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In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them. "[6]
Putting that further in perspective Chubbs, would you rather have an owner with the business acumen and general sense who'll step in to quash an Orton trade and $8mil signing or one who's even more headline hungry, but for the wrong reasons who would compel his football people to burn a 3rd for Tebow? How about a pompous owner who over many years has barely sniffed the playoffs, yet considers himself an effective GM instead of hiring football people? Hell, what about "The Garbageman"?? So long as there were arses in the seats, he was perfectly happy to maintain a level that was a notch or two above mediocre and the status quo. Yeah, Ross screwed up with Tony before the light went off and before he actually hired a HC with the potential to be the best since Don, but you know, if oblivious Wayne still owned the team, the chances are good that Tony would still be fist pumping on our sidelines.
All the foregoing aside, it's Ross's money so it's his prerogative; If we truly are on the right track and it's not a mirage like in 08, if the team builds it, they will come and the seats will fill up. Whether you or I like Ross or not will not matter nor likely affect our commitment to attend home games.
So true
Kudos Mr. Ross.
see the Henne/Marino comment gets overblown. I remember when he made it, at the time people on the board loved the comment as Henne still looked promising.
Ross has a long, long way to go before he reaches Wayne-like levels of ineptitude, but his decision to extend Sparano and bring him back for 2011 cost the team an entire season and a whole 'nother year of wasted time. We'll see if his decisions post-Sparano redeem him.

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Hey GDers, I was studying some Nasm today and had something of an epiphany. It might be odd, but I realized something about assembly programming that may or may not have dawned on others before me. In order to avoid ranting I have noted several specific things based on Netwide Assembler that I beleive makes writing code in assembly - and call me crazy - easier (for better or worse) than writing in some high-level languages:
Nasm makes the math easier
- I so very hated math in highschool because like a lot of people it just wouldn't stick. Folks have been back and forth about whether or not this plays any significant role in a programmers ability. From my perspective, no it doesn't really matter so long as you do recognize a lot of the mathematical formulas as they were taught from the get-go. Chances are you'll have to morph the way you think for the language itself anyway(cough cough X,Y coordinates). In turn, Assembly, being so damn manual, can turn a complicated string into something much more systematic and therefore making it so that you're under the hood using ADD and SUB (INC, DEC etc) instead of "If" statements laced with multiplication and division. Given, that's a double edged sword isn't it? Which brings me to my next point.
It's like, the computer is the tree..and I'm the hugger. And then you have these chainsaws..
- You can jerry-rig whatever the hell you need to with some well written assembly. The way I see it is, there's an apple in the tree(a computer problem), you can either (solve the problem by..) start building a fine staircase with assembly, straight up climb the tree yourself with C or chop the tree down with say..Perl and walk off with all the fruit with a bag made of leaves, screw what the tree looks like now, right? I like being close to the hardware but that's not the point. In fact I've always just wanted to use that analogy so don't mind me. I'll just move on and say..
The syntax doesn't bother me
- you will run the other way when you see perfectly good grammar being slaughtered (in a good way) for the sake of making syntax "easier". If you're anything like me you will see the "elsif" (I love perl) statement and go 0_o ugh. I'm not even going to bring up graphics libraries, those mouths are just filthy. Mov, dd, db and even EAX makes more sense to me because it looks like it's supposed to be abbreviated. But I love high-level langauges nonetheless. It's like pseudo-code on top of code on top of comments.
Assembly literally makes you feel the structure
- Which is what I think the real allure is. It's the fact that you can reallly get into the nooks and get stuff done. Also, I want a share a little tip to folks learning x86 assembly because it helped me out, if any pros out there want to share/correct anything in turn that's be badass but here I go.
operation destination source
is some common format seen in the assembler. The best way I memorize and apply this is by thinking:
The mission the target and rendevous (except you rendevous before taking out the target, hitmen can be team players too.)
or if you're not weird just zone in on the destination being the middle most accessible part of a road of some sort and by adding labels and directives etc etc you're adding lanes to it. But have these lanes be specific similar to how there are bike lanes and HOV lanes and hell, trolley car lanes in real life. Just my two cents. What are your thoughts on assembly in 2013?
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A lawsuit filed by a former Sheridan County School District Two employee is headed for a jury trial next year. Micheal Kadera filed the lawsuit in June that alleges that District Two Superintendent Craig Dougherty along with Assistant Superintendent Terry Burgess treated him unfairly and discriminated against him after he provided negative testimony against the School District in an unrelated lawsuit involving District Two in 2005. In 2010, Kadera's contract with School District Two was not renewed.
A pre-trial conference has been set for March 14th, 2012 in front of U.S. District Court Judge for Wyoming Nancy Freudenthal, who will also be the judge for the jury trial which is scheduled for April 9th, 2012 in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.


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Everything you need to know about today's media coverage of Israel and the Mideast.
Benny Morris explains why you can't compare Iranian and Israeli nuclear programs. Hamas publicly throws its support behind the Syrian opposition. And Shimon Peres gears up to launch an ambitious social media outreach plan.
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Israel and the Palestinians
• Jackson Diehl explains how Mahmoud Abbas "punted" a promising peace parley. Memo to Globe & Mail columnist Shira Herzog: that is the real reason the Palestinians aren't currently at the top of Israel's agenda.
• Worth reading: Moshe Halbertal, a co-author of the IDF's code on war ethics, discusses Israel's challenges of fighting asymmetrical warfare.
• Good grief: Professor Avi Shlaim (The Spectator) draws some inappropriate comparisons between the Arab Spring and Israel's social protest movement. Simply giving Arabs the right to vote without building respect for the rule of law, equality and individual rights, freedom of expression, etc. isn't going to solve the Mideast's problems.
• I must be suffering from "Palestinian Hunger Strike Fatigue." Maan News picks up on the latest Khader Adnan wannabe, and I'm hardly interested. Been there, done that.
Iranian Atomic Urgency
• Benny Morris (LA Times) says you can't compare Israeli and Iranian nukes:
There is a vital difference between a nuclear-armed Israel and a nuclear-armed Iran: The Iranian regime is bad. It assaulted and murdered its own people following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fraudulent reelection in 2009. It supports terrorists beyond its own borders, including against Israel. The regime is also mad; it has threatened Israel's destruction.
But Israel, even when massively attacked by Syrian and Egyptian forces in 1973, has never used nuclear weapons, which it has had for more than 40 years. Israel has never threatened its neighbors with destruction. Though it may have a hawkish right-wing government in power, Israel has always been (and is now) run by rational, sane leaders who would never use nuclear weapons unless faced with apocalyptic circumstances.
Comparing the two countries — a democracy and a totalitarian theocratic dictatorship — is silly and smacks of moral relativism . . .
But once Iran develops its own atomic weapons, a nuclear war will surely follow — and not necessarily between Iran and Israel (though this confrontation is the most likely one). Iranian nuclearization will be followed in short order by nuclear proliferation across the Middle East.
