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... and it makes version control diffs shorter and to the point.
... and it makes version control diffs shorter and to the point.
...and makes global search and replace easier, because you can more often use plain strings, rather than having to construct a regex.
Coding style has one function and one function only: To keep the Aspergers productive. For normally functioning people, any coding style is as good as any other (in other words anything that isn't a mess), but for Aspergers it is important it is consistant and strictly enforced, otherwise they will complain loudly and start arguing over which style is better (as evidence I present every thread in this story).
After enforcing strict coding style only one more thing is important to keep the Aspergers productive: Never mention or talk about coding style, and forbid anybody from ever bringing it up. If it is brought up, nothing will get done that day.
JetBrains IDEs allow you to do that... I can't imagine that most don't have context rules for adding blank lines.
Eclipse can do it. You can setup a formatting style and then have it auto-format on save or do it manually with Ctrl+Shift+F.
Here's a screenshoft [imgur.com].
That's along the lines what I was thinking (but not exactly). A good IDE makes coding styles far less important than they use to be. I can load someone's horrendous looking K&R styled code, hit the "reformat" keyboard shortcut, and have readable code as a result.
Coding style only matters if you're not using a decent IDE.
.. and then you commit your changes and everyone wants to kill you. You just broke all their patches.
There have been various proposals for an IDE that stores the sources as a raw format that has no formatting, and you apply the formatting in the view, but they obviously have the disadvantage of not working with a plain text editor, needing a special IDE, probably a special version control system as well.
Code editors (at least most of them) are still stuck in a dark age where everything comes down to hand-crafted ASCII-art, which is complete and utter bullshit. Editors could and should work much closer, if not directly on, the AST of the language in question, and completely abstract away all those pesky details like indenting scopes or formatting comment blocks "properly". That stuff should be left to user preference and style sheets.
But I guess that would put an immediate end to the religious zeal displayed in tabs-vs-spaces (it's of course ts=8 sw=4 noexpandtab, noobs!), would not mask syntax errors in gobs of meticulously crafted gunk, and take all the "fun" out of programming.
Of course coding style fucking matters. Code's generally going to be part of a much larger product that existed long before you joined a company and will continue to exist long after. You don't want the codebase turned into some sort of elaborate puzzle with 200 different methods of laying out code contained within. Uniformity makes maintenance much easier.
coding style fucking
- I am aware of different styles of fucking, but this new 'coding style fucking' intrigues me. So you are coding and she is
Out of curiosity, why do you prefer tabs? Seems like unless everyone has the same tab size set, it can make the code more difficult to read than spaces.
Further, most IDEs and text editors have "smart tabs", allowing the simplicity of working with tabs even though you're using spaces.
I use tabs because anyone can set the width to whatever they like (2, 4 or 8 spaces usually).
I use tabs because anyone can set the width to whatever they like (2, 4 or 8 spaces usually).
There still exists a lot of tools that assume tab stops are 8, without the ability to change them. Some people use those tools by choice, some people use those tools by mandate.
And when you use tabs, it doesn't matter what tab size they assume. That is the point. Proper use of tabs means you use tabs to indent to the block level and spaces for further indentation, like so:
<-tab->a = long expression
And when you use tabs, it doesn't matter what tab size they assume. That is the point. Proper use of tabs means you use tabs to indent to the block level and spaces for further indentation, like so: { <-tab->a = long expression <-tab->____continued; }
It does matter, because some tools that are hard coded to 8 space tabs make things hard to read, like side by side diffs.
Also, I have used editors, like the AS/400 editor SEU, which displays a single inverse block character for tabs. It was pretty much impossible for me to maintain that code until I converted the project from tabs to spaces.
I use tabs because anyone can set the width to whatever they like (2, 4 or 8 spaces usually).
That only works if you're also careful to use spaces for all additional indentation used to line things up -- and in many cases lining things up can significantly improve readability.
I used tabs for base indentation (to the block depth) and spaces for extra indentation for a while, but even with good editor support I ultimately decided that it just caused me to spend too much time playing with whitespace.
If you want your code to look good no matter what the tab width is there's only one practical way:
Tabs indent, spaces align. Your code should look equally good no matter whether tabstop is three characters or eight.
Tabs indent, spaces align. I do this with my own code too. When I use different editors with different tab settings, I often don't even change the tab setting, my code still aligns nicely, just bigger indent. And this is from someone how loves to align things, even inserting spaces or changing variable names to get all "=" nicely linked up in variable initialisations.
Even when I break lines (on my small netbook screen), use the appropriate number of tabs to match the indent, then align the
rest with spaces,
Out of curiosity, why do you prefer tabs? Seems like unless everyone has the same tab size set, it can make the code more difficult to read than spaces.
For the same reason why CSS was invented to style HTML. Tabs are entirely font-agnostic and they are semantic. Spaces are not, and are directly visual.
There are people who like two characters of indentation and there are those who like eight. Some like six! There are people who like proportional fonts for coding. There are people who like special narrow monospaced pixel fonts. Even Consolas on Windows, a very popular coding font, is narrower than the standard monospaced width, so code is less indented with Consolas than Courier.
Tabs are also easier on the eyes if you have "show special characters" turned on in your IDE. Also, tabs are easier to work with if you ever need to run some regex on your code.
There are no benefits whatsoever to using spaces, only downsides.
For the same reason why CSS was invented to style HTML. Tabs are entirely font-agnostic and they are semantic. Spaces are not, and are directly visual.
We're talking about code here. Is anyone using anything but a monospaced font when viewing it?
We're talking about code here. Is anyone using anything but a monospaced font when viewing it?
Yes, plenty of people. I was using a proportional font for a while when I had a low-res monitor and needed more stuff on the screen. I have two coworkers using proportional fonts right now.
What is readable to one person might very well not be readable to someone else. That is why some people like their code on black backgrounds and some will get severe eye strain if they look at white-on-black for a couple of minutes.
Nevertheless, see the post above about monospaced fonts wildly differing in character width
Yes, plenty of people. I was using a proportional font for a while when I had a low-res monitor and needed more stuff on the screen. I have two coworkers using proportional fonts right now.
I havrn't seen this first-hand, so thank you for the information.
(I'm not being snarky - and on Slashdot I do feel the need to say that!)
Here's the funny thing, and I'm honestly not joking: one of these guys is using Comic Sans as his coding font, as he's dyslexic and it helps him. The other is using Tahoma, because it's very narrow.
Visual preferences vary. That is why we are able to set our own fonts and colours in our IDEs. It is strictly a personal thing. I'm a black-on-white guy, but the Tahoma guy from above is using the old Borland nineties colour scheme, yellow-on-blue. Strangely enough, I "grew up" on those same colours, and since switching to LCD monitors, I can't stand it any longer. No idea why...
Yeah, I remember that. Always thought it was ugly, but it seemed to be pretty readable on CGA.
Gotta agree on the whole tab thing. Logical code indents should be tabs. Thankfully I'm in charge of coding practices (and everything else) at my place, so yay we get to do it
one of these guys is using Comic Sans as his coding font, as he's dyslexic and it helps him
Has he looked into fonts designed to help dyslexics, like Gill Dyslexic [pixelscript.net] and Open-Dyslexic [dyslexicfonts.com]?
Some people don't even use a font- I work with a blind programmer. He uses a screen reader.
There are no benefits whatsoever to using spaces, only downsides.
Yes, when you have your HTML editor set to show 2 character indents for tabs, but your browser's 'view source' option shows it at as 8.
Besides using a non-monospace font, it will always look the same no matter what editor you (or someone else) brings it up in.
Flexibility has it's downsides, just as being too rigid has its downsides.
It's a choice. Most people pick one and stick with it.
There are no benefits whatsoever to using spaces, only downsides.
Until you want to evaluate some code, and paste it into some console which treats tab as auto-complete. I generally much prefer tabs, but this behavior drives me nuts, and has in some cases pushed me to spaces--and now I'm remembering how much I hated all the nonsense with spaces...
Well they are clearly superior. That is the entire point of a tab. Why use the space character as a crappy replacement when you have tabs.
Learn one word: consistency.
Be consistent from one piece of code to the next, from one project to the next. Be consistent about your design ideas, be consistent in your thinking. It's going to help you and anybody else working on the same stuff.
Everything else is sugar.
I do not see any point in coding styles whatsoever. All they do is slow down coding for all but the two guys that actually like the coding style as defined; for the rest it's needless busy-work to comply.
