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Update: The Agile Developer pointed out that refactoring support and some other features are in fact supported for VB in VS 2005. This is not meant to be controversial, as I despise the practice of being offensive just to try to create traffic. This article is a combination of my own biases and a possible explanation for "Why do people bash VB?" Don't kill the messenger.
The google searches are a little slow today and The Agile Developer made a post and used VB.NET in his example so now's as good a time as any to resurrect my extreme dislike of VB.NET. VB.NET is not "equal" to C#, regardless of what marketing material you may have read that tells you it is. I could drone on all day about how much worse my carpal tunnel would be if I had to keep typing
public overridable shadows Sub ThisIsMyMethodName() as MyReturnType
or about how much I dislike setting
option Strict on;option Explicit on;
in order to enforce strong typing in an already strongly typed language. Without these options there would be nothing wrong casting an instance of System.Web.Form to say, an instance of System.Integer. Nor will I drone on all afternoon about how annoying these options make any form of OO programming, since turning them on means if I have a type Child that extends type Parent and a method that accepts an argument of type Parent I have to cast descending classes down to the base type (I guess strict means "So strict we don't trust you with Object Oriented programming") before the compiler will accept it. If I enjoyed using obscure pre-compiler directives to make things work right I'd go back to creating C++ apps that run on multiple unix flavors: no shortage of #pragma directives there to keep me happy.
Also missing from my lecture this afternoon will be how crippling not being able to override operators is, since many framework class methods such as ArrayList.Contains make use of "==" and not "MyClass.Equals" for its testing. If anyone can remind me how to initialize an Array with a given size in VB I would congratulate you for keeping the roughly 39 uses of the paren "()" straight. Finally, if I think it is ludicrious to have to specify which one of my methods implements an Interface method (public sub MyFunction() as string implements ICrap.MyFunction) then that's just one man's opinion, of course. Since the man in question is obviously an elitist anyway we should not concern outselves. If you want to program in an IDE that enforces Word-like AutoCorrect syntax fixers on your code, that's your problem. Many times on user groups I have seen a question posted regarding some data binding or Reflection issue related to case sensitivity, ie MyMethod is not the same as mymethod to the CLR. "How can this matter in a language that's not case sensitive?" If the previous statement does indeed seem like a very good question to you, please stop reading now.
For various logical reasons, a lot of people do not like VB.Net. Some of these are stylistic choices and some are just plain pains in the ass where certain programming tasks are concerned. Before I go on, let me make a couple of disclaimers:
The VB community has gotten a bad reputation over time. There, I said it. For many years there were C/C++, Java, Smalltalk developers who just plain did not consider VB a "real" programming language. In the heyday of pre-.NET VB people developed the notion that "serious" programming was done in a different language, and VB was for creating poorly-designed front ends to a database. The fact that many VB developers did not have a traditional software engineering background and no Computer Science degree tells us a couple of things:
Let me propose this: When choosing a technology platform, you are also choosing the community of people who subscribe to that platform. This is not an original idea. C++ people tend to be different than Java people, who are slightly different than C# people, who are slightly different than VB.NET people. I claim the source of this often goes back to education : If you got a CS degree you probably took classes in C++, Assembler, had some Calculus, etc. If you got an "MIS" degree (or in some cases taught yourself) you probably had classes in SQL, COBOL, Accounting, and Visual Basic. In a world of elitist programmers, the former background is considered better than the latter. Don't shoot the messenger, I'm merely saying what everyone is thinking. If you want another warm body to write stored procedures, post an ad looking for someone with VB.NET; if you want someone with excellent software engineering skills, post a C++ ad.
Nowhere is this difference acknowledged better than at Microsoft itself. The Visual Studio team takes its direction to a great degree from ehancement requests by the user communities. While there are some differences in the way VS 2003 behaves based on programming language, the disparity gets wider in VS 2005. Take note of some popular new C# features
Versus VB
I'm vastly summarizing and obviously I am biased. My point is that things like this perpetuate the idea that VB.NET is inferior because a different type of person chooses VB vs. C# for their .Net development. We've all heard the rumour that the average C# guy makes a lot more than the average VB guy. Companies perpetuate this idea with hiring practices such as "We need 10 VB guys and 1 C# Architect on this project"; one large local company I know of goes so far as to have a Frameworks/Architect team that develops tools in C#, which are then consumed by the project teams consisting of all VB.NET developers.
That is why I use C#: because I recognize the world-wide bias against the Visual Basic community.
I am proficient in VB.NET because I recognize that when it comes down to the code, there is very little real difference, with the only major item being stylistic preference. Comments and flames welcome as always.
I've been talking about DirectX and games lately, and I've come up with a simulation for me to experiment with some things I've been wanting to learn or see in action. Essentially, my brain has been going in several directions at once and this will be a first effort at exploring some ideas I have. These areas of interest are:
So, I've decided my simulation for all this will be a DirectX remake of the classic game scorched earth. It will start out as a 2D version and move to a 3D version as soon as I find a good (free) 3D modeling tool. I already have the game and graphics part of it pretty much done. Next step: program some AI that shoots back at you.
If you read the site because of the .NET Compact Framework or other "useful" content this may seem ridiculous to you. Never you mind, games are some of the most complex systems you can write today, presenting very complex design challenges. Consider it a mental workout.
Of course, if I have fun with this I will try to make a product out of it...
