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Much Ado About Nothing: Why Off-The-End Pointers Are Necessary
I pointed out last week that C and C++ use pointers to locate array elements. I would like to continue by explaining why it is important to be able to form pointers that "point" just past the end of an array.
On the surface, one might suppose that there is no need for such pointers. Both C and C++ require that every array have at least one element, which means that every pointer into an array has an element to which it can point. However, that supposition turns out to have serious problems.
Let's start with a simple example: an array named
array with
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T. Suppose we want to do something with every element of that array. We might write a loop along the following lines:
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p is incremented each time through a loop, that loop must execute no more than
N-1 times. If we work on a single array element each time through the loop, we have to handle one element outside the loop in order to get them all:
T *p = &array[0]; while (p < &array[N-1]) { /* < instead of <= */ /* Do something with the element to which p points */ ++p; } /* Now p points to the last element of array, so we can handle that element separately. */
This loop works, but at the cost of duplicating the code that processes an array element. To avoid the code duplication, we might rewrite the loop to arrange not to increment
p the last time through:
T *p = &array[0]; while (1) { /* Do something with the element to which p points */ if (p == &array[N-1]) break; ++p; }
Like the last version, this loop works. Moreover, it avoids code duplication. Therefore, at least one can imagine that C or C++ might have been made to work without an off-the-end pointer. However, I invite you to consider the social implications of such a language.
For example, suppose there was a choice between writing any of the three loops shown here. Which alternative do you think most programmers would choose? I think it would be the first one, because it looks the most like a loop that one might write in order to use indices rather than pointers. Suppose a programmer writes the first of these examples, then compiles and executes it. Does it work?
In a sense, the answer is obviously no, because we are supposing that the language is defined in a way that prohibits this first example. However, if the compiler does address arithmetic in the most straightforward way, the code will usually appear to work — unless the compiler explicitly generates code that checks pointers for bounds errors. In other words, even if the code is broken de jure, it will probably work de facto — which means that many programmers will come to expect it to work. As I pointed out eight weeks ago, once programmers come to expect a particular kind of behavior from an implementation, that behavior becomes very difficult to change — even if there is no formal justification for it. In short, even if it might be possible to get along without off-the-end pointers, their existence makes even very simple programs easier to write.
If we accept that off-the-end pointers are necessary, the logical next step is to figure out what characteristics they ought to have. I'll talk about those characteristics next week.


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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8 comments:
- Packer said...
The value of having a GED just took a shot.
- July 19, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Alternately, steal enemies' ID, commit another crime and leave the ID behind.
- July 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- D. said...
Unless he'd gotten it recently, carrying one's diploma around (and you can't use it for ID, as far as I know) is of a high level of stupidity.
And if someone else was using it to implicate? Lacks all sorts of sense. Why not his birth certificate?
- July 19, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Kinds ups the value of a GED, dontcha think, when the proud bearer not only leaves it at the scene of the crime, but also doesn't manage to snag any cash...just a carton of cigarettes? Tooo funny!
- July 19, 2011 at 8:13 PM
I also love the part where they couldn't get into the atm, so they stole an empty cash drawer....
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- The Mother said...
The three liters of vodka were obviously the biggest tipoff.
- July 19, 2011 at 9:24 PM
Maybe he was proud of his GED, like those Harvard guys who quickly tell you, unsolicited, where they went.
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- Sarah Glenn said...
A college man could have gotten into that ATM. :)
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Outside Agit Prop Makes Confused Arguments About Local Hotel
25 comments:
- David Farley said...
OMG - somebody's not being nice to a developer. Hyde Park Progress to the rescue! This article from the Reader explains it better.
- August 7, 2012 at 7:40 AM
- Hyde Park Matt said...
It is a shame that this outside protest group decided to enter the TIF debate now. Had they been involved at all in the numerous Harper Court TIF planning meetings that were open to the public for over half a decade, they would have not made these ill-conceived, conspiracy theory arguments. Harper Court will be finished soon; it is already providing good jobs for people who really need them, with all construction contracts going to union and/or minority contractors. The completed project will be transformative in increasing tax revenue, along with greatly improving the economy and stability of the south side over the long haul. If you don't like the extra money going to help construct the hotel structure, or fund the redevelopment of 53rd street and Harper Court, talk to your alderman, but please don't bash a great redevelopment project that will greatly benefit our neighborhood for decades to come. The problem with our failing city schools doesn't have anything to do with the TIF money, but rather a much larger set of socio-economic and budgetary factors that are way too complex to be solved by investing an additional $5 million dollars out of the TIF fund. Please don't try to falsely tie the construction of this important redevelopment to the complete and total failure of our city and community to do a better job educating our city's kids. The problem with our schools didn't happen overnight and has absolutely nothing to do with the use of additional TIF funds to help build the hotel structure.
- August 7, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- McFuzz said...
Hi Matt, your post has some inaccuracies. We did speak with Alderman Burns, and in fact one of our members from Hyde Park who spoke with him was also at the public TIF meetings you mention.
However, those meetings were a lie and a sham. As Ald Burns admitted, this deal is a 10 year plan from the U of C. In the public meetings you were already told what it would be, and asked only how it should look, and then largely ignored anyway.
Check the Hyde Park Herald editorial from Aug 1st for more on that: http://www.hpherald.com/pg4.html (once the new paper goes live the link will no longer direct to the same place and you'll need to navigate there to the Aug 1st paper).
