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Former basketball star returns to studies at UB
Mark Bortz is nearly seven feet tall. Bald head. No eyebrows. Big biceps.
Students see the peculiar looking giant and think "monster," but their opinions might change if they met the charismatic graduate student.
If only they knew he was a star on one of the best teams – and biggest disappointments – in UB sports history. They probably wouldn't judge his odd look if they knew he suffered from a rare disease. Imagine if those onlookers knew Mark's dream led him to a continent far away from his new wife and two loving parents – who were both diagnosed with cancer.
His playing career was exceptional. His story? Unforgettable.
The journey back to Buffalo
Seven years ago, heads would turn as Bortz passed by. He was one of the most recognizable people on campus. As he walks the same steps he did then, he still gets the stares. But students these days only see the off-the-court version of Bortz. They don't see the gritted teeth, furrowed brow, and signature wristband which always accompanied him on the court at Alumni Arena. Rather they see an infectious smile, subdued demeanor, and argyle sweater.
He used to own an unmatched level of ferocity, a level so intense that he was considered a demon on the basketball court. Students in 2011 see the laid-back, easygoing scholar. He's back in the same place, but his priorities are different.
The former standout athlete – who is most recognized for his all-conference play on the 2005 men's basketball team that lost to Ohio in the Mid-American Conference championship game – is back at UB to earn his Master's degree in business administration after overcoming copious challenges in his basketball career.
The amiable center starred on arguably UB's best basketball team of all-time, and returned to his studies this year following seven years of professional basketball in seven different countries.
Honestly, he loved his life.
He was a local celebrity – known as "The White Ghost" – who won two championships in Uruguay (but his wife was at home).
He was getting paid to play the game he loved 24/7 (but his family was devastated by cancer).
He was seeing the world and living his dream life (but he decided there were more important things in life than basketball).
At first, everything was going according to plan overseas for Bortz, but troublesome times soon followed. Bortz was a rookie in Turkey in 2006, but he was cut from his first professional team. Then he developed alopecia – a medical condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, often called "spot baldness."
Then disaster struck. His mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and she needed surgery right away.
Outside of his mother's predicament, nothing fazed Bortz. He was cut from his team, but he responded with a firm: "it's just basketball." His hair loss? He's able to laugh at himself, shaving his head completely and even describing his look as "Mr. Clean." But his mom's cancer really got to him.
"I felt helpless," Bortz said. "There was nothing I could do."
His mother meekly said she didn't want to be a distraction. She didn't want Mark to be hindered by anything going on in her life.
She survived the surgery, but Mark's family would soon face more trials. In 2009, Mark's great uncle, Eugene, was diagnosed with lung cancer and consequently passed away. Then in 2010, doctors removed a tumor from the left cheek of Mark's father, Alan, and discovered it was cancerous.
Mark couldn't sit back any longer.
"I don't want to lose my parents – I got a little bit selfish," Bortz said. "I started thinking about what I could do to help them. I couldn't care less what happens to me down the road, but I want to keep them around as long as possible."
He didn't just think about helping his parents; he took action. In the summer of 2010, Mark worked incessantly to raise money for The Ride for Roswell – an annual bike ride fundraiser put on by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, which raises money to aide in preventing and curing cancer.
His team raised over $2,000 dollars, with Mark raising more than half of it and being named to Roswell's "Extra-Mile Club." Mark hates talking about himself, and said he doesn't want to be considered "somebody special," because thousands of people raise money for Roswell Park.
His parents both described themselves as blessed, as Mary has not had a recurrence and Alan is in high-quality condition in his clash with cancer. Still, the family has been completely wrecked by the second-largest killer in the U.S. (according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
"It's an ongoing battle," Mary Bortz cleared her throat and paused for a few moments, noticeably struggling with the words. "Because just when you think you're safe…" she paused again. "Something else comes up. It's something I can't really talk about."
He said he came home because of his family, but his parents live in Michigan – about a six hour drive from Buffalo.
So why did he come home? Well, that's simple. "I understand Buffalo is his new home," Mary said. "Because he has the love of his life there."
That's Erin Bortz, Bortz's wife and significant other ever since he met her at UB. They took a class together and one day she approached him in the Student Union. Eventually they sat next to each other in class and Mark took her on a few dates. Erin brought her best friend along on the first three dates because she was afraid he'd turn out to be "a typical athlete," but once she trusted him, she fell in love with his comedic personality, colossal frame, and charming nature.
They were married in August 2009. Erin stayed home for her high school teaching job and Mark had to spend the first two years of their marriage away, playing basketball.
"I don't think too many of us can do that," Alan said.
Everything compounded. Bortz didn't want to be out of the country if his family had another run-in with cancer. He wanted to be with his wife. He wanted his family.
Bortz always decided year-by-year if he'd play basketball again; he never knew how many years he wanted to play. Erin was ecstatic when he finally decided to retire after last season.
"It's surreal," she said. "I knew I wanted him home and I knew I wanted to be with him forever, but I wasn't sure if it was ever going to happen."
Just don't get one thing twisted: Bortz could still play if he wanted to. His parents watched all his games, and they said they'd never seen him perform at a higher level than he did in his last season.
Mark didn't want to retire. In fact, he said he wanted to play until "the wheels fall off." But his family was just more important.
"Basketball is a part of me, but it doesn't make me who I am," Mark said. "It's just one piece of the puzzle."
2005: the tip-in
He has never watched the replay. He never will.
One of the most well-known moments in UB sports history is one of the most devastating moments in UB sports history. That instant – they call it "the tip-in" – lives in infamy.
The year was 2005. Bortz was a senior, an all-conference performer on the men's basketball team. The senior class – guys like Bortz, Turner Battle, and Danny Gilbert – had played with each other for four years, and they'd improved every year.
After a 23-10 regular season, the Bulls marched through the conference tournament en route to the championship game. The squad had set Buffalo abuzz with hope that the Bulls might have enough talent to secure the school's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.
For the vast majority of the MAC championship game, that prophecy was fulfilled in storybook fashion. The Bulls led a young Ohio squad by 19 in the second half and Bortz and his comrades appeared well on their way to the tournament. However, that youthful Bobcats squad fought all the way back to force overtime.
Battle, who is currently an assistant coach on the men's basketball team and was the 2005 team's defined leader (Batman to Bortz's Robin), hit a go-ahead shot with 11 seconds remaining. UB fans will never forget what happened next.
"Before the [Ohio] shot even went up, I thought for sure we were going to win," Bortz said. "Okay, we've got this."