Saw this in the google searches today, this one is somewhat tricky. I haven't looked yet but I am hoping they have fixed this in .NET 2 with Template methods.
So, you have a class that you are displaying in either your own designer or at design time in Visual Studio. One of the properties on this class is a collection that contains members of a Type you have created. When you click the ellipses (...) button next to this property in the property grid, the designer Adds and Removes instances of System.Object in the collection, which is not very useful. Here's how I got this to work, with examples from the very neglected TRAP project:
First, instead of something like ArrayList for the type of the property containing the collection items, I created a class that implements CollectionBase, IList, ICollection. Take note of the class-level attributes
[Editor("DamonPayne.Trap.UI.PersistentPropertyEditor", "System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor") ] public class PersistentPropertyCollection : CollectionBase, IList, ICollection
then, these designer attributes on the property of this type:
[Browsable(true), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always), Editor(typeof(PersistentPropertyEditor), typeof(System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor) ), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content), Description("Collection of Properties that are persisted to the data store") ] public PersistentPropertyCollection PersistentProperties { get{return _persisentProperties;} set{_persisentProperties = value;} }
Now, on the type contained within my PersistentPropertyCollection (PersistentProperty), I have the following designer attributes:
[TypeConverter(typeof(PersistentPropertyConverter)), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always), Category("Misc"), ] public class PersistentProperty
The PersistentPropertyConverter is just a class that extends ExpandableObjectConverter and implments custom functionality. That part is not important for this example.
The final code snippet here is the most important part. When providing implemntations for some of the IList, etc members, I do not use the type Object but rather my own concrete type:
(...) public PersistentProperty this[int index] // Indexer {(...) public void Remove(PersistentProperty value) { _list.Remove(value); } public void Remove(object value) { _list.Remove(value); }(...) public int Add(PersistentProperty value) { return _list.Add(value); } public int Add(object value) { if (_list.Contains(value)) { return -1; } return _list.Add(value); } public void AddRange(PersistentProperty[] items) { foreach(PersistentProperty p in items) { Add(p); } }(...)
Notice that for some of these the methods are overloaded for type Object and my concrete type. The designer is able to figure it out, and voila, my custom collection editor for the TRAP gui looks like so:
I'll have to post more on .NET designer stuff when I get the chance.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned before how much I love delegates, but I do. I made a new friend today in the form of System.Predicate<T>, another powerful aspect of the generics support in .NET 2.
A Predicate is a delegate wraps a method that accepts an instance of the Teplate type and returns whether or not the specific instance matches whatever condition the predicate represents. Many of the framework classes in .NET 2 work with the Predicate<T> generic. One example might be a generic List<T>,
(...)public World(Device dev){_device = dev;WorldEntities = new List<Entity>(100);_removePredicate = new Predicate<Entity>(ShouldRemove);}(...)public List<Entity> WorldEntities;private Device _device;private Predicate<Entity> _removePredicate;(...)protected void RemoveDisposed(){WorldEntities.RemoveAll(_removePredicate);}protected bool ShouldRemove(Entity target){return target.IsDisposed;}(...)
That is the first use I came across, but obviously there are many other saucy uses for this. Obviously you could do something almost this good in .NET 1, but the strong typing of the parameter class is what makes it cool.
Before Beta 2 came out I had been reading that SQL Mobile databases and the System.Data.SqlServerCe namespace would work from the full .NET 2 framework. Once I actually tried this I could find very little conversation on the subject, except for here. I tried exactly what this author had done and I was getting all kinds of assembly loading errors. I was finally able to access a .sdf database from my winforms app, but I'm not happy with the solution.
Beta 2 installs several System.Data.SqlServerCe .Dll files. The one that will actually load from a desktop winforms application is in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\, with a description of "Microsoft SQL Mobile" and version 220.127.116.11. When I tried this at first, I was still getting errors thrown out of this assembly with descriptions like "sqlcese.sys.dll". In the same IDE directory mentioned above there are several .DLL files with similar names. I was ultimately able to get my SqlCe connection to work by copying some of these to my application's bin\Debug directory:
This is the part I'm not happy with. The fact that the .DLL that works is in a visual studio directory and apparently needs some other DLLs from the same to run probably means one of two things. Either my Beta 2 installation is slightly funky, or Sql Mobile from Full framework is not going to be something you can do on a computer without Visual Studio installed. I hope the latter is not the case. It would be very nice to be able to use Sql Mobile instead of access, and also to be able to use the power of a desktop PC to build .SDF databases. I have not messed with the bulk copy functionality in Sql Server 2005 yet, so perhaps that is easy to automate. Again though, this implies you should be able to use a .SDF datbase from desktop code.
Today's By Request items, taken from the google search records.
There have been some searches talking about how to configure log4net to work within your ASP.NET application. I admit its not as straightforward as it should be. There are 3 things to remember:
<configSections><section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" /></configSections> <log4net> <appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <param name="File" value="C:\\Projects\\TheShaft\\MobileServerEndpoint\\ShaftLog.txt" /> <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" /> <param name="RollingStyle" value="Date" /> <param name="MaxSizeRollBackups" value="10" /> <param name="StaticLogFileName" value="true" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c [%x] - %m%n" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="DEBUG" /> <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" /> </root> </log4net>
3. In the Application_Start event of your Global, you need to tell log4net to configure itself:
protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e) { log4net.Config.DOMConfigurator.Configure(); ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger( GetType() ); log.Info("Application_Start"); }
Compact Framework 2 on CE.Net
Right now, in Beta 2, you can run CF2 applications on WindowsMobile 2003, CE.NEt 4.0 and up, and WindowsMobile Smartphone. If you start a SmartDevice CAB project, you will see the "MinVersion" parameter equal to 4.0. However, I have been told directly from a Microsoft employee (via the newsgroups) that this will not be the case when Visual Studio 2005 goes final. For the CE.NET OS, only version 5 will run Compact Framework 2 applications.
