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In QC, How to change status of all test cases(including all steps) together. I need to make a large set of test cases "pass" in one go, hope there would be some query which can do this.
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I believe QC does not have any way to update test results of multiple test cases all at once. The fastest way to update multiple tests is the following:
You can actually do this very fast once you start doing it. It is easy to update a 100 tests in 3-4 minutes.
One of the good way of use : QC is strong to trace and show what it really append in the project.
If you need to change the status of a lot of test (with step), normally you must execute (like real time) the run of all your test and put the right status (like this you can challenge the real duration of your test) and QC will trace the status of your step.
If you only need to put a "Passed" status for a lot of test, because you know that this part is allready test with success or other reason, you can do a "Fast run" for all the test. To do this, for each test set, in the "Execution grid" :
All step will be on "No run" Status, but it's the truth (you don't execute the test) and it doesn't matter because all reporting will trace the status of your test not the status of the step.
Select all the tests in Grid view and Click RUN. or Select Test Set(LH side block) and Click Run Test Set (RH side block).
Once after manual run window (new pop up like window opens)
This will Pass all test steps of one test case.
One by one all test cases will open in the similar fashion and repeat the above 3 steps.
So far I found this is the easiest way in QC.
If you can code a small snippet in C or C++ to press the shortcut keys, you are done with all test cases.
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If the user hits the delete icon then an Ajax request is sent to the server, where a PHP script performs the deletion of currently selected row from a MySQL database.
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Here's my complete code to define the action column:
{ xtype: 'actioncolumn', width: 50, items: [{ icon : '../shared/icons/fam/delete.gif', tooltip: 'Delete this branch', handler: function(grid, rowIndex, colIndex) { var rec = branch_store.getAt(rowIndex); var id = rec.get('id'); console.log("Id is: "+id); //debug code Ext.Ajax.request({ url: 'delete.php?id='+id+'&item=branch', success: function(response, opts) { Ext.MessageBox.alert('Success','OK !'); Ext.Function.defer(Ext.MessageBox.hide,1000,Ext.MessageBox); branch_store.removeAt(rowIndex); }, failure: function(response, opts) { Ext.MessageBox.alert('Failure','an error occurred'); } }); } }] }
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See if this is what you are looking for:
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I need to handle the event raised by user, when he hits a button in the confirm message box.
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6 Spectacularly Bad Ideas Movies Convinced You Are Badass
#3. Trying to Kick Ass in a Suit and Tie
What Hollywood Has Told You:
No assassin, spy or henchman can be serious about their craft unless they're wearing a sharply pressed suit and a tie. Look at Jason Statham in The Transporter. Tom Cruise in Collateral. Ninety percent of the characters in Tarantino's movies. James. Fucking. Bond.
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This man does not look impressive in track pants and a U Miss sweater.
By the way, there's an entire website dedicated to the suits of James Bond. That's how boss a suit makes you look: People are perfectly willing to painstakingly watch their way through clips of Bond's wang in motion to decide which suit pants he's wearing.
Why This Sucks:
For looking good, a suit is undeniably the best thing to wear. For fighting people, not so much. This is mainly because wearing a suit gives you a giant hanging weak point around your neck more suited to a Gradius-level boss than an action hero: your tie.
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Can you gamers spot the weak point?
Neckties are such a liability in combat that most law enforcement agencies around the globe refuse to use them in lieu of clip-ons. Sure, James Bond would mock their lack of style, but they'd presumably just grab Bond's tie and smash his face with their fist until he pissed martinis. Basically, anything in a fight that your opponent can grab onto is a liability, but moreso if that thing gives them the ability to yank your head around. We'll let Jackie Chan give you a visual explanation of why:
But even if your opponent isn't a trained martial artist, having a piece of cloth attached to your throat that anyone can twist around and choke you with is still a terrible idea. How about just a shirt and pants combo with a nice waistcoat, then? Nope, you're still going to be at a disadvantage, simply because you won't be able to throw a punch or kick as fast as the other guy. As anyone who has worn a suit will tell you, doing the splits in one of those things is only going to end with you looking like you have a chainsaw for a dick.
