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The Best Age to Hold Back Your Child
Q: My son's kindergarten teacher has let it be known that she will retain our son for another year. We are also moving out of state. Is there any testing that can be done to see if he actually does need to stay behind?
A: In most school districts, the school principal is the person who decides grade placement. Most principals, however, will not retain a child if the parents are opposed. Make sure that the school staff knows that you are planning to move out of state; unless they feel very strongly that your son is not ready for first grade, they will probably want to give him the benefit of the doubt to try first grade in another system.
Ask what testing is available to determine your son's readiness for first grade. The school should be able to give your son some achievement screening tests to determine his level of reading and math achievement. They may also have some developmental testing available (the Gesell School Readiness Test is one example) that could be given to determine your son's readiness for first grade.
Research tells us that any retention increases the likelihood that a child will drop out of school when he or she reaches the legal age to do that. If a child is to be retained, however, kindergarten and first grade are the best years for that to happen.
If you move to your new home before school is out, go to visit your son's new school. Talk with the first-grade teachers and observe in their classrooms. Even though the children will be a year older than your son, you will get an idea of the expectations that the first-grade teachers have of their students. If you aren't able to visit before the end of the school year, visit the school in the summer and talk with the principal about your son. Whether you decide on kindergarten again or first grade, you will want to ask for the best classroom placement to meet his needs.
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Barbara Potts has worked as an elementary school counselor for many years. She has a BA in psychology from Wake Forest University, and an M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.


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Shawn (Lefferdink) Dettmer, 37, of Firth, died Sept. 11, 2012, in Firth. He was born Sept. 24, 1974 in Lincoln to William L. Dettmer and Chris (Russell) Lefferdink. Shawn was a welder and a member of Lincoln Berean Church.
Survivors include parents Chris and Dean Lefferdink, Firth, and Bill and Dawn Dettmer, Syracuse; siblings and spouses, Terry and Russ James, Firth, Niki Lefferdink, Hickman, Christopher and Pam Lefferdink, Syracuse, Kenneth and Lori Dettmer, Liberty, N.C., Christopher and Mandy Dettmer, Lincoln, Donnie and Holly Richardson, Firth, Gary and Sarah Lefferdink, Firth, Julie and Jason Karney, Lincoln, Jeremy Dettmer, Syracuse, and Brett Dettmer, Syracuse; and grandparents Vernon Dettmer, Avoca, and Lee and Mary Clark, Syracuse.
Memorial service is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Lincoln Berean Church, 6400 S. 70th St., Lincoln, with Pastor Craig Burnside officiating. No visitation is planned due to cremation.
Memorials may be given to the family.
Memorials and personal reflections may be sent online at www.MetcalfFuneralServices.com.
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Sources: Samsung [1], [2], AnandTech, The Verge
quote: It's laggy crap, but the Fandroids won't notice because they're used to lag and crappy apps.
quote: Also if you rewind to 52 seconds, you'll see lag again when swiping through the installed apps. It's laggy crap, but the Fandroids won't notice because they're used to lag and crappy apps.
quote: I accomplish the same on the iPhone by putting the most commonly used apps in the first page and the rest in folders on 2nd and 3rd pages. If I have to quickly find an app, there is the search function.
quote: I used android and know the distinction between an app drawer and a desktop. I personally don't care for it as it's just another thing I have to maintain, and move apps back and forth...
quote: Still does not excuse lagginess, not one bit. All those icons take 1-2MB max, which is nothing on a phone with 2GB memory.
quote: Apples approach: Don't do it, just tell people they don't want it and its not useful.
quote: Sales figures show it as well, when you have a shitty ecosystem, not many people spend money on it.
quote: Lets be honest. There are three Android trolls on this site. Retrospooty, Reclaimer77 (who I'm sure is the same person) and CheeseW - who is basically a loyal monkey to the first two.
quote: I'm not even going to go through the list of failings, because I'm not that insecure about my phone choice or that of others.
quote: It's evidenced constantly, you claim you're neutral
quote: Retrospooty, Reclaimer77 (who I'm sure is the same person)
quote: And, as usual, when I can be bothered, I educated you on them:
quote: Faster Voice search - not really sure if serious..
quote: Widgets - lol
quote: Live wallpaper - lol
quote: Removable battery - emergency battery packs achieve exactly the same result
quote: Plays HD content without downscaling - downscaling isn't visible so irrelevant.
quote: Multi Window support - Pointless in a smartphone, gimmick.
quote: You cant say a whole lot, because in spite of all your ranting and raving and superior mentality, when it came time to put your money where your mouth is you bought a Nexus 4 and put your foot where your mouth is so just STFU.


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I am currently designing an e-commerce site, and unfortunately my PHP is garbage at the moment so open source CMS's are out of the question. I am debating between Joomla and Big Commerce and as the title states I am unsure of whether to build first or try the CMS first to see what limitations I will face.
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FAIRPORT HARBOR - The Toronto football team took advantage of six turnovers for a 34-14 victory over host Fairport Harding Friday night.
The 2-1 Red Knights visit rival Steubenville Catholic Central (3-0) one week from tonight.
"Fairport Harding was really a scrappy team, they played really hard and posed some problems for us," said Red Knights coach Eric Meek. "Our defense played a whale of a game."
The Red Knights held the Skippers to negative-2 yards rushing on 24 carries.
"Our defense put is in good position all night," said Meek. "Overall, we did really well on special teams. Again, we played good defense and, offensively, we played well at times.
"It is great to get the win and come home 2-1."
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Toronto 34, Fairport Harding 14
Toronto 7 13 7 7 - 34
Fairport 0 0 6 8 - 14
T: 5:39 Zdinak 30 pass from B. Glenn (Zdinak kick)
T: 7:45 King 1 run (Zdinak kick)
T: 5:10 Ross III 2 run (kick failed)
F: 6:55 O'Donnell 1 run (pass failed)
T: 6:33 C. Glenn 64 run (Lowery kick)
T: 11:53 Stewart 11 pass from B. Glenn (Lowery kick)
F: 11:40 Shelby 63 pass from Shelby (Williams pass from O'Donnell)
RUSHING: Toronto 35-203-3 (C. Glenn 6-128-1, Cassella 7-44, B. Glenn 12-17, Ross III 8-12-1, King 1-1-1, Tice 1-1). Fairport 24-(-2) (Sprague 6-20, Johnson 4-12, Spring 8-6, O'Donnell 6-(-40)-1).
PASSING: Toronto 10-18-125-2-2x (B. Glenn 10-17-125-2-1x, Stewart 0-1-0-0-1x); Fairport 16-29-205-1-3x (O'Donnell 16-28-205-1-2x, Curtis 0-1-0-0-1x).
RECEIVING: Toronto (C. Glenn 3-41, Zdinak 2-31-1, Starkey 1-28, Stewart 1-11-1, Cassella 1-7, Tice 1-7, Ross III 1-0). Fairpoprt (Severino 7-86, Williams 4-31, Shelby 3-80-1, Johnson 1-5, Spring 1-3.
FIRST DOWNS: Toronto 13, Fairport 12.
PENALTIES: Toronto 5-50, Fairport 6-60.
FUMBLES: Toronto 1-0, Fairport 6-3.
Senior Chez Glenn ran the ball six times for 128 yards and a 64-yard touchdown run. He also caught three balls for 41 yards.
The Red Knights totaled 328 yards offensively and gave up 203.
Toronto got on the board with 5:39 left in the first quarter when Dan Zdinak hauled in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Blze Glenn. Cody King scored from the 1 with 7:45 left before half and Charles Ross III from the 2 2:35 later for a 20-0 lead at the break.
Fairport got on the baord at the 6:55 mark of the third quarter, but Glenn's 64-yard jaunt happened 22 seconds later for a 27-6 lead.
The Red Knights closed their scoring seven seconds in the final period when Nate Stewart grabbed an 11-yard toss from Blaze Glenn.