As many of you nerds know, DasBlog has a feature whereby it will record search strings used by search engines to reach your site. Its become part of my daily entertainment to look at this list and click back to the referring searches. Some of the items are scary or ridiculous like "Damon payne milwaukee salary last year" but a lot of them are related to content I've posted, which is cool.
A lot of the search items are looking for questions I did not answer but could answer easily. I may make this part of my daily routine to post an answer to something that was the topic of someone's search but not already on my site. A lot of these are compact framework/smartphone questions but some other interesting things as well.
OK, so, I've had a chance to mess with Direct 3D more. As soon as you figure out basically how to draw 1 thing on the screen and you want to experiment, its best to create some kind of framework. It would be nice to draw a scene, isolate your experiment to one class, and make it easy to add/remove/alter a particular aspect of the scene you are drawing. A dynamic scene could be rendered given the following metaphors:
An Entity class that represents any draw-able item. The Entity is responsible for loading its vertices, points, textures, etc. A non-staic light source could also be an entity in which case the Entity would load its color information etc. The Entity could be an abstract base class. Entities are added to a World which represents all the dynamic items that could be rendered. While Entities might not be visible at all times (View Coordinates, World Coordinates, Painter's Algorithm discussions in future posts) they might be thinking/acting elsewhere so they need periodic chances to do something even if they are not visible. A simple DirectX program/Render loop might go like this:
All in all, the render loop for a simple game/simulation might be pretty simple. The internet could use a lot more sample code for Direct3D, at least I've been unable to find much on how various things are typically done. For example, when an Entity changes position in the World is it customary to rebuild it or to Transform its vertices to reflect the new position? From what I can see, Transformations are used to model the observer changing its view position from one place to another, yet, rebuilding a vertex list seems very inefficient. Consider this partial snippet for drawing a triangle with 3 vertices and some color:
...class MovingTriangle : Entity{private CustomVertex.TransformedColored[] _verts;private VertexBuffer _vertBuffer;private float _topX;...public override void Render(Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device dev){ dev.SetStreamSource(0, _vertBuffer, 0);dev.VertexFormat = CustomVertex.TransformedColored.Format;dev.DrawPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, 0, 1); }public override void DeviceAquire(){_vertBuffer = new VertexBuffer(typeof(CustomVertex.TransformedColored), 3, _dev, 0, CustomVertex.TransformedColored.Format, Pool.Default); _vertBuffer.Created += new EventHandler(_vertBuffer_Created);_vertBuffer_Created(null, EventArgs.Empty);}void _vertBuffer_Created(object sender, EventArgs e){DoCreateBuffer();}private void DoCreateBuffer(){GraphicsStream stream = _vertBuffer.Lock(0, 0, 0);_verts = new CustomVertex.TransformedColored[3];_verts[0].X = _topX;_verts[0].Y = 50;_verts[0].Z = -0;_verts[0].Rhw = 1;_verts[0].Color = System.Drawing.Color.Red.ToArgb();// _verts[1].X = _topX + 100;_verts[1].Y = 250;_verts[1].Z = -0;_verts[1].Rhw = 1;_verts[1].Color = System.Drawing.Color.Red.ToArgb();// _verts[2].X = _topX - 100;_verts[2].Y = 250;_verts[2].Z = -0;_verts[2].Rhw = 1;_verts[2].Color = System.Drawing.Color.Red.ToArgb();stream.Write(_verts);_vertBuffer.Unlock();}}...
It seems as though vertex recreation would be horribly inefficient. I just ordered a pile of DirectX books from my favorite online store to shed some light on common D3D practices. As soon as I get through the next chapter in my Physics book I can share the nature of my ridiculous DirectX test project.
After passing it at B&N several times I picked this book up yesterday. I really enjoyed my Physics in college but of course being in a hurry to graduate left no time for pursuing any interesting things. I do regret that my physics class was not Calculus based. When I did take Calculus the physics applications were by far the most interesting parts. When we were shown that the first derrivative of the acceleration function is the distance function I was blown away as it was the first time I'd ever seen a mathematical idea (derrivatives) explain not a phenomenon in reality (If the train is going 100 km/h and the city is 50 km away...) but an actual aspect of reality.
Back to the book, I just started reading the first few chapters: a refresher on basic physics. More impressions as I read through it but you can probably expect to see a DamonPayne.Physics C# library posted here.
When picking this book up I also realized how utterly ludicrous it is that the English measurement system is still in use. Over the course of the year, I'm going to try to convert to thinking of things in terms of Kilometers to my house and my car's 0-100km acceleration time.
I have always kept it technology related here, since I have a personal site for anyone who might care to read about my opinions on life in general. There's something going on right now is worthy of a cross-post, and a lot more than that too: Social Security reform. Our President visited our state this week to talk about Social Security reform. He's been taking a lot of heat for this, and of course it is political suicide (or heroism?) , which is why its an issue to look at when you are not up for re-election.
