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jayrider Posts: 3,602Local plumber company wanted $810 to change out a garbage disposal. Base model. I said no of course and had it done $175 including a better unit. It took 15 minutes. Of course all the old ladies living alone make up the bulk of their business.0
That's a 2 Door Wrangler (JKR), right? Not an Unlimited.
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A lot of the "school marm" CRV buyers are simply more prudent on how they spend their money. The "must have" trivial options are of little value to them.
Funny, when I was in the business the people who had the most money and the best credit were usually the ones who were the most conservative.
I like a well equipped car too but a lot of these "important" options are of zero value to me. A push button starter tops that list. Again, WHY?0
I agree. The RDX is far from being a "glorified CRV" as some people call them.
Nothing there for me that would warrant spending the extra money.0
Ok, thanks for the information.
Personally I don't need a turbo. They can be troublesome and I think our CRV has adequate power without the complexity of a turbo.
BLIS - Would he helpful I suppose but I have somehow managed without it.
Sync - I've heard it's complicated. I'm neither a "younger" or a tecno and I don't feel like learning something I don't care about.
Power liftgate...Seems like a trouble prone gimmick but cool at the same time.
To each his/her own. My only point was all of these "extras" that we have managed to survive without are blowing prices through the roofs. Some people are buying cars they can't afford just to be ahead of the curve.0
It's a matter of time... Before he starts modifying his Jeep?
Edmunds recently had a 2 Door Wrangler Sport as part of their long term fleet. Usually they put vehicles through a 20,000 mile test. They put well over 30,000 miles on it before the test was up.
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It was actually the top of the list. FJ Cruisers are worth approximately 65% of their original value after 5 years. I was shocked at that too as I never thought they were anything special. Mega-Gigantic Blind Spots indeed.
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roadburner Posts: 11,696Exactly- I don't need a four door, and the JKR is even shorter and more off-road capable than my TJ.
A few years ago my wife hinted that we really didn't need the Wrangler and that we should probably sell it. That winter we had a storm that dropped almost 5" of snow and 1" of ice , dropping fifteen or so trees across the road to our house. Thanks to the Lord and Jeep engineers we were able to bypass all but two of the trees by cutting across a snowy/icy/muddy cornfield in my trusty TJ. Our power was off for over fourteen hours so the Jeep allowed us to reach civilization and obtain hot coffee and Mexican food for lunch.
After that my beautiful bride never again suggested selling the Wrangler...
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Already done to some extent. Original tires weren't good enough so they were upgraded at great expense. HID headlights...not Mickey Mouse either...high intensity fogs that are so bright I can't believe them.
And, of course, a winch in front.
One thing I've also noticed is that Wrangler owners are extremely happy with their Jeeps! Just look at your son, Verdugo, & Roadburner as a small sample size;)
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ohenryx Posts: 285our 2013 CRV has more than enough power.
I was reading a long term test of a new CRV (here on Edmunds, I think ?), and they referred to the CRV as a "gutless wonder". Mind you, I haven't driven one myself, so I would not offer a personal opinion.
On the subject of pricing for an Escape, I purchased a 2005 Mazda Tribute (which is an Escape, for those who don't know) brand new for $14,995. This didn't have leather seats or sunroof, but it did have the V6 engine, automatic transmission, nice wheels, A/C, power windows and locks -- everything I really need. Amazing to read of $38k prices these days. Of course, the Explorer's run well up into the $40's, and I remember clearly Explorers being cheap vehicles. Maybe I'm just too old...0
graphicguy Edmunds Poster EmeritusPosts: 11,085I'm not loyal to any one car model, nor any one manufacturer.
That said, just talking to people who own them, Hondas seem to have some of the most loyal buyers....repeat buyers, I've ever run across.
I have a business colleague who has an Accord (not sure of the year, but it's at least 14-15 years old) that he refuses to get rid of, even though he doesn't need it. I know it's either approaching 200K miles, or has surpassed it, he drives on occasion (usually to pick me up at the airport). He has another Accord, probably 3-4 years old he drives regularly. And, he just bought his wife one of the newer ones with the slick headlights. His daughter has a Civic and his son has one of those old "Del Sols". He won't even wander past a different brands show room.
I have a pretty good idea of his annual salary. If I were a betting man, I'd say he could easily afford a Mercedes S Class or an Audi A7. He just LOVES his Hondas, though.
He thinks I'm from another planet with the variety of cars I've driven over the years.2018 Acura TLX SH AWD ASpec0
bwia Boston Posts: 2,206Although Chevy has sold some 11,600 Volts this year, up 9.2% from 2012, apparently that volume isn't good enough as Chevy has slashed $5,000 off the sticker. With the $7,500 tax credit, that brings the Volt down to a net price of $27,495. Nice, but that enough to make Volt a best seller?
The problem with the Volt is not necessarily its high price but the paltry driving range of only 38 miles on battery power alone--that's no different from a typical hybrid. Such a result is not compelling enough to draw in buyers in the quantity to make this car a success.
At this "relatively low price," is a Volt on your radar?0
"Personally I don't need a turbo. They can be troublesome and I think our CRV has adequate power without the complexity of a turbo.
BLIS - Would he helpful I suppose but I have somehow managed without it.
Sync - I've heard it's complicated. I'm neither a "younger" or a tecno and I don't feel like learning something I don't care about.
Power liftgate...Seems like a trouble prone gimmick but cool at the same time."
Isell pretty much sums up my feelings. I had mentioned waiting to see if Honda adds "BLIS" on their next model update for the CRV to make it equivalent to the mid-trim Mazda CX5. Most of these new integrated systems like Sync seem to create too many sub-menus and other distractions for my taste. I do like having an ipod dock, but even the lousy interface on the Scion takes far too many adjustments--all of which takes the driver's eyes from the road.
I think it's fine for those who want it, though. I'm not bashing Ford for charging what the "market will bear", but I remember folks writing on this forum a couple of years ago who were horrified that the Rav4 had gotten to $30K. I have the unfortunate desire to want some of tomorrow's technology advances while paying yesterday's prices.
I just caught a radio program that was addressing the popularity of Jeeps and specifically the Wrangler despite it's fairly high cost. Although only something like 5% of owners actually take them off road owners like the idea that they could take it off road. The bottom line: Buyers just like Jeeps and like what they think owning a jeep says about them. Duh... couldn't the same observation be made of a number of cars, like, say, a Prius.
The problem with the Volt is not necessarily its high price but the paltry driving range of only 38 miles on battery power alone--that's no different from a typical hybrid.
The "typical" hybrid electric only range - the Prius Plug In - is only 11 miles so IMHO, the Volt does a much better job albeit at a higher price.
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/chevy-volt-versus-prius-plug-in-versus-ford-- cmax-energi/
With the price cut, the Volt will be within $2K of the Prius Plug In. The article linked about also says the Volt is eligible for a $7500 rebate but the Prius only $2500 - IDK if that's correct but if it is, the Volt is now less expensive.0
"I have a pretty good idea of his annual salary. If I were a betting man, I'd say he could easily afford a Mercedes S Class or an Audi A7. He just LOVES his Hondas, though."
Your friend sounds just like my father. He always had the cheapest car in the parking garage next to his employer. He's 84 now, retired and drives a 2000 Toyota Corolla. I would say he loves it, but he has no passion for automobiles and little incentive to move to something newer based on his current driving habits. Last year he and my mom replaced her aging 97 Accord after the brakes failed. It needed a brake master cylinder and maybe a few other brake related items that were easily fixable, especially for a car with under 50K! My mom had lost faith in it, though. Their replacement car was a new mid-line Camry (it had power seats, which was an amazing splurge). Of course, he would never visit a site like this in a million years. Given my upbringing I'm not sure why my two brothers and I are much more passionate about cars.
fezo Manahawkin, NJPosts: 10,357OK, guys, I'm back and with another story of woe but on the mend again. I'm not sure where I let off but here's where I've been. Just as the doc had set me up to every six week checkups I got exposed to Epstein Barr. My old immune system had this which it what caused all my autoimmune system issues earlier - inflammatory arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, you name it. When I tell the doc on the phone that I had a swollen gland she told me to come up that day! Horrible trip up with traffic and didn't get to the hospital until 7 but doc and my nurse practitioner stayed and waited for me.
