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Hadley Wickham posted a photo on Twitter back in September illustrating R list indices with pepper:
Then a few days ago, Jenny Bryan posted on Twitter her follow up, an analogous photo for XML:
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Hadley Wickham posted a photo on Twitter back in September illustrating R list indices with pepper:
Then a few days ago, Jenny Bryan posted on Twitter her follow up, an analogous photo for XML:
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It would be hard to think of two programming languages more dissimilar than Haskell and R.
Haskell was designed to enforce programming discipline; R was designed for interactive use. Haskell emphasizes correctness; R emphasizes convenience. Haskell emphasizes computer efficiency; R emphasizes interactive user efficiency. Haskell was written to be a proving ground for programming language theorists. R was written to be a workbench for statisticians. Very different goals lead to very different languages.
When I first heard of a project to mix Haskell and R, I was a little shocked. Could it even be done? Aside from the external differences listed above, the differences in language internals are vast. I'm very impressed that the folks at Tweag I/O were able to pull this off. Their HaskellR project lets you call R from Haskell and vice versa. (It's primarily for Haskell calling R, though you can call Haskell functions from your R code: Haskell calling R calling Haskell. It kinda hurts your brain at first.) Because the languages are so different, some things that are hard in one are easy in the other.
I used HaskellR while it was under initial development. Our project was written in Haskell, but we wanted to access R libraries. There were a few difficulties along the way, as with any project, but these were resolved and eventually it just worked.
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This is the third in my weekly series of posts pointing out resources on this site. This week's topic is R.
See also posts tagged Rstats.
I started the Twitter account RLangTip and handed it over the folks at Revolution Analytics.
Last week: Emacs resources
Next week: C++ resources
Let me know if you'd like help making R part of your environment.
Here's a little example of using Hadley Wickham's
testthat package for unit testing R code. You can read more about
testthat here.
The function below computes the real roots of a quadratic. All that really matters for our purposes is that the function can return 0, 1, or 2 numbers and it could raise an error.
real.roots <- function(a, b, c) { if (a == 0.) stop("Leading term cannot be zero") d = b*b - 4*a*c # discriminant if (d < 0) rr = c() else if (d == 0) rr = c( -b/(2*a) ) else rr = c( (-b - sqrt(d))/(2*a), (-b + sqrt(d))/(2*a) ) return(rr) }
To test this code with
testthat we create another file for tests. The name of the file should begin with
test so that
testthat can recognize it as a file of test code. So let name the file containing the code above
real_roots.R and the file containing its tests
The test file needs to read in the file being tested.
Now let's write some tests for the case of a quadratic with two real roots.
test_that("Distinct roots", { roots <- real.roots(1, 7, 12) expect_that( roots, is_a("numeric") ) expect_that( length(roots), equals(2) ) expect_that( roots[1] < roots[2], is_true() ) })
This tests that we get back two numbers and that they are sorted in increasing order.
Next we find the roots of (x + 3000)2 = x2 + 6000x + 9000000. We'll test whether we get back -3000 as the only root. In general you can't expect to get an exact answer, though in this case we do since the root is an integer. But we'll show in the next example how to test for equality with a given tolerance.
test_that("Repeated root", { roots <- real.roots(1, 6000, 9000000) expect_that( length(roots), equals(1) ) expect_that( roots, equals(-3000) ) # Test whether ABSOLUTE error is within 0.1 expect_that( roots, equals(-3000.01, tolerance = 0.1) ) # Test whether RELATIVE error is within 0.1 # To test relative error, set 'scale' equal to expected value. # See base R function all.equal for optional argument documentation. expect_equal( roots, -3001, tolerance = 0.1, scale=-3001) })
To show how to test code that should raise an error, we'll find the roots of 2x + 3, which isn't a quadratic. Notice that you can test whether any error is raised or you can test whether the error message matches a given regular expression.
test_that("Polynomial must be quadratic", { # Test for ANY error expect_that( real.roots(0, 2, 3), throws_error() ) # Test specifically for an error string containing "zero" expect_that( real.roots(0, 2, 3), throws_error("zero") ) # Test specifically for an error string containing "zero" or "Zero" using regular expression expect_that( real.roots(0, 2, 3), throws_error("[zZ]ero") ) })
Finally, here are a couple tests that shouldn't pass.
test_that("Bogus tests", { x <- c(1, 2, 3) expect_that( length(x), equals(2.7) ) expect_that( x, is_a("data.frame") ) })
To run the tests, you can run
test_dir or
test_file. If you are at the R command line and your working directory is the directory containing the two files above, you could run the tests with
test_dir("."). In this case we have only one file of test code, but if we had more test files
test_dir would find them, provided the file names begin with
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Here's an interview I did with Microsoft Channel 9 right after my talk in Brisbane.
You can find the interview in multiple audio and video formats on Channel 9.