Quite frankly, you don't know what the problem with our failing schools is. TIFs steal $500 million a year from property taxes that otherwise would mostly go to schools. In Chicago this year, $250 million was lost from the CPS budget this way. No one is talking about adding more money to TIF funds. We need to END ALL TIFs, and get an ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL BOARD!
You are misguided, but that's okay.
- August 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Peter F. said...
Perhaps I have a "feeble mind," but I fail to understand why Hyatt would be incapable of building the hotel the author of this article so desperately wants without a $5 million subsidy from Chicago taxpayers. This is a company that posted a profit of over $100 million in 2010!
As for the cynical argument that "throwing money" at failing schools won't improve them, I wonder what the very erudite readers of this blog think about the well-documented relationship between smaller class sizes and better educational outcomes. Does hiring more teachers constitute unproductive "money throwing" in the minds of these intrepid educational reformers?
I for one won't pretend to be so clairvoyant as to predict what property values would have been in the counter-factual scenario about which the author speculates. (Imagine: a world without TIFs--the mayor might have to propose a transparent budget!) Nonetheless, it seems crystal clear to me that when the mayor's office claims the city doesn't have the money to hire more teachers and pay them raises (or keep our public libraries adequately staffed for that matter), this is precisely the time when we should suspend lucrative public subsidies to well-funded private entities like Hyatt and the U of C. I suspect that $5 million could hire more teachers, librarians, and school support staff than the 15 full-time hotel jobs Hyatt claims it will create.
- August 7, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Unknown said...
"More fundamentally, the flyer presumes that the problem of failing urban schools is a dearth of cash."
When the city lays off teachers, shuts down schools, eliminates curriculum, increases class sizes, slacks on maintenance of buildings, fails to provide libraries in schools, fails to provide adequate support staff like nurses and counselors in schools, etc. all because there's "not enough money" in the budget, then YES, a "dearth of cash" is one of the main problems facing failing urban schools.
And, conveniently, it's the neighborhood schools in poor and minority communities that get the brunt of all these budget cuts. So THAT is how the segregation is reinforced--by driving out those who can afford to move to a better school district and leaving the rest in severely underfunded schools who subsequently get blamed for their failures which are actually a DIRECT RESULT of targeted underfunding and the push for privatized, selective enrollment schools with inequality directly built into their structure. So your circular argument that "Another reason schools on the South Side are failing is because parents realize they are failing and move away" actually proves the point that not investing properly in struggling schools only perpetuates the problem.
- August 7, 2012 at 2:53 PM
None of you has explained how spending more money on schools will improve education. What does Chicago currently spend per student compared to other public schools around the country? The only logical argument that could be made here is that we spend less than other schools, but I've seen no evidence of that. And I see no reason to make unsupported claims about political favors and try to close down a project that almost everyone wanted just because our public schools here suck.
- August 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM
- Hyde Park Matt said...
One can argue for reforming our schools, property taxes and current TIF system without having to badmouth or single out this redevelopment project. Let's try not to forget or downplay the beneficial economic impact it will have on Hyde Park and the rest of the south side community for generations to come. When was the last time that something this beneficial to our community got built? 50 years ago? 100 years ago? Many years have gone into the planning of this project and into making it happen. Just because one group is frustrated with the TIF structure that exists throughout our city, doesn't mean you should direct your frustrations at a legitimate and benefical construction project. Take your frustrations out on the mayor or aldermen. Get petitions signed that advocate for your plan to reform our education and TIF system, but don't attack a project that will do a lot of good for our neighborhood and its residents.
- August 7, 2012 at 4:01 PM
- chicago pop said...
Throwing money at failing schools - which is how I interpret the general claim that $5.2 million for what is widely considered in this neighborhood to be a worthy and beneficial project can somehow 'fix' failing schools - won't improve them because, in cynical fashion, it leaves the foundations of urban racial segregation unchanged.
As stated in the original essay, funding alone won't correct the imbalances created by concentrated poverty. As radical as some of the above statements style themselves, with the abolition of TIFs and selective enrollment CPS schools, they really are not that radical at all in the sense that they leave the geography of urban education unchanged, and offer little on the specifics of how this money would change things. More teachers? Show me the numbers on how that would work. Painting buildings and hiring counselors? Who could say no? But show me the research tying that to improved test scores. Meanwhile, people who have actually researched the problem call for more affordable housing and mobility programs. Either of those would make a lot more difference than tanking this project and painting buildings in neighborhoods with high rates of male incarceration and youth unemployment.
The most underperforming schools in the CPS are concentrated in the poorest minority districts. Hiring more teachers has some beneficial effects on learning outcomes, but only when it gets to under 17 students per teacher, and this is still going against all the structural disadvantages presented by racial segregation. In fact, the most powerful demonstrated factor in educational outcomes is the quality of the teacher. That's hard to purchase outright. All of the sorry conditions listed by Stavroula are indeed lamentable, but she provides no evidence that they correlate with educational outcomes. The University of Chicago, which has set up and funded four charter schools around Hyde Park, has not yet, with all the wizardry of the most current research and resources, been able to raise its performance outcomes much higher there than in the surrounding public schools. The students are primarily low-income African-American. This strongly suggests that investing in school plant alone won't change that. This conclusion is supported by a number of experts on urban poverty: see Douglas Massey and Gary (and Myron) Orfield.
