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By JJ
from Brooklyn, NY
Comments about Panasonic Stainless Countertop Microwave:
This microwave is extremely easy to use and very good quality. I love it, it was a great purchase!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Touch sensitive timer is better?
By GLS
from jacksonville, fl
About Me Avid Cook
This unit replaced one of similar features except for the numeric keypad. The lack of a numeric keypad can be significant and a waste of time without it. The keypad is ok except between 10 seconds and 15 seconds. It does not allow you to increment in one second increments in this zone. That happens to be important for the heating of a specific medical item that we use. Therefore, to get 13 seconds you must run the microwave two times in order to get your 13 second heating time. Because it was essentially the same model sizewise, I was able to use the trim piece that I purchased 10 years ago for the other one, saving some $200. Next time, I will definitely get the numeric keypad model, which also saves about $75.
great microwave
By gosranch
from Hinton,iowa
About Me Casual Cook
works great on leftovers
Sleek, stylish and very effective
By LordJerith
from Los Angeles, CA
-really sleek and stylish-sensor reheating very accurate
excellen personal use microwave oven
By PK
from San Jose, CA
Great replacement to another Panasonic used for 30 years without any failures. Replaced the old Panasonic for more efficient coocking
Service and delivery comments:
fast delivery
Very Happy
By CJRemod
from Harwood MD
could not find this product locally so took a chance with ABT, very happy and will do business with again.
Great Product and Service
By Jadman
from Temple, Texas
Absolutely the best microwave oven that I've ever owned and I worked for a microwave company 50 years ago when they first became available for consumers. I have three other microwaves that do not perform as well as the Panasonic in every area/function.The cooking capability and flexibility are fantastic.Very fast cooking on high power.Soften butter perfectly.Great at defrosting.
By NICEBLUEEYED
from WORCESTER, MA
Great Microwave
By Alpha mom
from Alpharetta, Ga
Love this microwave. Aesthetically pleasing. Cooks evenly and takes less time to warm/cook items than the previous microwave we owned. Seems to vent the steam much better than old one too so less condensation inside the unit. The only change that I would suggest to Panasonic would be add a 30 second quick button and the electrostatic control only increases in 10 second intervals after the one minute mark. But other than that it works beautifully.
Not much change in 8 years
By Monte Mom
from Lake Shangri-La, WI
This microwave is replacing a Panasonic microwave that I bought 8 years ago. My previous model had touch pad controls and this one has buttons and the setting dial is now stationary which is not much of an improvement. Everything else about the microwave is the same: the turntable, the auto cook displays and the power. I would have been open to trying another manufacturer but this model was rated well and I didn't have any complaints with my older model except that it didn't last longer than 8 years.
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To new adventures in 2013!
I am an out-going girl that loves adventure. I grew up in coastal North Carolina (New Bern) and so I love the outdoors, especially the beach. I attended the University of Georgia for undergrad, Saint Louis University for graduate school. Currently, I'm pursuing a graduate degree at UNC Chapel Hill. I have always loved the outdoors and during my free time I enjoy visiting the Outer Banks and the mountains. During summer, I waste many a weekend out at Cape Lookout fishing on my family's boat (I could drive a boat before I could drive a car). I strongly believe in the philosophy of "work hard, play hard," and I try to maintain a balance between the two. I love to travel and the most exciting thing that I've done (so far) was backpacking Europe for a summer; I can't wait to go back. My other interests are music and attending concerts, college football, cooking (I'm not bad), spoiling my dog, reading, and spending time with my friends and family. I love to run and I just finished a half-marathon in the fall and am training for a full in the spring. I find it rather difficult to describe myself, but my friends would say that I am loyal, generous, silly, sweet, and have a good sense of humor, but I must admit I do have a stubborn streak. I'm easygoing and I usually get along with just about everyone. I like to take things slowly and am interested in a guy who enjoys sports and the outdoors, has a sense of humor (I love to laugh), is outgoing, and has a similar work ethic. I'm not sure what my ideal date would be (surprise me), but you can never go wrong with a chill pub with good food and beer.
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Posted 25 April 2013 - 03:48 AM
Hi there what kit you working on?
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Replicas and miniatures has very nice interior door handles. I dont know about exterior though.
Posted 25 April 2013 - 09:06 AM
Hi there what kit you working on?
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I forgot to specify... I'm looking for exterior door handles.
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Posted 25 April 2013 - 01:08 PM
The mentioned Replicas and Miniatures interior door handles. I don't think they're a good choice here...
Actual '41 Plymouth door handle.
1936 Ford door handle
I checked the Owencraft site (below) and the one handle they didn't have an active photo on was the 1936-7 Ford door handle. I think this one would work on the Plymouth.
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2015 Conference-At-A-Glance
The 2015 Conference Program Book is now available online! The print version will be available at Registration, when you check-in.
Announcing the new NCDA Conference APP -- get details then download it now!
Is this your first conference with NCDA? We may have some 'conference lingo' that is unfamiliar - check out the bottom of this page for session details. You can also read further details on our FAQ page or the article in our web magazine, "How to Make the Most of Your NCDA Conference Experience".
Continuing Education Hours Available
Attendees can receive up to 12 continuing education hours for attending educational sessions. Additional continuing education hours (up to 8) can be obtained by attending the pre-conference Professional Development Institutes.
*Please Note: Agenda items and specific sessions can change. Please view the 2015 Conference Program Book for the final agenda. You may also confirm sessions and specific agenda items utilizing the NCDA conference App. You can download the conference App from Google Play or the Apple Store by searching NCDA.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
|2:00 – 6:00 pm
|NCDA Board of Directors Meeting
|4:00 - 6:00 pm
|NCDA Conference Registration Open
Monday, June 29, 2015
|7:30 am - 5:30 pm
|NCDA Conference Registration Open
|8:00 am – 12:00 noon
|NCDA Board of Directors Meeting
|8:00 am - 5:00 pm
|Career Center Tour
|8:00 am - 12:00 noon
|Professional Development Institutes
|1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
|Exhibitor Set-Up
|1:00 - 5:00 pm
|NCDA Leadership Academy
|1:30 - 5:30 pm
|Professional Development Institutes
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
|7:30 am - 5:00 pm
|NCDA Conference Registration Open
|7:30 am - 7:00 pm
|Exhibit Hall Open
|7:30 am - 5:30 pm
|Cyber Showcase Open
|7:30 am - 5:00 pm
|Sharing Tables
|8:00 - 9:45 am
|Constituency Group Meetings
|8:00 - 9:45 am
|State Leadership Training
|10:00 - 11:00 am
|First Timer's Session
|11:00 am - 12:30 pm
|NCDA Committee Meetings
|11:30 am - 12:30 pm
|Strolling Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
|1:00 - 2:45 pm
|Opening General Session
|3:05 - 4:15 pm
|Presentation Series I
|Roundtable Series I
|4:35 - 5:45 pm
|5:45 - 7:00 pm
|Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
|7:00 - 8:00 pm
|NCDA Leadership Academy Alumni Reception
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
|7:30 am - 5:00 pm
|NCDA Conference Registration Open
|7:30 am - 5:00 pm
|Sharing Tables
|7:30 am - 4:00 pm
|Exhibit Hall and Cyber Showcase Open
|7:30 - 8:30 am
|Morning Beverages in the Exhibit Hall
|8:30 - 10:00
|General Session
|10:20 - 11:30 am
|Presentation Series III
|Roundtable Series III
|11:30 am - 1:00 pm
|Lunch on Your Own
|1:00 – 2:10 pm
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|Roundtable Series IV
|2:30 - 3:40 pm
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|Roundtable Series V
|4:00 - 5:15 pm
|NCDA Annual Membership Meeting
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
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|NCDA Conference Registration Open
|7:30 am - 11:30 am
|Sharing Tables
|8:30 - 9:30 am
|Presentation Series VI
|Roundtable Series VI
|9:45 - 10:45 am
|Roundtable Series VII
|11:00 am - 12:30 pm
|Closing General Session
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Presentations are the most familiar and frequent sessions. Lasting 60 or 70 minutes, there are close to 90 choices starting Tuesday afternoon and going through Thursday morning.