My personal philisophy is largely objectivist which puts me at odds with at least half the population right off the bat. There is one principal that I would think anyone can identify with (even if only in their most hidden thoughts) and that is self interest. Social Security hurts almost everyone, from the lowest wage earner to the wealthiest industrialist. I say almost everyone because there is some value in taking care of those who are unable to work.
I've always known Social Security would not be enought to live on after retirement, but when I started getting statements from the govermnment as to what I could expect, it was still shocking. My monthly check from Uncle Sam will likely not be enough to pay the cable bill in terms of 2040 dollars. Yet we pay roughly 7.5% (with medicare, etc) payroll tax on the first $90,000 we make. Our employer matches this, so lets use 15% as a nice round number for argument's sake. Let's say I make $20,000 per year, and I work for 40 years. Using this calculator from the SSA I can expect a yearly payout of ~ $9,400. Ouch! By compairson:
I am assuming 20 years of retirement payout here. I also ran the numbers (in Excel and the Social Security Administration web site) for a $90,000 salary. The fact of the matter is, unless you are one of the few who are disabled and cannot work, Social Security is a ripoff. I am not advocating leaving those people high and dry either, so settle down.
Now, in addition to you getting a terrible rate of return on the 15% of your salary that goes to SS, consider that there are also quite a few popular ways to save additional money for retirement. 401k, company pensions, Roth IRA, etc.
What is my point? My point is that in terms of the total cost of employing you and your salary, you and others on your behalf are probably spending a grand total of 23% or more of that salary on your retirement; to retire with a similar standard of living you probably only need 7.5% of that money.
A lot of other things could be done with a lot of money that is going into a large, inefficient system that is periodically raided by Congress. My vote is give it back to people to spend. Social Security reform is good.
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First Look: New Menu at Emeril's Tchoup Chop featuring Robata Grill
Since it opened with Loews Royal Pacific Resort hotel in 2001, Emeril's Tchoup Chop has established itself as one of the best upscale eateries at Universal Orlando Resort. To kick off 2014, my favorite happy hour hangout has shaken things up in a serious way, with a new chef, new front-of-house management, new flavors, and a new high-tech tool in the kitchen. We'll be returning in the future for a fully detailed review of Tchoup Chop's new menu choices, but for now here's a small taste to whet your appetite.
New chef de cuisine Ryan Vargas (a veteran of Four Seasons and Ritz Carltons in Hawaii and Palm Beach) came on board in October, but only recently introduced his completely revamped menu. The emphasis is still on "Asian-inspired island cuisine", but there are a variety of new appetizers and entrees, an expanded sushi selection, and a brand-new specialty cocktail list.
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quote:My fiancée
quote:I'd advise you to get something that you can support on your income only Use her income to build savings
quote:Can't do it on my income alone, so that's why I was curious how long before I could count here's with mine.
quote: I just have student loans that lessen the amount of house we could purchase.
quote:Varies from lender to lender - 6 months to a year is normal.
quote:Pay those off.
quote:Not happening before I buy a house.
quote:Anybody notice about 5 different things wrong in this thread from a financial standpoint?
quote:Okay - not going to nag you about it. Are you looking at 15-year options for the mortgage at least?
quote:1. We presume he's going to marry the gal before they buy the house together, so that fixes an obvious one.
quote:2. He's got student loans that are "unpayoffable" before he buys the house - I understand that, I still do that - pay both.
quote:3. She's only been working for 3 months (maybe she's young).
quote:4. He can't qualify because the house he wants pushes him outside of the LTV/DTI numbers his lender wants to see and needs her income to get there.
quote:5. He didn't say, but I suspect he doesn't have much of a downpayment, so he's going to go non-traditional financing and pay PMI.
quote:There's probably more.
quote:This is the same board that told me I was a fricking idiot for co-signing my wife's loans for her to go to an out of state school and live apart from me.


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Friday Favourites
This installation by artist Zadok Ben David is stunning – I wish it was on in London at the moment as I'd be down there in a flash. It's made from 12,000 cut steel botanical illustrations which cover the floor of the gallery. From one side they appear in black and white, but from another angle they become a sea of colour. Found by Holly – check out more images and the video on Colossal.
Thanks to James for finding this great project by Niklas Roy, who we discovered makes some amazing inventions/art projects using electronic components. This one, entitled 'A little piece of privacy' was a lovely idea using a small piece of curtain. It made me smile, and it was great to see how it was made too.
Polish designer/artist Odiabe has created a visual animation of the motion of a drummer. The artist uses motion-tracked drumsticks which behave like a paintbrush to draw shapes in the air, and then they are turned into a 3D animation. More info on the video via Fast Co Design – found by Dan.
I stumbled across these paintings by Alyssa Monks whilst trawling various blogs this week and thought they were extraordinary. At a glance they seem photographic but then up close the painting style is beautiful, and I love the underwater ones.
Christian discovered the East London Furniture company, who make simple but rather gorgeous furniture from 100% recycled materials. We often use vintage or furniture made of recycled materials for our meeting rooms and cafe areas at Design Bridge, so this was an inspiring find, especially as it's not far from our London office.
