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OH what this comic is is shitty. surprise! Why, he's taken a simple thing - Daylight Savings Time - and gone and made it dramatic! Oh ho. Why, it's just what you did a few weeks ago! But this time it's...repetitive.
Apparently sometimes movies can be inaccurate or silly from a scientific point of view. Now you or I, we might look past this. We might say, "oh, well, that's ok. I know the Sun doesn't work like that. Oh well. Maybe I can look past it and enjoy the film." Now sometimes this suspension is just too basic to the story, so you can't do it. Like here. . But sometimes it's just incidental, so who cares? The only people who would be sarcastic and bitter about it are tools, people who want you to know that oh, well actually they know the science and actually the movie is wrong. It's basically the usual scientific elitism that xkcd does all the time. The two smaller stick figures in panel 1 are the stand in for Randall 'n' his smart friends, sarcastically mocking their superior, who shouldn't even be their superior because they are smarter than her but they forgot the fundamental rule of xkcd-world, which is that the women are in charge, dammit.
Deep breaths.
I don't even get what this comic is trying for - is it mocking serious movie versions of simple things, or is it just mocking The Core and using a simple pun as the title? Whichever it's trying to be, cramming the other one in there is distracting. I think the alt-text implies that it's the former, incidentally.
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Remember all the shit we gave xkcd for its creepy-as-fuck robot boyfriends comics? I feel it is therefore my duty to point out today's Amazing Super Powers, though I won't comment much on it: All I'll say is that I like it more than the xkcd, because it's far more tasteful and of course better executed.
If you click on only one link today, click on this one: CLICK IT, FOOL. I don't know why I haven't seen it before, but it's a (super long) interview with Ryan North that's completely fascinating. To all those people who think Dinosaur Comics is lame and lazy because it uses the same images over and over, read that interview. Ryan North is a person who completely understands the medium of webcomics, and works hard every day on his own comic. I particularly like the part about using punctuation, and how it can be tricky to express exactly the cadences of verbal speech when you are writing it down.
Sometimes I think Moe and the xkcd blog are in a race to see who can update slower. But then moe goes and does something like the current comic and I just go "awwww moe, you can get away with anything you want. You lovable little fucker you."
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Puerto Rico's Supreme Court narrowly voted Wednesday to uphold a law banning gay couples from adopting children.
The 5-4 vote came in the case of an unidentified woman who has sought for the last eight years to adopt a 12-year-old girl who her partner of more than 20 years had through in vitro fertilization. It was the first time that the court heard a case on same-sex adoptions.
A majority of judges upheld the constitutionality of a law that states a person cannot adopt a single-parent child if the would-be adopter is of the same sex as the child's mother or father without that parent losing their legal rights.
The judges also said a family composed of a mother and father is best for a child's dignity, stability and well-being.
"The state ... has not criminalized their sentimental relationship, but it does not have a constitutional obligation to award this relationship the same rights that other relationships have when it comes to adoption procedures," the majority's opinion said.
The majority also found that so-called second-parent adoptions, in which couples jointly adopt children, do not apply in Puerto Rico. That issue affects the case in question in part, the majority said, because the girl would have to be registered with two mothers and the U.S. territory's laws do not address such a situation.
The judges said it is up to legislators to change adoption laws if they see fit.
"Starting today, the applicant should channel her efforts through the Legislative Assembly," the majority wrote, noting that courts in Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut have struck down similar cases.
CABE, an umbrella group that represents more than a dozen local human rights organizations, said the opinion shows the legal and social vulnerabilities of the island's gay and lesbian community.
"This opinion saddens us because we know that today they have emotionally destroyed a Puerto Rican family and left it without legal protections," said spokesman Osvaldo Burgos.
Chief Justice Federico Hernandez Denton dissented from the ruling, calling the law unconstitutional and saying the plaintiff's lawyers proved the proposed adoption would benefit the child. The girl, he noted, "proudly states: 'I have two mothers.'"
"Both (women) have ideal emotional skills, intuition and protective instinct to guarantee the girl's full and healthy development," he wrote. "In addition, tests showed that (the girl) is mentally stable, does exceptionally well in school and gets along very well with children her age."
By not allowing a second parent adoption, the girl does not benefit from the woman's medical insurance or a possible will, and the petitioner would lose custody if the girl's birth mother died or if the couple broke up, he said.
Hernandez began his opinion with a quote from President Barack Obama's inaugural address in January, in which he said that "our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law."
The chief justice criticized the judges who upheld the law, saying they interpreted Puerto Rico's constitution in the context of the times in which it was adopted more than 60 years ago, "as if it were an ancient manuscript encapsulated in a crystal urn."
Hernandez also noted that in 1976, Puerto Rico's Supreme Court allowed a single woman to adopt the daughter of her ex-lover without him losing his biological rights.
"While the rest of the world keeps opening its doors to the legitimate complaints of human beings discriminated against for their sexual orientation, the majority of this court refuses to declare the law in question as unconstitutional," he said.
The court's opinion comes as Puerto Rican legislators prepare to debate several bills that would extend more rights to gays and lesbians, setting off a heated debate in recent weeks.
On Monday, tens of thousands of people of different religious backgrounds marched to the island's seaside capitol to defend the traditional views of marriage and family involving a mother and a father. Several legislators joined the march, with protesters carrying signs that read, "Puerto Rico belongs to Jesus" and "Puerto Rico Stands Up in Defense of Family."
Human rights activists criticized Wednesday's court ruling. Among the critics was Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin, who tweeted his displeasure: "How sad. I see this as turning your back on childhood. So many orphans wanting the warmth of 1home."
William Ramirez, director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Puerto Rico, said he didn't think the court's opinion would set a strict precedent for future cases involving same-sex adoptions.
"We have a court that is pretty much divided on the issue," Ramirez said. "With a new set of facts in a future case, there's room to believe this could change."

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A flowing oak tree, Florida native species including a roseate spoonbill, manatee and sea turtle, the St. Augustine Lighthouse and a cabbage field come together to make up "A Land to Remember," St. Augustine artist April Whitt's four stained-glass-on-glass mosaics she created for One Spark.
"It depicts Florida through my eyes," Whitt said. "Although the cabbage field is tucked in the background, it is the most important part of my piece. The men working the field represent people I have met personally volunteering at a local food bank [in Hastings]. I hope I can bring a little awareness of what is going on inside one of the richest counties in Florida."
The 4-foot-by-6-foot montage of Florida scenery uses old windows as canvases.
"This piece is something I've been wanting to do for a while," Whitt said. "One Spark gave me the opportunity to finally do it. One Spark has provided all of us a stage to tell our story through our medium of art, our ideas and letting us connect directly with the crowd."
According to Whitt, events like One Spark will help revitalize downtown.
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Top 5 Most Influencial DBAs In My Oracle Career ("Heroes") April 8, 2008Posted by Richard Foote in Oracle General, Oracle Opinion, Richard's Musings.
When I was at OpenWorld last year, I was asked by a couple of people a question that's been asked of me quite a number of times before. Who has been the biggest influence in my career as an Oracle DBA, just who has had the biggest impact in shaping the Oracle DBA I am today.
It's actually a really difficult question to answer because it first assumes I actually know exactly what sort of DBA I am, which I'm not sure is entirely the case. It also assumes that "this shape" is fixed, which it isn't. I literally learn new things about Oracle on a daily basis so I'm continually evolving and developing and "growing" as a DBA.