I agree that one persons code should look consistent; so someone should pick a style and stick with it. Also if I am making a SMALL change in someone else's code, I try to mimick the style of code around it.
It's so easy to run a code formatter on something now that someone else can read code however they
Note to self, don't hire this one.
The reason we enforce code style is the same that we enforce requirements traceability. We must have maintainable, auditable code. If we were writing throwaway scripts to delete old comments on a website, perhaps that would be okay. However, when we're writing production code that needs to work and be maintained, code style is very important. Yes, we audit code. Yes, it works. We have yet to have gotten hit with a real-world exploit, critical bug or unexpected behavior from
I do not see any point in coding styles whatsoever. All they do is slow down coding for all but the two guys that actually like the coding style as defined; for the rest it's needless busy-work to comply.
It depends. Some people here seem to be defining "readability" and "documentation/comments" as coding style - and I do think readable, well-commented code is important.
Otherwise I tend to line up with you. I will admit, though, that I've never been part of a large group jointly working on a software project. When I'm dealing with another person's code, most of the time it's something another person wrote by himself, and I'm now having to add some feature or fix some bug after the fact.
Coding style is not just be about making code look pretty (according to someone's personal definition of pretty). The purpose of a coding standard is to make the code more readable and thus, more understandable. Having the code look consistent helps in that regard.
Most of the time as a programmer is not spent on producing code but on skimming through other people's code and trying to figure out how something works, or why something doesn't work. Time is money, and it is better that a code writer spends a few extra seconds on making the code more readable than a code reader spending maybe fifteen minutes on the same piece of code because he misunderstood some detail of it the first time around because it was written in a weird way.
There are some things that are more important than whitespace and braces, that are too often overlooked. A coding style/code standard should also include conventions for code patterns, comments and how to choose reasonable variable names
I've never seen how to choose variable names or when to comment in a coding style. Typically, people are expected to just know that. Every coding style guideline I've ever used has been nit picky bullshit about braces and spacing, enforced by that one anal retentive asshole every workplace seems to have.
The purpose of a coding standard is to make the code more readable and thus, more understandable.
That is EXACTLY why you should let people code the way they like, as long as the way they code is consistent.
Developers have a natural coding style they find more readable, letting them work on code they find more readable is beneficial in development.
When you are done, yes you will find modules where code differs in look. But that does not really matter; generally code is understandable by those coming along l
I do not see any point in coding styles whatsoever.
then you have never worked on a free software collaborative project; you have never submitted patches to free software projects; you have never worked for a large software engineering firm with ISO9001 (Software TickIT) practices in place; in fact you have probably never worked with revision control tools ever in your life.
please allow me to know exactly who you are so that i never, ever employ you or allow you to go anywhere *near* any of the free software projects i am involved in or will be involved in,
then you have never worked on a free software collaborative project; you have never submitted patches to free software projects; you have never worked for a large software engineering firm with ISO9001 (Software TickIT) practices in place;
I have worked with large engineering firms; I have not have submitted small patches to OS projects long ago but as I noted, for small changes I mimic existing coding style.
I have worked with dozens of teams ranging in size from two to thirty or so.
in fact you have probab
Mine is best, yours sucks to the extent that it isn't mine and most editor/IDE authors are too lazy to make mediating style a critical feature; but they seem to be slowly getting there. Now get those goddam spaces out of my indents so I don't have to get carpal tunnel, or else make me an editor smart enough to automaticly import them as tabs and export them as spaces so that we can just. stop. talking. about it.
There are no shortage of automated systems perfectically capable of (re)formatting code. For this reason personal choices with regards to tabstops, bracing, spacing and general layout simply does not matter.
As far as non-decorative conventions and comments..consistency obviously generally helpful.
I do believe there is diminishing returns on overdoing it with added danger of folks not being able to function effectivly in environments where code is produced by other groups outside your administrative control
There are no shortage of automated systems perfectically capable of (re)formatting code. For this reason personal choices with regards to tabstops, bracing, spacing and general layout simply does not matter.
Until source control systems work on semantics and not textual diffs, it is not as simple as that. If I get your code, reformat it to my style, change 2 lines and check it back in, I have completely polluted it as far as a diff goes.
If you want to have a rule that says all code gets run through a formatter prior to check-in, that would work, but it would mean that everyone would spend lots of time converting to and from the approved check in style.
I'm not advocating this, but it's simple enough to do this with, say, automatic git hooks (pre commit, reformat the code, on checkout, format it back how you like it). No extra work on the developer's part.
Unless you use a version control method which can autoformat on checkin and checkout
Python Reference Manual: 2.1.8 Indentation [python.org]: Leading whitespace (spaces and tabs) at the beginning of a logical line is used to compute the indentation level of the line, which in turn is used to determine the grouping of statements. First, tabs are replaced (from left to right) by one to eight spaces such that the total number of characters up to and including the replacement is a multiple of eight (this is intended to be the same rule as used by Unix). The total number of spaces preceding the first non-bla
Which is all fine and dandy if your company primarily writes code in Python where the whitespace is a fundamental part of the language. For everybody else who has to switch between C++ / Java / C# / CSS / HTML / SQL / JavaScript / Perl / PHP etc. and doesn't use Python *at all* there are "best practices" for coding style in each, most contradicting each other.
And that's why I've wasted weeks of my life fixing Python bugs due to developers using different amounts of spacing. Python took the worst possible path- requiring whitespace to have meaning, but not requiring a specific type/amount of whitespace. Had they made n spaces the requirement for an indent and anything other than n an error, it would have been fine. As it is, it's completely broken and a large cause of errors on every python programmer with more than 1 dev I've ever worked on. It's to the poi
Well maybe that's going to be fixed. Let's see:
>>> from __future__ import braces
File "", line 1
SyntaxError: not a chance
PS: That's real, try it yourself
I don't really care how you *format* your code. Do you put the brackets on the same line as the beginning statement? Do you put a space between the function name and parentheses? Do you double-space your code? I don't give a fuck. That's all syntax. It's easy to figure out.
Coding style is more important to me, how the actual *code* works. Do you initialize your variables as soon as possible? Do you properly use for loops and while loops? If you use recursion, does it make sense? Do you give your variables meaningful names like $activityType, or useless ones like $_a? How do you decide when to break something out into a function?
I work on a project with several other people. We all have our unique styles, both for format and for code. I, for instance, have been told I code with a "LISP accent", rarely storing the return values of a function in a variable, rather using the return value as an argument to another function. Another puts a blank line between nearly any two statements. Another assiduously follows some code formatting standard nobody else in the company has read.
Although it can make it harder to work on each other's code, it has one benefit - you can easily tell who wrote the code. "Putting the braces on a new line? This must be Pete's code!" or "There's an underscore at the front of every variable name? This must be Jimmy's code!" or "There's a for loop that starts ''for (;;){''? This must be Kevin's code!".
And if I do go in to "someone else's code" and change or fix things, I follow their style, more or less. Unless I'm completely rewriting a section, or making enough of a change that it should be considered a rewrite.
I like you. There are style things that are important, but it's not how the code is laid out in the editor. Concentrate on the important things, not the things everyone has to deal with.
As said, coding style on that level is something everyone who writes code professionally can adapt to.
When learning at university I was very focused on writing the cleanest, best coding style possible and that kind of focus has paid off. You end up rewriting code many times but at the end you just get it, your code feels right and people tell you your code is good.
If you haven't spent every day of writing code back in university trying to figure out how to write clean code then you're more than likely one o
"Although it can make it harder to work on each other's code, it has one benefit - you can easily tell who wrote the code."
and that's SO worth the price of admission since it's so hard to achieve that otherwise.
"And if I do go in to "someone else's code" and change or fix things, I follow their style, more or less."
Which really helps everyone tell who wrote the code.
It's amazing how hard people are trying to justify their own prejudices here.
1. Use spaces instead of tabs.
2. Make your code readable by humans.
Consistency is nice, but comments are way better. I could care less if someone uses spaces or tabs between shit, as long as it has comments about what the code is doing or trying to do, I'm happy. Well, was happy, I don't really code anymore.
The best article that I've ever read on coding style is Style is Substance [artima.com] by Ken Arnold.
I won't repeat what he has to say here, because he explains it better than I could. But I wish that more programming languages would follow what he is advocating, because we waste way too much time arguing about braces and tabs.
Just use Artistic Style [sourceforge.net] for C and its derivatives C++, C#, and Java. I usually set it for "--style=ansi", but that's a project preference. External code is run through Artistic Style before use. This way, everyone knows the indentation is consistent.