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Workers are protesting Petrobras's latest profit-sharing offer, which the union contends short-changes workers to the benefit of shareholders. The strike is tentatively scheduled to start Feb. 20, said Joao Antonio de Moraes, general coordinator for the Brazilian Oil Workers Federation, or FUP.
By JEFF FICK
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian oil workers will vote to approve
a five-day strike at state-run energy company Petroleo
Brasileiro, or Petrobras, that would likely interrupt oil
production at the company, a union official said Friday.
The strike is tentatively scheduled to start Feb. 20, said
Joao Antonio de Moraes, general coordinator for the Brazilian
Oil Workers Federation, or FUP. FUP is an umbrella union
representing about two-thirds of Petrobras's 80,000
If approved, the strike would come at a delicate time for
Petrobras. Petrobras has struggled with flagging crude-oil
production over the past year because of declining recovery
rates at mature fields and maintenance shutdowns at ageing
offshore platforms.
The company's finances have also been stretched because of
heavy imports of gasoline and diesel fuel that the company is
forced to sell at a loss in the domestic market.
Petrobras reports fourth-quarter earnings results Monday,
with year-on-year net profits expected to rise about 20%. The
company's full-year profit, however, is expected to be the
worst in nearly a decade.
Workers are protesting Petrobras's latest profit-sharing
offer, which the union contends short-changes workers to the
benefit of shareholders. Workers could accept a lower slice of
Petrobras's profits if the company also reduced dividends paid
to shareholders, Mr. Moraes said.
"The negotiations are very difficult" this year, the union
chief added. While FUP has sought out further negotiations with
Petrobras and the government, nothing has been scheduled so
far, Mr. Moraes said.
Petrobras said that it used the same criteria for its
profit-sharing proposal as previous years. "The company remains
open to negotiations with labor groups so that all parties may
come to an understanding," Petrobras said in an email.
The broader strike would follow a 24-hour "warning" strike
held Monday. Workers declined to change shifts at refineries
and terminals, while workers at offshore platforms only
performed routine duties. The strike did not aim to affect
production, union officials said.
That's not the case this time around, Mr. Moraes said. "It's
safe to say that production will be affected by a strike
lasting five days," Mr. Moraes said.
The last major strike at Petrobras took place in July 2008,
when oil workers walked off the job for five days to protest
work issues and profit-sharing proposals. The strike cost
Petrobras about 63,000 bpd of crude oil production.
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SAN ANTONIO (March 16, 2013) – Florida Panthers Executive VP/General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has returned on loan defenseman Nolan Yonkman to the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).
Yonkman, 31, played in seven games for the Panthers since his call-up on March 3 and recorded a minus-1 rating and 11 penalty minutes from the blueline. The Rampage captain tallied six points (six assists) and 61 penalty minutes in 55 games for the Silver and Black this year. Yonkman has played in 177 career games in San Antonio over the course of the last three seasons, tallying three goals and 21 assists. The 6-foot-6, 247-pound defenseman has recorded nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 74 career NHL games.
San Antonio wraps-up their four-game homestand on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. against the Abbotsford Heat. The Rampage will wear custom St. Patrick's Day jerseys which will be auctioned off during the game. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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Brockton Police narcotics detectives raided two rooms at the Elmcourt Hotel Friday morning resulting in two arrests and the seizure of crack cocaine and the prescription drug Percocet.
Arrested were Glenroy Niles, 32, of Chaney Street in Roxbury and Sidney David, 32, of West Elm Street in Brockton. Niles was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance. David was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance, subsequent offense.
Detectives simultaneously raided rooms 205 and 220 using search warrants around 8 a.m. Friday at the hotel located at 33 West Elm Street, Brockton Police Lt. Paul Bonanca said.
An unknown amount of Percocet, $2,317 in cash, a cell phone and a digital scale were seized from Room 205, which police say Niles was renting.
In Room 220, police said they found 15 bags of crack cocaine, $532 in cash, a cell phone and "packaging material." David was renting the room, Bonanca said.
David has been already convicted once before for the same charge, Bonanca said.
Both men are expected to be arraigned in Brockton District Court Friday afternoon.
Bonanca said the management at the hotel was cooperative with police detectives.
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There is frog jumping forward on a line. Each jump distance is random with a known cumulative distribution function $F$. What is the expected number of jumps to reach (or go beyond) distance $d$ from the origin?
If there is a Wikipedia or other web page describing the formula in terms of $F$, just give a (deep) link. I'd prefer to have the proof as well.


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A chain 64 meters long whose mass is 20 kilograms is hanging over the edge of a tall building and does not touch the ground. How much work is required to lift the top 3 meters of the chain to the top of the building? Use that the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters per second squared. Your answer must include the correct units.
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$$ W =\int^b_a \! F \, \mathrm{d}x $$
This is the relationship between work and force, you'll need to work out what the force might be. Where a and b are the positions where you are moving from and to against the force.
If you've never done integration before $$ \int^b_a \! F \, \mathrm{d}x = [bF - aF] $$
Since the gravity is uniform and the chain is freely suspended, we just need to consider the change in height and the change in potential energy.
$$W = \Delta P.E. = mg(h_2 - h_1) $$
The density of the chain is $ \rho = \frac{20}{64} $. The amount of work is made with respect to the force $ F=mg $, but the mass is changing according how far the chain is lifted.
I think the answer is $ \rho g \int_{0}^{3}(64-x)dx $, since the work done (absolute value) is $ W= \int_{a}^{b}F.dx $


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Is this a conflict of interest?
There is a deal up right now on the first page of deals.woot!
If you post on Facebook, on Amazon's MP3 page you can get an MP3 for 5 cents...
But, as we all know, posting Facebook deals is not allowed on deals.woot!
It's the second rule listed
Funny how some deals are removed in record time, sometimes within seconds, but this one has been up for over 5 hours already.....
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I tattled it. It has appeared and disappeared several times in the last few weeks. So far it has been removed every time. Conflict of interest? Hard to say since there are no "official" rules.
Yes, this deal keeps popping up and getting removed. I posted it when it first came out and it was removed within 10 minutes. Other times when it gets posted it takes a couple of hours to get removed. Either way, it's actually a pretty nice deal - $0.05 for an mp3 for basically doing nothing. I have a FB account that I use exclusively for contests, giveaways and other promotional crap so that I can sign up and not care about having a bunch of spam on my wall.
Gee, maybe because it was posted in the middle of the night? I was working but didn't notice it was a FB deal. I only lightly moderate the deals overnight for counterfeit and spam deals plus the obvious no-nos.
Please be tolerant of our sleep schedules and business hours. Thanks.
@thunderthighs: Maybe you should be a little more willing to meet the needs of the community. You can start by providing us with a home phone and cell phone so we can reach you when we have any issues or questions. And for us insomniacs, someone we can call in the middle of night and talk to when we can't sleep....
@tarasadies: OMG, you're right. How selfish of me. My number is 1-800-555-NOWAY.
@thunderthighs: oh, that explains why I wasn't getting through! I was calling 1-800-867-5309.
@mkdr: that's customer service. =P
I'm surprised to see @thunderthighs distribute the secret customer service number; before you call, you might want to read about what happened to one customer when she called.
Oh Look! It's happening again a day later
And again, 2 days later:
Maybe the Amazon deal stays up because it owns Woot.
Blame the posters, not the postee (?) or whatever.