Roundtables are two 25- or 30-minute presentations. Attendees have the opportunity to have a more interactive session at one roundtable then choose a second roundtable after the first round is completed within the 60 or 70 minute Program Series time frame. Roundtables are offered at the same time as Presentation sessions.
Professional Development Institutes are additional in-depth learning experiences. These provide 4 additional continuing education contact hours. These are not included in the conference registration. They require an additional registration and fee and are only offered in two sessions on Wednesday.
Constituency Group Meetings
NCDA has been transitioning to a constituency model to better represent and serve the diverse needs of our members. At this year's conference, you will once again have the opportunity to meet with the trustee for the constituency group that most closely represents your work setting or interest affiliation. These groupings are designed to help you in your networking, to facilitate greater connection with colleagues who may share similar interests and work settings, and to enhance communication between the membership and the NCDA Board.
Constituency groups are easily identifiable by their different colored name badge holders. Be sure to make your travel arrangements so you can participate in these special meetings on Tuesday, June 30 from 8:00 – 9:45 am.
- Blue: School Career Counselors and Specialists – Trustee Ray Davis, Ray Davis Consulting
- Orange: Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists – Trustee Paul Timmins, University of Minnesota
- Green: Private Practice, Business & Industry, and Agencies – Trustee Carol Vecchio, Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal
- Black: Counselor Educators and Researchers – Trustee Lourdes Rivera, Queens College, CUNY
First Timer's Session is for those attendees who have never been to an NCDA Global Career Development Conference. It is a great opportunity to meet others and learn how to maximize your conference experience. Presented by seasoned conference veterans!
The Welcome Reception is a time to gather together with old friends and new on the conference opening night. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served along with an available cash bar. Entrance is free to conference attendees (please wear your badge as identification). Guest tickets may be purchased.
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Friday, June 22 ~ 8:30 - 10:00 am
Dr. Angela Londoño-McConnell is co-founder of AK Counseling & Consulting, Inc. She currently is a spokesperson for the American Psychological Association public education campaigns and serves as the Public Education Coordinator for the Georgia Psychological Association. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on career counseling and development and has helped numerous individuals with career and life planning matters. She consults with profit and non-for-profit organizations on staff development, productivity and person-environment fit issues. As a regularly invited speaker, she has addressed a variety of topics related to college student development, career and life planning, health psychology, and ethnic/cultural affairs.
Thursday, June 21 ~ 1:15 - 2:45 pm
Daniel Seddiqui graduated from USC with a BA in Economics in May 2005. But after going on over 40 interviews and receiving no job offers, he decided to try a different strategy - to set out on a journey across the US in which he would work a different job in every state. Daniel successfully completed that journey and has been featured in major media outlets nationwide and internationally. He is currently a speaker and tours the nation speaking to mainly younger university audiences about his experiences and learning. www.livingthemap.com
Closing Plenary
Saturday, June 23
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Laying the Foundation for Career Dreams
Career theories form the basis for career interventions. In this star-studded panel, representatives for five current career development theories will provide up-to-date information about their theories, and discuss how their theoretical approaches offer solutions to current career problems and issues. Panelists include:
• Dr. Janet Lenz - Cognitive Information Processing Theory
• Dr. Joe Johnston - Holland's RIASEC Theory
• Dr. John Krumboltz - Happenstance Theory
• Dr. Gail Hackett - Social Cognitive Career Theory
• Dr. Spencer Niles, Moderator
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Updated: 05/20/2011 - PHOENIX - Aces pitcher Micah Owings will be called up by the Diamondbacks this weekend.
Posted: 05/19/2011 - PHOENIX (AP) - Josh Collmenter blanked Atlanta for six innings to run his scoreless streak to 21 and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed Jair Jurrjens his first loss of the season with a 2-1 victory over the Braves on Thursday night.
Updated: 05/19/2011 - ALBUQUERQUE, NM— Isotopes outfielder Jamie Hoffmann unlocked a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night, lifting Albuquerque to a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Reno Aces in the series opener at Isotopes Park.
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Posted: 05/17/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Sean Burroughs had five hits—including a triple and three doubles—to lead the first-place Reno Aces past Iowa, 11-5, Tuesday afternoon at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/16/2011 - RENO, Nev.— The Iowa Cubs used a six-run seventh inning to break open a tie game, handing the first-place Reno Aces a 9-6 defeat Monday night at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/15/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Konrad Schmidt finished with four hits and fell just a triple short of the cycle Sunday afternoon, but the Iowa Cubs defeated the Reno Aces, 14-11, in front of 8,562 fans at Aces Ballpark.
Updated: 05/14/2011 - RENO, Nev.— The Reno Aces sent 10 men to the plate and pushed across four runs in the seventh inning Saturday night, turning a late deficit into a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Iowa Cubs in the series opener at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/14/2011 - Former Aces starter Josh Collmenter pitched two-hit ball over six innings, getting the win in his first major league start.
Posted: 05/13/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Wily Mo Peña hit his professional-baseball leading 14th home run Friday night, as the first-place Reno Aces downed the Omaha Storm Chasers, 7-2, in the series finale at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/12/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Brandon Allen belted two home runs, and the Reno Aces scored in each of the first five innings Thursday night, as the Aces cruised to an 11-3 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/11/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Reno had the potential tying and winning runs on base in the ninth, but fell just short Wednesday night, as the Aces fell to the Omaha Storm Chasers, 6-5, at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/10/2011 - RENO, Nev.—Kevin Mulvey kept Omaha off the scoreboard over 6.2 innings of work, propelling the first-place Reno Aces to a 5-1 series-opening victory over the Storm Chasers Tuesday night at Aces Ballpark.
Posted: 05/09/2011 - SALT LAKE CITY—Wily Mo Peña homered and Matt Torra tossed a complete game to push the Aces to a 3-2 win in the opener, but Salt Lake returned the favor with a 6-5 walk-off win in the nightcap to force a doubleheader split in the finale at Spring Mobile Ballpark.
Posted: 05/09/2011 - ROUND ROCK, Texas—For the second time this season, Reno Aces outfielder Wily Mo Peña has been named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week, the league office announced today.