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enjoyed reading the blog and thinking about what we were a part of. This blog sure is a great way to travel!!! Thanks to eveyrone who follows these trips and is praying for the furtherance of Gods work in this region,it is a blessing to have Vic and Bev over the area and we are all very positive about what is happening and will happen.
love the spensers
Flight home/ Final Thoughts
Trip Start
Jul 16, 2008
Trip End
Jul 29, 2008
This visit to our brethren in the Baltic Republics and the Summer Gathering in Sweden was a great experience. Bev and I were glad to share it with Britt Taylor and Jim Franks who were good travelling companions. The weather was most cooperative and we got a lot done. We visited all our people in the Estonia and Latvia (who drove up). We held a Bible Study Friday night and a Sabbath Service in Tartu. We mailed the current issue of the Good News to 240 subscribers as well as sent out the Bible Study Course in Estonian and Russian. We visited the radio station where we advertise the Good News and Bible Study Course. You can hear one of my commercials in Ukrainian by clicking here. We saw a prisoner in Tartu.
In Sweden we conducted a four day seminar called the The Summer Gathering. Thirty-eight people came from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Estonia and the United States to attend these meetings. It was a wonderful experience that brought us together in a most beautiful way. We are ready to do this again next year at this time.
Thanks for following this blog. God be with you all.....
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Hi Vic and Bev,
We were, again, excited and very interested in reading your blog - all the work that is accomplished there, seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
Thank you for making the time to keep us informed.
It sounds like your trip was very successful. We are glad you are safely home.
Gail and Karen.


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Salem State University Preschool Sponsors
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Needed Gently Used or New Books
"Reach Out and Read Programs"
Lynn Community Health Center and the East Boston Community Health Center
and the Salem State student mission to Liberia over Spring Break 2013
February 11-15, 2013
Each year the Salem State Preschool collects books to donate to local organizations to promote early literacy. Last year we collected over 400 books!
Children going to see the doctor for a sick or well visit may take home a book and build their home library. Please help us again this year to collect new or gently used books for children six months (board books) to 10 years old.
Plus, this year a student teacher from the preschool will travel to Liberia over spring break and will be taking books for the Ganta Mission School.
Our community service committee chairperson, Michelle Sedgwick, is coordinating this annual activity. Please talk to your child about this project and how important it is to help others.
Collection boxes on campus:
- Preschool on Upper South Campus
- English department in Meier Hall
- Salem State Library on Central Campus
- Education Department, Sullivan Building, room 303
Thank you in advance for your help with this worthwhile community project which supports early literacy.


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The Keonepoko Elementary School in Pahoa has been awarded a $296,200 Race to the Top grant for electrical improvements.
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Wolves have confirmed Dean Saunders as their new manager after agreeing compensation with Doncaster.
The Championship club have moved quickly to replace Stale Solbakken after the Norwegian's ill-fated reign came to an end with a 1-0 defeat to non-league Luton in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Saunders told Sky Sports News: "It was a very difficult decision to leave Doncaster but this is a big club, it's a big challenge and I am looking forward to it.
"It is a tough league and we have to try and get up the other end of it. We have to hit the ground running.
"There is no secret in football - good players working hard and that is what I will be pointing at.
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Saunders will be unveiled to the media at Molineux at 2pm on Monday afternoon.
Saunders began his management career with Wrexham in the Blue Square Bet Premier before taking over at Doncaster.
A statement on Wolves' official website read: "Wolves are delighted to confirm that Dean Saunders is to become the club's new manager.
"Compensation has been agreed with Doncaster Rovers to allow the 48-year-old to take over at Molineux following Saturday's departure of Stale Solbakken."
The Welshman leaves Rovers, joint-top of League One, to join a club 18th in the Championship, six points above the bottom four.
Solbakken managed just nine wins from 26 league games and the final straw came at Kenilworth Road as Wolves lost to a side 60 places below them.
Saunders' playing career included spells with Liverpool and Aston Villa, where he won the FA Cup and League Cup respectively, while he also earned 75 caps for Wales.
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Just a reminder summer is around the corner and summer camp is starting to fill up fast./
We have added more weeks on this year and are looking forward to a great summer.Also welcoming back alot of horse favorites such as Binn Movin and Samson who are coming home for the summer from college.
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It can be hard to relate to Ireland's rolling green hills and blustery cliffside villages, but if there's one thing South Florida understands, it's how to raise a glass and toast to a damned good time. Perhaps that's why this hot, flat state is home to so many Emerald Isle-inspired digs.
Here's our take on the ten best Irish pubs and restaurants in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Use it to help you decide where you'll be tipping back your St. Patrick's Day Guinness (or six).
10. J.G. McGuinness Irish Pub & Restaurant, 1744 Main St., Weston; 954-349-2100; jgmcguinness.com. St. Patrick's Day weekend activities start at 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. Sunday, with live music and bar specials.
An Irish bar where you're more likely to find a pack of well-heeled women than you would a band of sad poets who are three sheets to the wind? Such a thing exists — in Weston, of course — where J.G. McGuinness has served the local population of hot moms and whiskey-sipping men since early 2011. The bar's interior was designed by Bar None, a specialty firm that helps non-Irish establishments replicate that trademark Dublin façade, so expect tons of dark, polished wood and textured fabrics. The beer's the thing, though, and J.G. McGuinness has enlisted the experts on that front as well. The draft system was designed by a former Dublin-based Guinness brewer who also supervised the installation. It's not St. James Gate, but it could be the closest you'll find in western Broward.
