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C Programming/Procedures and functions
In C programming, all executable code resides within a function. A function is a named block of code that performs a task and then returns control to a caller. Note that other programming languages may distinguish between a "function", "subroutine", "subprogram", "procedure", or "method" -- in C, these are all functions.
A function is often executed (called) several times, from several different places, during a single execution of the program. After finishing a function, the program will branch back (return) to the point after the call.
Functions are a powerful programming tool.
As a basic example, suppose you are writing a program that calculates the distance of a given (x,y) point to the x-axis and to the y-axis. You will need to compute the absolute value of the whole numbers x and y. We could write it like this (assuming we don't have a predefined function for absolute value in any library):
#include <stdio.h>
/*this is the function to compute the absolute value of a whole number.*/
int abs(int x)
if (x>=0) return x;
else return -x;
/*this is the program that uses twice the function defined above.*/
int main()
int x, y;
printf("Type the coordinates of a point in 2-plane, say P = (x,y). First x=");
scanf("%d", &x);
printf("Second y=");
scanf("%d", &y);
printf("The distance of the P point to the x-axis is %d. \n Its distance to the y-axis is %d. \n", abs(y), abs(x));
return 0;
The following example illustrate the usage of a function as a procedure. Consider you are making a program that tells students if they are approved in the discipline or not. We can create a function and call it as many times as we need instead of repeating the same code.
/*here is where the 'check' function is being defined.*/
void check(int x)
if (x<60)
printf("Sorry! You will need to try this course again.\n");
printf("Enjoy your vacations! You are approved.\n");
/*here the program actually starts, and use the check function three times.*/
int main()
int a, b, c;
printf("Type your grade in Mathematics (whole number). \n");
scanf("%d", &a);
printf("Type your grade in Science (whole number). \n");
scanf("%d", &b);
printf("Type your grade in Programming (whole number). \n");
scanf("%d", &c);
/* this program should be replaced by something more meaningful.*/
return 0;
Notice that in the program above, there is no outcome value for the 'check' function. It only executes a procedure.
This is precisely what functions are for.
More on functions[edit]
A function is like a black box. It takes in input, does something with it, then spits out an answer.
Note that a function may not take any inputs at all, or it may not return anything at all. In the above example, if we were to make a function of that loop, we may not need any inputs, and we aren't returning anything at all (Text output doesn't count - when we speak of returning we mean to say meaningful data that the program can use).
We have some terminology to refer to functions:
- A function, call it f, that uses another function g, is said to call g. For example, f calls g to print the squares of ten numbers.
- A function's inputs are known as its arguments
- A function g that gives some kind of answer back to f is said to return that answer. For example, g returns the sum of its arguments.
Writing functions in C[edit]
It's always good to learn by example. Let's write a function that will return the square of a number.
int square(int x)
int square_of_x;
square_of_x = x * x;
return square_of_x;
To understand how to write such a function like this, it may help to look at what this function does as a whole. It takes in an int, x, and squares it, storing it in the variable square_of_x. Now this value is returned.
The first int at the beginning of the function declaration is the type of data that the function returns. In this case when we square an integer we get an integer, and we are returning this integer, and so we write int as the return type.
Next is the name of the function. It is good practice to use meaningful and descriptive names for functions you may write. It may help to name the function after what it is written to do. In this case we name the function "square", because that's what it does - it squares a number.
Next is the function's first and only argument, an int, which will be referred to in the function as x. This is the function's input.
In between the braces is the actual guts of the function. It declares an integer variable called square_of_x that will be used to hold the value of the square of x. Note that the variable square_of_x can only be used within this function, and not outside. We'll learn more about this sort of thing later, and we will see that this property is very useful.
We then assign x multiplied by x, or x squared, to the variable square_of_x, which is what this function is all about. Following this is a return statement. We want to return the value of the square of x, so we must say that this function returns the contents of the variable square_of_x.
Our brace to close, and we have finished the declaration.
Written in a more concise manner, this code performs exactly the same function as the above:
int square(int x)
return x * x;
Note this should look familiar - you have been writing functions already, in fact - main is a function that is always written.
In general[edit]
In general, if we want to declare a function, we write
type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, ...) { /* code */ }
We've previously said that a function can take no arguments, or can return nothing, or both. What do we write if we want the function to return nothing? We use C's void keyword. void basically means "nothing" - so if we want to write a function that returns nothing, for example, we write
void sayhello(int number_of_times)
int i;
for(i=1; i <= number_of_times; i++) {
Notice that there is no return statement in the function above. Since there's none, we write void as the return type. (Actually, one can use the return keyword in a procedure to return to the caller before the end of the procedure, but one cannot return a value as if it were a function.)
