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An Ethical Divide
Are millennials more likely than older generations to lie to their employers and sabotage their co-workers? New research suggests the answer is an unequivocal "yes."
The differences between millennials and older generations in the workplace have been thoroughly studied and debated. Millennials, compared to those who have preceded them, have been described as more fiercely independent, self-absorbed and likely to have a "me-first" attitude.
But what can we say about millennials when it comes to workplace ethics? Do they have more or less of an ethical compass than, say, Gen Xers or baby boomers? Do they push the limits of what's ethically accepted more so than those who came before?
Researchers at the University of Toledo College of Business and Innovation recently launched a research project aimed at answering those questions.
The study of 4,484 midwestern college employees, led by Darrell M. Crosgrove and Sonny S. Ariss, found that millennials are as much as twice as likely as their older counterparts to consider, and move forward with, violating company policies. As Crosgrove and Ariss point out in a paper they co-wrote, millennials' sense of workplace rules is more of a "shades-of-grey" variety than "right and wrong."
Crosgrove is a researcher in the department of management at the University Of Toledo's College of Business and Innovation; Ariss is chairman of the department and a fellow at the school's Center for Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
David Shadovitz, editor of Human Resource Executive®, recently spoke with Crosgrove and Ariss about the findings and what they could mean for HR leaders.
Your research found that millennials are twice as likely to indicate that they would take credit for work that they did not do than non-millennials. Do you have any thoughts or theories as to why they are more prone to bending the truth in this way?
Crosgrove: We have a working theory. Basically, what it boils down to is the way the question was asked: "If nobody would find out, would you take credit for work that you didn't do?" It relates back to the fact that millennials, unlike previous generations, have grown up with digital piracy; they've grown up with, "If I copy this song or this movie or this book, nobody is being harmed, so why not do it?" I think [it's an example of] situational ethics. Because we asked, "If nobody would find out ... ," millennials felt more comfortable taking credit for work that they wouldn't have done themselves.
Ariss: They have a tendency to expect immediate gratification for their work. If being a little bit unethical or telling a little white lie would give them this credit, then they will do it.
What other ethical behaviors did you discover in your research?
Crosgrove: Sabotaging their co-workers was another. The millennials were again twice as likely [as other generations] to volunteer the fact that, if their company was facing the possibility of layoffs, they would sabotage somebody else's career in order to help protect against being laid off.
For employers, that has to be a nightmare, because sabotaging a co-worker means you are, by default, sabotaging, in some way, the work product of the company.
How about the use of social media on work time?
Crosgrove: Once again, the millennials were far more comfortable using social media on work time than non-millennials. Everything factored in, including the students [who were questioned], it's double the rate.
Ariss: The millennials are on their phones 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It's only natural to see them [using their phones for personal reasons] while at work, because it doesn't take that much [effort] to do. They are so quick at emailing, texting and [Snapchatting]. All these new technologies feed into their immediate gratification and their need to be wired.
Crosgrove: One of the things that we found in our interviews is that millennials, more so than non-millennials, felt that if employers could intrude in their private life -- contacting and emailing them in off-hours and expecting responses -- then what is so wrong with their taking a few minutes during the day to catch up on their private life?
Ariss: The demarcation line between work and home [and] work and leisure is becoming much more blurred.
Tell us what you learned about sick-time abuse.
Crosgrove: Perhaps the most troubling part of the sick time finding wasn't that millennials were more willing to take sick-time when they weren't actually sick, it was the fact that they did not even [view this behavior as being wrong]. Their comments made it very clear that they felt that sick time was akin to vacation time.
Coupled with the follow-up question that we asked just a few questions later, "Have you ever broken your company's ethical policies?" overwhelmingly they would say "no," despite the fact that they had previously admitted in far greater numbers to having called in sick when they weren't. They just don't understand that calling in sick is wrong when you're not sick.
Do you have any thoughts as to why this disconnect is there?
Crosgrove: I don't want to sound like I'm badmouthing millennials, but basically it boils down to the fact that they aren't as devoted to their employers as older generations are.
Part of [the reason for this could be because] they are looking to their employers to enhance their whole life, so unless they're working for a company that they genuinely feel good about, it becomes just another [job], no matter how much it may be [a part of their career path].
Do you think that the views and behaviors here are all that different than, say, the views and behaviors of other generations when they were in that age bracket?
Crosgrove: In regards to, "How did baby boomers act when they were as young as millennials are now?" unfortunately we couldn't find any reliable studies that actually addressed that issue. One of the questions we have is, "Are millennials going to grow out of this usage of sick time as they get older?" Part of the issue is millennials view the older baby boomers as being able to use sick time when they themselves are healthy, so by not taking a fake sick day, they're losing a benefit that the baby boomers are getting.
So what advice do you have for employers when it comes to addressing this?
Ariss: Employers have to become flexible and have to take the time to understand where millennials are coming from, because their priorities are a bit different than Gen X[ers] and the baby boomers. Employers have to accept this new reality and have to adjust workplace policies to be more welcoming to the millennials.
Don't misunderstand: They are smart and hardworking, but they also walk to a different tune. They are not like the generations before them. You have very smart people, but what makes them tick is different than what makes the Gen X[ers] tick or the baby boomers tick. The employer cannot say, "It's my way or the highway," because guess what? They'll take the highway.
Ariss: Ethical training has to be applicable to the millennial generation. Employers have been doing ethics training for years, but the way they train the millennials has be different than, say, baby boomers. The training has to be custom designed for this group of employees. Employers have to accept that they need to tweak their ethical training so millennials can be more receptive of the training that you're giving them.
Crosgrove: I agree. Ethics training has to be tweaked to fit the millennial mind-set so that they absorb it and internalize it. It also needs to begin as soon as they walk in the door. That should be the case for all employees. Instead of ethics looking like an afterthought, it needs to be something that employers make known as being of primary importance.
You have a lot of watchdogs in the corporate world that are looking at making sure expense accounts aren't padded and sales figures aren't padded . . . . The Department of Justice is very heavy-handed in fining companies that violate certain rules -- so I really think that corporate America needs to beef up its ethics training and do it in a way in which millennials are able to accept it. They need to understand that it's important to the company that they behave honestly.
Do you see other HR processes being affected by the findings of your study? For instance, when it comes to candidate screening, are there changes employers should be considering?
Ariss: Knowing that you're talking to a different type of an employee [with different wants], you're going to need to tweak [your workplace policies accordingly]. One example would be: We might normally tell those being interviewed, "We would like to start at 8 a.m. and finish at 5 p.m." Well, millennials love flex time and might prefer to start at 10 a.m. and finish at 7 p.m. If you're an employer that's interested in interviewing a person who has all the credentials that you're looking for, except his or her time coming to work [doesn't match your policies], then you should be ready to accept this exception.
I understand that you also followed your initial survey with a survey of students, asking them many of the same questions. Can you share what the findings revealed?