Sweave is a tool for embedding R code in a LaTeX file. Pweave is an analogous tool for Python. By putting your code in your document rather than the results of running your code somewhere else, results are automatically recomputed when inputs change. This is especially useful with graphs: rather than including an image into your document, you include the code to create the image.
To use either Sweave or Pweave, you create a LaTeX file and include source code inside. A code block begins with
<<>>= and ends with
@ on a line by itself. By default, code blocks appear in the LaTeX output. You can start a code block with
<<echo=FALSE>>= to execute code without echoing its source. In Pweave you can also use
<% and
%> to mark a code block that executes but does not echo. You might want to do this at the top of a file, for example, for
import statements.
Sweave echos code like the R command line, with
> for the command prompt. Pweave does not display the Python
>>> command line prompt by default, though it will if you use the option
term=TRUE in the start of your code block.
In Sweave, you can use
Sexpr to inline a little bit of R code. For example,
$x = Sexpr{sqrt(2)}$ will produce x = 1.414…. You can also use
Sexpr to reference variables defined in previous code blocks. The Pweave analog uses
<%= and
%>. The previous example would be
$x = <%= sqrt(2) %>$.
You can include a figure in Sweave or Pweave by beginning a code block with
<<fig=TRUE, echo=FALSE>>= or with
echo=TRUE if you want to display the code that produces the figure. With Sweave you don't need to do anything else with your file. With Pweave you need to add
usepackage{graphicx} at the top.
To process an Sweave file
foo.Rnw, run
Sweave("foo.Rnw") from the R command prompt. To process a Pweave file
foo.Pnw, run
Pweave -f tex foo.Pnw from the shell. Either way you get a LaTeX file that you can then compile to a PDF.
Here are sample Sweave and Pweave files. First Sweave:
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} Invisible code that sets the value of the variable $a$. <<<echo=FALSE>>= a <- 3.14 @ Visible code that sets $b$ and squares it. <<bear, echo=TRUE>>= b <- 3.15 b*b @ Calling R inline: $\sqrt{2} = Sexpr{sqrt(2)}$ Recalling the variable $a$ set above: $a = Sexpr{a}$. Here's a figure: <<fig=TRUE, echo=FALSE>>= x <- seq(0, 6*pi, length=200) plot(x, sin(x)) @ \end{document}
And now Pweave:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} <% import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from numpy import pi, linspace, sqrt, sin %> Invisible code that sets the value of the variable $a$. <<echo=FALSE>>= a = 3.14 @ Visible code that sets $b$ and squares it. <<term=TRUE>>= b = 3.15 print b*b @ Calling Python inline: $\sqrt{2} = <%= sqrt(2) %>$ Recalling the variable $a$ set above: $a = <%= a %>$. Here's a figure: <<fig=TRUE, echo=FALSE>>= x = linspace(0, 6*pi, 200) plt.plot(x, sin(x)) @ \end{document}
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Tim Hopper asked on Twitter today:
#rstats programming without @hadleywickham's libraries is like ________ without _________.
Some of the replies were:
Clearly there's a lot of love out there for Hadley Wickham's R packages. I'm familiar with his ggplot2 graphics package, and it's quite impressive. I need to look at his other packages as well.
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Someone asked me yesterday for R code to compute the probability P(X > Y + δ) where X and Y are independent beta random variables. I'm posting the solution here in case it benefits anyone else.
For an example of why you might want to compute this probability, see A Bayesian view of Amazon resellers.
Let X be a Beta(a, b) random variable and Y be a Beta(c, d) random variable. Denote PDFs by f and CDFs by F. Then the probability we need is
If you just need to compute this probability a few times, here is a desktop application to compute random inequalities.
But if you need to do this computation repeated inside R code, you could use the following.
beta.ineq <- function(a, b, c, d, delta) { integrand <- function(x) { dbeta(x, a, b)*pbeta(x-delta, c, d) } integrate(integrand, delta, 1, rel.tol=1e-4)$value }
The code is as good or as bad as R's
integrate function. It's probably accurate enough as long as none of the parameters a, b, c, or d are near zero. When one or more of these parameters is small, the integral is harder to compute numerically.
There is no error checking in the code above. A more robust version would verify that all parameters are positive and that
delta is less than 1.
Here's the solution to the corresponding problem for gamma random variables, provided
delta is zero: A support one-liner.
And here is a series of blog posts on random inequalities.
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about my frustration calling C++ from R. Maybe this will become an annual event because I'm back at it.
This time my experience was more pleasant. I was able to install Rcpp on an Ubuntu virtual machine and run example 2.2 from the Rcpp FAQ once I upgraded R to the latest version. I wrote up some notes on the process of installing the latest version of R and Rcpp on Ubuntu.
I have not yet been able to run Rcpp on Windows.
Update: Thanks to Dirk Eddelbuettel for pointing out in the comments that you can install Rcpp from the shell rather than from inside R by running
sudo apt-get install r-cran-rcpp. With this approach, I was able to install Rcpp without having to upgrade R first.