As former Ohio guard Jeremy Fears came up the sideline and shot the ball, Bortz leapt in an attempt to reject the shot. He was thinking: "This is it. I'm going to block the shot." It floated just over his fingers and bounced off the rim.
"I turn around and see [former Ohio forward Leon Williams] tip the ball in and I hear the buzzer," Bortz said. "It was the most gut-wrenching feeling. We felt like it was our time. It was heartbreaking."
Though the team fell short of the NCAA Tournament, the Bulls did clinch the university's first-ever birth in the NIT, college basketball's secondary postseason tournament. The men's basketball team has only been to one conference championship game since then, losing to Akron in 2009. The players that were freshmen on that team are now seniors.
Bortz is still hurting and he hates knowing that play is the most memorable of his Buffalo career, but in the end, it just motivated him. He said the two championships he won in Uruguay were unbelievably sweeter and meant so much more to him because of "the tip-in." The Bulls' fairytale season fell just short, but there was redemption for Bortz.
The man behind the image
That very same argyle sweater-wearing giant is quite the character.
His siblings call him "Tiny." He's the third of five children, and his family adores him. The kids always fought over who got to sit next to "Tiny." He began playing basketball when he was in fifth grade, because his sister started playing and his family went to all her games. That older sister, Michelle Bortz (30), played college basketball, and so did Bortz's younger brother, Nicholas Bortz (24).
They are simply a basketball family. Many schools were recruiting Mark throughout high school, but his parents knew UB was the right one right away.
"When we met [men's basketball head coach Reggie Witherspoon], the whole family took to him," Alan said. "We just fell in love with him right from the start. We knew that was where Mark was going to end up going."
The relationship didn't end there – the coach and player developed a special bond throughout their four years together.
That team was something special. Now that Mark is back in Buffalo, he often spends time with his former teammates and keeps in regular contact with Witherspoon.
Though Battle was the hero of that 2005 team, he said he looks up to Bortz (and not just literally). And although Witherspoon was Mark's coach, he even learned a few things from the towering 28 year old.
"Mark is an amazing person," Witherspoon said. "On top of his ability as an athlete, he's an extremely caring, thoughtful person. He puts a lot into everything he does – especially into trying to be helpful. He's someone we're privileged to have in our community. We're thrilled."
One of Witherspoon's words – caring – is a word that succinctly describes Bortz. His mother recalls his high school days when he was the star of the team. Mark would always give the ball to the lesser-skilled players so they could score when his coach would bring in the benchwarmers late in games. He refused to shoot.
He's also a captivating joker. Mark's dad said: "I think there might be a place for him in life someday for stand-up comedy." That entertaining attitude – he doesn't believe in taking himself too seriously – is one that helped him handle his alopecia.
He wasn't too worried initially. He just thought his hairdresser nicked him with the clippers. Then he started noticing more hair falling off, until he realized it was a serious problem.
"It was difficult for him at first, and then he really embraced it," Erin said. "He shaved his head and almost developed this character when he was playing overseas. The fans loved his whole character – slapping the floor, the dunks, the sweatband."
Hence, the 6-foot-10 bald Caucasian received the nickname: "The White Ghost." He adored it.
The future
Mark is currently working on his degree in business administration, but he's not entirely sure what he wants to do with it. He worked with an agency named Pro Partner Sports Management when he was a professional athlete. He'd like to be involved in some capacity with that organization, or become an agent, or do something along those lines. He wants to be involved with basketball; he still loves the game.
But in actuality, he doesn't really know what he's going to do. All he knows is he has his family. As far as Mark Bortz is concerned, that's all he needs.
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SWISHER, IA (CBS 2/FOX 28)--A well-known building that's home to dancers and fans of music is closing its doors after Saturday night.
"It means an awful lot to an awful it of people, said owner, Craig Davis.
Hes talking about Dance-Mor ballroom. For almost eight decades people have come here to dance the night away, and in the process left with something more.
"Thousands and thousands of people you know. Their parents and grandparents met here so I guess you can say they owe their existence to Dance-Mor, he said.
Tonight many of those people gather again. This time for what Craig Davis is calling the last chance dance.
You see, Craig is retiring and with him goes a venue that has only been in the hands of two families.
"It's a family owned business the family that built this place was here 42 years and then my family purchased it in 1974, he said.
Now 40 years later, he's saying goodbye to the building and the history it's created. Something some are already calling the end of an era.
"A lot of people have had wedding dances here and maybe had first dates here so you know through the 60s and 70s and 80s certainly it was one of the top places around, said Jaime Shelty, who used to visit the ballroom.
It's played host to many acts. It even became a member of the Iowa Rock-N-Roll hall of fame in 2005.
"So it's kind of different now seeing it kinda end one chapter in history and maybe a new beginning. We'll see what happens going forward, said Shelty.
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Stoking the Fires
It's funny sometimes how life tends to synch up. Some call it fate, others karma, or even divine intervention. I've always chalked up to luck.
Whatever it is, it happened to me this morning. I went to yoga for the first time in a long time. It was a new class, and a different teacher than I had ever had, and it was awesome. Aside from being a kick-ass workout, I happened to drop in on the day that the instructor was discussing the third chakra. Apparently this class has been working its way up the energy chakras class by class and the third is about the core. On the more metaphysical side, it's about the strength that we all need, the burning fire that keeps us motivated and powerful.
The instructor talked throughout the class (without ever doing that annoying yoga voice – the one I use with my kids when I want them to sleep), about how we all have to nurture that inner fire and strength, and that we must build our own core (physically and metaphysically), before we can branch out and help others. It was kind of about being selfish, so that you can then be a source of good in the world.
Anyways, I'm sure I'm getting that all wrong, but the takeaway for me is that it's okay to say no. Sometimes you have to turn down things you would really love to work on, because if you spread your fire too thing it will die out. It's something I've been thinking a lot about. A friend send me this link the other day to an article about just that – How to say No
It's something I always have trouble with, because there are so many things I want to do and support in this world. Right now, with two small kids, a freelance career and a novel that is chugging along by the tiniest of baby steps, I really just need to focus. My plate is full.
In the meantime, I need to practice saying no. Not to sound too California hippy about it, but I need to stoke the fire that is my third chakra. Right now it's a tiny little flame, but I think it has the potential to be a bonfire.