Crosgrove: Interestingly, at a rate that was twice as much as millennials, they felt that the university's academic integrity codes were just too strict. I don't know of a university that has an integrity policy that's Draconian. They clearly spell out the basics -- no plagiarism, do your own work -- but millennials felt that the policies were just too Draconian for them. That means that when [they enter] the workplace, they probably are going to feel the same way.
I guess these findings don't bode well as far as the future is concerned.
Crosgrove: Many universities are moving away from standardized tests because they're aware that the answers are out there for sale on the Internet. They're taking a lot of steps that are making the educational process more immune to this kind of cheating, but it's never going to be fully immune.
Ariss: That's right. Universities will never be fully immune because . . . the more we try to become immune to these actions, the smarter the students are at trying to break through this immunity.


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I don't know the answer.
I do know that this Pinkberry thing has become a trend or a phenomenon.
The only local board I look at is the Los Angeles board.
First, there was thread after thread about the original Pinkberry. All said the same thing: Yogurt great, parking crappy.
Nothing wrong with repetitive threads: it's part of the culture of Chowhound to accept lots of posts about the same topic -- new people wander on to the board every day and haven't seen the earlier threads.
But since then, every new Pinkberry opening is treated like the release of a new Beatles record. First there are the "Are they open yet" posts. Then, someone is the first to discover the next location has opened and reports "It's open." Then there are the reports on the yogurt, the lines and the parking.
And none of this counts the "Is this or that rival of Pinkberry as good as Pinkberry" posts.
This is not about Pinkberry, necessarily. I have nothing against frozen yogurt or the company. It's about how something becomes a trend or a phenomenon.
I wasn't on Chowhound when Krispy Kreme came out, I bet it was a similar thing. And I bet there are similar trends in other parts of the country.
I'm just wondering when it goes from "I really like Pinkberry" to "I'm a member of the Pinkberry club."
It occurs to me that 20 years ago, the same thing happened with Penguin's and other frozen yogurts in what might have been the first frozen yogurt wave. There has been a cupcake thing going on in LA for a while now, maybe it started somewhere else.
Man, it would be great to figure out what the next trend is gonna be before anyone else does ... I bet the Pinkberry people are printing money.


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- 8 small mushrooms, chopped, 3 ounces
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 2 tablespoons onion, chopped, about 1 ounce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup Imagine Organic Chicken Broth (LINK)
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- LC-Thick'n Saucy (LINK), optional*
- In a medium skillet, sauté the mushrooms, celery and onion in the butter until soft.
- Add the broth and cream.
- Bring to a boil, then turn down the heat a bit and cook until reduced and thickened, stirring frequently and watching closely so it doesn't boil over.
- After adding the cream, make sure you simmer it long enough so that the cream is no longer white and takes on the light brownish color of the mushrooms. If you can afford the carbs, a few more mushrooms would be even better.
- Season to taste.
- Makes about 1 cup
- Do not freeze
- * If you have some LC-Thick'n Saucy on hand, you can very lightly sprinkle a little over the soup just as it starts to thicken and quickly stir it in, adding a little more if needed until the soup gets thick to your liking. You may need to let it stand a minute to let it start to work before adding more. I found that this addition helps to stabilize the soup. Another benefit of adding the thickener is that you won't have to reduce the broth and cream quite as much so you'll end up with more soup for no extra carbs.
- Per batch: 873 Calories; 90g Fat; 8g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 9g Net Carbs


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Results from the GSDCV Breed Survey, held Sunday June 3rd 2012 are now available here
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By Tarik El-Bashir
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 17, 2010; D01
SUNRISE, FLA. -- With their leading scorer and captain wearing a black pinstriped suit Tuesday and watching from high above the BankAtlantic Center ice, the Washington Capitals proved, once again, they're much more than a one-man show.
Six players scored goals and 13 registered at least a point as the Capitals and their top-ranked offense cruised to an unexpectedly easy 7-3 victory over the Florida Panthers minus two-time MVP Alex Ovechkin, who served the first game of a two-game suspension for his hit Sunday on Chicago defenseman Brian Campbell.
"They try harder because the game's number one player is not there," Coach Bruce Boudreau said. "It's like not relying on big brother. When he's there's and it's a close game you're always saying, 'Let's keep it a close game, Alex is going to score and tie it.' But when he's not there, they know they have to take it upon themselves to do it."
The Capitals improved to 7-2 and are averaging 4.8 goals per game without Ovechkin this season. They also defeated the Panthers for the sixth time, sweeping the season series for the first time.
The offensive onslaught was led by Brendan Morrison, who ended a lengthy drought, and Brooks Laich, who set career highs for goals and points.
Morrison, who had been scratched against the Blackhawks, scored his first goal in 16 games, second in 31 games, and notched a pair of assists; Laich had two goals and an assist, pushing his season totals to 24 and 54.
"It was getting ridiculous, to be honest with you," Morrison said. "Before Christmas I was basically a point-a-game guy. Then I just fell off a cliff. There were times this season when I was down and frustrated. But tonight, I just told myself, 'Go play.' That's the way I'm going to approach it the rest of the year. I think I have some things to offer the team down the stretch."
As good as Morrison and Laich were for the Capitals, the focus in South Florida still was on Ovechkin, hockey's most controversial figure, 24 hours after he was suspended for the second time this season.
"I didn't mean to make someone injured," he said before a team official halted the interview after three questions. "But you know, it's a hockey game."
Boudreau added, "He went to hit him but the hit didn't cause the damage, the boards caused the damage."
The damage, as the Blackhawks revealed Tuesday, is extensive. While Campbell is expected to avoid surgery, he could miss up to eight weeks with a fractured clavicle and rib.
Normally one of the team's most care-free personalities, Ovechkin was solemn and downcast and wore all black. On the ice for the morning skate, he took his spot alongside the other scratches while Tomas Fleischmann replaced him on the top line.
"I'm disappointed for what the league" decided, he said.
Boudreau said he planned to give Ovechkin and couple of days to "get over it himself" before addressing the hit and suspension with his star player.
"I know he was down after the first suspension," Boudreau said. "[But] I think he legitimately didn't think anything was going to happen [this time]. So it was more of a shock. . . . He's not happy. He's missing two games for his team and don't discount -- I know he makes a lot of money -- but that's a lot of money he's being fined."
Ovechkin has missed four games against the Panthers and two of the teams' three meetings in South Florida, which didn't please a throng of local Capitals fans, who held up red and white signs that read "Free Alex" along the glass during warm-ups.
Ovechkin's presence might have been missed. But it wasn't needed, not against the overmatched Panthers, anyway.
"Maybe we rely on Alex too much to score goals," Jason Chimera said. "It's lines like our lines that have to pick up the slack, and I think we did a good job tonight."
Each of the third liners -- Chimera, Morrison and Fehr -- netted goals.
The unit also factored in the game's turning point. The Capitals emerged from a wide-open first period clinging to a 2-1 lead, despite controlling the play for long stretches. But Morrison scored 49 seconds into the second period -- and the rout on was on. About 10 minutes later, Morrison made a nice play to set up Fehr, who fished the puck out of his skates and rifled it past Tomas Vokoun to notch his fourth goal in his past 16 games.
