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American born Lobelia isn't just your typical singer-songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist who worked as a studio musician for 10+ years, she has won multiple awards for her songwriting, has been featured in Billboard Magazine, and was one of the original Women of MP3.COM in the early days of the Internet. In the UK for 10+ years now, she hosts several acclaimed songwriter nights at Tower of Song, shortlisted by the PRS as one of Birmingham's best small venues. She can sometimes be seen performing with celebrated solo? bassist, Steve Lawson. (aka Mr. Lo)An advocate for sustainable touring, she travels the world performing at house concerts and small venues.


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I have some other Kaiser Germany dishware that I found a few years ago at thrift stores which I will have to post soon as well. Very crisp, white pieces are so very decorative. I didn't know Kaiser made a line of decorative wares so these were nice to add to what I already have. Yard sale finds also-very cheap.


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Seib & Wessel: Just Don't Call It a Deal
The White House has insisted it won't negotiate on the debt ceiling, and there is tons of bad blood with the GOP, but it may be forced to do a deal nonetheless. Will there be a breakthrough? Can Democrats stay united? WSJ's Carol E. Lee and Patrick O'Connor explain.
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the ... kill it ... Republicans have to make the shift away from Obamacare toward spending if that's right in the White House us to make a shift to hear they have to also agree that they're going to negotiate on spending ... as part of that condition for raising the debt ceiling this is exactly what at least rhetorically ... the president of the Great White House says they want it we will not negotiate on the debt ceiling but to make this happened in fact ... come a half to use an understanding that that's what they're doing right but they need to be able to do it says have a situation where the Republicans say Let corner to share that feeling away House can say look we're not can continue to that feeling ... and so how big it that's it into Washington's that's a doable thing ... but how they get there and able to get there rather quickly and if you listen to a house rhetoric on this ... this week it's and ... it's on it's on one hand or say we're not can negotiate on the debt ceiling and the other hand are not saying they require clean debt limit increase and when you talk to him privately about what that means it means that ... well they can put something a bit of something to Devlin and and and it doesn't s early have to be of Pisa legislation on its own ... and so we're already seeing thing kind of converging in that way and I think you're seeing is that ... the Prez in and away the house and Harry Reid are talking about doing something you base the singer pelicans given on decimal Jason Ng larger will give you some things on ... you know I'm mandates that medical devices tax or it's me recently recent weeks on health care are some ... some other kinds of changes and some security and ... on her published a look at things that the president himself put in his budget ... to reduce entitlement spending let's take those and put him on a table now and that's the part if not ... the dealer and deal with in the least a medium size and the problem for the president is going to be no we've seen in his right now the Democrats are extremely United may have been and that's been in stark contrast to the Republicans and wants the president starts to move into ... willingness to negotiate ... than your Tennessee that fracture a little bit and see and ... hear the White House is Ardi hadn't invests in this budget to be has ... had to be with them in a way that if you think about a couple weeks ago they were in a because their demand everything seconds Acer and and Syria and other things ... and the way house did not want to play over budget issues that would fracture them further and if they had down this road beckoning get into ... it is all I mean they're United because in a way Harry Reid and Barack Obama to Richardson were no compromise period and that actually ... as the unifying factor although ... as you say it's kind of the graces the question of when eventually have to move off those extremes he has asked DiMenna how do you do it and that's Willie where there is an awkward moment on the Hill this week when Harry Reid was essentially given a victory lap and scolding Republicans ... and was out and said you know I put everything on the table with ... the performers Rasgon was everything that tax reform and he mentioned I mean these are things the Democrats on this is really wanted to sell ... the game in Washington can shift pretty quickly and I think Democrats also there's been a lot of sensitivity how to get to that point ... that we're pressing them already negotiating on the debt ceiling Ardi non negotiated a debt ceiling this one hour of recent attention on that soon but we do a broader package that may be added to the that ... that that seems to me the way out of this is for Republicans ... how to be able to say we were winning on spending and for Democrats BOC we have one on Obamacare ... in everybody has something to go home to the base with and the meantime in the middle there ... that do a deal that it's a sad is it all has to happen come at once in the other problem is is the the ... the Mistras them ... there so far apart and are so much that led right now I don't get the sense that Republicans want to give ... Democrats a fig leaf even though our new adventure or a prolonged time watching you see these public battles in the behind the scenes they don't take it and it was ...


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Yes Sheikh Mahmoud Shaaban is saying that it is legal to kill ElBaradei and Sabbahi because they want to bring down President Morsi !! "Both made it clear that they do not want that"
You must know that the Muslim brotherhood supporters and members in Egypt are defending their counterparts in Tunisia crazily claiming that the Islamists did not do it but rather the counter revolution in Tunisia !!
I do not need to speak about the comments that wish the same fate of Belaid to all President Morsi's opponents.
Anyhow ElBaradei was alarmed from this , he has to because it concerns his life. Here is his tweet.
Nader Bakkar , the official spokesperson of Al Nour Party demanded Al Azhar to investigate Mahmoud Shaaban condemning the Fatwa.
Regime silent as another fatwa gives license to kill opposition in the name of Islam. Religion yet again used and abused.— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) February 6, 2013
It is worth to mention several Egyptian figures in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s were victims of similar fatwas. Some of them paid their lives for like Farag Fouad.
تصريحات شعبان غير مسؤولة لذا نطالب مؤسسة الأزهر التي ينتمي اليها باتخاذ اجراء حاسم ضده ؛وكذا الجهات المعنية ؛ترك الأمر بدون محاسبة خطأ فادح— نادر بكار (@naderbakkar) February 6, 2013


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Wouldn't it be great to be able to share unique knowledge of a map in exchange for someone else's unique knowledge of a different map?
I think it's worth a try. Below, post:
1) MAP(s) YOU KNOW REALLY WELL [put favorite settings in brackets]
2) MAP(s) YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN
If you line up with someone, invite them to a doubles game of your map and theirs.
For me:
1) AoR 2 [Fog/Trench]
Classic [Doubles]
2) Battle for Iraq
Das Schloss
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I recently observed a friend of mine perform a kata. Afterwards I commented that I thought she did very well.
She replied that she was embarrassed because she had left out one of the movements. At her level, this was a major error.
I replied that missing a movement or even a sequence of movements does not matter, particularly at her level. What matters, to me, is how the person generates and transfers power, how they move from one position to the next, how they shift their weight, how they protect their sechusen (center line), their focus, and their composure (among other factors).
You can get a very good idea of a person's level of skill by observing just one movement, assuming that they are performing the movement honestly and not concealing their true motion. The value of kata is not in specific movements or sequences but in giving us the opportunity to move in a variety of ways and to refine our skills.