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Well, wouldn't you know right on the heels of (and overlapping with) my grieving for my deceased Dad, I gotta now be worried about possible hinky goings-on regarding the "interpretation" of my Dad's will. I know none of you all are attorneys (at least not to my knowledge), and I won't hold you to anything you say like it was gospel-legal-truth, but I am interested in what your gut feelings, opinions and/or experiences would be on this: In a nutshell, SM fully inherited the house (which is fine by me, always has been, and in fact was at my urging) but wants the remaining $107,000 mortgage on it to be paid off by the residual estate (not fine with me, and it's no surprise b/c she has always wanted it free and clear). And since the residual estate consists of my Dad's extensive antique collection (that was his business) and since net proceeds from sale of such are to be split 60% to me and 40% to her--- what that basically means is that the luxury of her having a free-and-clear house is to be paid for 60% by me, to the tune of approx. $65,000 and approximately one-third of the total amount I personally would otherwise be expected to net from these antique sales. She inherited all the cash, socal security, life insurance, accounts, 40% of antique sale proceeds (plus 100% proceeds from several that happened before his death), she has aways had a full-time job and has hardly ever chipped in with household bills (or tasks) except for the rare times my Dad asked her to help (which he had to ask several times, btw, before she did it). I am also aware that before his death she consolidated her $10,000+ in credit card debt under HIS credit card, which will also be paid for out of the estate. All that's done and can't be changed and I'm not concerning myself with it. But my main point here is: she AIN'T HURTIN' and she is certainly more than capable of continuing the mortgage payments herself. I've done a bit of online research and everything I've read so far (including the state's official Probate Code and various documented court verdicts in that state) would indicate that NO, the estate does not have to pay for one beneficiary out of several to have their ASSET further bolstered by other beneficiaries who themselves will get no benefit from said asset. Where I think the confusion lies is in the standard directive in most wills to pay off "all debts" before anything else gets done/distributed. It's a question of what is meant by "ALL debts", and it is vague. This item I looked at on the state's Probate Code, though, is very clear (the will has not, however, been submitted to probate yet). Furthermore, it is my understanding from what I've read that UNLESS the will *specifically* says that the mortgage has to be paid off by estate, that the law generally does not assume that is the intention. Still, I am curious as to what commonly is done or considered appropriate in this situation, which I imagine is pretty darn commonplace (after all, many people with mortgages die still own some on them; most peoples' residual estates would be pretty well chewed up if they paid these off in full). I sorta got the impression that this sort of thing might be attempted ---and go through--- unless or until an objection is raised citing the relevant Probate Code item challenging it. Thoughts? |
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- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Tue, Dec 2, 08 at 23:04
if it says pay off all bills it should pay off the mortgage. if that is done it won't all come out of your share. it doesn't matter what she makes it matters what the will says. your lucky there was a will, in my state she would have gotten all as i did. we were married 33 years and every thing was in my name by right of survivor ship. i was very surprised that his kids did not ask for anything except a couple of keepsakes. |
I'm not an attorney, but my understanding is that it depends on how the property is titled. I believe if she inherits the house because they are tenants in common, then it becomes her property (and her debt) automatically. If they are joint tenants, his half of the equity becomes part of his estate. If he wills his interest in the house to her, she gets the equity. Normally, all debts are paid from the estate and if there isn't enough money to pay all debts, then the house or other real property has to be sold to satisfy debts. I wouldn't see the house as a debt, it's an asset... unless more is owed than it's worth. It's an asset that is encumbered. But, like I said, I'm not an attorney... that's just my opinion. |
- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 9:36
in my state no one can take the home except the irs if taxes are owed or mortgage co. if payments aren't made. lien's can be placed on property. |
Definitely, time to consult an estate attorney. The stakes are simply too high NOT to. Question: Was the will written by the attorney she sent that wacko religious email to? And could you simply ask that attorney to clarify? |
Stargazer, I think this debt is a mortgage. In any event, I think you have to see a lawyer, and sooner rather than later. |
I'm sorry for the loss of your father. You don't need this kindof stress so shortly after his passing. It's sad that it always happens this way. Get a lawyer and let him/her handle this so you don't stress yourself out more than necessary. Hugs and prayers to your family. |
If your father had an attorney, which it sounds like he did, he may be able to recommend somone to you. |
- Posted by ashley1979 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 17:00
In my state, homes are not considered debts. They are investments. A very good friend of mine's mother died when she was 15. No will. So, in my state, everything goes to surviving spouse. This included her share of the home. He re-married several years later and never had any additional children; just the 3 from his deceased wife. They lived in HIS home (same home he had with deceased wife). He died very very suddenly of a blood infection that the doctors weren't able find until after he died. No will. So the home went to Probate. Probate ordered that the home belonged to the 3 children in equal shares since the home belonged to the father and the mother before the mother died. BUT the court ordered that the wife could live in the home as long as she wants so long as she makes the payments and doesn't default. There is a legal term for it, but I can't remember it right now. She cannot profit off the house whatsoever. BUT, she did get 100% of the profits of the sale of his business and all the equipment. |
- Posted by serenity_now_2007 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 19:13
You all will be glad to know I spoke with a lawyer today, based right there in my Dad's city. (I know *I* am glad.) He will get back to me as to mortgage... But he generally reassured me that if indeed what I've concluded is right regarding interpretation of the will, that she won't be able to just get away with that, and there's no immediate hurry to get into any legal entanglements over it unless/until it becomes a problem. (I'm glad b/c at heart I'm pretty much a pacifist...) But he's got to read EXACTLY what's written in the will and look at the title before we know for sure what's what... |
Serenity -- excellent. Please advice him that you may need a temporary order that nothing be sold until this is sorted out. Hugs and Hugs. |
- Posted by stargazzer (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 20:57
ashley that is the way it is in my state and i know of a situation similar regarding sisters in arkansas. one sister lived with the mother and when the mother died the home was left to the two daughters. the sister living there did not have to move out and her sister had to wait until the sister died or moved to get her share. |
- Posted by justnotmartha (My Page) on Wed, Dec 3, 08 at 22:39
A life estate is the term for the rights to live in the property without being on title until you pass. The property can not be sold when it has a life estate unless the person with those rights signs them away. I agree with KK - you need to get a temporary stay placed on all assets until this is sorted out. I just don't trust that woman. More hugs. |
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Last month I forgot to post a belly dancer. Too much travel and work but here is my choice for this month, a very young Tahiya Carioca who as you you may know is my all time favourite. It is a rare clip from a 1936 film called The Police Station (I think it is the right translation for Khafar al-Darak) where she must have just featured as a dancer as the first film mentioned in her Wikipedia entry dates from 1942. And even if she is already moving beautifully, you can see from her expression if nothing else that she is not yet an experienced dancer. Still, she is totally lovely and definitely worth watching whether you are a Tahiya fan or not!