"I'm just trying to go out there and create some energy and get as many shots on net as possible," said Fehr, who needs one more goal to reach 20 for the season. "And it's been working for me."
Capitals notes: Goaltender José Theodore stopped 34 shots. Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin each had a goal and an assist. . . . Center Boyd Gordon aggravated a back injury early in the first period and did not return. . . . Defensemen Tom Poti and John Erskine and forwards David Steckel and Scott Walker were healthy scratches.


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Pitchers, in particular, enter spring training with a particular focus or point of improvement. Work on fastball command. Get a better feel for a secondary pitch. Be more consistent with their arm slot. For Ryan Mattheus, his focus this spring is a byproduct of the Nationals' offseason moves.
With the loss of reliable left-handers Sean Burnett, Tom Gorzelanny and Michael Gonzalez, Mattheus read between the lines and discerned his future. The Nationals' bullpen has only one left-hander with a major league contract (Zach Duke) and another left-hander with a minor league contract competing for a spot (Bill Bray). The Nationals whiffed on other free agent left-handers but maintained that they weren't concerned with their backup plan of relying on their right-handers strong reverse splits against left-handed batters.
Mattheus, 29, is one of those right-handed relievers who has had unknowing success against left-handed batters and once he saw the Nationals heading towards spring training with a right-handed heavy bullpen he could see his future. No Nationals coaches or front office personnel told him directly; he just figured it out by reading between the lines and looking at his own statistics. So Mattheus's area of improvement was almost predetermined.
"I'm going to be asked to face more left-handed hitters this year," he said. "And guys in the bullpen are going to be asked to face more left-handed hitters. So I'm really going to work the inside part of the plate against left-handed hitters, more so the sinker on the inner half, trying to throw the comebacker on the inner half of the plate. … With right-handers, I can do that, I can just keep going further in. But lefties, they'll go out there and get you. I'm working on keeping them honest inside."
In his career, Mattheus has held left-handed hitters to a .214 batting average and Tyler Clippard, also particularly effective against them, has held them to a .186 average. Mattheus attributes the success against left-handers, and against batters from both sides of the plate, to his hard, biting sinker down in the strike zone.
Last season, Mattheus logged the most amount of work in his career (66 appearances) and posted a 2.85 ERA in large part because he learned how to better use his plus pitch, the sinker. Against right-handed batters, Mattheus learned to pound them inside the sinker, which moves in on their hands and nets ground balls. But against left-handers, the ball breaks away from them and they can adjust to the sinker and hit it to the opposite field. Mattheus said he needs to work on pounding left-handed hitters inside with just as much veracity as the right-handers.
"The more times guys start to see me they're going to get onto that pattern," he said. "I'm trying to establish more on both sides of the plate this year because I don't spin the ball very well. We tried that coming in last year and that experience is over so I'm going to have to command both sides of the plate with the fastball."
Mattheus spot in the bullpen isn't guaranteed, a fact he understands. There are one or two spots left to be determined, most hinging on Bray's success this spring. But Mattheus, who has a 2.84 ERA in two seasons with the Nationals, could improve his odds with his continued work this spring against left-handers.
A fun story about Adam LaRoche and his son Drake, the luckiest 11-year old in America, by Adam Kilgore.
Nate Karns debuts and impresses
Gio Gonzalez happily gets back to baseball in first spring start
Updates on Wilson Ramos, Henry Rodriguez, Chad Tracy and others
Notes from the morning workout in Viera
The mayor dropped by Nationals spring training
Vs. Braves in Orlando, 1:05 p.m. The Nationals send Ross Detwiler to the mound for the first time this spring to get their first look at their fiercest division foe. Their lineup:
1. Eury Perez, CF
2. Danny Espinosa, 2B
3. Bryce Harper, LF
4. Tyler Moore, 1B
5. Ian Desmond, SS
6. Chris Marrero, DH
7. Carlos Rivero, RF
8. Anthony Rendon, 3B
9. Jhonatan Solano, C
– Ross Detwiler, SP
Pitchers schedule:
Ross Detwiler
Fernando Abad
Bill Bray
Ryan Perry
Jeremy Accardo
Tanner Roark
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Hi guys,
I'm trying to debug my rust program in Visual Studio but can't make natvis to show types like u8, i8 and String. There is issue 36646 already logged for this: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/36646. However, it says there that the issue is fixed. But I'm still seeing the problem with rustc 1.14:
Can any one please confirm if it is indeed fixed in the latest build?
The output of rustup show on my machine is:
rustup show
I'm having a hard time understanding the linked issue. It seems like the underlying LLVM issue was fixed, but I'm not sure if that fix propagated back to rustc already (through means of an LLVM release and upgrade).
Looks like it was an upstream issue in LLVM and got fixed there.However, Rust uses a private mirror of LLVM which does not yet include that patch, so it is not fixed in any release of Rust
In that case #36646, which is a Rust issue, should remain open in my view. It has been marked closed by michaelwoerister. Can someone who has the right privileges please reopen it?
Also any idea when Rust's fork of LLVM will be updated from the master? From what @skade said, looks like this won't happen until LLVM makes the next public release. Is that true?
Hi guys,
Any clue when rust's fork of LLVM will be updated? Who should I contact for this? Is there's anything I can do to help?
A fix for this issue is important for me because I want my team at work to do our next project in Rust. All my teammates are Windows programmers familiar with Visual Studio. Therefore to help them take up Rust it is really important that debugging experience is decent in Visual Studio. This will really go a long way for me
@gurry Here's the issue about LLVM upgrade: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/37609. It should link to all relevant information. The next big thing to do is port emscripten to LLVM 4.0.
Thanks for the help Brian.


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Sunday Dinner
{Grilled Duck with Spinach Salad and Wild Rice}
Grilled Duck breast (You could substitute with chicken, beef, or pork)
Teriyaki (enough to cover meat)
1-2 Tablespoons horseradish
2 cloves garlic minced
Marinate meat in covered dish over night. Then grill to your liking.
Spinach Salad:
1 bunch fresh spinach (This was in my co-op box)
2-3 strips cooked bacon crumbled
2 eggs sliced
1 small onion thinly sliced
1 small can mandarin oranges drained
1 bottle raspberry walnut dressing
Assemble salad in large bowl. Toss before serving with a light coat of dressing.
1 box Wild Rice of your choice
Follow package instructions
There you have it a nice healthy Sunday meal. Enjoy! :)


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November 1, 2014
Stoudt's Brewery
Adamstown, PA
Second Shooting for Daniel Fullam Photography
What's my favorite thing to do after Halloween? To shoot a wedding of course!
It was a beautiful fall day that had some off and on rain but it all worked out perfectly. The trees had that gorgeous fall color to them and Ashley and Chris just radiated energy and pure joy. Their bridal party was a blast as the guys wore unique socks and the girls wore unique rain boots.