Drew Conway and John Myles White have a new book out, Machine Learning for Hackers (ISBN 1449303714). As the name implies, the emphasis is on exploration rather than mathematical theory. Lots of code, no equations.
If you're looking for a hands-on introduction to machine learning, maybe as a prelude to or complement to a more theoretical text, you'll enjoy this book. Even if you're not all that interested in machine learning, you might enjoy the examples, such as how a computer could find patterns in senatorial voting records and twitter networks. And R users will find examples of using advanced language features to solve practical problems.
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Francois Pinard comparing the R programming language to smoking:
Using R is a bit akin to smoking. The beginning is difficult, one may get headaches and even gag the first few times. But in the long run, it becomes pleasurable and even addictive. Yet, deep down, for those willing to be honest, there is something not fully healthy in it.
I've never gotten to the point that I would call using R pleasurable.
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Emacs org-mode lets you manage blocks of source code inside a text file. You can execute these blocks and have the output display in your text file. Or you could export the file, say to HTML or PDF, and show the code and/or the results of executing the code.
Here I'll show some of the most basic possibilities. For much more information, see orgmode.org. And for the use of org-mode in research, see A Multi-Language Computing Environment for Literate Programming and Reproducible Research.
Source code blocks go between lines of the form
#+begin_src #+end_src
On the
#+begin_src line, specify the programming language. Here I'll demonstrate Python and R, but org-mode currently supports C++, Java, Perl, etc. for a total of 35 languages.
Suppose we want to compute √42 using R.
#+begin_src R sqrt(42) #+end_src
If we put the cursor somewhere in the code block and type C-c C-c, org-mode will add these lines:
#+results: : 6.48074069840786
Now suppose we do the same with Python:
#+begin_src python from math import sqrt sqrt(42) #+end_src
This time we get disappointing results:
#+results: : None
What happened? The org-mode manual explains:
… code should be written as if it were the body of such a function. In particular, note that Python does not automatically return a value from a function unless a
returnstatement is present, and so a '
return' statement will usually be required in Python.
If we change
sqrt(42) to
return sqrt(42) then we get the same result that we got when using R.
By default, evaluating a block of code returns a single result. If you want to see the output as if you were interactively using Python from the REPL, you can add
:results output :session following the language name.
#+begin_src python :results output :session print "There are %d hours in a week." % (7*24) 2**10 #+end_src
This produces the lines
#+results: : There are 168 hours in a week. : 1024
Without the
:session tag, the second line would not appear because there was no
I had to do a couple things before I could get the examples above to work. First, I had to upgrade org-mode. The version of org-mode that shipped with Emacs 23.3 was quite out of date. Second, the only language you can run by default is Emacs Lisp. You have to turn on support for other languages in your
.emacs file. Here's the code to turn on support for Python and R.
(org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((python . t) (R . t)))
Update: My next post shows how to call code in written in one language from code written in another language.
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No Starch Press sent me a copy of The Art of R Programming last Fall and I wrote a review of it here. Then a couple weeks ago, Manning sent me a copy of R in Action (ISBN 1935182390). Here I'll give a quick comparison of the two books, then focus specifically on R in Action.
Comparing R books
Norman Matloff, author of The Art of R Programming, is a statistician-turned-computer scientist. As the title may imply, Matloff's book has more of a programmer's perspective on R as a language.
Robert Kabacoff, author of R in Action, is a psychology professor-turned-statistical consultant. And as its title may imply, Kabacoff's book is more about using R to analyze data. That is, the book is organized by analytical task rather than by language feature.
Many R books are organized like a statistical text. In fact, many are statistics texts, organized according to the progression of statistical theory with R code sprinkled in. R in Action is organized roughly in the order of steps one would take to analyze data, starting with importing data and ending with producing reports.
In short, The Art of R Programming is for programmers, R in Action is for data analysts, and most other R books I've seen are for statisticians. Of course a typical R user is to some extent a programmer, an analyst, and a statistician. But this comparison gives you some idea which book you might want to reach for depending on which hat you're wearing at the moment. For example, I'd pick up The Art of R Programming if I had a question about interfacing R and C, but I'd pick up R in Action if I wanted to read about importing SAS data or using the
ggplot2 graphics package.
R in Action
Kabacoff begins his book off with two appropriate quotes.
What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations? — Alice, Alice in Wonderland
It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid. — Q, "Q Who?" Star Trek: The Next Generation
R in Action is filled with pictures and conversations. It is also a treasure chest of practical information.
The first third of the book concerns basic data management and graphics. This much of the book would be accessible to someone with no background in statistics. The middle third of the book is devoted to basic statistics: correlation, linear regression, etc. The final third of the book contains more advanced statistics and graphics. (I was pleased to see the book has an appendix on using
Sweave and
odfWeave to produce reports.)