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Musical Glasses
- Drinking glasses
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- Fill drinking glasses with different amounts of water and have your child lightly tap the glasses with a spoon. Notice the different sounds each glass makes.
- Try to play simple tunes, or make up your own melodies as you play.
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Makes at least 12 donuts
- 3/4 cups soy milk
- 3 tbsp warm water
- 1 1/4 oz vegetable shortening
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp ground flax seed
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 11.5 oz all purpose flour
5. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly mist with oil.
6. Roll out the dough on a lightly oiled surface to about 3/8" thick. Cut out donuts with a donut cutter (see pic above). Dough scraps (and holes) can be re-rolled and cut. Place on prepared baking sheets (6 per sheet) and cover. Let rise for 1/2 hour, or until just about doubled in size.
7. Preheat oven to 500 degrees with rack in the middle. Bake donuts one sheet at a time. Place one sheet on top of another (i.e. you are baking the donuts on two sheets--this will insulate the donuts and keep the bottoms from getting too brown) in the oven and reduce the heat to 425 degrees. Bake for 5 mins, then gently turn donuts over. Bake for another 3 minutes. Donuts should be lightly golden (see below). Return heat to 500 degrees before baking the second sheet as above (but make sure the second sheet is new/cold).
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Springfield College Athletic Department:
Swimming & Diving Team Papers
Box List
Box List Created on: 3/2/10
Box List Updated on: 1/99/12
Extent: 0.8 LF (2 boxes)
Arrangement Notes: Collection is arranged in the Following Order: Aquatic Club, Both Men and Women's Teams, Women's Synchronized Swimming, Women's Swimming and Diving Teams, and Men's Swimming and Diving Teams. Within these divisions materials are generally organized as follows: News Clippings, Photographs, Correspondence, Brochures, Drawings, and Misc. Materials. Within these materials, chronological order is kept wherever possible.
Processing Notes: Materials are minimally processed. Duplicates have been removed where found and materials have been minimally arranged and verified. Materials still may be missed filed or misidentified. Further processing should be undertaken at a later date.
Description Notes: The collection consists of one picture of the aquatic club, date unknown, three copies of the publication "The Story of Swimming at Springfield, 1915-1973", and a folder with news clippings, news releases, alumni letters, and general information on both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams. There is also a folder with pictures and newspaper articles about the women's synchronized swimming team that existed in the fifties.
In the women's swimming and diving materials, there are news clippings, undated photographs, slides from 1985-1989, and brochures from the mid 1970's through 2010, though there are many gaps especially before the mid 1990's. There is also a copy of the Division A championship pamphlet from 1987. Finally there is a film of the 1970 water show by the "Marlin Club".
In the men's swimming and diving materials, there are news clippings, undated and dated team photos from 1915- ca. 1950, slides from the 1985 season, brochures from 1920-2010, though there are many gaps until the mid 1990's, a drawing used by Marketing and Communications in publications, the 1988 Men's Swimming Reunion publication, a bulletin article on William Yorzyk and his Olympic Triumph, a winter carnival program from 1932, some brochures from the New England Intercollegiate Swimming Association (NIESA), and score cards from 1959-1985. Also included is a document written by Charles Silvia entitled "Springfield College Wartime Swimming Program.
Provenance Notes: There was no formal acquisition of the materials for this collection. The collection is artificially created. Materials were received from different places at different times. The acquisition sources and dates of the materials are unknown.
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Aquatic Club Pictures
The Story of Swimming at Springfield
Both Men's and Women's Misc. Materials 1934-1999
Both Men's and Women's Photographs (both coaches and athletes)
Women's Synchronized Swimming
Film of the 1970 Water show by the "Marlin" Club
Women's Swimming and Diving
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1985-1989 Slides
1987 Division A Championships
Undated Swim Suit
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1985 Men's Slides
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Men's 1988 Reunion Photo Album
1956 Bill Yorzyk Olympic Gold-Medal Swimmer
Winter Carnival 1932
1959-1960 Misc. Materials
1969-1970 Swimming Nationals
1959-1985 Swimming Score Cards
Neisa Brochures
Coach Charles E. Silvia Testimonial – Nov. 10, 1967 Gala Souvenir Program
Wartime Swimming Program by Charles Silvia
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When I am pedaling hard and shift to a larger sprocket, the shift is not smooth or sometimes doesn't happen at all. Sometimes even double up-shifts don't work. There is no problem shifting when I test for it without riding. What could be the issue?
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On ground, after shifting, look at your bike from the back. The sprocket into which you have attempted to shift, and the pulley in the derailleur should be aligned. If the pulley is more to the right than sprocket, you need to get it aligned to the sprocket, by tightening in the screw on shifter or on the rear derailleur. As you tighten the screw, you should see pulley moving horizontally.
If that does not help, other problem might be that your chain hanger is bent, but that happens much less often, and typically after some crash or hard hit on the rear derailleur. If that is the case, taking your bike to LBS sounds like a good idea.
That is perfectly normal because when you are pedaling hard the chain is under tension and resists being moved by the derailleur. Before shifting to a higher gear slow your pedaling slightly.
After a lot of tinkering and research I found the derailleur was in the need of indexing adjustment. Just twisted the barrel adjuster anticlockwise a little and the gears are shifting promptly now. The above link advises that indexing adjustment is the most frequently required adjustment for rear derailleur.


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Questionable Taste: CoD: Ghosts Onslaught live-action trailer makes light of kidnappingWritten by: / / 8 Comments
I'll give Activision's hired advertising team credit: In the past, they've come up with some pretty amazing, larger-than-life live-action launch trailers and some clever, genuinely funny campaigns in the past.
This latest trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts' upcoming multiplayer downloadable content, Onslaught, is a little different though and while there are a few humorous moments I'm not convinced that making light of an issue as serious as kidnapping can be deemed 'clever.
Watch below, decide for yourself and let us know what you think:
Call of Duty Ghosts Onslaught – Live-Action Trailer – CODnapped
Call of Duty: Ghosts – Onslaught is out on January 28th for Xbox owners, and includes four new multiplayer maps, a new dual-purpose weapon and the first addition to the game's Extinction game mode with 'Episode 1: Nightfall' – get all the details on the DLC with the debut trailer over here.
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COPPERAS COVE (November 29, 2012) ---Dedric Williams, 37, of Copperas Cove, has been charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault in connection with an incident last week in which another man was stabbed.
Justice of the Peace John Guinn arraigned Williams and set his bond at $20,000.
An arrest affidavit says Copperas Cove officers were sent to a home at around 9 p.m. on Nov. 21 at 1106 Sublet Ave. in response to report that a man had been stabbed inside his home.
The injured man was flown to Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
The victim's fiancée told officers she was putting her newborn baby to sleep when she heard him return home from the store.
Shortly after that she heard a loud knock at the door and the sounds of people fighting, the affidavit said.
The woman told officers she tried to break the fight up but couldn't.
She ran back to her bedroom to protect her children and later returned to find her fiancée lying on the floor, bleeding profusely.
The victim called officers two days after the stabbing and said he thought his attacker was his fiancée's former brother-in-law.
Investigators assembled a photo lineup and met with the victim at the hospital where he identified Williams as his attacker, the affidavit said.


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I recently was wondering if there was a name for sheaves which were locally constant on the open simplexes in a simplicial complex. After some googling I stumbled across simplicial sheaves. I am alright with the definition as the presheaves to simplicial sets, but now I wonder, is this the answer to my question?
Are simplicial sheaves related to the locally-constant-on-simplex etale sheaves of a simplicial complex? If not, does this concept have a different name? Are there interesting places this sort of thing appears?
What are the other interesting places where simplicial sheaves appear?
I know that this question is fairly general, but I hope you understand what I am asking.


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User Testing is Not Entertainment
Summary: Don't run your studies for the benefit of the people in the observation room. Test to discover the truth about the design, even when user tasks are boring to watch.
I'm seeing a disturbing trend in which user studies are geared to entertain rather than to reveal knowledge about the target designs. The people running such studies have the best of intentions: they want to show their clients well-known usability problems in a captivating way, and thereby gain support for design improvements.
Their philosophy holds that most Web managers are clueless about users, so the real goal of usability testing is simply to educate management.
However, if you stack your test to demonstrate something you already know, you degrade your study in two ways:
- It's intellectually dishonest to run a study in order to generate specific findings. It's very easy to bias the study so that the findings are not even real.
- When you know what you want to find, it's easy to overlook other issues that might turn out to be the design's biggest problems. In my experience, when clients ask you to study one aspect of their website (say, the navigation), the real problem is often something different (say, the content). It's therefore essential to keep an open mind during user testing and expect the unexpected.
Typical Errors
Some common mistakes of entertainment-focused user testing include:
- Screening for outgoing, articulate test participants so that you can get more elaborate quotes and comments. While it's certainly more engaging for observers to watch users who talk a mile a minute, it's also potentially biasing. Out of the 233 guidelines for recruiting test participants, the number one guideline is to get a representative sample of customers . If you're trying to sell, say, networked storage to enterprise customers, you need to test a broad range of system administrators. You can't just screen out introverted nerds, since they could be the key influencers and might well behave differently than more easygoing sysadmins.
- Focusing the test on the site's sexy parts, while skipping parts that require users to read detailed descriptions of products and services. But such boring behaviors often close the sale, particularly for B2B sites where detailed product specs and whitepapers are a key part of the user experience.
- Prompting users to talk in great detail about the problem your design team is currently debating. Yes, it's tempting to get input for your next decision. Such feedback isn't reliable, however, if you've turned users' attention away from their tasks to grill them about multiple, alternative design ideas. You have to watch users do things -- not listen to them talk about hypothetical designs they aren't using. It's fine to test two or three alternative paper prototypes that you've quickly mocked up. It's not fine to ask users to speculate on "how would you like it if the site did this...," because what people say has no relation to what they'd do if they actually used such a user interface.
If you find yourself running tests with an eye on how they might play in the observation room, you're probably doing something wrong. You're definitely not getting the data that your team depends on you for (or that your client is paying you for).
Usability As Showbiz
All that said, there are aspects of usability that require a more popular approach. Irving Berlin was wrong in saying that "There's No Business Like Show Business," because all business is show business. In a business environment suffocated by information pollution, you must wow and persuade people to keep their attention on your message.
When you're selecting highlights from usability study videos, you shouldn't include a 10-minute clip of a user visiting 20 erroneous pages. Show the first one or two wrong clicks, then throw up a transition title that says "nine minutes later...," and conclude with the clip where the user says, "This is a horrible website. I can't find anything. I'm never coming back."
Two entertaining minutes beat ten boring ones in a usability presentation. Not only will your team members and executives pay more attention to your findings, they'll also be more likely to attend your next usability briefing.
To heighten drama, cut out the boring parts. Yes, these many accumulated mistakes are what really teach you why the user couldn't find anything, but there are key differences in how you discover, present, and document problems.
- To present findings, it's okay to emphasize material that engages and motivates your audience. For example, don't show a bunch of clips of your most introverted participants.
- To discover findings, however, you can't bias your study and skip directly to the good parts for three reasons.
- First, if you don't let users go through those 20 wrong page views, you won't learn as much about the flaws in navigation design.
- Second, if you guide users past "boring" pages, you won't learn how users interpret those parts of the site.
- Third, if you take users directly to the site's "interesting" parts, they'll arrive at those areas with a substantially different mental model and attitude than people who've had to struggle through page after irrelevant page to get there. Users are more inclined to quickly leave a section if they've struggled to reach it. In contrast, users easily guided there will have a more positive attitude and will dig harder; the section will (falsely) appear to be more successful as a result.
- To document findings, your report should focus on the importance of the usability issues for the overall business, not on which issues generated the most colorful quotes.
Ultimately, if you run your research as an entertainment franchise, you'll weaken your findings and compromise product improvement. All the usability problems you missed due to poor testing methodology will remain in the interface, and your executives will conclude that usability doesn't have as high an ROI as Ive been promising them.
In the long run, money talks, and you optimize ROI by emphasizing unbiased research and by watching behavior. Usability's role in a design project is to be the source of truth about what really works in the world, as opposed to the team's hopes for what might work. The less thoroughly you uncover the truth, the less your company will need you in the long run.
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I have written a tool which automatically formats and copies files to USB flash drives when they are inserted. It needs the drive to be unmounted to format it.
Normally Nautilus will automatically mount the drive when inserted, so I have to wait for this to happen and then unmount the drive before formatting it. The only problem is that if the user has disabled automounting then my program will wait forever.
I could change the dconf auto-mount setting when my program starts, and then change it back when it exits, but this is not a good solution because the setting wil not be restored if my program crashes.
How can I temporarily prevent Nautilus from automounting USB drives only during the time when my program is running?