9. Dicey Riley's Bar and Restaurant, 217 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-522-1908.
Loud, raucous, loud, packed on the weekends — and did we mention loud? — Dicey Riley's is a Himmarshee mainstay. Booze is the first, second, and third order of business, but a hungry St. Patrick's Day reveler could scare up a spot of the typical Irish pub fare if necessary (something's gotta temper those shots of whiskey). On St. Patrick's Day, expect a rowdy crowd to pack in early and party on into the wee hours of the mornin'. Weekend nights mean live bands performing the familiar rock anthems of yore, and there are typically more than a few hotties working the bar.
8. Paddy Mac's, 10971 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens; 561-691-4366; paddymacspub.com. St. Patrick's Day festivities are planned for Sunday, with live music starting at noon and a special menu offered all day.
Paddy Mac's is one of the few Irish spots in South Florida that goes out of its way to emphasize its edible fare over the quaffable fare. This isn't to say you can't score a well-poured pint — nay; in fact, the bartenders do a fine job of supplying Irish beers to the masses — but rather that the kitchen staff at Paddy Mac's (which includes a few Emerald Isle natives) prides itself on traditional dishes like Irish cottage pie and salmon boxty. There's a warm, neighborhood vibe to the restaurant/bar and a variety of outdoor and indoor seating options available to cozy up into as you chow down on Scotch eggs and fish 'n' chips.
7. The Dubliner, 435 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton; 561-620-2540; dublinerboca.com. Nonstop St. Patrick's Day celebration on Sunday with live music, traditional Irish food, skydiving leprechauns landing in Mizner Park (!!!), bagpipes, and kids' activities.
Born of the Sub Culture Group, which is responsible for popular spots like Dada and Tryst, the Dubliner is a focal point for action in Mizner Park. No matter the holiday or cause for celebration, the joint is typically filled with a mingling mix of FAU students, rich Boca retirees, tourists, and just-off-work locals. The Irish-inspired cuisine is made from scratch, and many of the classic Irish favorites are available on tap or by the bottle. An L-shaped outdoor area — shared in part with the adjacent Kapow! Noodle Bar — is a nice alternative when there's no space at one of the high-top, dark polished wood tables inside. A second location will open in downtown Fort Lauderdale this spring.
6. Mickey Byrne's Irish Pub Restaurant, 1921 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; 561-691-4366; paddymacspub.com. All-day St. Patrick's Day celebration on Sunday with live music, Irish dancers, bagpipers, and food and drink specials.
Mickey Byrne's in downtown Hollywood pours a hell of a lot of pints of Guinness, but the pub isn't above showing a little local love to the fine brews made on this side of the pond. In fact, their rotating list of 18 taps includes American craft beer — even some made in Florida — right alongside Irish favorites like Harp Lager and England's Newcastle Brown Ale. Sip that pint while taking in a game of footy on one of the big-screen HD TVs and don't worry about tripping over shamrock paraphernalia as you navigate your way to your seat: This bar, which opened in November 2008, has a toned-down approach to re-creating an Irish vibe.
5. Maguire's Hill 16, 535 N. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-764-4453; maguireshill16.com. All-day St. Patrick's festival on Sunday with live music and drink and food specials.
You're not, like, obligated to get a Guinness at this Fort Lauderdale pub, which is run by people actually from Ireland and throws one of the biggest St. Pat's parties in Broward, but it couldn't really hurt. A favorite haunt of New Times staffers, Maguire's has a utilitarian quality to it, in that it's a spot for all occasions: a jumping-off point for a night of hard drinking, postwork happy-hour boozing, dinner with Mom and Dad, a solo pint to sit and contemplate life's great injustices — whatever your bag.
4. Slainte Irish Pub, 1500 Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach; 561-742-4190; slaintepubs.com. Sunday's St. Patrick's Day party starts with Irish breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., followed by live music and entertainment from 3 p.m. to close and food and drink specials all day.
This community-minded, Zagat-rated pub in Boynton Beach recently underwent a major overhaul with an upgrade to the interior and an expansion of the outdoor and lounge seating areas. Newly appointed executive chef Christopher Palmer's menu offers a loose, hipped-up interpretation of Irish pub classics like basil-pesto-infused "green eggs and ham" and an Irish "happy meal" complete with potatoes and a pint of Guinness. At 5,000 square feet, the made-over restaurant offers plenty of nooks and crannies to accommodate St. Patrick's Day partiers and the potent beverages — like the fruity and alcohol-soaked "Celtic breeze" — necessary to keep 'em feeling festive.
3. O'Shea's Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561-833-3865; osheaspub.com. St. Patrick's Day weekend block party starting at 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday, with live music, a street party, Irish dancers, and food and drink specials.
O'Shea's on Clematis is a good, solid bet in a part of West Palm Beach where the tending-to-trendy choices may come and go with the tides. A neighborhood favorite since 1994, O'Shea's is Irish to the hilt, with a space that's decked out in festive décor no matter the time of year. Two other things to know about O'Shea's: It's puppy-friendly, and it gives you the power to grab your own beer. Tuesday nights, the spot hosts a "yappy hour" with a free drink for anyone who brings a (well-behaved) pooch to the patio. Meanwhile, a Draft Master allows guests to pour their own priced-by-the-ounce Guinness or Harp. It's a good spot for that snobby friend who never stops bitching about how "no one knows how to pour a Guinness in this town" — here's your chance, buddy!
