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I would go with a laptop if that meets your comfort level. One thing to remember about the iPad - I don't believe it will run Flash applications which many sites use. There are however other tablet PCs out there that mimic the ipad and run Flash.ReplyDelete
Welcome to the GeneaBloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.ReplyDelete
May you keep sharing your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
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Thomas, thanks for the suggestion. I think the laptop is what I'm leaning toward.ReplyDelete
Dr. Bill, Thanks for the comment. Don't you love Geneabloggers?
Yes, I do. Thanks for stopping by my blog. And, I agree with Thomas on the laptop. He is usually right, by the way! ;-) Though an iPad is nice to have, as well. I don't have one, but between two daughters, I think there may be four... ;-)ReplyDelete
Beautiful blog. Great job. I love my laptop but good reference article.ReplyDelete
Hi ~ I'm currently trying very hard NOT to buy an iPad although now I think I need one :-) I would lean toward bringing the iPad but only because I've seen an app that will allow me to remotely log on to my laptop at home as long as it is turned on and connected. The best of both worlds in my mind - iPads are just so cool ;-)ReplyDelete
Welcome to the Genealogical Blogging world! As someone who has both laptop and iPad I would I would take a laptop or netbook to Rootstech.ReplyDelete
Hi, welcome to the Genealogical Blogging World. Although I'm not new to blogging, I AM new to genealogy and to genealogy blogging. I hope you enjoy being here and that you make some fabulous connections. (I have 2 blogs...one is classic movies, the other is partly genealogy/partly other "beautiful things.")ReplyDelete
As for this question, I do not have an IPAD, but I love my laptop.
Have a wonderful day.
Blessings to you,
Hi Nancy -ReplyDelete
Great blog!! I love the look of it:-) I'm also a Mac user - laptop and iPad. Remember, first and foremost, the iPad is a mobile device. So if you need the full functionality of a computer, I'd definitely suggest that you go for the laptop instead.
With that said, I do love my iPad! I spent two days this summer at the New England Genealogical and Historical Society and took my iPad along. It was lightweight and had everything I need to do genealogical research. If you decide on the iPad, pick up a wireless Bluetooth keyboard. It's the necessary accessory - much easier to type on this than the touchpad keyboard you'll get on the iPad.
Hope this helps:-)
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! The consensus seems to be towards a laptop.ReplyDelete
Diana- loved your comment about trying NOT to buy an iPad. Good luck with that...Apple usually gets me in the end.
Patti- your blogs are gorgeous!
Karen- yea for another Mac user! I "converted" a couple of years ago and love it.
I'll stick with a laptop (actually two)- thanks!ReplyDelete
Theresa (Tangled Trees)


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I'm building a bridge out of balsa-wood strips for school, and wanted some advice. These are the specifications:
- Height: 2 to 6 in
- Length: 12 inches, plus 1-3 inches on each side resting on tables
- Width: 2 +- 1/16 in at the base
- Weight: <= 50 g
The objective is maximum efficiency (load it can hold divided by weight), not just load. It will be tested with a block placed in the middle of the base that has a bucket hanging from it. The bucket will be filled with sand slowly.
What type of truss do you recommend I use for this structure? Currently, I was planning on a warren truss-type configuration, but with an arch. What other trusses would you suggest? What height should I use? What length?
Any and all tips or resources are greatly appreciated. Also, I would love to know the reasoning behind any choices (just for personal interest).

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Yarok ירוק in modern Hebrew means green. What color does it refer to in Mishnaic Hebrew? I have heard that it refers to yellow and not green because the Mishna in Sukkah (on 34b) discusses a citron which is "Yarok like a leek" implying that plain yarok is not like a leek, ie not green. ShmuelBrill in a comment says that Yarok sometimes means yellow and sometimes means green. It seems odd to me that one word would mean two colors. Can anyone explain?
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Tosafos on succah 31b sv "Hayarok KeKharti" translate the word yarok in several different ways. Furthermore, rashi and several ashkenazi rishonim usually translate "תכלת" as "yarok", which could suggest that yarok means blue (unless they are saying that techelet is green...). Rav Yosef Dov Soloviechik has been quoted as saying that yarok in rashi means blue. This is also what the sifsei chachamim say.
Yarok in Nidah seems to mean a golden yellow color. However, there is some discussion that it may mean green. If I'm not mistaken, there is also some discussion about what "golden yellow" means, leading to an implication that it may, in fact, be a shade of red.
Confused yet? I sure was. I'll have to look at the sources again to find out what they really say, but I remember thinking this was really bizarre.
Languages have different terms for colors. It's actually quite common for one word to serve for blue, green and yellow. ירוק is a term clearly related to yerakot which comes in the green-to-yellow range, so I would assume that it fills that role.
Why does English have only one word that means kachol and techelet?
Anything from yellow to green.
Anthropologists will tell you that different cultures can have words that mean a variety of colors; yet it appears that the color wheel as we know it is universal -- no known language has the same word for a color and its opposite, and no known language uses one word for non-contiguous colors on the wheel.