For Python, of course, there are few formatting options, so this isn't an issue. Dreamweaver will indent HTML. Javascript remains a problem.
Almost all the posted comments are talking about formatting (tabs vs spaces, indentation, line breaks, etc).
While its good to be consistent with these. Style is so much more.
Consistant naming schemes for variables/functions/classes/methods etc.
Useful and meaningful comments.
Handling non-expected input and states gracefully
Catching and handling of exceptions
meaningful feedback to the user if there is a problem.
I would call all these
In my experience, "messy code" is a good indicator of "messy development". I strongly believe that the structure and appearance of the code is a insight into the developer's brain. And messy code: Usually means trouble ahead.
And yes: IDEs can help with automatically formatting code: It's good since it allows developers to spot obvious mistakes, and it's bad because it allows bad developers to hide structural errors. But probably good overall.
There's more to coding style than simply inde
My don'ts list is getting shorter and shorter. Most programmers have reasons why they produce the code the way they do. Lack of experience should be met with understanding and appreciation for improvements.
When writing code everything matters.
Forcing people to follow a style I think is counter productive. It prevents the styles from evolving. In recent years for example people have been moving towards using better naming rather than commenting.
Strict rules prevent creativity and for that reason I disagree with the conclusions of the article to require one. Requiring anything more than just to follow a style no matter what that style may be and to try to maintain the existing code in the style that it was in i
Format your code so that the coders can read it.
If your'e on your own, format how you like.
If you're on someone else's project, format how they like.
The compiler truly does not give a rat's behind about it, so approach it as a people issue.
And that means being prepared to capitulate if someone else in charge wants things done their way.
The compiler doesn't care how you format the code.
Your boss, however, might.
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A three-car accident Saturday night on North Ave. shut down a portion of the road for several hours and caused serious injuries to one driver.
The accident happened shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday night and happened when two vehicles traveling east bound collided near 18th St.
The collision forced one of the vehicles into the median, taking out a street light post and hitting a pick-up truck driving in the west bound lanes.
The drivers in the two initial vehicles were described as one 20-year-old male and one 18-year-old female and the male driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital.
As of midnight, Grand Junction Police Department officials say the driver was listed as serious but stable.
Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash and the accident investigation team kept a stretch of North Ave. closed to determine the cause of the crash.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Deliberations in the corruption case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have been delayed for a day.
The court said the delay was caused because of a juror's problem. Details were not released, and there was no indication whether the juror would be replaced with an alternate.
Deliberations are to resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The jury broke for the evening Monday after hearing closing arguments in the morning and deliberating for more than three hours in the afternoon.
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Rep. Allen West's Attack called "sexist, ugly"
By George Bennett
Posted: 9:29 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2011
EMILYs List, the political action committee that backs female candidates (almost exclusively Democrats) who support abortion rights, accused U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, of a sexist, ugly attack for his scathing Tuesday e-mail to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston.
Not long after the PAC put out its statement, Democratic candidate Lois Frankel who has been endorsed by EMILYs List and used it for money-raising help in her primary against Patrick Murphy weighed in with a statement criticizing Wests out of control, rude, sexist and completely inappropriate remarks.
In addition to calling Wasserman Schultz vile, unprofessional and despicable and a coward for criticizing him on the floor of the House, Wests e-mail added, You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me!
Said Frankel: Congressman West owes an apology to every woman whos been told to shut up and sit quietly in the corner and to every senior citizen who, if West and his right wing allies get their way, will have to worry about whether they will be able to afford their health care.
To use the liberals language:
West told truth to POWER!!!111!!1!11!
It's karma. She got what she deserved.
She got hoisted on her petard!!111!!11!
West slapped her down. (Liberals would probably say "bitch slapped")
West is my hero!!!! I LOVE him.
Wasserman Schultz is GOING down!!11!!11
West for PRESIDENT!!11!!11!
Oh and liberals. When one of yours acts like Wasserman Schultz did and said what she did - it doesn't matter what any of you say about what West said. Was West civil. No. But then Wasserman Schultz wasn't civil either and SHE STARTED IT. You can't continually complain about Republicans being uncivil when your side starts it.
Well you can, but thinking people see the hypocrisy and think badly of YOU. Wasserman-Schultz isn't going to gain points by claiming victim status. Neither are liberals.
But you can have a nice circle jerk at DU like always.
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Friday, 10 February 2012
Source: Queensland University of Technology
One billion items of clothing arrive on our shores every year from China alone - many of which are destined to become landfill.
However, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) fashion student Alice Payne, who is in the final year of a PhD investigating sustainability in mass market fashion, hopes that changing the mindset of consumers and designers may help lessen the environmental impact of looking trendy.
"In 2000-2001 fast fashion went berserk and by 2003 designers were doing monthly or weekly product drops," she said.
"Now there are some fashions that, trend wise, last just a few weeks."
While undertaking her PhD studies, Ms Payne came up with ThinkLifecycle, a concept which could be used as an internal knowledge sharing tool within design companies to post images, links, comments and articles or to flag concerns.
The Content Management System (CMS) would be structured to make companies think about the garment lifecycle from fibre, known as the cradle, to grave.
The concept, which earned her the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion's Unique Enterprise Award recently, is currently in the demonstration phase.
"I can see ThinkLifecycle being used in the industry as a jumping off point for fashion companies to think about sustainability in product design - what new materials are out there; how they can consider the use phase and end of life of their garments; whether they can offer services as well as or instead of more product," Ms Payne said.
"It differs from existing tools as it will be customised by each company, so the research they collect and the ideas they generate are unique to their particular needs and market.
"The ideas can come from collaborations from their own staff members."
Though the biggest growth area in the fashion industry is fast fashion - cheap clothing which is only designed to be worn for a short period - Ms Payne said it was largely ignored by sustainability researchers.
"The mass market isn't a sexy area like the high-end luxury market," she said.
"But the reality is we have to figure out how to sustainably handle the demands of 7 billion people needing to be dressed.
"ThinkLifecycle will help members of the fashion industry to begin a conversation related to sustainability, fashion and the garment lifecycle within the forum and knowledgebase."
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MicroRNA Biomarkers Provide Reliable Diagnosis from Blood Samples
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Data published in BMC Cancer and PLoS ONE show that febit's tailored biochips enable the identification of miRNA biomarker signatures for diagnosing lung cancer and multiple sclerosis from blood samples
LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Data published in BMC Cancer and PLoS ONE show that microRNA (miRNA) biomarkers provide reliable and highly differentiated diagnosis from blood samples for lung cancer and multiple sclerosis. The invasive and often painful procedure of collecting patient tissue samples may become obsolete in the coming years.
A research group led by Prof. Eckart Meese at the University of Saarland
(Germany) investigated the performance of an innovative miRNA analysis method developed by febit biomed gmbh in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.
Using febit's Geniom RT Analyzer, biomarker sets of 24 (lung cancer) and 48 (multiple sclerosis) miRNAs have been identified. They provide accurate
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Political / Nation simulation games
Hey guys! I've been curious about this for quite sometime -- are there any sims out there? I'm hoping for something along the lines of Nationstates, Cyber Nations, Peacemaker...basically something a little more in-depth than We Rule, We City, or City Story. Something a little more serious, I guess. Fingers crossed!


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Herbert Randolph Sugar: June 7, 1937-March 25, 2012 Forever Missed [03:52]
Boxing sufered a major knockdown with the passing of Herbert Rudolph (Bert) Sugar. This man was a diret influence on me and my passion for boxing. He will be sorely missed. Please feel free to comment, rate and SUBSCRIBE.
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There has been a string of reports over the last 24 hours that the deal between PokerStars and the US Department of Justice to purchase Full Tilt Poker is "done," set in stone and that an announcement is imminent. Reports vary on the exact timing of the day of the announcement: Some implied yesterday, more said Monday and others claim Tuesday.
No official announcement has come from any party involved and, until that time, the deal is not complete.
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Construction of the new colossal squid display tank is almost complete, and we hope to transfer the squid into it on Wednesday 6th August.
The design of a tank to safely store and display the specimen has presented Te Papa with a considerable challenge and we have been assisted by Wellman Associates Ltd in Hawera and Etech Industries in Palmerston North.
Tank dimensions are approximately 4.6m long x 1.6m wide x 0.9m deep, and the design needed to make allowance for:
- lighting inside the tank;
- dealing with possible air bubbles in the storage fluid;
- it had to allow access for sampling the storage fluid to check acidity levels and for any signs of bacterial contamination;
- there has to be flexible panels to allow for contraction and expansion of the volume of fluid with temperature changes;
- Plus, allowing easy access for us to lift the 495 kg specimen in and out!