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With Gaudí's colourful designs on almost every street corner, exploring Barcelona is like walking through a work of art. Although Gaudí is without doubt one of the most famous Spanish artists, there's a lot more to discover and enjoy. I was lucky enough to visit Barcelona myself and I love to share amazing things – so join me on a short introductory trip around the city's best museums.
Museu Picasso
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona's city centre was the first museum dedicated entirely to this genius painter and currently exhibits over 3500 examples of his work in 5 adjoining medieval palaces.
Here's a tip: entrance is free every Sunday from 15:00 and is free all day on the first Sunday of every month.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
The National Art Museum of Catalonia, situated on Montjuïc, houses a wonderful collection of Catalan visual art. The museum owns the collections of 2 different museums (Museu d' Art de Catalunya and Museu d'Art Modern) so the range is vast; from Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque art to 19th and 20th century modern art. A little bit of everything for everyone!
As with the Picasso Museum, you can visit the National Art Museum for free on the first Sunday of each month.
Fundació Miró – Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani
Also situated on Montjuïc is the Joan Miró Foundation, a museum of modern art honoring Joan Miró and housing approximately 10,000 works. The Foundation was formed by Miro himself in order to provide a creative, experimental space for young artists as well as a building in which to exhibit his own works for the people of Barcelona.
Adults are charged €10.00 to enter, with some discounts for students, those over 65 years old, and the unemployed.
Museu Tèxtil (d'Indumentaria)
If you're looking for a change of museum style, why not visit the Textile and Clothing Museum, housed in the Palau Reial de Pedraibes? The impressive collection shows the history of textiles from the 16th century up until today, including fabrics, embroidery and prints…and not to forget over 500 pieces of authentic Spanish jewellery.
The museum charges €5.00 admission and offers discounts for students, pensioners and the unemployed. Admission is free on every Sunday afternoon from 15:00 to 20:00.
Casa Batlló
You can't leave Barcelona without having visited Casa Batlló, the Art Nouveau restored building by Antoni Gaudí at Passeig de Gràcia. Both the inside and the outside of what is considered his most symbolic work are equally impressive. What to think of the amazing facade, with wavy shaped windows and covered with a mosaic of parts of coloured glass and ceramic? Or the dragon-spine colourful rooftops? Not to forget the walls, the ceilings and the staircase on the inside. I could go on for hours… you just need to go there yourself – breathe the Gaudí atmosphere and be swept away.
Admission for Casa Batlló is €18.15; there are discounts for students, groups, and Catalan residents.
Visiting a museum with kids can be challenging, but the CosmoCaixa will definitely make them eat their hearts out! Other than exhibitions about nature, the environment, science and space, the museum also has a planetarium and interactive projects, such as a Flooded Forest and a Geological Wall. The centerpiece of the large spiral walkway that takes visitors from the basement to the 5th floor is an Amazonian tree.
The entrance for CosmoCaixa is €3.00 full price and is free for children up to 6 years old, seniors and unemployed people. You can visit for the museum for free every first Sunday of the month.
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
Spanish painters like to form foundations – and it is a great thing! The Antoni Tàpies Foundation was created in 1984 by the master himself to promote the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. As the Foundation's building is situated between 2 higher buildings, Tàpies created a sculpture on the roof (Núvol i Cadira – Cloud and Chair) to elevate its height – another good reason to pay this one a visit.
The admission for the Tàpies Foundation costs €7.00; entrance is free during International Museum Day and Festival of La Mercè, patron saint of the city of Barcelona.
Camp Nou / Museu FCB
Even if you're not really into football, the Camp Nou ("New Field") stadium is worth a visit. Home to FC Barcelona since 1957, this 5-star stadium has a lot to offer. So what would you make of a chapel next to the changing rooms, several television studios, a nursery or the FC Barcelona club museum?
Everything you've always wanted to know and more; triumphs, history, cups, a photographic exhibition and, to top it off, an 8.5 metre touch screen with all the information you need.
Tickets for the Camp Nou Experience cost €22.00; this includes a ticket for the museum, a visit of the stadium and the multimedia area and an audioguide system.
Museu del Temple Expiatori de La Sagrada Familia
The Sagrada Familia is by far the most impressive church I've ever seen (in real life) and I'm sure many agree with me. Gaudí's Gothic and Art Nouveau architectural design is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was even proclaimed a minor basilica. The Museu del Temple Expiatori is housed in the church building and shows not only the history of the Sagrada Familia but also tells us more about the brilliant architect himself. An extensive photo collection shows the development of the basilica, from the start in 1882 up to today.
A ticket for both the Sagrada Familia and the museum is €13.00.
Museu Marítim
Barcelona's Maritime Museum is situated at the royal shipyards (Drassanes Reials) in the Port Vell area and is dedicated to over 75 years of maritime history. The collection is considered to represent one of the Mediterranean's most important heritages. Here you can get a taste of what it was like to spend months at sea; there are countless models, maps and maritime treasures to keep you amused for hours, and there's also a handy audio tour to help you navigate your way around.
Tickets for both the permanent as well as the temporary exhibitions are €2.50. Temporary exhibitions are free on Sundays from 15:00 as well as on International Museum Day and Festival of La Mercè.
CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona)
Rather than a museum, the CCCB is more of an art and exhibition space – the most visited in Barcelona, even. Connecting the academic world with creative processes and citizens in general, the CCCB centres around the core theme of the city and its urban culture. The CCCB has a great deal to offer in terms of its programming: exhibitions, debates, festivals and concerts are just a few events held here. Visitors can also attend film cycles, courses and lectures. The underlying aim of all these activities is to generate debate and reflection on the theme of the city and public space, along with other issues that define current affairs.
The CCCB asks for a €4.50 admission fee; however, the museum is free on International Museum Day and Festival of La Mercè.
Museu de la Xocolata
Chocolate; probably the best thing that was ever invented, so a museum is the least one could do to honor it. Located in the former Sant Agustí monastery, this museum takes you on a tour through the history of chocolate; from its origins, its arrival in Europe and its subsequent explosion of popularity. The museum has a teaching and leisure space for projects to raise awareness of the culture of chocolate, and organises plenty of activities for all ages, such as painting with chocolate or chocolate tasting. Yummy times ahead!
A visit to chocolate paradise is €4.30; the museum offers great discounts as well.
Tapas, sangria, sun, sea and some of the best museums – sounds like a bunch of irresistible reasons to go to Barcelona! Book your trip with us to enjoy the splendid Barcelona summer time. Do you have a favorite Barcelona museum you'd like to add to our list?
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THE IONIA COUNTY PEACE COMMUNITY/LA COMUNIDAD de PAZ DEL CONDADO de IONIA welcomes volunteers of all ages who are interested in events and activities that promote a Beloved Community (www.thekingcenter.org/king-philosophy) where we recognize our interdependence and use our diversity and different gifts to enrich the whole.
For more information or to become a member, email firstname.lastname@example.com, call 616-527-7163 or like us on Facebook. Visit our website at ioniacountypeacecommunity.org.
By Penny Beeman
What Will You Bring to the Table? is an initiative to mobilize youth from across the country to address child hunger in the U.S. by gathering around tables to create service projects that raise awareness and bring collective action to this critical issue. The goal is to engage 300,000 kids and teens in raising 1 million meals for children experiencing hunger in the United States.
There are nearly 17 million kids in the United States who encounter hunger at any given time throughout the year. One in five don't know where their next meal is coming from.
What Will You Bring to the Table? is powered by generationOn, the youth service enterprise of Points of Light.
Ionia Kids Club members in partnership with the Community Food Network are asking the community this very important question! The facts about Hunger Issues effecting our area are clear:
- 1 in 5 kids are not sure where their next meal is coming from.
- Often families with 1 parent working full time must choose between paying for health concerns or paying for food.
- It is cheaper to buy a box of mac and cheese then it is to provide healthy fruits and veggies for a family struggling to have enough food to eat.
- 3 out of 5 teachers see kids who come to school hungry every day!
The Community Food Network works to support community-grown food sources and related distribution systems in order to increase access to locally grown, fresh produce and promote it's use through educational opportunities within the community.
The Ionia Kids Club supports this mission by working with the Washington St Community Garden. Each year youth decide on a theme for the garden, work together to plant and harvest the garden, and enjoy a community meal from the garden. This year's theme will be soup! This is the fourth year for the Washington St Garden and Kids Club members have helped with many food drives along the way. But this year the focus is on soup because it is a simple way to feed many people with healthy veggies at a low cost. Many people in our community have never HAD to eat at a soup kitchen. And in reality our soup kitchens serve more just soup. But still the name "Soup Kitchen" comes from a time when most people in America suffered from Food Insecurity. A time when you could only get by because neighbors were helping neighbors. A time when kids ate first because there may not have been enough food for everyone. Times have changed! And it is amazing to here that there are still kids struggling with having enough food to eat. Studies show that Americans throw away nearly half of the food that is purchased. So why do we have kids who are hungry? And what can YOU do to help? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
VOLUNTEER - give a little of your time helping a community garden, food pantry, or with a food drive.
DONATE - Several organizations hold small food drives all year long. (Kids Club Members are collecting Peanut Butter and Jelly right now!) Each can that you donate adds to the bigger picture and helps to support local pantries.
SHARE - Invite a family that is struggling to join you for dinner one night. Do you find that you buy a bag of apples or bunch of bananas only to have some go bad? Look around your neighborhood for a child that might be struggling and ask their parent if you can give them an afternoon snack each day after school.
TEACH - share your love for gardening, cooking, canning, etc with a young mom or teen that wants to learn.
Together WE can make a difference in the lives of the children in our community! No one person can change the world, but together WE can make a difference. What will YOU bring to the Table? What can YOU do to END Hunger?
Learn more at www.WhatWillYouBringtotheTable.org.
On April 11, Kids Club members gathered to decorate 12 tablecloths with the message, "What will you bring to the table?" Tablecloths will be passed out to Community Food Network partners where they can be displayed at special events in community gardens, food pantries, and partner locations. Each time someone makes a donation or volunteers, their name can be added to the tablecloth!
From April 11 to May 16, Kids Club members will be holding their Peanut Butter & Jam Slam. Donations can be dropped off at the First Christian Church on Thursday afternoons from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. For each 10 jars collected, youth will be able to enter for a chance to win $4,000 in scholarships!
On May 18, the Community Food Network will be hosting their first-ever Hunger EXPO at the Ionia Fair Grounds in partnership with the MSU Extension 4-H Day. Learn about local food pantries, gardens and other hunger resources by attending this event!
PENNY BEEMAN, a member of the Ionia County Peace Community, works with volunteers in many United Way-supported projects. As coordinator for the Ionia Kids Club, Penny reaches out to teens, giving them a chance to Do Something GREAT in their Community! Her favorite MLK quote and the Kids Club motto: "EVERYBODY can be GREAT! Because EVERYBODY can VOLUNTEER!" www.ioniakidsclub.org