It is for this reason that I emphasize kata in my dojo. I would rather have the class perform many kata than spend a great deal of time on stationary basics. Stationary basics are good for beginners, but advanced students do better by practicing kata, by learning how to move.
Remember that your skill can be evaluated by just one movement. So do it well -- and be aware of who is watching.
Charles C. Goodin
Just One Movement
I recently observed a friend of mine perform a kata. Afterwards I commented that I thought she did very well.
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6 Definitions of Dose
The meaning of the word dose, the definition of Dose:
n. - The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
n. - A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
n. - Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
n. - To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
n. - To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
n. - To give anything nauseous to.
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WILLIAMSBURG, November 26, 1772.
George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. To James Edmondson, administrator, etc. of William Ramsay, deceased, and the heir at law of the said William, greeting: We command you and firmly injoin that, all other matters and excuses whatsoever set aside, in your proper persons, you be and appear before our Justices of our General Court, in chancery, at the Capitol in Williamsburg, on the first day of the next court, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against you by James Ritchie, and company. And this you shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of each of you 100 pounds. Witness John Earl of Dunmore, our Lieutenant and Governor General, at Williamsburg, the 5th day of November, in the 13th year of our reign BEN: WALLER
Virginia Gazette (Rind) November 26, 1772
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Benjamin Waller, as King's Attorney and Clerk of the General Court, was responsible for submitting notices to the VIRGINIA GAZETTE concerning cases coming before the court. Waller was a highly respected lawyer and public servant whose reputation was not damaged but his ambivalence concerning the revolution. He was offended by Patrick Henry's inflamatory speeches and the treatment of George Mercer in the Stamp Act crisis, but he felt he could not oppose the revolutionary measures proposed by his fellow Virginians. Concerned that British troops would bring smallpox with them if they occupied Williamsburg, he sat out the revolution at his home in Brunswick County. The new Commonwealth of Virginia appointed him Chief Judge of the Court of Admiralty, a post he held until his death in 1786. His Williamsburg home at the corner of Waller and Francis Street is an original house.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will launch a new round of schmoozing with his political opponents when he sits down to dinner with a dozen Republican senators on April 10.
Obama has been trying to gain Republican cooperation on a host of items on his second-term agenda including a deficit-reduction package, an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws and a tightening of gun regulations.
Criticized in his first term for keeping his opponents at arms-length, Obama is taking a different tack in the early months of his second term.
He and a group of Republican senators had dinner at a Washington hotel earlier this month and the president then visited Capitol Hill to talk to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The April 10 dinner is being organized by Republican Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia, according to Isakson's office and a White House official.
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Did everyone have a good day?
I don't see the big deal sometimes *moaning already?!* – but I am sure I made a bigger deal of it when I was looking for a boyfriend but when you're in comfortable coupledom, I'm more of a – 'Leave the flowers, let's go and stuff our faces instead', kinda gal.
Valentine's is in my I'm-not-that-interested holiday, along with Pancake Day, Take your child to work day and Uncle's Day.
First things first; this is what I got my Valentine's Cards in;
I kid, I kid. A year or so ago, I had lots of boxes from Strawberry Net and the Post Man just gave me the sack! But I swear, it was because the boxes were large not cos I ordered the whole store…
(*By the way, I love StrawberryNet – but their packaging is ridiculous. EVERYTHING, even the smallest items come in a box, with ribbon, with padding, with foam etc.)
So for Valentine's I decided to try out my Shu Uemura Lash Applicator – I absolutely cannot lashes due to my fat, piano players fingers, and long lashes.
(*Oh does anyone know how to do a line through text on Blogger? It will really help add to the comedy value.)
Anyway, so this lash contraption, which looks like forceps, is AMAZING. Bearing in mind that I could not apply lashes at all; they ended up near my eyebrows, but I got reasonable-good results with the applicator!:
I tried again on for Valentine's Day, and I was really impressed. I know I couldn't have applied falsies without the tool;
So that was my Valentine's Face, kept the lips low key, because there was some eating to be doing! Before that we went to see a play, Metamorphosis, which is based on one of my favourite pieces of literature by Franz Kafka;
I won't bore you, but its about a man who turns into a giant bug then dies. Basically. Book, good. Play, not so good. I was hoping his chest would burst then a giant black beetle would emerge, ravishing the stage. But this is theatre, darling, theatre.
Then we went for Sushi. The meal we had was called Sumo Wrestlers; 12 plates each and a main meal. And a pint of coke.
So anyway, don't let anyone tell you that 12 plates is easy to eat. It ain't!
But I was determined to egg on the team, even when I felt convulsions in my upper chest. Alas, I managed 11. And some Chicken teriyaki, but I couldn't finish my udon. Let me tell you I couldn't move at all later – but does anyone get food remorse? The next day when you're hungry and theres nothing to eat apart from mouldy bread, you wish you could go back and eat the udon?
Speaking of being greedy, I am cutting back big time, but I still got some goodies from the postman. First of all, an Adamsbeauty haul;
Group Photo –
KATE Gel Liners in Gold & Silver – wanted these FOREVER! The gold liner is a bit palet. Also Glam Trick Eyes, in my opinion the BEST palette range from KATE has released a green toned one. It is DIVINE.
Two Lavshuca Lipsticks – I skipped on the new shadows since the reviews were poor and there wasn't any vavavoom. These lip colours are like BUTTAH! Gorgeous, smooth, glossy, almost like glass when applied. I can't think of any Western brand that can do this with a lip colour as well as the Japanese can.
I bought the limited edition stuff from Majolica Majorca. Their ranges have been dull lately, but I love green, so I got the eyeshadow palette (which is lovely) and the swirly gloss. I used the beige one last night and it was shimmer, and had such a beautiful glossy texture! Completely unexpected.
I love Adamsbeauty, but I wish he'd release the new things in one fall swoop instead of adding it in dribs and drabs, so that when I check the next day, I don't have do to another order…(There was also a KISS Blue eyeliner pencil in there, but its crap, very hard and scratchy).
Then I got two very special packages from a Macaloony,
She is generous to a fault, so as well as grabbing some Stila for me (which I wasn't a huge fan on untill recently), she sent me a gift which I was not expecting so much of!
Firstly, the Stila!
Cool & Warm Palettes:
Contour kit. It has lights! Don't ask me what use that is, especially when its blindi' but it is quite cute:
Contour Shades:
I dug out some lip glazes and have been using them lately so I am very happy to have this selection…not like I can finish a full sizer anyway!
Cherry Crush! Not usually my thing but the Muse raved so much ( I need a compact blush) I decided to give it a try..
Belle of the Ball Palette! This was a freebie with a certain amount of purchases – but wow what a freebie. A gorgeous palette with shimmery colours, greens and blues is just my kind of thing.