Stoudt's Brewery made for an awesome and totally different wedding ceremony and reception venue. It couldn't have been more perfect for Ashley and Chris as they're huge beer aficionados and incorporated beer throughout their ceremony and reception. Ashley and Chris also have huge hearts and love animals so they posted flyers on each table for the City of Eldlerly Love, a group dedicated to finding elderly pets a forever home.


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Why in the world would you want to start doing power lifting exercises? I mean, what in the shooting sports even begins to look like doing a deadlift? A dead what??? A dead back, maybe???
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The Role of Fitness in Practical Shooting
For a lot of folks, the terms "shooting" and "fitness" don't usually seem to go together. What has fitness got to do with anything? This is SHOOTING, man!!!
Permanent link to this article: http://re-gun.com/2007/11/the-role-of-fitness-in-practical-shooting/


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A perfect plugin became next to useless
I was perfectly happy with this plugin until it got updated to version 3. Before, it was just working in the background, announcing my new posts on Twitter. Now it handed this duty over to the Social Plugin by the same Author and only has options to show my tweets in the admin screen, create (another) link for the tweet and show its credits.
Social, on the other hand, replaces the default commenting system with its own, without asking (at least you can disable it) and annoys by showing another screen to "broadcast" your post to Twitter and/or Facebook when you publish it, forcing you to do a couple more clicks to do what used to be only one click with the old Twitter Tools.
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One of the most beautiful little meadows in all the vast Indian Territory was called Prairie of the Long Grass.
It had about it something that made a wandering man want to stop. Stay a while. Maybe forever. It spilled from the bent point of Poteau Mountain like seed from a broken sack, carpeting the valley with green in summer, brown in winter. Where Nature has poured out every kind of loveliness with inexhaustible profusion. The meadows tempt the traveler almost irresistibly to linger, or even take up his abode in them.
Thus it has been forever: The hills, valleys, springs and prairies scattered like thrown gemstones across the Southeastern corner of Oklahoma have tugged at the souls of wandering men. And a village some have said was named for Heaven sits at the middle of it. City of Heavener, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Prairie of the Long Grass. A place to make the heart hurt. It draws and holds a certain kind of person as magnet draws steel.
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CHARLIE Clerehugh is counting down the days till he helps carry the Olympic torch through South Yorkshire.
The 13-year-old from Sheffield said he 'can't believe' he'll be taking part in the big event leading up to the London Games.
"I don't know why I've been chosen - it was a real surprise and I'm really excited about it," said the High Storrs school pupil.
"I know I'll be running in Rotherham but I'm still waiting for all the details. It's going to be fantastic, I can't wait."
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Conwell-Egan Catholic High School was proud in 2013 to announce the newly formed Sports Hall of Fame. This prestigious collection of players, teams and coaches, pulls from the ever impressive past of Bishop Egan, Bishop Conwell and Conwell-Egan Catholic High Schools. With over 55 years of history to choose from, there is certainly no shortage of athletes worthy of such recognition.
The 2013 ceremony was the inaugural year for "SHOF", and was a huge success. The previous members of the Bishop Egan Football Hall of Fame were inducted, as well as two new teams and another eleven individuals. The inductees spanned four decades, eight sports and included athletes from both Bishop Egan, Bishop Conwell and Conwell-Egan Catholic. The event was met with overwhelming support as over 300 people attended the ceremony held at Falls Manor on New Falls Rd. in Bristol.
Our fifth annual Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held on Thursday, March 30. Heading the committee for this year's Induction Ceremony was 1973 Bishop Egan graduate Bill Burns. Others on the committee include Bill Techtmann '79, Sandy Davis Stricker '85, Stephen Schweiker '85, Robert Henry '75, Thomas Seger '81 and Mary Jane Herrick '74.
The 2017 Induction Class was proud to include the following members: Daniel Morrin '70, Rick Gibney '72, Michael Lawrence '77, Joseph Lynch '78, Mark Pizzo '85, Michael Siravo '87, Michelle Shegda '94, Brianne Brown '03, and Angel Bunner '07.
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If you go to the beach this summer, you may find dozens of seashells, each uniquely wonderful. Plan on filling a whole jar with your favorites: scallops and angel wings (piddocks), whelks and sand dollars.
Birth to age five is a critical stage of development in a child's life. Particularly in the first three years of life, babies' brains develop at an astonishing rate. Reading and the positive experiences around reading promote babies' development and can create a love of reading that will last a lifetime. Reading books on a wide range of topics introduces a variety of new words that children may not hear in everyday conversation, building their brain power.
Publishers have been responding to parents' and caregivers' desire to have board books that expand on the traditional approach by creating books for babies that introduce areas such as science and history or that take a new approach to learning ABCs, colors and shapes.
Summer Reading has just begun, and Central Rappahannock Regional Library is making it easier for children and teens to continue learning all summer long! In keeping with our mission of inspiring lifelong learning every day, effective July 1, all children's and teens' materials will be exempt from late fees.
Access to the public library is key to every child's and teen's development. Unfortunately, concerns from parents and guardians over fee liabilities have been an understandable barrier to library use by this age group. They can now check out as many books as they wish, which encourages literacy and supports schools by ensuring that all students have access at all times to the public library. Young people are still responsible for returning materials on time and in good condition and will be charged for lost and damaged items.
This change impacts all children's and teens' materials, no matter who checks them out.
On June 10, 2017, 10th Annual GO Day, or National Get Outdoors Day, will be celebrated around the nation within national parks, large cities, and small towns. Hiking is a popular activity many share during GO Day. In the book Families on Foot: Urban Hikes to Backyard Treks and National Park Adventures, experienced hikers Jennifer and Brew Davis inspire families of all shapes and sizes to get outdoors and start adventuring.


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Peak Oil: Are We Ready To Act? Pt 3Oct 4
One might argue that statistics nearly two years old don't tell much of a story, but it's not the numbers in the following quote which matter so much as it is the underlying context and concerns. Those consideration won't go away. [Production issues since this article was first published aren't exactly changing the facts much, either.]
Many TV commentators and opinion leaders highlight the fact US domestic oil production has just eclipsed the Saudi Arabian and Russian behemoths. What the sound bites fail to provide, however, is context. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the current daily production of crude oil and other liquids, Saudi Arabia produce 11.7 million barrels of oil per day (mbd), Russia 10.4 mbd, and the US at 11.1 mbd. But the gross amount of oil each nation produces isn't what matters. It's net oil.
The EIA also reports that Saudi Arabia consumes 2.9 mbd, leaving and estimated 8.6 mbd available for export. Russia consumes 3.3 mbd, leaving 7.2 mbd available for export. The US consumes, however, 18.9 mbd per day, leaving a deficit of 6.6 mbd that has to be met by importing foreign oil. Russia and Saudi Arabia, therefore, remain securely in the global petroleum driver's seat while the US remains the globe's most vulnerable. Unfortunately, that's not the only red warning flag.