It might be of interest to our modest reader Peter F., like McFuzz an outsider and therefore unaware that a hotel in Hyde Park is widely welcomed (and that the Hyde Park Herald does not represent a consensus of neighborhood opinion), that these relationships of cause and effect concerning failing schools and racial segregation were explicitly recognized decades ago in the landmark Gautraux civil rights case, which ruled in favor of busing poor minority students *out of* distressed neighborhoods. Curiously, none of the avowedly radical proposals of our friendly readers mentions this; when Mitt Romney recently stated that kids should be to go to school "wherever they want", he came, most likely without knowing it, quite close to the truth. Poor minority kids bused to high performing suburban schools did better academically in a very short time.
Keeping them in place, however, and throwing money at their schools is the cynical - and fiscally misguided - policy, the one adopted in lieu of a serious nationwide attempt at desegregation.
Beyond this question of public school performance, Hyde Park Matt has it quite right when he emphasizes the long-term benefits of this project to the families of future CPS children in this neighborhood. The South Side is underpopulated, underemployed, the tax base is lower than the North Side, there is a lack of basic commercial services. This hotel and the associated development on 53rd will help correct all of these problems - while generating tax revenue for the CPS.
Fix TIF problems, reform CPS. But making this particular project a symbol for an ideological conflict between Rahm and the CTU is out of place.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:13 PM
- Peter F. said...
Greg, since you didn't understand what I "has explained" in my last comment, let me break it down in an easy to read diagram:
More $ -> more teachers -> smaller classes -> better education
I'm not saying this is a silver bullet to fix all the problems with CPS. Obviously you have to train, support, and provide new teachers with high-quality materials and conducive learning environments for them to be effective. Still, reducing class sizes is one of the most reliable ways of improving educational outcomes.
But you don't even need to read educational research to think that more teachers is a better use of tax money than boosting Hyatt's profits. Just look at what the best private schools in the area do. Maybe you've heard of New Trier Township High School, Rahm's alma mater? They throw lots of money at their teachers, spending more than $16,000 per student in 2006 compared with the $13,000 per student CPS spent in 2010 (the lag in the stats probably makes this gap look smaller than it is in reality). What does New Trier get with this extra money they spend on their students? They definitely get more teachers per student: one teacher for every 14 students, compared with only one for every 24.6 CPS high schoolers. Is it really such a mystery why the elite private schools do better?
And to Matt's concern ("but what about the hotel?!"), I say by all means let Hyatt move in. But if it makes economic sense for them to open a hotel here then they should invest their own money to do so. And if it doesn't make sense for them to do so unless they are richly subsidized by taxpayers, then they shouldn't bother. Entice them with your business, not my tax money.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Unknown said...
We're not against this development itself--we're against it being subsidized by the struggling taxpayers, especially considering that the Hyatt corporation has PLENTY of money to fund this project itself and especially considering the city's financial issues that have lead to drastic cuts in social services. Why should ANY public money be given to the flourishing private sector when the public sector is suffering so badly? It's blatant welfare for the rich and it's appalling.
We've tried talking to the Mayor and the Alderman and the various board members about these issues, but they won't listen. So we have planned this action to raise public awareness of what TIF funds are, how they are being used, and how this is hurting our communities, specifically with regards to public education, which is being defunded at the same time that lucrative private corporations are receiving handouts.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- David Farley said...
Not one penny of TIF money should be going to these frou-frou projects in affluent neighborhoods like Hyde Park, no matter how many cheerleaders they have. Oh look, here's Antheus now with their hand out looking for their cut, or we won't get a Whole Foods.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:33 PM
- Peter F. said...
Chicago Pop, I've lived less than two blocks from Harper Court for about 6 years and lived in the neighborhood for almost 9 years. But because I oppose corporate welfare you call me an "outsider?" Is there a minimum residency that's necessary to be considered an "insider," or is this just a facile way or discrediting anyone who disagrees with you by suggesting they don't have the right to have an opinion on the matter?
- August 7, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- chicago pop said...
HPP officially recognizes Peter F.'s 'insider' status and regrets having mistakenly labeled him an 'outsider'.
- August 7, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- chicago pop said...
Reviewing the discussion up to this point, I want to hit the three points I think this debate comes down to, and where I stand on each. No. 3 may surprise the readers of this thread.
1) Spending alone will not solve the problem of scholastic outcomes in inner city schools. There is quite a lot of research to back this up. There are other worthy things that could be done with lots of money in the CPS, but very few of them lead automatically to better educated students.
2) A hotel and the various enterprises that would go with it would be net benefits to the economy of Hyde Park, which is a regional hub for the entire south side of Chicago. The project is desirable in and of itself for that reason.
3) Critics of the $5.2 million TIF subsidy to the hotel developers have a point that the subsidy is probably not financially necessary for Hyatt, nor appropriate at this point in time given the City's strapped finances. The same applies to Antheus.
- August 7, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Kelvin said...
Ironic how the author is dismissing legitimate claims by slapping the label of outsider on this demonstration. The vast majority of the organizers in fact live in hyde park and have been part every single one of the sham public TIF meetings to voice their concerns.
- August 7, 2012 at 6:08 PM
- Student Surge said...
As a graduate student I have to disagree that, "Were [this flyer] the summary of a doctoral proposal, we would send its fervent grad student author back to the stacks." Although the concept might frighten off certain individuals the event is in response to the people of Chicago's fight for public education and all the things that come in the way of funding our public schools. TIFFs are one problem of many that the CTSC has been focusing its efforts on.