What about a function that takes no arguments? If we want to do this, we can write for example
float calculate_number(void)
float to_return=1;
int i;
for(i=0; i < 100; i++) {
to_return += 1;
to_return = 1/to_return;
return to_return;
Notice this function doesn't take any inputs, but merely returns a number calculated by this function.
Naturally, you can combine both void return and void in arguments together to get a valid function, also.
Here's a simple function that does an infinite loop. It prints a line and calls itself, which again prints a line and calls itself again, and this continues until the stack overflows and the program crashes. A function calling itself is called recursion, and normally you will have a conditional that would stop the recursion after a small, finite number of steps.
// don't run this!
void infinite_recursion()
printf("Infinite loop!\n");
A simple check can be done like this. Note that ++depth is used so the increment will take place before the value is passed into the function. Alternatively you can increment on a separate line before the recursion call. If you say print_me(3,0); the function will print the line Recursion 3 times.
void print_me(int j, int depth)
if(depth < j) {
printf("Recursion! depth = %d j = %d\n",depth,j); //j keeps its value
print_me(j, ++depth);
Recursion is most often used for jobs such as directory tree scans, seeking for the end of a linked list, parsing a tree structure in a database and factorising numbers (and finding primes) among other things.
Static functions[edit]
If a function is to be called only from within the file in which it is declared, it is appropriate to declare it as a static function. When a function is declared static, the compiler will know to compile an object file in a way that prevents the function from being called from code in other files. Example:
static int compare( int a, int b )
return (a+4 < b)? a : b;
Using C functions[edit]
We can now write functions, but how do we use them? When we write main, we place the function outside the braces that encompass main.
When we want to use that function, say, using our calculate_number function above, we can write something like
float f;
f = calculate_number();
If a function takes in arguments, we can write something like
int square_of_10;
square_of_10 = square(10);
If a function doesn't return anything, we can just say
since we don't need a variable to catch its return value.
Functions from the C Standard Library[edit]
While the C language doesn't itself contain functions, it is usually linked with the C Standard Library. To use this library, you need to add an #include directive at the top of the C file, which may be one of the following from C89/C90:
The functions available are:
- printf
- full list
Variable-length argument lists[edit]
Functions with variable-length argument lists are functions that can take a varying number of arguments. An example in the C standard library is the printf function, which can take any number of arguments depending on how the programmer wants to use it.
C programmers rarely find the need to write new functions with variable-length arguments. If they want to pass a bunch of things to a function, they typically define a structure to hold all those things -- perhaps a linked list, or an array -- and call that function with the data in the arguments.
However, you may occasionally find the need to write a new function that supports a variable-length argument list. To create a function that can accept a variable-length argument list, you must first include the standard library header stdarg.h. Next, declare the function as you would normally. Next, add as the last argument an ellipsis ("..."). This indicates to the compiler that a variable list of arguments is to follow. For example, the following function declaration is for a function that returns the average of a list of numbers:
float average (int n_args, ...);
Note that because of the way variable-length arguments work, we must somehow, in the arguments, specify the number of elements in the variable-length part of the arguments. In the average function here, it's done through an argument called n_args. In the printf function, it's done with the format codes that you specify in that first string in the arguments you provide.
Now that the function has been declared as using variable-length arguments, we must next write the code that does the actual work in the function. To access the numbers stored in the variable-length argument list for our average function, we must first declare a variable for the list itself:
va_list myList;
The va_list type is a type declared in the stdarg.h header that basically allows you to keep track of your list. To start actually using myList, however, we must first assign it a value. After all, simply declaring it by itself wouldn't do anything. To do this, we must call va_start, which is actually a macro defined in stdarg.h. In the arguments to va_start, you must provide the va_list variable you plan on using, as well as the name of the last variable appearing before the ellipsis in your function declaration:
#include <stdarg.h>
float average (int n_args, ...)
va_list myList;
va_start (myList, n_args);
va_end (myList);
Now that myList has been prepped for usage, we can finally start accessing the variables stored in it. To do so, use the va_arg macro, which pops off the next argument on the list. In the arguments to va_arg, provide the va_list variable you're using, as well as the primitive data type (e.g. int, char) that the variable you're accessing should be:
#include <stdarg.h>
float average (int n_args, ...)
va_list myList;
va_start (myList, n_args);
int myNumber = va_arg (myList, int);
va_end (myList);
By popping n_args integers off of the variable-length argument list, we can manage to find the average of the numbers:
#include <stdarg.h>
float average (int n_args, ...)
va_list myList;
va_start (myList, n_args);
int numbersAdded = 0;
int sum = 0;
while (numbersAdded < n_args) {
int number = va_arg (myList, int); // Get next number from list
sum += number;
numbersAdded += 1;
va_end (myList);
float avg = (float)(sum) / (float)(numbersAdded); // Find the average
return avg;
By calling average (2, 10, 20), we get the average of 10 and 20, which is 15.


