignments are for a 10-month period typically beginning in September 2012, following a mandatory 4-day pre-departure orientation conference in Washington, DC. Some projects may begin in October, others begin in early 2013.
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Complete on-line application dossier must contain the following: ? Online application ? R?sum? ? Two 1-page lesson plans/teacher training modules ? Statement of purpose (not to exceed 500 words) ? Applying fellowship experience (not to exceed 500 words) ? Two current reference letters ? Graduate transcript
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Program provisions: ? Stipend: Senior Fellows - $35,000,?Fellows - $25,000; ? Living allowance ? Round trip airfare to the United States to the host country ? Supplemental health benefit plan ? Miscellaneous allowances (shipping, educational materials, program activities, and pre-departure expenses).
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Senior Fellow Eligibility Criteria Required
MA degree in TEFL/TESL or Applied Linguistics
MA degree with a focus in TEFL/TESL
MA degree in other fields directly relevant to the accepted projects and either a state K-12 ESL endorsement or TEFL/TESL certification consisting of minimum of 120 course hours and a supervised practicum
Degree must be conferred by end of 2013 spring semester for regular cycle projects and by the end of 2013 summer semester for off-cycle projects
If the qualifying degree was awarded by a non-U.S. institution, it must be evaluated by an educational credential evaluation service. Visit?National Association of Credential Evaluation Services?for a list of evaluation companies
Minimum two years of experience in teaching English to non-native speakers (minimum one year of professional TESOL experience in the U.S education K-16 system and minimum one year overseas TEFL experience)*
TESOL experience in the areas of teacher training (workshops, graduate courses, and/or plenary presentations); systematic/large scale curriculum development (at institution, state, and/or national levels); materials development (printed and/or online course materials); publications (refereed journal articles, books on education, and/or juried presentations); and/or supervision (program director, coordinator, owner, and/or department chair)
Two confidential letters of recommendation from professional or academic contacts, including one letter from a current or most recent supervisor, submitted by references directly through the on-line application. Letters older than two years are considered invalid
*Definition of full-time academic year
University and community college setting: one academic year consists of two semesters or three terms at 12-15 contact hours/week
K-12 public/private school setting: one academic year consists of two semesters or three terms at 30-40 contact hours/week
In addition to professional qualifications, successful Fellows have other qualities that prove beneficial for a successful fellowship; these include patience, flexibility, determination, and adaptability.?
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The drone attack that killed a Pakistan Taliban deputy leader this week was a clear signal in the wake of President Barack Obama's promise of new transparency in the drone program: The CIA will still launch secret attacks on militants in north Pakistan and the administration will not have to tell anyone about it.
The CIA drone took off from Afghanistan on Wednesday and struck a compound in Pakistan's remote tribal areas. The Pakistani Taliban later confirmed the death of Waliur Rehman, believed to be one of the key planners behind the deadly suicide bombing at a CIA base in 2009.
However, White House officials would not confirm that the strike occurred, although Obama pledged in a national security speech that he would be more transparent about U.S. counterterrorism actions.
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Officials say what appears to be dry ice in a plastic bottle caused a small explosion at Disneyland, bringing evacuations but no reports of injuries.
Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Bob Dunn says the blast was reported at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Disneyland's Toontown area, which was evacuated as a precaution.
Police are investigating and an Orange County sheriff's bomb squad was headed to the scene.
Park visitor Allen Wolf says he was about 20 feet from the blast, near Toontown's City Hall. He said the sound was similar to a gunshot, but louder.
Wolf says the park's music never stopped playing as security surrounded the trash cans where the bang came from and told visitors they were evacuating.
Disneyland officials did not immediately reply to a message seeking comment.
PARIS (AP) ? Victoria Azarenka waited until the fourth day of the French Open for her opening match, then showed she's eager to advance.
Filling a mostly empty stadium court with her familiar shrieks Wednesday, the world's former No. 1 player beat Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-4 in a match postponed one day because of rain. That meant Azarenka reached the second round 72 hours after some players.
"I felt like I'm one of the last ones to start," she said. "It was a long wait, but I think performance-wise it was a good match."
The Australian Open champion in each of the past two years, the No. 3-seeded Azarenka is hoping for a breakthrough at Roland Garros, the only major where she has yet to reach a semifinal.