• The UN Security Council condemned (unanimously!) attempted attacks on Israeli diplomats in India, Georgia and Thailand. Ambassador Ron Prosor told Haaretz it's been seven years since the UN condemned terror against Israel.
• The IAEA's concerned about the unexplained disappearance of nearly 20 kilos of uranium from a Tehran research facility. Reuters writes:
The discrepancy found at the research site in the Iranian capital came to light after measurements by international inspectors last year failed to match the amount declared by the laboratory.
Experts say the quantity of natural uranium not accounted for is too small to be used for a bomb, but that it could be relevant to weapons-linked tests.
• Haaretz:
Indian intelligence services have considerable evidence that Iran was behind this month's New Delhi terrorist attack, but are not releasing it in a bid to avoid public confrontation with the Islamic republic, an Israeli security source says.
Spring Winter
• Jonathan Spyer entered Syria to find out more about the Free Syrian Army. His dispatches in The Weekly Standard and Tablet are must-read. (Hat tip: Michael Totten).
• Asharq al-Awsat reports that the Free Syrian Army has rejected help from jihadists already in the country and refused to receive them.
The opposition "national council" hopes that more military personnel will defect from the regular army to help the free army confront the forces of Al-Assad and end the dictatorial rule in the country with Syrian hands.
• For the f irst time, Hamas publicly expressed support for the Syrian uprising. AP points out that the forum for Ismail Haniyeh's remarks were just as noteworthy. He was giving a sermon at Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque:
Ismail Haniyeh said after Friday prayers at Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque that Hamas commends "the brave Syrian people that are moving toward democracy and reform." . . .
Al-Azhar Mosque is the premier religious institution in the Sunni Muslim world and the platform given to Haniyeh was another show of support for Hamas.
Khaled Abu Toameh reacts:
Hamas's declared policy was that the movement does not interfere in the internal affairs of Arab countries.
But for Hamas, Syria was not just another Arab country.
Syria was the only country that agreed to host Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and some of his top aides after they were expelled from Jordan and stripped of their Jordanian citizenship more than a decade ago.
Syria's decision to allow Hamas to set up base in Damascus was mainly designed to undermine the PLO, and not out of love for the Islamist movement or the Palestinians.
• A UN panel accuses Syria of crimes against humanity. See the NY Times and Reuters for more.
• The juxtaposition of these two headlines has a striking effect:
- Wounded Journalist Pleads for Evacuation From Homs
- Syria Not Responsible for Journalists Who Enter Country Illegally
• Professor Josh Landis predicts Bashar predicts Bashar Assad will survive the year.
• The Baltimore Sun pays tribute to the Syrian resistance's success on the YouTube front.
• Bruce Reidel suggests Israel hand over the Golan to the Syrian opposition.
• How's this for irony?
British journalists working for Iranian TV arrested in Libya
Rest O' the Roundup
• Israel's replacing a stretch of fence along the Lebanese border between Metulla and Kfar Kila with a 5-meter high wall, complete with surveillance and alarm systems. The Daily Star writes:
Serra added that the Lebanese Army had been informed of the technical details of Israel's plans, and that UNIFIL would now work to ensure sufficient security measures were in place during the construction process.
And in the further hope that good fences make good neighbors, Israel's re-opening Route 12 near Eilat for the first time since last year's terror attack. Israel HaYom describes the measures taken to make the road more secure.
• You'll be surprised to learn that Christian and Muslim supporters of Israel outnumber Jewish activists on North American campuses. The Times of Israel talked to the activists:
Acknowledging that a Muslim supporting Israel raises eyebrows, Hamdy says he considers himself Muslim and Western. Ticking off such things as human rights, equality for women and the Israeli government's recognition of the gay community, he says, "Israel embodies those values which I consider to be central to the Western identity and civilization."
• Mark Zuckerberg's helping Shimon Peres give a special Friday launch for the Israeli president's Facebook page. It's part of an ambitious social media plan, which YNet describes:
The president is expected to set out for a visit to the US during which, on March 6, he will visit the Facebook headquarters in the Silicone Valley where he will meet with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Peres will also give an interview which will be transmitted live on Facebook Live. Facebook members from around the world will get the opportunity to ask the president personal questions . . . .
Yet Peres' cyber campaign doesn't stop there. The President's Residence noted that they are preparing to launch the project "Peres 360" which will see him becoming "available" 24 hours a day on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and the President's Residence . . .
The social networks will be synchronized to allow maximum accessibility to the president's activity in real time.
• JTA picks up on Israeli efforts to help Japanese tsunami victims deal with their psychological trauma:
"We've had Japanese social workers come here and talk to people, but they were not able to do what the Israelis have done. They immediately saw into our hearts. They definitely saw into mine."
Media Matters
• Check out AP's new logo.
• LA Times to launch
paywall "membership program" on March 5. I assume that periodically deleting cookies will bypass this:
Starting March 5, online readers will be asked to buy a digital subscription at an initial rate of 99 cents for four weeks. Readers who do not subscribe will be able to read 15 stories in a 30-day period for free.
• According to NY Times public editor Arthur Brisbane, correcting errors isn't always so simple.
(Image of Morris via Wikimedia Commons/Aude, uranium symbol via Wikimedia Commons/Klingoncowboy4, Haniyeh via YouTube/TheKeysToEternity, Zuckerberg and Peres via Facebook/President Shimon Peres)
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Here's the financial equivalent of the popular Twilight vampire franchise: Politicians are sucking the blood out of resurgent mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae FNMA 2.2336769759450172% Fannie Mae U.S.: OTC USD2.975 0.065 2.2336769759450172% /Date(1493417999000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4352931 P/E Ratio 297.5 Market Cap 3445296837.79879 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 15472300 More quote details and news » and Freddie Mac FMCC 2.8776978417266186% Freddie Mac U.S.: OTC USD2.86 0.08 2.8776978417266186% /Date(1493418002000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2471946 P/E Ratio 95.33333333333333 Market Cap 1859154417.8906 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 10561800 More quote details and news » rather than returning them in good health to the private sector, where they belong. Washington is using their money in its budget-cap games, leaving the duo in a state of perpetual weakness, like the living dead, imprisoned in the government's ill-named "conservatorship" program.
A number of profit-minded investors that have taken positions in the preferred shares of the formerly distressed mortgage companies are pushing an alternative. The politicians, they claim, are blowing an opportunity both to generate at least $100 billion in deficit reduction from a spinoff to the public and to significantly limit the government's footprint in the mortgage market. Recall that in last month's budget, President Barack Obama took a huge political risk in calling for the sale of the government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority for about $25 billion to help reduce the deficit.