Also musey kindly sorted out a replacement for my smashed to smithereens Vincent Longo Roja Palette, which is such a shimmery beauty;
My gift from the Muse! She knew my flat is a mess and smells, strangely enough *closes blinds* but I love this! Why?
We don't have scents like this in England! We have Lavender, Chamomile, Ocean Breeze, Fresh Linen, Baby's scalp etc. etc. But we don't have unashamedly sweet and fun scents. So thankyou Musey for turning me into an American.
Speaking of turning American, how much does Burger King cost over there? Cos I had a lovely Triple Whopper yesterday (egged on by the boyf), it was really good, had fries and a coke, it came to £7! thats like $14. For a Burger King, and I didn't even get a Snoopy toy.
There was another little surprise for me just before Valentines…our own bundle of joy!….in the form of a male kitten..
Our Kitty is only 3 months! but big…
So…Kitty is a boy, we call him Yoshi. Today we took him to the vet, since the previous owners had never taken him.
So vet does the inspection for Yoshi….
"Well, first off, it's a she" *sniggers*
Other than that, she was in good nick, but of course there are jabs and operations a little kitty needs…
So we get to the reception.
"So we are recommending the full year kitty pack for him, I mean her" *Sniggers*
"Ok, sure"
"That's £150 please"
Sweet Lord. Basically, I can wave my dream of owning all of Shiny Dots RMK collection goodbye. Whatever next? ONE item from Fafi?!?!
But look at her little face;
We renamed her Yuki (even though Yoshi can be a girls name, yes I know, I know, as it happens the manager of RMK in manager is called Yoshi). She sits with me when I watch Make Up Videos on Youtube. She doesn't chew any of my make up. She likes to sniff me and she has impeccable toilet habits, whereas make up just sits there; it gets used, or it doesn't.
I guess I did find a bit of extra lovin' on Valentines Day…


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So what are VC71 - CV74?!?!
on the yakface's facebook, somebody got a comfirmation on a item in 2013. Does anybody know what this is ??
Quote from: Matt R. on February 15, 2012, 09:44 PMon the yakface's facebook, somebody got a comfirmation on a item in 2013. Does anybody know what this is ??yeah I saw that too, did they end up meaning the details on the yoda style packaging?
Saw that too. Teasing stuff like that can be a double-edged sword. Someone let it slip to me at Toy Fair in 2008 that the Turbo Tank was on the way, but I felt compelled to keep my mouth shut and be all ethical and ****. I didn't want to blow up the guys spot, and wanted to maintain a good working relationship with Hasbro.Fast forward a couple of years after that and a site that I used to be affiliated with got a full Hasbro marketing plan and confirmation of the big AT-AT. They decided to publish it, despite my protestations that it should be dealt with cautiously. What ensued afterward was intense, and included threats of litigation from Hasbro's legal representation.
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Recorded at a moment in time when the young Mr. Rotten was routinely getting his head kicked in by skinheads and hassled by the police, this is probably my single favorite bit of punk rock audio ephemera (actually, it's a tie with the infamous Slits college radio interview, but that's another blog post…).
What am I talking about? A guest appearance by Johnny Rotten on the Capital Radio program of deep-voiced DJ Tommy Vance. Rotten/Lydon was invited to play records from his own collection and talk about them. He comes across as whip-smart, honest and refreshingly free from much—if any—social programming and religious brainwashing. He discusses the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McClaren (he calls him the fifth member of the band), being educated in a Catholic school he despised and his passionate love of music. There's no put-on here or any hint of the deliberate obnoxiousness of later years.
Where did you go to school?
[sighs] This poxy Roman Catholic thing. All they done was teach me religion. Didn't give a damn about your education though. That's not important is it? Just as long as you go out being a priest.
Which you haven't become.
Well no. That kind of forcing ideas on you like when you don't want to know is bound to get the opposite reaction. They don't let you work it out for yourselves. They tell you you should like it. And that's why I hate schools. You're not given a choice. It's not free.
It's an inevitable question, and a corny question, but can you think of any better system of educating people?
No I can't [laugh], I just know that one's not right. I wouldn't dare, it's out of my depth, I have nothing to do with that side of things. I haven't been to university and studied all the right attitudes, so I don't know. No I haven't.
[fades in Doctor Alimantado - 'Born For A Purpose ']
This is it, 'Born For A Purpose', right? Now this record, just after I got my brains kicked out, I went home and I played it and there's a verse which goes, 'If you have no reason for living, don't determine my life'. Because the same thing happened to him. He got run over because he was a dread. Very true.
The music he plays is a revelation. Can, some rare soul, Tim Buckley, Peter Hammill (he accuses Bowie of copping the Van Der Graaf Generator front man's moves), Captain Beefheart (he plays "The Blimp"!), Nico, John Cale and of course, lots of reggae. When Rotten plays the dub b-side by Culture (the track with the lopping bass, barking dogs, crying babies and blaring car horns) you can hear the blueprint for the PiL sound that would come along just a few months later.
It must be said that for a 20-year-old he's got astonishingly good taste in music and for that time period? Please! This really is an incredible thing to listen to. For the musical education alone, it's great, but listening to the thoughts of this controversial, brilliant young man at the height of powers is a sublime pleasure.
It even contains the radio commercials from the broadcast. This has been making the rounds for years, but this version is clean and in real stereo, the best I've ever heard.
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The curve seen on sites such as IMDb for so bad it's good films such as The Room and Troll 2. Named after 'St Hugh's Cinema Appreciation Soceity', a club that weekly shows so bad it's good films.
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Hi all,
I' new to madsoninc and as well new to the forum,
therefore a warm "hello" to the members, users, moderators, admins, and of course, the developer(s) :-)
Yesterday, I've installed Madsonic onto a Synology 1813+ and right now, its running well. (The new download-page is great with all the different builds, before that, it was a little bit hard to read thrugh the posts for a installation and trouble-shooting guide.)
ATM I'm trying/testing/clicking/indexing/wondering/reading/waiting, and listening to the music.
Later on, I will be asking the obvious questions ;-)


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Mother Olga Yaqob was only 16 years old when she began to volunteer at her church to help wash and prepare the bodies of people killed in the Iran-Iraq War for burial.
Performing five or more funerals a day, the bodies were often dismembered or in parts and difficult to identify. Once done, relatives had to be notified, many of whom were children being told of the death of their mother or father.
"It was a very difficult, very challenging time in my life," Mother Olga said. "These memories are just so engraved in my mind and in my heart, that's why ... I am a strong advocate of peace, dialogue.
"Never cease to pray for peace," she urged.