This posting's main claim that, "the $5,200,000 'siphoned' away from the CPS and other municipal services would most likely not have spontaneously materialized had TIFs not existed in the first place" is the flimsy fabrication, because even if property values are 'stagnant' like they claim, it still doesn't take into account that the type of TIFF paying for the hotel stipulated that the Hyatt would not be paying property taxes for the next ten years . That fact is what equals the millions of dollars the public schools in the area are losing. This coupled with an already squeezed CPS budget that is leaving the seven surrounding schools in this neighborhood with over three million dollars in cuts, spells further ruin for the public schools.
To add insult to injury this article claims that the failure of inner city schools is largely because of, "the concentration of impoverished families in given school districts." This information is totally fabricated; public schools exist in neighborhoods all over the city, not just impoverished ones. The reason it looks as if they only exist in impoverished communities is because anyone with any money moves their child out of the public school system. This is not the failing of the individuals who want to provide their children with a better education, but a failing of Chicago's budget to provide adequate public education. This TIFF action on Wednesday gives an example of money that could be used for public schools being used to build a hotel. It also provides a forum for parents, students, teachers, and community members to stand up and say that it is unacceptable to use this money for anything except the public schools that so desperately need it.
- August 7, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Unknown said...
So we agree then!
1.) We agree that "spending alone will not solve the problem of scholastic outcomes in inner city schools." That doesn't change the fact that underfunding schools is *a* problem. Adequate funding is just the starting point but very little can be done without it. In fact, the CTU has an entire document about how it believes public education in Chicago can and should be improved: http://www.ctunet.com/blog/text/SCSD_Report-02-16-2012-1.pdf.
2.) Yes, a development project like Harper Court is desirable for the revenue and jobs it can create. Again, we are not opposed to the development, we are opposed to how it is being funded.
3.) Now you get it!
In conclusion (to reiterate): Nowhere do we state that construction of the project should cease. WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, WE ARE OPPOSED TO IT BEING SUBSIDIZED BY TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
- August 7, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- BobS said...
Hyatt Hotels has a terrible safety record for its housekeepers and has been abusive to its employees, especially those who have criticized its labor practices or who have been union activists.
Hyatt Hotels has also outsourced jobs to low paying contractors who provide no benefits. Will Hyde Park Progress and its allies work with the UNITE HERE union to make sure the people hired for these hotel jobs are well compensated and well treated?
Hyde Park is an affluent community and public money is going toward this project. I don't think worker justice is too much to ask for.
Bob Simpson
- August 7, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Lilithcat said...
@ chicago pop -
Minor correction. The Gautreux litigation was about housing, not busing. You're thinking of Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
- August 7, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- skashby said...
It's amazing, isn't it, that we always hear that money isn't the problem with public schools -- it doesn't matter whether there's a full time nurse in a school. Or a full time social worker. Or a library (160 CPS schools don't have one.) Or new textbooks. Or enough teachers so no class has more than 25 students.
But wait -- the billionaires and politicians (like our Mayor) sent their kids to well-funded schools that have all these things. So it *does* seem to matter to them.
How can it be, in 2012, that we're still hearing defenders of the billionaires, demanding they get more tax cuts, TIFs, tax abatements, and corporate welfare?
We have the biggest income gap in 80 years. The rich have never been richer. But somehow there are still people that demand we give the billionaires more. It boggles the mind.
- August 7, 2012 at 10:19 PM
- BobS said...
This is a familiar Chicago story. Public money going to whiter more affluent neighborhoods instead of where it's really needed.
The Windy City has been stuck in that rut for decades.
- August 8, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Good times. I still see no cited evidence showing that throwing money at schools improves education. Repeating your claims in a louder voice and throwing in ad hominems doesn't make you right. What's wrong Occupiers, is it too hot out to bang drums in front of Bank of America this summer?
And I love seeing mention of UNITE HERE, the idiots who rolled in and helped the NIMBYS get the Marriott project shut down. It's ironic that people are criticizing these projects as "public money going to whiter, more affluent neighborhoods" when both hotel projects will mean or would have meant jobs. You know, jobs that are desperately needed and can easily be filled by people from one of the crushingly poor surrounding neighborhoods.
This isn't about creating jobs for poor people, it's about creating jobs for members of the UNITE HERE union and leaving everyone else out. Union thuggery disguised as a crusade for the poor. You folks should be ashamed of yourselves.
- August 8, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- chicago pop said...
I'm going to close this one down to further comments, unless anyone wants to discuss these issues on the basis of data they can share and that is new or factual cases that support their claims. Such contributions on the mechanics of TIFs nationwide and in Chicago would be especially useful - we'll be exploring that topic in subsequent posts. Otherwise, I think everyone has made their point this time around.
- August 8, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Hyde Park Matt said...
"Activists have been especially incensed by the 53rd Street TIF because Pritzker's family owns Hyatt Hotels.
At the end of the July board meeting, Pritzker, aware of the controversy, noted that "neither I nor Hyatt received any TIF money."
According to the 53rd Street TIF plan, $5.2 million is going to Hyatt Place's developer: Smart Hotels LLC and Olympia Companies, which specialize in building hotels linked to universities, in this case the University of Chicago.
The entire hotel complex, with a fitness center and restaurants, will cost $28.5 million to build.
The hotel "will be operated by The Olympia Companies as a Hyatt Place hotel under a franchise agreement with an affiliate of Hyatt.