American women went 10-5 in the first round, including Jamie Hampton's first career French Open victory, an upset of No. 25 Lucie Safarova 7-6 (5), 3-6, 9-7. Hampton hit seven aces and overcame 50 unforced errors to outlast Safarova in the 2?-hour match.
Also part of the resurgence in U.S. fortunes was No. 29 Varvara Lepchenko, who reached the third round by whacking 22 forehand winners to defeat Elina Svitolina 7-6 (5), 6-1.
"A couple years ago, we weren't even in the scene," Hampton said. "There wasn't even a group of us. We've progressed, and I think the whole group will continue to progress. We've all got really good games. We're just trying to find our way on the clay right now."
Stumbling in the second round was American Mallory Burdette, who lost to No. 4-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-2. Burdette committed 28 unforced errors to five four Radwanska, last year's Wimbledon runner-up.
Radwanska's sister, Urszula, flopped in the follow-up to her victory over Venus Williams, losing 6-3, 6-3 against German qualifier Dinah Pfizenmaier
On the men's side, No. 24 Benoit Paire of France delighted a partisan crowd on Court Suzanne Lenglen by rallying past Marcos Baghdatis in a rain-interrupted first-round match, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4.
Paire, 24, acknowledged the pressure of being seeded at Roland Garros, where no Frenchman has won the title since 1983.
"Many TV channels are following me now," he said. "Also, in the past I could walk around with my parents and watch a few matches. It's no longer the case. People now tend to recognize me. It's Roland Garros, you know. They want me to go far. Does that mean more pressure on me? Yeah."
In second-round play, No. 4 David Ferrer broke serve eight times and beat fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France eliminated Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3. No. 10 Marin Cilic defeated 18-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Azarenka waited in vain to play for much of the day on a rainy Tuesday, but said she wasn't flustered by the delay.
"I just really was chilling the whole day, watching 'The Voice,'" she said. "It was incredible. I was so entertained. There's this girl, her name is Judith. She was a duet singer with Michael Jackson. She's absolutely incredible. I mean, I have no idea how sounds like that can come out of somebody's mouth. It's just, wow."
Fans might say the same thing about Azarenka, who wore down Vesnina with her noisy but steady baseline game, committing only 13 unforced errors. Vesnina, ranked 38th, fell to 1-19 against top-five players and has yet to take a set in five matches against Azarenka.
Azarenka needed only half an hour to win the first set, fell behind in the second, then finished with several booming strokes and a fist pump. Addressing the crowd afterward, she tried to match rival Serena Williams' feat of speaking French to the spectators, but stumbled.
"I know 'Je t'aime, Paris,' and I know 'Allez,'" she told the fans with a laugh. "Merci beaucoup."
Later, Azarenka said she doesn't mind the heavily favored Williams being the focus in the women's draw.
"Serena always has attention, no matter where she is," Azarenka said. "She has been around the game so much and the No. 1 player in the world. It's usual. For me it's important to show up for my job. Whatever is going on around, it's just entertaining for people. But I'm just focused on what I do and nobody else, really."
In other first-round matches, No. 7 Petra Kvitova outlasted wild card Aravane Rezai of France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and No. 12 Maria Kirilenko beat fellow Russian Nina Bratchikova 6-0, 6-1. No. 23 Klara Zakopalova lost to Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (3), 6-2.
"Ask not what your country can do for you ? ask what you can do for your country." These iconic words were first heard in the inaugural address of one of the most popular presidents (11th overall, according to Wikipedia) in the history of the United States. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was America's youngest president, its only non-Protestant president, and the country's only president to win a Pulitzer prize. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Boston, and assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Here are 12 quotes from America's 35th President.
- Ben Frederick,?Contributor
1. Self-sacrifice
?A man does what he must ? in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures ? and that is the basis of all human morality.?
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This is my program I have for keeping track of an inventory. What I'm trying to figure out is how I can store all of the information about that item that the user enters into an array called game. I thought of somehow using a for loop for incrementing through each index in the array and saving the user input from that iteration into the first index, but I can't figure out how to get that to work or even if that would work. What I would like this program to be able to do is save all of the user input from the first time through the loop into the first spot in the array, then on the second iteration save all of that user input about the item into spot 2 in the array, and so on.