R in Action includes practical details that I have not seen in other books on R. Perhaps this is because the book is focused on analyzing and graphing data rather than exploring the dark corners of R or rounding out statistical theory.
Kabacoff says that he wrote the book that he wishes he'd had years ago. I also wish I'd had his book years ago.
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Here are my first impressions of The Art of R Programming (ISBN 1593273843). I haven't had time to read it thoroughly, and I doubt I will any time soon. Rather than sitting on it, I wanted to get something out quickly. I may say more about the book later.
The book's author, Norman Matloff, began his career as a statistics professor and later moved into computer science. That may explain why his book seems to be more programmer-friendly than other books I've seen on R.
My impression is that few people actually sit down and learn R the way they'd learn, say, Java. Most learn R in the context of learning statistics. Here's a statistical chore, and here's a snippet of R to carry it out. Books on R tend to follow that pattern, organized more by statistical task than by language feature. That serves statisticians well, but it's daunting to outsiders.
Matloff's book is organized more like a typical programming book and may be more accessible to a programmer needing to learn R. He explains some things that might require no explanation if you were learning R in the context of a statistics class.
The last four chapters would be interesting even for an experienced R programmer:
No one would be surprised to see the same chapters in a Java textbook if you replaced "R" with "Java" in the titles. But these topics are not typical in a book on R. They wouldn't come up in a statistics class because they don't provide any statistical functionality per se. As long as you don't make mistakes, don't care how long your code takes to run, and don't need to interact with anything else, these chapters are unnecessary. But of course these chapters are quite necessary in practice.
As I mentioned up front, I haven't read the book carefully. So I'm going out on a limb a little here, but I think this may be the book I'd recommend for someone wanting to learn R, especially for someone with more experience in programming than statistics.
Related post: R: The Good Parts
I've decided to hand my Twitter account RLangTip over to the folks at Revolution Analytics starting next week. I thought it would be better to give the account to someone who is more enthusiastic about R than I am, and so I offered it to David Smith. If you've enjoyed RLangTip so far, I expect you'll like it even better under new ownership.
If you'd like to continue to hear from me on Twitter, you can follow one of my 10 other daily tip accounts or my personal account.
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Journal Broadcast Group announces reorganization
Journal Broadcast Group announced an organizational shakeup that moves the company away from its "regional alignment" structure and toward expanding the company's "two main businesses: Television and Radio."
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Reading the John Updike stories: 'Walter Briggs'
I'm reading and commenting on a story from The Library of America's recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories' each Wednesday until I finish the collection or give up.
In Updike's slight story "Walter Briggs," the young married couple Jack and Claire are driving back from a thing in Boston with their two droopy little kids in their car. They're passing time in the enforced setting, as these young Updike couples of the late '50s seem to do, with a verbal game: "Who's Best?," riffing on people from their past. »Read Full Blog Post
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Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 168 / Number 1 / May 2011 / Pages 37-58
Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE10-01
Recently, Jacobian-Free Newton-Krylov (JFNK) methods have been used to solve the k-eigenvalue problem in diffusion and transport theories. We propose an improvement to Newton's method (NM) for solving the k-eigenvalue problem in transport theory that avoids costly within-group iterations or iterations over energy groups. We present a formulation of the k-eigenvalue problem where a nonlinear function, whose roots are solutions of the k-eigenvalue problem, is written in terms of a generic fixed-point iteration (FPI). In this way any FPI that solves the k-eigenvalue problem can be accelerated using the Newton approach, including our improved formulation. Calculations with a one-dimensional multigroup S


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My first child had a wet nose and four legs, and she tinkled every time she greeted me at the door. Her name was Buffy, and she was a beautiful, blond cocker spaniel that my friend Theresa rescued from a ditch alongside a Louisiana highway in 1992.
My husband and I, newlyweds at the time, were glad to take Buffy in and give her the home she deserved. When I called my father to tell him the news, he wasn't a bit happy. It's not that he didn't like dogs. I grew up with plenty of them, and horses and cows and yard cats, too.
No, Daddy said he was hoping for a grandchild of the two-legged variety. I told him to be patient. He sighed.
Buffy died a couple of years later, and we went childless for a while. Then along came Beau, a soulful-eyed basset hound we took in when he lost his home. Daddy still wasn't pleased.
At 18 months old, Beau was 36 pounds when he came to live with us. He wasn't much older – but he was about 20 pounds heavier – when we dropped out of doggie obedience school. (There were several incidents with a yapper named Jaeger.) Later, at 68 pounds, Beau was a velvety lapdog who was pushed from my lap – but not my heart – when my father's prayers were answered.
Beau slept by Mary Catherine's crib even before her arrival in 2000, and the two were fast friends. He was equally welcoming when Sarah Claire arrived three years later. When our own home became broken five years ago, Beau remained with his dad and his sisters stayed with me. My heart still aches for my long-eared baby Beau Hound who's now 14.