She ordered a PET scan of the lymph node involved and started a treatment assuming the least bad thing it could be which is is Epstein Barr lymphoma. Both the scan and the treatment were on different days so I've been up there a lot. Well the scan didn't look good to her so she ordered a biopsy which ended up not agreeing with the scan so they put me in for surgery (only my second ever, the first being to put in a port to save my poor veins) and grabbed the node. Indeed it came up with the least bad thing and treatment resumed - infusions that you just have to live with for a couple of hours.
The good new is that the Epstein Barr is gone. The bad new is they had to Kill all my B cells to do it. The new ones that grow will be free of the virus. I now now have a nice Frankenstein scar on my neck which they assure me will fade away and indeed looks better already.
The effect of my psyche is another story. Like with the first complication it sets healing way back. An expected one year recovery into two and put a llot of restrictions back. My brain is still reprogramming itself from the first complication which did cause a traumatic brain injury. It's really nuts.
That said the only two other people that had this transplant for this condition died which puts things in perspective. I will fully recover but it will take lots longer than anticipated.
I have just now graduated from having to go to ine Sloan location or another (the PET scan and and a couple of the weekly blood tests were done at their NJ facility) every week to twice every three weeks. Stay tuned.
That said, I feel fine. Just tired. Most my my counts are fantastic so once I have the B cells back and the T cells come up to a good level (which they only get when they do marrow tests that are no fun) they can start the end game which will result in me being considered fully recovered.
Onto a car related subject a friend I met at Hope Lodge is going to replace the brake pads on my Mazda and change the brake fluid. He may put in the low beam Nightbreakers that the mechanic was supposed to do but only did the high beams which are fantastic but the low beams are what I really need. Next thing you know I'll be asking for performance chips... He lives three hours away but even if all we were doing was having lunch together is worth the trip. His name is, appropriately, Angel.2013 Mazda 5 Grand Touring, 2010 Toyota Prius IV. 2007 Toyota Camry XLE, 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999 Mazda Miata0
on my Mazda and change the brake fluid. He may put in the low beam Nightbreakers
First thing, welcome back as usual and don't feel all alone out there. My doctor found, two months ago, that part of my tired and overweight problems are from diabetes. Now I have to shoot myself in the stomach once a week with bidureon and test glucose daily. Fortunately I run a 117 average so I'm not bad, but at least he didn't put me on heavy BP meds which I hate. He said I'd lose weight which I have. Now if I can cut down on the hot sauce I have a chance.
Second thing, what happened to the Solara? Mine had HID from the factory and it was a 2006 SLE. ps no tickets yet in the Mustang and still looking to trade for a F-150 Platinum. Dealer just ran a TV ad $10k off on leftover 2013s. Did they call me? No. They'll wait for the 2014s and tell me what a great deal MSRP is. Grrrr. I may have dough, but I didn't while growing up, that's the part dealers don't get.
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Second thing, what happened to the Solara?
They ran out of middle aged women to sell them to.
And the winner @ $120.00 is.........
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Good to hear from you. Your recovery isn't a straight line, but it's a recovery, which is good.
If you are bored looking for some entertainment, you can head over to Mid Size Sedans.
I saw you were quoted in a story link on the main Yahoo page yesterday.2017 Ford Fusion SE 2017 Ford F-150 Limited0
Kirstie_H Posts: 11,081As a middle-aged woman, I resent that! I like the Solara. I just don't like being type-cast. :P
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Yeah, what she said. I liked my Solara even though my buddy's son called it a "chick car" It was so comfortable on my back after the 4Runner.
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"...11,600 Volts..."
Weren't a lot of those sold to the government? The Volt is, to me, a nice looking car but just the thought that it was built to further a political agenda leaves me cold.
I don't get the economics either.
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I saw you were quoted in a story link on the main Yahoo page yesterday.
I have so many pages up looking for it my computer froze up.
Got a link?
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"...still looking to trade..."
Trade away the 'Stang? What heresy Is this? Saw a white convertible today and immediately thought of yours. Looked nice.
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oldfarmer, ever heard the southern expression "if you're scared...say you're scared" ?
Well, I'm not scared of the car or my abilities to control the HP, but scared of what a 3 digit speeding ticket will get me. Here, over 80 can be reckless driving and not much over that is a night in the slammer which scares me.
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Yahoo only goes back less than a day.
I'd do a search on your name.
Would have done that, but can't remember exactly what it is.
I just saw your post about speeding in VA. My BIL got one there going 85.
Pretty sure the fine was about a grand.2017 Ford Fusion SE 2017 Ford F-150 Limited0


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A New York Times look at commencement speeches that continue to draw attention over time includes video of Barbara Kingsolver's 1994 address at her alma mater, DePauw University, along with addresses by Ellen DeGeneres and George Saunders.
"Barbara Kingsolver, whose speech at Duke in 2008 appears on many Top 10 lists, said she views the genre as being 'somewhere between the personal essay and advice column,' " writes Bruce Feiler. "But while most people choose to deliver laugh lines and cute parables about puppies, she follows the lead of Winston Churchill ('iron curtain') or John F. Kennedy (nuclear test-ban treaty) and makes serious-minded points."
The text adds, "At her alma mater, DePauw University in Indiana, in 1994, she talked about global warming; at Duke, she spoke about the morality of money.
According to Kingsolver, who graduated from DePauw in 1977 with a degree in zoology (biological sciences), "At its best, a commencement speech is 15 minutes of distilled wisdom in a package that's entertaining enough that it will keep people engaged even while they're baking in the hot sun under a paper plate, eager to get on with the rest of the party. It's a demanding genre. It requires some poetry, some stand-up comedy, and a good deal of truth." (at left: Kingsolver receiving an honorary Doctor of Letters degree after her May 21, 1994 speech at DePauw)
The article is published in today's national edition of the Times in the "Fashion & Style" and is headlined "Speaking of Commencement: How Commencement Speeches Go Viral." Access it here.
Barbara Kingsolver is the bestselling author of books including The Poisonwood Bible; The Bean Trees; Animal Dreams; Pigs in Heaven; Small Wonder; The Lacuna; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life; and The Bean Trees. She received the National Humanities Medal in 2000 and the 2010 Orange Prize. Flight Behavior was on the shortlist for the 2013 Women's Prize and was a finalist for the 2013 Orion Book Award.
Kingsolver's 1994 address at DePauw was titled "As Little Advice as Possible." She told graduates, "The best thing about DePauw is that it required me to take courses in poetry and mathematics and biology and history. I was not allowed to be narrow in my interests, and I was rewarded for trying really hard to see the fibers of logic and consequence that connect poetry and biology and history. I believe that's the most precious and useful kind of education that a person can ever have."
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Kingsolver's 2008 address at Duke was recently listed among NPR's "The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever." Read more here.
She also authors a review of What Is Visible by Kimberly Elkins in today's Times.
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Fraud: 21-year-old Brittany Ozarowski Fakes Cancer To Raise Money For Drugs
(CNN) -- A New York woman faces charges for faking cancer to solicit money from unsuspecting donors and a relative.
For more than a year, 21-year-old Brittany Ozarowski falsely claimed she had cancer, defrauding donors of thousands of dollars to collect money for her drug habit, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said.
Ozarowski was arrested April 1 in front of a supermarket while soliciting shoppers for cash, holding a donation jar.