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I am just back from Beirut where I saw my beautiful mother and of course every time I visit her, I ask her to cook something delicious for me. This time I was modest in my request and asked for mujaddara, a simple lentils, onions and rice dish that is a staple of Lebanese Christians during Lent and once also a staple on spring cleaning days when the lady of the house put the lentils to cook while she and her maid/s beat the dust out of the carpets before putting them away, washed the floors and generally did a deep clean everywhere preparing the house for the summer months. I still remember the beating of the carpets although I don't remember the mujaddara — mujaddara is the mushy version, almost like a dip while mudardarah is the dry version, a little like risotto although not at all wet – on those days! Anyhow, my mother now whizzes the lentils, rice and onions with a hand blender but in the old days she cooked them down to a mush over a low heat. And my mother being a totally wonderful woman, she obliged my whim and prepared mujaddara for me and as you see from the picture of the ingredients above it couldn't be more frugal as a dish.
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I don't normally like contemporary belly dancers but my 'cousin' Saida is an exception. She has the most perfect body for her profession, full without being plump and without any skin pleats or love handles. Just smooth curves. And she moves her body beautifully and sexily without any hint of vulgarity. I also love the costume she is wearing in this clip with the high slit on one side revealing her perfect hips. All in all a delight to watch. One day I will find out if she really is my cousin!
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Yesterday I was taken to buy saffron by my wonderful friend, Maryam Abdallah, Qatar's first TV chef and a wonderful cook and educator. On the way, she gave me a wonderful tip on how to make sure I am buying real saffron which I thought I would pass on. Now, you probably don't need to know this if you are buying saffron pre-packed by the gram but you better know it if you are going to buy saffron in industrial quantities the way they do in the souk. It's very simple. All you need to do is ask the vendor for 3 or 4 threads of saffron which you put on your tongue and suck on for a few seconds. You then spit the threads out onto a clean tissue and rub them inside the tissue. If they colour it yellow, you know you are buying real saffron. If they colour it red, you are being sold coloured threads that have nothing to do with saffron. I wish my friend who recently brought me tons of saffron from Morocco knew this because he would have avoided buying a whole lot of fake saffron with only a few real threads in between for the smell! The top picture is of how they sell saffron here in Qatar, bunched up in 'bouquets' of 10 grams and below is a picture of my test to make sure I was not being sold fake saffron!


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We planted two brown turkey figs a couple years ago when we bought our home. Both trees are planted where they recive a good amount of sunlight, water, and we fertilse them fairly regularly. One has had huge figs on it all year, up to 3", and is still covered in them and shows no sign of quitting this year. The other, started getting figs in early spring, had some ripen, and then put out dozens more small figs. However, they seem to have remained just that. The tree has been loaded with small, grape sized green figs since May, and I have not had another ripe one off that tree. Some of these dropped, but most have remaned on the tree and just not grown much larger. Does anyone know what might have caused this, or a possible remedy? I find it a bit puzzling, since both trees were planted at the same time, are now about the same height, and have recieved the same care. Each one is planted close to another tree that does provide some shade, but they both probably recive a good 6 hours or more of direct sun per day, and are watered by the same sprinkler system, so they recive the same amount of irrigation. Any helpful tips would be appreciated, as we love our fresh juicy ripe figs. Dave |
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I got great advice. Kill those Brown Turkey fig trees, and replace them with easier to ripen and tastier varieties like: 1. Desert King This is coming from someone who is growing figs in the cool climate of San Francisco. The problem is with your variety. Plus, brown turkey is just mediocre in terms of taste and quality. My Brown Turkey figs are not ripening, and only ripens around the skin. There just isn't enough heat. |
- Posted by parrothead_fa z10 FL (My Page) on Wed, Nov 8, 06 at 8:06
Oh, we get plenty of heat here. We're in the southern tip of Florida on the gulf coast. The weather up til Christmas is in the 80's, mid 80's to lower 90's most of the summer, plenty of humidity, and even jan and feb are in the 70's during the days, and rarely below 49 at night. Our other brown turkey produces super sweet figs that sometimes get up to 3" across. The problem is, I can't find anything but brown turkey here. And I can't stand screwing with mail order stuff where you can't see what you're getting. I like to walk into a nursery and pick out fruit trees that are already producing so I know I won't have to wait 4 years to get a piece of fruit. I'm not a patient person. Anyhoo, I chalked it up to the tree being barren, and took an axe to it this weekend and replaced it with another small tree that already had figs ripening on it. Dave |
Dave, guess you have it much easier that us San Franciscans. I would love some heat down here. Yeah, I'm impatient too. Thats why I bought this huge Excell fig tree with a fat 4-5 inch trunk for $180 in a 25 gallon. That thing was heavy. I have had good luck so far with my fig trees even in the 1st year. I think it has a lot to do with: 1. I mulch the ground very heavily with dried leaves all year round. By the way, the fig is actually a flower, and not a fruit. |
Oh, and I forget to mention that I sometimes add diluted urine in a 5 to 1 ratio onto the dry leaf mulch every month or two. |
- Posted by georgia_jack z7 GA (My Page) on Sun, Nov 12, 06 at 13:25
One problem you might want to check for is nematodes. They could have come with your plants, or you might have put your trees in infected soil. Old gardens where tomatoes, okra, etc., have been planted typicaly are full of them. If you find knots on the roots, you probably can find a little grub inside the knot sucking away the nutrients of your tree. Heavy mulching encourages higher root growth, which the nematodes don't like. The best bet usually is to start over with a new tree in a new place. |
- Posted by viscous 7b(email@example.com) onTue, Mar 24, 09 at 3:04
I think you have it too good! You need to cut down on feeding and watering so as to make the figs produce the crop and finish it. They are the type to work better in bad conditions. This is why I am planting them - can't get much worse than Georgia clay ;)All I hear is: do not feed them unless they grew less than a foot. Do not water them, etc. The rest of the problems seem odd to me (like nematodes) - your problem is that they are not ripening, diseases would not just affect that, but the entire being of the tree. So I am guessing that the tree does not get enough persuasion to proliferate. If all else fails - try yelling at it! Works on my husband, and his problems are identical to your tree's! |
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I've published an article, "Getting on Track for a Sustainable Retirement: A Reality Check on Savings and Work" in the October 2011 issue of the Journal of Financial Planning. I'd like to think that with some further development, the methodology outlined in this article can provide a useful contribution to the field of retirement planning. I finished writing the article at the end of June, and I discussed it here then. That discussion also includes tables for 35, 45, 50, and 60 year olds.