The answer I generally give surprises most when I give it but when I explain my reasoning, it generally makes sense and they accept where I'm coming from. So I thought I might share the top 5 Oracle DBAs who have most shaped and influenced this Oracle DBA I am today.
Reducing what is overall quite a massive list of influences to just 5 is a really really difficult process, but these 5 are probably the most influential in not just what I actually "know" about Oracle, but more importantly, how I actually go about continually learning and growing and developing as a DBA.
Four of them in no particular order are:
Steve Adams. I've had the pleasure of meeting Steve a number of times and the most important thing he taught me was just how much I actually didn't know about Oracle !! Initially, I looked at Oracle as simply being this "car" if you like, that had an "engine" and had a thing you did to switch it on and a thing you turned to make it go where you want and if you did these things every now and then, this "car" ran that little bit better (or so it seemed). However Steve made me realise that Oracle was actually made of lots and lots of little parts and that an "engine" was actually made of lots of different components that worked together and the more you knew how these components actually worked and interacted, the easier and more effective one would be in tuning and finding what might be at fault. However, he didn't just know that this bit was a "starting motor", he went way way down into knowing what all the little bits 'n' pieces were that made up the "starting motor" and the "distributor" and the "CD player" and pretty well every part of the whole "car" !! And not just for this model of Oracle, but for pretty well all models dating back to almost when Oracle began.
Steve really opened up my eyes into appreciating all that there really was to potentially learn about Oracle, the importance of having some understanding of the nuts 'n' bolts to be effective and that no matter what, I will never, ever, stop learning and relearning how Oracle actually works. I will never have the knowledge that Steve has about Oracle, I will likely never get close but he gave me the drive and ambition to at least try. He's also a fellow Aussie so deserves additional bonus points 😉
Tom Kyte. I've only met Tom once very briefly at OpenWorld last year. However, I feel like I know him so well thanks to his fabulous Ask Tom website. Tom has probably taught me more about Oracle itself than just about anyone but he's also taught me something far more important as well. Tom taught me the importance of "proof", how to demonstrate and actually "show" how Oracle works and functions. Rather than just saying 1+1=2, he can actually demonstrate that 1+1=2, why it's so and give me a script that I can run and test and modify so I can learn why and how 1+1=2. Most things in Oracle can be illustrated in this manner and these skills have been a huge influence on not only what to believe, but in how to determine and investigate things for myself. If someone claims 1+1=3 but doesn't have the capabilty to show why it's so, then in my experience there's a very good chance that 1+1 doesn't actually equal 3 afterall.
Also, Tom's books are among the best Oracle books I've read and really showed me what a good Oracle book actually looks like. Basically Tom taught me "how to fish" and I've been catching fish in the Oracle Ocean for most of my career thanks in large part to Tom.
Jonathan Lewis. I had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan and showing him the wonders that is sunny Canberra a few years ago. Jonathan, like Tom and Steve knows more about Oracle and the internal workings of Oracle than I will ever hope to know. The Oracle knowledge this man has is amazing.
The core, the brain even of the Oracle database is the CBO and very often when Oracle is "sick", it's directly related to the CBO not doing what it should be doing or not doing what you think it should be doing. Jonathan reminds me very much of a really really good doctor or surgeon who not only is able to quickly diagnose a specific problem with one quick glance of a "medical chart" but is able to get in and successfully perform the necessary surgical procedure with no fuss, ensuring the patient makes a quick and successful recovery.
Jonathan taught me the importance of correctly diagnosing a problem in order to apply an appropriate solution. He also highlighted just how complex the CBO really is, how important it is to actually understand how the CBO (and Oracle in general) works and why it's vital to correctly understand and interpret the various costs and behaviours in order to apply an appropriate solution. Unless you understand the hows, the whats and the whys, unless you really understand the problem, you're not really in a position to apply an appropriate solution. Jonathan never guesses, rarely assumes and if he does, it's an educated guess and he'll explain his reasoning for making any such assumptions.
This "discipline" of his and his process in diagnosing a problem has been extremely important in determining how I look at a problem. If I don't know what's actually going on, if I don't understand the root cause of a problem, then how can I expect to solve it successfully.
Cary Millsap. A few years ago, I attended a class of Cary's in Sydney where I had the opportunity in turn to explain the wonders that is Rugby League over a few beers. He's notable also as being one of the very few people to fully appreciate my (somewhat infamous) "Rupert The Rat" joke …
During my time at Oracle, one class I never particularly enjoyed teaching was the Performance Tuning course as I felt really uncomfortable with the contents and the manner in which the topic of database tuning was addressed. Method C wasn't a process I ever felt comfortable teaching. Although I had been focusing on the wait interface for quite some time, for me, Cary's (and Jeff Holt's) book Optimizing Oracle Performance was the first time I read a book specifically on performance tuning where I said, "Yes, yes that's it". Cary's book and his teachings so perfectly articulate the importance of knowing exactly where time is being spent when poor response times are problematic, so one can focus on a solution that will actually make a difference. Again, understanding "what" the problem is by knowing where all the time is being spent. Again, the "don't guess when you can know" principle. It's a process I successfully apply again and again in diagnosing database problems and Cary's focus on Method R has been very influential. Besides, anyone who appreciates Rupert The Rat deserves a special mention 🙂
The final person in my Top 5 list is most certainly the most important and significant in determining how I've evolved over the years into the DBA I am today. It's possibly a somewhat controversial choice and there may be some who would possibly disagree. However, in my opinion, this person should likely be in everyone's Top 5 list (big call I know) so I'll leave the identity of this last person for my next post.
- 1. Mathew Butler - April 8, 2008
That Sydney course would be Performance Diagnosis 101, November 2003. I think it was the first one immediately after the release of Optimizing Oracle Performance.
I know, because I was on the same course ( I sat at the back next to Steve Adams ).
What I found so amazing about that course, was that it made so many things in Oracle "make sense". I also sat in wonder as I was able to dig into the trace analysis and make sensible conclusions about the cause of performance problems, whilst Steve Adams (and others) read 4 or 5 levels even deeper into a systems behaviour based on the same data. My eyes were opened to the real value of systems instrumentation.
This, and Jonathan Lewis' Performance by Design course are two of the best I've ever attended. Should the opportunity come up I'd definately attend them both again
- 3. SeánMacGC - April 8, 2008
Hello Richard, is your number 5 one Larry Ellison perchance?
- 4. Mathew Butler - April 8, 2008
I think Pete was branded in a black and red Oracle shirt. I remember a bottle of wine presentation. That, and the high quality of technical information that came both from the presenters and attendees.
I wish Cary/Jeff would schedule something in London.
- 5. Alex Gorbachev - April 8, 2008
I have the same feeling about Cary's book – I felt I was already going the right path before I read his and Jeff's book and the book made everything clear, black on white. It formalized and sorted everything that I had in my head regarding performance tuning.
Tom's seminar in Munich was the first formal (or I should say organized form of) education I attended. He is also the one who started blogging bug inside me.
Jonathan, for me, is associated with the perfect teacher, an ultimate example for any teacher and tutor. I just can't imagine it can be done better.
IXORA is the first website that showed me the depth of Oracle and its complexity. I'm also grateful to Steve for Oracle-L moderation.