Hyatt does not own any stake in the hotel or the project," said Farley Kern, vice president of corporate communications at Hyatt."
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- August 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- tayiah said...
Its not fair to ask single people and people who already spend much money sending their kids to private schools. CPS has no right to ask taxpayers to cough up more money. The more they get the more they want. Also there is going to be increased taxes coming down the pipeline form the state and federal government. CPS has increased its spending per pupil pupil since the 90's and their hasn't been much improvement in graduation rates, test scores,etc. There hasn't been a correlation between increased spending and better student preformance. The catholic schools in this city many who educate poor children spend less and get better results.
Yes the north shore spends more per pupil at their schools, but the pupils parents are paying for their childs education while most of CPS parents aren't. Also they have more bells and whistles at their schools like a coffe bar in the cafeteria, olympic swimming pool etc.
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My research and teaching address cross-disciplinary design and planning approaches to civic engagement. My current research include 1) advancing the understanding of trans disciplinary approaches to sea level change design and planning responses on Maryland's Eastern shore and 2) community-based participatory research in local. I have been and am a co-principal Investigator for several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3-year grants. As a primary investigator, I have received grants from the University of Maryland's National Science Foundation's ADVANCE Seed Grant program and the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Seed Grant program. Past collaborative projects include the Sand River Headwaters Green Infrastructure project in Aiken, SC and community design approaches in North Charleston. The former project was accepted into the 2010 Sustainable Sites Initiative™ Pilot Program. The latter project in North Charleston with the Low Country Alliance for Model Communities in North Charleston was part of an award-winning collaboration that was recognized by the 2009 U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Achievement Award. Most recently, my students and I were awarded first place in the Maryland's Smart Growth Challenge in 2014 for their sea level change design investigations in Oxford, MD.
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2014, Sustainable Maryland Growth Challenge, Received from the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission for the LARC748 Special Topics Studio Project on Oxford, MD Sea Level Change Design Investigations (selected class project submission)
2009, Environmental Justice Achievement Award for the Partnership with the Mitigation Agreement Commission and the Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (North Charleston Stromboli Corridor Project), Received from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice (this award included all the project partners)
2009, Nominee for South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Service Learning Award, Received from Clemson University for the Stromboli Corridor Design
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Other than the fun to be had, taking your hot street car to the dragstrip on its daily driver tires is nearly a useless exercise. Even high performance street tires must still be engineered to meet marketing parameters designed around long life, ride quality, noise, and fuel mileage. They are a total compromise between those factors and ultimate traction. Combine that compromise with a light car and a significant amount of power, and you'll just be spinning the tires for at least the first 300 feet of the track, probably more, making a low e.t. impossible and testing data virtually useless.
Now, if you want to cut a decent 60-foot time on the dragstrip, you must have either dedicated slicks or, at the very minimum, a good set of drag radials. But just mounting a set of slicks to your car will not take you to the Incremental Timeslip Promised Land; there's a lot to know about drag tires in order to get the optimum performance and life out of them. Where do you set the pressure? How do I know they're still good? What are those screws doing in the fast guys' wheels?
Talking with Carl Robinson on how to go fast on a drag tire
Mickey Thompson has been leading that tire category for longer than we can remember, especially when it comes to the street/strip or heads-up drag racing like you see in the NMCA, NMRA, PSCA, ADRL, and more, so we went to them (specifically, M/T's Carl Robinson) to answer our Top Ten questions concerning drag slicks and radials. Here's what they had to say.
There is really no break-in procedure. Using the tire in its intended application will "break" a tire in.
Carl Robinson: "There is really no break-in procedure. Using the tire in its intended application will "break" a tire in. Tire life can be negatively affected if you do an excessive burnout with the thought of "breaking the tire in," though some professional classes pre-run the tires in order to shed weight and stabilize tire circumference."
DZ: What is the best way to determine what pressure to run, or where does M/T feel the sweet spot is?
Robinson: "We like to refer to the pressure as an "operating range" versus a specific number. The way to determine the best operating range for your car is by testing at the track. There is typically a suggested range based on a couple of telltale parameters, such as weight and horsepower. Talk to others that have comparable set-ups. After establishing a base pressure you must start to document key parameters. Note what racetrack you're at, the ambient temperature, relative cloud cover, and track temp. These key factors will establish the trends required to maximize your performance with tire pressure."
DZ: Should I run tubes in my slicks, or not?
Robinson: "Over the last few years, racing tire tubes have taken on a new role. Originally developed before the integration of an inner liner to capture the compressed air within the tire, we now find significant benefits from installing tubes in tires ranging from 26.0/10-15 to the 33.0/10.5-16W tires used in the Pro Extreme series of the ADRL. The benefit comes from the support the tube provides. The tube keeps the tire round, and round is fast! However, there are always exceptions to the rule. Not all will see the same gains in performance. Cars running heads-up with high horsepower-to-weight ratio numbers benefit more than the dependable bracket-style race cars. Bracket cars can benefit from the consistency of the tubes' air retention throughout a long day of racing. For some, the benefits outweigh the erosion of performance due to the additional weight of the tube."
It was understood that more wheel screws equals less wrap-up in the tire and wheel package. This reduced wrap decreases 60-foot times and driver reaction times.