2. Tim Finnegan's Irish Pub, 2885 S. Federal Highway, Delray Beach; 561-330-3153; timfinnegansirishpub.com. St. Patrick's Day weekend celebration starts at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with traditional Irish dancing, music, and food, plus food and drink specials all weekend.
Tucked away in an unassuming plaza south of Delray Beach's thriving downtown restaurant scene rests a little piece of the Emerald Isle. Tim Finnegan's is a good honest bar for the good honest drinking man/woman. It's the kind of place where a single lady can feel comfortable settling in for a pint, without fear of a pack of horny brahs spilling their Irish Car Bombs on her as they race to get absolutely shit-faced before the end of happy hour. Friendly staff, live Celtic music, and fair prices: It's like a little pot of gold at the end of Delray's rainbow.
1. The Field Irish Pub & Eatery, 3281 Griffin Road, Hollywood; 954-964-5979; thefieldfl.com. Gates open at noon on Sunday for St. Patrick's Day festivities, and admission is $10.
There's something cozy about the Field that warms the cockles of the heart. The interior is outfitted with gleaming wood surfaces, a fireplace, and room after room filled with dog-eared books, weathered photos, and other old-timey knickknacks. Outside, a comfy patio is built around a towering Banyan tree, and leashed, well-behaved pups are invited to share your shepherd's pie or corned beef and cabbage. As a past winner of New Times' award for Best Poured Guinness in South Florida, the bar can be counted on to supply a solid Irish brew to accompany that traditional plate of bangers and mash coming from the kitchen.
....AND yes that picture of the corned beef and cabbage at the Field Irish Pub & Eatery is the real deal and don't overlook those FRESH carrots = i had a seperate side of of them and added a little cinnamon
How is Murphy's Law not on this list? Come on, now. It's a Battle of the Bonos this St. Patrick's Day Weekend! They'll have concerts by 2U and UV (South Florida's best U2 tribute bands), Almost Journey, authentic Celtic dancers, strolling bagpipes, Irish DJs, traditional food and fare, drink specials and more. Plus, this is an Irish pub that is actually owned by a couple from Ireland.
the thing of it is ........... ST PATs DAY is for getting DRUNK = period = the FOOD component is IRRelevant
this need not, GETTING DRUNK, be done in an "irish" bar, so this list is IRRelevant to what to do ON ST PATs DAY .......... and as far as i am concerned, the places on this list that I DO FREQUENT, i will stay away from this FRI and SAT (and maybe even SUN)
WHY ? they will be OVERrun by irish as well as "irish for the day" meaning all factors will be taxed..........parking, accomodations, service, quality, civility........as the day wears on


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Thomas Paine published Common Sense on January 10, 1776, and it is believed to have greatly influenced support for the Patriot cause. Using clear, plain language, Paine rallied the colonists to support the break from Britain. He declared, "I am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence; I am clearly, positively, and conscientiously persuaded that it is the true interest of this continent to be so."
In arguing for American independence, Paine denounced the monarchy and argued that people are born into a state of equality. An advocate of natural rights theory, Paine claimed that there are no natural rulers among men. He then proposed a system of representative government for the colonies. Finally, Paine gave reasons for why the time was right to break from England. The pamphlet was published and widely read—read, in fact, by as great a proportion of the population as watches the Superbowl today. Congress approved the Declaration of Independence months later. Paine donated all his earnings from the sale of the pamphlet to the revolutionary cause.
Paine did not stop there. He began a series of sixteen essays entitled The American Crisis in 1776 while he was serving in the Continental Army. General George Washington had the Crisis essays read to the troops at Valley Forge. Famously beginning, "THESE are the times that try men's souls…" these essays bolstered the morale of American troops in their fight with the British.
The essays also strengthened Americans' commitment to self-government and the break from England. He argued that it was the responsibility of all to act with courage against the British, and that integrity demanded that all Americans lend their support. He wrote, "I call upon not a few, but all: not on this state or that state, but every state: up and help us."
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Training on an unstable surface, such as an exercise ball or wobbling board, can improve your balance and stability in a workout program.
However, a new study found in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research suggests that training on unstable surfaces may actually hinder your workout progress.
The study used a group of Division II soccer players making them perform half of their exercises on a BOSU ball. A BOSU ball is that "blue half-ball" you see in the gym; it looks like a stability ball cut in half. The study found that it didn't offer these athletes any progress in speed or agility and actually decreased their jumping ability.
The issue with this is that such unstable devices trains your body to compensate in undesirable ways. Training on an unstable service tends to recruit the wrong muscles. The muscles you're trying to train (the agonists) end up firing less. The muscles found on the opposite side of the joint (the antagonists) fire more in an effort to stabilize the joint in an unstable position. Your body tries to achieve balance, which can get in the way of strength improvements.
For instance, if you try to do front shoulder raises on the stability ball, it will work your front delts less than intended. Your rear delts and back are going to be much more involved to stabilize the joint and prevent injury. When standing on a flat surface to perform fron tdelts, you will focus on the front delts and hit them with much more intensity. Building muscle is about relaxing the antagonistic muscles in order to more fully engage the muscle you are intending on working. So, when we are hitting the front delts, we want to use as much weight. With the stability ball, first we have to use less weight because of the balance added. Second, we are more concentrated with balancing the weight and "getting it up" than we are with working the muscle. That is the biggest no-no when it comes to working out. You need to stimulate the muscle and maximally contract 100% of the muscle fibers in the muscle in order for it to grow by using maximal loads that stress the muscle based on the concept of progressive overload and by focusing on the muscle by using a mind muscle connection, making sure you relax the muscles that are not supposed to be worked.