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Agriculture & Food
Nothing is more basic to human well-being than having enough nutritious food to eat. Yet one in every eight people in the world — 842 million — are trapped in a cycle of hunger and poverty.
The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced. We distribute vouchers, cash or emergency rations, working with local suppliers to speed delivery, save money and boost local economies.
In addition to emergency responses, we focus on long-term solutions that build future food security.
Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
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Veganism is growing more and more popular each year due to the rise of various diseases that are more prevelent than ever. Diseases such as cancer, gastritis and heart disease are common concerns shared amongst most Americans. While some people make it clear that they aren't going vegan for health concerns, others are simply looking to preserve natural wildlife so that planet Earth doesn't run out of it's resources in subsequent generations to come.
To both, the end result is becoming a vegan. Is this healthy? More often than not, people lack the proper education of making the transition over to veganism and end up falling short of some vital nutrients that the body needs for survival. B12 is one to be concerned about. Vitamin B12 is required for tissue growth and repair and it also helps decrease inflammation in the body. Evidence also shows that B12 combined with fish oil may even reduce total serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, both a concern in people, especially the obese.
For the most part, plant sources don't contain adequate amounts of bioavailable B12. Often, the only reliable source for vegans is through supplementation. Moreover, while a vegan can supplement all day long, he or she must also be conscious of not turning to the products sold at "health food" stores that are loaded with soy or even the demon wheat. So, it is imperative that one reads the labels (as I mention in Breaking the Chains of Obesity, 107 Tools) and look at the entire picture. It wouldn't be a good thing if you are looking to save the planet, yet find it ok to do it at your own expense. Read those labels for sodium, fat, added ingredients that act as preservatives, and stay away from high sugar and high glycemic foods (Tool #68 in Breaking the Chains of Obesity, 107 Tools).
For now, I provide you with a list of some plant based foods you should look to include in your day. I cannot guarantee optimal bioavailability, but I can certainly say that it might be better than where you're at:
- Plant foods (purple and green algae)
- Purple Nori or Laver
- Spirulina
- B12 injections
The absorption of B12 is variable. I didn't get into proper protein consumption in this post, but if you read Breaking the Chains of Obesity, 107 Tools, you will learn about how much protein one needs in a day. This value is far more than most vegans can get in 3 days combined!
Jenn Zerling, MS, CPT
Author of Breaking the Chains of Obesity, 107 Tools
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I have an embarrassingly simple question: How can I display an image at double its size without hard coding the width and height attributes? Here's what I tried, but I ended up having to just enter 1000 for width and height. Is something wrong with my function? Thanks!
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Framing Nailers
The SN350-34C is one of our favorites, a powerful gun with a slimmer-than-normal piston housing that makes for a good line of sight to the tip. It has a couple of unique and useful features: a metal strike plate on top for tapping studs into position and a quick-release magazine that can be removed to clear jammed fasteners. The ribbed rubber grip is comfortable to hold, and the aggressive tip grabs well when toenailing. Our one complaint is that this tool does not include a rafter hook; the manufacturer sells an optional one, but it's hard to find and will set you back $25.
The F28WW stands out less for its performance than for the 28-degree wire-collated fasteners it uses. Popular in parts of New England, these fasteners are far less common than the paper- and plastic-collated nails most carpenters use. We like the pivoting rafter hook and push-button depth-of-drive mechanism of this tool. It has good power, but we had occasional problems with double-firing.
The F33PT closely resembles Bostitch's wire-weld nailer but is a half-pound heavier. Features include a pivoting rafter hook, a push-button depth-of-drive mechanism, and an accessory tip that allows you to use it in place of a metal connector nailer. This is a powerful gun, but it feels somewhat bulky and occasionally double-fired on us.
The AN943 works well and has all of the latest features: a switchable trigger, dry-fire lockout, a built-in air filter, and a three-position metal board hook. Unfortunately, it's noticeably heavier than other models and weighted too much toward the nose.
Weighing a mere 7.2 pounds and measuring 12 1/4 inches top-to-bottom, the SN883CH/34 is extremely light and compact. This makes for easier handling overhead and in narrow joist bays. For a gun of its weight, it has surprisingly little recoil. It has a switchable trigger and a built-in air filter but lacks a board hook and a dry-fire lockout mechanism.
The PF350S is our favorite model because it is light and wellbalanced and has the power to consistently set nails in dense material. The contoured rubber grip is comfortable to grasp and the steeply angled air fitting makes it easy to connect the hose while wearing gloves. With tool-less depth-ofdrive, dry-fire lockout, and a substantial rafter hook, it has all the features we look for in a framing gun.
Based on the specs, the D51825 does not stand out in any way. Even so, it was a crew favorite. We simply like the way it feels to hold and use this gun, which — while heavier than average — is very well-balanced. Among its better features are an oversized swiveling plastic board hook and a push-button depth-of-drive mechanism that is very easy to adjust.
Lighter and more compact than the other models, the GRTFC83 is in other respects an average gun. It does the job but there's nothing very special about it. The nosepiece grips better than most when toenailing, but the small nail slot makes loading the tool slow. The oversized metal rafter hook fits thick material but projects so far forward it can pivot around and hit your wrist.
This solid, no-frills gun operates smoothly and powerfully. There have been multiple generations of NR83 series tools, so we are confident this gun will be durable. We're also aware that it's somewhat dated. It does not have a dryfire lockout or rafter hook, and it's the only gun we reviewed without adjustable depth-of-drive — and yet it was one of the better tools at setting fasteners to the proper depth. This is a good nail gun, but it is one of the heavier and bulkier models around.
Other than its low price, there is nothing very special about this tool. The FC350A can do the job, but it had a hard time setting nails in dense engineered lumber — it scored third lowest in our nailing test. Although it is light and short front-to-back, the gun does not feel particularly compact.
This lighter-than-average gun has every feature a framer could ask for, including a swivel air fitting, a pivoting rafter hook, and dry-fire lockout. However, the depth-of-drive mechanism and covering housing stick out far enough to obstruct your view during toenailing. Of greater concern is this gun's tendency to leave nail heads above the surface, especially in dense material.
The SN901XP is extremely light and compact, but the tip does not grab very well when toenailing and the gun is unable to consistently set nails in dense engineered lumber. We experienced more recoil with this tool than with most other models.
As a framing contractor, I rely on nail guns more than almost any other tool. When I buy a framing gun I look for a model that is comfortable to handle, able to toenail well, and powerful enough to drive nails flush every time. For this article, my crew tested 12 stick nailers: the Bosch SN350-34C, the Bostitch F28WW and F33PT, the DeWalt D51825, the Grip-Rite GRTFC83, the Hitachi NR83AA3, the Makita AN943, the Max SN883CH/34, the Paslode PF350S, the Porter-Cable FC350A, the Ridgid R350CHA, and the Senco SN901XP.
Most manufacturers produce two versions of every gun – one for 30- to 34-degree nails (usually clipped-head) and another for 20- to 22-degree nails (usually full round-head). Here in western New York, 30- to 34-degree paper-collated nails are the norm, so that's the kind of gun we tested. (The one exception is the Bostitch F28WW, which takes 28-degree wire-collated nails.) The equivalent models for 20- to 22-degree plastic-collated fasteners are listed in the spec chart (magazine page 22).
The tools arrived early last summer, and my crew and I used them for several months, trading guns around so we all had experience with each of them. Since we framed several large houses during that period, we were able to evaluate the performance of these tools under real-world conditions. Although we used the guns hard, we did not have them long enough to determine their long-term durability.
All of the guns are powerful enough to be used on sawn lumber, sheathing, and I-joists, but some are better than others at nailing into dense engineered wood beams – especially when fired rapidly. We had a pretty good sense of which guns those were, just from using them on site, but we decided to verify our observations by performing a nailing test. We wanted to gauge the ability of the tools to drive fasteners all the way home in hard material, so our test involved shooting multiple rounds of nails into Parallam, TimberStrand, and laminated veneer lumber (LVL). It was a tough but not unrealistic test; we frequently gang engineered beams, and when we do, we drive many fasteners in a short period of time.
Nailing test. We drove 30 nails per round at a rapid rate and timed how long it took – not to see which guns were faster but to ensure that the carpenter fired each gun at roughly the same speed. What we were after was the number of nails per round driven flush, because it's a problem when nails aren't driven all the way home. Each gun shot two rounds of 10d spikes (3 inches by .131 inch) and one round of 8d ring-shank nails into LVLs; one round of 10d spikes into Parallam; and one round of 10d spikes into TimberStrand. At the end of the test we counted the number of nails driven flush or below the surface, totaled the amount of time needed to drive them, and then averaged the results (see the table).
I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from this test or make fine distinctions based on a difference of two or three nails per round; we tested the tools on the job site, which is different from testing them in a lab under carefully controlled conditions. What I can say, however, is that the finishing order was not a surprise. Based on having used the guns in the field, we thought the Paslode and Bosch would come in near the top and the Senco and Ridgid near the bottom – which is exactly what happened. In fairness to Senco, we tested the company's lightest gun; the results might have been different had we tested the heavier and more powerful SN951XP.
Most of the guns in this test take 30- to 34-degree paper-collated fasteners (far left), though one takes 28-degree wire-weld fasteners (center left). Slightly different versions of the guns are available for use with 20- to 22-degree plastic collated fasteners (left), which are common in areas where wind and seismic codes mandate the use of full round-head nails.
After using the guns for normal framing tasks, the crew tested their power. They did this by nailing rapidly into dense engineered material (left) and then counting the nails each gun was able to drive flush or below the surface (right). The fewer nails left standing proud, the better.
This table shows the average number of fasteners driven flush or below the surface for each clip of 30 nails, and the average time required to drive them. The tests were performed in LVL, Parallam, and TimberStrand material.
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A coworker of mine believes that any use of in-code comments (ie, not javadoc style method or class comments) is a code smell. What do you think?
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Only if the comment describes what the code is doing.
If I wanted to know what was happening in a method or block, I would read the code. I would hope, anyway, that any developers working on a given project were at least familiar enough with the development language to read what is written and understand what it is doing.
In some cases of extreme optimization, you might be using techniques that makes it difficult for someone to follow what your code is doing. In these cases, comments can and should be used to not only explain why you have such optimizations, but what the code is doing. A good rule of thumb would be to have someone else (or multiple other people) familiar with the implementation language and project look at your code - if they can't understand both the why and the how, then you should comment both the why and the how.