Updated: 05/08/2011 - SALT LAKE CITY—Persistent rain throughout the region forced a postponement of Sunday's game between the Reno Aces and Salt Lake Bees at Spring Mobile Ballpark. The game will be made up on Monday as part of a doubleheader.
Posted: 05/07/2011 - SALT LAKE CITY—Wily Mo Peña homered once in the opener, then twice more in the nightcap Saturday, lifting the Reno Aces to a doubleheader sweep of the Salt Lake Bees at Spring Mobile Ballpark.
Posted: 05/06/2011 - SALT LAKE CITY—Kyler Newby dealt five scoreless frames Friday, scattering just three hits and no walks for his first-career Triple-A victory in a 3-0 Reno Aces win over the Salt Lake Bees in the series opener at Spring Mobile Ballpark.
Posted: 05/05/2011 - LAS VEGAS—Brandon Allen put the Aces ahead early with a two-run single in the first, but the Las Vegas 51s took control the rest of the way Thursday night, topping the Reno Aces, 5-3, in the series finale at Cashman Field.
Posted: 05/05/2011 - PHOENIX (AP) - The Diamondbacks have reinstated reliever Aaron Heilman from the disabled list and optioned struggling starter Barry Enright to Triple-A Reno.
Posted: 05/04/2011 - LAS VEGAS— Reno put the tying and go-ahead runs on base with nobody out in the ninth, but a strikeout and ground ball double play ended the proceedings Wednesday night, as the Las Vegas 51s topped the Aces for the second-straight night, 4-3, at Cashman Field.
Posted: 05/03/2011 - LAS VEGAS— Wily Mo Peña homered twice Tuesday night, but Las Vegas tied the game in the eighth and walked-off with the win in the ninth, taking a 7-6 decision over the Reno Aces at Cashman Field.
Posted: 05/02/2011 - LAS VEGAS— The Aces sent 14 men to the plate, collected 11 hits and scored 10 runs all in the fifth inning Monday night, a record-setting offensive explosion that lifted Reno to a 12-8 victory over the Las Vegas 51s in the series opener at Cashman Field.
Posted: 05/02/2011 - ROUND ROCK, Texas—Currently on an offensive tear unmatched by anyone in Minor League Baseball, Reno Aces outfielder Collin Cowgill has named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week, the league office announced today.
Posted: 05/01/2011 - RENO, Nev.— Six Aces hitters recorded two hits Sunday afternoon, as Reno took the series finale, 10-8, to split a four-game set with Tacoma at Aces Ballpark.


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PALM CITY — The office of the nonprofit Tykes & Teens suffered "tens of thousands of dollars" in flood damage Monday afternoon, according to Executive Director Jeff Ralicki.
The office at 3577 S.W. Corporate Parkway, west of Martin Downs Boulevard, remained closed Tuesday. Ralicki said staffers were making arrangements for clients who needed to pick up prescription drugs.
Ralicki said the office probably will be closed Wednesday and reopen Thursday.
Ralicki said the parking lot outside the office complex began filling with rain water from Tropical Storm Isaac on Monday morning.
"And about 2 p.m., the water started coming in the building," he said. "It stayed until about 6 p.m. There was at least an inch of water everywhere and about two inches in my office, which is close to the parking lot."
Ralicki estimated the damage at "tens of thousands of dollars."
"We managed to get the computers and all of the electronic stuff up off the floor," Ralicki said. "But the hardwood floors and the baseboards will have to come up."
He said some of the agency's desks and other furnishings were destroyed.
Ralicki said the nonprofit has insurance for its leased office space, "but not flood insurance, so I don't know if we're going to be covered."
The nonprofit provides general mental health counseling and specialized programs to help children and their families cope with problems, including sexual abuse, domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse. The agency provides counseling, case management services, an alcohol prevention program and an out-of-school suspension program for the Martin County School District.
Besides accepting Medicaid and most insurance, the agency provides services on a sliding scale fee basis to reduce the cost to needy families.
Asked how the agency plans to pay for repairs and replacing furniture, Ralicki said, "Honestly, I haven't thought out that far. I'm hoping we can get some donations to cover it. ... Whatever happens, we'll persevere; we'll carry on."
To donate money or furnishings, call Tykes & Teens at 772-220-3439.
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I grew up in the Midwest, and was raised with good morals. I value someone who was also raised knowing that two people have to share good communication and honesty in order to have a successful relationship. I believe it's better to give more then you get. I grew up in a very close family and my parents have been married for almost 50 years. I would like to find a man who knows exactly what he wants and is not afraid to show it. I would like a guy who wants to open up with his emotions and have that "best friend" kind of realtionship. When in a realtionship I am VERY loyal to a fault and expect the same in return. Honesty is a plus!!! I have no time for players, or if your in the bar scene still. I love to have fun and will do just about anything once. Love the outdoors, or just snuggling on the couch with a good movie and popcorn. I would really like to find someone who enjoys good converstaion as I do like to talk, like most girls!! In a nut shell I want a guy who has great manners and respect for women, a sweet natured personality who is ready for more then just a fling.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Gardening/Landscaping , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Playing sports , Political interests , Religion/Spiritual , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Aerobics, Baseball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Dancing, Golf, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I have Dogs
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love going to theater and museums,. love concerts and great restauraunts. Have travelled some and love Sanfranciso, Hawiaii and New York..
I am a reallity TV junkie.. NOT jersey shore.. but shows that show some talent!! I love all music and am a huge buff. I like 80's, old school classic rock and the occasional country song.
For free time I like to do anything that is outside. I love to ski, boat , hike and travel to new destinations...
probably a book by Joel Osteen as he is motivational and uplifting. Will also look at my fashion and beauty mags, as I am a girl!!
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|Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Salt and pepper
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Work for a medical equipment company and travel a 3 state teritory
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|$50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, $100,001 to $150,000, $150,001+
|Never Married
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home, No, Yes, and they live away from home, Yes, and they live at home
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Kwanzaa: The Scientology of Holidays
What do you get when you take a bad science fiction writer with a desire for immortality and add a lust for tax breaks? Scientology. What do you get when you take a neo-marxist felon and add a desire for black nationalism? Kwanzaa. What do both Kwanzaa and Scientology have in common? They are products of post-modern culture given legitimacy by a press hell bent | Read More »


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He's A Stud
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from All Things Avs at the Denver Post,
I would outbid everybody out there to get Drury back, if I'm Giguere. I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand more times, the guy is a stud, he's a winner, he's a guy you go into any big playoff series already one goal up on the others guys, because you just know he's going to pot that huge game-winner in OT or late in the third.
A couple of things could very well keep Drury from coming back to this Dusty Old Cowtown. The first is something we've talked about before. Let's call it the Jilted Lover factor. Drury was dumped to Siberia, sorry, Calgary, a few years ago, and might not want to take his ex back in their time of need.