I got my program to store input regarding a single item, I just want that input and all of the input from each iteration after that to be stored in a single array.
import java.util.Scanner; //Program uses utility Scanner public class InventoryProgram02{ public static void main(String args[]){ //Main method begins java application InventoryResources game = new InventoryResources(); //Creates new game object of class InventoryResources Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); //Creates new Scanner to gather user input InventoryResources[] game = new InventoryResources[5] //Lines 18-24, variable declaration String cleanInputBuffer; double gameNumber; String gameName; double gameQuantity; double gamePrice; double valueOfInventory; boolean end = false; int count; //Start of while loop while (end == false){ System.out.print("\nEnter in the name of the video game, \n"); //Prompt System.out.print("or enter in stop, if you're finished: "); //Prompt game.setgameName(input.nextLine()); //Saves user input to variable gameName System.out.print("\n"); //Start of if else statement if (game.getgameName().toLowerCase().equals("stop")){ //If sentinal value has been entered, end = true; //while loop stops, and program ends System.out.print("Program Terminated."); //Output displayed upon program completion } else{ System.out.printf("Enter in the number of %s games in stock,\n", game.getgameName()); //Prompt System.out.print("positive numbers only: "); //Prompt game.setgameQuantity(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gameQuantity variable System.out.print("\n"); // Outputs blank line System.out.printf("Enter in the price of each %s game,\n", game.getgameName()); //Prompt System.out.print("positive numbers only: $"); //Prompt game.setgamePrice(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gamePrice variable System.out.print("\n"); //Outputs blank line System.out.printf("Enter in the item number associated with %s: ", game.getgameName()); //Prompt game.setgameNumber(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gameNumber variable System.out.print("\n\n"); //Outputs 2 blank lines System.out.printf("The name of the video game in stock is %s.\n", game.getgameName()); //Outputs item name System.out.printf("\nThe item number associated with %s is %.2f\n", game.getgameName(), game.getgameNumber()); //Outputs item number System.out.printf("\nThe number of the %s games in stock is %.2f.\n", game.getgameName(), game.getgameQuantity()); //Outputs item quantity System.out.printf("\nThe price for each of the %s games is $%.2f.\n", game.getgameName(), game.getgamePrice()); //Outputs item price System.out.printf("\nThe total value of the %s stock is $%.2f.\n\n", game.getgameName(), game.getvalueOfInventory()); //Outputs value //of inventory cleanInputBuffer = input.nextLine(); //Cleans input buffer } } //End while loop } //End main method } //End InventoryProgram01 class
public class InventoryResources{ //lines 10-14, variables declaration public String itemName; public double itemNumber; public double itemQuantity; public double itemPrice; public double valueOfInventory; //Constructor with 6 arguments public InventoryResources(){ itemName = ""; itemNumber = 0; itemQuantity = 0; itemPrice = 0; valueOfInventory = 0; } public void setgameName(String gameName){ this.itemName = gameName; } public String getgameName(){ return itemName; } public void setgameQuantity(double gameQuantity){ this.itemQuantity = gameQuantity; } public double getgameQuantity(){ return itemQuantity; } public void setgameNumber(double gameNumber){ this.itemNumber = gameNumber; } public double getgameNumber(){ return itemNumber; } public void setgamePrice(double gamePrice){ this.itemPrice = gamePrice; } public double getgamePrice(){ return itemPrice; } public double getvalueOfInventory(){ return itemQuantity * itemPrice; } } //Ends InventoryResources class
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#2 GregBrannon ?
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Re: I need help saving user input in a single array
Posted Yesterday, 02:56 PM
If you're getting errors, you should post them, copied and pasted exactly as they appear to you. If you're not seeing errors, then you're not paying attention.
There are two variables of different types in the same scope (local to method main()) with the same name, 'game'. That's not allowed. Delete one of them.
Is InventoryResources a class that will contain a game's details? If so, why not call it Game or VideoGame?
The user's input will be entered into an instance of InventoryResources (with a better name), that is collected in the array games:
InventoryResources[] games = new InventoryResources[5];
Then an instance has to be created and filled with the user's input:
games[0] = new InventoryResources();
// get the video game's name and add it to the games[0] // instance games[0].setGameName( videoGameName );
etc . . .
Hope that helps.
#3 pbl ?