All of which has to be achieved while still making it easy for visitors to see the squid – including providing wheelchair access.
The specimen will be displayed with around 5,000 litres of storage solution. The total weight of the specimen, fluid and tank has meant we have had to check the floor loadings to find a suitable location for the display! Before we began, we looked at existing public displays of giant squid specimens around the world and considered two different tank types – stainless steel tanks with an acrylic lid which allow visitors to look down at the squid, but offers limited viewing from the side, or clear acrylic tanks which allow visitors to view the whole squid side on.
Finally we made the decision to build a stainless steel tank with an acrylic lid because this allows us to use more dramatic lighting without problems of reflection (an acrylic tank is much more difficult to light because of this). Any clouding of the fluid, or accumulation of debris from the specimen will be less obvious as it will sink to the bottom, and a curved acrylic lid will allow air bubbles to float to the sides and not impede the view of the squid. The mounting system for the specimen (a series of Perspex rods to hold the specimen in place) will be less obvious, and the top down view into the stainless steel tank will give more of a sense of "mystery and drama".
The specimen has had several weeks in the formalin fixing solution, and is now much more rigid, so we will be able to handle it much easier than before when there was a risk of tearing the soft tissues. Firstly we will turn the specimen over (we still haven't seen the top side!) and repair a split in the mantle which was damaged during the process of landing the squid on the fishing boat. Once the repairs have been made and the squid manoeuvered onto a lifting mat, we will lift it out of the fixing tank and into the display tank. We hope to have the webcam operational again, so viewers will be able to watch the process – details to come as soon as we finalise dates and times!
The transfer of the specimen to the display tank is only the first step. Once moved to the new tank the squid will have to be mounted on acrylic supports so that it doesn't collapse into a humongous blob at the bottom, and rotated slightly so the eye can be seen. As the beak is concealed at the centre of the arms, we will also be displaying the beak (and various other parts, such as eggs, suckers and hooks), from the smaller dissected colossal squid – all of this part of the exhibition will have to be constructed, and text and labels prepared before we can even start thinking about installation in the gallery later in the year. Construction of the tank was contracted out to E-tech Industries in Palmerston North, while most of the display will be prepared in-house at Te Papa.


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Indie developer Adhesive Games made a bit of a splash with the first teaser trailer for Hawken, a multi-player mech combat game set in the ruins of a devastated futuristic metropolis. The game is still very much "in development," but the team has released a new trailer comprised of in-game footage captured "mostly during team deathmatch matches."
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Though visually incredible (especially for an indie), the Adhesive team notes on Hawken's official site that many more features and gameplay modes will be revealed, in time.
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I'm going to say that he will NOT.
Interested to hear others thoughts, but I truly believe Krivsky will not allow Griffey to be the CF'er in 07.
If he does, he will have lost almost all credibility in my eyes.
How hollow will his proclamations of the importance of defense ring if his CF'er has the worst zone rating of any CF'er in the major leagues?


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Someone over at RIM has recently leaked an exciting WM application. The Blackberry Application Suite which is used to load the Blackberry OS on to WM phones. There have been rumors floating around for a good while that RIM was working on something to take over WM devices. Well finally it's been leaked for you WM users to play with and realize what you're missing.
It has been successfully installed on the TAEL ROM Standard WM 6.5.1 OS. It isn't an OS replacement, just an application suite that will allow you to run the Blackberry OS on top of you're WM device, this way your WM phone can at least have something on it worth value. Word is though you have to be on a BES network to get it to work.
I think it's great to see RIM finally starting to move outward and expand on other devices aside from the ones they produce. Granted this will slow down development for Blackberry addicts devices, hopefully RIM will get enough man power to be able to juggle both seamlessly. Anyhow, here is the download link:


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Some homes are more susceptible to basement flooding, especially if you live within low lying areas. If you have found that flooding is an issue, there are preventable measures that you can take to seal off your basement. Not all of these methods, however, are fool proof and you may still end up with a basement full of water. Hiring a professional to Cardboard is Not Waterproof and Other Things Learned From a ... Carlisle MA 01741 come out and pump your basement can become quite costly, especially if you find that it is happening on a regular basis throughout the years. Instead, with the aid of a submersible water velocity pump, you can pump out your basement yourself and save some money. However, there are serious safety considerations you must take prior to doing the work yourself.
Precautions When Pumping Carlisle MA 01741 Out Your Basement
There are a few steps that will aid you in pumping out your basement, but you will want to be sure that you have taken all of the necessary safety precautions prior to actually beginning to pump the water out.
- Ensure that the electricity is turned off.Nothing will end your efforts – and quite possibly, your life – faster than stepping Flood Damage Can Be Devastating Carlisle MA 01741 into a flooded basement that has electric currents surging through the water. Ensure that the electricity is turned off – to be safe, turn off the entire circuit breaker for the home.
- Always Take Pictures Before Beginning.This is especially important for homeowner's insurance purposes. You need to prove that the damage was caused by flooding and the only way you can do this Carlisle MA 01741 – short of calling your insurance company to your home – is to document the damage with photographs.
- Let the Water Settle. This may seem like an effort in futility, but it is necessary to let the water settle before trying to pump it out. The reason for this is that the internal pressure and external pressure are working against each other. Any Carlisle MA 01741 rapid draining may cause pressure buildup which will result in your basement walls and foundation being compromised.
- Test the Conditions.This is to ensure that you have waited long enough for the basement flooding to settle. Using your water velocity pump, drain anywhere between two and three feet of water and mark the area where the water sets. Leave the water alone for at Carlisle MA 01741 least 24 hours. Check the water levels the next day – if they have risen again, it has not been resting long enough. If the water has not risen, it is okay to proceed in pumping out your basement.
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Using liveusb with persistence
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Using liveusb with persistence
- The default grub menu has homefs and rootfs set as persistent on a separate partition.(sdc2 default). Only one should be used. If both are used, then rootfs overrides.
- rootfs is very powerful as all root changes and user changes are saved so users can install whatever they like, as long as the partitions are large enough.
- homefs should be used for simply customising the user look, saving files etc to /home/demo.
1. Install antiX.iso to usb [antix2usb]
2. On usblive boot, use the correct rootfs or homefs cheatcode to boot into the desktop. Make your changes.
3. Reboot with the correct rootfs or homefs cheatcode to your saved/changed desktop.
4. Users can, if they wish, install their own 'remastered' live usb to hard drive and all changes should be kept! (I think changes to home get overwritten though)
- Fresh liveusb boot with rootfs cheat
- Install lxde via the meta-installer
- Reboot with rootfs cheat and desktop=lxde cheat to see if all is ok. If it is, install to hard drive.
- Boot into an antiX-lxde desktop on hard drive!


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Six Ways to Use Concrete Pavers
Concrete pavers are not the most glamorous building material, but they are much, much less expensive than stone. Advances in paver manufacturing have yielded concrete pavers that look remarkably like stone. When carefully set, concrete pavers can look decidedly sophisticated and upscale.
When people think pavers, they often think of driveways. Pavers are a beautiful alternative to asphalt. They increase curb appeal by giving the driveway the look of luxury. There are many ways to install pavers, beyond driveways. Concrete pavers can be used in place of poured concrete, in place of red bricks, in place of asphalt, and in place of a variety of exterior stone products.
Although there is definitely a learning curve when it comes to installing pavers, a few of the following projects were done by do-it-yourselfers. Go ahead, choose pavers for the floor of your outdoor living room. They're a good choice!
1. Build a patio.
This patio was built by Hoffnew Landscaping & Nursery, an Orlando hardscape contractor.
2. Build a fire pit.
This big guy was a DIY project. The results are pretty professional looking!
3. Construct a pathway.
I love this concrete paver pathway, but I really shared this photo because of the privacy screen pergola. The pergola/privacy screen is such a gorgeous piece of custom carpentry.
4. Use big pavers as stepping stones.
If you need a walkway but don't want to invest the time or money into a fully paved walkway, a gravel or rock and paver path is an attractive solution.
5. Redo your pool deck.
This "spool" (that's a hybrid spa and pool) is surrounded by a pool deck made of tumbled pavers. Tumbled pavers offer the classic look of stone, for a fraction of the price.