An analysis of the US light tight oil (LTO) industry indicates that overall US production, according to the EIA, is expected to peak, possibly as soon as 2017-18, but likely no later than 2020-21, at which time overall US production begins an inexorable decline. This conclusion is based on the results of an in-depth assessment of actual well production data from the major shale plays I (Hughes) conducted (Drilling Deeper is the detailed, 315 page study). The results of this analysis reveal:
– high-quality plays are not ubiquitous – nearly two-thirds of U.S. tight oil production comes from just two plays – the Bakken and Eagle Ford – and most production comes from relatively small "sweet spots" within these plays.
– production declines of wells are 80%-85% in the first 3 years meaning that 40%-45% of production must be replaced each year by more drilling to keep production flat.
– as sweet spots become saturated with wells, drilling must move into lower quality parts of these plays (which have the bulk of remaining drilling locations and average well production of half or less that of sweet spots), hastening the production falloff after peak. - other plays have not been found that compare to the Bakken and Eagle Ford. [see the links in this cited article]
It's no doubt of great comfort to those unwilling to accept that we've got some major energy supply issues on the horizon when they offer up the argument against by claiming that the total estimated resources worldwide [measured in trillions of barrels] have not yet been tapped. What, me worry?
But as the authors above suggested in a similar vein, "context" matters a great deal. As I have taken pains to point out—as have others much more knowledgeable than I am—having the technologies, financing, personnel, and related capabilities to access and extract is a very different story. Given that the "trillions of barrels" story includes a substantial portion of the total here in the United states which has not yet produced any results at all after more than a century [the 100-year kind] of effort, it's a bit thin on validity. But one must go with what one has, and it's not nearly enough anymore.
We've got time to deal with the transitions needed—a nearly incomprehensible adaptation at that—but not a lot of time. Peak oil will make its presence and impact obvious to most of us over the course of many months and likely several years. We don't have to panic just yet. That will come if we've done nothing but rely on fingers and toes crossed and a lot of "possiblys" and "potentiallys."
Those should not be our go-to options.
If just making the statement about untapped resource totals were enough, there would be no peak oil concerns. Trillions of barrels of oil would last a long, long time … if it weren't for reality and those pesky contextual matters. They matter—a lot.
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John H. Buckley: Exploring a Local WWI Hero's Legacy in Colorado
Did you know that Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado was named for a Longmont resident?
John Harold Buckley (1895-1918) was born on July 8, 1895 in Longmont, Colorado. Buckley enlisted in the service and achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant during World War I. He was in the 28th Squadron Pursuit Group, and on September 27, 1918, he was killed on the third day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He and a fellow pilot, Lt. Kenneth Bell, were forming a patrol to cross enemy lines on a combat mission. Weather reports from that day say that it was rainy, with low clouds and poor visibility.
Two other pilots gave a statement that Lieutenants Bell and Buckley were seen flying towards one another at the same level in low clouds behind enemy lines, then both planes were seen diving, when one plane turned trying to avoid the other. These actions resulted in a mid-air collision shearing the left wings off each plane. The accident caused both planes to fall immediately in a vrille (French term for a bad spin or "death spiral"). Upon hitting the ground, both pilots were instantly killed.
Lt. John Buckley was posthumously awarded both a Purple Heart and a WWI Victory Medal in 2003. He is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, a 130-acre cemetery just east of the French village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. The cemetery is about three hours northeast of Paris, and it serves as the final resting place of our largest dead military in Europe, a total of 14,246.
Here in Longmont, Buckley is also remembered. The American Legion Post 32 was named in honor of Lt. John Harold Buckley and the service he provided to his country.
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With exam season upon us, David Hathaway, Product Manager for Scientia's exams solutions, looks back on the exams-themed sessions at our recent User Conference.
This was the second year that we have run a dedicated Exams Stream at the Scientia User Conference. A significant number of people attend the Conference primarily for the exams sessions (and some come just for that day), and it was heartening to see that our ~70-seater room was decently full – often almost to capacity – for most of the presentations.
To the untrained eye, planning exams may not seem different to scheduling a course, but it is – significantly. Although inexorably linked, there are two distinct parts to staging exams: scheduling them and then managing them.
The scheduling part of exams is very much like scheduling lectures, albeit that you may well have different student sets in the same room – a group of history students and a group of maths students, for example – or the same group spread over many rooms. This presents challenges unique to exam timetablers. The management of exams relates more to the preparation and delivery of the event itself: getting papers securely produced and delivered to the venue; invigilator recruitment, training and rostering; taking into consideration students who need extra provision; and management of the exam sessions.
Our Exams Stream was an opportunity for our customers to share how they manage their own exams – and a chance for us to update them on how our solutions are developing to meet the changing needs of the sector.
Going Anywhere?
The day kicked off with a Scientia product development update. While focussing on Exam Scheduler (ES) and Exams Management System (EMS), the session also touched on integration capabilities – particularly the new ability to make exam timetables available to staff and students via Publish.
The big news was that we will be moving ES to the Cloud (starting next year) as part of Syllabus+ Anywhere. Like all elements of Syllabus+ Anywhere, exams users will get a new interface, components and functionality – and it will be underpinned by next-level reporting and auditing tools. This makes it much more than just a change of platform.
User Presentations
- Jackie Lupton, University of Southampton, looked at the challenges of managing the invigilation process – or more accurately, managing invigilators. Following the process through recruitment, training and then timetabling invigilators, Jackie reinforced her key messages with references to how ES has helped Southampton drive changes to the invigilation process and delivered material benefits.
- Copenhagen Business School runs a dedicated, off-site exam building with some 600+ workstations. Lene Tobiassen's presentation described the drivers and business benefits for using this kind of building, the main one being that it minimises disruption to normal scheduled activities and, mainly because of the flexible partitioning, creates a much better environment for running exams. All exams at CBS are taken online and Lene's presentation looked at the benefits (improved workflow, monitoring and transparency) and challenges (hardware issues, etc.) of running exams this way.
- Torben Grobaard, from Copenhagen University, stood in for his colleague Dorte Jensen (who was unfortunately ill) and covered their new, all-digital exams processes. He described the new software they commissioned and implemented to plan, deliver and mark all written exams at the university – and how it links to ES to produce optimised timetables for students. Particularly interesting was how he unpicked their process of putting the right people and equipment in the right room at the right time – no mean feat. The second half of his presentation gave an overview of the dedicated exams building run by Copenhagen University – particularly interesting was the revelation they cover a proportion of the building costs by renting it to outside organisations for running exams.
Making exams work for everyone
At the core of our solutions is the idea that using them can make academic life better for everyone. This ethos is at the forefront of our forthcoming EMS solution, where we have dedicated an entire module to supporting students who need alternative arrangements or additional support in exam situations. The Conference workshop I chaired on this subject was lively and informative with lots of idea-sharing and discussion – so much so that I had to stop it!
The workshop format suits some subjects more than others. Based on discussions I heard throughout the day, a similar workshop session around invigilator management would be a good idea. We will look at running this at the conference next year.
New for 2017: Exams-specific SRUG
The growing popularity of the Conference Exams Stream encouraged us to think about how we could further meet this interest throughout the year. The news that we will have an exams-specific SRUG (Scientia Regional User Group) for the first time this year was very well received. I can now say that it will be held on 31 October at the East Midlands Conference Centre. Booking will open in June, full details TBC.