However, what's not clear in the code is why you have done something. If you take an approach that might not be obvious to others, you should have a comment that explains why you made the decisions that you did. I would suspect that you might not even realize that a comment is needed until after something like a code review, where people want to know why you did X instead of Y - you can capture your answer in the code for everyone else who looks at it in the future.
The most important thing, though, is to change your comments when you change your code. If you change an algorithm, be sure to update the comments with why you went with algorithm X over Y. Stale comments are an even bigger code smell.
This is particularly irritating to hear at the moment, I spent some time this weekend looking at very well-named, very clean, uncommented code implementing a research algorithm (one that isn't actually published). I'm high-level familiar with it, the guy sitting next to me was the inventor, and the code was written a few years ago by someone else. We could barely follow it.
Your co-worker is not experienced enough, obviously.
Comments should explain why, not how.
I declare your co-worker a heretic! Where are my heretic-burnin' boots?
Obsessive commenting is bad and a maintenance headache, and comments are no replacement for well-named methods, classes, variables, etc. But sometimes putting why something is the way it is can be immensely valuable for the poor idiot who has to maintain the code in six months -- particularly when that poor idiot winds up being you.
Some actual comments from the code I'm working on:
Ideally, code should be so well coded that it should be auto explicative. In the real world, we know that also very high quality code needs sometimes commenting.
What you should absolutely avoid is "comment-code redundancy" (comments that don't add anything to code):
Then, if there's a good (and maintained/aligned) code design and documentation, commenting is even less useful.
But in some circumstances comments can be a good aid in code readability:
Don't forget that you have to maintain and keep in sync also comments... outdated or wrong comments can be a terrible pain! And, as a general rule, commenting too much can be a symptom of bad programming.
Categorically defining a method or process as a "code smell" is a "zealotry smell". The term is becoming the new "considered harmful".
Please remember that all of these sort of things are supposed to be guidelines.
Many of the other answers give good advice as to when comments are warranted.
Personally I use very few comments. Explain the purpose of non-obvious processes and leave the occasional death-threat to anyone that might be considering altering things on their own that required weeks of tuning.
Refactoring everything until a kindergartner can understand it is likely not an efficient use of your time, and probably will not perform as well as a more concise version.
Comments don't affect run time,so the only negative issue to consider is the maintenance.
In some cases, no amount of good naming, refactoring etc. can replace a comment. Just look at this real-world example (language is Groovy):
Looks strange, doesn't it? Probably a copy-paste-error? Cries for a bugfix?
Now the same with comments:
The primary issue here is the meaning of the term "code smell".
Many people (including you, I think) understands a code smell to be something close to an error or at least something that needs to be fixed. Perhaps you think of it as a synonym to "anti-pattern".
This is not the meaning of the term!
The code smell metaphor originates from Wards Wiki, and they stress:
So what does it mean that comments are a code-smell: it means that when you see a comment, you should pause and think: "Hmmm, I sense a hint that something could be improved". Perhaps you can rename a variable, perform the "extract method"-refactoring -- or perhaps the comment is actually the best solution.
That is what it means for comments to be code smells.
EDIT: I just stumpled upon these two articles, which explains it better than me:
I think the rule is quite simple: imagine a complete stranger seeing your code. You probably will be a stranger to your own code in 5 years. Try to minimize the mental effort to understand your code for this stranger.
A good idea to have the right comments is to start with writing comments.
This allows you to extract methods easily to even get rid of the comments,
For things that can't be separated just don't extract methods and type the code under the comments.
This is what I see as an useful way to keep commenting to a minimum, it's really useless to go commenting each line... Only document a single line if it's about a magic value initialization or where it makes sense.
If parameters are used too much, then they should be private members in your class.
I think the answer is the usual "It depends" one. Commenting code just to comment code is a smell. Commenting code because you're using an obscure algorithm that's an order of magnitude faster saves the maintenance programmer (usually me 6 months after I wrote it) half a day of poking through the code to determine what it's doing.
Code comments are definitely not a "code smell". This belief typically comes from the fact that comments can become stale (out of date) and can be difficult to maintain. However, having good comments which explain why the code is doing something a certain way can (and usually is) important for maintenance.
If the code has been written in a particular way to avoid a problem present in a library (both a third-party library, or a library that comes with the compiler), then it makes sense to comment it.
Even the most well-written book still likely has an introduction and chapter titles. Comments in well-documented code are still useful to describe high-level concepts, and explain how the code is organized.
Of honorable mention is the anti-pattern:
It's my impression that sometimes FLOSS license preamples are frequently used in lieu of file documentation. The GPL/BSDL makes a nice filler text, and after that you seldomly see any other comment block.
I disagree with the idea that writing comments to explain the code are bad. This completely ignores the fact that code has bugs. It might be clear what the code does without comments. It's less likely to be clear what the code is supposed to do. Without comments how do you know if the results are wrong, or they're being used incorrectly?
The comments should explain the intent of the code, so that if there is a mistake, someone reading the comments+code has a chance of finding it.
I generally find myself writing inline comments before I write the code. This way it's clear what I'm trying to write code to do, and reduces getting lost in an algorithm without really knowing what you're trying to do.
Comments that are put in because someone thinks it's ok to have 700 lines in one method are a smell.
Comments that are there because you know if you don't put in a comment, someone will make the same mistake yet again are a smell.
Comments put in because some code analysis tool demands it are also a smell.
People that won't ever put in a comment, or write even a little help for other developers are also a smell. I'm amazed at how many people won't write stuff down, but will then turn around and acknowledge they can't remember what they did 3 months ago. I don't like to write docs, but I like to have to tell people the same thing over and over again even less.
I'll answer with a question of my own. Can you find the bug in the uncommented code below?
tl;dr: The next person to maintain your code might not be as godlike as you are.
Reading this I am reminded on something that I first read (from a longer list, preserved by taking photocopies) some decades back:
A rather older smell methinks.
I think code commenting gets a very poor start to life. I don't know about these days, but when I was first being taught programming at school I got assignments of the nature of "Write a program that prints the numbers one to ten on separate lines. Make sure you comment your code." You'd get marked down if you didn't add comments because commenting your code is a GOOD THING.
But what is there to say about such a trivial process? So you end up writing the classic
just to get a decent grade and, if you've any nous at all, instantly forming a very low opinion of code comments.
Code commenting is not a GOOD THING. It's a SOMETIMES NECESSARY THING, and Thomas Owens in the top answer provides an excellent explanation of the situations in which it's necessary. However, these situations rarely crop up in homework-type assignments.
In many ways, adding a comment should be considered a last-resort choice, when what needs to be said cannot be said clearly in the active parts of the programming language. Although object naming can go stale, various human and computer lack-of-feedback mechanisms make it easy to forget to maintain comments and consequently comments go stale much more quickly than active code. For that reason, where a choice is possible, changing code to make it clearer should always be preferred to annotating unclear code with comments.
You have to keep a balance between code and comments... Usually I try to add some comments that resume a block of code. Not because I won't be able to understand the code (well, that also), but because I can read faster my own code and locate specific sections where the important stuff it's happening.
Anyway, my own personal criteria is "when in doubt, comment". I prefer to have a redundant line than a completely cryptic line that I'm not going to be able to understand. I can always remove comments on a code review, after a while (and I usually do)
Also, comments are quite helpful adding "caveats" like "Be careful! If the format of the input is not ASCII, this code will have to change!"
I have to agree with your coworker. I always say that if I comment my code, it means that I'm worried that I won't be able to figure out my own code in the future. This is a bad sign.
The only other reason I sprinkle comments into the code is to call out something that doesn't seem to make sense.
Those comments usually take the form of something like:
Of course comments are a code smell...
every programmer knows we all eventually turn insane due to the amount of work, debugging, or just plain madness we run into.
"Do this!" your project manager says.
You respond, "It can't be done."
They say, "Then we will find someone else to do it."
You say, "OK, well maybe it can be done."
And then spend the next X number of days.. weeks.. months.. trying to figure it out. Throughout the process, you will try and fail, and try and fail. We all do this. The true answer is there are two types of programmers, those that comment and those that don't.
1) Those that do are either making their own job easier by documenting for future reference, commenting out failed routines that didn't work (the smell is not deleting them after finding the one that works.), or breaking up the code with comment formatting to hopefully make it a bit easier to read or understand. Seriously, I can't blame them. But in the end, they snap and then you have this:
2) Those that don't are either pretending to be a superhero, or are living in a cave. They simply have reckless disregard for others, themselves, and could care less about the code, or what meaning it could possibly have for later.
Now don't get me wrong.. self-documenting variables and functions can avoid this entirely.. and trust me you can never do enough code-cleanup. But the simple truth is that as long as you keep backups, you can ALWAYS delete comments.
I'd argue that not using some comments in your code is a code smell. While I agree that code should be self documenting as much as possible, you hit a certain point where you are going to see code that makes no sense regardless of how well the code is written. I've seen some code in business applications where the comments are pretty much mandatory because:
Also, company style guides might tell you to do something a certain way - if they say that your could should have comments outlining what blocks of code in a function is doing, then include the comments.
There's a big fundamental difference between comments and code: comments are a way for people to communicate ideas to other people, whereas code is primarily meant for the computer. There are many aspects in "code" that's also only for humans, like naming and indentation. But comments are written strictly for humans, by humans.
Therefore, writing comments is every bit as difficult as any written human communication! The writer should have a clear conception of who the audience is, and what kind of text they will need. How can you know who will read your comments in ten, twenty years? What if the person is from a completely different culture? Etc. I hope everybody understands this.
Even inside the small homogeneous culture I live in, it's just so difficult to communicate ideas to other people. Human communication usually fails, except by accident.
Code comments giving, where applicable, units of function arguments and returns, structure fields, even local variables can be very handy. Remember the Mars Orbiter!
Here's my rule-of-thumb:
Educate your co-worker about the Literate Programming technique.
No, comments are not a code smell, they are just a tool that can be abused.
Examples of good comments:
// I think this is in cm. Further investigation needed!
// This is a clever way of doing X
// The list is guaranteed to be non-empty here