6. Build a "stone" wall.
+Tip: Cleaning and sealing pavers
+Tip: Concrete pavers vs. stamped concrete
Networx.com and Hometalk.com help folks to do the best and smartest home improvement and gardening projects.


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Jewish New Year begins with Rosh HashanaStaff Report
September 04. 2013 9:29PM
The Jewish faithful marked the beginning of Rosh Hashana at sundown Wednesday with ancient liturgies and rituals intended to invoke reflection and repentance over the sins of the past year and the sweetness of the hoped-for opportunities the new year will bring.
Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the 10-day period of contemplation and self-examination that culminates with Yom Kippur, the most solemn holy day in the Jewish calendar.
"It is a time when we get into a contemplative spirit and do our best to wipe the slate clean and to start off the new year fresh, see new opportunities...and work through those internal struggles and challenges we face," said Rabbi Eric Cohen of Temple Israel, a conservative congregation in Manchester.
"The beginning of the new year is taking stock of where you have been, what you have done, and what are your hopes for the new year," he added.
Rituals during the holiday, which ends Friday, include eating fruit dipped in honey to symbolize the hope for sweetness in the new year.
The observant also will stand by a river, ocean or other water body and toss bread crumbs into the water to symbolize ridding themselves of their sins.
Yom Kippur is known as the day of atonement when the faithful atone for sins they committed in the prior year by going to those they have harmed and asking for forgiveness, Cohen said.
"One of the hardest things is to forgive others. You might be a good repenter, but when someone has hurt you...can you get beyond that? This can be really hard, hard work," Cohen said.
Foremost in his mind during this year's High Holy Days are internal conflicts in Israel between the religious and non-religious Jews and Palestinians and Jews. He said he also is concerned about the decisions that will made regarding whether to attack Syria.


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Chelsea target Mehdi Benatia is now on the radar of Spanish giants Barcelona, according to reports in Italy, says talkSPORT.
The 25-year-old Udinese defender has been identified by both Premier League and La Liga clubs as a man to shore up their leaky defences, though they will also face rival competition from the likes of AC Milan and Juventus.
Tito Vilanova is currently without first-choice centre-back pairing Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique, with both players sidelined through injury.
As a result, Barca have looked increasingly frail at the back in recent weeks, shipping four goals in their last league outing, and one against Celtic in the Champions League last night.
Meanwhile, Chelsea lost 2-1 to Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, meaning Roberto Di Matteo's side have now conceded four in two European games this term, putting their attempts at being the first ever side to defend the Champions League crown at peril.
The Blues might look to resolve their defensive issues by being proactive in the January market, but with Benatia valued at around £12million, and under contract at Udinese until 2017, in addition to the widespread interest in his signature, a Stamford Bridge move for the Moroccan, now looks increasingly unlikely.
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Even Alex White acknowledged it. White won't publicly disparage the Colorado organization. But he was willing to say the 2012 Rockies were a "bad situation" for him, for the team and for a starting staff limited midway through the season to an unorthodox four-man rotation on 75-pitch counts. White, 24, was the No. 15 pick of the 2009 amateur draft. The Astros strongly believe they stole the fastball-heavy righthander from the Rockies in the Dec. 4 Wilton Lopez trade. White was just 2-9 with a Coors Field-inflated 5.51 ERA last season. Everyone from Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and the club's scouting department to White himself believe better numbers await in 2013. "I love Denver; I love that organization. The whole year was frustrating for a lot of people," said White, who allowed 10 home runs in nine Coors starts last season compared to just three away from the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. "Going in and out of a four-man pitch (rotation), stuff like that, those are a lot of things guys aren't used to. … It was tough on a lot of guys, and it was just very frustrating." A renewed 6-3, 215-pound White is high on confidence. Where most mid-level Astros starters vying for a back-end rotation spot have stuck to team-first platitudes during spring training, White has sounded like a major league starter since the first day.
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09-07-2004, 02:51 AM #1TELLEZGuestwhich hard drive to buy for iMac DV 400?
I am going to replace my 10gig drive on my iMac 400 DV with a new one. The old one will be put aside until I can afford the $2k to recover the information lost on it when I initialized it.
I am pretty bummed about my old files but now much I can do about it now.
What is the best drive for under $100? I would like to have at least 40gigs but the more the better. I also heard that I shouldn't go with a drive faster than 5400 rpms, is that true? I see a lot of 7200 rpm drives. I ve never had to replace anything on a mac product, and I know absolutely nothing about hard drives, what to look for, what brand to go for or stay away from.
Do they all fit in my iMac? Do they plug right in? Help me decide please.
p.s. if you know anyone who can recover my old information off of my drive much cheaper please pass on my information.
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HDs with 7200rpm tend to get hotter than the 5400rpm ones, so that could be an issue in your iMac. Concerning prices, well, for about a 100,- EURO (little more than 100,-$) you can get a 160GB over here...
A 80GB should be around 50,-$ I guess...
09-07-2004, 03:14 AM #3MattGuest
I've heard bad things about Maxtor, which all Macs now come shipped with...
09-07-2004, 11:07 AM #4BadgerGuest
Your iMac model uses an ATA (IDE) standard hard drive so there are many compatible drives on the market. Either a 5400 RPM or a 7200 RPM disk will give you a performance boost because the stock disk was only 4400 RPM. Low End Mac, www.lowendmac.com, recommends 7200 rpm models but then warns about overheating in fanless macs. Personally, I've installed several 5400 Maxtor disks (including my G3 iMac and my 6400) without problems. This is a worthwhile upgrade and will add years to the usable life of your iMac. If you want to see a good summary of the replacement procedure try: http://www.appletalk.com.au/forums/i...?showtopic=436.
I have replaced the original 4 GB HD in my iMac Bondi Blue 233Mhz, 256 MB RAM , with a Maxtor Diamond Plus 80 GB 7200 RPM ( £70 GBP) it has speeded up my iMac and i have no problems with it at all .
Just remember to reconfigure the jumper to make it work properly ( Thanks Badger ) .
Hope this helps
09-09-2004, 01:19 AM #6TELLEZGuest
thanks guys, your replies have cleared a few issues for me.
now its seems every other drive seems to give people trouble with the 'sleep' feature. is it me or does it seem like they all do that? any hard drive that you can think of that doesnt cause that?
09-09-2004, 09:58 AM #7BadgerGuest
The only sleep problem I've ever encountered is due to a (long-known) bug in the OS 9 energy control panel. It is generally known as "freeze on waking" and has nothing to do with the the type or brand of hard disk. I have two macs with Maxtor replacement disks; the 6400 with 8.6 never has this problem, the iMac 333 has the problem only in OS 9 and never in OS X. I've seen similar results in clients computers.
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It's widely believed that, if Chip Kelly becomes the next coach of the Browns, the relatively slow-footed Brandon Weeden won't be the team's quarterback of the future — or maybe not even of the present.
Weeden, we're told, shares those concerns regarding how he fits, or doesn't, in a Chip Kelly offense. He said so several days ago, but then took to Twitter to point out that he was joking.
As we understand it, it's not a joke. Weeden understandably is worried about whether he'd have a future in Cleveland if Kelly is the head coach.
If the Browns were to move Weeden, other teams would surely be interested. The question is whether the Browns could get a return that would justify in hindsight the use of a 22nd overall pick on Weeden in 2011, one of the picks obtained in the trade that allowed the Falcons to get receiver Julio Jones.
Given that Weeden spent his first NFL season working for Andy Reid disciples Pat Shurmur and Brad Childress, a deal that would send Weeden to Kansas City could be a possibility.
Of course, none of this matters unless the Browns hire Kelly. At this point, it appears that he could land with the Browns or the Eagles. Or maybe some other team that decides to swoop in and offer more than either the Browns or the Eagles have put on the table.


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Friday, December 21, 2007
New Michigan Logo
6 comments:
- IamCris said...
Just got news on ESPN that ALL of Michigan's assistants have been fired by R2. Each and every one of them.
- December 21, 2007 12:08 AM
- IamCris said...
All apologies for interrupting the thread.
- December 21, 2007 12:09 AM
- Joe said...
Ohhhh...this post has bite. Poor WVU'ers. Man I feel bad for them.
- December 21, 2007 2:23 AM
- Nathan said...
that's actually pretty funny
- December 21, 2007 11:29 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Actually, Don Nehlen got the WVU logo from Michigan.
- December 23, 2007 4:21 PM
- WVU_Lifer said...