The heartbreak and tragedy Mother Olga witnessed as a teenager serving in her Catholic Assyrian Church of the East were only the beginning of her experiences during four wars and 35 years in her homeland of Iraq.
Living in the United States now, Mother Olga's work continues to be influenced by her witness of the immense suffering brought about by the wars in Iraq.
In 2001, Mother Olga came to the U.S. in order to continue her education. A member of the Assyrian Catholic Church, she was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church in 2005 and founded a religious order, the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, in 2011, at the behest of Cardinal Seán O'Malley. She lives with her order in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Since moving to the United States, Mother Olga has returned to Iraq several times. In opposition to the wishes of many, she used these visits for continuing her mission work, including ministering to American troops who were stationed in Iraq during Christmas.
Mother Olga finds the current Iraq conflict especially troubling. Those interested in revenge and violence "took advantage of the wounds of my people," she said.
"It was easy for them to recruit followers for their own agenda and cause the division we are experiencing today. It breaks my heart, because I know that is not good for the Iraqi people."
Her concern for the people of her native land encouraged Mother Olga, while in her early 20s, to gather together other young people, both Muslims and Christians, to begin a ministry she called Love Your Neighbor. The current division between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East is a problem that Mother Olga did not experience: "Even the Muslims, they did not mind if I prayed to the Blessed Mother asking her to bless our journey."
The main work of Love Your Neighbor was collecting food, water and medical supplies to distribute among the needy — often having to resort to begging to do so.
During the war, Mother Olga herself traveled through the desert with countless numbers of homeless and displaced people.
"I know what that means, waiting for just a cup of water, waiting for a piece of bread, waiting for a sign that we will get to a safe haven," she said
She is particularly haunted by the memories of the many children and elderly who died during that time. One Holy Week in particular, with no priest, no Mass, not even a Bible, Mother Olga recalls gathering the children around her in the desert to tell them about the Last Supper and how Jesus came to save them. A few of the children eagerly asked if they would have colored eggs for the Holy Day.
Most of the children did not even survive to Easter Sunday. "We had to bury them wherever we were staying each night," Mother Olga said.
Beginning so soon after the war with Iran, the Gulf War was especially devastating. "I always say that war brought us 200 years back," Mother Olga commented. For many years people no longer had electricity or running water.
The biggest challenge was within families. Parents desire, above everything, to provide three things for their children, she said: food, health and education. People were struggling just for food and the most basic health care; education went by the wayside.
One of seven children, Mother Olga was the only one to attend college. Disregard for education was due in part to the scarcity of resources, but also to the absolute hopelessness that young people in Iraq felt and continue to feel.
She remembers her younger brother asking, "What's the point of trying to be educated when we are all going to be killed and die?"
Because the wars have come in such quick succession, the Iraqi people have had no chance to rebuild their country. "I felt I was constantly struggling just to provide the basic needs," Mother Olga said. "When you have a country where 50 percent (of people) don't know how to read or write anymore, what do you expect from that country?"
Those in prison especially were victims of the poor resources, and inmates were the focus of Mother Olga's ministry for many years. She estimates that 99 percent of the people she served were Muslim. "I used to even memorize some of their prayers from the Koran for them, and they used to ask me, 'but you are a religious sister, why do you do this for us?' I told them, 'Just so you would know my God teaches me to love you.'"
Sometimes people question her, Mother Olga said, asking why she continues to work for peace when so many people are dying and suffering.
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Mayor Don Wesely and the President of the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), Local R9-38, Jeff Stump, today announced that NAGE has agreed to work with the city to reduce personnel costs by nearly $818,000. In ratifying its three-year contract last night, NAGE members voted to delay a four-percent negotiated raise for 13 pay periods, saving about $447,300. In addition, the union voted to give up the city contributions to its Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP) for the coming fiscal year, a savings estimated at $370,500.
NAGE represents 475 full-time employees. The NAGE agreement allows the Mayor to propose a 2002-2003 budget, which includes no lay-offs of NAGE employees. The Mayor will release the proposed city budget June 24.
"NAGE was the first union to work with our office to control personnel costs," said Mayor Don Wesely. "The union leadership has been working with us since March, and our negotiations were very cooperative. I want to thank all the NAGE members for recognizing our difficult budget situation and doing what they could to help."
"We appreciate the opportunity to work with the city to save jobs," said NAGE President Jeff Stump. NAGE members include laborers, equipment operators, library assistants, account clerks and clerical support staff.
On June 13, the Lincoln Firefighters Association, Local 644 announced that it had agreed to give up the city contributions to PEHP and reduce overtime expenses. The city will also eliminate one vacant firefighter position. The total savings from that agreement is an estimated $414,000 in the next fiscal year.
The Mayor began talking with the unions in December 2001 about the $5.5 million budget gap for the 2002-2003 fiscal year and the impact it could have on personnel and services. Personnel costs account for about 71 percent of the city's tax-supported budget. The five city unions represent about 93 percent of all city employees.
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The average total pay increase for city employees who are not at the top of their pay range has been eight percent. According to personnel records, more than 98 percent of eligible city employees receive merit pay increases.
In March Mayor Wesely asked the unions to consider a freeze on merit increases for one year, reducing the average city employee pay raise from eight percent to four percent. The reduced pay raise would have produced about $1.8 million in savings. The 65 percent of city employees who have not reached the top of their pay ranges would still have received the four-percent comparability increase, but no merit increase, which averages about four percent. The remaining 35 percent of city employees who have reached the top of their pay scales would have received half the four-percent comparability raise at the beginning of the fiscal year and the other half at the end of the fiscal year.
When the city unions requested other options, Mayor Wesely offered to work with each union separately on proposals to achieve the same $1.8 million total in savings as the Mayor's original proposal. If agreements on compensation savings could not be reached with the unions, costs would be reduced through a reduction in personnel.
The city's budget shortfall is the result of lower than projected sales tax revenues, which make up 43 percent of the tax-supported budget. As sales tax revenue slowed last year, Mayor Wesely imposed spending restrictions and held back about $5 million in authorized spending to ensure the city's current budget remained balanced. Those measures included:
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2011-12-06 The Bumpiest Chat
Start: 12:04:54
Seventies Soulchild: Good afternoon Selma
Selma: Afternoon seventies Did you get your pamphlets yet?
Seventies Soulchild: Good afternoon Daviss
Selma: Afternoon Daviss
Daviss: Hello Selma and Seventies
Seventies Soulchild: Hello HistoryBuff
Selma: Afternoon History Buff
Daviss: Hi HistoryBuff
HistoryBuff: Hey Daviss, Selma and Seventies. How goes it?
Daviss: Its going HB
Seventies Soulchild: Looking forward to my vacation in D.C.