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When Jason Clute, 42, came up with his big idea in 1992-a device for propping up a sleeping baby-he never imagined the product would one day hit the shelves of Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart. "I was making the product for my friends," he says. "I thought it would end at that, but they all encouraged me to try to put the 'Prop-A-Bye Baby' on the market."
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Don Debelak is a new-business marketing consultant and the author of Bringing Your Product to Market (John Wiley & Sons). Send him your invention questions at email@example.com
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The WIN program stems from a cooperative effort between Wal-Mart, Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield and the Innovation Institute, a product evaluation consulting company, also in Springfield. According to Gerald Udell, director of the program "The program is open to any inventor with any type of product." Today, for $175, inventors can get their innovations evaluated by eight to 10 experts against more than 40 criteria. In 1999, WIN, which started in 1990, evaluated over 1,200 ideas in virtually every product category.
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What exactly does the $175 fee cover? According to Udell, those who submit products will receive a report based on more than 40 criteria, such as start-up capital, whether the products are likely to get meaningful patents, and whether the products can be safely designed and manufactured for a reasonable cost. Each inventor also finds out how his or her products fared in the evaluation and get a book that details each evaluation criterion. The evaluation report is valuable because it not only states the worries the assessment team has, but also specifies any alternate channels the inventor should pursue. Here's a general breakdown of submissions: 22 percent are not recommended; 23 percent receive a "very limited and cautious" recommendation; 28 percent get the "limited and cautious" recommendation; 7 percent get recommended with reservations; 12 percent get recommended for channels other than Wal-Mart; and about 8 percent receive recommendations to Wal-Mart. Those lucky enough to win a positive recommendation earn access to a list of the 2,000 firms in the WIN.
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Clute appreciated the WIN program for a multitude of reasons. For one thing, he says, "I really didn't have any idea of how to evaluate an idea." That's something shared by most first- or second-time inventors. Inexperienced inventors typically underestimate the challenges inherent in introducing a new product to market, and they really should get an outside evaluation prior to spending any money (even before getting a patent). As Udell says, "We try to help inventors assess the risk of introducing their invention." Assessing that risk ahead of time gives inventors a better idea of their chances before they move ahead.
In 1992, after Clute received his evaluation results, he attended the Juvenile Products Show in Dallas. "I really didn't want to introduce my product [on my own]," he says. "I tried to give my product away to a manufacturer, but no one would take it. I finally introduced Prop-A-Bye Baby myself, because I believed it might reduce the overall number of babies who die every year from SIDS [Sudden Infant Death Syndrome]."
No one knows for sure exactly which products will prove winners. Many factors-some of which are unpredictable-determine a product's ultimate success. How hard the inventor works, how quick he or she adjusts his or her product to market needs, and how well manufacturing agreements are negotiated are just three examples. But unforeseen factors-like striking intrigue in the right buyer-make the process even more complex. Not even one of the baby manufacturers initially approached by Clute thought the product would sell. But, two years later, a buyer at Toys "R" Us did. Thanks to that one person's support, the ball started rolling for the Prop-A-Bye Baby. Some inventors work for years before finding the key contact who believes in their idea. Others never find that contact.
While inventors shouldn't view an outside evaluation or assessment as the final answer, they should consider it a good starting point. A third-party assessment of the situation helps determine which obstacles need to be overcome and how willing he or she is to commit the time and resources necessary to get a shot at success. Such evaluations can also push hesitant entrepreneurs like Clute in the right direction. A little encouragement is often all one needs to move forward and create a million-dollar company.
If you've got an idea, consider having it evaluated by an outside firm. it might stop you from spending thousands on a sure to flop-or prevent you from leaving a great idea on the back burner.
Words To The Wise
Sure it's a great idea, but will a patent protect it?
One criterion that should be used in any evaluation of an invention is whether a meaningful patent can be obtained for a particular innovation. According to Donald Kelly, former director of the Office of Independent Inventors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, "[The effectiveness of] a patent depends on the scope and breadth of the claims." For instance, a broad claim lacks details about the product design itself, while a narrow claim includes a great deal of specific information. Kelly suggests inventors perform "an analysis of the claims to see if any recited element could be eliminated or altered from the recited form and still perform the inventive function. If so, the claim is weak and can be circumvented."
Here's an example: Patent #4,969,580 happens to be for a shampoo and conditioner hanger. The first claim is 40 lines long and full of specific information-an immediate indication that the claim is too specific to be meaningful. Some of the specific items in the claim are: a hook; a support plate extending at right angles that allows the dispensing cap to extend beyond the support plate; a strap made of plastic with a loop; and raised ribs. A new product would only infringe on the patent if it included every feature mentioned in the claim. So, in this case, another product wouldn't infringe on the patent as long as it did not include raised ribs on the strap. To review the entire patent, go to www.uspto.gov and do a patent search by number.