Robinson: "The wheel screws need to be understood as having a relationship to both safety and performance. Related to safety, if the choice is made to use tubes inside tires mounted on conventional wheels, you must use a minimum of 12 screws per side to secure the tire from rotating on the rim. This is required on all bias-ply racing tires to prevent immediate air release from tube failure. M/T does not recommend the use of wheel screws with radial tires."
"Performance benefits have been discovered through the use of additional wheel screws. Take an opportunity to notice a small visual detail on your rear tire package. Many of us have looked over pictures of our car and critique the position and shape of the tire. Did you notice that the wrinkles in the sidewall line up with your wheel screws? So from this it was understood that more wheel screws equals less wrap-up in the tire and wheel package. This reduced wrap decreases 60-foot times and driver reaction times."
DZ: And how about the same question regarding bead locks?
Robinson: "Bead lock wheels provide benefits in safety and performance. From a rules point of view, a standard of 200 mph speed (in the quarter mile) has been set as the guideline for bead lock use. The concern is that the tire, through centrifugal force, is trying to come off the bead seat. Wheels screws do not retain the tire on the bead seat—they stop rotation. The clamping system of the bead lock secures the tire and prevents rotation at the same time.
"Bead locks also have a direct effect on the way the tire is held, meaning it affects the tire much in the same way as wheel screws. Tire wrap-up is minimized. There is also a change in the potential growth-rate of the tire when clamped in a bead lock."
DZ: Slicks don't have wear indicators, so how do you know when they're used up?
In many cases, tires will have surpassed their (high performance) service life well before the tread is worn down.
DZ: What is the recommended way to store tires, and how long of a shelf life do they have? In other words, if I have a set of slicks sitting in the garage for 4 years, un-mounted, are they still good?
Robinson: "Generally speaking, we prefer to store tires in a cool and dry environment mounted on wheels with 3 to 5 psi, off the ground and away from any UV A or B light. The reason we would want them mounted with air in them is to prevent the tire from shrinking in size. The physical parameters are avoided to prevent the deterioration of the designed properties of materials and chemicals in the tire. Four year old tires? Are they good? Well, if they were purchased with a specific goal in mind, like "we planned on running 10.5 inch tires," then no. The tires are smaller now and you will not get them to grow back to the original size. Will they go down the track? Maybe…"
DZ: Tire growth at the top end obviously affects the overall gear ratio, and needs to be considered when setting the car up. But for reference, how much does a 28×10.5 ET Drag slick grow at 150 mph? 200 mph?
Robinson: "That's a tough question, one that has as many variables as those that ask. The best way to determine the answer is to run the car and reverse-engineer the numbers. That compensates for the converter or clutch slip percentages and a bunch of other factors. One very sharp racer once told me if you put 30 psi in the tire, that will reflect your max tire growth. It worked for him!"
One very sharp racer once told me if you put 30 psi in the tire, that will reflect your max tire growth.
Robinson: "Despite all the rumors surrounding radial tire growth, we need to clear the facts on this. Radial tires do not grow. They may change shape due to centrifugal force but the components inside the carcass of a radial tire do not allow for any growth. They are circumferentially-wound steel plies. The plies or belts are not opposed at an angle as in a bias tire."
DZ: What's the highest mileage you've ever heard reported from a Drag Radial? Not fuel mileage, but actual number of miles driven on the tire?
Robinson: "We have heard from 3,000 to 5,000 miles driven as the high average in mileage. I like to reserve the question until the consumer has "used-up" a set or two due to his fascination with extraordinary traction!"


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Utility-scale solar set a record with 2.3 gigawatts installed 2013, with bulk of the construction in California, Arizona and Nevada, according to a report by SNL Energy.
The 2013 installations were a 35 percent improvement on 2012 the previous record year. The bulk of the capacity – 1.1.4 gigawatts – came on line in the forth quarter in 2013
The largest of the fourth quarter projects was the 250-megawatt Solana Generating Station in Maricopa County, Arizona. The $2 billion plant is owned by Abengoa SA. The second biggest project that came online was 139-MW Campo Verde Solar in Imperial County, Calif.
Surprising, the report noted a large number of smaller projects projected on the east coast such as 5-MW unit at the Randleman Area Solar facility in Randolph County North Carolina and a 2.2-MW unit at the City of Bridgeport Landfill solar project in Connecticut.
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Utility-scale solar has been the fastest growing electricity generation source since 2009 – up 23 percent – as the role of renewable energy in generating electricity has grown overall.
The growth has been spurred by a drop in utility-scale solar pricing that is making it increasingly competitive with wind and natural gas, according to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory analysis, which found that the amount utilities were being charged per-megawatt hour in purchase power agreements was falling about $25 a year.
In 2013, the agreements average slightly more than $50 a megawatt-hour, wind and natural gas costs are between $30 and $60 a megawatt-hour.
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Network storage boxes are pretty much straightforward by design when it comes to how much storage you can squeeze in. Three-bay devices mean you can have up to three disks installed, while four bays accommodate four drives, and so on, obviously.
With the QNAP TS-459 Pro II however, things aren't all that straightforward, simply because it features a couple of extra ports that let you hook up not just devices like IP cameras and printers, but also additional storage in the form of external drives. The TS-459 Pro II in fact comes with a pair of USB 3.0 ports, four of the vanilla USB 2.0 kind, and another pair of eSATA ports, for a grand total of eight. And if you have the extra spare change, the TS-459 Pro II also supports the latest 6Gbps SATA standard, so you can throw in some solid state drives for a blisteringly quick NAS (though that wouldn't give you the best bang for your buck).