Selma: Vacation..I thought it was a research trip Seventies..did you get your pamphlets? Ready for your Quiz?
Seventies Soulchild: For a couple days... do you think that I am going to be working the entire time? ha!
HistoryBuff: Ah yes, Seventies. Research in D.C. during December?
Daviss: lol@ seventies
Seventies Soulchild: lol no
Daviss: Selma give her the quiz lol I want to know the answer hi alt!!
Seventies Soulchild: alright Daviss... don't get on here stirring up trouble... lol
HistoryBuff: Hey Alt!
Seventies Soulchild: hi alt
Daviss: Moi, not a chance lol
alt: hello all, Daviss, HistoryBuff, Selma & Seventies Soulchild ... just got in from Brunch....
Selma: Afternoon alt..
Seventies Soulchild: nice. how was it?
Daviss: I thought it was gonna be an all-dayer alt
Selma: All day brunch..they would probably have to carry him out of there.. LOL
Daviss: lol I was thinking after brunch, the flowers and what ever love birds get into next. mabe a movie :? :o
alt: What do you do for, get a woman, who says she doesn't want anything 'special' on her wedding anniversay?
Selma: Flowers, jewerly...etc
alt: y'all can be very 'tricky" LOL
Daviss: lol
Selma: Chocolate..all three
Daviss: and then
Seventies Soulchild: lol alt
Daviss: come on now alt, speak up lol
alt: okay, that's enough... what's up genealogically speaking? :o
Daviss: hahahahahaha
Seventies Soulchild: lol
Daviss: lets see now... genealogically speaking I see Regina made a break through
alt: read your blog Daviss .... 147, 149, 145 or ..........
Seventies Soulchild: I saw that entire thread... great for Regina
Daviss: and alt I went and got a pick three 147..
alt: that was a good breakthrough for Regina....
Daviss: I should have kept my dollar lol
alt: hehehehehehe w/Daviss
Daviss: Regina deserves a breakthrough, she helps so many
Selma: Agreed Daviss
alt: and that's the truth.
Daviss: brb
HistoryBuff: me 2, brb.
Seventies Soulchild: What is it with people? You tell them to what to do and they just freaking blow you off.
Selma: What are you talking about seventies?
alt: who, where, when, how Seventies Soulchild?
Seventies Soulchild: Beginning researchers. This DNA thing is a blessing and a curse. smh
alt: Oh yeah, that irriatates me too....
Selma: Sometimes it takes a while for stuff to sink in for some folks seventies
alt: and that's the truth too Seventies Soulchild
Daviss: ok back
Seventies Soulchild: Now I may not do what you all have told me to do at the very moment you tell me, but believe me at some point I do it. Especially if I asked you for your assistance.
Daviss: Selma a quick question. Is that Texas research friend of yours still on the hunt
Selma: Don't know Daviss..haven't talked to her in about a year
alt: all things in time Seventies Soulchild .. and patience is certainly a virtue when it comes to family history & genealogy.
Daviss: oh ok. it just ran across my mind to ask
Seventies Soulchild: Just had to vent on that. Trying to help some people out on these DNA forums... it's terrible. They think DNA is the quick fix.
alt: I often say.. we can't all be in the same place at the same time in our research ...... techniques & findings..
Selma: For some folks thats all they want seventies..
Seventies Soulchild: Ok I have to move forward. So I'm excited that my boys have a history project that they have to present on an aspect of their heritage.
alt: and the DNA tested African ancestored FaceBook page is "something else".
Selma: Oh they are going to be busy, busy if its up to Momma.. LOL
Seventies Soulchild: One son chose Juneteenth and the other chose Family Reunions. Yes they are Selma... lol
alt: wonderful Seventies Soulchild .. two very good topics.
Selma: and they better get A+'s... LOL
Seventies Soulchild: Oh Selma you know me so well... lol Hey Khathu!
Selma: Well we have been chatting for a couple of years... LOL Afternoon Khahtu
Seventies Soulchild: lol
Khathu: good morning/afternoon everyone
Daviss: Hi there khathu!
Khathu: It is morning for me Selma
Selma: Oh you must be in CA..how is your sister?
alt: hello Khathu... I shall be listening to you thurs. evening .....Best wishes & good luck for the program
Daviss: How are you khathu and your sis
Khathu: Thanks alt
Daviss: oh yes thats right on thurs
Selma: Yep..I will be listening too
Khathu: She is starting to regain feeling on the right side and can move her right leg
Selma: Wonderful..
Seventies Soulchild: that's great.
Daviss: good for her khathu!!
alt: wonderful Khathu
Khathu: She is still in the hospital and will be transferred to a physical therapy facility later this week i will be giving my signature presentation on thursday slave era research
Seventies Soulchild: Make sure you advertise that on facebook.
Khathu: really? i rarely go on facebook
Seventies Soulchild: I think that Ms. Bennett has done a pretty good job of advertising it.
alt: bbenn is doing a good job of promoting the show on FaceBook Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: She is, but Khathu should promote himself :}
Khathu: I'll send the advertisement to my local chapter of Blacks in Government
alt: good idea Khathu have them type in Bernice Bennett on FaceBook Researching at the Archives & Beyond is the title of her program
Khathu: i have to shorten a 90 minute presentation to 40 minutes I will be giving the full presentation at the Baltimore AAHGS chapter in January
Seventies Soulchild: Oh really? You need to advertise that too.
AYWalton: Good afternoon, all.
Seventies Soulchild: Good afternoon AYWalton
Selma: Afternoon AY
AYWalton: Howdy Daviss, HistoryBuff, Khathu, Ms. Selma, SoulChile!
vicjorob: Hello all
Seventies Soulchild: hi ProfDru, vicjorob
ProfDru: hello fgang
Selma: Afternoon Dru and vicjorob
ProfDru: oops
Seventies Soulchild: where'd alt go?
ProfDru: hello gang
Daviss: hi there AYWalton, profDru and vicjorob! lol
AYWalton: hey there, vicjorob!
Selma: Probably ran out to buy some jewelery
AYWalton: khathu, looking forward to hearing your interview on Thursday.
Daviss: lol selma
vicjorob: Selma lol
Khathu: Hello AYWalton, vicjorob and ProfDru you heard it before
AYWalton: well, that's ok, I still look forward. I gave you a mention on last week's podcast, khathu.
Khathu: Thanks AYWalton
AYWalton: sure thing. oh wow---ProfDru is in da house! did not see you over there in the corner, ProfDru!
vicjorob: Angela - still trying to find Bernice's blog talk radio.
AYWalton: it is hard to find, I spoke with her about it last night.
Selma: Got might quiet
vicjorob: I found the NARA one but it wasn't hers. Does she have a name for the show?