The financial acumen of these investors—which include hedge funds Paulson & Co.; Claren Road Asset Management, owned by the Carlyle Group; and Perry Capital—stands in stark contrast to their seeming naiveté about Washington. No matter how sensible on paper, their investment is unlikely to succeed. As one of my D.C. sources quipped, "Congress can't fix the Post Office, let alone Fannie and Freddie."
I've heard the investors' spiel. It's a good one. They envision two well-capitalized, debt-free, prime-mortgage guaranty corporations operating without government safety nets. Proceeds from the wind-down of mortgage-backed securities now on the books would pay off debt.
The government injected $187 billion into Fannie (ticker: FNMA) and Freddie (FMCC) after their collapse in 2008 in return for special preferred stock. At year-end 2012, the Treasury had received $65 billion in dividends, leaving a balance of $122 billion. The administration estimates that if the two remain in conservatorship for 10 more years, Treasury will get its money back—plus $50 billion—assuming housing's recovery continues. The investors argue that the companies have recovered and, like General Motors GM 0.2895193977996526% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE USD34.64 0.1 0.2895193977996526% /Date(1493413218033-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15394457 AFTER HOURS USD34.64 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 5.362229102167182 Market Cap 52275602799.6149 Dividend Yield 4.387990762124711% Rev. per Employee 756956 More quote details and news » (GM) and AIG AIG -0.39247751430907607% American International Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD60.91 -0.24 -0.39247751430907607% /Date(1493413210006-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4537365 AFTER HOURS USD60.91 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 59664999301.825 Dividend Yield 2.10146117222131% Rev. per Employee 985071 More quote details and news » (AIG), should be turned loose. Based on combined 2012 pretax profits of $28 billion and a conservative 6.5 price/earnings ratio, the two could easily raise $182 billion in the stock market, according to the investors. If the government converted its preferred shares into a 79.9% common stock interest and sold it, then it would receive at least $145 billion. An eight- to-10-times multiple is more likely, generating $200 billion to $250 billion.
Subtracting Uncle Sam's proceeds from a $182 billion stock sale would leave $35 billion for holders of the $33 billion par value in old preferred shares and common stock. If they received their allocation ahead of the common, they'd realize a 100% recovery. Thus, the hedge funds and other vulture investors who bought preferred for $2 to $4 would receive $25, a great payday, to be sure.
Alas, Fannie and Freddie have loss carry-forwards valued at about $60 billion. Left on their books, it's counted as equity capital. The vampires in the administration and on Capitol Hill want Fannie and Freddie to transfer that credit to Treasury for use in deficit reduction. Treasury also continues to sweep capital out of both companies every quarter for its preferred dividends, keeping them weak. And they call this a conservatorship. I call it a vampire's blood bank.
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Congratulations to 2014 graduating class of Emory & Henry College!
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Potential thunderstorms and heavy rain have prompted college officials to make the decision to move the event inside, rather than on the lawn of the Memorial Chapel as previously planned.
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Students can choose from the March or September intake.
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The course is designed to be practical and clinically focused. On completion of the diploma, students have:
- A greater understanding of the multidisciplinary approach to the care of people with diabetes.
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- A greater confidence and understanding of the management of people with diabetes through case studies and discussion.
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I just came home from the High School. I volunteer to work the concession stand during the JV Football games so the parents of JV players can watch their sons play. There were a couple other Dads working with me and during the slow periods of the game, we had a chance to watch the game. The JV player played their collective hearts out, but still came up short when the last tick of the clock passed.
The discussion that I had with the other Dads though was priceless. The other night at our Troop meeting I talked during my Scoutmaster Minute about having heart… About never giving up and never letting failure get the best of you.
Today, those Dads and I asked each other when things changed. Not that "when I was a kid" it was harder… but when I was kids giving up was not an option. And it should never be an option now. Our Varsity Football team has had a rough couple years, and I can see why there is frustration and bitter feelings, but this year they are 2-2 and have a promising schedule. So why give up? They got down in the last game and many of the players just gave up. Lost cause? Never. Going to lose anyway? Then go down with a fight!
You see failure is something that is easy. It becomes an attitude and once you fail and do nothing about it.. it is so much easier to allow it again. The next thing you know it is a habit. With teenagers this needs to be nipped before it gets out of hand.
Life is hard and the sooner we expect our kids to be winners the better. Failure is not an option in life. Winning is everything.
Or let me explain.
Winning comes in many forms. The Score is not always the measure of a win. Follow me here. The JV team lost the game today 38-34. They were down with 9 minutes left in the game. They could have given up. But they stayed in the game and played until the whistle blew signaling the end of the game. They had the ball with 14 seconds left and were driving down the field. One more play and they had a chance to win the game. They fell short on the score board, but they did not get beat. They walked into the locker room knowing that they played the game well and in the end… had a chance to win. This chance will become the building block that will lead them to victories in the future. The point here is that those players will not go away without learning from a missed tackle, a dropped ball, or a bad throw. Yes ladies and gentlemen… when you make mistakes you live with the results. A missed tackle leads to a score for the other team or a much-needed first down that leads to your loss.
That is life. Not everyone gets a participation ribbon, and not everyone wins every game, but failing to try will lead to failure.
So when did things change? When did it become ok to quit? When did it become ok not to give 100%? When did "Doing your best" not really mean your best? Think about that… what does BEST mean? It dies not mean I gave it a shot.. it does not mean I tried, but it got to hard so I quit. It means BEST.
Here is how Best is defined:
adj. Superlative of good.
1. Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent: the best performer.
2. Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful; most desirable: the best solution; the best time for planting.
3. Greatest; most: He spoke for the best part of an hour.
4. Most highly skilled: the best doctor in town.
adv. Superlative of well2.
1. In a most excellent way; most creditably or advantageously.
2. To the greatest degree or extent; most: "He was certainly the best hated man in the ship" (W. Somerset Maugham).
1. One that surpasses all others.
2. The best part, moment, or value: The best is still to come. Let's get the best out of life.
3. The optimum condition or quality: look your best. She was at her best in the freestyle competition.
4. One's nicest or most formal clothing.
5. The supreme effort one can make: doing our best.
6. One's warmest wishes or regards: Give them my best
I think that it would serve our young people to look at that definition and see if they, when they say they did their best are they at least within the definition?
So I wonder when things changed. No one would ever dare give up when I played ball in school. Our team mates were our friends, they were the guys that we knew we could count on, we knew they would never give up. I don't see that in all the kids today. They are more concerned about themselves and not their team mates. Life lessons missed. In life they will need to be dependable, they will need to be counted on. Giving up now will set them up for quitting later.
Maybe it's just me and those two other Dads in the snack shack today.. but hope was restored watching that JV team.
This is all just as relevant in Scouting. Quitting on a patrol, giving up when the challenge is to hard, not finishing when you are being counted on. All of these tests of character beg the question, when did things change?