She was arraigned in court Thursday on 24 counts of fraud and forgery. She pleaded not guilty.
"This is an emotionally disturbing case, but her crimes were non-violent ones. This should be taken into account when evaluating her case as a whole," Ozarowski's attorney, George H. Duncan, told CNN.
According to authorities, Ozarowski falsely claimed that she had bone and brain cancer, stomach cancer, thyroid cancer and ovarian cancer. She claimed her daily medical expenses were $33,000, explaining to prospective donors that radiation treatments cost $1,000 per session at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Commack.
"This was a despicable scam," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said. "There was no cancer, no chemotherapy, no radiation, and no medical bills. There was just heroin."
Ozarowski convinced many store owners in Nassau and Suffolk counties to allow her to place donor jars in their businesses, Spota said, and even created a PayPal account and a website with the banner, "Brittany Ozarowski-Help Save My Life."
"The truth is, she is a 21-year-old drug addict with four open narcotics cases, and we have strong evidence she forged doctors' notes to avoid court appearances," Spota said.
Those cases include charges of possession of heroin and Oxycodone.
A spokesperson for the District Attorney's office also said detectives discovered that Ozarowski's grandmother, Rosemarie Ozarowski, gave Brittany approximately $100,000 after selling her home to move to Florida.
Authorities said Brittany Ozarowski defrauded many sympathetic online donors and store owners out of thousands of dollars.
One donor told CNN that she grew suspicious of Ozarowski's claims and contacted authorities.
"I asked her, 'Why didn't you lose your hair?' " Elizabeth Patricola, 52, owner of Paws N Claws, told CNN on Thursday. " 'Brittany replied because they give her special vitamins.' My stomach dropped. I didn't feel right about any of those answers."
Paws N Claws was one of many businesses on Long Island that helped organize fundraisers for Ozarowski. Last September, the Paws N Claws fundraiser raised $3,000. Patricola donated another $1,000.
"I let my heart rule me. And she was extremely convincing and believable," Patricola said.
Ozarowski is currently being held in the Suffolk County jail, with her bond set at $75,000 cash or $150,000 bond.
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Just when you thought fancy effects on Linux desktops started to get remotely understandable, focussing on Aiglx/Xgl with Compiz, a fork of Compiz is announced: Beryl. This is the logical continuation of the popular compiz-quinnstorm branch, used by many Ubuntu users. "During this summer, and during the last few weeks, some major additions were done in compiz-quinnstorm, bringing a whole new decorator, cgwd, which was designed to be fully themable, and a new settings backend, csm, which intended to drop most of the gnome deps - there were other reasons for this, but this is not our current subject. Consequently, we reached a situation where it's quite impossible to come back." The main reason is general unwillingness to work with and unresponsiveness to the developers of the -quinnstorm branch from the official Compiz guys.


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A "Pay For Performance" Congress
Amusing idea to make Congress run a lot more like a private corporation.
If Congress' incentive is to just raise money, then that's what they're going to do. So let's change how we compensate them to punish them for inaction and reward them for action.
The obvious question, then, becomes: how do we measure performance?
Fortune suggests the following pay structure. I bolded the actual proposal.
Want to fix Congress? Let's institute pay for performance
It's helped make corporate America run better. It might just be the ticket to get our lawmakers back on track.
By Sheila Bair
November 6, 2012: 5:00 AM ET
Will the elections bring about improvements in our increasingly dysfunctional government? I fear not. Successfully running for office these days is more about political fundraising and negative campaigning than about the art of governing. Only one in 10 Americans thinks Congress is doing a good job, and no wonder. Our economy is stuck in low gear, and our fiscal situation is precarious. How do we motivate our national leaders to deal with these problems? As with most organizations, it comes down to economic incentives. If our elected officials can keep their paychecks by being adept at fundraising and negative campaigning, then that is what they'll do. But if at least part of their pay is based on performance, maybe we could get them to focus on doing their jobs. Pay for performance has improved management in the private sector. Why not try it with the folks in D.C.?
For instance, one-half of compensation for corporate directors is frequently paid in stock, which they must hold for several years. The idea is to align their economic incentives with the long-term profitability of the corporation. There is no stock ownership in the federal government, obviously, but we do issue a lot of debt (boy, do we ever). So here is an idea: Let's start paying members of Congress and the President half of their compensation in 10-year Treasury debt, which they must hold until maturity. Members of Congress make roughly $180,000, so under this proposal, they would get $90,000 in cash and $90,000 in 10-year Treasuries. (We would add a housing allowance, too, given the high cost of living in Washington.) For the President, it would be $200,000 cash and $200,000 in T-bonds. If the economy does well and if they get our fiscal house in order and institute pro-growth tax and spending policies, those 10-year bonds should hold their value. But if we continue our profligate ways, inflation spikes, and interest rates skyrocket, those bonds may end up being worth as much as the stuff Czar Nicholas issued shortly before the Bolshevik revolution (some of which I bought at a flea market and now use as wallpaper in the bathroom).
And if that isn't enough to light a fire under our elected officials, here's another idea: Let's make the half of their salary paid in bonds conditional on hitting certain performance benchmarks. This is how I would divide it up:
I'd condition a third of the bonds on the labor force participation rate -- the percentage of the working-age population who have jobs. (I wouldn't use the unemployment rate as a benchmark, since it can improve simply because discouraged workers give up looking.) In the 1990s and early 2000s we kept the labor force participation rate at about 66%, so if the rate falls below that, Congress and the President would lose one-third of their government bonds.
Another third would be tied to GDP growth. Has 1% to 2% become the new normal? Let's hope not. I don't want to be Japan. I'd deny another third of their bonds if GDP growth averaged below 3%. If the country exceeded either benchmark by more than half a percentage point, I'd give our politicians an extra $30,000 in Treasury bonds. If they exceeded both, I'd give them $100,000. But here's the catch: Those improvements would have to last five years, or we taxpayers claw the bonds back. We want economic policies that provide lasting benefit.
The final third would be determined by our citizens. Shareholders get to have an advisory vote on executive compensation. Why not taxpayers too? With every two-year election cycle, we should get to vote on whether we think Congress and the President collectively are earning their paychecks. No more blaming our problems on the other guy. We vote on how well they are working together, and if we like what we see, they get the final third of their bonds.
Running a business and running a government are obviously different, but when it comes to compensation, government could probably learn a few things from well-managed corporations. Aligning pay with long-term performance can be a good way to change behavior for the better. We should give it a try.
Pay for performance sounds good but will never happen
This is a problem on one major front:
People in office are typically there because they are wealthy and can afford to run for office in the first place. Campaigns are too long, and too expensive.
So in my humble opinion, you can't change the way Congress runs until you change how the people in Congress get there. Campaign finance reform.
Say it with me now: public financing.
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- Drugs like modafinil and armodafinil can counteract some of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, but pharmaceuticals, so far, all have limitations -- and eventually everyone must sleep. Not surprisingly, the military has done a lot of sleep research, developing a sleep mask, dietary supplements, and tests using transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). [url]
- A study of sleep deprived subjects showed that the lack of sleep made them look unattractive, sad and unhealthy. News@11: Sleep deprivation causes "mood swings, medical problems, relationship troubles, diminished motor skills, poor decision making, vision problems, increased appetite, inability to concentrate, poor memory, inability to handle stress." [url]
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DARTMOUTH — A ballot question in April will ask residents to once again weigh in on siting industrial solar farms in residential neighborhoods.
DARTMOUTH — A ballot question in April will ask residents to once again weigh in on siting industrial solar farms in residential neighborhoods.
The Select Board finalized the language that will appear on the ballot earlier this week, member Michael P. Watson said Tuesday night.