AYWalton: HOld on I think I have a good URL.
ProfDru: I couldn't find her show either--wanted to listen to the one on VA research.
alt: y'all are a tough crowd .. throwing folk out LOL
AYWalton: here ya go, vicjorob. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernicebennett that should work. (I hope)
Daviss: wb alt!
vicjorob: Thanks
AYWalton: and when you get on the site--if you log in, then you can join the chat room.
alt: Hello to all who came in during my "absence" ProfDru & vicjorob
AYWalton: otherwise you will be in listen only mode.
alt: and AYWalton
Daviss: dang whats up with Daviss
Seventies Soulchild: ugh I'm sitting on a T1 and can't maintain my connection. ????
vicjorob: Hi alt. I will need to follow up with you on the Stewarts and Liggens
Daviss: did you click on the link mabe thats what it is
AYWalton: ouch!! that hurt!
Khathu: ok, have a good one. i need start running errands this morning.
Seventies Soulchild: I didn't click on the link.
AYWalton: later, khathu!
alt: okay vicjorob .. anytime email@example.com
AYWalton: are you in California?
HistoryBuff: Hi I'm back. Hey VicJoribm ProfDru, Khathu and AYWalton.
AYWalton: greetings, HistoryBuff!
Seventies Soulchild: Ok have a good day Khathu.
AYWalton: so VicJoRob, are you working on any genealogy of late? have you thought of creating a genealogy blog? I know you have tons of info on your lines!
alt: vicjorob... any connections to Pike & Jackson counties which are near Gallia Co. Ohio?
Daviss: Have a good day Khathu
HistoryBuff: cya Khat.hu
alt: later Khathu
Daviss: I guess I will be next :?
Selma: Something is up..just got kicked out
AYWalton: I had the same thing happen to me, Selma!
HistoryBuff: wb Selma
Seventies Soulchild: yes I was kicked out twice.
Daviss: everyone but me and HB so far
AYWalton: hmm.......the system is unstable.
alt: I think something is wrong with the chat connections.... we can't all be having browser problems
vicjorob: Just trying to close the loop on a 3G grandmother named Mourning Westover out of central Va near Westover Plantation in the tidewater region
AYWalton: If somebody was in California I would blame it on earthquakes. lol
HistoryBuff: lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol
AYWalton: what an interesting name, vicjorob.
vicjorob: Ang- whoop whoop got to Bernice's page. Thanks
AYWalton: Tidewater---that is Selma's territory! so glad you got there, vicjorob.
Selma: What county vicjorob
AYWalton: she sent me several links that did not work with rss feed, but I tweaked it and found the URL that worked.
Daviss: ProfDru, whats up with you/ ?
vicjorob: Yes, the name is interesting but have found very little. But then again I only recently found her name and begun only a cursory search
ProfDru: going through bills, ugh
vicjorob: Selma- I believe in the greater Richmond and Williamsburg triangle area.
AYWalton: you home today, ProfDru?
Seventies Soulchild: Yes it is the first week of the month... lol
ProfDru: no, at work on lunch break
AYWalton: whew!
HistoryBuff: wb AYWalton
AYWalton: gracious!
alt: vicjorob, are you related/connected to Rosemary Clifford McDaniel?.. she also has Zanesville & SE Ohio roots
AYWalton: and I was just popping in for a brief moment.
ProfDru: hole on tight Angela!
HistoryBuff: ooops
Seventies Soulchild: Another expulsion!
Daviss: hello vkn!
alt: hello vkn..
Seventies Soulchild: hi vkn
HistoryBuff: Hey Vkn
AYWalton: Greetings, vkn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vkn: Howdy 2 all and each
Daviss: everyone keeps running in and out of the room vkn:{
AYWalton: hope you are well, vkn.
vkn: Howdy to all and to each
Selma: Afternoon vkn..
Seventies Soulchild: Not by choice.
vkn: Howdy to each and to all
Daviss: somewhat unstable
HistoryBuff: I'm good. How are you? wb vicjorob
vicjorob: My 2ggrandfather was George Westover Potts. His mother was Ellen Westover married William Green, and her mother was Mourning Westover born about
Selma: vicjorob..is she still in this area in the 1860 to 1870 time frame
ProfDru: gotta run
AYWalton: yes the system is a bit shaky today. oops we lost our leader.
Seventies Soulchild: smh Ok well I'd better go my lunch is almost over. Y'all have a great day.
AYWalton: well, I was popping in briefly. Have a great day everyone.
Selma: Bye seventies..
Daviss: later
HistoryBuff: Cya AY
Daviss: its hard out here lol
HistoryBuff: Native American roots, vicjorob ?
Selma: Time for me to run too..have a great day everyone
Daviss: me too I guess later History, Seventies and vicjorob
HistoryBuff: Cya Daviss
vicjorob: I would assume so. Ellen and 23 year old George are on Williamsburg in 1880. Haven't found Mourning. Did find a male Hilary Westover in Ohio though. As to McDaniel, no relation Yes history buff. Cherokee on my father's side and a bit of Creek on my mother's.
alt: this is becoming frustrating
HistoryBuff: I see. wb Alt.
vicjorob: I agree. Hard to read the thread here on my phone because it automatically scrolls to bottom Also have Sikh from India -- my maternal grandfather's father. Gotta go to a meeting. See y'all tomorrow.
alt: later vicjorob
HistoryBuff: cya vicjorob So when do you think you will be in DC, Seventies? Sorry we could not connect. Hopefully I'll chat with you good folks tomorrow. Take care.
vkn: Who is there Howdy to all
Atlanta: now what this is crazy cannot sign in Out of control gotta find another way to chat This is not working


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Chances are good that you haven't heard of S&TI. It's not one of the INTs that IC watchers love to write about. It's not in vogue like SIGINT and it's definitely not as sexy as HUMINT. It is, however, what I and my fellow researchers at Taia Global have been engaged in since 2010 and thanks to the excellent work of the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, it has become part of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2014 (S. 1681) as drafted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. And the Committee has tasked DNI Clapper to investigate and craft a strategic plan for improving how the Intelligence agencies conduct Science and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) on foreign R&D.
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The Commission also highlighted the IC's inability to understand, let alone bring coherence to, the efforts of its various elements against foreign science and technology (known as S&TI). S&TI informs not only IC R&D investment decisions, but also policymakers' decisions about what capabilities to develop. The IC's R&D and S&TI capabilities are only growing in importance given the pace and scope of change in technology and the threat environment.