Then last Wednesday something wonderful happened.
"I just got the Pets of the Week pictures," Daily Journal features editor Leslie Criss telephoned to tell me. "One of them is a basset hound named Katie, and I swear I'm looking at the spitting image of Beau Millah."
I ran across the newsroom, and sure enough, there on Leslie's computer screen was a basset hound with big eyes, bigger ears and even shorter legs. I called and made an appointment to see Katie that afternoon at the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society. I picked up the girls, told them I had a surprise and off we trotted.
When we laid eyes on her for the first time, Katie was filthy but friendly. She'd had pups recently and her long body was skinny and sagging. We adopted her on the spot – did you know the $75 adoption fee includes spaying or neutering? – and the girls and I spent the evening preparing for their little sister. We couldn't find the pink bed we wanted, but we did buy a pink leash and collar and, best of all, a pretty pink bandanna.
She's quiet, this new child of mine, and doesn't have the energy her look-alike brother had at this age. (The vet guesstimates she might be 3 or 4.) And the name Katie seems to suit her, as does Katie Kate, Katie Girl and Katie Bird. More than once we've caught ourselves calling her Beau.
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POULTNEY — Green Mountain College joins a growing movement of colleges and universities that are moving their investments away from fossil fuel companies.
Last Friday, the college's Board of Trustees approved to divest it's endowment from 200 publicly-trade companies which hold most of the world's known coal, oil and gas reserves. The decision, announced Tuesday, aligns the college with its strategic plan "Sustainability2020" that commits the college to socially responsible investments.
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The latter report indicates Holmgren could either retain head coach Jim Mora, or replace him with his former Green Bay protégé Jon Gruden. It also read that Holmgren could retain current Vice President of Player Personnel Ruston Webster as the team's general manager, "given how well Webster previously worked together with Holmgren", which is an odd statement considering Webster was a long-time associate of Ruskell's who didn't join the Seahawks organization until 2006.
Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley continues to bang the drum for Holmgren to replace Ruskell:
"I believe hiring him is a no-brainer," Kelley wrote in the November 30, 2009 edition of the Seattle Times. "The Hawks don't need to turn the search for Ruskell's replacement into some national American Idol-type audition. They should cut to the chase and give it to a future Hall of Famer, who knows the game like a geologist knows rocks."
A problem with Kelley's approach is that NFL teams are required, by the league's Rooney Rule, to interview minority candidates for vacant senior-level football operation positions, including general manager.
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And that would be the promotion of Will Lewis to general manager.
Lewis has been the Seahawks' Director of Pro Personnel since 1999, when Holmgren hired him away from the Green Bay Packers, where Lewis had been the Packers' Assistant Director of Pro Personnel from 1997-99, which included Holmgren's final two seasons as the Packers' head coach.
An undrafted free agent cornerback from Millersville (Pa.) State (Go Marauders!) Lewis spent two seasons with the Seahawks (1980-81), three seasons with the Houston Gamblers of USFL (1983-85), and wrapped up his playing career in the Canadian Football League. Lewis then embarked on a coaching career that began at Millersville State, and included stints at the University of Maine and University of West Virginia, before landing an NFL job as a defensive assistant with the Atlanta Falcons in 1995, where he spent two seasons before joining the Packers' front office in 1997.
The majority of Lewis' experience in the NFL has come as an eleven-year member of the Seahawks' front office, so few candidates, internally or externally, would be as familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the current Seahawks roster as he is.
Lewis survived the Ruskell hiring in 2005, as well as the departure earlier this year of the man who brought him to Seattle, which may speak to how well-liked and well-respected he is within the VMAC, where his younger brother Tim also works as the defensive backs coach on Jim Mora's coaching staff.
The NFL's expansion of the Rooney Rule means it's only a matter of time before other NFL teams seek to interview Lewis, an experienced NFL personnel executive with playing, coaching, and scouting experience who also happens to be African-American, and it won't be a shock were he to land one of those jobs.
Which is why the Seahawks, should they decide to make a GM change, should not only interview Lewis, but they should seriously consider hiring him for the job.
With or without Mike Holmgren.
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It's fun to watch hummingbirds drinking from red plastic feeders, but there's nothing like seeing them sipping from the flowers in your own garden. I've been observing hummingbirds for many years in the hope of discovering their favorite flowers. But just when I think I've figured it out, the funny little birds change their minds.
One day, they spend all their time visiting the salvias, and another day, they prefer the zinnias. When I expressed my frustration at not being able identify which flowers were best, my friend said, "Well, some days you feel like eating broccoli, and other days you want chocolate cake. Maybe it's the same way with hummingbirds."
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Hummingbird Flowers
(Columbine) -- Spring-blooming perennial in a wide range of colors. Native
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Asclepias tuberosa
(Butterfly Weed) -- Drought-tolerant perennial with bright orange flowers for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.