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Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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BiographyDr. Gandhi received her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine in 2002, following a doctoral degree in molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998. She subsequently completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and her fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In 2008, she joined the staff of DFCI and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she is a medical oncologist and clinical investigator in the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology and in the Early Drug Development Center. Dr. Gandhi's research focuses on novel therapies in the treatment of lung cancer and biomarkers of tumor progression.
Board Certification
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Internal Medicine, 2005
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Many explanations of histone biochemistry isn't quite elucidating for the undergraduate student. How does histone structure (dimers, octomers) relate to their specific functions as core or linker histones? Also, how do both linker and core histones interact within nucleosomes to ultimately regulate gene expression?
What is the functional and structural distinction between core (H2A, H2B, H3,H4) and linker(H1/H5) histones?
The core histones are H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, and the linker histones are H1 and H5. The structure of the nucleosome is well explained in wikipedia:
The core histones have a positive net charge, which facilitates the interaction with the negatively charged phosphate groups of DNA.
Apart from defining the nucleosome structure, the function of the core histones is regulatory: it can switch on/off gene expression by histone modifications like acetylation or methylation.
The gene expression is ON when there is:
• DNA demethylation
• histones acetylation
• H3K9 demethylation
The gene expression is OFF when there is:
• DNA methylation
// H3K4 demethylation is abbreviation for: Lysine 4 of H3 is demethylated.
Berger SL. 2002. Histone modifications in transcriptional regulation. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 12: 142–148 is also a nice review.