A yes vote on the nonbinding question would express support for allowing the facilities back into residential zones with a special permit granted by the Planning Board after a public hearing. The special permit could include specific conditions like landscaping requirements or setbacks to screen abutters from the solar farms, according to a copy of the question language provided to The Standard-Times.
A no vote would leave in place the town's current bylaw, which bans the facilities from residential areas. The Board of Appeals can allow a solar project to go forward with a variance, however.
Members from both the Planning and Select boards agreed late last year to see if residents supported changing the existing rules before proposing yet another revised bylaw at a future Town Meeting.
A majority of Town Meeting members voted in favor of allowing the farms back into residential areas at October's meeting, but the measure failed to garner the required two-thirds vote.
A second ballot question, which the Select Board has not yet finalized, would ask residents if they supported changing the structure of town government. The nonbinding question proposed by Watson is expected to ask residents if they support no changes to town government, changing it so that individual town departments report to the Select Board or if the town should transition to an elected mayor and town council form of government, according to a draft of the question provided by Watson.
The board will vote on the second question at its Feb. 11 meeting, Watson said.


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Rorty is very interesting. And actually readable. I'd suggest you check out maybe "Philosophy and Social Hope". You'll enjoy arguing with it.
I agree. That's definitely the place top start to get a handle on Rorty.
I don't trust much about Dennett, though I suspect that if I were to see him speaking, my feelings would change.
Dennett has a lot of lectures online. He's one of the few philosophers who makes a lick of sense. On issue after issue, he agrees with me. Wonderful fellow.
I haven't heard him weigh in on Sam's Objective Morality project, however. Maybe the fact that I haven't seen a quote similar to Dawkins, fawning over Sam's book, is an indication of where he stands on it.


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No one wants to waste food, so having some tricks and techniques for dealing with leftovers is a skill many good cooks cultivate. But cooking with leftovers can be challenging for some, so Mary Rolph Lamontagne created her new book EATS specifically to share her basic techniques for storing and transforming fruits and vegetable leftovers into delicious dishes.
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• Who wrote it: Mary Rolph Lamontagne
• Who published it: Advantage
• Number of recipes: 135
• Recipes for right now: Avocado and Watermelon Gazpacho; Fish Tacos with Cumin-Scented Cucumber and Cabbage Slaw; Creamed Corn Pudding; Ginger, Peach and Citrus Popsicles; Curried Zucchini Soup; Eggplant and Lentils.
• Other highlights: Mary Rolph Lamontagne was born in Canada, trained at the Ritz Escoffier in Paris, and has been calling Cape Town in South Africa home since 2005. While she was cooking for a bush camp in Botswana, Mary was inspired to develop recipes for leftovers that didn't feel or taste like leftovers. EATS was written to inform and inspire home cooks to avoid wasting food while creating beautiful, healthy food.
EATS is organized first by the color of the fruit or vegetable, beginning with green (asparagus, broccoli, spinach, zucchini) and ending with white (cauliflower, mushroom, bandana, pear.) In between you will find purple (red cabbage, eggplant, blueberry, plum), red (beetroot, bell pepper, tomato, apple, strawberry, watermelon) and yellow (butternut, carrot, corn, sweet potato, orange peach, pineapple.)
Each fruit or vegetable is introduced with a master recipe and is followed up by four recipes used to transform leftovers from the master recipes into delicious dishes. While Ms. Lamontagne lives in South Africa, this book is geared towards fruits and vegetables commonly available everywhere. There are many vegetarian recipes and a good variety of appetizers, side sides, main dishes, beverages, baked goods and desserts.
Also included is information on health benefits, buying and storing, and growing the item featured. Each recipe is illustrated with a full color photograph of the finished dish. The book is a paperback with sturdy cardboard covers and glossy pages.
• Who would enjoy this book? This book would appeal to people looking for ways to transform their leftovers, with an emphasis on freshness and healthy eating. The basic information would make this good for beginner cooks as well.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: EATS: Enjoy All the Seconds by Mary Rolph Lamontagne
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Thomas Franklin Davis, Sr., 74, of Conover passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at Catawba Regional Hospice in Newton. Burke Mortuary in Newton is serving the Davis family.
Marvin Ray Hollar, 89, was called by his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at Catawba Valley Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Bass-Smith Funeral Home in Hickory is serving the family of Marvin Ray Hollar and on-line condolences may be left at www.bass-smithfuneralhome.com.
Charlotte MacLauchlin, 92, of Conover, died on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 at Catawba Regional Hospice in Newton. The MacLauchlin family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
Alice Nessare Pope Miller, 86, of Catawba passed away on Jan. 3, 2013 at Catawba Valley Medical Center. The Miller family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Larry William Pitts, 75, a former military officer, a Newton attorney for nearly a half century and the City of Newton legal counsel for almost a quarter century, died Wednesday afternoon at his residence on Norcott Street in Newton. Burke Mortuary of Newton is serving the Wentz-Pitts family with funeral arrangements.
Zella Alma McTheny Damewood, of Newton, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. She was born March 25, 1925.
Ethel LaVelle Mauldin Harrell, 92, of Hickory died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 at her home. Memorial may be made to Tabernacle Christian School.
Michael Gordon Moss, 63, of Sherrills Ford, died on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 at Catawba Regional Hospice. Born Feb. 19, 1949 he was the son of the late Gordon Cecil Moss and Zenobia Hattie Bailey Moss. No services are planned at this time.


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Eleven months ago in Monterey, Calif., the majority of California pistachio growers and handlers were sifting through the ashes of the California Pistachio Commission trying to salvage something from the remains of the 26-year old research and promotion marketing order.
The same group was in Santa Barbara last month to celebrate the industry's version of phoenix. The pistachio industry's mythical bird with the gold and red plumage not only emerged from the ashes, it came out with a big smile on its face like an open pistachio nut.
More than 400 were in the coastal city at Fess Parker's hotel to celebrate the first U.S. Pistachio Industry Conference. The attendance was far greater than organizers expected. WPA also sold out the exhibit hall and Corky Anderson, conference chairman and Visalia, Calif. nurseryman, proclaimed not one dime raised from pistachio growers to support WPA went toward conference expenses. It all came from conference sponsors.
It was not like WPA had no money. It raised $2.3 million in volunteer assessment from growers willing to ante up 1.75 cents per pound for their 2007 crop to support WPA. A pleased Association Chairman Michael Woolf of Huron, Calif., said this was 25 percent more than WPA's leadership expected. He estimated the funds came from about 50 percent of non-Paramount acreage.
Less than a year after the death of CPC, Woolf said he is "extremely optimistic" that the California pistachio is "well positioned to be a world supplier of safe, quality pistachio crops for years to come." The WPA, which has existed quietly since about 1980 primarily as a government lobbying organization, picked up most of the CPC's programs over the past year after the commission was killed largely on the vote of the state's largest pistachio producer, Kern County's Paramount Farming.
Paramount controls about 30 percent of the state's pistachio production, and therefore had the clout to kill the commission which required two-thirds approval to continue. Paramount hosted its own conference in Monterey, the traditional site for the CPC annual gatherings for years, two weeks after the WPA sponsored event. Paramount took over the CPC conference date.
WPA recently hired its first executive director, Richard Matoian, who will begin work May 1. He arrives at WPA after serving on the California Fig Advisory Board, and before that the California Grape and Tree Fruit League.
WPA picked up the key programs from CPC, including the nutrition research, promotion and trade and government affairs.
Production research is under a new California Pistachio Research Program, a state marketing order that won Paramount's approval to fund field research. It is funded by a miniscule .00025 cents per pound annually.
While the volunteer funding far exceeded WPA's leadership expectations, it is still a far cry from as much as $8 million annually generated by the mandatory CPC assessment. However, what WPA lacks in funding right now, it made up for with enthusiasm in Santa Barbara.