However, such unstable devices can be effective at training joint stability such as rehabbing ankle sprains and also to increase coordination, balance, and engage your core a little more.
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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Central sweeps Monterey, falls in five-set thriller to Copperas Cove
Lady Cats hope experience pays off in district play
SAN ANGELO, Texas - With District 2-5A play seven days away, Central head volleyball coach Connie Bozarth knew that she needed to test her Lady Cats early.
Central got all it could handle — and then some — against Copperas Cove on Tuesday in the second match of the day.
After blitzing Lubbock Monterey in the opener, the Lady Cats couldn't hold on to a five-point lead in the decisive fifth set and fell to the Lady Dawgs 13-25, 25-22, 17-25, 27-25, 19-17.
Despite scoring more points than the visitors at Babe Didrikson Gym, Central took a tough loss to wrap up the second day of the 2013 season, falling to 3-1.
Central beat Monterey 25-13, 25-6, 28-26 in the opener.
"Copperas Cove is definitely a quality team and I would rather have that match, even with the end result, and get what we learned from it than any easy victory," Bozarth said. "We got more from this match than we've gotten in some of the other matches we've played.
"Going to Duncanville this weekend we are going to see size like that, power like that and speed like that. We needed to be tested against it."
Central jumped ahead early in the decisive set, forcing Copperas Cove timeouts at 6-2 and 9-4.
After the second break in the action, the Lady Dawgs took over for good, winning eight out of nine points, broken only by a service error that gave the Lady Cats a point.
Flustered, Central was called for being out of rotation twice during the surge, although the officials conferred with the scorers table and withdrew the second call.
Several big blocks from Ally Standard and a shot from senior Jordan Kohl actually allowed the Lady Cats to force match point, leading 15-14, but Bryaunea Hall led the comeback charge for Copperas Cove.
A kill from Kohl — one of 20 in the five-set thriller — pulled Central within 17-17, but the Lady Dawgs closed with the last two points to complete the comeback after trailing two games to one.
Copperas Cove also staved off a match points down 24-23 in the fourth set.
"We struggled with some missed serves, and that got in our head a little bit," Bozarth said. "A couple of rotations we got a little rattled. It is just early-season stuff that we work through. We will finish those matches later in district when they count."
Central's coach said she knew after watching the Lady Dawgs in their first match that Central had a worthy adversary.
"I told the girls after watching them play earlier that this could be a lot like a heavyweight fight, with everybody trading big shot after big shot," Bozarth said. "There were a lot of really extended rallies with some shot making and good blocks and coverage. It was a fun, exciting match."
Central played the second match of the day without senior starter Loren Poss, who finished the Monterey match with eight digs, five kills and three aces.
Stepping into her spot was Alexia Oliver, who rarely came off the floor in five sets and finished with five kills, five digs, one block and an ace.
"She is still learning the system and everything, so I am real pleased with her," Bozarth said. "She is very athletic and quick. As soon as she gets a little more comfortable with our system, she is going to be a great asset. I thought everybody stepped up and did a super job."
Kohl was the workhorse offensively, finishing with a season-best 21 kills in the contest, adding to the 38 she had posted in the season's first three matches.
"Jordan has taken another step. She is always going to be a great hitter, but now she is playing defense better and she is blocking better. That is going to help us," Bozarth said.
Even in the loss, Central's block posted 18 blocks against Copperas Cove, paced by Standard's 7 and Kohl and Sophia Flores, who each had 4.5.
"Even my small block was working well," Bozarth said. "Sophia is not very tall, but she is as quick as a cat and she can get up. If you think she is not there ... she got that single block on their big hitter and she can do that.
"They didn't have a whole lot of full-out swings. We were contesting it pretty much every time."
After this weekend's tournament in Duncanville, Central will open its District 2-5A schedule Tuesday with a home contest against traditional power Amarillo Tascosa.
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Central def. Lubbock Monterey 25-13, 25-6, 28-26
Central stats — Kills: Mikail Russell 9, Jordan Kohl 8, Ally Standard 6, Loren Poss 5, Sophia Flores 4, Haylee Thompson 2. Assists: Bailey Waddington 21, Amanda Torres 9. Digs: Poss 8, Hannah McIntyre 5, Russell 3, Torres 1, Waddington 1, Thompson 1, Alyssa Rios. Blocks: Standard 3, Kohl 2, Flores 1.5. Aces: Rios 3, Poss 3, Waddington 2, Torres 1.
Copperas Cove def. Central 13-25, 25-22, 17-25, 27-25, 19-17
Central stats — Kills: Kohl 21, Flores 8, Russell 8, Thompson 6, Standard 6, Alexia Oliver 5, McIntyre 1. Assists: Waddington 30, Torres 19. Digs: McIntyre 16, Russell 13, Oliver 5, Baylie Cates 5, Waddington 3, Rios 1. Blocks: Standard 7, Kohl 4.5, Flores 4.5, Russell 1, Oliver 1. Aces: McIntyre 3, Waddington 2, Torres 1, Flores 1, Oliver 1.
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