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May 1, 2012
By NYU Head Gardener, George Reis
Native Woodland Garden
Meadow Rue 'Black Stockings' (Thalictrum 'Black Stockings')
Between 3 and 4 Washington Square Village on the Bleecker Street sidewalk
From Heronswood, we get this lovely description of the Meadow Rue cultivar you can see now on Bleecker Street at Washington Square Village:
Seductive and statuesque, this selection's long, thin ebony stems reach upward for vertical drama. Airy puffs of small, delicate ever so pink flowers are borne on tightly branching panicles. Blooming from late spring into midsummer, here is a welcome presence in the back of the perennial border or at the edge of a woodland clearing. For best results, place it in a partially shaded spot with rich soil. If kept sufficiently moist, the plants will tolerate a bit more sun.
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NYUToday-feature, NYU Garden Shop, Sustainability
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One nickname for the city of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is a city in central Ohio with a population of about 730,000 and a Metro population of around 1.84 million. Columbus is currently the 15th largest city and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Home of the Ohio State Buckeyes who own everyone else. Columbus has a very vibrant skyline and downtown district as well as a plethora of new shopping malls and attractions. Columbus is the best city in the midwest, take that Chicago, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Detroit. We all know whose packing the real heat, its the C-Bus.
Don't mess with C-Bus, it'll own you all over the place. <3 Columbus, Ohio
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aka 'the bus' A city in the middle of the flat cornfields of central Ohio better known as Columbus. Known for its diversity and cowtown past, it is an urban oasis in the middle of a conservative stronghold state. There's a decent football team playing there too.
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Basketball: Wright leads Wilby past Rams
Walter Wright scored a game-high 37 points, including 20 in the fourth quarter, in Wilby's 89-76 nonleague boys basketball victory at Cheshire on Wednesday night.
Wright also went 8-of-10 from the foul line in the fourth quarter for Wilby (14-2). Eric DeJesus and Ryan Spears each scored 12. DeJesus also had 12 rebounds, while Taifa Wright had six rebounds, seven assists and five steals.
Eric Dietrich scored 24 points for the Rams (8-8), and Erik Pettit and Collin Jordan each scored 14. Tim Covel also scored 13.
Kennedy 58, Woodland 33: Isaiah Wright collected a game-high 16 points as the Eagles topped the Hawks in Beacon Falls. Don Jarrett scored 14 points while Jairo Suarez added seven for Kennedy (13-3).
Rahmi Rountree scored 11 points for Woodland (9-8).
Taft 68, Deerfield 46: Shawn Strickland scored 16 points to lead the Rhinos in Watertown. Quinton Dale added 14 points with eight rebounds for Taft (12-4), and Kade Kager chipped in with nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
South Kent 54, Chase 51: Gerry Fox scored a game-high 27 points and converted seven 3-pointers, including four in the second half as South Kent rallied after trailing, 30-22, at halftime.
Kenon Williams had 14 points for South Kent (8-2, 5-1 HVAL). Matt McClain had 16 points for the Highlanders (9-7, 4-1) and Kyle Bonicki added 12.
Wolcott Tech 58, Vinal Tech 56: Luke Pergola hit for 26 points to go with 11 rebounds and four assists in Wolcott Tech's CSC victory in Torrington. Danneij Diaz added 20 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and five steals for the Wildcats (3-13).
The Hawks (6-11) were led by Dante Watson with 27 points.
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Ansonia 47, Wolcott 39: Tierney Lawlor scored a game-high 23 points as the Chargers netted a victory in Wolcott. Melissa Tirella contributed 10 points for Ansonia (13-6).
Kayla Briere led the Eagles (10-9) with 17 points and six rebounds, while Katie Jacques grabbed 12 boards.
Kennedy 49, Woodland 28: Shontia Punter netted a game-high 15 points as Kennedy defeated Woodland in Waterbury. Jennifer Marrone added 14 points for the Eagles (12-6), while Lillian Martinez chipped in with 10.
Andrea Piccolo led the Hawks (9-9) with 11 points, and Nicole Fowler contributed with 10 points.
Lewis Mills 32, Shepaug 19: Natalie Ruel netted a game-high 13 points as Lewis Mills took care of Shepaug in Burlington.
Cassidy Lockwood scored seven points and Teagun Dunn had six for Lewis Mills (12-5). Kelsey Johnson had 10 points for Shepaug (2-15).
Litchfield 59, Wilcox Tech 39: Tara Shakley collected a game-high 21 points to lift Litchfield over Wilcox Tech at home.
Isabelle Binstadt scored 13 points while Sierra Markelon added 12 for Litchfield (7-10).
Canton 46, Wamogo 25: Gabby Rose scored 17 points as Canton topped Wamogo in an out-of-league game at Canton. Jenna Lopardo scored 10 points while Jessica Binkowski added six for Wamogo (6-11).
Notre Dame-Fairfield 47, Oxford 34: Jovan Kingwood scored 15 points to lead Notre Dame-Fairfield over Oxford in SWC action in Fairfield.
Sarah Woolfrey had 10 points while Sam Orner and Taylor Drayton had nine and eight points, respectively, for Oxford (4-14).
Ethel Walker 42, Chase Collegiate 26: Sage Tourigny recorded 18 points to lead Ethel Walker to the victory in Waterbury. The Wildcats (9-6) also received 11 points from Lisa Volg.
Natalie Fitzgerald had a team-high nine points and 10 rebounds for the Highlanders (10-6), and Idalis Miranda added eight points and six steals.
Taft 51, Westminster 33: Chelsea Robinson recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds for Taft as it cruised to victory in Simsbury.
Morgan Manz added seven points and nine rebounds for the Big Red (7-7), while Dominique Moise and Rylie Mainville chipped in with eight points apiece.
Westminster (7-7) was led by Rachel Monroe with 17 points.
Canterbury 47, Cheshire Academy 23: Abby Jones recorded a game-high 18 points and 20 rebounds for visiting Canterbury, and Shannon Lenihan-Burke had 10 points for the Saints (7-6).
Cheshire Academy (6-8) was led by Ashley Skyers with 14 points.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. – After earning a share of the South Atlantic Conference regular-season softball title last weekend, six Anderson University players have earned All-Conference honors and head coach Tommy Hewitt has been named SAC Coach of the Year, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Hewitt, in his ninth season at the helm of the Trojan program, earned the honor after guiding the Trojans to their first-ever league title and a 38-10 overall record. Heading into the 2014 Food Lion SAC Tournament as the second seed, his squads have averaged 28 wins per year, posting 252 victories during his nine campaigns, including a school-record 40 victories last season.
Since joining the South Atlantic Conference for the 2011 campaign, Hewitt's Trojans have compiled a 138-59 (.701) overall record in three-plus seasons and stands even with perennial league powerhouse Lenoir-Rhyne (138) and ahead of Carson-Newman (137) and in total number of victories over the four seasons.
Under Hewitt's tutelage, the Trojans are currently ranked second in the NCAA's Southeast Region rankings, while the 2013 edition of Anderson softball finished 12th in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Poll after earning its' first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament and gaining a berth in the 2013 Southeast Super Regional.
Senior first baseman Danielle Swygert and sophomore center fielder Molly Child were named First-Team All-SAC, while senior Abby Child, sophomore Courtney Czentnar and junior Katelynn Howser earned second-team accolades. Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh earned honorable-mention honors, while Czentnar was also named SAC Freshman of the Year as the second-seeded Trojans prepare to face seventh-seeded Carson-Newman in Thursday's opening round of the SAC Tournament.
Swygert, a former SAC Freshman of the Year and first-team honoree a year ago, closed the regular season fourth in the league in both batting average (.408) and slugging percentage (.704) after raising her batting average 38 percentage points over the final three weeks of the season. The Sharpsburg, Ga. native also ranks third in the SAC with 51 RBI, fifth in on-base percentage (.479), seventh in doubles (13), eighth in hits (58) and home runs (9) and ninth in runs scored (40). Swygert belted three homers and drove in nine runs over the final five games of the regular season, while recording a 10-game hitting streak and a seven-game hitting streak in the midst of the season.
Molly Child earns first-team honors for the second consecutive year after leading the conference with a career-high 13 home runs, including a pair of grand slams on the season. The LaGrange, Ga. native ranks 24th nationally in home runs and is in the top four in the SAC in eight additional offensive categories, including runs (55), hits (67), total bases (116), batting average (.416), on-base percentage (.481) and slugging percentage (.720). Child posted an 18-game hitting streak during the season and reached base in 24 consecutive contests at one point. She also shines defensively, having started 103 games in center field during her two-year career and has not committed an error.
Abby Child earns All-SAC honors for the second time in her impressive career, while holding the school record for home runs. She leads the league with 30 walks on the season, while ranking second in home runs with 11. She ranks third in runs scored (49), fourth in runs batted in (49) and fifth in slugging percentage (.680). Child has started 193 consecutive games over her four-year career and currently holds the school record for career RBI, walks and slugging percentage.
Czentnar becomes the third Anderson player in four seasons to earn conference Freshman of the Year honors, following Swygert (2011) and Neidigh (2012). The right fielder is tied with Abby Child with 11 homers on the season and is sixth with 41 RBI and 16th in the conference with 33 runs scored. Czentnar is 10th in total bases (93), seventh in slugging percentage (.674), 11th in stolen bases (10) and ranks 20th with her .348 batting average. A native of Lawrenceville, Ga., she closed the regular season on a five-game hitting streak.
Howser, a right-handed hurler, posted a 15-5 mark during the regular season while starting 19 contests in the circle. She tossed nine complete games, including three shutouts, while striking out 96 batters in 132 1/3 innings. She held opponents to a .199 batting average and her 1.69 ERA ranks seventh in the SAC. Howser won seven of her final eight decisions, while allowing just 10 earned runs in those eight contests.
Neidigh, the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2012, has now earned postseason conference accolades in each of her three seasons after being named first-team all-conference in both 2012 and 2013. The Trojans' leadoff hitter leads the league and is 20th in the nation with 56 runs scored and also paces the SAC with 24 stolen bases. She has been caught stealing just once in her career, as the Lawrenceville, Ga. native is 61-of-62 on the base paths. Neidigh paces the conference in runs scored with 56 on the season, while crossing the plate at least once in 45 of AU's 56 contests. She ranks third in the SAC with 65 hits on the strength of 11-game, seven-game and six-game hitting streaks, while ranking sixth in batting average (.396) and eighth in eight in on-base percentage (.457).
The second-seeded Trojans will square off against seventh-seeded Carson-Newman on Thursday in the opening round of the 2014 Food Lion SAC Tournament. First-pitch in Harrogate, Tenn. is slated for 3 p.m.
All-SAC First Team
C – Taylor Laskey, Wingate
1B – Danielle Swygert, Anderson
2B – Jamie Hockaday, Mars Hill
SS – Jody Mizelle, Lenoir-Rhyne
3B – Haily Jarman, Lenoir-Rhyne
OF – Kelli Hensley, Carson-Newman
OF – Molly Child, Anderson
OF – Brianna Mulkey, Lincoln Memorial
DP – Kayla Saliga, Wingate
UTIL. – Alyssa Miller, Brevard
P – Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne
P – Stacey Houser, Wingate
All-SAC Second Team
C – Sarah Kenley, Lenoir-Rhyne
1B – Sydney Landreth, Lenoir-Rhyne
2B – Mellena Helms, Wingate
SS – Abby Child, Anderson
3B – Robyn Stanek, Mars Hill
OF – Taylor Rosenbalm, Queens
OF – Sydney Weatherford, Coker
OF – Kristen Stinnard, Catawba
OF – Courtney Czentnar, Anderson
OF – Carolyn Williamson, Tusculum
DP – Kaitlyn Bodine, Queens
UTIL. – Amanda Snow, Lincoln Memorial
P – Carley Tysinger, Catawba
P – Katelynn Howser, Anderson
All-SAC Honorable Mention
C – Emily Boykin, Brevard
1B – Caitlyn Lance, Carson-Newman
2B – Jessica Neidigh, Anderson
SS – Alexis Burrell, Wingate
3B – Sara Kelley, Carson-Newman
OF – Dakota Keller, Lenoir-Rhyne
DP – Ashley Oliver, Lenoir-Rhyne
UTIL. – Katherine Shumaker, Catawba
P – Kelly King, Tusculum
P – Jamie Hrobak, Brevard
SAC Player of the Year: Kelli Hensley, Carson-Newman
SAC Pitcher of the Year: Maryann Hoskins, Lenoir-Rhyne
SAC Freshman of the Year: Courtney Czentnar, Anderson
SAC Coach of the Year: Tommy Hewitt, Anderson