"I'll never give up; cause if I do; I give up on the ones beside me; I'll never give up; cause if I do; I give up on the ones who believe in me; if the person next to me is down; I will pick him up; and he the same; I'll never give up; I'll believe in the cause; I'll fight to the end; and WE WILL WIN!… THIS IS THE RAIDER PROMISE" –
This is the Raider Promise, they say this before and after ever game, wouldn't it be nice if everyone made a promise to never give up, to help other people at all times, to live a set of values, to be a good member of a team or patrol. Wouldn't it be nice?
And you wonder why I think sports are valuable…
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Cornersville-Blythe News, August 29, 2012
By Martha Hardy
What a pleasant surprise I had on Saturday morning. I woke to find it was raining and it continued to do so off and on for most of the day. Had I been keeping up with the weather, I would not have been so diligent about watering my plants all week. This is not a complaint about the rain, however.
I inadvertently watered one part of the yard that was not intended to be. I placed the water hose on a couple of my azaleas then ran inside and got distracted. Much, much later, I realized that not only had the azaleas had the best drink of the summer, but a great portion of the yard as well. The best thing about this was that I was using the well water and not the community water. It might have been costly if that were the case.
One of the young women from our church has returned safely from a mission trip to Somalia. Ms Megan Swain,
daughter of Amy and Greg Swain, reported about her trip to the church last week. I did not get all the details, but I will get more information from her later.
Also, a local father and son duo have been on another spelunking trip. Roger and Brandon Crane spent another enjoyable caving trip to Limrock Blowing cave in Lim Rock,Ala. This was a return trip for them; the previous trip was in March, when the temperature was 31 degrees and it was snowing. They started this trip on a hot, muggy morning and the Barometric pressure caused them to be greeted by a gusty breeze coming from the cave.
Limrock cave is a stream cave. The Cranes' goal was to go all the way to the back of the cave, where it is
blocked by large pieces of fallen ceiling. After crawling 250 feet of mud passage, they came into a room filled with Gysum crystals. There were so many that they could not move without hearing a crunch underneath.
They said the crystals were a pure white and were covering every square inch of the passage. Most were
undisturbed, they said, as not many explorers go this deep into the cave.
Limrock is a cold cave, with the temperature averaging around 52 degrees, they said. Brandon tells me that this
area of North Alabama has over two thousand caves and that it is his favorite. He said he is looking forward to more exploration.
We would like to wish a belated happy birthday wish to Miss Miriam Whaley, our little neighbor. Miriam turned six years old on Aug. 8.
Last Tuesday, the Master Gardeners of Union County were treated to a dinner meeting at the lovely home and grounds of Nathan and Sandy Shaddinger. Not only were we fed a wonderful meal, we also enjoyed the animals. The Shaddingers raise Alpacas. These are some of the most beautiful, graceful and intelligent of animals. They are also very gentle and seemed to enjoy our company.
Thank you to the Shaddingers for a very enjoyable evening. Also thanks to all the Union County gardeners for making me feel so welcome to the group. They are a fine bunch of folks and I feel as though I have 20-something new friends.
I had taken the Master Gardener course at the Marshall County Extension office a few years ago, but by chance when browsing in a local garden center struck up a conversation with another shopper, Jo Simpson. She told me she was a member of Union County gardeners and asked me to attend the next meeting. I complied, and was asked to join with them, which I happily did, just before the March plant sale. I was fortunate enough to be able to help some little amount with that project.
I must come to a conclusion for this week, but would like to leave you with this thought from Billy Graham about Jesus' urging followers to lay up their treasures in heaven. Graham said this can be accomplished by using our
resources to help meet the needs of others.
Until next time, remember God is in the plan. Be ready for His return.
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a gentle midsummer's evening cycle ride through some of the borough's most attractive countryside, according to the Darlington Cycling Festival programme.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a website for the festival, the news section of the council website is lacking in information, and I can't find any more information online via Google, so that's all the information I can give.
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Sony's (SNE) PlayStation 4 went on sale today, and reports are making the rounds that Amazon (AMZN) was planning to bundle it with its Kindle Fire HDX.
As StreetInsider.com notes, the package was slated to go on sale for at $599.99, which would save $30 on the items if bought separately.
TheVerge quoted Amazon as saying, While the PS4 heralds in the next generation of consoles, Kindle Fire HDX does the same for tablets with improved visuals, a faster processor, and the revolutionary 'Mayday' button … Partner these together with the interactive Second Screen feature for a completely immerse entertainment experience.
But anyone hoping to take advantage of this deal doesn't seem to be in luck. Amazon started selling the PS4 with its standard $399.99 price tag, with no Kindle offer, and there don't seem to be any left on Amazon.com in any package combination.
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Winter Holiday Festival set at Frist, Dec. 14
Posted December 7, 2005; 12:37 p.m.
The Frist Campus Center's yearlong fifth anniversary celebration
will continue on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with the Winter Holiday Festival
from 3 to 6 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy live music, a variety of holiday desserts and beverages and classic holiday films, as well as take advantage of the opportunity to learn about winter holidays from around the world. Visitors also may pick up a free commemorative Frist fifth anniversary travel mug on the 100 level.
Holiday cookie, gingerbread house and ornament decorating will take
place at 3 p.m. in the east TV lounge. Both east and west TV lounges
will be showing classic holiday films throughout the festival.
Knitters of all skill levels are invited to stop by on the 100 level to participate in a knitting circle. A representative from Pins and Needles, a local knitting and needlepoint store, will be on hand to provide instruction and advice to novice and experienced knitters.
The Chinese Students Association and Akwaaba, the African students association, will be hosting regional holiday exhibits that showcase their respective cultures and how they celebrate the winter holidays. Members of the Religious Life Council will staff the Interfaith Holiday Table and be on hand to answer questions regarding various faiths and holiday traditions.
Live music will begin at 4:30 p.m. on the 100 level with a West African drumming demonstration in which audience participation will be encouraged. A string quartet of Princeton University Orchestra members will perform at 5 p.m., followed by a Klezmer quartet featuring members of the Klez Dispensers at 5:30 p.m.
A presentation of "It's a Wonderful Life" will take place in the west TV lounge at 8 p.m. Desserts and hot beverages will be served.
Members of the University also can donate new or gently used winter coats for the Jersey Cares Coat Drive. The drop-off location is near the Mazo Family Game Room on the 100 level of Frist between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 15.
The Winter Holiday Festival is sponsored by the Frist Campus Center, Athletes in Action, Dining Services, Fields Center, International Center, Pace Center and Religious Life Council.
For more information, including a complete schedule of events, visit the Frist Campus Center Web site.
The Winter Holiday Festival is part of a yearlong celebration
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Hydronephrosis -- Adult
Hydronephrosis occurs when urine builds up in the kidneys and cannot drain out to the bladder. The kidneys swell from the excess urine. The condition may affect one kidney or both. Hydronephrosis is not a disease itself. It is a sign of another disease or condition affecting the kidneys.