Woolf, a member of a large family farming operation on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, set lofty goals for the voluntary group, citing highly successful national farmer groups like the National Cotton Council (NCC), National Corn Growers, and National Wheat Growers.
The Woolf family are long-time cotton producers, and Michael cited the highly respected Kenneth Hood, former NCC chairman and Mississippi cotton producer, who said the voluntary national organization representing seven segments of the cotton industry debate, would resolve issues internally and then move forward without breaking ranks. Breaking ranks, said Hood, is like standing in a fallow field without a hoe.
While the majority of the industry was pumped up once again with WPA's successful start, Woolf said the challenges ahead are formidable.
The most obvious one is the size of future crops. With 55,000 of the 170,000 acres labeled as non-bearing, the record 2007 crop of almost 416 million pounds is not long for the No. 1 spot. It was 28 percent bigger than the next largest crop, the 346 million pounds produced in 2004.
It will also take continued political efforts to keep Iranian pistachios out of the U.S.
The domestic pistachio market has moved beyond a niche market commodity and Woolf said it is well worth defending this market against poor quality nuts being imported into the U.S. from places like Iran.
Woolf also signaled the challenge of avoiding a food safety issue. He cited the spinach/E. coli debacle of a year ago and the most recent meat recall that has already cost the beef industry hundreds of millions of dollars.
"We cannot afford any shipment interruption" from a food safety issue, he said.
Promotion will be the key to moving the huge crops ahead. "Promotion is like going to church on Sunday. It is sometimes hard to measure results … but we cannot afford to sit back and assume the processing industry will do the promotion. There is plenty of room for branded and generic promotion."
New product development is also important for selling the huge crops just around the corner, especially for the 20 percent closed shell nut kernels pistachios harvested each year. "We must expand nut meat sales to help not only now, but in the future. As a grower, I want a return on my closed nuts as good as I get for open shell nuts."
Woolf petitioned for continued and expanding financial support. "Spread the word about what WPHA has accomplished," he said.
"We cannot do what the industry needs without organization," he emphasized.


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CAMBRIDGE, UK - Jan. 24, 2005 - ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that it has achieved sample production of the ® core verification chip jointly developed with the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) (president and CEO: Katsuhiro Shimohigashi). The pilot production uses the 90-nm generic process shuttle (*Star Shuttle) of Advanced SoC Platform Corporation (ASPLA) (president and CEO: Keiichi Kawate) and operational testing has been completed in an ARM® environment.
ARM can now make the ported macrocell available to its licensees. The industry-leading ARM7TDMI core (hard macrocore) optimized for the 90-nm process will be available to Partners conducting trial testing and verification of system-on-chip (SoC) products using ASPLA's 90-nm generation standard process line. It can provide an environment that substantially reduces a corporations' development turn-around time (TAT) compared with using conventional individual porting.
STARC and ASPLA are joint research groups consisting of Fujitsu, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., NEC Electronics, Inc., Renesas Technology Corp., Toshiba Corporation, and other corporations. STARC and ASPLA worked jointly on developing the architecture of a 90-nm SoC technology platform*1, and as a result, have expanded the public use of the shuttle service for the pilot manufacturing and verification of intellectual property (IP) and SoC technologies
This project was carried out through the joint efforts of numerous companies. ARM provided the ARM7TDMI processor design, layout and verification environment. STARC supplied a 90-nm library conforming to recommended design rules, and NEC Microsystems, Ltd. provided the design for the test chip. Working in conjunction with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), ASPLA helped develop and standardize leading-edge SoC design and manufacturing technology. Based on those results, the 6-layer metal generic process was applied to the sample production of the ARM7TDMI processor. Fabricating the first silicon of this chip proved the readiness of the 90-nm SoC technology platform developed from fiscal 2002 by STARC and ASPLA. In addition, STARC and ASPLA have been able to build up a total verification example of a pilot manufacturing shuttle service support environment, including the SoC design flow, library, and trial production line
Since announcing the start of their joint verification project in September 2003, ARM, STARC, and ASPLA have closely co-operated. As a result of the completion of the verification announced today, companies who use ASPLA's 90-nm process to explore the development of products can now start using the ARM7TDMI processor, and this is expected to accelerate product development.
*1 "SoC technology platform" is a common foundation technology for the SoC development advocated by ASPLA and STARC. It is a generic term for standard manufacturing technology, standard design technology, and a trial production shuttle service (a shared trial production service enabling the chip designs of multiple users on a single wafer, or various types of LSI chips to be used at the same time).
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, 3D processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM and ARM7TDMI are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Artisan Components and Artisan are registered trademarks of ARM Physical IP, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ARM. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM"' is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS Design Automation Inc.; AXYS GmbH; and ARM Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.


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Wofford College will host New Hampshire in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Dec. 1.
It's home sweet home for Wofford's football team.
The Terriers on Sunday received a first-round bye in the FCS playoffs, allowing them to spend Thanksgiving with their families, and will return for a second-round home game against New Hampshire at Gibbs Stadium.
Wofford (8-3), which finished its regular season Saturday with a 24-7 loss at South Carolina, is part of a three-way championship in the Southern Conference. New Hampshire (8-3) is part of a four-way championship in the Colonial Athletics Association. They will meet at 2 p.m. on Dec. 1, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals, likely at top-ranked North Dakota State.
"I hope that Spartanburg and the local area will come out and support the national playoffs in our state," said Wofford head coach Mike Ayers, whose team was tied with South Carolina in the fourth quarter. "I think people understand we do everything we can do to play the game the right way and get the job done."
Wofford is in the playoffs for the fifth time in six years. The Terriers advanced to the national semifinals in 2003, losing to eventual champion Delaware.
There was a viewing party at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Leonard Auditorium on campus to watch the FCS playoff selection show, where the brackets were revealed. The crowd cheered when the screen showed Wofford at home in the second round.
Twelve in the 20-team field get a first-round bye. Georgia Southern, which received the league's automatic berth, was named the No. 5 overall seed and will open in the second round against Central Arkansas. Appalachian State, which owns the third share of the title, will play host to Illinois State on that same day.
"We've had a great season and I was confident we were in the playoffs," Wofford linebacker Alvin Scioneaux said. "It was just a matter of where we would fall in the draw. Now it's time to start getting ready for the game. Hopefully, we can come out with a win."
"We're excited," safety James Zotto said. "We had a good feeling that we'd be in the playoffs, but we weren't sure if we were going to get a bye. We're very happy with the bye and also to have a home game. That is awesome."
The top-five seeds receive home games. The rest of the sites for first- and second-round games are determined after schools submit secret bids to the NCAA.
"We made an aggressive bid. We wanted to go after it," Wofford athletics director Richard Johnson said. "This team deserves an opportunity to play in front of the home fans. I think Spartanburg will come out and support this team, especially after what happened at South Carolina. What a great effort. I thought it was important that we send a message that this administration and institution will do whatever we can do to help this team advance. We wanted to reward these coaches and players."
The bye was important because the Terriers have been battling injuries for the past month. Among those are starting quarterback Brian Kass and backup Michael Weimer, both of who tried to return Saturday but went down again. Wofford was also without linebacker Mike Niam. Place-kicker Christian Reed has missed the past five games. The list goes on.
"It's a football team that is tired and beat up," Ayers said. "But after we found out we got the bye, we were really excited. Our goal will be to get better and get healthy and put out the best product we can in a couple of weeks."
Wofford has played eight straight weeks since the open date on Sept. 22. The Terriers had five road trips since then, including back-to-back trips to Georgia Southern and Appalachian State, then a long trip to Birmingham, Ala., two weeks ago to play Samford.
"We've had a long season the bye week came early," Wofford running back Eric Breitenstein said. "It's just been a crazy grind. We've had a lot of guys banged-up and, hopefully, we'll be better for the playoffs. … When I was walking over here, I said, 'I don't care which team we play. I just want that bye week.' The home game was just a bonus, really. To be able to play in Gibbs Stadium in front of our fans is going to be huge. We're really looking forward to it."