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I see that happening at least once a day so I'm bringing it up.
A user, most likely new to SO, asks a question that is not interesting or that doesn't make a lot of sense or it's not a real question.
At that point this question gets downvoted two or three times and gets closed which seems normal.
Then someone goes in there and edit the question so much that it's not really the same question anymore... or at least it has nothing to do with what the original user posted in term of phrasing.
Now people viewing this question will go "oh, it doesn't deserve -3, it's an ok question" and the question gets upvoted until it gets at 0 or 1. Maybe more.
I think it's good that a question gets a "second chance" to be answered, but I'm asking that: in the process the user got some reputation for asking a bad question (because downvote value != upvote value).
The idea case would be the downvoters going back and cancelling their votes, but this doesn't happen often. So shouldn't a entry closed, edited and then reopened be set as community wiki by default, or prevent the user to get rep for it (if it's not already the case)?
Here is the example that made me want to ask this on meta: Rounding the result of division in Javascript
The user asked
round this to teo places
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It got edited and it's now pretty interesting and should be re-opened shortly. The user already got an upvote on his question and got rep out of it.


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I am working on a DEM that in an area where there is little relief.
I would like to 'burn' the river network into the DEM so I can calculate flow accumulation and flow length accurately.
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I am working on a DEM that in an area where there is little relief.
I would like to 'burn' the river network into the DEM so I can calculate flow accumulation and flow length accurately.
I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.
Convert your stream vectors to raster with a value of 1 and the same extent and cellsize as your DEM. In the Raster Calculator use a map algebra expression something along the lines of:
If you want to burn in the streams more than 1 elevation unit, change
To implement the Whitebox GAT decay coefficient algorithm (Z = E - (G / (G + D))^k * H) from @elrobis answer in the ArcGIS 10 raster calculator, use something like:
Replace G with your cellsize, k with a value >0 (decay coefficient) and H with the maximum amount to lower your DEM by., e.g:
Whitebox GAT (open-source hydrology and remote sensing package) has a method by this name in its Hydrology utilities. Whitebox is unique in that it exposes the source code and algorithms used by the analysis via the UI (note the View Code button). Even if you intend to isolate your procedures to ArcGIS, there may be some benefits to experimenting with another flavor.
ArcHydro has many DEM processing tools, one being Stream burning using the AGREE methodology. I've used it several times. It's an extension to ArcMap and is fairly comprehensive.
You could use your existing DEM to create height points and/or contours, then use the Topo to Raster tool to re-create a hydrologically correct DEM including your water network. I'm not 100% certain how different the resultant surface would be from your original DEM, though you can be sure it'll work for creating stream networks, if exact height measures aren't vital. The Topo to Raster tool also allows for other hydrologically significant features such as water bodies and known sinks.
It requires the Spatial Analyst extension, though I'm assuming you have that if you're looking at flow accumulation & length in the first place.
I haven't tried this myself and don't have data handy to whip up a test right now, but I can't see a reason why it wouldn't work.


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Eric and Christine Gamari welcomed a new addition to the family during the blizzard last Friday.
"I went to the YMCA and the store to pick up a few things and when I got home, Christine looked at me and said, 'I think we have to go to the hospital,'" noted Torrington boys basketball coach Eric Gamari.
Though it was a short ride to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Eric Gamari was taking it slow during the inclement weather and poor road conditions.
"Christine asked me if I could drive any faster while we were going down East Main Street, and I said, 'No!'"
The Gamaris arrived to the hospital at around 3 p.m. and Maya Gamari was born at 8:23 p.m.
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The 6 Most Impressive Resume Liars
#3. It Turns Out the CEO of Lotus Was Not Top Gun
The Resume:
Jeffrey Papows was the President and CEO of Lotus Corp. and if you're picturing a geeky Bill Gates-looking dude in glasses, think again. Based on his backstory, if Top Gun and Jet Li somehow had sex, they would have produced Jeffery Papows.
When asked for a picture of himself, he sent us this.
His past was as noble as it was badass. He told of his amazing rise from lonely orphaned child to daring Marine flier. He spoke of his black belt in tae kwon do and his Ph.d. from Pepperdine University. And while Papows was tough as nails, he also had a compassionate side -- he talked about how he helped support the widow of a fellow flier who died ejecting from the same disabled F-4 Phantom jet in which Papows survived.
Is that the face of a man who would lie to y- HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!
The Bullshit:
As you can imagine, the legend of Papows is pure bunk.
After it was revealed that Papows wasn't a Marine Corps captain and had zero flight time while in the service, Papows had lots of backpedaling to do. No, he didn't burst an eardrum when ejecting from a Phantom F-4 and no, there was no dead co-pilot and no widow. It seems he also didn't, as he had claimed, save a buddy by throwing a live grenade out of a trench.
Papows was also not a tae kwon do black belt, and he didn't have a Ph.D. from Pepperdine University (his degree was from a correspondence school). And to the great relief of at least two people, Papows was not an orphan. His parents were alive and well, living not too far away from his offices in Massachusetts.
They declined to comment.
It's all pretty funny, the idea of this pompous blowhard running a Fortune 500 company on fumes of manufactured glory from yesteryear. Wait, did we mention that Papows used his war hero claims to secure sales to the U.S. military? They really just don't check up on anybody, do they?
#2. Brian Valery Fakes a Law Degree, Becomes a Lawyer
The Resume:
If you ever wondered what Ferris Bueller would be like if he grew up and went to work at a law firm, we're pretty sure Brian Valery has shown us.
Yeah, we can actually see that.
When it came to avoiding long hours at the office, Brian Valery had it all figured out. While working as legal assistant for the prestigious law firm Anderson, Kill & Olick, Valery informed his bosses that he would be attending Fordham law school at night, and therefore needed to leave work early each day. After three years, Valery told his bosses that he finally passed the bar exam and was admitted to the New York State Bar.
Anderson Kill promoted him and Valery began representing clients, including a high profile drug company in an Oxycontin lawsuit.
Oxycontin was pissed, and someone was going to have to pay up.
The Bullshit:
Somehow, the very strict vetting process at Anderson Kill failed to uncover that Valery not only wasn't a member of the Bar, there's no record that he ever applied or sat for the bar exam in New York or even set foot in a Fordham Law School classroom, for which he was clocking out early each night to attend. It was only through a tip by an old undergraduate classmate (from a university that Valery didn't graduate from either) that Valery's ruse was exposed.
The bar Valery actually sat for.
According to later accounts, Valery did a very good job portraying a typical first or second year lawyer, in that he pretty much sucked. After cutting through his bullshit, Anderson Kill fired him and then sued him for $284,000, claiming the amount of money he defrauded them in salary differential. Valery was also prosecuted and indicted on 32 counts of fraud, including grand larceny. Holy crap! Don't screw over a law firm, kids.
#1. Janet Cooke Fakes a Heroin Baby
The Resume:
An interview with an eight-year-old heroin addict entitled "Jimmy's World" landed Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Journalism. Just a year earlier, Cooke had applied at the Post with an impressive resume that included a Phi Beta Kappa degree from Vassar College. Executive editor Ben Bradlee was so taken with this fact that he underlined it before forwarding the resume to managing editor, Bob Woodward (yes, that Bob Woodward), who in turn hired Cooke. Hell, on top of everything else, the woman even spoke three languages -- English, French and Spanish.
You can't fool the greatest investigative reporter who ever lived ... can you?
Immediately after Cooke's gripping tale of the eight-year-old dope addict was published, Washington, D.C., went apeshit searching for little Jimmy. Mayor Marion Barry assigned a special task force to locate the young boy -- presumably to ask him if they shared the same dealer. All schools, social services and police contacts were put on high alert. Word went out on the streets that big reward money was available for tips leading to the pint-size addict's whereabouts, presumably after the idea to leave a trail of heroin baggies into a cleverly disguised net trap was unanimously voted down.
But after a 17 day exhaustive search, Jimmy still couldn't be located. When pressed, Cooke refused to divulge any information that would help find him. She explained that she "needed to protect her sources" and was also worried about "her own safety" from vindictive drug dealers.
Vindictive drug dealers were not available for comment.
The Bullshit:
Finally, rumors began to circulate that "Jimmy" didn't exist and that Cooke had simply made him up. Even though Cooke wouldn't reveal her source and was quite dodgy about how/where the interview came to be, Woodward and the Washington Post stood firmly behind her.
Bob Woodward. The man who took down the Nixon administration.
In the midst of all this heat coming down on her, when it came time to fill out her Pulitzer application Cooke swung for the fences, scrutiny be damned. While Cooke's original resume cited her ability to speak French and Spanish, on her new one Portuguese and Italian were added to her growing linguistic repertoire. Her single (fake) award from the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association blossomed into six separate awards, along with another from the Ohio AP. The newly improved bio also showed that she graduated magna cum laude from Vassar in 1976 (she was only there one year) and attended the Sorbonne in 1975.
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"And also, I invented the modern map."
After winning the Pulitzer, Cooke's newly enhanced biography appeared on the AP wire. Noting that the Pulitzer resume was even more fantabulous than the one they saw when hiring her, the higher-ups at the Washington Post finally decided to question her.
Even after a lengthy interrogation, Cooke stuck firmly to her story. So what finally caused her to come clean, causing her Pulitzer to be revoked and her to resign from the Washington Post?
Someone finally thought to ask her some simple questions in French and it was obvious that she had no idea what was being said. And ... no one thought to do that before? Why the hell aren't our employers this trusting?
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As the title states, I would like to know the biggest changes between the two systems, both mechanic-wise and story-wise. Why should I choose one over the other? (And please, don't use "Vampire: the Requiem is still supported by WW" as a argument.)
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Mechanically, I think there are really only three big differences.
First is that spending a point of Willpower in Requiem grants you three extra dice on the roll rather than an automatic success, which is a very big deal.
Next is that botching (or "dramatic failure") just doesn't happen as often in the new World of Darkness system. Dramatic failures only occur when you are reduced to rolling a chance die (one die that only succeeds on a roll of 10) and it comes up a 1.
A relatively minor difference related to that is that success really isn't measured in degrees in the new system. You either succeed or you get an exceptional success. The Storyteller has to declare bonuses or penalties (which grant or remove dice) prior to the roll.
The third big difference is that in combat, damage is figured directly from the result of the attack roll. It's faster, but it can be a lot deadlier.
In terms of the story, the Masquerade setting is gone. Requiem focuses much more closely on local action compared to Masquerade's global tone. Clan infrastructures like the Nosferatu's intelligence network just don't exist, and most vampires align themselves with philosophically like-minded covenants.
If you never played Masquerade as anything but a city game, I don't think you'd find it much different. There are some interesting changes to how the vampiric condition works, though. They get more powerful with age thanks to Blood Potency, so lineage doesn't matter as much. Also, vampires instinctively recognize the Beast in each other using a system called the Predator's Taint.
White Wolf has published a good translation guide for playing Masquerade with Requiem or vice versa.
I'm actually using that guide to run my Masquerade game using Requiem's rules.
Hope that helps!
A few of the prominent changes:
You might choose Requiem if you wanted a game of various competing political factions and greater intra-group conflict. Requiem is also a much "dirtier" game than Masquerade; the glamour of the '90s (almost '80s) vampire world and its global conspiracies gives way to a grungier, more visceral modernity.