The article is slowly garnering some interest, and as various people are writing about it, they are often adding some good points and interpretations of their own. I will start collecting such reports together here, along with some interesting new points.
Barbara Whelehan, "Retirement planning to age 100" Bankrate.com blog.
I liked how she noted that I am providing advice which is at odds with the ING "Find your number" commercials. The reason is, I argue that people should be focusing on how much they are saving, investing this in a simple balanced portfolio, and then not worry so much about the progress of their actual wealth accumulations.
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My wife and I are in the process of closing on a nice old 1915 California Bungalow in Alameda! I'm sure I'll be asking many questions here, so I thought I would introduce myself and our new house. The house has been in the same family since it was built. We love old houses, so we're looking forward to maintaining the character that's already present, and restoring what's been changed. We'll of course make some sacrifices to modern convenience, but the goal will to make everything fit in and be appropriate. We're working with a local contractor who has been highly recommended to us, and specializes in old homes in the area, and is always favoring restoring instead of replacing. We're really looking forward to making the house beautiful, and finally living in a house we own. Apparently the house was built by George Noble, who built many bungalows throughout Alameda. I put some pictures up, see attached link (Yes, we are planning on removing the brick they put up sometime in the 60s) I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions soon! |
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Welcome and congratulations. You have every reason to be excited, it's a lovely bungalow with lots of nice, solid details still intact. Will look forward to what you do with this. |
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Am I wrong for kind of loving that green wallpaper? Charming bungalow that you have! |
- Posted by natemartinsf (My Page) on Tue, May 14, 13 at 3:38
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! We're excited to start working on it. The wallpaper is... a bit much in person! Not shown is that it's even on the back of the door. Would you think that would have been there in 1915, or likely added later? It does have a certain charm though, so we're considering leaving it on at least one wall. We are going to refinish the wood floor in that room. We think it was immediately covered with rugs and carpet, and was never actually walked on much. It should look nice after the glue comes off from some sanding. |
- Posted by civ_IV_fan (My Page) on Tue, May 14, 13 at 8:04
that green wallpaper is pretty awesome. i can't imagine it would look that clean if it is original. you've got some great built-ins, great original windows, good floors. that house has a lot going for it. |
Congrats! We are just across the estuary from you and also have a 1915 bungalow (with what looks to be an almost identical kitchen space). They are so much fun! If you haven't already discovered them, Jane Powell's bungalow books are a nice resource, too. (She was an Oaklander, so the books often featured local bungalows.) Builders Booksource in Berkeley has a wonderful collection of restoration books on California bungalows. |
- Posted by natemartinsf (My Page) on Fri, May 17, 13 at 1:28
Thanks! I just bought a bunch of Jane Powell's books, thanks for the recommendation. Do you have any pictures of your bungalow anywhere? |
- Posted by VictoriaElizabeth (My Page) on Fri, May 17, 13 at 13:06
Congrats! We're in a Victorian, but I say our next house will be a bungalow! So charming... good luck! |
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> I have a library (Dataquay,
More implementation alternatives for working with that "micro-stack"
would be great, it's a good one...
> For my purposes, Dataquay using librdf is fine -- I can configure it
You can compile a far more lightweight librdf yourself, but, well, users
don't, nor should they have to. That said, sure, it's still a good
option sometimes, but I am shooting for an extremely low barrier of
entry. Small C libraries with no dependencies are an easy sell, because
they're not a pain in anyone's ass.
The sord API is vaguely reminiscent of the specific subset of the librdf
API I needed at the time, but I made it as part of a hyper pragmatic
mission to get a Redland-free SLV2, not a librdf replacement in general.
The API probably still needs a bit of polish. In other words, I'm not
pitching Sord as a viable Redland replacement in general (nor is making
it one a priority), but if you're just interested in Turtle + in-memory
model, it may be. Let me know what you think.
> I've considered doing LV2 as a simple example case for Dataquay, but
So don't engage in it. Virtually all such nonsense on here is nothing
but the peanut gallery. Mentioning what you plan to do here before doing
it is usually not a good idea (dumbass on mailing list hinders progress,
film at eleven). Don't let L-A-D deter you from working on LV2 things.
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directly with another host/plugin author, which is typical, and is why
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Anyway, as for that simple example, a Qt based LV2 host based on a new
RDF stack would be great to see. It's a useful real-world example. I
don't know exactly how a flame against writing that would go, but I do
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Tamale is a comedic rockstar who performs all over the dang place making the funny, setting things on fire, and showing her flawless breasts. She is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program, IO Chicago, The Annoyance, has taken a ton of comedy workshops and classes, and has performed all over the world doing comedy and other rad stuff. You can see her doing those rad things at TamaleRocks.com. Comedy is her main jam and she's freakin' killed it at Zanies, Second City, Sidecar Bar Comedy Night, The Lincoln Lodge, Studio BE, 100 Proof Comedy, Performance Anxiety Chicago, Hydrate, Double Shot Showcase, HooHa Showcase, Ph Comedy Showcase, The Lincoln Loft, The Kates, Beastwomen, Chicago Women's Funny Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, Sketchfest and a whole bunch of other places. Currently she produces Brass Chuckles Comedy with a freakin' rad group of people and combines her favorite friend circles in a multi-disciplinary comedy show. This sparkle pony has a BS in Agricultural Education from the University of Arizona and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago. She is an *amazing* bio writer, rides a giant motorcycle with the gals at Organized Chaos Chicago, and will eat the ever-loving crap out of a jar of Trader Joe's Cookie Butter wearing a fancy pants tiny hat. Boom!
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Marla Depew taps into her sketch comedy background to create rich, wacky characters plucked from both real life and her own head, blending them with sharp observations that challenge conventional thinking. Because of this, her stand-up sets take on a storytelling, theatrical feel complete with physicality and expressive facial movements, whether she's detailing notes she writes to herself or waxing philosophical about being the B in GLBT.
She is a graduate of the Second City Training Center's writing program and has studied at iO and The Annoyance in Chicago. Marla has performed throughout Chicago and the Midwest at venues and shows such as Zanies, Laugh Factory, Second City's Donny's Skybox, Second City's deMaat Theatre, The Lincoln Lodge, The Lincoln Loft, Studio BE, Stardust Showcase, Hoo HA Comedy, Performance Anxiety Chicago, and The Kates as well as at Chicago Women's Funny Festival and Gilda's Laughfest in Grand Rapids, MI. She is the producer of Laughs In The Lounge (formerly Sidecar Bar Comedy Night), a monthly showcase in Rogers Park. She is also a founding member of Cell Camp, a sketch troupe that's performed at various comedy festivals throughout the country, including Chicago SketchFest, L.A. Comedy Fest, and Milwaukee Comedy Festival.