With ES 3.5.4 and a full EMS release just around the corner, this is an exciting time for our exams solution customers. Find out more about both solutions by listening to the podcasts below.
See more pictures from the Conference here, including the world's most tense game of Jenga.


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April 7, 2014
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Subject: CEMEX CPAM 1102; Application for Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment
To Whom It May Concern,
I am a resident of Citrus County and neighbor of a limestone mine. Despite my dislocation from the project and/or land use amendment under consideration I have long term experience with mining by virtue of the location of my home.
Slightly more than 3,000 feet to my south is a limestone quarry operated by Cemex. It is known as the Cemex Inglis Quarry by roadside signage and many other names by neighbors weary of the several decades of contentions that have arisen due to the mine's proximity to residential properties. In times past, and under different management, activities were sufficiently obnoxious that several legal battles were waged by residents, this despite the 3000' setback from residential properties required by county code. Ultimately the operator's blasting permit was revoked.
During the Cemex era at this site homeowners were visited by routine seismic shocks one or two times per week up to the onset of the recession in late 2007. The standards applied by the State Fire Marshal's office were developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, a now defunct bureaucracy that lives on through standards which do little to mitigate nuisance factors. During the course of each day residents were greeted with heavy equipment noises before dawn. This included loud vehicle exhaust, tailgate slamming and aural backup alarms.
During discussions with FDEP Bureau of Mine Reclamation regarding an application to expand the mine in 2005, it was brought to their attention this mine was located on an island, a fact that had not previously been examined by the Department or the Southwest Florida Water Management District. In fact, the FDEP did not believe at first that this was the case. The point of the dialog went to water supply for local residents who were totally dependent upon private wells in a location with a very thin surficial aquifer that had been cut off from the mainland due to the creation of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. The mine was located on the island's highest potentiometric elevation. The application for expansion was ultimately withdrawn. Subsequent review for water use permit renewal resulted in a reduction of allocation for the mine in the range of 90%. Future expansion of the mine was prohibited to the north and east of the current mine pit as a condition of permit renewal.
My point here is that despite the best intentions of regulators and local jurisdictional authority, humans are involved and errors occur from time to time. The review process at hand is likely to lead to another error should the Board vote to approve the application without being fully informed.
Presumably the information above will be taken as anecdotal input. With that said, what cannot be ignored is the fact that mining is an activity of heavy industrial nature. It is obnoxious and incompatible with adjacent residential development for many reasons. Because of its nature it depreciates the value of adjacent residential properties and that has an adverse impact on property tax revenues. The degree to which this will occur in this instance is unknown. It must therefore be concluded the county will be making an uninformed decision on the final disposition of the matter.
It is the nature of the mining industry in Florida to take a local resource for regional distribution. Framed another way, it is an activity that may benefit the region, but the resultant burden falls on the local community. It is a win/lose circumstance. The County Commission will choose the winners and losers in this matter, be they constituents or the applicant. The Board is under no obligation whatsoever to approve the application.
Should the Board elect to approve the application, it should consider the near and long term consequences of such action. It will have burdened nearby residents who live in close proximity to obnoxious activities that will disrupt their desire and reasonable expectation to live a peaceful existence. This circumstance will most certainly diminish the collective value of their residential and business properties and thus constrain the county's tax revenue. In response, the county commission may be deem it appropriate to raise millage rates to compensate for this loss. Should this occur it is reasonable to conclude the Board is quietly subsidizing the applicant's activities at the expense of its constituents.
Should the Commission elect to not increase millage rates to compensate for this revenue loss, its ability and primary responsibility to act in behalf of county residents to maintain the Health, Safety and Welfare will be degraded.
It may be argued that loss of revenue from adjacent properties will be offset by revenues from the mine. Probably not, but the argument can and likely will be made. The question posed at this point is what will the residual tax valuation of the mine property be when the mine is exhausted in 20 or so years. If assistance is needed to answer this question, look to other jurisdictions that have traveled this same path.
The Board is strongly urged to deny this application due to insufficient information upon which to make an informed decision. The Board may, if it pleases, retain professional assistance in the form of a comprehensive economic evaluation. It cannot otherwise make an informed decision with the information at hand.
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
The 3 terrors
One of the other two (Gamera) seemed to like to hitch rides on the back of Kraken whenever he could get away with it. But he frequently took a beatdown for doing such. He didn't seem to realize when it was feeding time, and I'd often have to coerce him to the feeding area by prodding him gently with the feeding tweezers.
The last of the three (Gojira) was a loner. He would avoid contact with the other two and often couldn't be forced to move out of his spot in the corner when it was feeding time.
The three lived in relative peace for about a month, until their personalities started to clash. Kraken would not leave the other two in peace for even a moment. With constant head biting, food stealing, and overall bullying, we knew it was time to set Gamera and Gojira free back into the lake. So we brought them down to the water in a couple of cups and let them loose in the water. We hope that they made it out okay, but we knew that we needed to focus our full attention on the little terror that we decided to keep: Kraken.
More play-by-play and tips for raising your own blood-thirsty beaked reptilian killing machine to come in the next few days!
For now, here's a picture of Kraken shortly after he was born:
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Once the Kraken is born it's overReplyDelete
i don't really get the image you posted anyways...great post!ReplyDelete
Haha, I love the names you have given them.ReplyDelete
You should get some clearer pictures up though!
I think I am looking at the back of a turtles shell and tail.
kraken the crazy turtleReplyDelete
Looks like you are havinge great fun lol.ReplyDelete
Did you name him Kraken before or after he started terrorising his tank mates? Maybe he was just trying to live up to his name, you did say he displayed unusual intelligence ;pReplyDelete
Davy Jones released the kraken!!!! :)ReplyDelete
great choice of namesReplyDelete
i used to have a pet turtle! my friend was moving away and couldn't take it with him, so i took it in. he was fun to play with and watchReplyDelete
cant quite make out the picture but thanks for look at my blog :)ReplyDelete
Yesss! Pictures! I hope they raise hell.ReplyDelete
Awesome! Love 'em!ReplyDelete
Gojira = foreveraloneReplyDelete
enjoyed the picture.ReplyDelete
Those are some epic names for turtles.. I just would have ended up sticking with the Leonardo, etc.ReplyDelete
who knew turtles had such crazy lives lolReplyDelete
My good friend found some kind of water turtle on his porch. He grew maybe five times in size in the short time my friend has had the turtle. So much so that the turtles bite can draw blood.ReplyDelete
^^^edit: spelling
i know your a metal head cause of gojira :DReplyDelete
I love the names you gave the turtles! All classic movie monsters! Definitely following to see how they grow upReplyDelete
I like the name KrakenReplyDelete
That's a turtle on the picture? Anyhow, awesome story, but why didn't you keep the other 2 instead of the bully?ReplyDelete
kraken ftwReplyDelete
haha the other two would be fine, my mate let his tutrtle go in a pond on a mates property, we came back a few years llater and he recognised us!ReplyDelete
what a picture lolReplyDelete
hahaha you've obviously been studying them, making you a student. i could give you some adviceReplyDelete
Awesome names haha, you seem really into this :PReplyDelete
Nice!! Congrats!ReplyDelete
Release the kraken! xDReplyDelete
lol awesome name dude!ReplyDelete
Unleash the KRAKEN!ReplyDelete
weird pictureReplyDelete
Kill it, Kill it with fire!ReplyDelete
This is probably why my younger sister is scared of turtles! (She had to take care of a friend's snapping turtle for 1 day & is not terrified). Very cool story :)ReplyDelete
going old school on us huh?ReplyDelete


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Former Super Falcons star, Chichi Igbo, has shared some new photos and video on her Instagram page and people just cannot stop talking about it.