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Galveston Lassie League : Welcome
Galveston Lassie League Softball
Register for Spring BallGirls Ages 4-14 (New Players Must Bring a Copy of Birth Certificate)
Early Registration:
Saturday, January 10, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. and Wednesday, January 14, 2015 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $85 for First Child $65 per Additional Child
Late Registration:
Saturday, January 17, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and Wedneday, January 21, 2015 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $95 for First Child $70 per Additional Child
Draft Held January 29, 2015
Opening Ceremony & Pre-Season Tournament: February 28th - March 1st
Regular Season Runs from March – April, 2-3 games per week
Fundraiser Required: Candy Sale
Lassie League Fields 2506 83rd Street across from Scholes Airport
Registration will be held upstairs in the Board Room at the Lassie League Complex, 2506 83rd St & is open to all girls between the ages of 4 and 14 as of Jan 1st, 2015. Coaches will contact players after the 29th with team & practice information. Game locations vary between participating area teams (Galveston, Santa Fe, Texas City, League City). Age groups are 6 & under, 8 & under, 10 & under, 12 & under, & 14 and under. Players may petition to play "up" or "down" based upon their experience and ability. Our goal is to challenge each player without putting them at unreasonable risk.
We are always looking for people who want to step up and make a difference. If you would like to Coach, Assist or serve on the Board, we'd love to talk to you. All volunteers are required to submit to a background check.
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Re: DEvmaster.net article Hl2 vs D3 engine.
From a lighting/shadowing side Doom 3 is the most advanced engine out, but it would be stupid to say it is the most advanced engine in other areas.
I was wondering if anyone does 3d programming here. Does anyone have anything to showoff, because the screenshots from that link weren't the best, but looked pretty good for only being from one guy? Has anyone else done anything like that?
Intel17, where did you hear that id put the original models in? That seems like a fan boy exaggeration, because I really can't imagine a ZBrush model that consists of over 1.5 million polys being able to run on today's hardware in real-time. Also, as Nv40 mentioned John Carmack himself has commented about the problem with the models look plastic and with texture seams. The general way the models look are part of the engine, because as you will see with future games the models will have the same similar look. Just check out Quake 4 for instance.
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Random Disconnected Diatribes of a p&p Documentation Engineer
So I was on-site at a dev shop the other day watching three guys fighting with a printer. It seems they needed some particular project report to send to a customer, and the printer was refusing to play ball. I watched them try various combinations of "press-and-hold" buttons on the printer, check the network cable, try printing from another program, try printing from another computer, ping the printer, and reinstall the printer drivers a couple of times.
Just then, the receptionist appeared and asked when the report would be ready. When told about the printer problem, she flipped open the side cover, pulled out the jammed sheet of paper, slammed the cover shut, and within a few seconds the report appeared. Meanwhile, she stood there with that "Are all men useless?" look, which - if you are a man - you will no doubt recognize.
So why is it that men seem to be able to make even the simplest technical jobs seem complicated? Or is it just an IT industry thing? A friend of mine, who definitely falls into the "user-not-programmer" group, sometimes phones and asks me to go over and "look at the computer, and bring your toolbox". Now, he knows that the contents of my toolbox include a large hammer, a selection of bent screwdrivers, and several rusty spanners that never fit anything. But I'm sure he doesn't actually expect me to put a drip pan underneath the machine, clean the spark plugs, and adjust the tappets - yet it seems like he naturally assumes it's some mechanical problem. Even though he knows that a computer is just a box full of odd-shaped bits with wires sticking out.
Likewise when the freezer in our kitchen stopped working last time, my wife made a pretty fair assumption that it wasn't a software glitch - it was down to me using a carving knife to scrape the ice off last time I defrosted it. And when our son phones to report yet another "in need of repair" scenario, he makes no distinction between a broken wardrobe door handle and the mobile phone he dropped into the bath. OK, so I have a hammer that fits the screws on his wardrobe door, but it's pretty unlikely that any of my spanners will fit his mobile phone.
Maybe this isn't a comprehensive survey of behavior, but it does suggest that perhaps it's a "computer programmer" thing. Could it be that us geeks are so involved in the nebulous vaguarities of software we automatically assume the problem is complicated? For example, we use Media Center for our TV, and occasionally it throws a hissy fit so my wife can't watch Coronation Street. I know that the answer is BRST (big red switch time), and it generally sorts itself out after a reboot. Yet I still can't convince my wife that pressing the remote control buttons harder (a mechanical solution) will have any effect other than breaking the remote control.
It's rather like that old story (stop me if you've heard it) about the physicist, chemist, and computer programmer touring Switzerland in a car. Halfway down a winding mountain road, the brakes fail and the car races down the road bouncing off rocks and crash barriers until it finally comes to rest at the bottom of the hill. Shaken but not hurt, the three guys get out and survey the situation. The physicist says "I reckon there's a problem with the braking system. We should measure the available braking force and calculate the resulting pressure on the calipers." The chemist disagrees, saying "No, I'm sure its problem with the brake pads. We should analyze the asbestos content, and compare it to industry recommendations." "I've got a better idea", says the computer programmer, "let's push it back to the top of the hill and see if it happens again."
Isn't a bit worrying that we seem to automatically assume any problem with something more technical than a light bulb is most likely to be a software issue? Does it show how little faith we, who know about this stuff, really have in our art? I mean, when you think about it, mechanical stuff is surely the most likely culprit in most situations. Metal bits go rusty, wear, bend out of shape, and seize up if you forget to oil them. Plastic bits invariably snap, or melt when they get hot. Yet software is just 1s and 0s. I've yet to find any rusty 0s lying in the bottom of a broken computer, or broken 1s jamming the cooling fan.
So here's a suggestion. Next time Microsoft Word gets confused, or Windows Explorer can't find your USB drive, take the lid off your computer and apply some mechanical diagnostics instead. I've got a large hammer you can borrow.
I just discovered last week that I'm supposed to be able to "move quickly and lightly", be "as sleek and agile as a gymnast", and be "fleet of foot". Either that or I'm supposed to be an X-ray and Gamma ray astronomical satellite belonging to the Italian Space Agency. Not much hope of any of these happening, I guess. Probably I shouldn't have decided to search the Web and see what "agile" actually means (and, in case you are wondering, the Italian satellite is called Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero - see Carlo Gavazzi Space).
All this comes about because one of the projects I'm on at the moment is effectively exploring the techniques for agile document creation. Agile is well-known in the software development arena, and it seems - from what I've seen here at p&p - to work well. OK, so it has its downsides from the documentation engineer's perspective (as I know only too well), but it does appear to produce great results very quickly, with fewer "issues" than the waterfall approach.
So, can documentation be agile as well? A lot of the supposedly related stuff on the Web seems to be concerned mainly with creating dynamic content for Web sites, or creating content that you can display on different devices (such as mobile clients). However, there are a couple of people talking seriously about the issues. You'll find great articles from Scott Ambler (see Agile/Lean Documentation and Can Documentation Be Agile?) and Ron Jeffries (see Where's the Spec, the Big Picture, the Design?).
Much of the focus appears to be on documentation in terms of the requirements of development teams (project documentation, such as requirements and design decisions) and operations (dependencies, system interactions, and troubleshooting). However, they do talk a bit about "customer" or "user" documentation. What's worrying is that all of the articles seem to recommend that writing user documentation should wait until the product stabilizes, be delayed as long as possible, and be written as close as possible to the product's release. Working on end-user documentation early in the project is, they suggest, just a waste of resources.