Krista grew up in Southern Illinois where the cows and corn are plentiful. As soon as she possibly could she got out of all that fresh air to pursue the life of a city gal. Krista received a BA in Theatre at Southern Illinois University performing in both plays and musicals, such as Katherine in "Taming of the Shrew," "The Vagina Monologues", "Parade", and "Dracula". She always knew she loved comedy, and after living in Chicago a few years, she signed up for an improv class at The Annoyance, which she LOVED! Here she met fellow JDA cast member Marla Depew. Since then Krista has trained in Improv at Second City, stand-up with Feminine Comique, and burlesque at Vaudezilla. The rest is history. You can't get Krista off the stage now. She has performed at Laugh Factory, Zanies, Second City, Chicago Women's Funny Festival, The Lincoln Lodge, Stage 773, The Playground Theatre, Hydrate, The Greenhouse Theatre, The Book Cellar with The Kates, The Underground Lounge, and the Upstairs Gallery to name a few. Krista is so excited to be part of the JDA cast because it is such a positive group of strong and passionate women! Krista loves her two cats and being single, which seem to go hand in hand. She enjoys high heels and Michael Bolton. Don't let her classy outfits and heels fool you– she is a potty-mouth with some pretty brazen and brassy things to say!


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Reports » India
Indian stock market and companies daily report (January 23, 2014, Thursday)
January 23, 2014, Thursday, 07:08 GMT | 02:08 EST | 12:38 IST | 15:08 SGT
Indian Markets are expected in the red tracking SGX Nifty which is trading lower. Most of the Asian markets too are trading in the negative territory.
US markets turned in a lackluster performance throughout the trading day on Wednesday, extending the trend seen over the past several sessions. The choppy trading came as traders digested another mixed batch of earnings news. The major averages eventually closed mixed for the fourth consecutive session. European markets ended Wednesday's session with mixed results. The markets were positive in early trade after the International Monetary Fund upgraded its global growth forecast. However, investors became concerned that the Bank of England may decide to hike interest rate earlier than previously expected, following the larger than expected drop in the U.K. unemployment rate.
Back home, Indian markets rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, with optimism about quarterly earnings and firm global cues underpinning sentiment. The benchmark S&P/BSE Sensex swung between gains and losses before ending up 86.55 points or 0.41 percent at 21,338.
Markets Today
The trend deciding level for the day is 21,295 / 6,325 levels. If NIFTY trades above this level during the first half-an-hour of trade then we may witness a further rally up to 21,421 - 21,504 / 6,363 - 6,388 levels. However, if NIFTY trades below 21,295 / 6,325 levels for the first half-an-hour of trade then it may correct 21,211 - 21,085 / 6,301 - 6,263 levels.
Bosch to suspend manufacturing at the Nashik plant in Jan14
Bosch has announced that it will temporarily suspend manufacturing at the Nashik plant for a period of two days on January 27 and January 28, 2014. The shutdown has been announced in the wake of the slowdown in demand and to avoid buildup of inventory and align the production in-line with the market demand. The domestic automotive industry remains the primary driver of company's revenue and weak domestic demand on account of sluggish economic growth, increasing fuel prices and weak consumer sentiments has affected the company's operating performance. Nevertheless, we remain positive on the long term prospects of the company given its technological leadership and strong and diversified product portfolio. At the CMP, the stock is trading at 21.2x CY2015E earnings. We maintain our Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs.11,215.
Result Review
HDFC- (CMP: Rs.842 / TP: - / Upside: -)
HDFC reported in-line standalone earnings performance for the quarter. PBT level earnings, adjusted for dividends and sale of investments, for the company grew at healthy pace of 17% to Rs.1,647cr, in-line with expectations. Robust Individual advances growth (24% yoy) and stability witnessed on the overall asset quality front (Gross NPA at 0.77%) were the key highlights from the results.
NII for the company grew at 17% yoy to Rs.1,905cr, largely aided by healthy 19% yoy growth in its total loan book. Non-interest income for the company came in at Rs.46cr as compared to Rs.104 in 3QFY2013. Operating income and preprovisioning profit grew at 13% and 12% yoy, respectively to Rs.1,951cr and Rs.1,783cr, in line-with expectations. Provisioning expenses for the company expectedly came in at Rs.25cr, lower than Rs.40cr during 3QFY2013. Overall, the company reported standalone earnings growth of 12% yoy to Rs.1,278cr.
The stock has surged significantly from the lows witnessed in the month of September 2013 and currently, HDFC's core business (after adjusting Rs321/share towards the value of its subsidiaries) trades at 3.5x FY2015E ABV, which in our view, offers limited scope for upside here on. Hence, we maintain our Neutral rating on the stock.
L&T (CMP: Rs.1,005 /TP: Rs.1,237 /Upside: 23%)
For 3QFY2014 excluding the performance of hydrocarbon business Larsen and Toubro (L&T) posted decent set of numbers. During the quarter, the company has demerge and transfer all the assets and liabilities of the hydrocarbon business to its wholly owned subsidiary L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering ltd (LTHE) w.e.f December 20, 2013. On the top-line front, the company excluding the performance of hydrocarbon business registered a growth of 11.8% yoy to Rs.14,388cr in 3QFY2014. The healthy growth in revenues was mainly driven by (a) strong execution in the engineering and construction (E&C) and (b) execution p up in International orders. On the EBITDA front, company reported a yoy increase of 186bp to 11.6% against our expectations of 10.0%, owing to better-than-expected execution. On the bottom line front, L&T reported a yoy growth of 22.4% to Rs.1,241cr which was higher than our estimate of Rs.1,1 16cr. This was mainly on the back of better-than-expected execution and one time exceptional gain of Rs.104cr.
L&T's order backlog stands at Rs.1,71,184cr (excluding the hydrocarbon business orders) as of 3QFY2014, registering a growth of 13.0% yoy. Order inflows for the quarter came in at Rs.21,722cr (up 21.0% yoy) which does not includes orders from hydrocarbon business against our expectation of Rs.25,000cr.