Oracle-L has tremendous influence on me and it should actually be the most influenced pseudo-person, if I can put it this way, but my number one is Olga. You haven't meat her… yet. 😉
- 6. Chris Adkin - April 8, 2008
It's interesting what people define to be a 'DBA', the five people you have meentioned are indeed titans of the industry are you would be hard pushed to find anyone with more knowledge and experience than the five people you have singled out. I myself, despite being well below the people you have mentioned in the food chain am more focussed on performance and internals like the people you have mentioned. However, there are some DBAs that don't attract the limelight so much, because they focus on less glamous work such as being experts with RMAN, DR etc, and the like. One of Tom Kytes answers in response to a question posed to the his Ask Tom web site was; what are the most important functions of being a DBA, his response was that the most important thing was something along the lines of getting backups and your dr regime right because this is the one area the DBA cannot afford to get wrong. So although the five people you have mentioned are almost peerless, there are a lot of unsung heroes out there and an argument to be made that perhaps these people are more akin to database technical architects than DBAs.
- 7. Gary - April 8, 2008
Interesting to see your number 1.
The most influential DBA would be the one who influenced the ones who influenced you. One choice would be Dr DBA, Ken Jacobs.
On the other hand, there's one DBA who would certainly be a controversial choice and who is significant figure in the industry. A Moriaty to your Holmesian figures in the list above. Hmmmm..
- 8. Slater - April 9, 2008
I got a feeling that the last DBA in your list will be you.
- 9. chris stephens - April 9, 2008
My guess is a dba who isn't exactly known for scientific rigor and who has been the figure against which most or all of the other 4 previously mentioned Oracle professionals have spent considerable time debating various 'rules of thumb' or blanket type statements.
- 10. SF - April 9, 2008
I suspect the last DBA to be a kind of anti-pattern – for which, from what I have seen of you, I can only think of one person …
- 11. Mohamed - April 9, 2008
When I exclude the 4 persons you mentioned above, I see only one person who has a big influence on you:
David Bowie 🙂
- 12. Sidhu - April 10, 2008
Nice post Richard…
& 5th DBA, i second Chris 😉
He is………:D
- 13. Noons - April 10, 2008
stuff the 5th, I want to hear the "Rupert the Rat" story!
- 17. Log Buffer #92: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs - April 11, 2008
[…] is one of the heroes singled-out for tribute Richard Foote's thoughtful piece, The Top 5 Most Influencial DBAs In My Oracle Career, the fifth of whom remains a mystery for the time being. A worthwhile discussion […]
- 18. kk - August 30, 2016
#5 must surely be Donald "The Don" Burleson


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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises."And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."
And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."
My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching. Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life, keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" "The son of David," they replied. He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."' If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
"I am like a rose on the coast of Sharon. I'm like a lily in the valleys." The king says, 2 "My love, among the young women you are like a lily among thorns." The woman says, 3 "My love, among the young men you are like an apple tree among the trees of the forest. I'm happy to sit in your shade. Your fruit tastes so sweet to me. 4 You have taken me to the dinner hall. Your banner of love is lifted high above me. 5 Give me some raisins to make me strong. Give me some apples to make me feel like new again. Our love has made me weak. 6 Your left arm is under my head. Your right arm is around me. 7 Women of Jerusalem, take an oath and make me a promise. Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses. Don't stir up love. Don't wake it up until it's ready.
7 What should we say then? That the law is sin? Not at all! I wouldn't have known what sin was unless the law had told me. The law said, "Do not want what belongs to other people." If the law hadn't said that, I would not have known what it was like to want what belonged to others. 8 But the commandment gave sin an opportunity. Sin caused me to want all kinds of things that belonged to others. 21 Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 Deep inside me I find joy in God's law. 23 But I see another law working in the parts of my body. It fights against the law of my mind. It makes me a prisoner of the law of sin. That law controls the parts of my body.
Even today I come to tealize my complaint is at my hand. His hand was heavy on me; He made made me cry. Oh! that I know where I might find Him!, that I mght come to the conclusion of the issue! That He might tell me the things I did, and I will not be silent when I argue.
But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.
If they were chosen by God's kindness, they weren't chosen because of anything they did. Otherwise, God's kindness wouldn't be kindness.
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel.
For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who perish; but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God.For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."
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Santa Clara VTA light rail celebrates 25 years of serviceWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
Twenty-five years ago on Dec. 11, a nine-mile, twelve-station light-rail transit line opened its car doors and would become the first of nine segments to offer passenger service in Santa Clara County in California.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), known at that time as "County Transit," was on its way towards the goal of building a mass transit system that would serve the ever-growing urbanized area, becoming an alternative to the automobile and a driver of economic development.
It began with the federal government supporting that vision with a $2-million grant in 1982 to fund preliminary engineering of the first phase. Construction of the line officially commenced with the light-rail maintenance facility. The Guadalupe Light Rail Division, located in downtown San Jose on Younger Street, was completed in 1986 and is used to store, clean and repair light-rail vehicles. The second phase of construction and first segment of in-street track installation began in 1985. Although the initial tracks only spanned 1.5 miles, they were essential for testing the light-rail vehicles as they were delivered.
Today, Santa Clara VTA's light-rail service spans 42.2 miles and 62 stations, connecting with Santa Clara VTA buses, Caltrain, Altamont Corridor Express, Capitol Corridor Intercity Rail Service and one day, Bay Area Rapid Transit. Santa Clara VTA currently operates 99 low-floor vehicles. More than 10 million trips were taken in fiscal year 2012 and the system is on track to carry 11 million riders in fiscal year 2013.
"As light rail hits its stride, I know the best years are ahead for our system," said Santa Clara County Supervisor and VTA Board Chair Ken Yeager. "Like Silicon Valley, light rail has evolved and changed through the decades. As our economy continues to grow, and as we look for ways to reduce congestion and air pollution, light rail is needed more now than ever."


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"Brockley Common is about to receive Planning Permission, but there have been complications with TfL money and what they are going to do as the new owners of the network from 2009. The next Brockley Common meeting is at the Broca, 7.30pm on February 13th and the station flowerbed and Brockley Common clean up is on Sunday, February 17th . It would be great to see some of Brockley Central's readers there. We really need more members as with all these new flowerbeds planned and done we are quite stretched."
This is the South London Press' report on a non-fatal shooting that took place just after Christmas.
There is a feeling among some local residents that, until recently, the authorities had not been taking the problem as seriously as it deserved. However, in October, Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock said:
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Apple plans to entice more Chinese customers to buy its smartphones and other gadgets by offering purchases on credit, according to a report by the Financial Times. The company hopes new installment payment plans will help improve sales in China against cut-rate competitors, as China is viewed as one of Apple's top markets for growth.
The new program is analogous to those already offered in the US, Japan, Brazil, South Korea, and Singapore. It allows any Chinese customer with a credit card from China Merchants Bank and spending more than ¥300 ($48) to pay the balance in 12 monthly installments with zero interest. If the buyer wants longer repayments options, they can get 6.5 percent interest for 18 months, or 8.5 percent for 24 months. The offer is good for purchases that total up to a maximum of ¥30,000 ($4,800).
Apple has seen tremendous growth already in China, and CEO Tim Cook has commented more than once that the country is becoming one of its top markets. The country accounted for 15 percent of Apple's revenue in 2012. "[This] is really phenomenal when you think about it," Cook said during last quarter's financial analyst call. "That's up over $10 billion year on year."
Still, the company faces stiff competition from lower-priced alternatives from local vendors such as ZTE, Huawei, and others. Though Apple has so far benefitted from China's rising middle class, the FT noted that smartphone demand in China has been "increasingly driven by first-time buyers with lower incomes." Critically, smartphones aren't typically subsidized in China as they are in the US, as 70 percent of mobile users there are on prepaid plans.