Yet, if you don't start early and "run with" an agile dev team, how can you hope to have comprehensive user documentation available for the release? In theory, the team will capture all of the information required in models, sketches, and user stories that can be polished up to provide the user documentation. But is that enough? Should the whole design and structure of the documentation be based on developer's conversations and implementation specifications? Telling users that it "works like this" and "can do this" does not always produce useful guidance.
For example, how many times have you opened up the help file for some complex server product and seen sections titled "Configuration", "Administration", and "Reference"? Maybe you want to do something simple, such as add a new account. You find the section in the administration topic called "Adding a new account" and it explains which buttons to click, which textboxes you need to fill in, and how to select an option for the "operations category". But it doesn't tell you why you need to do this stuff. Or what will happen if you do (or don't) select an operations category. What the heck is an "operations category" anyway? Maybe they are a fundamental new feature that got added to the product right at the end of the dev cycle, after the docs for creating a new account were completed. And so there wasn't time to do the fundamental reorganization of the content required to match the new conceptual approach you now need to take when creating an account?
Agile development, they say, means that "working software is more important than comprehensive documentation". But all the articles and references seem to end up talking generally about documentation when what they really mean is "project documentation" - stuff for the team and project managers to use to monitor and manage the project. You continually get the impression that customer-focused documentation is neither a requirement, or important. Yet, without it, isn't there a chance that nobody will actually use the software? Or will never get the maximum benefit from it?
Getting back to the question of whether you actually can do agile documentation for a software project, how might agile work? For a developer, a task might be something like rewriting an interception algorithm to improve performance, or changing part of the UI to make it easier to use. For a writer, a task is usually to produce a document that describes some feature. If that feature is sufficiently compartmentalized, such as describing how to use some part of the UI or explaining how to write some plug-in component, then it is an ideal candidate for agile. You can focus on just that task, and then move on to the next one.
You can pair with another writer, or - even better - pair with the developer to help you understand the feature, and then use your "professional writer's abilities" (hopefully you have some) to get it down in a form that makes sense to users. And, because you don't have the same internal insight into the feature as the developer does, you can ask "user-level" questions and document the answers. Where it gets hard is when you are trying to grasp the "whole concept" view, especially from dev teams that know the code base inside out, instinctively understand the overall concepts of the product, and can't figure why, for example, anybody would find it hard to understand what an "operations category" is.
I guess lots of people have carried out scientific investigations into all this, but my simple and humble take is:
However, while these issues tend to arise when documenting a piece of physical software under development, the whole approach is different for the kind of task I'm currently engaged in. It involves producing guidance for technologies that are already released and are (generally) mainstream; for example, architectural guides and documentation that help you to use existing products. This is where you can actually work with something that is stable and finished (although they'll probably release an updated version just after you publish the guidance). Maybe agile works better here?
What's interesting, and initially prompted this rant, is that I'm discovering how the traditional (i.e. not quite so agile) approach still seems to have some fundamental advantages. Documents I create from scratch to achieve a specific aim, working on my own in a quiet place, seem to come out better that those that get passed around from one person to another with everyone "adding their bit" but not seeing the whole picture. Being able to prioritize work myself means that I can spend time on the important tasks without being worried that there is some more urgent task waiting. And seeing the whole picture means I can write with more accuracy and less duplication of effort.
I guess, in the end, I'm still struggling to see how you can use agile methods for end-user or consumer documentation. Maybe it needs to be some custom blend of techniques, concentrating on the features of agile and traditional methods that work best. Use the agile features of pairing for collating information, flexibility for maximizing effort, and feedback to keep it on target. Combine this with traditional approaches to prioritization, concentration, and an overall plan. Maybe it's a whole new paradigm? Can I trade-mark "tragile documentation"?
Oh dear, could it be that my brief career as a documentation engineer is about to come to an abrupt and unexpected end? Has my recent sin been so dreadful that I will be thoughtlessly cast aside, and once again reduced to wandering aimlessly around conference circuits and local dev shops with all my worldly goods in a shopping cart, trying to scratch a living by talking and writing about enterprise software architecture? Next time you see a sad and lonely figure dressed in a grubby (but geeky) T-shirt and scruffy jeans, clutching the tattered remains of a book on design patterns in one hand and a seriously out-of-date laptop in the other, spare a thought - it might be me.
What was my dreadful sin? Well, in a recent article I used a rather too well-known abbreviation in the section that encouraged potential users to carefully study the documentation provided with the product before using it. And I nearly managed to sneak it past my editor, the policy checking people, and the entire legal team. But they caught up with me in the end. It seems, as a colleague explained, that they "have something against the letter F". Of course, I immediately took steps to ensure that we as a team never make that mistake again by sending them all an urgent email:
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL STA:Please be aware that, in uture we need to be ully aware o company policies and careully avoid any oending letters.
Thankfully, and perhaps in part due to my prompt action, it looks like we've all escaped with just a slap on the wrist this time. OK, so I have to sit in the corner with a pointy hat on, and I'm not allowed any of those fancy p&p cheese sandwiches for a week, but it could have been worse. Especially if they'd known about my other recent word crime. And this was one that you can very easily commit.
Imagine you're answering an email from someone asking about your new product. You reply in an encouraging "please buy it" way with something like: "The new Abracadabra Mark 2 is reliable, robust, and secure." No problem? Well, what if your customer buys one and it falls over the first week (reliable?), dies the second week when someone presses the wrong key (robust?), and finally suffers a successful attack from an intruder in week three (secure?). Yep, you should have said "designed to be reliable, robust, and secure", because - no matter how hard you try and how well you design it - nothing is ever going to be absolute. It's so easy to slip up when you're bashing out a quick email, but at least now you've been warned. Luckily my email never actually reached the "clicked Send" point...
And, talking of email, if you'd been here last week by the server rack in my garage in the windswept and rainy (but strikingly beautiful) Derbyshire Dales, you'd have seen me jumping up and down like a cheer-leader, and whooping like a supporter at a presidential rally. Why? Well, stepping back a bit, it's all to do with "Unsolicited Commercial Email" (and isn't that a great acronym for junk email? I once wrote an article that was fairly iffy, but had the wonderful title "Spam Filtering - Is It Any UCE?").
Anyway, I've been using the same personal email address for about 10 years, it's on every spam list out there, and so I get tons of junk email every day. I now use an outsourced email filtering service to control it, and they bounce something like 1200 spam messages per day (yes, per day) that are sent to random and non-existent names at my domain. Some spam does still get through, but not enough to be an issue. And with the money from all the lotteries I've won, the profit on my Nigerian Oil Company shares, and the commission for handling the legacy of the recently deceased King Alibongo, I'll soon be able to afford one of those brand new Rolex watches anyway.
But the emails that really annoy me are those System Administrator messages informing you that "...your email offering Valium and male enhancement services could not be delivered to one or more recipients". Of course, when you examine the original message headers, it clearly didn't come from you at all - it came from somebody who spoofed your email address (assuming that your mail server is properly secured and you haven't been botted). Even more annoying, the Non-Delivery Report (NDR) says that "...delivery will be reattempted over the next three days." And it's absolutely pointless getting worked up and shouting "No, don't bother, just forget it!" at your mail server, because that's not where the message is coming from.