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Why do people keep editing my questions?
I'm a new user on Stack Overflow and I'm confused about the ability to edit other people's questions and answers.
I asked this question, and someone edited it to add the homework tag.
Why did they feel the need to do that? How is it that others are allowed to edit people's posts?


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If someone has my Itunes password and phone number/email address, are they able to set-up their iphone/ipad to see my imessages without my consent? If so, is there a way for me to trace this?
Yes, in a way, it is possible to "trace" it.
The good news for you, is that (I'm speaking in regards to Mountain Lion and iOS 6, not necessarily for older versions) every time a device authorizes and uses your Apple ID and phone number it will alert you on all your other devices. For example, if you are signed into your Apple ID for Messages on your Mac, and you purchase a new iPad Mini, and sign into it, it will display an alert on your Mac that says (something like) "[Your] iPad Mini is now using [your Apple ID] for iMessage". There is no way for you to deny that request (it is just informational) but that would alert you to possible abuse of your account if someone else has maliciously set up your Apple ID on your account. With this information you can easily change your Apple ID password and render the abusive user's information useless.
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My bicycle is our second car. I love to bicycle in all weather, for all distances, and on all routes. Bicycling has brought so much joy to my life, and I want to share it with anyone who is interested. I will use my soapbox to tell you about the joys, the freedom, the benefits, and, yes, the challenges of bicycling and walking for transportation.
One of the most common car-bike collisions is "the right hook". A car passes a bicyclist on the left and then immediately turns right. But as the car slows to make the turn, the bicyclist continues straight and either the car plows into the bicycle now crossing the intersection, or the bicycle plows into the car.
Why would a driver do that? It is not intentional. The driver either didn't see the bicycle at all, or didn't realize how fast the bicycle was traveling. I've had a couple near-right hooks myself. When a van cut in front of me I slammed on my brakes and the rear corner of her van passed just inches in front of my tire. She said*, "I thought you had plenty of room."
Although the right hook is common, the good news is that it is easily prevented.
As a motorist, slow down, let the bicyclist pass the intersection, and then make your right turn.
As a bicyclist, take an assertive lane position. The Third Layer of Crash Prevention is "Discourage drivers' mistakes", mainly through lane position. Ride at least an arm's length of the edge of the usable road. You are more visible, and drivers can better judge your speed.
If the lane is not wide enough that a car can safely pass you without changing lanes, ride near the center of the lane. If the motorist would have to move into the left lane to pass you but wants to turn right, she is more likely to slow down instead and wait for you to clear the intersection.
Using assertive lane position, I have seen motorists move to the left to pass me, but then slow down and move back into the right lane behind me to make the right turn.
Just being alert to the possibility that a motorist passing on your left might suddenly turn right can help prevent a collision. That's how I was able to react so quickly to the van that nearly right-hooked me.
*After many years, I have learned not to approach motorists. Report the plate number to the police and the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation (MoBikeFed). Filing a police report creates a paper trail of information which otherwise only happens when there is an injury or fatality. MoBikeFed will send a letter to the motorist, which will be more tactful and diplomatic than you will be immediately after a close call. If an actual collision occurs, call 911.