The same goes for you ladies. Like with neckties, long hair is a surefire way to give opponents something to grab onto in a fight ... only instead of being wrapped around your neck, your weak point is attached to your fucking skull. What's the point in wearing a skintight suit if you have an easily exploited weakness on the part of your body that controls motor function?
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Well, maybe we could overlook the impracticality just this once.
#2. Shooting Locks off with a Handgun
What Hollywood Has Told You:
Picture the scene: Our hypothetical action hero is quietly infiltrating an enemy base when he finds a locked gate/door standing in his way. Does he force the lock with a pick? Blow it open with C4? Seduce it, using a gambit known as the "007"? No, no, and sadly, that's not possible. He's going to pull out his handgun and blow that fucker apart with a single well-placed shot.
We've seen heroes do this in movies like Speed, Die Hard 2, and Big Trouble in Little China, but villains are wising up, too: In No Country for Old Men, Javier Bardem's character goes around blowing door locks apart with an air tank gun. So why aren't real hitmen following the example of this guy?
... because if they did, we'd all be fucking dead.
Why This Sucks:
Because it's not possible. Bardem's air gun isn't strong enough to break a lock, but it turns out that even real handguns like the ones John McClane or Jack Burton use shouldn't be able to do it. If you've ever seen a padlock/door lock, you might remember it being made out of strong, thick metal. Well, handgun rounds suck absolute balls at getting through material like that. Thanks to several reckless denizens of the Internet, we know exactly how many balls.
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At least this many balls.
In scenes that resemble Tim "The Toolman" Taylor from Home Improvement going postal, one website blasted several padlocks with 9mm rounds (the same type as used by 99.9 percent of action heroes), a .45 ACP pistol, and a .44 Magnum, all to no avail, even when fired at close range. In fact, most locks couldn't be opened at all after being shot.
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Bullets actually make these things more secure.
As for door locks, Mythbusters found exactly the same result: that when confronted with a locked door only a rifle can do the trick, but even then you'd be better off tossing the gun aside and trying to headbutt your way through the damned thing, because at least then you'll have something to show for it other than a suspiciously-shrapnel-shaped hole in your head.
Whenever this is done in real-life by the police or military, they have to use shotguns. And, because the military is nothing if not a stickler for efficiency, they even invented a special shotgun that attaches to the underside of their assault rifle barrels, the "Masterkey." Yes, the one out of Call of Duty. No, that doesn't mean that the army also has giant robotic machine gun-wielding dogs. Yet.
#1. Using a Large Caliber Handgun
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What Hollywood Has Told You:
Want to make the ultimate statement about how badass you are? Then just whip out the biggest gun you can lay your hands on and shove it in the face of your opponent. Like the automatic Desert Eagle Arnold is using here ...
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Your gun must be greater than, or proportionately equal to, your virility.
Logic just dictates that having a bigass gun that fires bigass bullets is still better than having a small one, simply by virtue of it being a bigass gun that fires bigass bullets.
Why This Sucks:
And that's about where the benefits end. In terms of being an actual usable weapon, large caliber handguns like the ever famous Desert Eagle fail on all counts, to the point where even criminals avoid using them. The main reason is the sheer weight of such a gun. Fully loaded, a Desert Eagle weighs 5 fucking pounds -- it's like taking a Chihuahua out of your pocket every time you wanna shoot something.
Then again, criminals rarely see the ol' "face full of Chihuahua" attack coming.
If you don't understand why that's a problem, grab some 5-pound object from your house, hold it straight out in your hand, and try to keep it perfectly still (you know, the way you have to keep the sites perfectly still when aiming a pistol). It doesn't matter how huge your biceps are, a heavy gun is always a worse choice.
