On Saturday, high officials in China announced their decision to drop plans to build a uranium processing plant in Jiangmen, Guandong.
Jiangmen's municipal government agreed to cancel this project in the aftermath of a protest organized by people living close to the uranium plant's proposed location. The protest was held on Friday, and more than 500 people took part in it, South China Morning Post informs us.
Not long after the protesters had gathered in the city's Donghu Square, the local government sent 100 police officers to deal with the problem.
The hundreds of people who wished to voice their complaints at the idea of building this uranium processing plant were soon sent to their homes, and promised that high officials would not move forward with this project.
However, many doubt these promises, and fear that they are just a stunt designed to keep them from protesting while the government is busy carrying on with its plans for the construction of the plant.
?The government officials are so corrupt. The accept lots of bribes that could support them to migrant to overseas. That's why they never seriously take care of our living safety,? one of the people taking part in this protest told the press.
?We don't believe the project will be dropped permanently, because our government has no credibility at all,? another one said.
Should it be built, this uranium plant would cover an area of 30 hectares. It would sit at a distance of roughly 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) from the cities of Hong Kong and Macau, whose residents also fear that their health might be affected by activities carried out at the facility.
As previously reported, China is presently dealing with a major air pollution crisis. The government hopes that, by switching to nuclear energy, the country will manage to lower air pollution levels and better protect public health.
As the NFL awaits another autumn, you might say it hasn't exactly been an enjoyable summer for the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos.
It took the Patriots less than five hours between the July arrest of Aaron Hernandez and his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder to sever ties with the All-Pro tight end before the first steps were taken in court, a departure from the way teams usually handle a star athlete in serious trouble.
"Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation," said the Patriots. "We realize law enforcement investigations into this matter are ongoing. We support their efforts and respect the process."
The Patriots removed Hernandez from the roster and the NFL stopped selling his jersey online.
Hernandez was charged with murder in the shooting of a friend, Odin Lloyd, who prosecutors said angered Hernandez in a Boston nightclub. Lloyd, a 27-year-old semipro football player, was shot five times while he was on the ground, raising his hand to try to save his life, according to prosecutors.
It was two weeks after Hernandez was charged with murder that Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested and accused of drunken driving in Nebraska while on probation for assaulting a police officer.
Dennard's arrest was his second in 15 months. He had yet to serve a 30-day jail sentence for his run-in with the police.
Meanwhile, over in Denver, the problems facing the Broncos had nothing to do with players, but with the front office.
Talk about wild.
A month after being hired as Denver's director of player personnel, Tom Heckert was facing DUI charges and Matt Russell, also involved in player personnel, was apologizing for his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.
"We're not perfect," said Broncos president Joe Ellis. "We admit it. You can say we apologized for it, but I think an apology rings hollow when you run into the back of a police car or you're blowing a blood alcohol limit that's three times the legal limit. I don't think fans, I don't think the public, I don't think anybody wants to hear an apology."
History tells us coaches, to some degree, will always be rolling the dice when it involves welcoming possible troublemakers to the roster. An agent told the Associated Press' Jim Litke there are "at least a dozen on every team," mainly on defense.
"They want guys who say, 'gimme the damn ball' and guys who can turn around and play after they get beat and start talking trash right away about how it won't ever happen again. Without those nasty, selfish guys, competing on a regular basis is practically impossible.''
Reversing its march towards creating a phone that requires a wheelbarrow to tote around town, Samsung has announced the 4.3-inch S4 mini. Though smaller than the regular S4, the mid-range S4 mini’s screen is still larger than the iPhone 5′s ...
We've got forums for the latest Android phones from Motorola and Samsung
It's been a busy 24 hours in the Android world, with two rumored devices graduating to official status. Last night brought the news that Motorola X Phone is indeed real, and will come to market as the Moto X later this year. Then this morning Samsung dropped the Galaxy S4 Mini on us -- a smaller 4.3-inch, mid-range version of its current flagship, due out this summer.