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Makita\'s new LXT Series has been designed specifically for Lithium-Ion technology with less weight in a more compact size. LXT is 40% less weight and more compact. The better fit ergonomic shape fits like a glove with even pressure while adding more control. The LXT series also come equipped with built-in high impact L.E.D. lights that operate independently from the tool to illuminate the work area.
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I've a question about the Delegate Pattern :
If I want to delegate the parsing of a xml file, for instance, that I want to be converted into a Key-value Dictionary. Let's take this classical example...
What's the best practice about the creation of that Dictionary Object?
- Is it the "main" object that creates it and pass a reference to it to the delegate, asking him to fill it up,
- Is it the delegate that create this dictionary add pass it back to the "main" object, when he has done his job, trough the return value of the call-back method (or any other way)
Is one of this two ways really better than the other ? And why ?


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Spring 2016 SLU Visa Service Deadline: Friday, April 1st, 2016 by 4:00 (no extensions)
Spain Visa
All non-European Union students who plan to study in Spain for a semester or full year are required to obtain a visa. A Spanish visa is a formal travel document (a sticker in your passport) issued by a Spanish consulate. A visa is an official document that confirms that an individual is authorized to enter the territory for which the visa was issued. A visa is essentially your permission to travel to and within a particular country. There are 2 types of student visas based on the amount of time the student will be abroad:
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For students applying for the visa of over 180 days, the background check can take 15 weeks to obtain and it has to be completed prior to applying for a visa, please take this into consideration so as to apply for these documents in a timely manner.
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If your child is ever abducted, chances are you'll depend on the Amber Alert System for help.
It's a state and nationwide program that helps alert law enforcement, media, and the public, keep a lookout for your child.
Now, Bowling Green Police are adding a new line of defense to the alert system here, asking area businesses volunteers to use their outdoor message boards so you can see Amber Alerts as you're driving by.
The message boards will urge drivers to tune in to local media for the latest information.
Right now, the partnership exists between Bowling Green Police and all businesses in Bowling Green that have message boards.
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I am working on a project in which one master communicates with numbers of slaves. For that it has to make connection with hosts in network. But sometimes it hangs.
I think that the reason behind is extra time consumption during Reverse DNS Lookup. So please tell me any command or script which checks or makes the list for the Reverse DNS Lookup time.
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How to Perform a Standing Balance Exercise
4 of 9 in Series: The Essentials of Getting Fit to Play Golf
Stand on a firm, flat surface in your bare or stocking feet.
If you have been prescribed customized orthotics (arch supports) for your shoes, repeat this exercise with your orthotics in place and your shoes on.
Hold a golf club behind your back.
In one hand, hold the head of the club flat against your tailbone. In your other hand, hold the grip of the club against the back of your head.
Bend your hips and knees slightly (10 to 15 degrees) and contract your lower abdominal muscles, as needed.
You want to press the small of your back into the shaft of the club.
While keeping your lower back in complete contact with the clubshaft, straighten the middle and upper portions of your spine and neck.
The goal is to make as much complete contact between the shaft and the entire length of your spine and back of your head as possible.
With your eyes open, try to stand and balance on your right leg by lifting your left knee to approximately 90 degrees so that your left thigh is parallel to the floor.
In this position, do your best to maintain your balance for 10 to 15 seconds.
Repeat the exercise with your left leg down, lifting your right knee to 90 degrees.
Do this exercise 10 to 20 times with each leg at least once each day for 2 to 3 weeks or until you can easily perform the exercise without losing your balance on one foot for 15 seconds.
To increase the difficulty of this exercise and improve your golf balance even more, try the exercise with your eyes closed! You can imagine how much more balanced you'll feel over the ball at address and during your full swing when you can master this exercise with your eyes open and then with your eyes closed.


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Her last Christmas with family
Just one month before Christmas, the elderly woman had spent the day in the emergency room with her daughter Maria by her side. Unable to speak above a whisper, she asked her daughter to bring her home for what would be her last Christmas. She had spent the days since the hospital stay in and out of bed, experiencing many highs and lows. Some days she was out of her bed eating, talking and reading the newspaper, as she had always done, and other days she spent in bed, so tired she couldn't keep her eyes open.


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Encouraging Participation
To ensure student success, we need to encourage participation in the online environment. Students come into our classes extremely motivated and enthusiastic about learning the subject matter. It is our job to keep their interest and inspire them. One place to do this is in the online discussion.
The ABC Intervention Method
Increase effective student contributions in the online discussion using the ABC intervention method.
Use ABC Intervention Method when constructing your post:
- Acknowledge something the individual has said.
- Build on their comment by adding personal experience or observations or relevant course content.
- Conclude with a critical thinking or socratic question to the individual or class.
Helpful Tips
- Praise new ideas
- Ask for clarification
- Share personal experiences
- Stay current in our subject area
- Use effective questioning strategies
- Frequently contribute your thoughts and opinions
- Add value with your response
Excellent response here, [Student]!
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By DANIELLE RUDY DAVIS
The weather this winter has been a little strange, to say the least. With temperatures flirting with the 60's lately, it's made me ready to jump right into spring. (Hey, if you can't do winter fashion right, let's just scrap it and move along.)
This year's spring trends hold a little something for everyone. From bold and bright to sweet and demure and everything in between, there's a trend to fit everyone's style.
After combing through the pages of the latest fashion magazines, I decided to go on a hunt for the latest trends right here in Louisville. You won't need to spend hours online shopping or taking a trip out of town to make these styles work for you.
Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, Rodarte and Thakoon were only some of the designers who worked unique floral patterns into their spring shows. While you may not be ready to rock a full floral outfit, you can work it into your look with a scarf or be a bit bolder with a floral pant or blouse. (You can always throw a sweater or cardigan over the blouse if you get a little nervous about a flower-power overload.)
Florals Found at J.Crew and Clodhoppers.
The safari look has proven to be a constant over the last few seasons. Adding a little leopard print that's already in your closet is an easy way to work this style that was showcased on the runways at Michael Kors, Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta. If you're looking to add some pieces, accessories are an easy way to rock this look.
Safari Spotted at: Banana Republic, Express, Ann Taylor Loft and Gap.
Great Gatsby
The upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby must have inspired designers like Tory Burch, Ralph Lauren and Marchesa to put their own spin on the roaring 20's. Think lots of sparkle, gold & silver, simple silhouettes and fun touches of feathers. You don't need to wear a full sequin dress to incorporate the look into your daily life, just add some 20's style jewelry for a little sparkle or a gilded cardigan like the one spotted at Banana Republic.
Grab the Gatsby look at Banana Republic and Clodhoppers.
Sporty Neons
Step into a store right now and you're bound to spot a pop of neon. These sporty colors normally reserved for your workout gear and highlighters are everywhere from belts and scarves to dresses, shorts and jeans. Marc Jacobs, Victoria Beckham and Bill Blass were just some of the designers who used the bright colors in their shows. You can go full out with bright yellow skinnies or just add a little touch with a pink belt.
Neon Signs at J.Crew, Ann Taylor Loft, Clodhoppers and Blink.
Geometric Color Blocking
If you jumped on the color-blocking trend last spring, you'll be one step ahead this year. Designers like Marc by Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez and Carolina Herrera took the color blocking trend one step farther by adding in a geometric twist. You can add a geometric bangle in a bright color or go all the way with a color-blocked dress.
Color Blocking at: Banana Republic, J.Crew, Gap, Clodhoppers, Ann Taylor Loft.
Ladylike and Pretty Pastels
Easter egg pastels and lady-like looks graced the runways at Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Theory. While pastel pink, lavender and blue are a big part of this trend – mint green is the big standout. You can add a statement necklace, a sweet cardigan or go pastel on your nails. Combine this look with the Gatsby trend and channel your inner Daisy Buchanan.
Pretty Pastels at: Ulta, Sephora, Banana Republic, Clodhoppers, Ann Taylor Loft, Gap and J.Crew.
More 2012 Standouts
Stripes are everywhere this year – in neon, classic navy & red and bright greens and purples. A classic stripped boat neck tee will always be in style so find one in a perfect fit this season and stock up on this timeless look.
Good news for UK fans: Cobalt Blue was all over the place. Stock up on shift dresses, bangles and blouses and be ready for game day or a night out.
Red-coral lips, strong brows, pony tails and cat eye liner and pastel eyes were some of the big beauty looks on the runway for spring. Give one (or all) a try without breaking the bank. Or just grab a pair of cat-eye sunglasses, throw your hair in a ponytail and a swipe of lipstick and rock them all at once.
For more fashion fun from Danielle, check out her Louisville-centric style blog www.LouWhatWear.com. All photos taken with Instagram, follow her on Twitter @louwhatwear.