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It's a fact: Small retailers just don't have the buying power of big retail chains. So, to compete more effectively, they often enlist the services of resident buying offices, which help in purchasing products economically so small retailers can be somewhat cost-competitive with mass merchandisers. Resident buying offices present a good sales opportunity for inventors and small manufacturers because they can sell to many stores through just one buying location. The resident buying offices also look out for innovative products that aren't yet available at the big discount chains.
For the names of some resident buying offices, check out these directories at major libraries (all the following are published by Business Guides Inc.):
- Sheldon's Major Stores & Chains & Resident Buying Offices
- The Directory of Apparel Specialty Stores
- The Directory of Drug Stores and HBC Chains
- The Directory of Supermarket, Grocery & Convenience Store Chains
- The Directory of Home Center Operators & Hardware Chains.
Contact Sources
- DEX Products, (800)546-1996, www.dexproducts.com
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The Al Ahram newspaper reported yesterday that Dr. Samir Radwan, Minister of Finance, and Ms. Fayza Aboul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation, visited Washington last month, and asked the American side to cancel the Egyptian debt for the United States or grant urgent aid to Egypt up to $7 billion. But the newspaper said. "Washington refused under the pretense that the U.S. budget does not allow canceling the $3.5 billion debt."
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Yoshihiko Noda speaks candidly on his blog: Fukushima to Wakayama
Yoshihiko Noda speaks candidly on his blog: Fukushima to Wakayama
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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks candidly and openly about his first week in office on his blog and he must be a little spellbound by the speed of events. This does not only apply to being the new leader of Japan but to the reality of concerns at the moment.
PM Noda visited the disaster areas which were hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami and the sad legacy of the nuclear crisis which continues in Fukushima. Not only this, he also visited areas hit by the recent typhoon and saw the devastation at first hand. All of this will have hit home to PM Noda the reality of the ongoing problems that many people face in Japan in areas hit by natural disasters. Also, in the case of Fukushima it is part "man-made" or fully "man-made" depending on your thinking but nature triggered this crisis and human failings added to the nightmare.
Therefore, the new leader of Japan could be forgiven if he thought he was in a war stricken country with so much devastation happening this year in Japan. However, this is not the case because this is the reality of the potent forces of nature which have killed tens of thousands of people in Japan this year.
The new leader of Japan took office on September 2 and immediately he focused on understanding the "real needs" of people who have suffered so much. On September 8 he visited Fukushima and this was followed by visiting Mie, Nara, and Wakayama, the following day and on September 10 the new leader of Japan visited Miyagi and Iwate.
During his visit to Fukushima he inspected TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and the protective clothing will have brought home to him how brave the workers are and how loyal they are. PM Noda commented that "The devoted efforts of the workers at the site are supporting this country. With these feelings of appreciation, I encouraged the persons involved to the fullest extent of my power."
PM Noda also witnessed how locals in Date are trying to decontaminate radioactive materials and on September 9 further funds were promised with the announcement of a 220 billion yen budget aimed at the decontamination of radioactivity. He also stressed the need for the central government to cooperate with local municipalities and to target this funding on areas which had been designated for evacuation.
PM Noda also told the Governor of Fukushima, Yuhei Sato, that "Without the revival of Fukushima, there can be no revitalization of a vibrant Japan." Yuhei Sato relayed important information and requests were stated in order to restore faith in Fukushima. It is also important for the central government to relate to local politicians and people who have been hit by this tragedy and this meeting was a good way to show the sincerity of the new Cabinet.
The visit to Mie, Nara, and Wakayama, on September 9 applies to the devastation and loss of life caused by Typhoon Talas. PM Noda commented that "I felt very poignantly the depth of the traces of the damage from Typhoon 12 and the horror of the concentrated heavy rain and landslides. I instructed that, with lifesaving as the foremost priority, all-out efforts are to be made towards emergency countermeasures for this disaster, including the relief and rescue of the victims, that it is imperative to strive to grasp the situation of damage in a rapid and accurate manner, and that efforts are to be made with a sense of urgency, in cooperation with the related prefectural offices and local authorities."
The prime minister also met Mayor Teramoto of Nachikatsuura who lost his daughter to the destructive typhoon and on September 9 his wife had still not been found. PM Noda was deeply impressed by Mayor Teramoto because while politicians are often lambasted you also see the human face and real bravery of individuals like Mayor Teramoto.
The following day took the prime minister to Iwate and Miyagi and in Rikuzentakata (Iwate) the leader of Japan saw the utter devastation that was created by the tsunami. In the fishing port of Kesennuma a more optimistic note was seen because the fishing sector is starting again and PM Noda commented that he "…could feel vitality towards reconstruction" and that "the critical issues for my Cabinet are recovery and reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami disaster, including bringing the situation at the nuclear plant under stable control."