That, coupled with the fact that it's almost a foot long (thus making it awkward as hell to draw from a holster) and that it only carries seven bullets makes it an incredibly poor choice for any self-respecting military unit, law enforcement officer, or even gas station robber. Also, the recoil is so hard that you're going to be pointing at the ceiling after every shot. Watch this lady get hit in the face by her own gun:
For comparison's sake, the Glock 19 weighs less than half, is half the size, and carries twice as many bullets, so you can see why the police use them instead these days. The fact that the giant bullets in the Desert Eagle will do more damage when they land makes no difference when everything else about the gun ensures you'll never actually hit anything.
In fact, remember the iconic scene in Pulp Fiction where the young guy opens up on Jules and Vincent with a gun the size of a baby and misses every shot? Yeah, they were right to mock his choice of gun -- if he had been carrying something less heavy and with more bullets, that scene would have played out a little differently. Once again, you can't trust a Hollywood prop department to tell you what to bring to your next violent crime.
You know what divine intervention is? It's God telling you, you chose the wrong fucking gun ...
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Losses from check fraud continue to cause losses in the credit union industry. The most effective loss control against fraudulent deposit losses is the check hold. The changing check fraud environment has forced credit unions to reevaluate their check hold policies. At the Reg CC telecourse on February 14 (Session Code: 423), learn how to use Federal Reserve Regulation CC to protect your credit union from check fraud losses. This session will also address check return rights for items that are returned unpaid to the credit union. This session will include a thorough discussion on the following:
Old paper forms for Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) and Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are going away, replaced by the new format which will only be available online. All credit unions (unless granted an exemption by FinCEN) now need to file Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports electronically. By this spring, the new formats will be required and the old (legacy) forms will be retired. But the new formats are already available on FinCEN's e-filing system, so credit unions should be preparing to use them long before the mandatory deadline. If you batch file or rely on your data processing system to help populate the forms for filing electronically, there are significant changes your processor must be working on right now in order to meet the spring deadline. At the CTRs/SARs QuickBites on February 20 (Session Code: 424), learn what you need to know to be prepared down the line. In this session we will discuss:
Credit unions have been operating in a world where growth has been redefined. Recognizing changes and opportunities within your market is definitely fundamental if you hope to rebuild profitability and achieve a competitive advantage. But what does growth look like now? For some, growth will be organic — deepening relationships with current members. For others, greater growth and profitability will come through expansion — much of which has been happening through increased merger and acquisition activity. The Safe to Grow Again in 2013 QuickBites on February 26 (Session Code: 427), a fast-paced session, will introduce the audience to six areas of opportunity for credit unions in 2013. While the level of opportunity will vary from one credit union to the next, this session will have you thinking differently about growth and the current state of the industry — and the opportunities that may be available in your own markets.
The Bank Secrecy Act is far more than a reporting regulation and reaches into every department of the credit union. Determine if you are a hero - helping the United States to combat terrorism, or a pawn – falling victim to the devious plots of terrorists and lawbreakers. The BSA - Are you a "Hero" or a "Pawn?" webinar on February 26 (Session Code: 429) will provide a perspective on BSA that is often overlooked and celebrate the hero in every credit union employee.
At the Cloud Computing: Understanding What's Coming QuickBites on February 28(Session Code: 428), let Aaron Donaldson, a Principal in McGladrey LLP's National Technology and Risk Advisory Services, take you on a tour of what is happening in cloud computing now, as well as what to expect in the future. He will cut through the noise in today's marketplace about cloud computing so as to get to the core concepts your credit union IT or Risk Management specialist needs to know.. He will then provide some explanation as to what are the benefits one can expect to enjoy from cloud computing, as well as real world pitfalls. Lastly, he will provide a meaningful framework for cloud computing that your credit union can begin to build on today.
Looking ahead to next month, the Kids Stuff: Minor Accounts QuickBites on March 5(Session Code: 438) will be focusing on some of the issues related to minors' accounts. Know what policies you have in place at your credit union regarding these accounts, and then listen in on this one-hour telephone session that includes the following topics:
Bank Secrecy Act training is available on demand! The Bank Secrecy Act requires that all frontline personnel be trained on money laundering and the responsibilities of the financial institutions on currency reporting and suspicious activity every year. See the ICUL education calendar for the schedule of BSA on demand training and all QuickBites and Telecourses. Also available on demand: Financial Exploitation of the Elderly. Elder abuse training – regarding financial exploitation of the elderly -- is now required for employees and officers with direct customer contact. Examiners are collecting information about your credit union's training on this subject, as IDFPR is required to report training data on a bi-annual basis. This QuickBite will meet the training requirements and will cover:
All credit unions face situations where only they have an opportunity to witness suspected exploitation. Participate in this QuickBite to learn the common indicators and the actions you can take.