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San Francisco Early Childhood Professional Development Project
The overall goal of the Professional Development Project is to
increase quality child development services in San Francisco through
the promotion of recruitment, retention and educational advancement in
the Early Care and Education workforce.
The activities include comprehensive career resources, academic advising, information on training opportunities, and a partnership between the Community College and San Francisco State University. The project also serves as a voice for professional development, career resource issues, early childhood workforce compensation, and public policy.
Career and Education Resources
- CA ECE Registry - JOB BOARD IS LIVE! Post and Search Current ECE jobs in SF
- Early Care and Education Workforce Registry - tracks and promotes the education, training and experience of the ECE workforce
- Child Development Training Consortium - providing financial and technical assistance to child development students and professionals
- Child Development Training Consortium - Professional Growth Advisors PGAs assist in planning and documenting clock hours for permit renewal
- San Francisco State University - Child and Adolescent Development Major
- SF SEED -an SFSU fiscal incentive program for early child educators
- New CDEV Degree -Assoc. in Science for Transfer - Early Childhood Education Major undefined
Pathways to Graduation and Transfer
for Child Development Students in Spring 2016
CCSF ECE Metro Academy - a cohort of students taking General Education and CDEV linked courses
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A Lap Around Windows Azure
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how i can watch it offline ? or download the slides or the clip ?
in every MS event ( HCT , OPK , ....etc ) we always get the slides PPT and other materials !!
All of these things (download links, PPTX's, etc.) are coming online. Unlike other events, we're doing this within a very short timeframe (we've been hitting under 24 hours) for each session instead of the typical 4-6 weeks after the event. Please bear with us - working as quickly as we can.
Appreciate your effort and hard working to bring those accessible to us
I was just worry no one was confirming the slides will be available for us, except the online videos
Now I see more PPTX and other resources, thanks again for hard working ...
Everything getting fast and faster, so our expectation growing as well, even if sometime unrealisticly we demand requests with rush ,,..... we still trust you guys to be on top
Thanks again
Sorry for a "frontal" approach but I simply must comment :
A :: loose that shirt for a god's sake !
B:: AZURE can NOT be pronounced AJURE (J as in J'taime) it MUST be:
AZZURE (ZZ as in aZZuro, aka "blue in italian)
Ok, I feel better now, thanks ...
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I was curious about what problems may arise if clutch is not used when shifting gears. Are the problems similar for both cars and bikes?
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If you match revs correctly you should be able to change gear with no ill effects at all. The challenge is of course to match revs. This is pretty easy when accelerating, but when decelerating you'll need to use the accelerator to bump the engine revs up to match. Google for heel-and-toe (this also helps make for faster downshifts when using the clutch)
Getting started into first is tricky though. If your clutch does fail, parking on a down hill can help with this:-)
Excessive wear on the gears and a complete breakdown of the gearbox will be very likely to occur soon. Also the crankshaft and it's bearings will suffer a beating everytime you shift gears which will cause (fatal) damage to the engine.
The results will be similar (but definitely not the same) on a bike. If you keep pedaling while shifting gears you'll keep tension on the chain. This will momentarily put excessive sideways forces on the sprockets which will cause bent teeth and broken chain links.
If you must drive a bit when your clutch breaks down, for example on a railroad crossing, you can use emergency propulsion. You leave the car in gear and use the starter to drive the car for a few meters. Park the car at a safe location and call a tow truck.
There are synchro rings that match the speed of the gears when you push the stick. Synchro rings are not designed to accelerate/decelare the engine / whole car and will wear out quickly if you don't use the clucth.
...unless you are a real ninja with the gas pedal and match the gear speeds manually.
In a car with a conventional manual transmission, this will rapidly wear out the synchros unless you are able to match engine RPM to target gear RPM every time you change (possible, but not easy). Stopping and starting would be impossible to do smoothly without the clutch.
Many motorcycles use a sequential gearbox which allows shifting up and down without the use of the clutch (but you can only shift to the next gear in each direction). You still need to use the clutch for stopping and starting.


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I've queried a few tables and result is as below:
I want to count correct col upon ct_id(course) col. I queried a lot but gained no success. How to query such a thing?
for example in SELECT I should have two columns: -correctNo -incorrectNo for each course(ct_id).
Note: The last column(correct) is a derived column: IF(selected_answer=answer,1,0) as correct