Therefore, within 180 days of enactment, the DNI, in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)), shall provide a Zero Based Review to the congressional intelligence committees. This Zero Based Review shall include the following:
- The identification of total financial investments for R&D functions and programs allocated across the NIP and Military Intelligence Program (MIP), and their relationship to investments at other U.S. Government departments and agencies;
- An explanation of the requirements process for S&TI across the IC, including identifying similarities and differences in procedure and nomenclature across the various agencies and elements;
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WE MEET SAM, THE CLIENT, FOR WHOM WE ARE DEVELOPING A SYSTEM. Tim, a co-developer, and I interact with Sam to get an overall view of what he wants the system to do through use cases and prototypes. We work together to determine a common vocabulary to describe the system's requirements.Meet Sam
Systems are not developed in a vacuum. They are created to meet an organization's needs. The client for whom a system is developed is the source of the requirements for the system and is the final decider of whether a system meets those requirements. Sam, the client, represents a composite of clients for whom I have developed systems over the years.
Sam owns the business CD Rental and Lawn Mower Repair. He started out with lawn mower repair and discovered that people who use lawn mowers like to listen to CDs and they prefer listening to a different CD each time they mow. Therefore, Sam came up with the idea of renting CDs. The service started out as a whim, but it has grown dramatically.
Sam contacted me about creating a system for keeping track of rentals in his store. His current system of using cards similar to library cards works, but it is unable to provide him the reports he feels his growing business requires.
Currently Sam has only one store. Since business is booming, he is considering opening several more stores. He wants us to design the system not only so it works in his store today, but so he can change it easily to accommodate multiple stores tomorrow.Tim the Developer
Tim introduced me to Sam. Tim studied computer science in college and worked summers at Sam's CD Rental and Lawn Mower Repair. He has been working as a programmer for five years, the last couple of years with me. He is back in school getting a master's degree. We still work together, but mostly remotely. He takes courses and does some teaching, so he is often unavailable during the day, when I am talking with Sam.
Tim represents an amalgamation of programmers with whom I have worked. We work together on approaches to solutions, but usually work separately on code due to the remoteness factor. Because of our physical separation, code readability is extremely important.Sam's Request
Sam came up with some features that he wants to incorporate into his system. They are based on what he already does with his index cards, as well as additional ideas that he developed in his head. He listed them on a sheet of paper:
- I want to be able to keep track of where each CD is, both when it is in the store and when someone has rented it (including who has rented it).
- I want the system to report when CDs are overdue.
- I want a catalog so that customers can see what CDs are available and what songs are on them.
- When I have multiple stores, the system should show which stores have a particular CD.
- I want to be able to offer discounts to frequent renters.
- I want a charge system that enables me to bill customers per month rather than per rental.
{mospagebreak title=Sam's Use Cases}
Sam, Tim, and I will develop the system with this list as the informal requirements for the system. We will transform these requirements into use cases.* I have found that writing use cases helps both me and the customer understand what the system needs to do. The cases are specified in sufficient detail so that we can appreciate the problem's scope and magnitude. Additional detail can be added later so that when it comes time to design or code, the necessary detail is available. Working through a system's use cases also helps to identify the users who should be consulted when their parts of the system undergo detailed specification and design.
Sam and I explore, in more detail, the first item on his list:
"Sam, who do you want to keep track of CDs?" I asked.
Sam replied, "What do you mean?"
I continued, "Do you want the customers to be able to check out their own CDs?"
"No," he answered, "only the clerk should perform checkout."
"Then let's go through the steps of checking out a CD, since that sounds like a primary use case," I suggested.
"How about returning a CD?" Sam queried.
"That sounds like another one, so why don't you tell me about both of them," I requested.
Sam explained the checkout and return procedures. After some discussion, I put his narration into the following informal use case descriptions. These use cases describe how the new system should work and are based on how the current manual process operates:
- a. The customer brings a CD case to the clerk.
b. The clerk retrieves the actual CD corresponding to the case.
- c. The customer presents his CD Store Customer Card. (The customer already has one of these for the manual system.) The clerk types the customer ID into the system.
d. The clerk types the CD ID into the system.
- e. The system records that the CD is rented to that particular customer. It prints a rental contract.
- f. The customer signs the rental contract.
- g. The clerk files the rental contract in a file box named "Signed Rental Contracts."
- a. The clerk types the CD ID into the system.
- b. The system records that the CD has been returned.
- c. The system determines whether late fees apply and informs the clerk if that is the case.
An informal use case description can lead to enlightenment, especially when combined with an examination of what can go wrong at each step. I asked Sam what the clerk did in their current system if a customer did not have his CD Store Customer Card. He said that the clerk looks for the corresponding card in the customer file. We captured this information in another informal case.
Checkout_a_CD (extension if no customer ID)
a . The customer identifies himself using a photo ID.
b. The clerk enters information from the ID into the system.
c. The system searches for the customer ID using the information from the photo ID. If no matching customer is found, the system indicates an error.
The use cases presented so far are informal. They mix user actions with system actions. Some authors (e.g., Larry L. Constantine and Lucy A.D. Lockwood in Software for Use: A Practical Guide to the Models and Methods of Usage Centered Design [Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999]) suggest that the use cases be written in a more technology-independent manner. Actions that are unrelated to system processing will drop out of the flow and appear as comments. For example, the Checkout_a_CD use case might look like this:
- a . The user enters the customer ID and the CD ID into the system.
- b. The system records the entry. It responds by creating a rental contract for the customer to sign.
Notice that the actual way in which the IDs are entered into the system is not specified. The IDs could be scanned in using a bar code reader, typed in, or spoken and translated by a speech recognition program.
Initial use case descriptions might state exactly how customers expect the system to work. Before implementing the use cases, you can rework them into a more abstract, less-technology-dependent description. Removing the implementation details can help focus on the business policies and procedures that need to be programmed.{mospagebreak title=The Ilities}
The purpose of requirements is not only to validate what the user wants, but also to verify that the implemented systems meet those wants. Requirements include more than just functional specifications as supplied by use cases. These other requirements relate to the software's quality. They are often called the ilities, since many of the terms end in ility. These quality specifications include reliability, testability, deployability, and performance.
Often these quality requirements are not documented for a system. They are implicit, such as in the case of Sam's system. It is assumed that the system will meet reasonable requirements. For example, its performance should ensure that users do not notice a delay.
For larger, more complex systems, documenting these quality requirements is essential. You can find further information on eliciting and documenting requirements in Software Requirements, Second Edition, by Karl E. Wiegers (Microsoft Press, 2003).Reinvention Avoidance
Once Tim and I understand Sam's system requirements, our first step is to determine whether an existing program provides the features that we need. There is no sense in recreating the wheel if an existing wheel works the way we want. Our goal as developers is to solve the clients problem, not to just write code.