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The point is, the smile went a long way to making me feel safe even after I crossed the driveway in front of her and she turned right and passed me. I knew she understood what often goes unsaid, that, while we had chosen different vehicles, our goal was the same; we both wanted to get home and that stretch of road was no more hers than it was mine.


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This New Look Is Madness
Look: I know there is a lot to be discouraged about in college sports and most of it is very serious business involving the lives of student-athletes and the abundant hypocrisies of the system. But I want to talk about these ridiculous new basketball uniforms.
And sure, I hesitate a little bit to talk about these uniforms, because the whole point of these uniforms is to get people to talk about them, and by talking about them, I am slipping right into the clever, diabolical plan, a howling cog in a slick publicity operation. I am a tool and a sucker! Not to mention I will sound like a crabby old man on a park bench, holding two fistfuls of sunflower seeds, yelling at the pigeons.
But whatever. I can't help it. I will be the tool. I will yell at the pigeons. These uniforms are silly.
The uniforms are pictured here. They're from Adidas. I know these aren't the first ugly college basketball uniforms and they won't be the last. They are not the worst college basketball uniforms, not even close. In the mid-1990s the University of Kentucky Wildcats wore some denim-style uniforms that resembled the kind of thing you would put on a cat on its way to a Garth Brooks concert. Kansas State had two-tone purple uniforms that looked like Barney sharing a bunk-bed with Grimace. Baylor University has been wearing bright yellow neon uniforms that can be seen comfortably from Saturn.
And I don't despise new uniforms as a rule. I secretly like those neon Baylor uniforms. I liked those deeply wild football uniforms Under Armour did for the University of Maryland, the ones that split the state flag like Harvey Two-Face. I almost always like the uniform absurdities that come from the University of Oregon, which are outrageous but also Bowie-esque and possibly hallucinogenic. That's the right kind of creative crazy.
These new basketball outfits are the wrong kind of crazy. The fashion victims here are Cincinnati, Kansas, Notre Dame, Baylor, UCLA, and Louisville. They will be worn as the 2013 postseason begins. According to a news release from Adidas, they feature "quick drying Revolution 30 technology" and "ClimaCool Zones" and "limited-edition impact camo design" and other terms that must sound amazing in an elevator full of marketers. But someone has to actually wear this stuff. Look at the players in this picture. Do they seem excited to you? No. They look like they've been drafted en masse by the Charlotte Bobcats.
There has been a lot of chatter about how these uniforms appear to be inspired by the regrettable early '90s sportswear brand Zubaz, and I guess that's amusing in some kind of ironic way, but the ironic Zubaz revival has been old news for a while. (Also: must every fashion statement be revived? We need more Zubaz like we need more Color Me Badd.) The youth pandering is obvious: these uniforms are for designed for third-graders who have just washed down a case of Ring-Dings with a case of Mountain Dew. They are desperate to be cool to a demographic that doesn't yet know what is cool. I don't even know what to do with the short sleeves.
Mostly, this change provokes sympathy. How I feel for the Bruins of UCLA! Kansas fans are already petitioning the White House to stop the new Jayhawk uniforms. Careful observers noted that tradition-obsessed Indiana is an Adidas school; where's the wacky Hoosier revamp? (Journal college sports reporter Rachel Bachman reached out to Indiana, where a rep replied: "We wouldn't consider a change.")
It's the Notre Dame uniform that's really the piece de resistance, no? I don't even think of basketball. All I want is a Shamrock Shake.