Yes, Nehlen was a true blue Bo man! He not only had the logo changed, but the uni's were made to look like UM's as well. Well, color wise anyway. Good Luck with R2, I have no distain for The UM or its fan base. I'm a little jilted by the way he left, not that he left!! Love, from W.Va. Oh, how the heck is Coach Carr going to coach his final game with only a running backs coach? Another class act from R2, firing every staff member. He's all yours! Love, from W.Va
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"Donors Recognition Day," on Saturday, at Woodson Library, 95th and Halsted, will feature Christopher Benson, associate director of African American Studies and Journalism at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus as the key
Donors Recognition Day, on Saturday, at Woodson Library, 95th and Halsted, will feature Christopher Benson, associate director of African-American Studies and Journalism at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus as the keynoter. Sponsored by the Chicago Public Library's Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Benson will speak about the topic, "Advocacy: The Challenge of the Once and Future Black Press," the Harsh Memorial Lecture. The program will run from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Benson (my Facebook friend), co-writer and associate producer of WTTW/11's 2005 documentary, "Paper Trail: 100 Years of the Chicago Defender," won the Peter Lisagor Award that year for exemplary journalism (documentary) by the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in journalism at the University of Illinois and his J.D. at Georgetown University. He has worked as a city hall reporter for local radio and as features editor and Washington editor for Ebony. Additionally, he has written for Chicago, Savoy, Jet and Crisis magazines, and has contributed to The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and Reader's Digest.
The event will also feature a special award presentation to Prof. Jacqueline Goldsby, associate professor in English Language & Literature at the University of Chicago and director of its "Mapping the Stacks," an archival project that she started in 2005 with a group of students who began working with manuscripts in the Harsh Collection and with the DuSable Museum's manuscript and moving image archives. In 2006, the Mellon Foundation awarded Goldsby a $49,000 Officer's Grant for additional archival work. It allowed her and the team of eight Ph.D. students to begin sorting and organizing more than 100,000 historical images in the Chicago Defender, a publication Goldsby calls, "the most important African-American newspaper of this century."
Also, a Ceremony of Honor will recognize donors of manuscript collections "for their role in preserving African-American History." They are Brenetta Howell Barrett, Leroy Bryant, the Coalition of Save "The Met," the Rev. Addie Wyatt, Nathan McGill, the Marion Perkins Family, Robert A. Sengstacke, Lorin Nails-Smoote and the Chicago Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association. Free admission. Call (312) 745-2080 for more info!
For Moms – The Ladies of Eta Xi Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. are in final countdown mode for Saturday's "Rhomania," their Ninth Annual Pre-Mothers' Day Scholarship & Fashion Show Luncheon at the Lexington House, 7717 W. 95th St., in southwest suburban Hickory Hills. The afternoon of "fine cuisine, fine fashion, fun and vendors" kickstarts at 11:30 a.m., so says Darlene Jones and Onetta D. Outlaw, luncheon co-chairs. Event tickets are $55 and can be reserved by calling Linda D. Brown, chapter basileus, at (773) 651-8044.
For Moms II – Vocalists Antoine Drain and Greg Gibbs will each sing tributes to a couple of legendary soul crooners, Barry White and Luther Vandross, on Saturday at "I'll Always Love my Momma," a pre-Mothers' Day concert and dinner, at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. King Dr. Also featured as special guests: The Intruders, The Original Blue Notes, The Elationz and The Connection. Sam Chapman, deejay, will emcee the event sponsored by Krunchtime Productions. Doors open at 6 p.m.; showtime, 8 p.m. sharp! The first 50 mothers to arrive will receive a rose! For $35 tickets, call (773) 457-6975.
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Census of Population and Housing, 1980: American Indian Supplementary Questionnaire Public Use Microdata Sample (ICPSR 8664)
Published: Feb 16, 1992
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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
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The 1980 American Indian supplementary file provides information on the American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut populations beyond that obtained from the regular 1980 census questionnaire. The questionnaire was used on all federal and state reservations and in the historic areas of Oklahoma (excluding urbanized areas) to obtain information about the unique living conditions present on many reservations and in those specified areas of Oklahoma. Population items from the supplementary questionnaire include: tribal affiliation, educational attainment, health services received, occupation, work history, benefits received, and income. Housing items include: source of water, source of heat, kitchen facilities, telephone, electrical lighting, and materials and age of structure.
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Geographic Coverage
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Date of Collection
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The file comprises two types of records: housing and persons. Data are recorded for 12,949 households and 50,265 persons with a total of 63,214 records in the file. Subsample numbers have been assigned to each case so that subsamples of various sizes may be drawn from the data set. The data contain alphabetic and blank codes.
Five out of every six housing units on reservations or in historic areas of Oklahoma that received a short census form were included in the original supplementary questionnaire sample. A stratified systematic procedure with probability proportional to the sample weight of the householder was used to select this ten-percent public use microdata sample. The sampling elements were the occupied housing units including all occupants.
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SEC Morning Five: 11.28.11 EditionPosted by Brian Joyce on November 28th, 2011
- The injuries keep coming for the SEC and college basketball. Florida's starting forward Erik Murphy has a torn meniscus in his right knee and will be out indefinitely according to The Gainesville Sun. Murphy injured his knee in practice on Thursday. "It does appear he has some form of a meniscus tear," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "How severe or how long he will be out, we'd probably find out a lot more on Monday. He's out for the game (against Stetson) Monday and I'd assume he would be out for the next week as well." Florida has a big game this week against Syracuse in the Big East/SEC challenge on Friday. The Gators played Ohio State earlier this season in an another top 10 match-up, and Murphy was crucial to Florida's offense. He scored 14 points and grabbed three rebounds in 24 minutes of play against the Buckeyes. Donovan seems optimistic that Murphy will return soon.
- Another SEC team that has been hit hard with injuries is looking to its freshmen to lead the way. BJ Young, Rashad Madden, Hunter Mickelson, and Devonta Abron combined to score 53 points for Arkansas in their win over Grambling State. All four posted career-highs in points, and Mickelson grabbed a career-high eight rebounds as well. "When those guys came off the bench, I thought they took the tempo up a notch for us and really got us into our transition game," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "They got the most minutes of any of the guys out there, so to me, that's a reflection of their play. I thought they were at times pretty impressive." The development of the Hogs' four freshmen is key as Arkansas is left with only nine scholarship players this season. All four will get plenty of opportunities moving forward as the Razorbacks' leading scorer and rebounder, Marshawn Powell, is out for the remainder of the season with a torn ligaments in his knee.
- Kentucky recorded only four turnovers in an 87-63 win over Portland on Saturday night. The four turnovers are the lowest for the Wildcats since a 1993 NCAA Tournament game against Utah (two turnovers). Much has been made of freshman Marquis Teague's ability to lead Kentucky at the point guard position, but he led the way with eight assists and zero turnovers. Teague added 14 points and four steals, and looked increasingly more comfortable in his role. That is a good sign for the Wildcats as they prepare for a big week with a matchup against St. John's on Thursday and the much anticipated game against North Carolina on Saturday.
- Kentucky coach John Calipari sent out shock waves in Big Blue Nation on Sunday as he asked a (hypothetical?) question to Cats' fans. Calipari asked via his website CoachCal.com which non-conference team the Kentucky faithful would like to see dropped from the schedule if necessary. The SEC could add two additional conference games to each team's schedule with the addition of two league members beginning next season. Calipari writes, "If we had to – and this doesn't mean we have to at this point because we still have 16 league games – but if we had to drop one series and there were no other options, who would it be? Would it be North Carolina, Indiana or Louisville?" For what it's worth, college basketball is better with these high powered non-conference games, but it's understandable if that is not in the best interests of Kentucky basketball. Regardless, Kentucky and Louisville is one of the best rivalries in the game, and it has to keep going if for nothing more than the drama of Calipari vs. Rick Pitino.
- Auburn set a school record with 17 blocked shots in their win on Friday night against Nicholls State. Rob Chubb and Willy Kouassi led the way with five blocks each. Kenny Gabriel blocked four more. The 17 blocks put Tigers tied for second with Kentucky (17 blocks against Morehead State in 1998) for the all-time single-game SEC list. Auburn head coach Tony Barbee was impressed, but wants to keep seeing improvement. "We still, as a program, have to grow and develop that confidence," Barbee said. "The only way you do that is by winning. These guys are hungry, but I want them to be better and they know that. We can be better." The Tigers improved to 3-0 with this win, and face a rebuilding Seton Hall team on Friday. The Tigers have been a solid club defensively, but offensively are still a work in progress. According to KenPom.com, Auburn ranks 170th in adjusted offensive efficiency. Barbee will have to find some scoring to continue to see his team accumulate victories.