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As the NFL season progresses, maintaining a successful fantasy team can hinge on whether you outsmart yourself or not. There have been plenty of healthy players who were once considered studs that you may be beginning to question whether or not to put them in your lineup.
If you pulled Tony Romo in Week 5, you missed out on 506 yards and five touchdowns. Don't like Larry Fitzgerald against San Francisco and decide to finally sit him in Week 6? All he did was go for 117 yards and a score.
Whether or not you're patient enough to wait for that breakout game is a different story. Here's a look at who may or may not do just that in Week 7.
Start 'em: Eli Manning, New York
Yep. I went there.
The Manning that won't be winning the MVP this year has the Giants off to an 0-6 start, and has yet to complete an interception-free game this season. But there are far worse options out there this week.
If you're a Drew Brees owner, don't feel (too) bad about starting Eli this week. For all of his poor play this season, Manning is still fifth in the league in passing yards. Facing a Minnesota team that that is allowing an average of 31.6 points and 418 yards per game, start Eli Manning this week. He's got to have a decent game eventually, right?
Sit 'em: Joe Flacco, Baltimore
It wasn't Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady that had the best statistical Week 6, it was Joe Flacco, with 342 yards and two touchdowns. That was in a good matchup, at home, against the Packers.
This week the Ravens go on the road to Pittsburgh, a place where Flacco has excelled only once, a 300-yard game in 2011. In four other regular season games, Flacco has averaged just 195 yards per contest. You can find a better option this week.
Start 'em: Le'Veon Bell, Pittsburgh
Don't be scared by Bell's 34-yard performance against the Jets in Week 6. The Jets boast one of the top run defenses in the league, whereas the Ravens – who the Steelers will be playing in Week 7 – do not. Eddie Lacy gashed Baltimore for 120 yards in Week 6, and fellow rookie Bell should be able to have a similar outing with the Ravens on the road.
Sit 'em: Stevan Ridley, New England
Just when you thought you might have something with Ridley (96 yards rushing, two touchdowns), he has to face the Jets. Teams are averaging just 75.7 yards per game against New York, the second stiffest mark in the league. The Patriots will likely find another way to win this week, but it's doubtful it will come thanks to Ridley's legs.
Start 'em: Terrance Williams, Dallas
In the six games that the Philadelphia Eagles have played during the Chip Kelly era, an average of 57.5 points have been scored per contest. Don't expect that trend to change when the Cowboys come to town this weekend.
With Miles Austin likely to return Sunday, it stands to reason that Williams' value actually goes up as a third receiver. In the Eagles' six games, players like Leonard Hankerson (five receptions, 80 yards), Donnie Avery (seven, 141), Reuben Randle (six, 96) and Timothy Wright (seven, 91) have all put up solid fantasy outings. Expect Williams to join that group this weekend.
Sit 'em: Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City
If you haven't been sitting him by now, it might be time. The Texans got beat down by a mediocre St. Louis team this past weekend, but Houston still has the NFL's best defensive team statistically, and that's what counts in fantasy football.
Houston is allowing only 252 yards per game and 131 through the air, and it's not going to be Alex Smith and Dwayne Bowe that break those numbers open. Feel good about sitting Bowe this week.


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You know that girl? She is always stylish, completely beautiful, talented, smart, the list goes on and on.
Well I know one of those girls and she was kind enough to join me in my holiday give-away and share some of her talented.
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Two Bits, Four Bits, Thirty-Two Bits?
Right after I first got interested in computers, MITS introduced the Altair 8800. You could argue whether or not this really was the first "personal computer" but it certainly kicked off the chain of events that led to where we are today. Mind you, if you don't remember the Altair, it would hardly pass for a personal computer today. It was a box with a bunch of switches and LEDs on it. No keyboard. No terminal. Certainly no network, disk drives, or anything else.
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What it did have was an 8-bit processor (an Intel 8080 to be exact) and I think the least expensive option was to buy it with 256 bytes of memory. No kilobytes. Certainly not megabytes. Bytes. At that time, the price of that little machine with 256 bytes of memory might as well have been a million dollars to me. I never did get my Altair. I built an 1802-based computer a few years later. It also started with 256 bytes of memory, but I added 4K afterwards. Recently, I built a replica Altair but it only looks like a shrunken Altair, none of the insides are the same.
However, I have been coding for a little single board module recently based on an ARM processor. It runs at 72MHz, has a 32-bit word, and not only does it have 64K of RAM (the most an 8080 could address) it also has 512K of flash memory. Besides that it sports a serial port and range of interesting I/O connections. How much did that cost me? About $25. That little board would have amazed me and my friends back in the days of the Altair. Adjusted for inflation, that $25 is probably about $5, the computer doesn't need a 50-pound power supply, and it is way more powerful than an Altair, even one tricked out to the max.
The cost of 32-bit processors is dropping like a rock. Development tools are available for cheap (I have a JTAG adapter that might have cost me $50 at the most). It is getting very hard to justify 8-bit CPUs anymore.
I was thinking about this lately because of the NXP800 family. I picked up an LPCXpresso board for it for $15. That includes an integrated debugger (not exactly JTAG) with a USB connection. You can snap the debugger off and use it with other projects. The toolset for the PC is free, too.
The LPC812 doesn't have quite the firepower that the other ARM chip (an STM32F103) has. It is an M0+ Cortex chip, less memory, and no analog inputs (it does have a comparator). What's interesting though is that the price of these chips will be in the $0.39 range and they will be available in 8-pin DIP and surface mount packages.
You might think that an 8-pin chip is limiting. It is, of course, to some degree. But the chip has a switch matrix that allows you to assign practically any of the chip's functions to any pin you want. You get a lot of choices, just not all at one time. Even more impressive is that UART, SPI, and I2C peripherals have built-in drivers (these don't consume your flash space).
If you really need more pins, you can get DIP packages for the LPC1114 (28 pins, but the price is around $2 each). Besides, other than for prototyping, I'd just as soon have surface mount anyway. Same for voltages. These chips are all 3.3V, but you must be getting used to that by now. Why else cling to 8-bit processors?
I suspect some of it is simple inertia. You know how to program a particular chip. You have the toolchain and the equipment. I imagine 8-bit will continue to attract people who need the lowest possible power consumption (although be careful, some 8-bit processors can eat a lot of power). The other caveat is that you have to consider total power consumption. Some phones, for example, consume less power at a higher frequency. The CPU draws more power when it is running, but at a faster clock, it can go to sleep earlier and save more power than a slower processor that sleeps less. So the power comparison is not always as easy as you think.
For some volume applications, even a few pennies difference in price can add up. Those applications will still hang on to 8-bit CPUs for awhile. I suspect many FPGA and ASIC designers will stick with 8-bit cores because they want a smaller area, leaving more room for the rest of their design.
Will you continue to use 8-bit CPUs in the next few years? Why? What will it take for you to move over to 32-bit? I'll have more to say about 32-bit CPUs in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, leave a comment with your thoughts.


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Summer came early this year. And Winter left late.
One morning, the sun burst into my room at 6 am. No warning. No hiding behind a few lazy clouds. No snooze button. No climbing back under the sheets. This was a yank-the-covers-off, dive-into-the-cold-pool hello! Goodbye, five-plus months of Winter. Goodbye, snow storms that shut down the airports. Goodbye, two straight weeks of rain. And then, hello, tornado. Hello, full-blown hazy hot humid Summer.