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I've been out of the loop for some time. can you recommend some decent music blogs/web-sites i should read?
I like new wave-ish indie, grown up electronic stuff, shoe gaziness etc.
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Mix of posts on design and music by the guy behind Tycho, whose album last year 'Dive' was brilliant.
The music posts are a scattering of ambient, shoegaze, electronic, drone, and are at their most interesting when these intersect. Check out the Playlist Archive which contains some popular best of mixes from their music posts over the last few years. I have uncovered many a gem by some artist I've never heard of there - well worth the sifting through.
Some of the design posts are well worth the attention too.
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happy as a music blog, that would be good for your indie interests!smorgan this'd this
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Major League Baseball reached the official halfway point of the season on Thursday with almost all teams having played at least 81 games with a few teams having played 82. In today's blog we are going to take a look at the first half of the season and look ahead to the second helf of the season.
Let's start in the American League East where we find the Ney York Yankees leading that division with the surprising Baltimore Orioles in second place. The Yankees started off the season very slowly and were below .500 for most of the first two months before turning things around and taking a 4,5 fame lead over the Orioles who started the season red hot and have since cooled off but are still playing much better than they have for many years. Tampa Bay and Toronto are right where most people expected them to be with the Boston Red Sox bringing up the rear. The Red Sox got off to a horrible start and have only started to play better in the past month but there is still a lot of problems with injuries and off the field issues that will most lokely league the Red Sox through the remainder of the season.
The American League Cetral find the Chicago White Sox and rookie manager Robin Rentura in the lead with Clevelan, Detroit, and Kansas City in striking distance. The Minesota Twins are certainly not out of contention but they are getting there. I think most people expected the Detroit Tigers to play much better than they have so far this year and they can still very easily turn it around in the second half but some key players are going to have ti start living up to expecations. The Royals somewhat like the Red sox are victims to a horrendous start that has left them still trying to claw out of the hole they dug for themselves earlier in the season.
The Texas Rangers have the best record in baseball and are leading the American Lague West with the Angels being the only team with any real chance of catching them. All the Rangers have to do is avoid serious injuries to key players and they will be fine.
One of the most pleasant surprises so far this year has been the play of the Washington Nationals who have a 4.5 game lead over the New York Mets in the National League East. The National have a great young pitching staff and an excellent mix of young hungry players and veterans with something to prove. The Nationals organization has done an excellent job of putting together a well constructed team and they have an excellent shot at making it to the playoffs this year in my opinion. Age, and underperforming pitchers seem to have caught up with the Philadelphia Phillies this year as they find themselves in last place for the first time in a long time and things don't show any sign of improving for them any time soon.
In the National League Central the Pittsburgh Pirates sit atop a division full of teams who have all endured their share of struggles. Both the Reds and Cardinals have led the division in recent weeks but none of them can put together a consistent winning streak. The Reds like the Cardinals are simply trying to put the right combination of players on the field to win consistently. The Cardinals are in desperate need of bullpen help and probably another starting pitcher. The Reds also need bullpen help and have very little depth in their starting pitching or on their bench. The Chicago Cubs can start looking ahead to next year any day now.
The National League West is a two team race between the Dodgers and Giants with the Dodgers playing above expectaions and the Giants perhaps a little below expectations. In my opinion the Dodgers need more than they currently have to win the division because the Giants after getting off to a slow start have turned things around and could overtake the Dodgers at any time.
With the exception of the Texas Rangers there is no exceptional team in Major League Baseball this year, just a bunch of really good teams and a few teams that have a lot of potential. I would expect quite a bit of action later this month as we approach the July 31 trading deadline. The one interesting thing about this year is that every team wants pitching and the need may exceed the availability. Many teams are facing some very tough decision over the next three weeks or so.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Oct 2007 12:34 UTC, submitted by rx182
Fluxbox 1.0 has been released. There's a changelog, and a download page, of course. "Fluxbox is yet another windowmanager for X. It's based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. Fluxbox looks like Blackbox and handles styles, colors, window placement and similar thing exactly like Blackbox (100% theme/style compability)."


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Virtual Developer Workshop: Containerized Development with Docker
Environment: VC6 /Win 2K/Win XP
- Preface
- Screenshot
- Basis
- Diagram & explanations
- How to test this program (click here if you want to play with it right away)
- Features
- Known bugs
- Suggestions for update
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Download
- Statement
- History
This is not an update of my previous article. Although this is also a chat room program, it was written in a totally different way from its precedent. After my previous article was published, many people wrote to me for comments, which are highly appreciated. And many people wanted a "CSocket" version chat - room example too. So this article is an answer to their request. Since I am a physics student and have been busy playing with the detector simulation instead of Visual C++, I'd not even studied the CSocket mechanism until Matthew Millman 's excellent article came to the front page of Codeguru.
Inspired by the elegant implementation of his "NetMsg" program I decided to rewrite my chat room with CSocket too.
Another reason for me to do this piece of work was a realistic one: I'm on my way to graduation, and I want to begin my career as a programmer. And I hope my code would interest any potential employers. Please go see the statement below for details.
Before I dive into the details of my code, I'd like to share some ideas about the programming with you guys, which I believe you'll benefited from as I have.
Java, C++, Basic, no matter what language you prefer to use, some principles are always to be held dear:
- Think. Dr. Stroustrup said in his "The C++ programming language", "always think more before coding". Always think the problem over and over, knowing what you are going to solve and the possible solution.
- Keep the data process code and the GUI code separated always; GUI module is supposed to collect the data from some place( end user, I suppose?) and do the data presentation. Your program should always have one or more "information center" to hold these data(through variables) and manipulate them(through the methods or functions) and, at the right time , inform the GUI to update the presentation through interface. Take MFC SDI/MDI or dialog_base program as examples, for simple cases, the main dialog and the document class are the ok place to be "information center". For large project, it might use the self-sufficient logic units as the building blocks, which have their own data manager classes, and have loosen relation with each other.
Advantage of using CSocket.
Now it's the time to talk my code. My previous program used the socket class from David Kruglinski's "Programming Visual C++". One of the disadvantages of that class was that it's extremely hard for the developer to send /receive more data types other than character stream.
But CSocket use the wonderful concepts of CSocketFile and CArchive. If you have used CFile + CArchive before, you might realize how convenient it's to deal with different data. Its counterpart, CSocketFile, together with CArchive, can do the same thing for the network data streamming.
After some simple initialization work to link CSocket and CSocketFile and CArchive objects, we can focus our attention on the collecting and processing of data, almost all kinds of data*(I did have some problems dealing with the pointer, which is also a member for streaming in my program. Later I converted it into a DWORD so that it went to Archive happily), then wrap them into package and send it to the CArchive object, MFC will take care of the rest Sending the package to the other computers with the predefined data order. So the whole programming became nothing more than the collection, assemble and distribution and parse of the data. See the diagram below.
Another advantage of CSocket is its virtual function overridden mechanism. Once the virtual functions of CSocekt like OnReceive, OnAccept have been overridden by the developer, we have set a network alert guard. For example, once there comes an incident message, OnReceive will alert and forward it to your corresponding handler). Similarly, once a request of connection comes, the OnAccept sends an alert to the handler too.
- I believe the diagram would speak for itself. Still, I have to point out that the actual code would not strictly follow the building blocks shown above, as the design- programming is always an interactive activity which requires the continuous modification.
The design of the server is a litter different from the client.
7 Two CSocket derived classes are used. One is listening to the ports, once a request for connection is coming, a new clientsocket is created and its info is added to a linklist maintained by the main dialog (in my case, CChatServer).