Powered by a dual-core Intel Atom processor running at 1.8GHz, the TS-459 Pro II comes with 1GB of memory as standard, with an additional SODIMM slot enabling users to upgrade the NAS with a 2GB module, for a maximum of 3GB. RAM is cheap these days, so there's no reason to skip this step and give your NAS more breathing room to run. Network connectivity on the other hand is handled by a pair of gigabit ethernet jacks (which do support load-balancing), while you can also opt to go the wireless route with an optional 802.11n/g USB adapter.
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Bible vs. the Ikea Catalog – This Website's Most Popular Commentary Revisited
Three years ago I wrote an article for this website titled "The Bible vs. the Ikea Catalog – Which is Winning Hearts?" It looked at how the annual Ikea catalog was overtaking the Bible as the world's most distributed publication.
I actually did a bit of research to gather material for the article, including making contact with the Ikea head office and seeking out statistics from various Bible societies.
Though estimates differed, it seemed possible that more than 100 million Bibles were being distributed worldwide each year. Concerning distribution of the Ikea catalog, I wrote that "it topped 100 million for the first time in 2001, with the 2003 version – that's the one shortly to arrive in your mailbox - requiring a printing of 115 million."
I actually thought my finished article had something pertinent to say, and after posting it on my site I sent out emails to various other bloggers alerting them to it.
However, hardly anyone seemed to pay much attention, and the article quickly went into my archives, relatively unnoticed.
But then something happened – very gradually it got linked to by lots of other sites, and traffic to the article started to build. Within a couple of years it was by far the most popular commentary on my site, attracting hundreds of visitors each week.
It took me a while to work out where all this traffic was coming from. To my amazement, it eventually turned out that one of the main sources was this Wikipedia entry, "Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung," which links to my article and says about Mao's Little Red Book that,
the estimated number of copies in print well exceeds one billion, certainly a record in mainland China (although, worldwide, its publication is a distant second to the Bible, or third if all publications and printings of the annual Ikea catalog are counted as a book).
Other sources were various websites devoted to Ikea products, and it seems there are plenty of these. The result now is that if you enter "bible + ikea catalog" into Google, my article comes up near the top.
So is the article still relevant?
Well, I noted that, back in 2001, distribution of the Ikea catalog topped 100 million for the first time.
This year's edition reached 160 million.
Three years ago I wrote about Ikea, that,
It already has around 150 stores in 22 countries. In 1997 it opened in Shanghai, two years later in Beijing and a year after that in Moscow. It sees these stores as stepping stones for further penetration of those countries. It is gearing up to enter Japan. The catalogue printing run is set to soar.
Now the company operates 225 stores in 33 countries.
I think the conclusion I wrote then is as relevant as before:
China. Russia. Japan. Western Christians are spending heavily to reach people in such countries with the Gospel. Will we win hearts as readily as Ikea?
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Driskell and Zemke take oath of office, reiterate pledge to make education a top priority
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State Reps. Gretchen Driskell, D-Saline, and Adam Zemke, D-Ann Arbor, replace Republicans Mark Ouimet and Rick Olson as the 2013-14 legislative session officially kicks off.
Driskell now represents the 52nd District, which includes northern and western Washtenaw County, including Saline, Manchester, Dexter, Chelsea, Scio Township and Whitmore Lake.
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"I'm honored to have the opportunity to represent the citizens of my district," Driskell said. "The voters told me that education is their top priority, and I will focus on improving our state's education funding and ensuring that our children have the tools they need to succeed."
Zemke, a graduate of Ann Arbor Public Schools and Michigan State University, echoed Driskell's sentiments on education.
"The voters of the 55th District have told me time and time again that education is our No. 1 form of economic development," Zemke said. "The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Washtenaw Community College are vital to our local economy. That's why improving our state's education system is one of my top priorities as a legislator."
The most recent legislative session saw the GOP-controled Legislature cut funding for K-12 schools and higher education, including a 15 percent hit to public universities.
Zemke now represents the 55th District, which includes part of the city of Ann Arbor, part of the city of Milan, and all Ann Arbor, Pittsfield, York and Augusta townships.
He encourages residents with issues or concerns related to state government to contact his office at 517-373-1792 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Just the same, Driskell encourages residents to contact her office at 517-373-0828 or email her at email@example.com.
Zemke announced earlier this week that Brian Marl, who is Saline's new mayor, will serve as his legislative director. Marl previously served as legislative assistant to Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, and as legislative aide to former Rep. Kathy Angerer, D-Dundee.
Brad O'Conner will serve as the director of constituent relations for Zemke. O'Conner previously served as campaign manager for Zemke and Circuit Judge Carol Kuhnke.
Anna Zinkel will serve as Driskell's constituent relations aide. A University of Michigan graduate, she previously worked on Driskell's campaign as an events coordinator and finance assistant.
Washtenaw County's other two state representatives — Irwin and David Rutledge, D-Superior Township — also returned to their posts on Wednesday, as did state Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor. With the exception of Republican Randy Richardville, whose Senate district cuts into lower Washtenaw County, the county is now entirely represented by Democrats in the Legislature.
Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at email@example.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 11:35 a.m.
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Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 7:11 a.m.
If they want to help education, they should cut funding until the schools focus on education rather than lining the pockets of union members. This is especially true of universities which have abandoned teaching in favor of lucrative, and largely worthless "research". We won't have better education until the teacher's unions are eliminated and until the universities get back to their core mission of teaching, not leeching taxpayer funds with endless "studies" that just enrich greedy profs.