If you're thinking about picking up either phone, you'll want to head on over to the Android Central forum community, where we've got forums set up for both the Moto X and the GS4 Mini. The AC forums are the place for all your thoughts, opinions and speculation in the run up to launch!
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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
Posted Yesterday, 10:13 PM
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.
Adult stem cells could hold key to curing Type 1 diabetesPublic release date: 29-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Michael Muin muinm@health.missouri.edu 573-884-7541 University of Missouri School of Medicine
Combining cells from bone marrow with new drug restores insulin production
Millions of people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin injections to survive. They would die without the shots because their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect. Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized. The revelation is leading to a potential cure that combines adult stem cells with a promising new drug.
The discovery is reported in the current online issue of Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association's flagship research publication. Habib Zaghouani, PhD, J. Lavenia Edwards Chair in Pediatrics, leads the research with his team at the MU School of Medicine.
"We discovered that type 1 diabetes destroys not only insulin-producing cells but also blood vessels that support them," Zaghouani said. "When we realized how important the blood vessels were to insulin production, we developed a cure that combines a drug we created with adult stem cells from bone marrow. The drug stops the immune system attack, and the stem cells generate new blood vessels that help insulin-producing cells to multiply and thrive."
Surrounded by an army of students and a colony of mice, Zaghouani has spent the past 12 years in his lab at MU studying autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes. Often called juvenile diabetes, the disease can lead to numerous complications, including cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, nerve damage, osteoporosis and blindness.
Type 1 diabetes attacks the pancreas. The organ, which is about the size of a hand and located in the abdomen, houses cell clusters called islets. Islets contain beta cells that make insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. In people with type 1 diabetes, beta cells no longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked and destroyed them.
When the immune system strikes the beta cells, the attack causes collateral damage to capillaries that carry blood to and from the islets. The damage done to the tiny blood vessels led Zaghouani on a new path toward a cure.
In previous studies, Zaghouani and his team developed a drug against type 1 diabetes called Ig-GAD2. They found that treatment with the drug stopped the immune system from attacking beta cells, but too few beta cells survived the attack to reverse the disease. In his latest study, Zaghouani used Ig-GAD2 and then injected adult stem cells from bone marrow into the pancreas in the hope that the stem cells would evolve into beta cells.
"The combination of Ig-GAD2 and bone marrow cells did result in production of new beta cells, but not in the way we expected," Zaghouani said. "We thought the bone marrow cells would evolve directly into beta cells. Instead, the bone marrow cells led to growth of new blood vessels, and it was the blood vessels that facilitated reproduction of new beta cells. In other words, we discovered that to cure type 1 diabetes, we need to repair the blood vessels that allow the subject's beta cells to grow and distribute insulin throughout the body."
Zaghouani is pursuing a patent for his promising treatment and hopes to translate his discovery from use in mice to humans. He is continuing his research with funding from the National Institutes of Health and MU.
"This is extremely exciting for our research team," he said. "Our discovery about the importance of restoring blood vessels has the potential to be applied not only to type 1 diabetes but also a number of other autoimmune diseases."
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Adult stem cells could hold key to curing Type 1 diabetesPublic release date: 29-May-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Michael Muin muinm@health.missouri.edu 573-884-7541 University of Missouri School of Medicine
Combining cells from bone marrow with new drug restores insulin production
Millions of people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin injections to survive. They would die without the shots because their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect. Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized. The revelation is leading to a potential cure that combines adult stem cells with a promising new drug.
The discovery is reported in the current online issue of Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association's flagship research publication. Habib Zaghouani, PhD, J. Lavenia Edwards Chair in Pediatrics, leads the research with his team at the MU School of Medicine.
"We discovered that type 1 diabetes destroys not only insulin-producing cells but also blood vessels that support them," Zaghouani said. "When we realized how important the blood vessels were to insulin production, we developed a cure that combines a drug we created with adult stem cells from bone marrow. The drug stops the immune system attack, and the stem cells generate new blood vessels that help insulin-producing cells to multiply and thrive."