Cleome hassleriana
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Cosmos 'Ladybird Scarlet'
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Eupatorium maculatum
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Hesperis matronalis
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-- Hummingbirds spot these huge flowers from across the yard, and they swoop in to investigate. I'm not sure how much nectar they have, so I plant other flowers around them to provide more food.
Impatiens balsamina
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(Morning Glory) -- Hummingbirds are more attracted to the red varieties like
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Ipomopsis rubra
(Standing Cypress) -- Chocolate cake for hummingbirds.
(Blazing Star) -- Tall spikes of purple flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies. Native perennial.
Lobelia cardinalis
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Lychnis chalcedonica
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Mirabilis jalapa
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Monarda citriodora
(Bee Balm) -- Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.
-- Drought-tolerant, native perennials. Most species, especially the red-flowered ones like
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Petunia violacea
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(Sage) -- The best salvias for attracting hummingbirds are
Salvia azurea
Salvia coccinea
Solidago nemoralis
-- One of the last flowers of the season. This native goldenrod provides nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and beneficial insects.
Verbena bonariensis
-- Tall clusters of purple flowers for hummingbirds and butterflies.
Zinnia elegans
-- Zinnias are always a big hit!
More Flowers for Attacting Hummingbirds
Abelia, Agastache, azalea, begonia, bleeding heart, butterfly bush, canna lily,
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According to a report in The Herald, the 37-year-old Clyburn was shot around 2 a.m. on Tuesday after witnesses said he was arguing with another man. Police arrested Derrick Mcilwain, 36, of Lancaster, and charged him with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to the newspaper.
It's unclear what provoked the shooting or how many times Clyburn was shot, although an autopsy was scheduled for late Tuesday. Police said Clyburn was found dead in the front yard of the home on Market Street.
Clyburn, who appeared in 805 Minor League games with the Pirates, Reds, Rays and Orioles from 1992-1999, spent parts of three season in the Majors before retiring in 2004. He was selected by Pittsburgh as an 18-year-old in 1992 and made his debut with the Bucs' Gulf Coast League affiliate that summer.
"He was a good son," Clyburn's father, Danny Clyburn Sr., told the newspaper. "He tried hard to stay on top, always tried. He worked hard in baseball."
His breakout season in the Minors came in 1994, when he hit .273 with 22 homers and 90 RBIs in 118 games for Class A Advanced Salem. He followed that with another big year in '95, finishing with a career-high 23 homers and 82 RBIs among three clubs after joining the Reds midseason.
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The Lancaster native appeared in 41 Major League games over parts of three seasons, spending time with Baltimore from 1997-98 and 28 more games with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1999.
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Bring your little nature lovers to QBG for a relaxing afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories, followed by a botanically themed craft activity. Recommended for ages 10 and under. Generously sponsored by the World Flower Children's Foundation.
QBG Farm & Compost Volunteer OpportunitiesVolunteers must be at least 16 years old.
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Farm Workdays—Wednesdays, June through October, and Saturdays, September 24, October 29, 9am to Noon
Spend the morning on the farm learning how composted food scraps nourish the soil to grow healthy food in NYC. Tasks vary by day, and may include weeding, harvesting, planting, and composting activities.
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Artist Manuel Macarrulla exhibits hand-crafted masks, drawings, and paintings inspired by carnivals and fantasies that incorporate nature and animal imagery, as well as his Dominican heritage.
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Take your composting to the next level at this hands-on workshop! Learn to make and manage a "thermophilic" batch of compost—a pile that will heat up to kill weed seeds and pathogens—ready to use in as little as three months! Participants work together with NYC Compost Project staff to build a pile at our compost demo site. Come ready to get dirty!
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Try your hand at creating your own holiday centerpiece! Participants will be introduced to tips and techniques used by pros, and take home their own centerpiece.