And I'm excited to be here. In Summer.
But I missed Spring. I'm the kind of girl who likes to crawl back under the covers for just a few more minutes of sleep. So, a few weeks ago, when it should have been spring, I was invited to a friend's for dinner and I made the kind of salad that celebrated the season even if the weather wasn't cooperating. A verdant salad just waiting for the colorful blossoms of summer to peek out.
Well, Summer, on your first official day, here I am. Armed with flip-flops. Armed with picnic blankets for long lazy days. Armed with a nylon bag in my purse in case I snag some corn ears, heirloom tomatoes, or pea shoots at a farmers market on my way home from work. Hello! I'm looking forward to some good times with you.
Green green salad
The genesis of this salad is an herb salad that I adapted to be entirely green. It's an assortment of different leaves and herbs, cucumbers, jicama or apple, and avocado. I love using pea shoots when I can find them and you might remember seeing them here before. If your pea shoots are really young, you can just chop them up and throw them in the mix. If the stems are a bit tougher, I recommend tearing off the leaves, tendrils, and blossoms for the salad and then chopping and sautéing the remaining tougher stems with some garlic. The dressing is a basic lemon-olive oil mix with a bit of cayenne pepper for a kick.
For the salad:
If you're going to use jicama, cut it first into small cubes or matchsticks and toss with some lime juice, salt, and cilantro. Let marinate while you're preparing the rest of the salad.
Into a bowl, throw your favorite greens and herbs. I use a double handful each of arugula, pea shoots, and baby spinach and then a few large pinches of freshly chopped cilantro, mint, and sometimes basil. Lightly dress (see below) and toss the greens and herbs.
Arrange over the greens thinly-sliced cucumber (I use a mandoline to slice baby Persian cucumbers – they're smaller and sweeter than regular cucumbers), jicama or green apple matchsticks, and avocado. Add extra dressing if necessary and toasted pistachios if desired.
For the dressing: Whisk together lemon juice and olive oil in a 1:1.5 ratio and add salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste.


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The food at our resort in the Dominican Republic was…
…well, it was there.
To be fair, it was plentiful. And there were some nice mangoes. And I had some lovely crêpe Suzette (the chef let me flambé them myself). But by day 2, and every day thereafter, I found myself stuffing a zip lock bag full of the corn bread served at breakfast to sustain me on the beach until dinner. Because we skipped lunch. Because there just wasn't anything worth leaving that hammock and sunshine for.
So, let's talk about that cornbread. Cornbread? Not really. It was more like a buttery pound cake with some corn meal thrown in for good measure. There were chocolate and strawberry versions as well, but I stuck with the original. I could fit 4, sometimes 5 slices into a zip lock bag. Bubbie would be proud!
So, imagine this. I'm wearing a little bikini, lying on a hammock on a tropical island, warmed by the sun … and eating pound cake. Actually, better to not imagine me. But you get the picture.
Cornmeal pound cake
I tried a few poundcake recipe and landed on Chocolate and Zucchini's yogurt cake ("gateau au yaourt"). It takes longer to pre-heat the oven than it does to mix together the ingredients. I replace some of the flour with cornmeal to approximate the breakfast cake I had in the DR. The key here, like with pancakes, is not to overmix the batter. The cake is not nearly as rich and butter-laden as the original — and I like it even better. It's especially great toasted and buttered.
– 1/3 C melted buter
– 2 eggs
– 1 C nonfat plain yogurt – don't use Greek yogurt….it's too thick
– 1 C sugar
– 1 t vanilla
– 1 1/2 C flour
– 1/2 C fine ground corn meal
– 1 1/2 t baking powder
– 1/2 t baking soda
– good pinch of salt
Prep. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease loaf pan (I used a 9X5) with spray oil (or whatever you like). Melt butter (to minimize dishes, I microwaved it right in my large mixing bowl).
Mix. Gently combine butter, eggs, yogurt, sugar and vanilla until well incorporated.
Fold. Sift into the mixing bowl flour, corn meal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Fold the ingredients together until just mixed. The batter should be somewhat thick and bubbly.
Bake. Bake cake 30-35 minutes until top is golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.
Cool. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then transfer to rack. Don't cut until fully cool.


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Game of Life — Using Threads and Lists, Part 1
I'm still looking at the Game of Life simulation. In my last post I described the algorithm for focusing processing in only those areas of a grid where cells are volatile; that is, living or dying or being born. A list data structure was used to hold a collection of potentially changing cells and the computation in each generation only considered those locations. For this article and the next two, I want to rework that serial algorithm and describe some approaches to thread it for parallel execution. I can think of three different methods that could be attempted. Unlike my previous parallelization of the original serial code version, the threading ideas on the list-based variation of the Game of Life application will use a task decomposition for the parallelism.
Method the First: Parallelize the List Traversals
In my list-based Game of Life, the code to compute the current generation involved the traversal of the four declared lists. I can consider each of these list traversals as a separate task. These tasks aren't all independent, though. Recall the main processing loop code from the previous post:
while (gencount < GENS) { gencount++; TraverseList(&maylive, Vivify); TraverseList(&maydie, Kill); ClearList(&maylive); ClearList(&maydie); TraverseList(&newlive, AddNeighbors); TraverseList(&newdie, SubtractNeighbors); ClearList(&newlive); ClearList(&newdie); }
Since the first two calls to
TraverseList() take data from different lists (
maylive and
maydie) and update different lists (
newlive and
newdie, respectively), there are no obvious dependencies and these two calls can be run in parallel with some synchronization either before or after clearing the lists (depending on what you assign to each thread). Plus, you don't need to use a thread-safe list implementation. Any parallelization construct that can generate separate tasks and assign them to threads can be used. For example, creating a new thread in Pthreads for each call in each loop iteration (high overhead), assigning the task to a thread within a pool of threads, Intel Threading Building Blocks tasks, or an OpenMP sections construct, are all possible.
What about duplicate grid points on the two lists involved? This situation was raised at the end of my previous post and I showed that it was a possibility. However, as was pointed out, too, only at most one of the traversals will actually succeed since the state of neighbor counts will have stabilized before these list traversals. The conditions dictate either birthing a new cell or killing a live cell or leaving the situation as is, not a combination of two or more. So this poses no dependency between the two calls.
The second pair of traversals passes through the "might" lists to see if there could be newly living or newly dead cells in the next generation. If I try the same kind of parallelism on the second pair of
TraverseList() calls (treating each call as separate task to be assigned to a thread), I run into problems. While each of these calls gets grid points from different lists, the two functions executed on each element of the list being traversed can potentially update either the
maylive and
maydie lists. Thus, there is the possibility that two threads will both attempt to add a cell to the
maylive list and I need to have some thread-safe list structure.
List data structure is defined as
typedef struct list { int count; Cell entry[MAXLIST]; } List;
where a
Cell is pair of integers representing the row and column index of a grid point and
MAXLIST is some upper bound on the size of each list based on the size of the grid being used. With this
List structure, the code for the
AddList() operation can easily be made thread-safe. Since I've implemented my example code on a Windows system, I have employed the
InterlockedIncrement intrinsic function and use the return value as the index in which to write a new element into the array holding
List items.
void AddList(Cell x, List *list) { if (ListFull(list)) Warning("Attempt to insert at the end of a full list\n"); else{ int c = InterlockedIncrement(&list->count); list->entry[c] = x; } }
For other threading methods without the Interlocked intrinsics, any method to enforce mutually exclusive access to updating the count of items on the list and return that count for indexing will be sufficient. (Note that there is no need to require a thread-safe method of reading an element from any one list since only one thread will be taking data from any one list. Thus, no dependency on that front.)