Hydronephrosis is caused by one of two problems in the urinary system. A blockage may prevent urine from draining out of the kidneys. Or, a condition called reflux may cause urine to flow back into the kidneys from the bladder.
Conditions that may cause hydronephrosis include:
- A blockage or defect in the urinary system that is present at birth
- Kidney stones
- A blood clot
- Scarring of the ureters, which are the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder
- A tumor in the pelvic area such as the bladder, cervix, colon, or prostate
- Enlarged prostate
- Enlarged uterus during pregnancy
- Persistent
urinary infectionin the kidneys
- Neurogenic bladder
- Injury to structures in the urinary system, such as from surgery or trauma
Hydronephrosis occurs when urine builds up in the kidneys and cannot drain out to the bladder. The kidneys swell from the excess urine. The condition may affect one kidney or both. Hydronephrosis is not a disease itself. It is a sign of another disease or condition affecting the kidneys.
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder, and Kidney Stone Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. It may involve examination of the pelvis or rectum to feel for blockages. You will likely be referred to an urologist and/or nephrologist for further diagnosis and treatment.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Urine tests
- Blood tests
- Bladder catheterization
Your internal structures may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Intravenous urogram
- Computed tomography angiography (CTA)
- MRI scan
- Cystoscopy
- Voiding cystourethrogram
In general, the causes of hydronephrosis cannot be prevented. Prompt treatment of conditions that cause hydronephrosis reduces the risk of complications, such as
kidney failure.
Risk Factors
The following factors increase your chances of developing hydronephrosis:
- Defect in the urinary system that is present at birth
Cancersin the pelvic area
- Pelvic surgery
- Blood-clotting disorders
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Enlarged prostate
- Neurogenic bladder
- Pregnancy
Hydronephrosis may or may not cause any symptoms.
If symptoms occur, they may include:
- Pain in the back, waist, lower abdomen, or groin
- Persistent pain with urination or urinary frequency from urinary tract infections
- Increased urge to urinate or urinary incontinence
- Incomplete urination
- Fever
- Nausea and vomiting
- Unexplained itching
Treatment involves:
- Draining excess urine from the kidney
- Removing the blockage
- Treating conditions that cause blockage or reflux
- Treating infections in the urinary system
Some causes of hydronephrosis resolve without treatment, such as pregnancy and kidney stones.
Treatment options include:
- Antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections
- Medications to treat neurogenic bladder or to reduce excess uric acid excretion
- Catheter inserted into the bladder to drain the urine
- Nephrostomy—a tube inserted into an opening in the midsection to drain urine from the kidney
- Surgery to remove a blockage or correct a defect in the urinary system
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Sacramento, CA - The California Department of Finance (DOF) analysis of the fiscal effect of Assembly Bill (AB) 711 was released on May 13, 2013, revealing that AB 711 could cost California $34 million, and probably a lot more.
Even with the potentially enormous costs associated with AB 711, including the loss of federal, state and local funding from hunting licenses, the loss of California jobs and revenue from a reduction in hunting and the loss of federal funding for California conservation programs, lead ammunition ban proponents still seek to ban hunting with lead ammunition nationwide.
The DOF's calculations are based on three components. The first is the potential loss of revenue due to decreased sales of hunting licenses that the DOF estimates at about $9 million. The second is a proportional loss of California's $14 million annual revenue from federal funding due to decreased sales of hunting licenses, which is based on geographic size and the number of hunting licenses sold. Compounding the loss of this revenue, the federal funding is specifically earmarked to support wildlife conservation efforts in California. The third factor is increased costs that AB 711 establishes in a program to provide hunters with "free," or reduced charge, non-lead ammunition. This could cost California as much as $11 million annually.
Most importantly, there are two cost components that the DOF did not include in its analysis. The first is the fiscal impact that hunters and hunting expenditures have on the state. In 2011, hunting expenditures in California totaled $964 million, which included equipment, food, lodging, and transportation. The second is the additional Department of Fish and Wildlife wardens required to enforce a statewide lead ammunition ban. But, the AB 711 proponents have concealed the enforcement issue. Indeed, at 2012 Department of Fish and Game Commission hearings on lead ammunition, researchers and environmental groups themselves blamed the Department's lack of enforcement in the "condor zone" as the primary reason why the 2008 lead ammunition ban (AB 823) did not result in a reduction of lead poisoning in condors, despite a 99% compliance rate by hunters with the lead ban.
We have had a ban on lead rifle ammo in the southern part of the state since 08. Since then there have been no reduction of lead poisoning in condors in that vast area. Need I say more?


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Dear Santa,
I know December's a crazy time for you, especially with new super-shops in Costa Rica, Estonia and Dandong (China) churning out the goodies at record pace, but it won't take a minute to read my list. Besides, these wishes are for the good of the game, so do what you can, Santa my man.
Old Time Baseball
Wish # 1: More Mike Trouts
In the aftermath of one of the most hotly debated MVP races in recent memory, some in the Mike Trout Fan Club staggered into the absurd by claiming their man lost the vote because Miguel Cabrera voters had wrongly applied an old-school standard: the triple crown.
But old-school, throwback, traditional, take your pick, all are pretty fair description of the manner in which Trout conducted his rookie season. The guy knows fundamentals. His round-tripper total (30) would be Ruthian in dead-ball days but near everything else he does would've made him one of the guys in 1920, sans stirrups & tobacco juice.
Fielding his position like it mattered (4E / 347-CH / .988), crafting a nifty bat average (.326 / 139G), always aware that an extra-base could be had for free (39-SB) and a run-production that'd make Billy Hamilton (1888-01) nod in approval (129), all showed a player who understood the nuances of baseball. And fans ate it up with a spoon.
Mike's not the only well-rounded ball-player in the game today, he's just the first in a long time to make it cool again. That represents a big change in baseball, a sport still dominated by the dinger and whose biggest event is sadly, not its championship series, but a corporate kiddie show and vestige of the PED era, the home run derby. Ugh.
The 2012 AL-ROY has got some work to do in the contact department (139 SO). But if he can avoid the sophomore slump and stay healthy, his zestful play might inspire enough young ball-players to where baseball could be embarking on a whole new era.
Just Say Yes, MLBPA
Wish # 2: Mid-season blood draw
While most were focusing on the wheeling & non-dealing at MLB's winter meeting in Nashville last week, I was thinking about the 10,000 lbs elephant lumbering down the Convention Center hallways. He's the PED pachyderm and represents baseball's half-measured attempt to rid the national pastime of banned substances.
With test samples still coming back queer, I'm guessing many players don't think too much of us fans. When recent toppers (Braun / B. Colon) and a 2012 league-leading batsman (Melky) are testing dirty, you've still got trouble. The good news, spring blood-draws are spotting cheaters; the bad news, by caving to MLBPA's refusal to a mid-season blood test a window of opportunity has been left wide open for cheaters to crawl through un-deterred.