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Warren Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq:WRES) announced 2012 estimated proved oil and gas reserves, 2012 production and provided its 2013 capital budget.2012 ProductionWarren's 2012 net oil and gas production was 2,028,000 barrels of oil equivalent ("BOE"), or an average of 5,541 BOE per day. Oil production for 2012 totaled 1,109,000 net barrels, or an average of 3,030 barrels of oil per day ("BOPD"). This represents a 22% increase from the 911,000 net barrels of oil produced in 2011. Warren produced 5.5 billion cubic feet ("Bcf") net of natural gas in 2012, compared to 5.0 Bcf net of natural gas in 2011. The 2012 year-end oil production exit rate was 3,574 gross (2,910 net) BOPD, compared to compared to a year-end 2011 exit rate of 3,475 gross (2,830 net) BOPD. The 2012 year-end gas production exit rate was 53,800 gross (20,600 net) million cubic feet per day ("Mmcfd"), compared to a 2011 year-end exit rate of 61,800 gross (14,200 net) Mmcfd.Warren's total fourth quarter 2012 net oil and gas production was 580,000 BOE, or an average of 6,303 BOE per day. Oil production for the fourth quarter of 2012 totaled 273,000 net barrels, or an average of 2,966 BOPD. This represents an 11% increase from the 247,000 net barrels of oil produced in the fourth quarter of 2011. The Company produced 1.8 Bcf net of natural gas in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 1.3 Bcf net of natural gas in the fourth quarter of 2011."Warren's 2012 production of both oil and gas represented solid growth over 2011," said Philip A. Epstein, Chairman and CEO. "In addition, Warren elected to not drill in California during the fourth quarter of 2012, while we learned from new well performance and planned our best wells for 2013. Our 2012 California production results have demonstrated the reliable, long-lived nature of our Wilmington oil assets, as reflected in the Company's 9.5% increase in proved oil reserves for the year-end 2012. Our gas production and reserves benefited from a timely, lower cost acquisition from Anadarko Petroleum in our south Wyoming Atlantic Rim coalbed methane project," commented Mr. Epstein. "In California, we invested in significant facility upgrades during 2012 that will allow for planned oil production expansion in both our Wilmington oil field units. In Wyoming, we assumed operatorship of the Spyglass Hill Unit and are now planning cost savings and operational efficiencies. We are also continuing to evaluate the best options for our deep rights and natural gas assets in Wyoming."Total Proved ReservesWarren reported that its estimated proved oil and gas reserves totaled 24.9 million barrels of oil equivalent ("MMboe") for year-end 2012 and increased approximately 12% from the 22.3 MMboe at December 31, 2011. Total proved reserves for 2012 were 66% crude oil in California and 34% natural gas in Wyoming. 67% of total reserves were proved developed producing (""PDP") and proved developed nonproducing ("PDNP") and 33% were proved undeveloped ("PUD").The estimated present value of the Company's oil and gas reserves at year-end 2012, discounted at 10% per annum and before the impact of income taxes ("PV-10") was $495 million, compared to $526 million for year-end 2011.Proved Oil ReservesWarren's year-end 2012 oil reserves in California increased 9.5% to 16.4 million barrels of oil ("MMbo"), compared to 15.0 MMbo at year-end 2011. An 18 well 2012 drilling program combined with the Company's 2012 geological and engineering work in the Wilmington Townlot Unit ("WTU") in California resulted in a new oil reserve additions to production replacement ratio of 228%.The 2012 production results and development program in California resulted in PDP reserves of 8.0 MMbo in comparison to 8.2 MMbo last year, reflecting 2012 production of 1.1 MMbo, additions from newly drilled oil wells of 2.7 MMbo, and 0.2 MMbo of negative revisions. Oil reserves now include 8.3 MMbo in PUDs with 75 drilling locations, having a projected development cost of about $26 per barrel of oil. PDP oil reserves declined by 3% and PUD reserves increased by 26% over year-end 2011 levels. At year-end 2012, PDP oil reserves were 49% of total oil proved reserves, compared to 55% for 2011.The PV-10 of the Company's oil reserves at December 31, 2012 was $476 million, compared to $499 million at year-end 2011. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules require that the proved reserve calculations be based on the first of the month average prices over the preceding twelve months. For the year-end 2012 reserve evaluation, this 12 month calculation resulted in an average realized price of $104.27 per barrel of oil for 2012, compared to $104.47 per barrel of oil for 2011.Proved Natural Gas ReservesWarren's proved natural gas reserves, which are comprised of properties in Wyoming, New Mexico and Texas, increased 17% to 8.54 MMboe in 2012, compared to 7.31 MMboe at December 31, 2011. The PV-10 of the Company's natural gas reserves at December 31, 2012 was $19.1 million, compared to $27 million at year-end 2011. The revisions are due to: (1) decline in realized pricing and increased transportation costs, (2) changes to operator development plans, and (3) adjustments to production type curves. For the year-end 2012 reserve evaluation, the realized natural gas price was $2.51 per Mcf in 2012, compared to $3.21 per Mcf in 2011. In Wyoming, PDP and PDNP reserves are 100% of the proved gas reserves for 2012 compared to 65% for 2011.Warren's estimated proved reserves at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were prepared by the independent reserve engineering firm Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. in accordance with SEC guidelines. Warren's reported reserve estimates do not include any probable or possible reserves.