Regardless of the need for thread-safe lists, you will have to implement some form of mutual exclusion for updating the
numNeighbors values that could possibly be incremented and decremented concurrently. I'll have some discussion on how to do that in support of the second parallelization method in the next post.
Now, if you've actually read down this far, you probably have figured out that parallelizing the algorithm this way is not going to be very scalable. Each parallel portion of the code will have at most two threads active at any time and there is a good chance of load imbalance if one list is longer than the other. I don't recommend this approach, but I wanted to describe and debunk an obvious method before getting to something more substantial and satisfying in the next installment.


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I'm particularly amused by the line "woah, you're me!" Now, I have never been visited by a future version of myself, so I can't say this for sure, but I suspect that I wouldn't respond with that phrase. I might not even recognize that the person was me, because I would think it so very unlikely that this situation would arise. In the world of xkcd, however, everyone looks exactly the same, and so there's no way to tell if two characters are in fact copies of each other or if they are two completely different people. Thanks again, xkcd art!
Next, Panel 2 has a similarly dumb line like that. Think about it - if you went back in time to kill your previous self and prevent them from inventing a time machine, would you announce to them exactly what they were about to do, or would you just kill them and get it over with? Again, I have never been in this situation, so when I say I would not go through the exposition seen in panel 2, I am merely speculating.
The real problem, though, is that this comic is based on the idea that such a situation is a novel one. And it's obviously not. I try not to link to Abstruse Goose too much because I hate it, but this recent comic really is quite similar to today's xkcd. Look at them - not only do they end with a bloody object as the only color in the comic, not only do the end with future self killing off past self in order to replace him but both even that post-script sort of explanation stuck just below the last panel. I like the Abstruse Goose comic more, by the way, for two reasons: one, it has the humorous exaggeration of learning basically all possible knowledge, and two, because it's not only making a time travel joke, it's mocking the idea that you could learn C++ in 21 days.
Of course, there's another source out there that some of you were reminded of with this comic, namely, the movie Primer. There're gonna be some spoilers here, incidentally, so you are forewarned.
spoilers begin!
Primer has this happen all the time - both main characters have to go back in time routinely to kill (or just knock out, it's unclear) their past selves and replace them - sometimes while they do this they run into other versions of themselves trying to do the same thing - it's all very complicated and weird, but the point is, it's been thought out before. And of course, we know Randall is a fan of Primer, because of this.
spoilers end!
Anyway. This isn't the first comic where Randall's thought of an old idea and pretended it was original, but it's one of the lamest. The joke rehashes an old idea while adding so little new of substance that I consider it more pathetic than anything else. It's been a really terrible few weeks for xkcd, and I am perfectly happy to take a break from it. Person #1 - editor of the xkcdsucks book! - will be writing all next week and I'll return after that.


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Evening Reading: My Friends Are Game Dev Story Obsessed
Here's what we've been talking about on the Shack today:
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Cinematic Trailer
- Steam Surges Past 30 Million Accounts with 178% Growth Over Last Year
- First DLC for Fallout: New Vegas Exclusively on 360 This Holiday Season
- Blizzard Sues Three StarCraft 2 Hackers
- If you haven't yet, watch our very own Del Rio make his debut in Steph and Lance Go To Compton. Seriously, it's funny.
- Why does it not surprise me Justin Bieber pitched a fit when he flunked his driver's license test
- Part of that ridiculous sum of money Microsoft plans to spend marketing Kinect will be paying to get Kinect on 'Oprah' and 'Ellen'
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BOSTON — Communities along the proposed South Coast Rail route would receive mitigation payments, and the state would be authorized to spend $300 million a year for the next five years on local road repairs under a bill advancing in the Senate.
The Senate Bonding Committee, chaired by state Sen. Brian Joyce, released a version of the Patrick administration's transportation borrowing plan on Tuesday evening that includes the multiyear authorization for the state's Chapter 90 local road and bridge repair program.
The committee bill increases the authorization for South Coast Rail by $100 million to $2.3 billion and requires that 5 percent be used for mitigation and development in the 10 communities along the route that will be affected.
Joyce, a Milton Democrat, said the committee bill proposes to authorize Chapter 90 at $300 million for five consecutive years instead of the one-year $300 million authorization in the House's $12.8 billion version of the bill.
The Patrick administration has insisted that only $200 million in Chapter 90 funding is affordable, and Transportation Secretary Richard Davey recently told members of Joyce's committee that a $300 million level of annual funding for Chapter 90 will not be supported by the administration without the approval of new revenues.
The committee bill would also shorten the duration of the bond from 30 years to 20 years, saving the state an estimated $518 million over the life of the bonds at an increased annual debt service cost of just $18 million.
The committee also proposed pushing up the date by which the state must inform cities and towns of their Chapter 90 allocation by a month to March 1. State leaders in recent years have been unable to meet the April 1 deadline.
"This bill will allow our municipalities to plan long-term improvements and repairs to their infrastructure and make our communities more attractive to business," Joyce said.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, and Joyce said he expects it to emerge for debate in the Senate a week from Thursday, on March 6.
The extra four years of Chapter 90 funding pushed the bottom line on the borrowing bill to $13.15 billion. The total proposed borrowing for other projects, including one year of Chapter 90 as proposed by the House, came in at $11.95 billion in the committee bill, under the recommended House total of $12.8 billion.
Joyce's committee has also identified $2 billion in unused borrowing authorization that would be deauthorized.
For weeks, Davey has called for immediate passage of the bond bill. Delays are holding up 51 projects worth $261 million, according to Davey, and MassDOT is ready but unable to advertise an additional 76 highway projects worth $300 million.
"I think Rich Davey is an extraordinarily competent secretary of transportation. I think he does a very good job. I would politely point out that we've had this bill for 22 days in the Senate. We expect to have it on the floor in 34 days total. We expect the bill to be improved to save the taxpayers over half a billion dollars and provide much-needed stability and planning for cities and towns that are desperate for road and bridge money, and the administration is sitting on $100 million in road and bridge authorizations they haven't released," Joyce said.
Joyce, who also said he would prefer to see the administration move to a staggered schedule of bond bill filings than have to deal with multiple bond bills at the same time, said the differences between the committee bill, should it pass, and the heavily earmarked House version should not cause significant delays.
"I don't think we'll be that far apart, and the fundamentals are similar. I'm reasonably confident we can work relatively quickly," he said.
While officials in cities like New Bedford and Fall River at the terminus of the proposed rail extension view the project as critical to that region's economic future, other communities along the route closer to Boston have expressed concerns.
"We think that this can be a win for each of the communities along the route, none of which would unduly suffer and each could benefit. It's certainly a fraction of what the town of Hingham got when they spent $40 million on an 890-foot tunnel (for the Greenbush Commuter Rail)," Joyce said.
The bill sets up a committee made up of the secretaries of transportation and administration and finance, appointees of the Senate president and House speaker and representatives from each of the affected communities — Fall River, New Bedford, Freetown, Lakeville, Berkley, Easton, Taunton, Raynham, Canton and Stoughton.
"I would expect my friends on the SouthCoast will be pleased, taxpayers will save and municipal officials will be happy to have certainty about their Chapter 90 funding," Joyce said of the bill.