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Prof. David Tal, a historian of the Arab-Israeli conflict at the University of Sussex, discusses with host Gilad Halpern the commonly-held belief that Israel could have avoided the devastating Yom Kippur War by accommodating to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace overtures. Is this no more than a myth created with the benefit of hindsight?
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Chiffon Jacket Styled Three Ways
August 1, 2011 by admin
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This month's three way features a chiffon, boho-esque styled jacket from our friends over at Yesstyle. Love this particular piece; the cut has an elegant ease that makes it a cinch to wear from day to night! Check out how I'd wear it below:
Day Chic
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Swap out those miniskirts for a sexy pair of dressy shorts. This month's pick from Yesstyle features three ways to wear them whether day or night.
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If you're anything like me, then the very thought of repeating an outfit gives you the chills! Unless you have a different outfit for each day of the week, it's time to take another look in your closet and get some extra mileage with what's on hand. Take a look at how I created three outfits with one sequined front tank top (and I could have kept going). I chose this top because the color of the sequins gives off the perfect touch of glam for day and night. Personally, I love sequins and denim, but I decided to go with touches of white with these three outfits for the Summer. Check out my day and evening looks below!
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One of the very many things that I love about Go is that it mandates Egyptian style braces. And it does so for a very good reason, I might add.
I'll throw out the "Amsterdam Report". Something we started around our office...
End user reports a bug such as "The values on screen X are wrong" - without providing any additional information...
I equated it as the user was trying to drive from LA to New York - and they ended up in Amsterdam - and they have no idea (or at least didn't describe) why/how they ended up there.
Thus anytime an "Amsterdam (Bug) Report" comes in - it's generally greeted with a developer saying, "Welcome to Amsterdam!"
I could have lived at a college when studying at university, which by my reading of Wikipedia is the same as a "frat house" in US-speak. http://www.usq.edu.au/accommodation/steelerudd
So more examples of different jargon in different places?
Years ago when I was working in Ireland I developed a habit of marking anything not yet configured in a configuration file and in code with the string "here be dragons".
[mail servers]
smtp="here be dragons"
This had the simple advantage that one could search all config files for "dragons" to find items not yet configured (maybe the SMTP server wasn't known yet but now is).
After a while I and later others started referring to a status where an application was installed but not yet configured as having dragons, as in "Module X is installed but some dragons remain".
Now in Switzerland another interesting term developed, more or less by accident. The German equivalent of the English term "text book" (as in "ideal") is "picture book". Our test environment installation people have a habit of taking screenshots of anything that didn't work or confused them during installation of our application. (That was very useful.) They then sent us the screenshots so we could resolve those issues or explain them away.
And now an installation routine that is particularly buggy is referred to as a "picture book installation" (again, think "text book installation").
Only 2k LOC in a megamoth? I've worked on code which had one method which was ~10k LOC It also had up to 17 levels of nested conditional/loop. This is what happens when assembly programmers are let loose on higher-level languages without any reigning-in
In my first job we had to write "bus-proof" code. That meant plenty of documentation and everything saved safely into config control.
The idea is that anyone on a project could be knocked down by a bus on the way home, and the project simply must go on with nothing lost.
Instead of rubber ducking, we use the Inflatable Programmer: the one that sits down next to you, listen to your explanation, says nothing and you realize where the problem is. When you turn to thank him, he looks back with empty eyes and mouth wide open.
Dunno if this is new or not "Chernobyl code" for code that seals old legacy stuff in concrete to provide a new API or calling mechanism whilst hiding the old implementation details.
Also, is there a name for C++ code written by a Java developer? You know, where they are wordy (smurfy) as hell and bring across all the introspection naming conventions when introspection isn't available?
And we have "hooker code", which relies on the idea of prostitutes as > unclean and unsafe.
Ah, now i get what they want to imply.
The first association i had was something along "you have to pay every time", like Mac-appstore vs. a debian repository.
Maybe it's a regional thing, i'm from "liberal" Europe
This language says a lot about programmer culture.We have "Jimmy", the clueless new programmer, who is malebecause programmers are male by default.
Which is, at least in most countries i know of, just a true observation. Furthermore, if it were Jane, i bet that would lead accusations of implying female programmers are less competent.
So, what name should we use to antropomporhize Cluelessness? As Jimmy's sigh proves, no name does not "target" at least one person.
We have the "mad girlfriend bug", which programmers can empathizewith because they are straight males who know what it is like tohave a mad girlfriend.
But, besides the empathizing, it communicates a recognizable metaphor, that, i'd argue, even asexual people of any sex will get, because of it's pervalence in sit coms, movies etc.It's like "Herculean Task", it doesnt matter that the Greek Gods are a myth as long as the meaning is transported.
I don't particularly like the "Hooker Code", because it seems to me like bitching about Prostitution witout adding worth to the metaphor, but objecting die Jimmy seems a little bit paranoid to me.
"I didn't wrote that code! The Me In The Past did!".
You In The Past – it's not you: you don't know what he did and why. Maybe that You In The Past person was kind enough to leave messages (comments) to other developers (including you now), but you can't be sure. One thing you should do: write comments and documentation NOW so that other developers (including the You In The Future) will be able to understand it!
@js I never comment on blogs but I had to because of your terrible comment. What you have said has shown everyone that you are a bad, stereotypical, wannabe programmer. Any good programmer will use the style they see already in the project they are on. And if they are lead they can choose (usually discussing it with the team or using company policy) the style to use. You don't just say some style is better and everyone using that style is an idiot for using it. I personally like brackets on new lines. The reason? I have worked like that on projects for years, it is always the style I see. But when I see projects with Egyptian style (which you seem to also take offense to it being named that... I mean really?) I adapt (by pressing enter less!) and use that style.
Speaking of Egyption Brackets, I recently wanted to post a SO question (but don't have the nerve) asking why people still use Egyption Brackets because I thought that style died out years and years ago especially after Code Complete.
I still use K&R formatting. But then I started writing like that in 1985. It really doesn't matter, the code compiles just the same.
But I guess some devs are more interested in presentation more than content -- says a lot about them as developers really.
Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange should promote good questions instead of closing or deleting questions.
Or make a good designated place for deleted "too fun" questions to live! StackOverflowOverflow.