A drug-free game? I wouldn't waste the wish. It's like a kid asking Santa for a Corvette. Not gonna happen. Sadly, the sport-druggie is here to stay. The pro-game has always had a seamy-side or at least a competitive crudeness, but the muscle-bound PED user speaks to kids in a persuasive voice that the game-fixer and sign-stealer never could.
It's safe to say, "Just Say No" didn't percolate too deep into young minds, but then the PED plague and its cheater-mentality never has been confined within USA borders.
What I do wish, Santa, is that players finally face the inevitable and 'just say yes' to a sincere, full-testing program, closing the window that keeps inviting in the bad guys.
Outgrowing Your Toys
Wish # 3: Ditch the DH, Inter-League, pie-in-the-face and bunny-hop celebration
April 6, 2013 will mark the 30th anniversary of Major League Baseball's adoption of the American League designated hitter. Yankees' Ron Blomberg did the honors, drawing a walk from the Red Sox' Luis Tiant (Wikipedia). And inter-league, that started in '97.
Fans of both would call me a purist. I never saw it like that. I just don't like gimmicks that fans didn't ask for and that change my game and the game of my ancestors, purely for profit ($). It was AL founder Ban Johnson (1901) who first permitted fans in the stands to keep foul-balls. Look how that's turned out. Now the chuckleheads think they have some kind of entitlement and disrupt the action to claim their believed booty.
I don't expect the DH to get the heave-ho, ever. It's become part of the AL fabric, a distinguishing trait of the Junior Circuit. And that's okay in today's monopolized, over-homogenized America. Just keep it out of our National.
But inter-league play, that's a different matter. A curiosity in the beginning, that wore-off quick as we all knew it would. Now it's become hackneyed, a deviation from regular scheduling, disruptive to intra-league competition and is best returned to its original and rare World Series state. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, you could say Mr. Selig.
And the post-game shave-cream-in-the-face routine? The only people laughing are the pie-pushers and assorted ESPN anchors. As for MLB's embarrassing walk-off bunny-hop celebrations: thank god for the New York Yankees.
Steven Keys
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I can give you the holistic approach to any problem, mostly for dogs and cats and some farm animals and horses. Depending on the condition and the type of animal, I will be able to give very specific treatment suggestions such as what flower essences, homeopathic remedies, nutritional supplements, diet changes, lifestyle changes or herbs that may be helpful - not drugs. I can also suggest where you can go for further education or to find a specialist in a specific holistic field. I can help you understand why your animal is ill and what improvements can be expected. I do not check messages more than every one to two days, so PLEASE DO NOT ask about EMERGENCIES - call your local veterinarian. I cannot diagnose your animal. I cannot prescribe specific treatments. I am no longer very current with conventional treatments, so cannot answer questions on those. I am not an expert on birds or small critters. I am not an expert in breeding, birthing or babies.
I graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980 and began using homeopathy in my practice after a client introduced me to it. By 1988 I was using exclusively holistic treatments. I began lecturing in 1987 and have spoken at veterinary conferences, health food stores, people's homes, churches, veterinary college conferences - anywhere people want to learn more about keeping their animals healthy.
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I have written in many magazines, journals and newspapers. A few include Bark Magazine; Journal of the AHVMA; Baltimore Dog Magazine; Whole Dog Journal; Tiger Tribe; Wolf Clan. I have also been frequently interviewed on radio and TV. I am Associate Editor for the Integrative Veterinary Care Journal, so often have articles there.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 349, September 29, 2006
Haiku To Klondike
Loopmark listings quiet Vector registers grow cold The truck is coming
by: Tom Baring, Erstwhile "Vector Specialist" (Never a poet)
New works by Miho Aoki and Bill Brody in Special Exhibition
ARSC Faculty Joint Appointment Miho Aoki and retired ARSC staff member Bill Brody both have works on display in:
"POLARities: Aesthetics / Experiments / Observations"
"POLARities" features recent works by a selection of Alaskan artists exploring the connection between science and technology and the artists' inspiration and creative processes. It is on view at the UA Museum of the North from September 16 through October 29, 2006. See:
This is presented in conjunction with the October 2006 AAAS Arctic Science Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska. The artists will discuss their work as one session of this conference:
Java for Fortran Programmers: Part III
[[ Thanks to Lee Higbie of ARSC for this tutorial. ]]
The topic today is:
- How Java's OOP syntax differs from that of Fortran and C
Fortraners be wary: Java is case sensitive and statements end with a semicolon. It is much like C, with most basic syntax taken directly from C. The biggest difference between Java and C/C++ syntax is the removal of many of the error-prone constructs such as automatic type conversion, use of non-Boolean data types as Boolean, and easily changing pointer values.
Gee, sounds pretty good so far. Next, the devilish details. Coming from an imperative language background, for me the biggest conceptual hurdle for using an object oriented programming language is that the most important "arguments" to most functions are part of the object, not arguments to the function. Syntactically they precede the function name ("method" name, actually) and don't look at all like arguments. E.g., In Fortran you might say this:
call draw_rectangle (x1, y1, x2, y2, red, blue)where the fifth parameter is for the border color and the sixth is for the center color. In Java, this becomes:
rectangle.draw (red, blue);where the rectangle "object" has a draw "method" that uses the rectangle's internal variables for its corners. In effect, the rectangle knows where it is and draws itself.
If you want to draw nr rectangles, you might have this in Fortran:
do i = 1, nr call draw_rectangle (x1(i), y1(i), x2(i), y2(i), red, blue) enddo ! end do loop on i drawing rectanglesThe Java code would more likely look like:
for (int i = 0; i < nr; i++) { rectangles[i].draw(red, blue); } // end for loop on idrawing rectangles (A minor safety feature in the above Java sample is that the scope of i is the loop. Java encourages variables to be declared only for the block where they are required, often only inside a single statement.)
Here are eight additional differences between Java and C++ (or Fortran).
Java has no explicit pointers. Object names are pointers but they allow no manipulation. They can be subscripted or arrayed, but Java programmers typically don't even think of them as pointers any more than Fortran programmers think of common-block names as pointers.
Variables can be subscripted with any number of subscripts, but the language is really intended only for singly subscripted Arrays. Each array subscript uses its own brackets and the lower bound is always 0. Subscript references cannot be out of range. If an array subscript is not within the declared or implicit range, an interrupt will be generated. I have found no way to disable this feature.
Except in a few specific situations, there is no automatic type conversion. For example:
int i = 1; ... if (i) { ..... // Wrong!This must be written as something like:
if (i==1) { ....