The bill also includes borrowing authorizations for the Green Line extension to Medford, the expansion of South Station, the "knowledge corridor" rail line in western Massachusetts, and the purchase of new Orange and Red Line cars.


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To date I've come across myriad doppelgängers, look-alikes, wannabes, copies, or plain plagiarism. Sheer coincidence? Or copycats?
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Before the internet, we all operated in virtual seclusion and isolation, as individuals in our world. Collaboration only occurred in Multinational Corporations that operated across different countries and cultures. In the business world, ideas and innovation spread in limitation, only to organizations that had the resources and means to communicate
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Jennette was a challenge because the priests changed the spelling of last names of individuals according their individual preferences so there were many variations of the surname McDonell/McDonald,McDonnell, etc. To make matters even harder they changed the spelling of Jennette's first name as well. You will notice different spellings for first and last names for individuals. It is best to keep and open mind!! (See source summary at the end of this post.)
Jennette Catherine McDONELL was born about 1836 to Alexander John and Ellen (McPHERSON) McDONELL. She died 2 September 1916 and was buried 4 September 1916 in the St. Alphonsus Church cemetery in Chapeau (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#A76, Row 3, pg. 4, and #1315, pg. 89).
Jennette married twice, first to Angus John McDONALD and then to Thomas PAYNE.
I. Marriage No. 1: Jennette and Angus John McDONALD were married on the 26th of September 1851 in the St. Alphonsus Church. Angus John's father was Angus McDONELL (note the spelling?).
Sources for their marriage are:
1) FHL#1029797, #M10 St. Alphonsus Church Records.
2) Marriage Du Comte De Pontiac 1836-1973 FHL Book#971.4215 K29.
Angus and Jeanette had (8) eight children during their marriage and many descendants.
1. Margaret McDONALD – may or may not be part of this family.
2. Sara Catherine McDONALD – may or may not be part of this family.
3. Jane Wilhelmina McDONALD was born 3 September 1852 in Chapeau and was baptized the 21st of September 1852. (#B83, FHL#1029797). She died about 1902 and is buried with her husband in the St. Alphonsus Church cemetery. (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records… #A220, pg. 10).
Jane married a Daniel J. KENNEDY who was born about 1848 and died around 1923 in the Chapeau area. He and Jane are buried in the St. Alphonsus Church Cemetery (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…,#A220, pg. 10).
Jane and Daniel had a very large family of eleven (11) children:
a) Mary Marcella KENNEDY (no birth information found) was married to John BUTLER on 19 July 1893 (#M6, page 136, FHL#1304675). John's parents were Patrick BUTLER and Mary HAYDEN.
Mary and John had five children:
1) Joseph Herbert BUTLER was born 1 May 1894 and baptized 13 May 1894 (#B36, FHL#1304675).
2) John Cecil BUTLER was born 3 January 1896 and baptized 13 January 1896 (#B4, FHL#1304675).
3) Edward Leslie BUTLER was born 18 November 1897 and baptized 20 November 1897 (#B45, FHL# 1304675).
4) M. Francis Elsie BUTLER was baptized 16 October 1904 (#B70, pg. 242, FHL#2030662).
5) Mary Ellen BUTLER baptized 19 January 1915 (#B5, FHL#2030662)
b) Kenneth KENNEDY – See Nellie's chart.
c) Clara Anne KENNEDY (no birth information) was married to James S. RYAN on 22 August 1898 at the St. Alphonsus Church (#M12, FHL#1304675). James Ryan's parents were James RYAN and Catherine McGUIRE.
Clara and James also had a large family of seven children:
1) Daniel James RYAN born 5 June 1899, baptized 9 June 1899 (#B46, #1304675)
2) Catherine Jane RYAN born 23 March 1901, baptized 31 March 1901 (#B19, FHL#1304675).
3) Elizabeth Ellen RYAN baptized 3 July 1908 (#B58, pg. 414, FHL#2030662).
4) Mary Helen RYAN baptized 27 December 1910 (#B96 pg. 491, FHL#2030662).
5) Maria Latita RYAN baptized 16 January 1913 (#B1, pg. 554, FHL#2030662). May have married a Barny Robshaw?
6) Patrick Joseph Edward RYAN baptized 18 July 1915 (#B36, pg. 8, FHL#2030662).
7) Rita Ethel RYAN baptized 12 May 1918 (#B24, pg. 44, FHL#2030662).
d) Edward Kennedy – See Nellie's chart.
e) Alexander Ernest KENNEDY (no birth information found) married Mary Catherine KEARNEY on the 11th of September 1906. (#M15, pg. 327, FHL#2030662).
f) Lena KENNEDY – She may have been a nun. Update her full name was Helena Josephine and she was a nun named Sister Mary Daniel. (12/22/2017)
g) Marg Ethel KENNEDY was born about 1878 (Cemetery Inscription and Burials Records…, #B98,Section B, Row 5, pg. 24) and died around 1961.
She married a Thomas John POUPORE born about 1874 and who died around 1956. The date of their marriage was 11 September 1901 (#M19, FHL#2030662).
Ethel and Thomas had 4 children:
1) Lawrence Kennedy POUPORE born 19 Dec 1902 and baptized 25 Dec 1902 (#B91, FHL#2030662).
2) Ryburn Alexander POUPORE was baptized 1 April 1905 (#B19, pg. 257, FHL#2030662). Ryburn may have married a M. Mildred BURNIE per a note on his baptismal record.
3) Joseph Elmer POUPORE was baptized 17 Jan 1911 (#B8, pg. 493, FHL#2030662).
4) Mary Catherine Genette POUPORE was born 22 Dec 1915 (#B70, pg. 13, FHL#2030662). She may have married an
Edward Thomas Edmund Gallagher? She was confirmed 13 May 1927.
h) Angus Gordon McDonald KENNEDY was born 29 May 1882, baptized 11 June 1882, died 1903 (#B47, FHL#1304675). (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#A220). He is buried with his parents. He may have drowned? Update: He died in a canoe accident on the Ottawa River 3, July 1903 (12/22/2017) Interesting note: Archibald McDonell was listed as a sponsor of this child. He is my great-grandfather.
i) Elizabeth Anne KENNEDY was born 11 October 1885 and baptized 20 October 1885. She may have been a nurse (#B104, FHL1304675). Update she married Arthur Gogin in the U.S. and was a private nurse (12/22/2017).
j) John Allan KENNEDY was born 29 February 1888 and baptized 4 March 1888 (#B14, FHL1304675). He married a Mary Teresa POUPORE on the 10th of October 1916. Her parents were Andrew POUPORE and Marguerite VERNE (#M17, pg. 24, FHL2030662).
k) Mary Edna Loretta KENNEDY was born the 21st of April 1895 and baptized on the 28th of April 1895 (#B3, pg. 217, #1304675). She married an Andrew KENNEDY on the 13th of September 1922 per a note written next to her baptismal record.
4. John McDONALD born 22 March 1854, baptized 6 April 1854 according to his birth/baptismal records (#B14, FHL#1029797). There is a burial record for a John McDONELL who died 18 March 1854 in the Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records book #1323 p. 89. According to a visitor to this website she has confirmed that this date of his death is correct (12/22/2017). He died at 4 months old.
These dates don't work but the parents are Angus and Jeanette? Maybe the year is off?
5. Ellen McDONALD born 27 November 1855, baptized 8 December 1855 (#B69, FHL#1029797). Ellen died 29 January 1900 and was buried 31 January 1900 (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records book…#A61, 1313).