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STEUBENVILLE - As Sean Tucker correctly noted, Catholic Central athletic director Steve Daley could have "charged double at the door" for Friday's clash with Big Red inside the jam-packed Mickey Barber Gymnasium.
Round two of the annual city championship series was a classic. There were lead changes, outstanding individual efforts, extremely vocal cheering sections, scoring runs, key defensive stops and an extra four minutes of action.
In the end, there also was a pull-up three by Big Red's Periogn West.
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CITY?CHAMPS — Steubenville's Mylik?Young goes past Steubenville Caatholic Central's Michael Carapellotti for a basket as Central's Zach Herrington and Michael Barber look on during Big Red's 61-59 overtime win over the Crusaders Friday at Mickey Barber Gymnasium.
Seconds after Matt Martello drained a triple of his own to put Central ahead by one, the senior guard connected from behind the arc to give Big Red a thrilling 61-59 overtime victory and the 2012-13 city title.
"Once someone scores against us late in the game, we don't want to call a timeout," Big Red's Mike Haney said. "Instead, we tell our kids to get it up the court quickly and try to penetrate or make something happen. He (West) pulled up on an open three and nailed it."
The victory moves Haney's charges to 10-3. Central now stands at 11-4.
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Big Red 11 15 12 15 8 - 61
Central 10 15 15 13 6 - 59
BIG RED (10-3): West 8 0-0 17; Linn 1 1-2 4; Herring-Hill 0 2-2 2; Lawson 3 0-0 6; Young 6 1-2 13; Sterling 2 0-1 4; Smith 6 0-0 12; Purdue 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 27 4-7 61. 3-pointers: West (2), Linn; Rebounds 35 (Smith 8); Turnovers 10.
CENTRAL (11-4): M. Barber 3 2-2 8; Colabella 7 0-0 15; Carapellotti 2 3-5 7; Manfresca 0 0-0 0; Fletcher 4 5-5 13; Herrington 5 0-0 10; Martello 2 0-0 5; Porreca 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 11-14 59. 3-pointers: Colabella, Martello; Rebounds 25 (Colabella, Barber 6); Turnovers 22.
"You couldn't ask for a better atmosphere," Tucker commented. "This was a great game. We knew after playing them at their place (a 77-54 Big Red triumph) that we'd come back and play our style. We did a great job.
"I told our kids if we continue to play the way we did tonight, nobody is going beat us and we are going to go far. The kids are a little heartbroken and I'm heartbroken for them. Someone has to lose, unfortunately, and tonight we were on the short end."
After West connected, Central still had an opportunity to either force a second overtime or earn a buzzer-beating win. The Big Red defense, however, rose to the occasion and forced a bad shot.
"We had a play designed at the end," Tucker pointed out. "They jammed us and kept us too far away from the basket to get a good shot off."
Big Red went ahead 53-51 late in regulation play after Mylik Young converted a steal into a layup.
Two clutch free throws by Central's Ryan Fletcher knotted the score with a little more than a minute left. Haney opted to hold the ball and wait for a final shot.
The visitors ran the clock down to 16 seconds, went to work offensively, but were unable to score.
Big Red's John Linn and Central's Michael Barber exchanged free throw makes to start the extra session.
Prior to Linn's attempt, the winners had not been to the line since the second period. Adam Sterling scored four straight (his only points of the night) to give Haney's club a 58-54 lead. Brenton Colabella scored for the Crusaders before Martello calmly knocked down his three.
"This was just a great atmosphere tonight," Haney noted. "There's nothing better than coming to a packed gym with two vocal cheering sections. It's how basketball should be played."
Big Red held an 11-6 advantage (thanks to seven Young points) late in the opening stanza before baskets by Colabella and Fletcher made it 11-10 after eight minutes.
The Crusaders went up 16-13 early in the second on the strength of two Colabella makes and a Fletcher hoop off a nifty Martello pass. Big Red used a 6-0 scoring run (Glenn Purdue, Brandon Herring-Hill and Tajuan Lawson all scoring) to move ahead 19-16. Central would reclaim the upper hand at 25-24 thanks to a Barber floater in the lane. West capped the first half scoring, getting a layup off a steal and it was 26-25 Big Red at the intermission.
West and Colabella each scored seven of their team's 15 points during the second frame.
Held scoreless in the first half, Zack Herrington, who missed Tuesday's loss to Wheeling Central thanks to the flu, went bonkers in the third. He scored eight, nailing all four of his field goal attempts, allowing the Crusaders to pocket a 40-38 lead. Chris Smith kept Big Red close, accounting for eight of the 12 markers.
"Our kids played so hard," Tucker said. "We hit our free throws (Central was 11 of 14 from the line), made our layups and did the things we were supposed to do. We just fell short by one possession."
West took game scoring honors with 18 (as a team Big Red took 73 shots but made just 27). Young had 13 before fouling out. Smith contributed 12 and hauled down eight of his team's 35 rebounds.
"Chris came alive offensively in the third quarter and we certainly needed that," Haney noted. "Sterling did a great job also. He got a couple of big hoops in overtime and really did a great job of applying defensive pressure at the end.
"We didn't shoot it very well (Big Red was just 3-of-25 from behind the arc) but they gutted it out. They kept playing and working hard the whole time. I'm definitely proud of our effort tonight."
As a team, Big Red recorded 17 steals (Young, Smith, Lawson, Linn and Sterling all getting three each).
Colabella paced the Crusaders with 15 and Fletcher (who gave Central a huge fourth quarter boost by recording seven points) added 13. Herrington finished with 10 and Barber nine. Tucker's cagers were 23 for 39 from the floor. Barber and Colabella both were credited with six rebounds (the Crusaders ended with 25). Martello swatted away three Big Red shots.
"This was an all-out total team game," Tucker said. "I couldn't be more proud of every kid. Given all the illnesses we've dealt with the last two days of practice, everyone stepped up. We were prepared for this game.
"The kids left it out on the floor. We still have a few kids recovering but I'm not blaming it on that. Big Red played an outstanding and we played a fantastic game. This is the best Big Red team I've ever had to go against, the best I've seen in a long time."
Big Red will be back in action Tuesday when Wheeling Park visits The Crimson Center. Central is off until it hosts Strasburg next Saturday.
"What it came down to was second chance shots," Tucker added. "We almost played a complete game. It wasn't turnovers that hurt us (Central was charged with 22), it wasn't bad shot selection, it was rotation on defense.
"We allowed them to penetrate our zone and get some points. When we regrouped and stopped that penetration, we didn't get those backside box-outs. That cost us points. If we get one, the game is over. If we take away one penetration, the game is over."


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The CWCMS Baseball team was in action on Monday at Bradshaw Park and lost a tough game against Benton. The final score was 14-2.
The team was able to turn four double plays in the game.
Travis Black started the game at pitcher. He went two innings and allowed three runs on three hits and two walks. He struck out one.
Matt Rice was up next. Rice went two innings and allowed four runs on two hits and three walks. He struck out one as well.
Drew Huffer pitched third for the team. Huffer went two innings allowing three runs on three hits and three walks.
Justin Lamp went an inning as well. Lamp allowed four runs on two hits and two walks.
The offense was limited for the Bullpups in the loss, but Easton Stewart stepped up and hit a double and scored a run.
Huffer was also a breath of fresh air at the plate, hitting a double, scoring a run and delivering an RBI.
The team is now at 3-2 on the season and will play at Eldorado on Tuesday.
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The Middle Eastern Law Students Association is proud to host Andrew Metcalf, a partner in Islamic Finance at King & Spalding (http://www.kslaw.com/people/andrew-metcalf), who will give a brief introduction to the fundamental concepts underlying Islamic Finance. The lecture will then use the controversy surrounding Goldman Sachs' issuance of Sharia compliant bonds called sukuk to explore some of the current difficulties faced by the Islamic Finance industry as it expands from a regional or niche market to a major source of investment capital worldwide. No prior knowledge of Islamic Finance or Law is necessary to understand the lecture. Anyone interested in international finance should attend as Islamic Finance is a rapidly growing segment of global capital markets particularly in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Co-sponsored by the Columbia Business & Law Association.A delicious non-pizza lunch will be served.Contact: Tim Doherty, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Google Instant is making me a little sick to my stomach. Does anybody know if they're logging all your "potential" searches? And whether or not your old search history still exists?
Search History is still there. Here's an example with Google Instant:
It's not very accurate. I only typed "Google Instant" and it showed results for "google instant messenger" and logged this wrong query.
If you pause on a results page for 3+ seconds it counts as an impression and adds it to your history. Or if you hit enter to confirm your search. Or if you click on a result or advert.
Same goes for advert impressions in AdWords.