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This morning, we learned that the Car Allowance Rebate System, known more popularly as the "Cash for Clunkers" program was running out of money after only a few days in operation:
The government's "cash for clunkers" program, aimed at boosting stagnant auto sales, is almost out of money, putting its future in question, according to sources familiar with the effort.
Passed by Congress in late June to help the flagging U.S. auto industry and launched just a week ago, the $1 billion program gives vouchers worth up to $4,500 to consumers who trade in gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient models. The highly publicized effort was scheduled to run until Nov. 1, or until money ran out. It was not expected to run out of cash so quickly.
The effort, formally known as the Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS, appeared headed for a temporary shutdown at midnight Thursday. Federal transportation officials became increasingly concerned that the program's popularity with consumers could drain its budget by week's end, according to sources familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
It's pretty to figure out why this happened once you take a look at how the program worked:
Under the program, consumers get a voucher for up to $4,500 — depending on the model and average fuel economy of their car or truck — if they buy a new car or truck that gets better gas mileage than the one that was scrapped. The payoff grows depending on the difference in the fuel efficiencies of the old and new cars.
Basically, if you had an older car (and it's typically older cars that get lower gas mileage) the Federal Government was subsidizing your trade-in if you purchased a new vehicle. For someone who's been driving, say, a late 90s care into the ground, it was a pretty good deal — instead of waiting another year or two, you could have a new car now, and the government would pay for a good party of it. Frankly, only a government bureaucrat or a politician would be surprised that it would garner a lot interest.
The fact that the government apparently completely misjudged how popular the program is should be a warning to those who would continue to put more and more power into the hands of the state. If they can't accurately estimate how many people would respond to a program like this, and can't even tell us whether there's any money left in the program as of today, then how are they going to be able to run one of the largest sectors of the economy ?
Now that's it's running out of money, of course, people are already calling for more:
One Michigan Republican, Congresswoman Candice Miller, has alreayd come out in favor of extending the program, saying in a statement that "There can be no doubt that the Cash for Clunkers program is a complete success given the fact that the entire $1 billion allocated to the program was expended in less than a week."
She called the program "simply the most stimulative $1 billion the federal government has spent during the entire economic downturn."
It's worth asking, though, whether this program is really accomplishing anything, and whether it's doing more harm than good.
Sure, the program has stimulated car sales, but it's pretty clear that all that it's really done is give drivers the incentive to purchase a new car now, rather than purchasing it in the future. That's not economic stimulation, it's a time-shifted purchase, and, to the extent that the program has given people the incentive to purchase cars that they otherwise could not afford, it's helping to create an auto sales/credit bubble not all that different from the real estate bubble that got us into our current mess. However long the CARS program lasts, it will, in the end, be merely a brief up-tick in an otherwise dismal auto-market.
What's wrong with "Cash for Clunkers" isn't that they ran out of money — although that certainly should cause people to doubt the government's ability to make economic forecasts of any kind — but that it's more of the same nonsense we've been doing for years.


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Polka Lovers Klub of America is coming to New Prague August 17,18,19 to celebrate Music Fest 2012! Hear acts like Larry Olsen Band, Malek's Fishermen and more! All at the Park Ballroom in New Prague, MN. Under 21 FREE and the bands are subject to change. Visit www.polkofa.com or call 507 744 2966 RV sites available.
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Larry Olsen Band 7-11pm
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Malek's Fisherman 12-2, 4-6pm
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Gary's Ridgeland Dutchmen 12-2, 4-6pm
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Cristiano Ronaldo is rarely upstaged at Real Madrid but that is precisely what happened when Mesut Ozil dictated a comeback victory for Jose Mourinho's side on Saturday night – winning it with a beauty of a free-kick.
Real Madrid were in danger of losing even more ground on rivals Barcelona in the bid to defend their La Liga title and had to come from behind twice before the Germany international decided things in such an exquisite manner.
Former Manchester United striker Manucho had given Real Valladolid a shock lead early on, but France international Karim Benzema replied swiftly to level and many expected the champions to go on and win the game.
It didn't happen however and Manucho was there again to put the home side ahead for a second time and the reaction wasn't quite so quick.
Mourinho would have been sweating as half-time approached, but Ozil gave los Blancos, who were actually wearing green, something to smile about at the break when he finished a delightful one-touch passing move.
Vallodolid were resilient in the second half and with Cristiano Ronaldo more subdued than usual, the most notable thing he did was get booked for dissent, they could be forgiven for hoping to hold on.
But Ozil had other ideas and soon after Ronaldo's booking he pulled off the match's best bit of quality to decide it.
A free-kick 25 yards from goal is usually the domain of Ronaldo, but Ozil felt it was his day and curled in an absolutely brilliant left-footed shot to win it for Real Madrid.
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Even though the holiday season has long gone, presents can still be received in various ways. And like the definition suggests, many of them are unexpected providers of joy. Whether it is as minor as a day off work or as important as a wedding proposal (hi, honey!), everyone likes a good old-fashioned gift.
The same goes for fantasy hockey, especially in the rotisserie format. With a maximum position allocation, contenders may shed decent starters to ensure quotas aren't exceeded. Or perhaps someone wants to gain or maintain their standing in a certain category but must give up ground in other stats. In a competitive league, either of these scenarios occurs often and leads to a higher quality of free agents.
If you still hold aspirations of winning or finishing well this season, then you must be sure to keep a close eye on league transactions. For the player you don't acquire could be the one who lifts your rival to glory. Although a better talent pool generally means any individual will not influence the whole thing. Unless that individual is someone who has magically returned to the NHL after ditching his contract many moons ago for the opportunity to play closer to home. But enough about Marty Turco.
As always, be sensible in your activity. Remember to figure out the best path for your squad, even if that means day-by-day roster planning. The games are dwindling, but your chances of doing well shouldn't. And on that note, here are a few not-so-hidden gems from five teams who may be of service:
Dallas may lead the Pacific today, but could very well be on the outside in two weeks. As of Thursday, the Stars sat third in the conference but were only one point out of 9th place (and only three out of 11th). It's nice to have captain Brenden Morrow on the ice again, even if the points (two in seven games, with a minus-5 but 15 PIM) are delayed. No matter how much others hate him, Steve Ott (eight in 12, 25 PIM, 38 hits) will keep proving naysayers wrong. It's been a long, cold winter for Eric Nystrom (two in 24) and little warmth has been bestowed upon Adam Burish (three in 15, only 16 PIM). Hard to gauge Sheldon Souray's performance (three in 14) when he's essentially hurting and being phased off the man-advantage; enter Trevor Daley and his moderately positive numbers (six in 14).
Betcha didn't expect Florida to keep up this pace, especially with Washington and Winnipeg close behind. Credit Tomas Fleischmann (six in seven, tied for team lead with 53) for being both consistent and healthy up front. No time missed for Tomas Kopecky, but the stats (four in six) are slowly catching up. Gotta love having a veteran like Mikael Samuelsson (five in five, including three power-play points) to spur the offense. Even defensive-minded Marcel Goc (four in six) has joined the party. He's usually good for a few shots, but it's been a while since Sean Bergenheim (three – all goals – in 11) did anything on a regular basis. After killing it for the first two-plus months, Dmitry Kulikov (knee surgery) will need to restore his place on the point after two months away. It's been four weeks (and 12 outings) since Jason Garrison netted one on the power play but he'll continue to lay the minutes (over 23 a night) in all situations.
It's a shame Chicago plays in the Central Division because they'd be dominating any other group (ditto for Detroit or Nashville). Andrew Shaw (seven in four, plus-6) has been the freshman find of 2011-12. Viktor Stalberg (six in six) has switched back to relevance at the perfect moment. Best known for flattening opponents, Bryan Bickell (five in four) has also contributed where it counts. All Marcus Kruger needed was a boost (four in seven) and a pat on the back. The whereabouts of Michael Frolik (healthy scratch for most of February and March) are murky at best. When the Hawks picked up Johnny Oduya (five in seven), few anticipated he'd be getting it done at the other end too. A little slowdown for Nick Leddy (two in 10), but expect another boon with the impending suspension of Duncan Keith.