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Re: I need help saving user input in a single array
Posted Yesterday, 03:54 PM
That is an horror !!! Programming wise
The main() method should have only 3 to 5 lines the rest, in a OO approach (and Java is a OO language) should be within the class instance
#4 ryan4509 ?
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Re: I need help saving user input in a single array
Posted Yesterday, 09:42 PM
So what I'm trying to do here is keep track of an inventory of games which are stored in an array called mygames. The user enters in data about the games, which should be getting stored in the mygames array. Then when the user enters in stop for the name of the game, the program prints off the contents of the array.
The problem that I'm having here is that the information is not being stored in the mygames array, so when the program goes to output the contents of the array, it just prints off the data for the game from the most recent iteration of the loop. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, and why the information is not being stored in the mygames array.
My goal for the program is to have it continue looping through the for loop gathering user input and storing it in the mygames array, until the sentinel value ("stop") is entered. Then it should just print off all of the contents of the array that were entered up to that point.
I'm just starting off learning Java, so any help regarding this would be appreciated.
import java.util.Scanner; //Program uses utility Scanner public class InventoryProgram02{ public static void main(String args[]){ //Main method begins java application VideoGame game = new VideoGame(); Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); //Creates new Scanner to gather user input VideoGame[] mygames = new VideoGame[10]; //Lines 18-24, variable declaration String cleanInputBuffer; double gameNumber; String gameName; double gameQuantity; double gamePrice; double valueOfInventory; boolean end = false; int count; for (count = 0; count <=10; count++){ VideoGame myGame = new VideoGame(); mygames[count] = myGame; System.out.print("\nEnter in the name of the video game,\n"); //Prompt System.out.print("or enter in stop if your finished: "); game.setgameName(input.nextLine()); //Saves user input to variable gameName System.out.print("\n"); if (game.getgameName().toLowerCase().equals("stop")){ //If sentinal value has been entered, end = true; //while loop stops, and program ends for (int a = 0; a <=count; a++){ System.out.println("Title of game: " + game.getgameName()); System.out.println("Total in stock: " + game.getgameQuantity()); System.out.println("Price for each: " + game.getgamePrice()); System.out.println("Item number: " + game.getgameNumber()); System.out.println("Value of stock: " + game.getvalueOfInventory()); System.out.print("\n"); }//ends inner for }//ends if else{ System.out.printf("Enter in the number of %s games in stock,\n", game.getgameName()); //Prompt System.out.print("positive numbers only: "); //Prompt game.setgameQuantity(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gameQuantity variable System.out.print("\n"); // Outputs blank line System.out.printf("Enter in the price of each %s game,\n", game.getgameName()); //Prompt System.out.print("positive numbers only: $"); //Prompt game.setgamePrice(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gamePrice variable System.out.print("\n"); //Outputs blank line System.out.printf("Enter in the item number associated with %s: ", game.getgameName()); //Prompt game.setgameNumber(input.nextDouble()); //Saves user input to gameNumber variable System.out.print("\n\n"); //Outputs 2 blank lines cleanInputBuffer = input.nextLine(); //Cleans input buffer }//ends else }//ends outer for } //End main }//End class
public class VideoGame{ //lines 10-14, variables declaration public String itemName; public double itemNumber; public double itemQuantity; public double itemPrice; public double valueOfInventory; //Constructor with 5 arguments public VideoGame(){ itemName = ""; itemNumber = 0; itemQuantity = 0; itemPrice = 0; valueOfInventory = 0; } public void setgameName(String gameName){ this.itemName = gameName; } public String getgameName(){ return itemName; } public void setgameQuantity(double gameQuantity){ this.itemQuantity = gameQuantity; } public double getgameQuantity(){ return itemQuantity; } public void setgameNumber(double gameNumber){ this.itemNumber = gameNumber; } public double getgameNumber(){ return itemNumber; } public void setgamePrice(double gamePrice){ this.itemPrice = gamePrice; } public double getgamePrice(){ return itemPrice; } public double getvalueOfInventory(){ return itemQuantity * itemPrice; } } //Ends VideoGame class
#5 macosxnerd101 ?
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Re: I need help saving user input in a single array
Re: I need help saving user input in a single array
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As you can see I've made some modifications to my program from my original post, but I still can't get the program to accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish with it. The information is still not being stored in the my games array.
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