So, a couple of years ago, I went to all the trouble of learning about Sender ID / Sender Policy Framework (SPF) in the hope that it would fix the woefully inadequate Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) that we seem to be stuck with. I figured it out, created the appropriate text string for all my domains, and inserted the records into my DNS servers. And, to be perfectly honest, it seemed to do pretty much nothing - until last week when I opened an NDR from Google and found this:
Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: firstname.lastname@example.com
And, there amongst the message headers, was:
Received-SPF: fail (gmail.com: domain of firstname.lastname@example.com does not designate 220.127.116.11 as permitted sender);
Wow, they actually checked my SPF records and bounced the email because they knew it wasn't from me - it had a spoofed "From" address! At last all that effort was worthwhile. But further down the message it said: "...delivery will be reattempted over the next three days." And you thought I was the one who sent stupid email messages...
I suppose I could try to impress people by telling them how I spent a pleasurable evening at a concert at the Buxton Opera House a week or so ago. But as I don't have any posh friends, and only a few posh colleagues, I guess it's safe to admit that the trip was actually to renew an infatuation from my younger days. No, honestly, it's safe to read on. I promise not to descend into tales of a depraved, wanton, and wasted youth (though I wish I'd had one).
The infatuee in this case is the fabulous Toyah - whose weird and wonderful style fascinated so many young men of my generation. Was it the mass of spiky orange hair? Was it the strange mechanical gyrations? Maybe it was the incredible wandering vocal style? Or just the fact that she was (and still is) gorgeous? And this revisitation to my adolescent infatuations was, in fact, my wife's fault. She saw that Toyah was guest-starring on the latest Vampires Rock tour, and graciously agreed to let me go and see her again after something like 30 years.
So I was spared seeing opera, and instead saw an incredible show. If you get a chance (and you are into rock music), go and see this - or buy the DVD. It's the best night I've had for ages. The live band is superb, as is the scenery, lighting, effects, cast, and pretty much everything else. It's even got comedy, lots of (stage) blood and gore, and Emily Clark (who plays Pandora) has the most amazing voice. She does Suzi Quattro as good as Suzi Quattro, and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" very nearly as well as Bonnie Tyler. Just don't expect too much of a story...
And, yes, Toyah was as wonderful as ever. Still as exciting to watch, and she still has a fabulous voice. It's just a shame she didn't get to do "It's a Mystery" or "Angels and Demons". Best of all, though, she is just as weird as she was thirty years ago. In fact she admitted in a recent TV interview that, after doing the Gobi desert "Great Walk to Beijing" with Danni Minogue, Danni had said that "Toyah was the maddest person she knew".
But enough trivia. What continues to surprise me is how the technical management of shows like this is so bound up in computerized technology these days. When I was still at school, it was blatantly clear to all that I couldn't sing, act, remember lines, or look anything other than odd and geeky. So I never got a role in a school play. But I could build stuff like bubble machines and disco lighting gizmos (all driven by relays, cams, and zonking big washing machine motors in those days) so - together with some friends - we were in charge of the "effects" for plays and concerts.
It took three of us to do thunder and lightning (with a tape recorder, dustbin lids, and a couple of spotlights), and five to untangle the microphone wires at the end of each act. And trying to get the right music and sound effects to occur at the right times was a massive feat of engineering involving 8-track cartridge players, BBC "Sounds Off" LPs, and large volumes of sheer luck.
Now, it seems, they just press a button and the whole concert happens. I watched them testing some of the settings on the control deck. Or, rather, I watched one guy clicking the mouse a few times. The whole show, including sounds, lighting, effects, fireworks, and even the scripts and timings, are preset in some fancy Windows application. I guess it's just the natural progress of technology into all walks of life, but I wonder if it takes away some of the magic of theatre?
Still, it will take something special to surpass the sight and sound of Luke Morley strutting across the front of the stage with blood running between his fangs while playing Slash's lead riff from "Sweet Child of Mine"...
I love how the Visual Studio Document Explorer (help viewer) has a topic named "Help on Help". I've often wondered whether it should say "Help Upon Help", like there was several layers piled up on top of each other. Or how, if you can't figure out how to use the Help file, a help topic within it would be useful. Still, I suppose it's better than the old days when you had help items such as "The Range property sets or returns the range" and "To close the window, click the Close button".
But if your responsibilities include the creation of help sections for Document Explorer (as mine do on a regular basis), you'll know how fiddly it is to get the right stuff to appear in the right place, at the right time, and with a matching index. I suppose help-generation tools have never really been cutting edge, although there are some good third-party tools out there. And, of course, we have our own p&p Doc Tools to help us create the content. But it's the "massaging it all into a merge module" thing that has blood-boiling capabilities.
Of course, you can create Help files using Visual Studio itself - if you can figure out the instructions in the help file, or even find the appropriate section. Here's a clue: you'll need to install the Visual Studio SDK and then find the topic Visual Studio SDK | Visual Studio Development Environment SDK | User Interfaces | Help Authoring and Integration | Help Authoring | Getting Started with Help Content and Integration. I guess that shows how important help authoring actually is...
Anyway, as usual, I'm here to offer some useful nuggets of assistance (no laughing at the back please). Building a merge module for DocExplorer involves three stages: build the HxS and associated content files (TOC, index, etc.), use the VS Help Integration Wizard to compile these files into a merge module, and then test the merge module in DocExplorer by using a VS Setup project to install it. In our case, the p&p Doc Tools create the HxS and the other input files, though you can do this using other tools. Where I encountered problems was the conversion into a merge module.
The issue is that, as the dev team builds stuff, they like to do regular CTP releases so that people can see where they are going and provide feedback (and, dare I venture to say, help them find the bugs). So our help docs get compiled into merge modules at regular stages. Each release has to have the correct headers, release dates, pre-release text, and internal namespace (each merge module is identified by a unique namespace). These details are specified in a combination of ways in both the input HxS files and in the VS merge module project.
To build the merge module, you run the VS Help Integration Wizard. It collects all the information it needs to build a "plug-in node" (the root node of the set of help files in the Doc Explorer TOC), and then assembles all the files so that VS will merge the contents correctly into the existing sections of DocExplorer. The problem is that, despite spending many hours on many occasions searching, I can't find any way to re-run the Wizard when I want to change the settings.
So, I thought, no problem. The input files are mainly XML so I can edit them. However, Windows is clever. I naively assumed that searching from Windows Explorer for files containing the text I wanted (such as the release date) would locate all the files I needed to edit. What I forgot was that the search feature only searches the contents of file types it knows about. Give it a mass of files with extensions like HxF and HxK and it simply turns its nose up in a kind of "you don't really expect me to look inside there, do you?" way. So I never could figure which files I needed to edit.