With their playoff dreams crushed and tossed into the ocean, Anaheim can now focus on showcasing their youngsters. Cue Devante Smith-Pelly (two in three, 10 SOG) and his ascension to the top unit. Nick Bonino (three assists on Monday) has also been asked to step up his effort, along with former US junior standout Kyle Palmieri (five in five). Meanwhile, the old guard including Saku Koivu (two in 15, minus-4), Niklas Hagman (two in 15, minus-2), and Jason Blake (two in 16, minus-3) have disappointed of late. No doubt Cam Fowler (five in six, including two PPGs) would regain his magic touch. If only Luca Sbisa (one in 12) could manage anything close to even mediocre stats.
If Edmonton continues to draft well, then they'll be postseason regulars in no time. But alas, at least some truth exists in defense winning championships (and the club find themselves in 26th overall in goals against). Devan Dubnyk has looked promising recently (seven wins in 11, no more than three allowed per start) but is he the Oilers' long-term solution in net? No injury lag for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (10 in 13 since returning) and no new contract hangover for Ales Hemsky (scored four in two games since re-signing). We all realized Sam Gagner wouldn't hit Gretzky-like numbers every night, but the drop off (four in 14) has been dramatic. Nothing terribly exciting from Shawn Horcoff (four in 14, although three of them are PPPs), but there's a glimmer of promise from Teemu Hartikainen (three in three after 30 in 48 with the AHL affiliate). Corey Potter's decline (one in 10) becomes Jeff Petry's gain (four in three).


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After a nine-year absence, the top-seeded College of Charleston men's tennis team will go dancing again as the Cougars claimed their first Southern Conference Championship title since 2003 with a 4-0 shutout of second-seeded Samford in the finals of the 2012 SoCon Tennis Championships held on Monday afternoon at the College of Charleston Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
The Cougars (18-4) last earned the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid with a 4-1 victory over former SoCon member East Tennessee State at The Citadel's Earle Tennis Center in 2003. The win avenged a 4-0 loss to the Bulldogs (17-5) in last year's tournament finals in Chattanooga, Tenn.
It marked College of Charleston's second-ever SoCon Tournament title in five all-time appearances in the championship match as runner-ups in 2007 and 2011. This time, it was the Cougars' turn to ride into the sunset.
They quickly built a 1-0 lead as junior Stephen Hardy (Fairfax, Va.) and freshman Alon Faiman (Ramat Hasharon, Israel) got past Samford's Fernando Costa and Carson Kadi, 8-5, at No. 3 doubles and the No. 66 nationally-ranked duo of senior Mickael Trintignac (Le Cannet, France) and junior Kyle Parker (Richmond, Va.) sealed the doubles point with an 8-5 win over Zac Dunkle and Alexander Sajonz at No. 1.
In singles play, junior Billy Kenny (Pawley's Island, S.C.), who had only played in doubles matches towards the end of the regular season, picked up his first singles win of the year with a 6-3, 6-1 decision over Ryan Shidler at the No. 6 line.
Senior Tom Delme (Hamoir, Belgium), who was honored as SoCon Tournament MVP, captured his third-straight match of the tournament behind a valiant and hard-fought effort at No. 2 singles.
"It is a culmination of four years of hard work," said Delme on the first SoCon Tournament title of his career and being named MVP. "We lost in the finals last year and to come back with the same team – it means a lot to the program to win this. Every match I played this season was for the team. Nothing was for me and that's what I learned here during my time at the College – team work and team spirit. That is the reason why we won. Everyone from 1-to-6 singles and 1-to-3 doubles contributed today. Chris (Toussaint) was behind me cheering me on. Without them, it wouldn't be possible."
After being down 5-2 in the second set to Carson Kadi, Delme won nine of the next 10 games to cruise to a 7-0 second-set tiebreaker and 6-1 third set to put the Cougars up 3-0 on the scoreboard.
"I saw all of the guys fighting and I didn't want to let the team down," Delme said. "I just fought as hard as I could. I had some good momentum going. I was able to stay in the match and then I came back in the tiebreaker and the momentum changed at that point. Everyone brought a lot of intensity to finish the match."
The Cougars now had two of the four remaining singles matches closing in on the final point with Alon Faiman and Mickael Trintignac up 5-2 and 5-4 on the No. 5 and No. 1 singles courts respectively. Both held the advantage in their final games, but it was Faiman who would clinch it with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 victory over Alexander Sajonz.
"Being able to play in front of all of our family and friends and fans really paid off today," said 2012 SoCon Men's Tennis Coach of the Year Jay Bruner, who is in his fifth year and leads his first College of Charleston squad to the NCAA Tournament. "We had a bunch of long matches against a really good Samford team. The guys really found some extra spirit to get through the match. It definitely paid off being able to play at home for the tournament.
"It means a lot for our program to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. It's been a long break, especially for our seniors and the whole team. They have put in a lot of hard work the last three seasons and it has been a goal for our seniors Tom (Delme), Guga (Trintignac) and Chris (Toussaint) and this is just an awesome win and accomplishment to seal their career and season."
The College will learn of its postseason matchup as the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship field of 64 tournament bracket and pairings will be announced on Tuesday, May 1 at 5 p.m. (ET) on www.NCAA.com <http://www.NCAA.com> .
2012 SoCon Men's Tennis Championship – Finals
April 23, 2012
CofC Tennis Center
at Charleston, S.C.
No. 1 – Mickael Trintignac (CofC) vs. Zac Dunkle (Samford), 6-2, 1-6, 5-4, DNF.
No. 2 – Tom Delme (CofC) def. Carson Kadi (Samford), 2-6, 7-6 (0), 6-1.
No. 3 – Kyle Parker (CofC) vs. Elliot Barnwell (Samford), 5-7, 6-3, 1-2, DNF.
No. 4 – Crescente Lesser (CofC) vs. Fernando Costa (Samford), 6-2, 3-6, 1-2, DNF.
No. 5 – Alon Faiman (CofC) def. Alexander Sajonz (Samford), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.
No. 6 – Billy Kenny (CofC) def. Ryan Shidler (Samford), 6-3, 6-1.
No. 1 – (66) Mickael Trintignac-Kyle Parker (CofC) def. Zac Dunkle-Alexander Sajonz (Samford), 8-5.
No. 2 – Billy Kenny-Tom Delme (CofC) vs. Elliot Barnwell-Ryan Shidler (Samford), 7-4, DNF.
No. 3 – Stephen Hardy-Alon Faiman (CofC) def. Fernando Costa-Carson Kadi (Samford), 8-5.
Doubles: 3, 1
Singles: 6, 2, 5*


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There's Only One Reason to Own a Home Today
Studies suggest the only real reason for owning a home is pride of ownership. Renting is a better option for economic growth for anyone who can save.
After all, renting is a better option for economic growth for anyone who can save. Nor is home ownership in a city something we as a nation have done since our country came about.
Before rushing out to get a good buy on one of the foreclosures that is available, take time to figure out where we as a country are going and what that means for you for home ownership.
We are currently in a deep recession that the economists are loathe to call a depression. Just what is a depression? I'll forego the joke distinguishing a recession from a depression, although it is just as good a definition as any. Looking for a definition of a depression will yield a large number of differing definitions. There doesn't seem to be one definition of a depression. However, we have had one period that later was called a depression. Interestingly, the term depression was not used to describe an economic downturn until "the great depression."
In the 1870s, we had what has come to be known as the long recession. Then there was the Great Depression. These two resulted in changes in our country.
After the 1870s, we went from mainly farming to industrial. This required a change in home ownership from houses on farms to housing in the industrialized areas. After the 1930s (and World War II), we went from city centered to the suburban sprawl that describes what we currently live in. What changes will come from this current economic downturn?
We don't know whether we are in a recession or depression. The economic downturn is getting pretty long in the tooth (as the expression goes). As the downturn continues, it will become clearer which this is. However, getting back to the original question, there is no rush to get into a house if you are not buying one now. If this does become a more severe recession, can we expect another change?
It seems to me that we are changing. We seemed to be moving to where we want our jobs closer to where we live. Also, we seem to have gone from having one job for life to having multiple jobs over a lifetime. Clearly, we are going to make major changes.
How one lives will be defined by where we live. That "deal" of a foreclosure may turn out to be completely alien to what your life style becomes. Do not rush to get in on one of those good deals.
Another thought on home ownership is being "underwater." If you own a home that you bought with the idea of living in it and working in the same city or town where you currently live, what do you care if you are "underwater?" You intend to pay off your mortgage and enjoy your home.
Don't let the news media panic you simply because you are underwater. If you are comfortable making your payments, pretend the diminishing value of real estate has no real impact on you. You've probably suffered through the majority of the loss by now.
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