The new leader of Japan is under no illusions about the problems that he and his Cabinet faces and he also appears to be more determined to focus on the debt issue. The mass media in Japan is mainly unforgiving but the early steps by the new leader of Japan show compassion, sincerity, the need to listen to people on the ground and a call to collective responsibility.
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One way to help keep them moist is to slather some sauce on them."After grilling the chops for a few minutes, I then baste them with a sweet Carolina barbeque sauce," said Howell.Got a recipe for that Champ?"Not really," laughs Howell. "It's a sauce that I mix myself from several of my favorite brands and it's different every time. I guess it's kind of simple, but it's good."Which is exactly what Fremont, Ohio, bass pro Michael Simonton says about one of his favorite holiday meals, the "Simonton Lake Erie Perch Sandwich."Simonton's Perch Sandwich"Hey, I'm not like Terry Scroggins, the master of cooking," laughed Simonton when I queried him about his favorite Fourth of July recipe."But I do have a favorite food for the Fourth," he added. "It's a fried perch sandwich, which is kind of a specialty up here in Ohio near Lake Erie. But we kind of put it together as we go so it's not grandpa's secret recipe or anything like that."Fair enough. But does Simonton have a general means of preparing this regional cuisine? You bet, he says. The first step in making Simonton's perch sandwich is to get the right ingredient, which is a good selection of yellow perch fillets.Since perch are in short supply down south, Simonton says to use whatever regional fish you like to eat most: crappie, white bass, striped bass, channel catfish or bluegills come to mind here in Texas where I live."Up here in the Great Lakes area of Michigan and Ohio, perch are one of the dominant species," said Simonton. "That's what most everybody fishes for up here and what most everybody likes to eat up here. That and walleye, of course."Simonton says that he loves to eat walleye, especially walleye that is tossed onto the grill wrapped in tin-foil along with some lemon and butter. But it's fried perch sandwiches - like the Po' Boy sandwiches of the Deep South - that he really enjoys eating on holidays like Independence Day. To prepare this meal, Simonton starts off with a mess of yellow perch, often caught near his home from Lake Erie. "There are a lot of Great Lakes residents that believe that the perch that come from Lake Erie taste the best," he said. "A lot of area restaurants even advertise that they serve Lake Erie perch. And I can't argue with that because they do taste pretty good when they are from Erie."Wherever the perch actually come from, Simonton says that after they are caught, there is a special trick to get the taste that he wants. "Typically what we do is we drop them off at a fillet shop," he said. "They will give you a little ticket, send them through on a conveyor belt, and fillet them with the skin still on."That's what gives them a real good, crispy taste in my opinion, is the skin left on. They are not the healthiest things for you to eat by any means when they are prepared like that, but they taste great."With a bag of perch fillets in hand, Simonton and his buddies will get a deep-fryer going and start the work of dredging the fillets through a bath of milk-egg wash and Andy's Fish Breading batter."I oscillate between the regular flavor and the Cajun flavor," said Simonton. "But whichever one we use, I like to double-it up and make the batter extra thick on the perch fillets."After getting the perch fillets battered up, Simonton and his pals start frying up the main ingredient for their sandwiches."While the perch is frying, we get everything else ready like the French fries, the buns, and the tartar sauce," said Simonton. "I really think the tartar sauce is a big key, although again, I don't have any secret recipe or anything. Some people up here – and some of the restaurants that specialize in perch – they have their own special recipes for tartar sauce," he added. "But in my house, it's just basically mayonnaise and relish although I'll experiment each time with some various seasonings to see if I can come up with a better taste."When the perch fillets are finished in the deep-fryer, Simonton drains them on a plate with paper towels. Then he assembles his sandwich, puts some last minute pepper or Frank's Hot Sauce on everything, and enjoys a meal that he looks forward to all year long. "One of the cool things about this meal is that in the fall, perch fishing gets really good," said Simonton. "So we'll go out and target them, put the fillets in baggies and freeze them, and then have a stockpile of perch fillets ready to go for this kind of cooking. "Then on days like the Fourth of July, we just pull a bag or two of fillets out of the freezer and start getting things ready." 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During October I wanted my students from 1st - 5th to learn about the human skeleton. I labeled the back of each piece with the correct bone name. I bought 4 so I could have relay races. Each team went down and brought back one piece at a time. After all the pieces were picked up students then assembled the skeleton. The diagram which was included with the skeleton was a great resource for the students.
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I cut cardboard into a 2" by 3" rectangle, with the middle cut out, and then glued them together for strength.
It took some weight to keep them together until the glue dried.
I created little faces in the paint program that comes with windows, and printed them out on cardstock. The kids wound the yard about 50 times around the fork or cardboard, tied a longer string really tight on around the bundle, and then trimmed the loops and gave the poms a hair cut. (I'd already pre-cut lengths of yard for each kid.)