Sam had searched for a commercial program and did not find anything. It appears that he is in a unique business, so nothing has been written, which is not surprising.*
We suggested to him that the process of renting a CD is similar to the process of renting a videotape or DVD. He could purchase one of those programs and it would already have many of the features that he wanted. He decided that he would rather have his own custom program instead of dealing with the terminology and handling differences among CDs and DVDs. We recommended that if he decides to expand into selling CDs, we should investigate retail sales systems. A lot of functionality already exists in those systems that should not be re-created. If a preexisting solution fits into the overall system, at least that part of the wheel need not be recreated.
Look for existing solutions to problems before creating new solutions.
Since Sam wants us to develop a custom system, Tim and I start to analyze the problem. We need to outline the concepts involved in the problem and clarify our understanding of what needs to be solved.{mospagebreak title=What's in a Name?}
Names are important, not just for the code but also for requirements and analysis. If you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to design for it.
Sam described how he wants to keep track of the CDs. He also desired a catalog of all the CDs that he has for rent.
"So, what is a CD?" I asked Sam.
He paused for a moment and looked at me with a questioning expression on his face. He must have thought I was crazy. "You know, one of those round things you put in a CD player," he said.
"So, when you said you want a CD catalog, do you mean you want an entry in it for every round thing you have in your store?" I asked.
He paused again. "No, I want only one for each title, regardless of how many copies I have in the store."
I suggested, "So, let's decide to use two terms, one for the CD title and one for the CD copy. This way we minimize the opportunity for misunderstanding. What do you want to call each thing?"
"Now I see what you mean," he replied. "What do you suggest?"
I replied, "Let's call the title a CDRelease, and the other a CDDisc. We could use the name CDTitle, but that would start to get confusing when we talk about the title of a CDTitle. To clarify what we mean even further, we can describe each term with a sentence:
A CDRelease is a CD identified by its Universal Product Code (UPC).
A CDDisc is a physical copy of a CDRelease. CDDiscs, not CDReleases, are what are rented.
"Now is it possible that a CD which a customer would be looking for would be related to two different UPCs?" I asked.
"It's possible," he said. But I don't think we need to worry about that. One would usually have the term rerelease in its title."
"We can always revisit this question if things change," I said. "Let's alter your requirements and the use cases to utilize these terms."
At this point, Sam and I came up with the following list of modified requirements:
- Keep track of where each CDDisc is, both when it is in the store and when someone has rented it (including who has rented it).
- Report when a CDDisc is overdue.
- Have a catalog so that customers can see which CDReleases are stocked, what songs are on each CDRelease, and which corresponding CDDiscs are available in the store.
Here is a modified use case:
a . The user enters the customer ID and the CDDisc ID into the system.
b. The system records the entry. It responds by printing a rental contract for the customer to sign.
Names are subjective. As long as you and the client agree on a name, it does not matter if the name makes sense to the outside world. Here are some other possibilities for names of these two concepts:
A CD identified by a UPC
A physical CD of a particular CDUPC
A CD identified by a UPC
A physical CD copy of a particular CDCatalogItem
Attributes of these classes should use the same names as the customer uses. If the customer uses a full name, avoid making up an abbreviation for it. If the customer uses an abbreviation or acronym, use that. If you have a hard time recalling what the short form means, ask the customer to supply a longer name.
Create a clearly defined name for each concept in a system.*
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If the world were perfect, you would have exactly one unique name for each concept in a system. In this imperfect world, having two concepts with the same name leads to confusion. In Sam's case, the term CD was applied to both a CDRelease and a CDDisc. Separating the two concepts with two names clarified the requirements.
Using two different names for a single idea can also be confusing, albeit less so than two ideas with a single name. Referring to a physical CD as both a CDDisc and a CDPhysical might be justified by political measures. ("This department calls it this and that department calls it that.") Sam referred to the act of renting a CD as both renting a CD and checking out a CD. If these two terms really encompass the same operation, the duality of reference can be annoying, but might not be confusing.
Sometimes it is hard to determine whether you have two independent concepts or one. Try making up a one-line definition for a name. If it is difficult to create a simple definition, go ahead and use two names. Later on, if you find that the distinction was meaningless, you
I worked with a group responsible for developing an airline reservation system. There is a lot of interesting terminology in the airline business. Think of your concept of a "flight" as a passenger. When you fly from Boston to Peoria, do you say that you are taking a flight to Peoria? Do you say that, even if you make a connection in Chicago? In that case, would you refer to it as a "connecting flight"? If you were on Flight 80 from Boston to Chicago and on Flight 100 from Chicago to Peoria, would you say that you are on two different flights? Suppose that Flight 80 landed in Albany on the way to Chicago. Are you on three different flights?
The reservations people agreed on the following definitions:
A trip with a single departure and arrival. For example:
Boston to Albany on Flight 80
Albany to Chicago on Flight 80 Flight
A numerically designated set of segments, with the departure location of the subsequent segment the same as the arrival location of the previous segment. For example:
Flight 80 Miami to Boston to Albany to Chicago to Seattle
Flight 100 Dallas to Chicago to Peoria
A set of one or more consecutive flight segments on a flight. For example:
Flight 80 Boston to Albany to Chicago
A set of one or more legs for a passenger that takes a passenger from a departure location to an arrival location. For example:
Flight 80 Boston to Albany to Chicago and Flight 100 Chicago to Peoria
These consensus definitions made it easy to create higher-level concepts, such as "marriage." A marriage is a journey, for which the cancellation of one leg results in the cancellation of all legs of the journey.
can always declare the two names to be synonyms. Suppose that Sam and I came up with the terms CDAlbum and CDRelease. We might distinguish them by stating that a CDAlbum is a collection of songs with a title given to the set, and a CDRelease is a collection of songs that was released on a single CDDisc.
The conversion from one style of architecture, design, or coding to another is not necessarily symmetrical. Suppose that a single name has been used to denote two ideas. Later you decide that you need to replace that name with appropriate names for each idea. You need to examine each usage of the term carefully to determine which of the two concepts it represents. On the other hand, suppose that you have used two different names for a single concept. If you want to combine those into a single name, you can do a simple global replacement.
For example, suppose we have a class called Message, which represents messages displayed to the user. We think at the beginning that these messages are going to behave differently, so we divide them into WarningMessages, ErrorMessages, SevereErrorMessages, and ReallySevereErrorMessages. We make every message an object of one of these four classes. Later on, we realize that SevereErrorMessages and ReallySevereErrorMessages really do not behave differently. We can eliminate the distinction using a simple search and replace. Conversely, if we had not distinguished the two and later found that there should be a difference, we would have to look closely at each object of SevereErrorMessage to determine whether it should be categorized as ReallySevereErrorMessage.
It is easier to combine two concepts than it is to separate them.
Please check back next week for the conclusion to this article.


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