Ellen is stated to have married a James L. FERGUSON (Furgeson) and had six children by him. They are listed on Nellie's chart.
1) Aneas FERGUSON
2) John FERGUSON
3) Jenny FERGUSON
4) Alma FERGUSON
5) Ellen Elizabeth FERGUSON born 20 August 1885, baptized 9 September 1885 (#B86, FHL#1304675).
6) Joseph Angus Alymer FERGUSON born 16 June 1888, baptized 11 July 1888, (#B62, FHL#1304675). He died 22 July 1903 and was buried the 24 of July 1903 (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#587, pg. 65).
6. Elizabeth Anne McDONALD was born about 1858 and she died 31 March 1882 and was buried 2 April 1882 (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#1322, pg. 89).
Elizabeth married an Edward POUPORE (alternate spelling Edouard Paupare). Edward was the son of William POUPORE and Susan McADAMS.
Edward and Elizabeth were married on the 14 of July 1879 (#M5 FHL #1304675). This couple is also listed in the Marriages Du Comte De Pontiac 1836-173 FHL Book 971.4215 K29.
There seems to be some confusion regarding Elizabeth's middle name. I have seen "Jane" and "Anne" used. I am lending toward the "Anne."
The children were:
(1) Mary Ellen POUPORE who married a Daniel Joseph KENNEDY on 15 October 1907. She might have had a nickname of "Mayme?" (#M23, FHL#2030662, p. 379).
(2) Elizabeth Anne POUPORE born about Mar 1882, died 8 August 1882 and was buried 9 August 1882 (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#1336, pg. 90).
7. Elenar Catherine McDONALD was born 1 September 1860 and baptized 2 September 1860 (#B74, FHL#1029798).
8. Mary McDONALD born 9 March 1862 and was baptized 20 March 1862 (#B35, FHL#1029798).
Angus John McDONALD died on the 21 May 1866 and is buried in the St. Alphonsus Church Cemetery (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#A76 Row 3, pg. 4, #1307).
II. Marriage No. 2: Jennette remarried to a Thomas Payne and had one at least one child with him. I did not find a marriage record for this couple.
O'Kane O'Kain Cameron PAYNE was born April 1869 and baptized 10 April 1869 (#B29, FHL#1029798).
O'Kain married Catherine O'BRIEN b. about 1875 (no record found at this time) and had six children:
(1) Mary Helen PAYNE was born 2 April 1901, baptized 6 April 1901 (#B22, FHL#2030662). She died 9 June 1917 and was buried June 1917. (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records… #1565)
(2) Thomas Cameron PAYNE was baptized on 3 May 1906 (#B62, FHL#2030662).
(3) Lincoln John PAYNE was baptized 5 April 1908. (#B21, FHL#2030662, pg. 396)
(4) Edward Allen PAYNE was baptized 9 January 1910. (#B3, #2030662, pg. 400)
(5) Janet Catherine PAYNE was baptized 13 April 1913 (#B16, FHL#2030662, pg. 559)
(6) George O'Kain PAYNE was baptized 26 December 1920 (#B95, pg. 491, FHL #2030662).
Source: 1891 Canadian Census, Chichester, Pontiac Co., Quebec, T6413, pg. 1-30. Family 10, Payne, Thomas, 54 yrs. old, married, born in Ont., father born in England, mother born in Scotland, Roman Catholic, farmer. Janet, female, 59 yrs old. married, widowed, born in Ont., father and mother born in Scotland, R.C. O'Kain, male, 22 years old, not married, born in Quebec, parents both born in Ont. laborer. Mary Poupore, female 10 years old, born in Quebec, parents born in Ont.
Update: In the book: "For Singing and Dancing and all Sorts of Fun," by I. Sheldon Posen. There is a picture of O'Kain Payne on the page between 62 and 63. His name is spelled O'Kain by the author.
Thomas Payne was born about 1838 and died 6 June 1907 and is buried in the St. Alphonsus Church Cemetery (Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records…#A257, pg. 12).
Attached is a PDF of the descendants of Jeanette McDonell without the sources. Please note that Thomas Payne was her 2nd husband and Angus McDonald was her first: JennetteMcDonald2011
Source Summary
1) Aunt Nellie's Charts – see the post on this blog dated July 21, 2011 "Nellie's Charts – Her Mother Mary McDonell's Family," to obtain a copy of Nellie's chart.
2) Elaine Brown Descendancy Chart 2003. Elaine's chart had some differences but on the whole it was very close to Aunt Nellie's chart for this side of the family. Elaine shared this with me in private but I am sure she would be open to sharing with others if they contact here through her email at her Burns-Grier website at: http://www.personainternet.com/etbrown/burns.htm Just let her know why you are contacting her.
3) Canadian Census found at the Family History Library (FHL) or at Ancestry. Additional census research needs to be done on each of these family units.
4) St. Alphonsus Church Records online at the Family History Library website. Choose Quebec for location, go deeper to Pontiac County and choose church records.
5) The post on this blog dated March 23, 2010 "Records of the St. Alphonsus Church," gives details of this collection of church records from Elaine's book and a little of my input.
5) Ancestry.com's Church Records collection (Drouin) for Quebec at their website.
6) "Cemetery Inscriptions and Burial Records of the St. Alphonsus Church..," compiled by Elaine Brown available online for sale at: http://www.personainternet.com/etbrown/alphonse.htm
7) Marriage Du Comte Du Comte De Pontiac 1836-1973 in book or CD-ROM format. World Vital Records online has a copy but they will charge you. WorldCat may help you to locate a copy of this book near you in a public archive.
NOTE: Please be advised that I studied the St. Alphonsus Church registers up to about 1920 and stopped. I was trying to establish that my Aunt Nellie's charts were accurate and that these families did exist. I was more interested in learning about Archibald and Mary McDonell my great grandparents who left Chapeau and Chichester about 1901 and migrated to Minnesota. I went a little beyond the date of 1901 up to about 1920 to just see the possibilities. When I first studied these films I did not do a great job of sourcing them to my Legacy database, so I have been spending the time cleaning up and hopefully, I have correctly assigned the sources to the person and the dates are correct. I would suggest that if you are a descendant of Jennette and Angus John or Thomas Payne please review these films and sources carefully.
Take the above information on these families as a guide only!
Oh, if you are a cousin, please contact me, I would love to meet you!!!
PS: The above photos were added on 9/1/2018 with permission of L. Kennedy and her father. I love my cousins.


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Vernon Wells -- a one-man wrecking crew this weekend (6-for-9, with 3 home runs) -- hit a two-run shot in the first; he also added an RBI double in the sixth.
Burnett had made quick work of the Sox in the first two innings, throwing only 19 pitches, but Boston forced him to throw 32 pitches in the third. With one out, Burnett walked Alex Cora and Crisp, the two guys at the bottom of the order. He got Jacoby Ellsbury on a pop-up for the second out, but Dustin Pedroia blasted AJ's first pitch -- a high and inside 96-mph fastball -- to deep left for a three-run home run.
David Ortiz doubled and Kevin Youkilis singled him in and Boston led 4-2.
Daisuke Matsuzaka (2.77, 163 ERA+) / A.J. Burnett (4.51, 94 ERA+)
Nick Cafardo, Globe:
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Burnett vs Boston on May 1: 7.2-3-0-5-5
Also: Yankees/Orioles at 1:30, Rays/White Sox at 2, Twins/Angels at 3:30.
We are 5.5 GB in the East, .5 GA of Chicago for the WC.