We then glued the faces on and created out poms.
This was the kit I took to school.
It was a little challenging to help the kids, but we divided the class into three stations. One group decorated cookies, another played a game, and the third group made pom pom Angry Birds. I was so pleased with how things went, and my son was happy with how the party went. Win for mom! :)
As I was experimenting before I took the project to school, I played with cotton twine as another way to make a pom pom.
I think they just might be my new favorite thing. The texture! I think it would be fun to make a bunch of these and die them different colors and hang them on a string for a decoration...or just leave them au naturale.
I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. I'm off to continue priming the rest of our house. The goal this week is the completely paint the house and be ready to install cabinets next week. Eeek!


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The recommended modernization plan is to expand the building while minimizing the risk associated with a major earthquake and renovating the interior of the existing facility. Seismic retrofit solution will include foundation improvements, new steel braced frames, a new concrete wall, plywood sheathing at the low roof, glass replacement and new beams and anchors at the roof.
The building has two separate roof levels. The high roof construction consists of wooden laminated deck spanning to glue laminated beams which are supported by multi-wythe masonry walls and pier. The low roof is constructed from flat diagonal sheathing over wood joists supported by wood stud bearing walls and multi-wythe reinforced masonry piers and walls. The building envelope consists of glass walls, masonry walls and masonry piers.
New or alteration construction will meet state (Title 24) and federal (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines. The disabled access project focuses on construction work resulting in path of travel and health and safety improvements. Restrooms in the facility will be renovated and increased. In addition, service counters and will be made accessible.
Building code impacts involve updating the building to comply with current life safety related code requirements for existing, heating, ventilation, plumbing electrical, lighting and other control systems. An upgraded HVAC system will be provided in the renovation work.
Current law requires removal of asbestos-containing materials (ACM's)- e.g., plasterboard walls, vinyl flooring, and roofing- related to the anticipated construction activities associated with seismic retrofit, disabled access and renovation work. Significant impact on pipe insulation and flooring materials are expected from the installation of footings, chords and collectors, and shear walls. The removal of ACM's will require relocation of the building occupants to avoid potential health risks. Lead that is impacted will also be removed.
The recommended modernization of the building will provide numerous upgrades such as new utilities, including electrical service, lighting, additional electrical and data outlets, upgraded HVAC, and window replacement.
Due to heavy use and demand for materials, the previous meeting room space is used for the collection and the adult lounge area in the original design is now the children's area. Based on the seismic retrofit and other code conformance work, the library will lose useable floor area. A careful study must be made to determine the best solution to add space. Possible alternatives are expansion of the building outside its existing envelope to gain additional useable floor area or to rebuild.
- Masonry piers are susceptible to brittle failure and grade beams supporting these piers are not sufficient to resist overturning forces from the piers.
- High and low roof diaphragms does not have adequate connection to masonry shear wall. The glu-lam beam, masonry pier, and masonry wall connection are not adequate.
- Collectors at high roof diaphragm do not have adequate connection to glu-lam beam/pier system.
- Collectors and chord connection cannot be identified at low roof.
Non-Structural Deficiencies
- Book stacks are not adequately braced.
- Existing glass in the window walls are susceptible to breakage in the event of moderate to major seismic event.
- The light fixtures and their Plexiglas covers do not have adequate lateral bracing.
- Water heater, boiler and storage tank suspended from ceiling are unbraced.
- Add a lateral load resisting vertical system.
- Strengthen the roof diaphragm collectors and their connections to the masonry piers and shear walls.
- Tie the high and low roof diaphragms to the perimeter masonry walls to resist forces in the direction perpendicular to the walls.
- Add plywood sheathing over existing diagonal sheathing.
- Brace book stacks.
- Replace existing window glass with shatter resistant glass.
- Brace light fixtures and their Plexiglas covers.
- Brace water heater, boiler and the storage tank suspended from the ceiling in the heater room.
- Path of travel needs to be improved.
- Existing toilets are not accessible.
- Work areas, service counters, and other amenities are not accessible.
- Existing doors are too narrow and not accessible
- Improve access to the building and its services.
- Renovate existing toilets to make them accessible and install new toilet fixtures.
- Install new accessible service counters.
- Widen existing door openings and install new doors and hardware to comply with ADA requirements.
- Existing hydronic heating system is problematic. Existing copper tubes in concrete slab heats the floor.
- Existing water heater is inefficient.
- Improve ventilation system.
- Install new water heater and water pipes.
- Install new ducts and piping as required.
- Provide continuous ventilation in all restrooms during hours of library operation.
- The electrical system needs to be upgraded.
- The telephone and network equipment needs to be bonded to the grounding electrode.
- Lack of data/electrical outlets.
- Upgrade the main service panel with surge protector and integral RFI/EMI filtering to protect sensitive loads such as computers and any new electronic equipment in the building.