Adidas is capable of sublime design. It designed the greatest two tennis sneakers in the history of humankind, the Rod Laver and the Stan Smith. The company's trefoil logo is an iconic piece of art. It does many other things well. But less is always more, and these uniforms are more, more, more. Public freakout is part of the formula. You can't help but suspect that this is what happens when schools go in for the big sponsorship agreements. They become part of a bigger machine.
This is a minor tempest to be sure. I'm sure I sound like a loopy hyena. I know I'm making too big a deal of it. These uniforms will be ridiculed on social media for a while and do their job of grabbing brief attention. Adidas will sell some gear, and it will come and go, probably soon to be forgotten. But the devolution of design isn't usually a single abrupt act. It is a slow drip of surrenders and alterations until you no longer recognize something you once loved. It is why office buildings looks like shoe boxes and people walk onto airplanes dressed to weed the garden. Style matters. Design counts. OK I'll go yell at the pigeons now.
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The WSJ projects Team USA to win the overall medal race in Rio—thanks largely to its dominant contingent of female stars.
Perfect, Freaky Olympic Bodies
We focused on four types of athletes—cyclists, weightlifters, swimmers and high jumpers—to imagine just how different 'faster, stronger, higher,' could look.
The Olympic Fantasy Confronts Reality
The scrutiny facing Rio epitomizes the changing perception of the Games.
Brazil Calls in the Military to Win Olympic Gold
Brazil has enlisted athletes in its military to boost the country's chances for gold.
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Team USA's dominance means the most intriguing thing to watch in Rio is how the subtle differences of the international game
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Why is Leia, the twin of Luke, not a Jedi? Is she not supposed to be the "one other" to whom Yoda refers in Star Wars Episode V?
She is not a Jedi because she hasn't received any training.
There are hints of her Force powers in the movies.
In The Empire Strikes Back, she senses Luke's distress and has Lando turn around to retrieve him from underneath Cloud City.
Similarly, at the end of The Return of the Jedi, she can tell that Luke made it off the Death Star before it exploded.
In the books that were released later (such as Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy), it is revealed that Leia has potential for strong Force powers, just like her brother, and has started Jedi training under Luke's instruction.
Somewhat related to This question over on Sci-Fi SE. The short of it is that Ben Kenobi (and Yoda) were keeping tabs from afar on both Luke and Leia. Luke got the nod for Force training for the sole reason that Leia had been captured, and Ben needed some help getting her out of trouble. Ben, pragmatic as he was, used this serendipitous meeting between himself, Luke, and R2 (carrying a message from Leia) to kick-start the plan he and Yoda had set in motion twenty years earlier.
In addition, think back to Ep IV. Vader had Leia in captivity, and was torturing her personally in her holding cell for some time. He never discovered any latent Force-sensitivity in her. Yet, in the heat of battle, in two separate fighter cockpits separated by several dozen meters of vacuum, Vader could sense in just a few seconds that the Force was strong with the pilot in his crosshairs. That's pretty strong evidence that Luke is in fact the stronger of the two in the ways of the Force. This is borne out in EU sources; Leia trains under Luke in the days of the New Republic, and becomes a Jedi Consular in the New Jedi Order using her Force powers for negotiation and diplomacy. However, she is never a warrior to compare with Luke, or even her own children Jaina, Jacen and Anakin, all three of which become Jedi Knights and one of which falls to the Sith.
Somewhat of a joke, but somewhat serious; cause Lucas didn't think it all the way through yet.
I always sensed he did Ep IV as a simple movie. Once he saw it was big, then Star Wars went from an action romp to a "deep thinking saga" (TM). Think of all the changes in the re-releases that kind of fit this model. Most famously: Han Shot first. Han goes from a rogue in Ep IV and later has to be ret-conned to a hero, firing in self-defense. I remember hearing that there was some dialog about Luke's dad during the attack on the first Death Star that got removed or muted after the Vader-Luke connection was shown.
Somewhat related, I always wondered why in Ep IV Vader didn't sense her Jedi-ness or daughterness right away.
Because Leia was a woman... it was made 1977... and George Lucas was born in 1944. He wasn't thinking of the sociopolitical context of the story for the future.