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Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 5:23 a.m.
Hate to interrupt your partisan cheerleading Ryan, but Senator Richardville represents a good part of Washtenaw County. Perhaps if you get around to it, you could inform us how Marl, being a part time mayor of a city and simultaneously a state House staffer is both legal (apparently it is) and not a major ongoing conflict of interest (which it certainly will be for many issues).
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 : 1:38 p.m.
Yes and Richardville is the scum that cheated on his wife and made a special law to help his buddy (who's not even in the same district) avoid taxes on a mortgage.
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Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 7:53 p.m.
You're right, Eat Local A2. Richardville does still technically represent parts of southern Washtenaw in the Senate. I've added a sentence to note that in the story.
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 3:20 a.m.
Interesting neither mentioned making education more affordable for residents. Insuring universities and school districts more money does not insure a better or More affordable education for the residents. Lets hope they are working for the residents and not the school unions Just sayin
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 4:03 p.m.
BINGO! Not counting Ryan's comment (as he is commenting on his own story), school union bashing has officially begun on the 3rd comment. To be honest, I am almost surprised it didn't happen earlier.
Fred Schaible
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 2:57 a.m.
Ryan- Great story, thanks for the update. Just a quick FYI western Washtenaw is represented by a Republican in the Senate. Just to be fair to your statement that all of Washtenaw is represented by Democrats in the Legislature.
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 4:27 p.m.
Ryan, While Rebekah Warren is the only member of the Senate from Washtenaw County, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville from Monroe currently represents most of Southern Washtenaw County including Saline and Milan, along with the townships of Pittsfield, York, Lodi, Saline, Bridgwater and Manchester.
Ryan J. Stanton
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 3:22 a.m.
Fred, I see what you're getting at. Your statement could be true starting in 2014 if Joe Hune, the Republican holding the 22nd District seat now, or another Republican, wins election. As it stands now, Washtenaw County voters, including western Washtenaw, elected Rebekah Warren in 2010 to represent them for four years in the Senate. Even though the district boundaries were since redrawn, they don't have any practical effect for the Senate until the 2014 election, so Warren technically still represents the western Washtenaw constituents who voted for her, though Hune, if he wants their vote in 2014, would be politically wise to start representing western Washtenaw residents, too. It's one of those funny political gray areas.
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 2:56 a.m.
finally some people talking some sense!! so excited that Adam Zemke is in office...people of my time on their way to doing big things!!
Ryan J. Stanton
Thu, Jan 10, 2013 : 12:12 a.m.
For anyone keeping count, Zemke and Driskell are among 28 news state lawmakers getting started on the job: http://www.annarbor.com/news/michigan-legislature-welcomes-28-new-lawmakers/ The Dems gained 5 seats and the Republicans lost 5 seats in the 2012 election, giving the GOP a 59-51 advantage in the 110-member House.
Ryan J. Stanton
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - The trustee in the MF Global Holdings bankruptcy case has sued ex-CEO Jon Corzine and other former executives, alleging that they pushed the company into risky practices that ultimately led to its collapse.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in bankruptcy court in New York, says Corzine and two other top executives "dramatically changed" the company's business plan after he became CEO in 2010. They then failed to update controls and other systems that were already weak, the lawsuit says. Corzine pushed the company into making big bets on bonds issued by European countries, the lawsuit says, a move that proved disastrous during the implosion of the debt crisis the following summer. MF Global collapsed in October 2011.
Tuesday, a spokesman for Corzine called the lawsuit "a clear case of Monday morning quarterbacking." The spokesman, Steven Goldberg, said the lawsuit intentionally ignored the fact that some of MF Global's trading partners failed and didn't pay what they owed to MF Global.
According to the lawsuit, however, the company's controls were so poor that it couldn't determine its liquidity levels in real time. It portrays Corzine and others as aware of the risks but purposefully ignoring them. Corzine, who stepped down as MF Global CEO soon after the collapse, is the former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, a former Democratic U.S. senator and the former governor of New Jersey.
Corzine and two of his top executives, the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer, "were repeatedly warned — in reports, meetings, emails, and in-person exchanges — of the failures and need for improvements in the company's procedures and controls," the lawsuit says. "Yet, instead of taking necessary steps to fix those problems," the suit says, Corzine and his deputies "pursued an even riskier business plan."
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Goldberg, the spokesman for Corzine, faulted the portrayal of the former CEO and Freeh's decision to file the lawsuit even as mediation continued.
"Mr. Corzine was recruited to revitalize a troubled company, and during his entire tenure as CEO he worked tirelessly with the board, firm management and world-class consultants to improve MF Global's operations and performance," Goldberg said. He added that Corzine looked forward "to proving the actual facts in court."
It's not the first lawsuit against Corzine: MF Global shareholders and customers have also filed complaints. A separate trustee, James Giddens, who is in charge of recovering money for customers of the company's brokerage operation, MF Global Inc., last year joined the customers' lawsuit against Corzine and other former executives.
To date about 89 per cent of the money has been recovered for U.S. customers of the firm and around 18 per cent for foreign customers, according to Giddens.
No one has been charged in the MF Global case. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Congress and a federal grand jury in Chicago have investigated MF Global's failure and the disappearance of customers' money.
CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton said Tuesday that acting as a steward of customer money, as MF Global did, is a "super-serious responsibility."
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