- Segregate power, clean power for computer system and separate power for all others.
- Replace existing light fixtures with new energy saving fixtures including associated wiring and controls.
- The telephone and network protectors should be bonded to the incoming water line within 5 feet of its building entry.
- Install additional data/communication outlets.
- Need fire alarm and smoke detectors.
- Not enough exit signs in the building.
- Need emergency lighting at public egresses in case of power.
- Need additional fire extinguishers in the building.
- Need security lights in and around the building.
- Install new smoke detectors and fire alarm.
- Install new exit signs and emergency lights in public areas and egresses.
- Install new fire extinguishers at strategic locations in the building.
- Install new interior and exterior security lights.
- Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM's) are identified throughout the building.
- Where impacted by construction, abate asbestos in wall and ceiling sheetrock joint compound, vinyl floor tiles and mastics, ceramic tile grout, window/door caulking, built up roof and flashing.
- Abate asbestos if found in asphalt roof patching, miscellaneous boiler components and door core insulation.
- Lead that is impacted by construction shall also be mitigated.
- With the seismic retrofit work, valuable library floor space will be lost. A meeting/program room, study/computer lab area, new public toilets are much needed in this branch library.
- Very small staff work and storage areas.
- Improvements will include expansion of the building to accommodate the increased public use of library and much needed staff work area.
- The staff area will be redesigned to function more efficiently.
- Add operable windows.
- Landscaping around the building is well maintained and needs to be restored after construction.
- Develop a landscape protection, restoration, and maintenance plan.
- Install a new lawn sprinkler system.


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Forgive me if this is a newbie question but I've spent several hours working on trying to figure out alternatives to this before I came here....I'm having some trouble in figuring out what's the best way to achieve what I'm trying to. I'd like to place a series of double values into an array without setting each value like this
double spread = CSCO.Bar.Close / DELL.Bar.Close;
spread_series.Add(CSCO.Bar.DateTime, spread);
if (spread_series.Count > 6)
double[] dataArray = new double[6];
dataArray[0] = spread_series.Ago(0);
dataArray[1] = spread_series.Ago(1) ;
dataArray[2] = spread_series.Ago(2) ;
dataArray[3] = spread_series.Ago(3);
dataArray[4] = spread_series.Ago(4);
dataArray[5] = spread_series.Ago(5);
dataArray[6] = spread_series.Ago(6);
So in other words I'd like to to cycle though all values of spread_series.Ago(0-infinity) and place them into dataArray[i] something like this.
if (spread_series.Count > 7)
double[] dataArray = new double[spread_series.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < dataArray.Length; i++)
dataArray[i] = spread_series.Ago(i);
The problem obviously is that I can't implicitly convert a double into an array and the .Ago method requires an (int) in it's reference. I've tried casting but I think the underlying framework prevents it. So I'm left wondering if it's possible to make a simple class or some other method that would allow me to reference all values in the spread_series.Ago() method programmatically so that I wouldn't have to set each value individually or if I don't know how much data I'll be referencing?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Our rain barrels are finished, full, and functioning. The 1 inch of rain we got over the last 2 days on the 187.5 square foot section of our roof filled them to capacity, which, with overflow space, is about 180-200 gallons.
We used PEX tubing after reading about the potential toxicities of PVC, although, we're convinced that PEX just hasn't been tested enough to have found any toxicities, since that just seems how it goes. For the meantime, it works pretty well though. There are no glues to bond, the cuts can be crudely made with a hacksaw, and the tubing is flexible and cheap. All pluses to us, but we weren't able to find anyone online who has used it on a rain barrel set-up before.
Here's what we did.
- Ordered 55 gallon, food-grade barrels from the Memphis (Missouri) Pepsi Bottling Plant. They came to us smelling like the green sweetness of Mountain Dew.
- Built a frame out of palettes, found wood, and local white oak 4×4′s for the future rain barrels to sit on.
- Punched out a hole in the middle of the lid which, for some reason, is 3/4 inch threaded- perfect for flipping the barrels upside down and fitting them with PEX adapters.
- Fit the lids with PEX adapters. Elbows for the outer ones, and Ts for the middles.
- Put Plumber's Tape (Teflon Tape) on all the male threads of our adapters and lids to prevent most leaks.
- Fit PEX tubing along the line to each adapter.
- Screwed in a hose bib to one of the barrels.
- Put all the barrels on the frame. (We actually connected two of them at a time, then made the final connection while they were in place on the frame).
- Drilled two tiny holes in the tops of the three barrels that would not have a downspout connected to them. Big enough to let out the air pressure that would build up from filling from the bottom, but small enough to prevent mosquitoes from access the still water.
- Cut a hole with a dremel tool in the top of the barrel where the gutter comes down for the water to drain into.