For FY2014, given the current macro environment and 9MFY2014 performance the management has slightly revised its guidance of revenue and order inflow guidance to 15% and 15-20% growth respectively. The guidance is mainly based on (a) high share of exports in both order inflows and revenues (power T&D and hydrocarbon) and (b) continued momentum in infrastructure segment (building and factories, railways, airports, etc).
We believe L&T is best placed to benefit from the gradual recovery in the capex cycle, given its diverse exposure to sectors, strong balance sheet and cash flow generation as compared to its peers. We continue to maintain Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs.1,237.
Dabur India (CMP: Rs.161/TP:-/Upside:-)
For 3QFY2014 Dabur's consolidated net sales rose 16.8% yoy to Rs.1,904cr and was in-line with estimates, Top-line growth was aided by volume growth of 9.2% and price hikes undertaken by the company. Domestic FMCG business grew by 14% yoy, aided by healthy growth in health supplements (up 19.5% yoy), digestive (up 17.7% yoy) and home care segments (up 16% yoy). International business grew by 26% yoy aided by good performance in GCC, Egypt and Nigeria. However, the company posted lower than estimated OPM. OPM fell by 115bp yoy to 15.4% due to higher advertising (up 80bp yoy) and staff costs. As per the management, advertising expenses rose on account of new product launches such as Dabur Ratnaprash, Vatika Enriched Oilve Hair Oil, Odonil 1 Touch Air Fresheners and a new herbal shampoo for the South market. Net Profit stood at Rs.244cr up 15.4% on yoy basis. We maintain a neutral rating on the stock.
Alembic Pharma (CMP: Rs.228/ TP: /Upside:)
For 3QFY2014, Alembic Pharmaceutical, delivered numbers much above expectations. The net sales in at Rs.484cr V/s Rs.420cr expected, registering a yoy growth of 31.3%. The growth was driven by the exports which posted sales of Rs.1493cr V/s Rs.761cr, registering a yoy growth of 96.1%.The domestic sales on the hand posted sales of Rs.2570cr V/s Rs.2277cr, registering a yoy growth of 12.9%, with domestic formulation growth of 15% yoy. The company's OPM's came in at 21.0% V/s 16.6% expected posting an expansion of 226bps. While the operating profits grew by 47.2% yoy, higher taxation during the quarter, lead the company to post net profit growth of 37.0% yoy to end the period at Rs.65.4cr V/s expectation of Rs.45cr. We maintain our Neutral rating on the stock.
KPIT (CMP: Rs.184 / TP: Under review/ Upside: -)
KPIT Technologies (KPIT) reported its 3QFY2014 results which came in below our expectations on all fronts. The dollar revenues came in at US$110mn, down 2.3% qoq, impacted by lower billing days during the quarter as well as extended furloughs at some of the company's larger customers leading to unanticipated revenue loss of ~US$2mn. Offshore revenues grew marginally and there was volume growth of around 2% in offshore, whereas a volume decline of 2% in onsite business. Overall, for the quarter the volume growth was 1.2%. In INR terms, revenues came in at Rs.678cr, down 3.5% sequentially. EBITDA margin of the company declined by ~10bp qoq to 15.4%. Management indicated that SAP SBU had the biggest impact on revenues due to loss in billing days in 3QFY2014. As a result, the revenues declined sequentially and this had a negative impact on the SBU margins. SAP SBU continued to be in red at the operating margin level in 3QFY2014. PAT came in at Rs.61cr, down 9% on a qoq basis, impacted by soft operating performance. Overall, the performance from the company was weak keeping in view the performance from its peers. The stock is currently under review.
Result Preview
Cairn India (CMP: Rs.323/ TP: Rs.380 / Upside: 18%)
Cairn India is slated to report its 3QFY2014 results today. Cairn India's net sales are expected to remain increase 15.8% yoy at Rs.4,952cr due to increase in both production and realizations. Its operating margin is also expected to expand by 32bps yoy to 77.1% and the bottom line is expected to increase by 12.7% yoy to Rs.3,291 cr. We recommend a Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs.380.
Indian Bank- (CMP: Rs.107/ TP: Rs.126 / Upside: 18.3%)
Indian Bank is scheduled to announce its 3QFY2014 results today. We expect the bank to report a flattish NII at Rs.1,130cr. Non-interest income is also expected to be largely flat at Rs.243cr. While, operating expenses are expected to grow by 14.3% yoy to Rs.726cr, provisioning expenses are expected to decline to by 58.4% yoy at Rs.171cr in 3QFY201 3. Hence, Net profit is expected to de-grow by 5.1% yoy to Rs.314cr on back of higher taxes at Rs.162cr. At the CMP, the stock is trading at 0.4x FY2015E ABV. We maintain Buy recommendation on the stock.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
QA Automation a la Westinghouse
No single technological advance meant more for a maturing railroad industry than the invention of the air brake…. http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1A9
This like the story of the invention of the computer programming language C++ are occasions where automation not only made a hugely significant impact, but also they are stories that are relatively open, providing great insight into the minds of great automators.
George Westinghouse, like Nikola Tesla (who Westinghouse employed), did not invent from nothing or just work hard. Where Tesla had decided upon AC as the solution upon seeing how obviously poor performant the brush-based DC solutions must be, Westinghouse decided upon an engineer-driven railroad braking system similar to how a horse-drawn carriage driver pulls the reigns, Westinghouse envisioned the engineer pulling reigns of some sort to apply brakes on every car (this couldn't be employed with a physical connection, ie multiple levers pulling a metal shaft per car). Westinghouse's great epiphany towards solving the problem of brakemen running on top of the cars and the scaling and (life) cost and poor stopping performance of the manual solution did not come from banging his head on a train-specific problem, his great epiphany came upon hearing news of an air-driven drill employed in Italy to excavate minerals. The simplicity of the invention in hindsight is awesome. The length of time to implement less so. The end result, though, the train industry scaled, and in the expansion was able to remove the need to have men run atop the train cars, saving lives, but more importantly to the owners increasing the number of cars at the command of the engineer who was nearest the upcoming rail obstacles.
With QA being the engineers with the clearest sight of obstacles (and opportunities since we aren't on a rail), automation is our salvation.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Interview Questions - Teaching, !Yet Another For Loop
var loopAction = (i) => { Console.WriteLine("Current Value: {0}", i); }; for(var i = 0; i <= 10; i++) { loopAction(i); }
Friday, August 9, 2013
Interview Questions - i18n and Beyond YU
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Worthy as in Ladybugs
- Contractor who is charging the company I work for $$ per hour
Programmatic access to ephemeral ~hardware resources that has been available to the public since 2004, with documentation well written and hedged by the company and community, hmm, yes, lemme spend some of my free time regurgitating enough of it to be dangerous.