But then, with the latest project, I decided I was going to solve the problem and used a "proper" search tool (actually TextPad, but don't tell anybody). Bingo! (or "Eureka" if you are posh). After some experimentation I'd found all the places that you need to change stuff. After that, I recompiled the merge module, recompiled the setup project, installed the merge module into Doc Explorer, and it worked. No need to nuke the merge module and setup projects and start over each time. Here's some pointers that might help:
<MSHelp:Attr Name="DocSet" Value="MyCTP1Docs" />
"%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Help 9\dexplore.exe" /helpcol ms-help://MS.VSCC.v90/MS.VSIPCC.v90/[your-docset-namespace] /LaunchFKeywordTopic [keyword-in-target-page] /filter "your-filter-description"
<MSHelp:Keyword Index="F" Term="mycompany.myproject.yearmonth.introduction" />
As a side note, when you do test installs of merge modules, I'd sincerely recommend using a VPC with Visual Studio installed, but not much else. The merge process happens automatically when you open DocExplorer after installing a new merge module, and it can take ages if you have lots of other merge modules (lots of help topics from lots of other installed products). Using a VPC means you can test the installation, then abandon (delete) the changes to the VPC so you don't have to uninstall the merge module again.
If you don't use a VPC, remember to open DocExplorer and then close it again before you install the merge module to ensure that there are no other merge changes pending. And after you uninstall a merge module, make sure you open DocExplorer again to let it sort itself out - it remerges all the remaining content again. If you uninstall and then reinstall a merge module without allowing it to remerge, you may well see the old module content instead of the new content unless you changed the namespace in between.
Or just give users the original Word documents and let them print out their own help file...
Maybe I've been asleep for the last few months, or just head-down working on my current project, but it seems I am the only person in the world who wasn't aware that a new version of Windows was on the way. Well, the only geek anyway. I don't mean the "Mojave" stunt - I mean what is currently referred to only as "Windows 7". And, rather strangely, my first thought when I read about it in a UK computer magazine was "Wow! Has there only been two and nine-tenths other versions since the Windows 3.1 that we all knew and loved?" That introduction to millions of the Windows world of GUI seems so long ago now...
Other stuff that followed closely in terms of mind-springing was probably even less the kind of thing that the marketing department would hope for. I couldn't help seeing misty visions from the past of the Austin 7 and, of course, Blake's 7. But no doubt there is already a selection of swish names being brain-stormed in the palatial offices of the "Let's get out there and sell it!" brigade. Seeing as everything these days is "Web 2.0" and "Community-driven", maybe they'll hold a competition and let the winner choose a name. I'd be no good at that. I could never figure why they called Vista "Vista" (if you see what I mean). I thought it meant "Goodbye until we meet again", as in the film Terminator, until I discovered that the "Vista" bit means "seeing". I guess that makes sense because my Vista laptop is the first one I've ever had with a built-in camera (even if there aren't any Vista drivers available than can make it work).
So, anyway, this computer magazine asked users what they wanted to see in Windows 7, and one of the top answers was support for the local culture and language. Yes, they mean "proper" English with all the missing letters reinstated or changed round into the correct order. They want a "Favourites" menu and a "Security Centre". And maybe even the Queen's English as well - how about: "One is asked to wait patiently during the processing of the current request...". I suppose that would mean they'd need to make all the dialogs bigger, but it would be rather nice to have a polite computer. "Excuse me, but it does seem as though there is a recently-arrived email message awaiting one's prompt attention."
Of course, it wouldn't stop there. I mean, doesn't anybody else realize that there is no such country as "UK"? England is a country, as is Wales, Scotland (and, I guess, is Northern Ireland). Yes, there used to be a "United Kingdom" (about 300 years ago), but now that the Scots have got themselves devoluted, and the Welsh are part-way there, it's hard to see how we are still "United". I, as thousands of other people do, refer to my country by its real name - even to the extent of chancing my luck at U.S. Immigration by putting "England" on my visa waiver form!
Wandering off topic, it seems that Wales is actually a new standard measure of area. When you want to amaze people with how big something is, such as the size of an Australian sheep ranch or the area covered by Lake Superior, you quote it as multiples of the size of Wales. As in "Did you know that Lake Superior is four times the size of Wales?" Don't believe me? See sizeofwales.co.uk.
The other option, which I can live with, is "Great Britain". I like the sound of the "Great" bit, even if we aren't really that important in world terms these days, and it's handy for doing TV programs and stuff like a list of the "Great Britons" of history. And, of course, we do have our own language/culture code "en-gb" which just goes to reinforce this (so, Windows dev guys, you ain't got an excuse for missing us out). Maybe to save confusion they could incorporate the culture code and call it "Engblish" instead?
And if "gb" is the accepted term for Great Britain, when are all the Web sites in the world going to fix their address entry list boxes? If they can't be bothered listing all the countries, we should at least be "Great Britain" instead of "UK". I mean, they list other countries using the proper name, or at least a translation of it. The culture code for Spain is "es" for "España". And I'm sure that China isn't called "China" in Chinese (why would it have the culture code "zh" if it was?). OK, so I could look it up, but I probably don't have the right keys on my machine to type it here anyway. Oh, and while we're talking about China, did anyone realize that the number 7 in China is supposedly related to anger and abandonment...? (see Travel China Guide.com).
Still, I suppose the "name of my bit of the world" thing happens on a smaller scale as well. Here in Engbland, many years ago, they decided to steal lumps of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and rename them North Humberside and South Humberside. The rumour at the time was that the Government needed to justify building a bridge that cost hundreds of millions and went from a major coastal city to nowhere in particular (or maybe the posh folk in the East Riding of Yorkshire just wanted rid of Kingston-upon-Hull). Of course, nobody took any notice and kept writing their address as "Yorkshire" or "Lincolnshire". After a while, South Humberside got renamed again to "North Lincolnshire". I wonder how much money all that wasted?
And now, horror upon horror, they want to move Lowestoft from Suffolk into Norfolk. I assume they mean moving the county boundaries, not actually packing the town in boxes and loading it onto a big truck. Question is, will the genteel people of Norfolk be able to cope with a town so famous for being the place that created "The Darkness"..? Come back Justin, we want more.
Here in England, architects (the kind who design houses and office blocks) seem to have a pretty poor reputation. Other than the "stars" who win prizes for designing skyscrapers, or weird shopping centers that look like an armadillo that wandered into a chrome-plating factory, they seem to be universally reviled. Perhaps it's the same in the US. I remember once hearing the quip "Don't tell my mother I'm an architect, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse". That sounds like a US-ism if you ask me.
We have a TV show named "Grand Designs" where people with huge ideas and equally huge piles of spare cash build strange houses. While all the houses are very different, all the shows have some things in common: it always costs more than they budget, it always takes longer than they planned, and they always fall out with the architect. Somehow you just know that the cantilevered roof won't pass building inspection, the windows won't fit, the kitchen will be totally impractical, and the rain and snow will ruin the exposed timber beams before the roof tiles arrive (though maybe you can't actually blame the architect for that).
The only show I can recall where it all went right was a young couple who bought an old pumping station for about £5 ($10), made a fortune selling the pipes and tanks for scrap, did all the work themselves over a two year period, and turned it into the most fabulous place with a lounge area so big they used a cut-down Mini car as a desk - and you didn't notice it till they pointed it out. Strangely, the house is only a few miles away from me, but when they sold it, the price was the equivalent of a million dollars US. Somewhat out of my reach unfortunately. Shame, I could probably have parked my car in the bathroom to wash it.