7 I removed the burden of Sending/Receiving message from main dialog (CChatServer) to the client socket class. The main dialog is responsible for the forwarding and coordination of the messages between clients, in other words, a manipulation of the linklist
Since only source file is provided, you need Visual C++ for compilation.
- Open the chat - server project, run it, click the "start" button, the IP of the current machine appears on the right;
- Open the chat client project, press "connection" button, change the IP address to the one shown on the server side, then ok. Next, press "Sign in" button, and begin to chat.
- Functionality of the buttons below are (from left to right): "Connection", "Sign in", "Sign out", "my icon"(N/A), "On leave"(N/A), "About".
I used Visual C++ 6.0 / Window Xp/2K to do the test.
- Rich text editing;
- Persistence;
your customized setting will be remembered and recalled next time.
I did find some bugs when I operated server a lot (stop, start, stop, start) while the clients were still linking. For example, if the client logs off during the period while the server stops services, the other clients of cause couldn't get his log off info. Since in the normal circumstance the server is supposed not to be bothered after it's started, I did no bother to fix that part.
I tested on a single machine( Win XP installed) and also test in the LAN of my lab(Win2K installed ). I was carefully to avert the possible error. So I believe you guys will find many more bugs, just don't hesitated to let me know. Of course, if you can solve them on your own, that'd be better. J
- The icon button is a fake, no response to the users' input. It needs to be improved;
- The contact list box on the right is a fake, no icons - just names, and can't do anything. It needs to be improved for personal talk;
- The persistence is machine dependent instead of account dependent, which means different users get the same setting if he run this program on the same machine. It's not a mistake, but the account dependent setting is more "professional". Suggestion: use GetProfileIni/WriteProfileIni to do the persistence.
- Private conversations. People need to single out a certain guy for a private talk. Like MSN message; Matthem Millman did that with multi thread. But automation tech might be an alternative;
- File transfer;
- Pop3 mail reminder.
I'll do these updates in the coming days, maybe after
I'll do these updates in the coming days, maybe after graduation.
I finished this project( maybe not yet J) within two weeks by myself, in my spare time at night. However, without the genius idea and code on codeguru, I couldn't make it. So many thanks should go to the people contributing their effort to this great website. Also, direct helps from the following guys are highly appreciated:
- Matthem Millman for his NetMsg and the clear presentation of the usage of CSocket;
- Kirk
W. Stowell for his cool
CFlatcombobox control;
- Daniel
G. Hyams for his great expansion dialog code, which goes into my code
- Bogdan Matasaru for his powerful property sheet wizard, which helped me to construct my server in a professional way.
Also many thanks go to the people emailed me, commented on my previous article, and answered my questions on the discussion board. I sincerely request you for the continuing supports for this one too.
As I mentioned at first, I am now looking for a proper job as a programmer. I like to use C/C++ and Java as my programming languages, my preferred IDE is Visual C++ studio and Forte from SUN. My computer skills are including but not limit to the programming ability. Web authoring and script writing are also my interests. I use Linux and IRIX from SGI doing my work as well. I also sometime consult on campus. I like to talk with people on all topics. At last, my loyalty and diligence is of no doubt because, this kind of work, is something I really fond of.
Work area includes any state within the
firstname.lastname@example.com, or email@example.com.
I'll send you my resume and ready to answer your questions.
Thank you all, and enjoy coding!
DownloadChat server source code (116 kb)
Chat client source code (342 kb)


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Paulo Pereira
Highly enjoyable article, Paul.
I completely agree with you, and it's so easy to immediately jump to design & code. When I first became aware of this, I've been practicing it more, first with my personal site, and now with a client website.
I've found out that it's not only really good for business, it's also great to help us doing our job when it comes to design and specially copywriting. By knowing who will care about this and what is to be accomplish, design and writing are both easier and better.


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Smith scored 3 touchdowns in Panther win
ABERDEEN — Bingham County foes collided on Friday night as the Aberdeen Tigers welcomed Snake River to town for a non-conference tilt on the gridiron.
Snake River got a 3 touchdown performance from Emmett Smith and the Panthers defense turned in a stellar second half to lift the Panthers to a solid 28-14 win.
"Our offensive line did real well," Smith said. "They started to talk to each other and really played as a team."
Smith got the games opening score at the 8:51 mark of the first quarter, capping the opening drive with a 5-yard touchdown plunge. Cooper Peterson added the extra point and the Panthers led 7-0.
Aberdeen was far from stunned however as they answered back with a Jaiden Beck 19-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter but the kick missed right leaving the score at 7-6 Panthers.
Snake River had a response to the Tiger score however as Smith capped another long drive with a 6-yard touchdown run and after a Peterson extra point the Panthers led 14-6 with 2:22 remaining in the first half.
"I was able to see the cut back tonight because there were some big holes in the line," Smith said. "Our team did a great job of blocking and as long as the team does well I'm happy."
To start the second half Snake River's defense came out blazing stifling the Tigers opening drive with a three and out to force a punt.
That defense was huge in the second half of play as they allowed just 88-yards total offense for the Tigers. Conversely, Jaiden Beck had 82-yards rushing all by himself in the first half.
"We made an adjustment at the half, changing who had the quarterback and who had the pitch," Snake River head coach Jeff Dalley said. "Our line really got after it and did a great job."
After the opening stop the offense then got back to work, chewing up the game clock while showcasing a running attack that wore down the Tiger defense. Derik Williams put the Panthers up by two scores with a 18-yard touchdown run around left end with 8:16 remaining in the third quarter.
"I doubt that we tired out, they just got things going and we didn't come out of the locker room with that same fire that we usually have," Aberdeen head coach Cory Hollingsworth said. "They changed up some and we had the answers but we just didn't get those changes done until late in the game."
After another three and out by the Panther defense Snake River looked to put the nail in the Tiger coffin but Aberdeen's Jake Ponce had other ideas, picking off a C.J. Toulouse pass at midfield and then took it to the house for a pick six. A Jaiden Beck 2-point run pulled the Tigers to within 21-14.
"We still made a few too many mistakes but they are things that we can fix," coach Dalley said.
Snake River responded with a five play, 65-yard drive on the ensuing possession as Smith rumbled in for his third score of the day, again from 5-yards out for the games final score.
Aberdeen threatened on a pair of occasions in the final stanza only to be thwarted by a pair of Chad Van Orden interceptions, the second in the end zone with :55 remaining in the game.
Both teams will have a bye week this week ahead of conference openers for both teams.
Snake River 28, Aberdeen 14
1st quarter:
SR - 8:51 E. Smith 5 yd run (C. Peterson kick good) 7-0
2nd quarter:
AB - 6:00 J. Beck 19 yd run (Z. Uribe kick failed) 7-6
SR - 2:22 E. Smith 6 yd run (C. Peterson kick good) 14-6
3rd quarter:
SR - 8:16 D. Williams 18 yd run (C. Peterson kick good) 21-6
AB - 5:22 J. Ponce 50 yd int return (J. Beck run good) 21-14
SR - 3:19 E. Smith 5 yd run (C. Peterson kick good) 28-14
Passing: C.J. Toulouse 4-99 2int, J. Beck 2-49 2 int Rushing: SR - E. Smith 17-101 3 td, D. Williams 12-77 td, C.J. Toulouse 7-44, M. Hrabik 2-30, K. Grover 5-27 AB - J. Beck 16-93, G. Bartholoma 12-36, P. Bravo 4-8, J. Ponce 2-10, M. Wynn 1--2 Receiving: SR - M. Hrabik 1-25, D. Williams 1-20, C. Van Orden 1-24, D. Bingham 1-30 AB - G. Gonzalez 2-49


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Pumpkins are big business in Floyd County, Texas, putting as much as $2 million into the local economy.
That's a fair sized contribution from an 800 to 900 acre crop.