Capital Spending Plan for 2013The Company intends to fund 2013 capital expenditures primarily with cash flow from operations. Based on the 2013 commodity price outlook and hedge positions, the Company forecasts a 2013 capital expenditure budget of approximately $57.9 million, consisting of $52.6 million for California oil drilling activities and $5.3 million for Wyoming. The Company may adjust its 2013 capital expenditures budget for Wyoming after it completes its evaluation of the deeper rights, including Niobrara oil potential and natural gas pricing. The amount and allocation of actual capital expenditures excludes capital expenditures for any acquisitions and will depend on a number of factors, including oil and gas prices, regulatory and environmental approvals, agreements among various working interest owners, drilling and service costs, timing of drilling wells, variances in forecasted production and acquisition opportunities. The above forecasted capital expenditures do not include acquisition capital.During 2013, Warren plans to drill 3 Tar horizontal producers, 5 Upper Terminal sinusoidal producers, and 5 Ranger sinusoidal producers in the WTU. Additionally, Warren plans to drill 3 Ranger sinusoidal water injectors in the WTU. In the North Wilmington Unit ("NWU"), the Company plans to drill 4 sinusoidal producers in the Ranger formation and 3 sinusoidal injectors in 2013.The 2013 WTU capital budget consists of $28.1 for drilling and $5.3 million for facilities improvements and other infrastructure costs. Warren plans to spend approximately $11.6 million for drilling and $4.6 million on infrastructure improvements in the NWU in 2013. Additionally, the Company will be performing 3-D seismic mapping of the WTU and NWU geological formations at a budgeted cost of approximately $3.0 million.The information in this release is unaudited and subject to revision. Audited and final results will be provided in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 currently planned to be filed with Securities and Exchange Commission in early March 2013.
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Microsoft Expected to Reveal 'Hardcore' Kinect Titles at E3
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This year could be a big one for Kinect, if sources talking to Eurogamer is any kind of an indication, with at least 10 non-sequel titles reportedly set to be revealed at E3 next month. Apparently, one of these "won't be obvious" said one source, while another reports that Microsoft is looking to "serve the hardcore" with its line-up of Kinect announcements for E3.
There could be sequels on the cards too, with Rare apparently working on Kinect Sports 2 and Dance Central 2 could be "highly likely" for a holiday 2011 launch. Rare is reportedly planning a second Kinect title as well as Kinect Sports 2, which won't use any of the developer's existing properties like Banjo. There's also two more games from an anonymous developer in the pipeline for E3. Erm... OK then.
Microsoft might be planning to keep the hardcore audience happy at E3 this year, but the platform holder will still be revealing a family friendly title from its new London Soho Studio, which is "aimed at the younger audience". Furthermore, another new studio 'MGS Family' has been set up close to the company's Redmond HQ and will focus on "highly experimental gameplay" according to found job descriptions for the studio.
Finally, Forza World is rumoured to be in development at UK dev Playground Games, where ex-Codemasters Exec Producer Gavin Raeburn - of DiRT and GRID fame - is heading up the project. Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 4 has already been confirmed for Kinect.
Could Microsoft be addressing the complaints of the core gamers at E3 this year then? If all of this new information proves to be accurate, then the answer could be a resounding yes. Stay tuned!


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We help as much as we can and go to the different events when we can afford it. We were just hit up by the girls who were promoted to middle school and told them to come back monday when we have money. DD's school only does i think 2 fundraisers where they have to sell things and the rest are activities like carnival, movie night etc that 100% proceeds go to school.
My boys go to a private school so there is no PTO. I'm glad that we just have one fundraiser where the kids go help in the community & send letters to family/friends asking for donations for doing so which makes it easy. But you can bet I'm helping with this as much as I can since the money goes back into the school budget - and could potentially keep tuition down.
I do agree, though, that parents should do what they can. It can be overwhelming & hard to help with everything, but it'll just help your child if you do what you can.
If our PTO wasn't a popularity contest, I might be more inclined to participate. It's like high school all over again.
I think most would crap if they knew everything that our PTA pays for. Our budget last year was over $40,000, but this year we cut it to $30,000. We pay for every single child in our school (K-6, 650 students) to go on an educational field trip. We pay the admission and the transportation fee and I'm not talking to places like a pumpkin patch or an orchard, the kids go to museums, theaters, zoos, etc. We also pay for an end of year event with bounce houses, petting zoo, pony rides, puppet show, etc. We pay for t-shirts, ribbons, and lunch on track and field day. We pay for a 2 day science themed event that includes guest speakers and tons of hands on experiments and competitions that all involved science. We pay for after school chess and fitness programs. We buy every student in the school a book for Christmas. We purchase gifts for our teachers and staff through out the school year and host a luncheon for them at the end of the year. We pay for and run an arts program in our school which includes hosting an evening art gallery with snacks and we frame the winning art work from that night.
This isn't a complete list, but just some examples of what all PTA can do for the school. Now as a PTA we are not permitted to fund teacher salaries, or buy equipment for the school.
BTW - the field trip admission and bus fees for every student costs us a little over $10,000 a year.
i wish i could do more for our pto.... but right now thats not an opinion
Quoting mhaney03:If our PTO wasn't a popularity contest, I might be more inclined to participate. It's like high school all over again.
Quoting bleumonster:I no longer participate in fundraisers that sell stuff whether its candles, cookie dough, team cups, candy etc. I will send things in for auctions and go to bingo nights etc. I might buy a raffle ticket but I won't sell them.
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