So, anyway, I wonder if software architects face the same problem. Do developers stand back from some complex business layer component and mutter "We'll have to chop some lines of code off that if you want it to fit into the server...", or "That data access layer will fall over the first time we get a decent breath of wind blowing off the hills...". Maybe the administrator goes off in a huff mumbling "Typical architect, never specified a long enough piece of HTTP to connect the Web server to the database server...". And the project manager is left to give you the bad news that the event handlers the architect specified are only available from one factory in Sweden, and they are closed for the holidays.
As an aside, it's actually illegal in the UK, according to section 20(1) of the Architects Act of 1997, to use the term "architect" in your job title if you don't have "appropriate" qualifications (see Regulation of Title). Though the Architect's Regulation Board seems a bit more relaxed about it these days. But I did hear that at one time they were trying to enforce this and make software people use something like "Software Designer" instead. What they probably meant was "Jumped up geek who does stuff with computers..."
Of course, in building houses terms, the architect is probably long gone when it all goes wrong, or is protected by something in the vast wad of small print. But I suppose you have to feel sorry for them. I mean, in terms of software projects, I never heard yet of one where the delays, bugs, lack of performance, or cost over-run were blamed on the architect. It always seems to be the developers fault. So guys, here's your answer. Lean back in your chair, suck your teeth and make that "not-my-fault" whistling sound. Then explain to the project manager that it's all the architect's fault. He designed it, you only built it...
And maybe add that you couldn't get the right bits...
(OK, need a good, hard-hitting, gritty opening sentence this week to get people interested. Here we go...). Last week I went shopping. (Hmmm... not quite the impact I wanted, but press on regardless). I wanted a new battery for my camera, so I popped into a local specialist. "Hi," I said breezily, "I need a battery for an Olympus 1010 Stylus camera". "OK," replied the obviously knowledgeable young man behind the counter, "just fill in this form". He presented me with a long form where I had to enter my name, address, credit card details, and a myriad other details. Finally, when I gave it back to him, he said "Right. We don't actually have one in stock just now, but it should be here in a couple of weeks". Needless to say, I tore up the form and stormed out in disgust.
Across the road, I noticed a rather interesting looking computer store, and decided to have a wander round. After about half an hour, I'd filled my shopping basket with a dozen or so items, and sauntered over to the checkout. Suddenly, a rather aggressive looking lady took my basket off me and disappeared. After a few minutes she returned and gave me back an empty basket, explaining that there was a problem with the cash register, but I was welcome to go round the store again and refill the basket. I decided not to bother.
Somewhat irritated with the day's events, I thought I'd calm my temper with a cup of coffee and half an hour with my newspaper. A few doors down the street I found a nice coffee shop, though I was more than a little perturbed to see a sign on the door that read "Warning: for your safety you should only enter these premises wearing a red satin waistcoat and brown leather shoes". Now, red doesn't go with my complexion, and I don't own any brown shoes, but I decided it was worth the risk. However, I did ask the pleasant young lady behind the counter if I could see the manager to complain about this blatant discrimination. She replied that I had to tell her the password before I could speak to her boss. "How can I find out what the password is?" I asked. "I don't know", she replied, "He always keeps it in a sealed envelope in his pocket".
Deciding that drinking coffee here was perhaps beyond my risk threshold, I left and strolled across to a large branch of a national well-known supermarket chain. There I had a nice cup of coffee in their restaurant, wandered round and collected all the stuff I needed, was greeted by a helpful and efficient checkout operative, and was on my way home in no time.
Of course, you will probably have guessed (if you are brave enough to have stuck with it this far) that the preceding is all a huge fabrication. Or, at least, it's partly a fabrication - and may just serve to indicate how stupid things can get in our modern, high-tech, shop-on-line society. In fact, last week I did...
It does seem strange that, after more than ten years, we still seem to be struggling to provide an Internet that works reliably, works in all browsers for all users, and actually makes life easier. People even seem to spend more time worrying about how that CSS border line is "two pixels off", and that some browsers don't "fully support all the standards". It's not hard to see why the big boys in this game continue to grow, while so many others fall by the wayside. OK, so it is hard to get right, especially for small sites with limited resources. Perhaps the answer does lie "in the cloud" with "Software plus Services" (S+S).
So would you trust some outside organization to provide all the services your business (or hobby Web site) needs? In my previous life as a creator of retail software and purveyor of IT services, I always said that I would provide my own infrastructure and services to make sure it did what I wanted, was always available, was secure, and was under my control. I run my own Exchange Server, public DNS, and Web sites. Yet, looking at my systems, I was surprised to see how much I already outsource. Before becoming a 'Softie, I used Powernet to filter my incoming email. I used LunarPages to host large file downloads and one of my Web sites. I used DigitalRiver to take orders and process payments for my software products. And this blog is hosted on MSDN. One of my colleagues even uses an online source code repository and an online backup facility.
I guess when you think about it, it's hard to see why anyone would start now to create a new general-purpose search engine site to compete with the few guys who already own the market. Why would anyone want to build a new auction site, when it's so easy to use EBay and the like? And small retailers seem to be congregating in their thousands around the in-store shopping services available from Amazon and others. Maybe the future is a relatively small number of "in-cloud" service suppliers, with the majority of sites hosted there.
But why "cloud"? In his blog post "Can We Please Define Cloud Computing?" (which presents some interesting views of the topic) Mark Hopkins mentions that the first time he saw the use of of the cloud symbol was in diagrams of MCI's ATM router mechanism. I remember way back when we were writing our first Internet books (about Internet Explorer 3) at Wrox Press we decided to use a cloud symbol to represent the Internet in our schematics - it seemed the obvious choice and represented stuff that was "going somewhere else, but not sure how". Isn't it amazing how a whole technology can get its name from a PowerPoint shape...


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Prudential Ride London
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This August thousands will take to the streets on bicycles for Prudential Ride London, a festival of cycling hosted by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson which takes place one ... Read MoreNo Comments
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Shanghai Grill Chinese & Japanese Cuisine in Latham's Newton Plaza will hold a ribbon-cutting event at 11:30 a.m. Thursday (12/4) to formally open its expansion, which has been serving at new teppanyaki tables for the past few weeks. It is the restaurant's second expansion since opening in May 2006. Call 785-2626 for reservations.
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Shanghai Grill adds hibachi tables
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I bet the greater Capital District now has more teppanyaki tables than any other municipality in the world!
and I bet that Latham has more Dunkin Donuts per sq mile as well…they just opened up ANOTHER DD on Rte7 next to the new Verizon store….I can now visit 6 DD in less than a 5 mile radius.
LLC- I bet my husband that was going to be a DD. He didn't think it could possibly be ANOTHER ONE. Looks like I was right! But seriously, is it necessary?
Hey Jen,
I thought it was going to be a Shane's Rib Shack…perhaps that is going in at the the other end…..since I heard there was going to be one in Latham on Rte 7….but who knows….


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Would it be possible to have the mailchimp plugin create a dropdown menu for each list available. This way, someone coming to the site could select a specific list as part of a campaign.
If not, does anyone know the best way to do this? I've created a form myself, and it gives the option, but I don't know how to pass the variable on to mailchimp so that they're subscribed to the right list.
Here's a link: http://florida-inspector.com