"Acreage is down from where it was about 10 years ago," says J.D. Ragland, Floyd County Extension agent. "Growers planted as many as 2,000 acres at one time but high production costs, especially labor, convinced farmers to cut back. "We're down from around 12 to 8 or 9 pumpkin producers, but they concentrate production on their better fields where they expect the highest yields. They're trying to get more production per acre on fewer acres."
Ragland says almost everything involved in pumpkin production, except planting, requires manual labor. "That's a big expense."
So is water. Pumpkins require from 23 inches to 24 inches of moisture to produce acceptable yields. "And we have a short window to get water," he says.
"We typically plant pumpkins in early June and begin harvest around the second week of September. It's a short but intense growing season."
He says county producers "were blessed with good rainfall this summer. We still had to irrigate but growers cut out maybe one or two applications."
Disease control also adds to costs. Ragland says most growers stay on a spray schedule, as close as every ten days, to control powdery mildew and other diseases. "We get some odd stuff on pumpkins occasionally," he says. "We may need a mixture of several fungicides."
Weeds have been particularly troublesome this summer. Unusually moist conditions and a limited number of herbicides make weed management a challenge. "We don't have Roundup Ready pumpkins," Ragland says. Growers usually hoe to control weeds and they have to get in early, before vines get heavy and runners develop.
"We occasionally use hoe hands in mid-season but they have to be careful with vines and runners."
Ragland says pumpkin farmers usually apply a yellow herbicide to limit weed emergence. "Still, with the rainfall we had this year, weeds have been a problem."
Pigweed tops the list. "We also have morning glory, Russian thistle and others. We get the same weeds in pumpkins cotton farmers fight."
Even with the challenges, Ragland says yields will be up slightly this year. "We normally average 20,000 pounds per acre," he says. "We'll get about 25,000 pounds this year." He says good moisture and cooler temperatures favor pumpkin growth.
Prices are up, too. They won't reach the peak, about 12 cents a pound, but they'll be close, at 10 cents. Ragland says prices sometimes dip as low as 5 cents or 6 cents a pound. "At 10 cents we're close to our all-time high and that's a good price. It's always a matter of supply and demand."
Most of Floyd County's pumpkin crop goes to metropolitan areas like Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and Oklahoma City. Grocery store chains take most of the crop. "We also have a few producers who sell from roadside stands," Ragland says.
Floyd County growers produce four types of pumpkins: the miniatures used mainly for table decorations; pie pumpkins, 2 to 5 pounds each; jack-o-lantern pumpkins, 7 to 12 pounds each; and large or Big Mack, 100 to 300 pound pumpkins, used for yard decorations.
"Jack-o-lantern pumpkins account for most of our crop," Ragland says.
Floyd County pumpkin producers started picking the second week of September and will finish by the last of October. "We'll continue to market until Thanksgiving."
Some growers contract the crop but Ragland says they never know yield potential because of weather. "Many have long-standing relationships with grocery chains."
Floyd County is the state's top pumpkin producer and Ragland says it's "a unique crop that has been good for the county."


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There is an old Chinese proverb that says, "Women hold up half the sky". In 2014, I'd add, "Except in HIV/AIDS policy, prevention, strategies and care." Women are not, as many people like to say, the "new face of AIDS". For over 32 years, women, especially black women and Latinas, have been infected with the HIV virus and many have transitioned to an AIDS diagnosis. But because of racism, sexism, socio-economic status, family responsibilities and the war against women's reproductive health, many have been left behind.
Statistics from a 2010 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report show that while there has been some decrease in new infections among women, they continue to be infected. "New HIV infections among women are primarily attributed to heterosexual contact (84% in 2010) or injection drug use (16% in 2010). Women accounted for 20% of estimated new HIV infections in 2010 and 24% of those living with HIV infection in 2009." The CDC website contains a graphic on the page with its report, which states "Gay and bisexual men of all races are most severely affected by AIDS" – given that AIDS is the leading cause of death of young black women, it's a shocking and insensitive statement by the leading government agency responsible for shaping HIV prevention strategy. Tragically it reflects a growing lack of concern about HIV-positive women and women affected by HIV/AIDS.
HIV-positive women and women affected by HIV/AIDS have been left behind in HIV/AIDS policy, prevention care and funding. The President's 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy is silent regarding issues affecting women. Last week in the President's 2015 budget, Ryan White Part D, one of the key sources of funding for programs for HIV-positive women and their families, was eliminated and folded into a broader category. A number of organizations in NYC and across the nation will lose their Ryan White Part D funds at a very critical time as the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Redesign are changing the way women's reproductive healthcare will be provided. Who will be left to help HIV-positive women navigate these changes?
As the CDC and pharmaceutical companies roll out promising new bio-medical prevention strategies, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis, which has to be taken daily by the HIV-negative partner) and PeP (Post-exposure prophylaxis, often called the HIV "morning after" pill) women's reproductive health is a mere footnote. In the recent "Partners" study, which demonstrates success of a PrEP drug, Truvada, in heterosexual and gay male couples where one partners is HIV-negative, women represented only 38% of the study participants. While there were some findings of lower efficacy in women, the researchers considered it statistically insignificant.
In contrast, the 2010 FEM-PrEP study, which was intended to measure the efficacy of PrEP for HIV-negative women, was stopped because the company monitoring the results determined that "it was highly unlikely that any protective effect of Truvada that might emerge would be enough to demonstrate a statistically significant benefit overall." One of the reasons given was that HIV-negative women may be less adherent because of side effects, which include nausea and "an unexpected" drug interaction with women's contraception which led to lower levels of hormones and less protection against unwanted pregnancy.
These findings are very disturbing when you consider that women often cannot negotiate "safer sex" for a whole host of reasons, like intimate partner violence, trauma, poverty, homelessness, survival sex and lack of access to condoms. Even in the Partners study many women reported longer periods of "condomless sex" than their male counterparts — 3.5 years as compared with the 2.5 years reported by heterosexual men and 1.5 years by the gay men in the study.
Women living with HIV/AIDS and women affected by AIDS are an endangered group. Without polices, prevention strategies and care that focus on the unique needs of women including their biochemistry, reproductive health, emotional well-being, family and partner status, geography, and socio-economic status, the HIV/AIDS epidemic will continue to be severe for them and their families. Isn't it time for national HIV/AIDS policy, care and funding to recognize that women must be counted and heard?
Bailey House will continue to be in the vanguard of advocating for HIV-positive women and women affected by HIV/AIDS as a member of the steering committee of the "30 for 30" campaign. Together with HIV-positive women activists from around the nation as well as many organizations that serve women, we will fight to get and keep women on the national HIV/AIDS agenda and in national healthcare policy. We won't stop until policy and practice acknowledge the unique needs of women and begin to count them in. If, as the Chinese proverb says, "women hold up half the sky," then the sky will fall without us.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th Jan 2013 21:24 UTC
"I was really excited to write this article, because it gave me an excuse to really think about what beautiful code is. I still don't think I know, and maybe it's entirely subjective. I do think the two biggest things, for me at least, are stylistic indenting and maximum const-ness. A lot of the stylistic choices are definitely my personal preferences, and I'm sure other programmers will have different opinions. I think the choice of what style to use is up to whoever has to read and write the code, but I certainly think it's something worth thinking about. I would suggest everyone look at the Doom 3 source code because I think it exemplifies beautiful code, as a complete package: from system design down to how to tab space the characters." John Carmack himself replies in the comments.
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RE[5]: Good article
by Alfman on Wed 16th Jan 2013 16:02 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Good article"
"a = a + 1 = a.operator+( T other )
a++ = a.operator++( int )
++a = a.operator++()
Three completely different function calls"
You are absolutely correct. And the post-increment operator highlights a C++ syntactic hack in and of itself. Personally I'm a bit disappointed that the language designers reverted to such an ugly hack (passing in unused int parameter to distinguish between functions).