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E3 2014: Create your own 2D Mario courses with Mario Maker on Wii U!Written by: / / No Comments
What was once a doubtful inclusion in Nintendo's E3 2014 line-up has become one of the more exciting announcements out of the Japanese publisher, because the world building Mario course creator, Mario Maker, has been officially revealed.
After a low quality photo of Nintendo's E3 booth circulated around The Internet ahead of the show's commencement today, Mario Maker was but a dream that got many fans frothing over the chance to create and share their very own Mario levels. Thank goodness that it turned out to be real, lest those selfsame fans descended into a destructive rage after finding out their hopes had been dashed.
Due out in the first half of 2015, Mario Maker (a working title, apparently) lets you play and create Mario levels on the Wii U GamePad, and modify these levels in real-time so you can play and adjust the course to your heart's content. Using the touch-screen, you can easily drag and drop various classic Mario elements like blocks, pipes and enemies to build a level.
That's not all, either. As seen in the video below, at the press of a button you can change the visual style of your levels from 8-bit Super Mario Bros. to the high definition style of New Super Mario Bros. U:
Mario Maker – E3 2014 Announcement Trailer
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A 93-year old's Valentine
Roger Angell, long a staple at the New Yorker, appears in the anniversary issue under the title "This Old Man." Lightly noting the drawbacks of aging, he celebrates his happy existence:
"I've endured a few knocks but missed worse. I know how lucky i am, and secretly tap wood, greet the day, and grab a sneaky pleasure from my survival at long odds. The pains and insults are bearable. My conversation may be full of holes and pauses, but I've learned to dispatch a private Apache scout ahead into the next sentence, the one coming up, to see if there are any vacant names or verbs in the landscape up there. If he sends back a warning, I'll pause meaningfully, duh, and something else comes to mind."
He reports an active social and intellectual life as well as the ability to summon both the recent dead and those long gone--a testament to his good memory.
A remarkably cheerful and insightful essay by the man who used to write the New Yorker's annual Christmas letter (rhymed with perfect meter). Alas, they have become very stingy on that score as well as putting their on-line edition behind a series of check points--even for print subscribers. In case you can't get there, a visit to the dentist's office will certainly turn up the issue (February 17 and 24, 2014).
About the Author
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, a former editor of Commonweal, writes frequently in these pages and blogs at dotCommonweal.
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Thanks for this article, margaret. IMHO, and I think the opinion of many others, Roger Angell is one of the best sportswriters of all time, and perhaps the best to ever write about baseball.
A 2006 article about him in Sports Illustrated:
For all fans of the game (and especially the Red Sox) to hear him read "Game Six" in the "Selected Shorts" he did those many years ago he did with the late and wonderful Bart Giamatti isa quasi-religious expereince! And Giamatti's intro confirms your point.
This will show where my attention focuses: never knew he wrote about baseball! I must have skipped those articles.
What a confession, Margaret! Baseball is a miracle of biblical proportions.
That may be. But there is a world beyond biblical. For example: Take a look at this:
"We were walking back to the office after lunch one day last week when we noticed that the man walking just eighteen inches to our left was Harry Truman. He was alone & so were we, & his pace & direction were identical with ours; under the circumstances, we decided it would be unfriendly not to speak. We managed a small sidwise bow, and said, "It's nice to see you in town, sir."
"Why, thank you very much," said Mr. Truman, with a much more graceful sidewise bow. "I appreciate that more than I can say."
Bernard, the miracle ended in 1994. Since then, baseball's Moses has been Bud Selig for whom tradition is what starts tomorrow. Margaret, you aren't missing anything.
TB: I wasn't even missing Roger Angell. That snippet just above was from "The Talk of the Town," which he must have written regularly. The quasi-editorials that now appear there are no substitute.
MOS, Yes, Angell wrote many Talk of the Town pieces. Hemingway wrote a couple of plays, but they are not what he was best at.
The most moving thing about the piece was the way he worked it around to the never-ending hunger for sexual connection. I had the sense that was what he really wished the essay to be about. I liked him for it.