I hadn't heard "Rubber Ducking." We call it "Code Therapy." You describe your coding problem to a workmate, and by the time you're done describing it, the answer has occurred to you.
LemonThe parentheses without any parameters between them (). Used mainly for function calls. Either use a lemon to execute the function, or you'll get a pointer. This term was coined by my 9 year old daughter when she was reading code out loud over my shoulder.
Yoda Exception Handling: Do, or do not; there is no try.
I have a term for a particular type of overstuffed function or god object. I call it the 'duties as assigned.' Like an employee that gets hired to do a simple job, and then finds out that his job description also includes 'duties as assigned.'
Had a guy on a project who was supposed to write a function to do one simple thing, yet he decided to also use that function to accomplish every other task he felt needed to be achieved in the project.
Can I translate this to spanish? I want to use them around the place, but some of these are way too english for people to understand.
Oh and here in the office I coined what we call a "Maraña China" or "Chinese Mess" for when a code is s baly written and unformatted, that's basically unreadable or impossible to understand what it does.
Brad Rembielak said:
Actually Code Complete advocates the Egyptian style as I recall, which is one reason I started using it when writing C/C++ code. The reasoning is it makes blocks easier to distinguish if their shapes are like this:
As opposed to this:
And frankly it better matches many other languages like Ruby, Python and JavaScript. In fact it seems most JavaScript these days is written that way.
So while the name is perfectly fine, to act like this style is bad or out-of-date just shows one as being an unexperienced programmer.


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Serves: 2
• 1 splash olive oil
• 200g chicken breast fillets, cut into chunks
• 1 leek, cut into rings
• 4 slices smoked streaky bacon, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 good handful mushrooms, quartered
• salt and pepper
• 1 pinch tarragon
• 1 pinch mixed herbs
• 1 knob butter
• 3 tablespoons plain flour
• 180ml chicken stock
• 120ml white wine
• puff pastry
• 1 egg, beaten
1. Heat a frying pan with a little oil and add the chicken. Cook over medium heat until almost cooked. Add the leek and cook for about 3 minutes then add the bacon, garlic and mushrooms, cook for another 3 minutes.
2. Stir in salt, pepper, tarragon and mixed herbs. Cook for a couple of minutes, then turn off the heat. Leave in the pan whilst you prepare the sauce.
3. In a saucepan, melt the butter over a low heat. When melted add the flour and stir quickly with a wooden spoon to incorporate. You want to 'cook out' the flour taste but ensure its not cooked too fast or over high heat or otherwise it will taste like burnt biscuit.
4. You now have a basic 'roux'. Very slowly, a little at a time add some stock and then some wine. You want to blend into the flour to make a paste. Alternate between adding stock and wine as you go. You may need to either increase or decrease the amount of liquid used so have extra on hand just in case. Be sure to stir continually to avoid lumps.
The result should be the texture of a thick soup. Add seasoning and taste.
5. Pour the chicken mixture into the sauce and mix well. Transfer the filling divided between two pie dishes. Lay a piece of rolled out pastry on top of the pie and cut away the excess. Crimp the edges.
6. If not cooking straight away cover with cling film and refrigerate.
7. When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Remove the cling film and place the pie dishes on a baking tray. Brush the top with beaten egg and bake or until filling heated through and pastry has risen and is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.


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Ask 'Mimi' June 15, 2014
Did you watch the Tony Awards on TV? Were there any winners from around here?
Yes. I enjoyed it more than I had expected. Host Hugh Jackman is the man.
As for local winners, no, but there were plenty of local connections:
University of Illinois theater alum Jason Dirden is in "Raisin in the Sun" — it won best revival. His brother, Brandon, is Martin Luther King Jr. opposite Bryan Cranston as LBJ in "All the Way"; Cranston won for lead actor in a play.
Broadway legend Audra McDonald picked up her sixth Tony, a record, for lead actress in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill." She performed at Krannert Center last fall.
The Tony "memoriam" segment, which honors theater folks who died the previous year, played only in the auditorium during a commercial break. Among those remembered: four-time Tony winner Michael Filerman, a 1960 UI alumnus. Before he died Jan. 25, the film, TV and theater writer-producer donated to the UI Playbills from more than 1,300 stage productions he had seen 1953-2009. He also established an endowed scholarship in the theater department.
And trombonist/UI music Prof Jim Pugh of Mahomet played in the Tony pit orchestra. He has enjoyed that annual gig for more than two decades.
Will the Virginia Theatre have its annual Ice Cream and Independence event to celebrate the Fourth this year?
Yes, but it will be TCBY frozen yogurt rather than ice cream, served at 5 p.m. July 3. The concert at 7 will feature the C-U Civic Wind Band and the Canadian Brass, one of the world's top brass quintets, here for a three-day residency on the UI campus. French horn professor Bernhard Scully is a member. Tickets for reserved seating range from $8 to $40 for VIPs. Call 356-9063 or go to thevirginia.org.
Did zydeco queen Rosie Ledet cancel her gig at the Blues Brews and BBQ Festival June 27 & 28 in Champaign?
Yes. Her manager wanted to book her elsewhere but was unable, so she was pulled and replaced with Rick Estrin & the Nightcats. Estrin received the Blues Foundation's 2013 best harmonica player award. Other major acts are Buckwheat Zydeco, Nikki Hill, Albert Cummings and Curtis Salgado. There also will be an area for families, with Scovill Zoo's animals 4:30-6:30 p.m. June 28 and youth acts from around the state. Admission to the fest is free; a $5 donation is suggested. The festival seeks volunteers to help at the front gates and behind the beer tent; if interested, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 359-6960, Ext. 4.
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First v4.0 public Prototype
As previously discussed, we've been busy working on GameSave Manager v4.0.
While I was hoping for a more complete release around Christmas, we still have something for you guys and gals you mess about with.
Before we start, please be aware that this is a Prototype release.
It's going to be buggy, missing features and be next to pointless to use in it's present state. Most of you will likely not care for this, while a select few may wish to see what we've been doing while we've been away from the Forums.
|Log Viewer
|Main Menu - Update Checks
|Scanning System
Some notes before we begin.
- As previously mentioned, it's far from complete.
- While the 'Standard Backup' feature looks nearly complete, it isn't - It will not make a backup!
- There is no UI implemented to display to the user while a 'Backup Task' is performed - It will look like nothing is happening.
- You can abort a scan or 'Backup Task' at any time, simply by clicking the 'X' (close) button for the application's Window
- While it can check for Program Updates, it cannot yet download and install them! (can apply database updates, however)
- Run the program with '/dev' commandline for access to the 'Developer Backend' (for making your own translation packs)
- You'll likely be notified of a missing font, you can safely proceed without said font or go download and install it yourself.
With all of that in mind, you can download the current prototype by following this link this link (~1.2 MB).
We very much welcome feedback, which can be submitted in this thread.
We have no set time-frame for when a complete release will be made, nor will be set such a date until we're much closer to the end of development. We'd prefer to take our time and make this the best GameSave Manager version yet!
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