Surrounded by an army of students and a colony of mice, Zaghouani has spent the past 12 years in his lab at MU studying autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes. Often called juvenile diabetes, the disease can lead to numerous complications, including cardiovascular disease, kidney damage, nerve damage, osteoporosis and blindness.
Type 1 diabetes attacks the pancreas. The organ, which is about the size of a hand and located in the abdomen, houses cell clusters called islets. Islets contain beta cells that make insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. In people with type 1 diabetes, beta cells no longer make insulin because the body's immune system has attacked and destroyed them.
When the immune system strikes the beta cells, the attack causes collateral damage to capillaries that carry blood to and from the islets. The damage done to the tiny blood vessels led Zaghouani on a new path toward a cure.
In previous studies, Zaghouani and his team developed a drug against type 1 diabetes called Ig-GAD2. They found that treatment with the drug stopped the immune system from attacking beta cells, but too few beta cells survived the attack to reverse the disease. In his latest study, Zaghouani used Ig-GAD2 and then injected adult stem cells from bone marrow into the pancreas in the hope that the stem cells would evolve into beta cells.
"The combination of Ig-GAD2 and bone marrow cells did result in production of new beta cells, but not in the way we expected," Zaghouani said. "We thought the bone marrow cells would evolve directly into beta cells. Instead, the bone marrow cells led to growth of new blood vessels, and it was the blood vessels that facilitated reproduction of new beta cells. In other words, we discovered that to cure type 1 diabetes, we need to repair the blood vessels that allow the subject's beta cells to grow and distribute insulin throughout the body."
Zaghouani is pursuing a patent for his promising treatment and hopes to translate his discovery from use in mice to humans. He is continuing his research with funding from the National Institutes of Health and MU.
"This is extremely exciting for our research team," he said. "Our discovery about the importance of restoring blood vessels has the potential to be applied not only to type 1 diabetes but also a number of other autoimmune diseases."
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Apps right on your TV including Facebook, Twitter, TSN Xtra and more
The most HD On Demand content (with exclusive reviews and recos from Rotten Tomatoes) and the largest HD recording capacity (up to 100 hours)
The best on-screen guide available, with picture-in-picture and extensive search options
The ability to set, play back and manage recordings on up to 6 TVs, pause and rewind live TV on every TV, and record 4 shows at once with just one PVR.
Fast-growing Fibe TV Fibe TV is now available across Montr?al, Qu?bec City and Toronto, with multiple new locations being added in 2013, including Aurora, Barrie, Hamilton, Markham, Milton, Newmarket, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Stoney Creek and Vaughan in Ontario, and Laval and South Shore and North Shore Montr?al in Qu?bec. Available to more than 3.3 million households now, Fibe TV will be accessible to a million more by the end of the year.
Fibe TV gained 47,463 new customers in the first quarter of 2013, a 41.9% increase over 2012 and more net new subscribers in Q1 than any other TV service - in fact, Bell's major cable competitors had a net loss of customers in the same time frame. Bell now has at least 295,761 Fibe TV subscribers, 147% more than at the end of Q1 last year.
About Bell Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and business customers with leading TV, Internet, wireless, home phone and business communications solutions. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital media. Bell is wholly owned by Montr?al's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For more information, please visit Bell.ca.
The Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative is a national charitable program that promotes Canadian mental health across Canada with the Bell Let'/s Talk Day anti-stigma campaign and support for community care, research and workplace best practices. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
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Image with caption: "Bell today announced the exclusive, first in Canada launch of the new Fibe TV Wireless TV Receiver (CNW Group/Bell Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130527_C2415_PHOTO_EN_27092.jpg
Image with caption: " A Wireless Receiver Transmitter connects up to 5 new Fibe TV Wireless TV Receivers around the home (CNW Group/Bell Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130527_C2415_PHOTO_EN_27095.jpg
Image with caption: "A Wireless Receiver Transmitter connects up to 5 new Fibe TV Wireless TV Receivers around the home. (CNW Group/Bell Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20130527_C2415_PHOTO_EN_27094.jpg
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