Type conversion, called "casting" in Java as in C, must be explicit in all non-trivial situations. It is denoted by putting the new type in parens:
float f1, f2 = 1; // Permissible. Java will cast 1 to 1.0 double d1, d2 = 0; // Permissible. Java will cast 0 to 0.0 f1 = d1; // Illegal, precision might be lost f2 = (float) d1; // Okay. Casting tells the compiler it's okay d2 = f1; // Permissible. RHS higher precision than LHS
Starting with Java 1.5, also called Java 5, when you declare a collection of some type of data, you should declare the type so the compiler can verify that the operations are legal. In older versions you have to explicitly cast the result to the new type. In Java 5:
Vector <String> vecStrings = new Vector <String> ();With this declaration, javac, the Java compiler, can verify that any assignment to a vecStrings component is a String. Previous to Java 5, the declaration would lack the angle bracket type declaration and to use one of the elements of the Vector you had to cast the result from an Object to a String:
String str = (String) vecStrings.elementAt(i);(In this older Java, you could store any type of object into vecStrings and would only discover the error at execution time when the cast failed. A vector is a collection like an array, but it can grow arbitrarily and must be accessed with specific methods like the elementAt method used above; it does not use subscripts.)
There are scores of packages in Java, the standard ones are listed at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/, but there is no include capability. A class or all the classes in a package can be imported, which means they can be referenced by their simple name. Ugh, that's confusing; some examples should help. Most programs begin with a series of imports:
import java.higbie.*; // to access any class of the package higbie import java.higbie.Debug; // imports only my Debug classwith either of these statements preceding the class statement, I can use Debug like any other declared name:
Debug deb = new Debug (args);If the package higbie is not imported, then the declaration would have to be
higbie.Debug deb = new higbie.Debug(args);and every time I wanted to reference Debug, I would have to use the fully qualified name, higbie.Debug.
Blocks are delineated by braces. For example, whenever more than a single statement is under control of a for or an if statement, the statements must be enclosed in braces. Most commonly you'll see something like:
for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) { ... } // end for loop over ior,
if (condition) { ... } // end if conditionBraces are similarly used to delineate the statements of methods and classes. In one of the few bits of context-sensitive syntax in Java, they are also used to initialize arrays. In that special case, because they are part of a single statement, a semicolon is required afterward:
int [ ] iarray = {3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 3};Here the bracket pair [ ] indicates that an array (subscripted variable) is being declared.
Java has 50 keywords and two other reserved words. For example, goto is a reserved word but is not a part of the language. You cannot use goto as a variable, but goTo is fine.
A method can declare that it generates ("throws," in Java) an exception, and any user of that method must either deal with the exception or pass it up the calling hierarchy where it will have to be vetted.
For example many I/O methods can throw exceptions for missing files or attempting to access something that doesn't exist. Users of any of these methods must provide code to catch the exception or their code will not compile. If they chose to pass the exception to their caller, then the caller must also vet ("catch," in Java) it. For most of the GUIs that control scientific/engineering applications this is not particularly important. It is important on large team projects, where an unvetted exception could result in a lost customer bank deposit, say.
One final note on syntax. There are three types of comments in Java.
A double slash introduces a comment that extends to the end of the line. This is one of the few places where an end-of-line character is significant.
A /* starts a comment that ends on the first */ encountered. This means that double slash comments can be nested inside /*
.. */ comments but not other /* ... */ comments. If you commonly remove code from execution by commenting it out, they you should predominantly use // comments.
/** ... */ comments. For the compiler, javac, these are just like the /* ... */ comments. However there is another tool, javadoc, that produces standardized code documentation. All the descriptions on Sun's web page, ...j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/, are produced with javadoc. Like javac, javadoc checks the code as well as the javadoc comments. Thus, at some level, it ensures that documentation is up-to-date. If a /** ... */ comment describes a method and its argument list does not agree with with the method's actual list, a diagnostic will be generated.
In this installment, I've covered some of the major differences between the syntax of Java and that of C++ and Fortran. For the next chapter I will present a "Hello Bill" program -- with a button.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I'm curious what other people use for their shell prompt setting. [[ (Your prompt is set via the "PS1" environment variable under [[ sh/ksh/bash and via the "prompt" variable under csh/tcsh.) # # Thanks to Jed Brown: # I like color prompts. This one gives me lots of information, but doesn't take a huge number of characters. From my .bashrc # Some useful escape sequences bold="\[\033[;1m\]" nbold="\[\033[;0m\]" normal="\[\033[0m\]" red="\[\033[31m\]" green="\[\033[32m\]" yellow="\[\033[33m\]" magenta="\[\033[35m\]" cyan="\[\033[36m\]" # shows command number, return value in magenta if nonzero, username in # yellow, host in red, tty in cyan, path in green PS1="\#$bold$magenta\$([ \$? -eq 0 ] echo -n \" \$?\")$nbold $yellow\u$red\h$cyan\l $green\w$normal\\$ " Slightly off topic, but we can also put useful things in our title bars: case "$TERM" in xterm* rxvt*) PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"' ;; screen) # With this escape sequence, screen can put the current command in its title bar. # Make sure to include in .screenrc the following line # shelltitle "$ " if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033k\033\134"' fi ;; *) ;; esac # # Rich Griswold # I use ZSH (http://zsh.sourceforge.net/) for my shell, and I have two prompts depending on whether I'm using a console or an xterm. The second prompt is basically the same as the first, without the prompt colorization (which some consoles don't support) and the xterm title bar hack. These prompts work in ZSH 4.0 and later. case $XTERM in xterm* aixterm dtterm hpterm) export PS1= $'%{\e]0;%(#.ROOT .)%m:%~\a\e[1;%(#.31.32)m%}%~ %(?.:\).:\() > %{\e[0m%}' ;; *) export PS1="%(#.ROOT .)%m:%~ %(?.:).:() > " ;; esac Explanation: ${ Start escaped string \e]0; Escape to change the xterm title bar %(#.ROOT .) Print the text "ROOT " if running as root %m Print the machine name : A literal %~ Print the path, using ~ for the home directory \a Ends the xterm title bar escape \e[1; Escape to change the text color %(#.31.32)m Use red text if running as root and green otherwise %} End the escaped string %~ Print the path, using ~ for the home directory %(?.:\).:\() Print :) if the last command was successful and :( if the last command failed (non-zero return code) > A literal %{ Start another escaped string \e[0m Reset the text color to the default %} End the escaped string # # Greg Newby # Here's a fancy prompt I've used for years for csh variants. From my .cshrc: # This works well, but some portable systems change their # hostname when using DHCP: set hn=`hostname -s` # This one won't change: set hn='aquila' # Set the "$prompt" variable, and make an alias to set the prompt, # at the same time: alias sp 'set prompt="${hn}(`whoami`) [\\!] `dirs sed -e '\''s .* '\'' -e '\''s .*[^/]\(/[^/]*/[^/]*\) ..\1 '\''` } "' # This insures that the directory section of the prompt is set # whenever I change directories: alias cd 'cd \!