- Covered the entrance hole with a cut out piece of screen we found and taped it on.
- Cut an overflow hole in the downspout barrel and fit a gutter piece to it. We cut a flap in the bottom of the gutter so it could slide in and the flap would press against the barrel, then we silicone caulked it to seal and glue it in.
- Waited for the storm clouds to fill them with the sweet nectar of the heavens (aka rain).
There is one veeeeeery slow leak (the sun nearly dries the leak up as it falls). I have actually yet to see it drip, but water beads on the underside of it and there is a water spot under a PEX T adapter. With that being the only issue, it's a definite success.
There is sufficient water pressure with the barrels being 3 feet off the ground to use a 50 foot hose to water the garden. We can spray (with our thumb over the end of the hose) the water about 8 feet. Enough to get the job done. If we had put another T adapter on the main line and fit the hose bib there, it theoretically should have had 4x the water pressure, but I'm not positive. We didn't want to spring the extra 8 bucks for the adapter, and this system seems to function well.
- Rain Barrel Costs for us:
- Rain Barrels= $40 ($10 each)
- 4 foot of PEX tubing= $2 (49 cents/foot)
- 2 PEX elbow adapters= $12 ($6 each)
- 2 PEX T adapters=$15 ($7.50 each)
- Hose bib=$6.50
- Plumber's Tape=$1.50
- Rain Barrel Total: $77 or 19.25/barrel
- Frame costs:
- 6 3-foot oak 4×4′s= $18
- Palettes= $0
That brings the entire set-up for us to $95. We successfully made a 4 rain barrel, 200 gallon rain catchment system for well under the cost of a single commercial rain barrel.
There will certainly be variations on other's set-ups, but those were the real costs for us to build our rain barrel catchment system.
Overall the set-up is functional, aesthetically pleasing, and gives us about 200 gallons of water (less than 220 due to the placement of the overflow) to use on the garden when the rain isn't enough. I plan to put together some kind of pdf/zine on building the rain barrels this way, but if you want to talk to us about this set up and its advantages and disadvantages, or have any ideas on how to improve the system, contact us and we'll talk rain barrels.


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lentivirus infection - (Jan/22/2013 )
I am wondering if anybody has the same experience as me.
I generated lentivirus with a MSCV vector with GFP at the N terminal, encoding full length of my protein.
With the viral stocks, I infected multiple cancer cell lines. i could see green fluorescence under microscope and sorted the cells by flow cytometry. I did see lots of fluorescence after sorting. But the expression levels of the protein didn't change at all, tested by western blot.
I don't understand. If it is because of the cell toxicity of my protein.....? But why i could see so much fluorescence?
I am considering to switch another vector. But i still don't understand what happened to my protein. How could the GFP and my protein be separated?
If anybody can help me figure this out?
Many thanks.
What is between the two protein sequences: IRES or 2A peptide? Because the GFP is in front of your gene, it is not surprising that GFP has higher expression than your protein. You may need to consider a different vector.
Hi pcrman,
In the vector, my gene is actually in front of GFP, another word, GFP is at the N-terminal of my gene.


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In camps [nr] Edgefield [illegible]., So.Ca."
March 15th 1865
My dearest wife,
Yesterday we left our camp near [Hamburg] and travelled
about twelve miles and bivouaced for the night This morning at
daylight we expected again to be on the move but received orders
Early this morning to wait for Army [Hd Qu train] to pass us and
I do not think we shall move until tomorrow morning. It rained
very heavily last night but now (about noon) it is very pleasant
and the breeze is quite warm and [balmy]. I should not be sur-
prised if we have a thunder storm before night. They are becoming
quite frequent of late and the [Evening] we left Augusta it commenced
raining just as I commenced parking the train and before it
was completed, I was thoroughly wet, not a dry stitch of clothes
on me. The rain poured down in a perfect avalanche and the
wind made the [limbs] of some of the dead trees fall about
in a most reckless and unpleasant manner."
The country thus far in South Carolina is very poor;
nothing but pine and sand, occasionally varied by red clay hills.
I thought Georgia in regard to soil was poor enough but I am
inclined to think So. Ca. would take the premium unless it improves
and they tell me this is a good average. If it was land we
were fighting for and not principle, I should be willing to
let them take S.C. and Ga without a struggle. Take the soil throughout
the state of Miss. and I think the average will Exceed any state
in the Confederacy (on the East side of the Miss. River) for good land."
I see by yesterday's paper that there is a Yankee [force]
from Vicksburgh advanced as far as Jackson – whither to go to Mobile
or [Selma] is not known. I hope they did not disturb you any as
the came [on]. It makes me feel very uncertain as to the probability
of your getting this letter, for I fear they have broken the road
between here and Jackson, but I feel that I must keep writing
to you darling and will continue to do so whilst there is the
possibility of my letters reaching you."