There is a part in all of us, our inner blowhard, that takes pride in receiving adoration or praise for presenting knowledge whether it is our own or as in this case quite some many others' worthy product. We see this in tech company's efforts to re-publish the web on corporate wikis (write the novel bits instead). We see this in hallway "soapbox" sessions. There is no denying the satisfaction that comes from people listening (and earnestly) to you.
But free?! Which free is intended here? Afaic the exchange of 3rd person knowledge is neither free as in beer nor free as in speech. Re-representing a non-novel concept in a manner that lifts those from the inability to seek and acquire information for themselves is quite costly.
But there is a place for such a thing and it lies in the distinction between a similar juxtaposition. The exchange of knowledge should not be "Worthy as in Snickers", but "Worthy as in ladybugs".
Snickers satisfies. If you don't like chocolate, peanuts, nougat, mouth watering caramel, and the care that goes into making this product, substitute Snickers with a product that is made with quality ingredients and is the labor of a skilled team of artisans, but available to the masses, substitute hand-crafted ale.
Ladybugs are beneficial. If you are squeamish about "bugs", and who in software isn't (I minored in Entomology, so not I :D ), so can't appreciate the self-propagating, aphid-eating, beauties which are the "gateway insect" for so many children who grow to have a healthy relationship with their natural world, okay, substitute yeast.
In the exchange of pure information, no working product involved, worthy as in ladybugs should apparently stand out as the winner of meeting the "free" price tag. So when should I give freely my ladybugs? Afaic when they are going to a good garden, one that may be overrun in one corner with aphids, but not to one which has a gardener that allowed the whole garden to be overrun nor one who refuses to devote time, experiment, read the literature, well one who is clearly not a gardener, and surely to one who is worthy, one who will be ladybugging another gardener :)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
IEnumerable Still Misunderstood
The interview question that consistently is bringing out the wrong belief that IEnumerable
We are building a distributed counter system and to reduce client messages the system receives messages such as "INC 10 /exceptions/nullReferenceExceptions" which will INCrement by 10 the counters for "exceptions" and "nullReferenceExceptions". Don't worry about the overall implementation, we just need the bit where the counter "path" is multiplexed (if needed: meaning that a single message turns into multiple messages). How would you code the method to extract the parts of the path? Let me start by providing the method signature:
string[] ExtractPathParts(string path);
The answers besides highlighting whether the candidate prefers for or foreach, the answer also highlights whether the candidate understands IEnumerable
So what is IEnumerable
The following is an example where code, not an existing data structure, uses IEnumerable
public IEnumerable
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
const char slash = '/';
const char whack = '\\';
var startIndex = 0;
var pathLength = path.Length;
var ch = default(char);
for(var i = 0; i < pathLength; ++i)
ch = path[i];
if (ch == slash || ch == whack)
var subLength = i - startIndex - 1; //<< -1 to omit the slash
if (subLength > 0) //<< this also omits the leading slash
if (startIndex > 0)
ch = path[startIndex];
if (ch == slash || ch == whack)
yield return path.Substring(startIndex, subLength);
startIndex = i;
ch = path[startIndex];
if (ch != slash && ch != whack)
yield return path.Substring(startIndex);
The above while not being DRY, it is focused on yield return and this being the important bit in understanding IEnumerable
public string[] ExtractPathParts(string path)
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) return new string[] {};
return path.Split('/', '\\').Where(it => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(it)).ToArray();
The above uses LINQ, but is missing the point. LINQ was developed to allow developers to reduce memory allocations, trading CPU which is overly available with the increase in processors per commodity server and per consumer desktop machine. Memory costs physically are not bounding consumers or systems engineers. 64-bit processors are making memory more addressable, so more available. These are not the reason why memory allocations should be avoided where possible. The reason to avoid memory allocations is that .NET, like other garbage collection based memory management models, suffer a blocking point when garbage collection occurs.
I hope that this article helps to make .NET Framework 3.5 understood more broadly. If not, please pose questions.


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Larry Csonka joins the Man Cave to preview this weekend's WWE Royal Rumble event. We'll talk about the Rumble match, the terrible final Raw segment, bring up some of our favorite memories, and give our prediction as to who will win. We'll also talk about The Rock vs. CM Punk, the build up to it, and how we think the match will go. Plus we'll look at the rest of the card, speculate on The Undertaker's Wrestlemania plans, and even talk a little TNA at the end.
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I installed 2012 Autocad with the 2012 version of VBA Enabler and now my 2011 VBA won't load with my 2011 products. I don't see anything that says that you can't have concurrent installations. Both using correct OS version. (http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autocad_2012
Anyone else have this problem?
Running WIn7 64bit
Acad 2011 +VBA
Acad 2012 +2012 vba (Uninstalled)
No problems here...
Ik have AutoCAD 2011 and 2012 installed, both with VBA, and both can run the same VBA-macro's.
I've installed VBA enabler, but nothing changed.
Running a macros i still receiving message at command promt: "run_time error regQueryValueEx failed!"
I've installed it just the same way on my friend's pc and it perfectly works there.
We both have windows xp sp3 (32bit), autocad 2012, autocad vba enabler 2012, .NET 1.0-4.0 And we both use the same macroses.
So do you have any idea what's wrong with my pc? Maybe I should install some additional components or on the contrary - remove something from my operation system?
I also have to mention that my friend reinstalled his OS recently and I've been using my OS for a long time already.
I've used CCleaner and even reinstalled autocad, but nothing changed.
I just wanted to follow up on this concurent installed VBA Enabler issue because I still see the issue. We are now in 2013 development mode and I'm running into the same issue as before. I can install 2013 version and it works, but when running AutoCAD 2011 it says I don't have the enabler installed.
My thoughts are that the contorolling files in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\VBAServer) are overwriting each other with the most recent installed version of the VBA enabler. So when I install the v2013 (220.127.116.11) its over writing the 2011 version (22.214.171.124) files. Hopefully I can split the two install location somehow and retest. Both versions are installing its own Ac32BitAppServer.dll, Ac32BitAppServer.exe, x64Jet
Follow up and resolution to the concurrent VBA Enabler for 2011 & 2011.
After new software installations, AutoCAD and verticals, uninstall both 2011 and 2013 VBA Enablers, then reinstall using the Setup.exe for each. I was using the MSI before to install them and that didn't work for me.
Hope that helps.
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