*;sp' # This sets the prompt in my .cshrc sp So, here's my prompt when I'm in my home directory: aquila(newby) [1015] ~ } A little explanation: I like to have multiple terminal windows open. Rather than using different colored terminal backgrounds or something similar, I just have the prompt show me which system I'm on. I have the prompt show my username, also, in case I have used "su" to become another user. Note that I run the "whoami" command before every prompt, so you might skip this if you don't ever change usernames. In the square brackets is the history number. In csh, I can use "!1015" to rerun command #1015...this is a nice feature when the command you want is still on your screen. Demystifying the whole prompt: ${hn} is the hostname `whoami` inserts the username ($USER is often the same) \\! inserts the current history number dirs lists the current directory sed ... transforms the current directory to just take the three last parts of the director path, if it's long } is just a divider (followed by a space) between the prompt and what you type The directory listing is a nice feature, since otherwise you might end up with very long directory paths as you navigate a Unix system. One of the most common problems that new (and more experienced!) people have with Unix/Linux is keeping track of which directory they are in. This prompt helps address that challenge. Even so, the directory component can sometimes push the active part of your prompt far to the right of your screen. I also use zsh, which is a shell with many characteristics of bash/ksh/tcsh. Since many systems assume you have a more direct descendant of sh or csh, zsh isn't a good choice for ARSC's large systems, where some of the general settings for all users won't take effect with zsh. For the curious, this is the prompt I use with zsh: PS1=$'%{\e[1;36m%}%m(%n) %~ [%!] > %{\e[1;0m%}' It has a similar output as my csh example above. The main difference is that it also uses ANSI color, so my prompt is cyan (but the commands I type are white). Using different prompt colors on different systems might help keep all of those terminal windows separate... And a bonus answer, to issue 344: A:[[ I have an existing library written in C/C++ that I would like to [[ call from a python script. Is there a way to call this existing [[ code without reimplementing the code in python? # # Thanks to Martin Luthi, who's catching up on old email: # There are many ways of doing this. o There is the ctypes module, that allows to directly link into *.dll (Windows) or *.so (Unix) libraries (part of Python 2.5., external module for older versions) http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ o SWIG (as already mentioned) http://www.swig.org o SIP http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/ o Boost Python (for C++ libraries, quite heavyweight) http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/ o weave (great for snippets of C code that get directly embedded in Python source code): http://wiki.python.org/moin/weave Here's a comparison: http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/comparisons.html Also take a look at the Python website: http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html Q: I use the Unix system call: int getgroups (int gidsetlen, gid_t *gidset) This stores a list of values of type gid_t into the simple, C-style array, gidset. However, I'm using C++, and want to use the vector container class from the Standard Template Library to operate on the list. Generalizing the question, what's the best way to copy a simple array into an STL vector object? Is this as good as it gets? for (int i = 0; i < numberOfArrayElements; i++) { theVector.push_back ( theArray[i] ); }
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text: It's Friday and it's been a slow week for kickboxing, so why not spend whatever is left of your sanity by sitting down and enjoying some dudes kicking and punching each other in the face, right? Right. There was a TATNEFT Cup event today and sure, we could just write out results, but they put the whole thing up on the internet, so we should just buckle down and all watch it together.


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Jeff Goodwin
As I recall, we are not at war, we are at an Overseas Contingency Operation, at least the what our dear leader stated early in his administration.
I guess the definition of war depends if you are spending Christmas in Hawaii or behind sandbags in the middle east. Holding a golf club or wearing a combat helmet.
Dont piss in my boot and tell me its raining regards....
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan


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WARNING: FreeCAD has moved!
FreeCAD code and release files are now hosted on github at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD
Only older files and code are available here.
FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM, aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits a wider range of uses in engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties. It is 100% Open Source and extremely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and customization.
FreeCAD is based on OpenCasCade, a powerful geometry kernel, features an Open Inventor-compliant 3D scene representation model provided by the Coin 3D library, and a broad Python API. The interface is built with Qt. FreeCAD runs exactly the same way on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux platforms.
- Rock-solid OpenCasCade-based geometry kernel, allowing complex 3D operations on complex shape types, and supports natively concepts like brep, nurbs, booleans operations or fillets
- Full parametric model allowing any type of parameter-driven custom objects, that can even be fully programmed in python
- Complete access from python built-in interpreter, macros or external scripts to almost any part of FreeCAD, being geometry creation and transformation, the 2D or 3D representation of that geometry (scenegraph) or even the FreeCAD interface
User Ratings
User Reviews
I had high hopes for FreeCAD. All the tutorial videos looked fantastic, here and there a small glitch, not too much to worry about as the goal was still achieved. My Mac OS X version of FreeCAD is unusable and extremely unstable. My user experience in this environment is sad to say a complete disappointment. I will try the Windows version and have better results to report.
I hesitate to give even a one star rating. This software is absolutely unusable. Cannot even rotate a 3d object around any of its axes without also moving it around the screen some random amount at the same time. Please remove this software from the world.
I'm afraid I have to add my voice to perhaps encourage the developers (who are clearly genius's), but also to warn potential users. As many others are saying, the user interface is, sorry, diabolical. However, I have found it to be surprisingly robust, easy to install, and gives me just enough control to easily review designs from others -- excellent steps file import and export, good simple load and save & combine. It needs a ground up interface resign that was al least as simple to use as Google sketchup, and a simple snap grid of some sort instead of infinitely variable placement and rotation (so you can move something and back to precisely the same position) among other things..however, it is free, and currently there is no equal for free users (all I want to do is review things and make suggestions without buying something expensive). Libre is 2D, and BRL-Cad is more of a renderer from what I hear... maybe I'll try that next. So well done .. look forward to when it is finished and a coherent user-interface is added. Lastly, THANK YOU.
This is nice and helpful software. Please, search the Title in You tube - (how to make facebinder in FreeCA
FreeCAD has great promise, but it's young and very much a work in progress as yet. I like its user interface and much about the capabilities so far - though it has a few odities and bugs still. However!!! As at August 2015 it allows you to design a single homogeneous part (e.g. a moulding) as a unit. But most real things require an Assembly of parts (e.g. mouldingS + screws + bearings, etc..) - and that's not there yet - which rather scuppers any serious use yet. You can of course design many parts and even place many components on the same drawing. But that's not the same as being able to assemble individual parts into a component/product/composite-part. I know there are some good intentions and good features in the pipeline, like the Assembly module and true Parametric driven* design capability. Providing these are well thought out and well implemented, they'll make it a great product with much potential. [ * FreeCAD at present allows specification of the values of attributes (eg. length, width, height etc.). These can be changed (edited) and redrawing happens. However, to me true parametric driven CAD is being able to use formulae and variables in the attribute definitions, so that changing a value ripples the effect through the whole model, not just one item. ]