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Are you sure you disabled it at project level?
Before I went to netbeans I was using Indigo, this is the builder's page of my ExtJS project:
And this is the "about" of my indigo:
Are you using spket plugin?
I start using it but the benefits were to marginal so I decided to get rid of it.
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28 Sep 2011 10:25 PM #12
Hi, ssamayoa!
Sorry for the delayed answer...
I did install the Spekt JavaScript editor plug-in and now all works perfectly.
Thank so much por the help!
To other people that could have the same problem (I did that):
1.- option menu "help" in Indigo -> "install new software"
2.- add "http://www.spekt.com/update" and install all plugins
4.- download the "*.jsb2" file from sencha web (I found it in the forums...)
5.- put the jsb2 file in the extjs root (side by side of the ext-all.js file, for example)
6.- in "window" option in the menu, in suboption "preferences" we need to create a "Javascript profile" for "ExtJs" in the "spekt" option: click on "new" (name: Ext"), select the new option "Ext", then click in "add library" button (select ExtJs in the list) then select the new option and clic in "add file" and explore to find the jsb2 file.
7.- in "general" -> "editors" -> "file asociations" search "*.js" extension, select it and select in the list of editors that you have installed the "Spekt JavaScript Editor" and click in the "default" button (that option is in "window" -> "preferences", too)
8.- Restart the IDE if necessary...
9.- the end
2 Sep 2012 10:45 AM #13
Hi everyone,
a view days ago I tried to create a Web-Project with ExtJS in Eclipse (Juno) for a student research project. There had never been any problems creating other Web-Projects in Eclipse until I tried to use ExtJS 4 (ext-4.1.1-gpl.zip) within my project.
When I imported the (zipped or unzipped) ExtJS-folder into my project I had the same problem which is described at the beginning of this discussion by arnoldc. Eclipse simply stuck in "Building workspace" and eventually dies out with java heap space error.
Tried virtually every solution I could find on the web:
- Moved sdk.jsb3 from "extjs-4.1.1/build" to "extjs-4.1.1" and remapped wrong path specifications "../platform/" to "src" (and "src/src" to "src")
- Installed "Spket-PlugIn" for ExtJS and replaced "com.spket.js_1.6.23.jar" with the latest version
- Configured an ExtJS-4 Profile via Spket-PlugIn for the customized sdk.jsb3-file and used "Spket JavaSkript Editor" as default for *.js
- Modified eclipse.ini up to -Xms256m -Xmx4096m
My Question: Is there something more to do that I missed or did I do something wrong?
Would be grateful for any idea (beside switching to another IDE).
Best Regards.
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I'm currently using Juno with ExtJS without problem.
Then, instead of putting whole ExtJS distribution just include whatever you need, for example this is the structure of my WebContent:
Note that my html entry pages includes ext-all or ext-all-debug.
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Hi ssamayoa,
thank´s for posting the structure of your WebContent. I wasn´t entirely sure which files and folders are important, so I put the whole ExtJS distribution into my project. This time I put one file after another into my project and just the one you suggested. I even tried it without disabling JavaScript builder (thought this would reduce my Eclipse to an ordinary text-editor).
The first time I imported ext-all-debug.js (or ext-all.js) into the project it took a little while until "Building Workspace" was finished. But every further time "Building Workspace" works fine.
Thank´s a lot for the tip of using ext-all.js or ext-all-debug.js instead of ext-debug.js in html entry pages, too. Just ask myself why ext-debug is recommended for the pages under http://www.sencha.com/learn/getting-...rted-section-2 and what is it good for? (Maybe I will find out later)
Finally I successfully created a first "Hello Ext".
(Also it works with the original eclipse.ini file. So, for a start, there is no need to crank up memory.)
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I've performed some simple z-transforms on some variables I have in a pandas DataFrame. There was a total of 216 columns in the dataframe, I transformed 196 of them and then concatenated the 197 onto the original 216 for a total of 412 total columns. I then used the
to_csv function to write the new dataframe to a csv. The original data is about 300mb, while the new dataset is 1.2gb. It seems odd that adding less than double the columns leads to around a 4x increase in size for the final csv. The code I used is below. Am I missing something? Or is there a more efficient way to write DataFrames to .csv files? Everything looks fine when I take a look at the first row of the data. Also, the number of rows are the same between all three of the DataFrames created in the code below.
import pandas as pd
full_data = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
names = full_data.columns.tolist()
names = names[16:-2]
len(names) #197 as expected
transform = (full_data[names] - full_data[names].mean())/full_data[names].std() #Transform has 197 columns as expected.
column_names = transform.columns.tolist()
new_names = {}
for name in column_names:
new_names[name] = name + '_standardized'
transform = transform.rename(columns=new_names)
to_concat = [full_data, transform]
final_data = pd.concat(to_concat, axis=1)
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LIMESTONE COUNTY (January 17, 2013)—After hours of deliberation, the jury found Chad Michael Musgrove, 28, of Mexia guilty of capital murder.
Prosecutors weren't seeking the death penalty so Musgrove was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Musgrove was convicted of killing his father in August 2011 and kidnapping a woman from scene of the killing.
Both sides rested Thursday in Groesbeck in murder trial after Musgrove took the stand to testify on his own behalf.
He was arrested in Montgomery County after a woman told police in Panorama Village south of Huntsville that Musgrove shot and killed his father, William Doyle Patterson, 54, at Patterson's home in Mexia and then kidnapped her after the shooting.
Mexia police, acting on the information they received from Panorama Village authorities, went to Patterson's home in the 1300 block of Palestine Street and found Patterson's body lying on the floor.
Panorama Village police, meanwhile, tracked Musgrove to a residence and SWAT officers arrested him there and took him to the Montgomery County Jail.
Mexia police said Patterson, Musgrove and the woman, Nancy Few, all lived in the home.