I know this is moving off the baseball thread, but the beginnings of Spring training impel me to make a last comment here...Margaret, you owe yourself a treat to read (better to listen if you can get a copy of that "Selected Shorts" from the reading at Carnegie Hall from 20+ years ago) of Bart Giamatti's "The Greenfields of the Mind"-- one of best essays to really understand the game... and if you wish to go further, read John Updike's novella "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" about Ted Williams last game -- exquisite writing and a deep sense of "the game." 'Nuf said...!
KM: Yes sexual connection--and human connection at 93. That's what the whole essay was about--among the living and the dead.


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I'm about to install laminate wood flooring in our family room. The floor is concrete. Having not done this before what tools and tips can you all offer before I get started?
Pick up a kit like this from your local hardware store, it will include every thing you need.
Make sure you measure the room and make sure the last row is not going to be a tiny sliver, it is better to start with a thinner first row than get to the end and realize you are going to have a really thin last row.
Also be very careful when tapping the boards together, if you go to far you will chip/crush the board you are butting up to. When tapping the boards together be careful not to let the tapping block slip up, because that too will chip the plank.
Oh and don't forget to remove any baseboards before you start, and then measure again without the base boards.
When buying the underlay material make sure you get some that is made for concrete, you don't want moisture wicking up through the concrete into your new floor.
It's also a good idea to pick up an extra box or two of flooring, it could save you a trip to the store in the middle of the project if you underestimated or damage some of the planks during install. You can always return any unopened boxes when your done.
A miter saw is also very handy.
Be careful when tapping the planks into place, if you don't have weight on the floor or you are not using spacers the whole floor could shift and become crooked (I learned this the hard way). I was about halfway across the room when I realized the planks that I had previously installed were shifted, if I hadn't caught it I would have ended up with a very crooked floor.
Having done this a few times before, I'd like to stress the importance of crayons -- they come in lots of contrasting colors, so you can see them easily, and they buff off so no one sees the marks when you're done.
We found a 3-person crew was about right for working -- two people dealt with laying the full boards (one hammered while the other one made sure the board was pressed down to seat into the previous one, and to tell the hammering person how much further they had to go), and the third person was responsible for marking and cutting boards at the end of the run.
We tried one person marking, and one cutting, but I found that people mark differently. (cut on the line? a little over the line? How much slop did you leave, etc?) It was just easier to have the person marking being the same person cutting & laying that board, so they knew how to adjust their markings.
As you want to use the slot side for the block to hit against, at the end of the run you'll want a piece with a tab-end; to mark it, do the following:
After 1-2 boards, you'll figure out how much of a gap you're getting from drawing your lines; you basically want just enough to drop the board in, and get the little metal pulling bar in there. Once you pull the board into place, you'll have a good 1cm gap because of the space to get the bar in plus the length of the tab/slot joining up.
If you're reading with corners and more complex obstructions, I tended to go with the following order:
As you work, you'll get tired, and start rushing, being more likely to hit the boards harder, or take shortcuts (like using the metal bar against a slotted side; if you really have to as you get up against the wall, put the plastic block down first, then use the metal bar on the plastic block; the metal bar should only be used on a cut end, and even then, you don't want to slam it very hard, or you will splinter the wood.)
We also had a few blemished boards in the pack, so as the two laying the full boards found 'em, they'd mark them with crayon, and I'd try to use them for where I needed cut boards. (or the ones they mangled because John was rushing too much, and he'd mark which edge was damaged).
The biggest issue I have run into is laying the transition strips on a concrete floor. The transition strips consist of a plastic or metal channel, that is attached to the floor, which the finishing piece snaps into. For concrete floors, it is usually recommended on the package that you use construction adhesive to attach the channel to the floor. I have found this to be quite unreliable, even when using adhesives meant for concrete. (over time, without fail, the channels have separated from the adhesive, it may be that I had plastic channels instead of metal).
What worked for me is to use the adhesive, but also a hammer drill to install some small concrete screws to keep the channel attached to the floor.
I've done this myself in the past, and other than what's already been posted I can only offer three pieces of advice:
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