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t Cahoun Painting, we listen very carefully to our customers in an effort to ascertain exactly what it is YOU envision when thinking about painting your home. As color decor experts we can assist you in choosing just the right color to warm up a room and make your home pop.
e'll provide you with paint samples and pictures of similar projects, taking into consideration your current decor, along with your likes and dislikes. We'll also suggest ideas based upon our own experience. And, if its helpful, we'll even put some sample paint colors on the wall—to help you decide which color to go with.
nce colors are decided upon we'll also advise you regarding the appropriate type of paint finish—flat, satin, semi-gloss, or gloss—relative to the areas and the surfaces to be painted.
Finally, we'll order and pick up the paint & supplies from our local Sherwin-Williams paint store so you don't have to. We receive volume discounts from Sherwin-Williams and pass those savings on to you, allowing for the finest paint finishes at the lowest possible price---ensuring years of beauty and durability.
First we professionally cut-in around the ceiling, doors, window trim, and baseboards, with a steady hand and fine-line precision, while simultaneously feathering the outer edges of our brush strokes to avoid overlap lines when we roll.
Then we apply blue painters tape to the tops of the baseboards to protect them from possible paint splatter specks that naturally occur when rolling the walls just above them.
Now we're ready to roll the walls in a systematic pattern with as many coats of high quality Sherwin-Williams paint needed to ensure proper coverage and a durable and professional appearance.
We Prepare a Room for Painting by:
Removing all pictures and movables from walls.
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Covering all furniture with clean plastic drops.
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Then We Prepare Wall Surfaces by:
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We wipe and replace all electrical outlet & switch plate covers.
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We sweep or vacuum all rooms that we've worked in.
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When we're finished rolling, we remove the tape and touch up any light spots that might be showing through areas that we previously cut-in.
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Calhoun Painting is proficient at dealing with all kinds of ceilings and textures including popcorn and smooth. If needed, we're good at removing old popcorn ceilings, and then floating and painting them to a smooth updated finish. We employ any number of professional painting methods
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If you're looking to add a decorative dimension to your ceilings we're the guys to do it. We're great at decorative Faux Finishes for ceilings, and can make you're ceilings look as good as the one below.
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Decorate your home's high-touch areas with a paint that stands up to daily abuse. ProClassic Interior Acrylic Latex gives doors, windows, cabinets and trim looks that last. It goes on easily, leaving a smooth, durable finish—with no brush or roller marks. It dries quickly, so you can finish the job sooner. And it's available in a variety of finishes, including satin, semi-gloss, gloss, and high gloss.
If you're not the one who put the paper up, chances are you don't know how it was applied, i.e., what kind of glue was used and whether the walls were sized, primed or painted before it was put on. This lack of knowledge can make a huge difference in knowing how to remove it quickly and effectively---saving money.
Also, when the wallpaper removal process isn't done correctly, the sheet rock and texture of the wall surface underneath is often damaged more than it needs to be. That means considerable more time incurred to properly "float" the walls smooth so they can be painted. And, if you don't know how to float walls smooth, you may have a real mess on your hands.
A final consideration is this: In many cases well-adhered wallpaper can simply be painted over by floating just the seams (as we did in the photo above), so that the vertical seam lines disappear appear when the painting is completed. We are experts at this and can help you decide if the paper is stable enough to do so in your case. Again, this can save you a considerable amount of time and money.
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In the midst of the busiest time of the year in Colon, Edith Doenges has Christmas on her mind.
Doenges and fellow members of the Colon Area Chamber of Commerce are excited to share with the community the recently purchased stash of Christmas decorations to replace an aging inventory that Doenges called embarrassing.
"I knew what we had were in pretty bad shape, but the difference really stands out when you put the old and the new side by side and compare them," Doenges said. "Now all we have to do is wait for Thanksgiving to get here so we can put them up."
With a fundraiser of $8,000, the chamber was able to order 11 star clusters, four trumpeting angels and 14 wreaths for the downtown district. The decorations also feature LED lights and were made with clips to easily attach to village light posts.
Doenges said GP Designs, in Marion, Ind., makes and sells the decorations, and offered a 40 percent discount on orders made before April 1. The discount saved the village more than $5,000. Doenges saved an additional $500 by picking up the decorations herself. She made the trip two weeks ago and was quick to acknowledge Colon's Alvie Wall, who provided a 14-foot trailer in which the decorations were placed for the ride to their new home.
She said the two-hour drive each way was a pleasure.
"The real treat was being able to tour the factory and see all that goes into the production," she said. "They're the main source for decorations in Hollywood movies, they make decorations for Disney, Las Vegas … some pretty impressive clients. And they couldn't have been friendlier."
Doenges said the majority of the previous decorations, estimated to be about 40 years old, were sold as is. Nonetheless, people had a variety of ideas for their use despite their condition. The few remaining are in her front yard and still available for sale. Proceeds helped cover the hardware needed to hang the decorations.
A number of contributions from the public were also received after she made an appeal for help in June. Doenges wished to thank the community's residents and businesses for their help in securing the new decorations.
"The best part is they are for the enjoyment of the entire community," she said. "They're beautiful and we're really excited for the community to see them."
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Would "mein Schatz" be used between platonic male and female friends or is there a romantic connotation?
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The common usage of "Mein Schatz" is reserved for people either in a romantic or in a family relationship (most common mother -> child).
Though, you will also hear "Du bist ein Schatz" even when people are only in an acquaintanceship when someone did a very helpful action.
Example 1: You know a person from sports. You see them every week once, but do not have any further activities together. One day you do a favor to them and the person is very thankful. Thus, they say: "Du bist ein Schatz".
Example 2: Someone is having some problems (whatever they are), and they know that you can give them any advice. They ask you, you listen to them and advice them what they can do. Because they are very thankful for your advice they will finish the conversation by "Du bist ein Schatz".
The only condition is, of course, that they like you. If you're in the doghouse such an action would increase your reputation, but they will only say "Thank you".
Last but not least, sometimes very good friends will say "Mein Schatz" to each other, but that's meant in a slight ironic way. ;)
"Mein Schatz" is used for lovers (and sometimes for babies and lapdogs). You wouldn't use it for platonic friends.
In Vienna, some people call their friends "Schatzi". With a little irony.
You can call your friend "mein Lieber" or "meine Liebe". ("lieb" with the meaning of "dear", not "beloved")


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My physics instructor told the class, when lecturing about energy, that it can't be created or destroyed. Why is that? Is there a theory or scientific evidence that proves his statement true or false? I apologize for the elementary question, but I sometimes tend to over-think things, and this is one of those times. :)
An education in physics is often like that. People tell you about firm, unbreakable rules and then later they say "well, that was just an approximation valid when such and such conditions are met and the real rule is this other thing". Then eventually you more or less catch up with some part of the leading edge of science and you get to participate in learning the new rules.
1) Time is homogeneous. Spectroscopy tells us that stuff happens (spectroscopic transitions) universally locally at the same rate.
We can't create noting from something and we can't create something from nothing. Nothing or nonexistence doesn't exist, it is it's definition. The only thing that exist is energy in different forms. So energy exists and cannot become nonexistent, as there is no such thing as nonexistence. Energy can neither come into existence because it has nowhere to come from which is not existence as everything is existence.
I actually learned WHY it was true in Vector Calculus. There's a proof under conservative fields with line integrals you may want to look at
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