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|Approximately two thirds of all fossil fuel used is lost as heat. Thermoelectric materials, which convert heat into electrical energy, may provide a solution to partially recover some of this lost energy. To date, most commercial thermoelectric materials are too inefficient to be a viable option for most waste heat applications. This research proposes to investigate the fabrication and characterization of nanostructured III-V semiconductor thermoelectric materials with the goal of increasing the performance of existing technology. In order to improve thermoelectric material efficiency, either the lattice thermal conductivity must be lowered or the thermoelectric power factor must be increased. This research will focus on the latter by modifying the density of states of the semiconductor material and studying the effect of quantum confinement on the material‰s thermoelectric properties. Using focused ion beam milling, nanostructured cantilevers are fabricated from single crystal wafers. An all-around gate dielectric and electrode are deposited to create a depletion region along the outer core of the cantilever, thus creating an inner conductive core. The Seebeck coefficient can then be measured as a function of confinement by varying the gate voltage. This technique can be applied to various material systems to investigate the effects of confinement on their thermoelectric properties.
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The Honduras Solidarity Network (US) has set up a legal defense fund for Berta Cáceres, Aureliano Molina and Tomás Gomez of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). The three Lenca indigenous leaders are facing a series of trumped up charges arising from the Lenca people's struggle against a foreign-built dam project that will drown their land and religious/cultural sites. For over three months the community has non-violently blocked a road access to the construction site, insisting on their right to consultation and respect for their cultural and spiritual rights under Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization of the United Nations. The criminal charges are a transparent political attempt to criminalize COPINH, end resistance to the dam, and imprison three important indigenous leaders. To contribute to their legal defense go to: https://afgj.org/afgj-
Article: They Fear Us Because We're Fearless: Reclaiming Indigenous Lands and Strength in Honduras
Article: We Don't Have Life Without Land: Holding Ground in Honduras
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Dr. Michael J. Mundenar was born and raised in Pittston, Pennsylvania a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pittston Area High School in 1976 and attended the University of Pittsburgh graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 1980. He subsequently attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and achieved the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1984.
Dr. Mundenar then completed a general practice residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from 1984-1985. He then spent the next year working as a general dentist in northeastern Pennsylvania prior to beginning his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency. Dr. Mundenar returned to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1986 for his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency which was completed in 1990.
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I had WLS on Dec 3(mini gastric bypass) and got pregnant about 2 weeks later. I am 7weeks pregnant and the last two weeks my nausea has been so bad that it is an all day thing? Have you had the bypass and had similar bouts with horrible nausea?
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That said, I have found that a DSLR has allowed me to improve on the images I was getting, for a few reasons. Firstly, the main plus point (in my book anyway) about having a DSLR over a point and shoot is the ability to change lenses based on the look you are trying to achieve. I love seeing a creamy blurred background, but my Panasonic would not give me the low aperture numbers I wanted. So I got a prime lens with the ability to stop down to 1.8 (Canon EF 50mm f/1.8) instead of the 3.6 that was the maximum I could get with my Panasonic. Secondly, pictures were terrible in low light conditions - anything above ISO200 would result in really grainy images so all my indoor photos were awful. Certainly, my DSLR gives me a bit more flexibility in this regard. The final benefit of my DSLR is the increased frames per second, which is essentially how quickly your camera can take photos.
Of course, everybody is different so the best advice I can give on the matter is this. Once you start to feel that your camera is holding you back ( and you know what in) then it is time to upgrade! Ask yourself the following questions to see if you need a DSLR....
- Do you require more flexibility in aperture settings for creating depth of field?
- Or in shutter speed for action shots?
- Do you feel that your camera lets you down in low light conditions?
- Do you feel that you often "miss the moment" waiting for your camera to catch up?
- Do you have the money? (remember that with a DSLR you are investing in a system of camera and lenses which can be quite expensive)
- Would you be happy with the extra size and weight?
- Do you want to learn more about photography?
If your answers are evenly split, the perhaps you should take a closer look at the premium point and shoots, such as the Canon Powershot G12 which retails at around $499 in the US, or about £398 in the UK (the UK version is Canon PowerShot G12) They offer a higher level of control but without the additional weight or cost.
If the answers are mainly yes, then I think it's time to bag yourself a shiny new DSLR! I'll be following up this post with another one on what to look for in a DSLR "What's the best DSLR for photographing children?" - and also one on lens choices (Best Lens for Child Photography?) hopefully this will help you make a choice on the best one out there for YOU.


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The inaugural '08 Mountaineers scrimmage
Before anyone begins heavy breathing about certain players or units in today's first West Virginia scrimmage of the season, remember this: The suspect defense, the one replacing seven starters, mostly manhandled the vaunted offense.
In other words, it's early yet.
Now on to the facts from today on Mountaineer Field. . . .
* The Blue Swarm, as Coach Bill Stewart calls the defense, yielded just one touchdown in 34 full plays from scrimmage. Of course, it was two-time Big East offensive player of the year and resident Heisman Trophy candidate Patrick White who gashed the first-team defense with a 45-yard romp on the first-team offense's second series, and fourth play, amid an option keeper right. Six plays later, White covered the final six yards. And that was pretty much it for the offense.
White found a wide-open Tyler Urban, the freshman tight end from Norwin, on the unit's very next play for a 45-yard play capped by Urban lowering his helmet and knocking down the tackling cornerback Ellis Lankster (whom Stewart later kicked off the field and to the sideline for a penchant to "talk too much"). On the ensuing plays, freshman Terence Kerns galloped 42 yards as part of his 64 yards on 10 carries overall, and sophomore Noel Devine broke off a 15-yard option sweep among his 39 yards on five carries in the true scrimmage and 50 on 11 overall (counting goal-line situations). White soon after added a 26-yard out pass to Alric Arnett to finish the true scrimmage 4 for 8 for 81 yards; he added an 18-yard pass to Jock Sanders plus a sack in the goal-line situations.
In the end, Stewart declared the first-team defense a scrimmage victor: "They got nasty. . . . Real, real nasty. It was nice to see they were banging and clanging pretty well."
* Stewart declared the second-team offense another scrimmage victor, but it played mostly without Jarrett Brown at quarterback – this redshirt junior sat out most of the afternoon with a "slight twinge" of a hamstring. "Just precautionary," Stewart said. Rather, starting receiver Bradley Starks, the de facto No. 3 quarterback, needed and got plenty of work at his other job. He steered the offense to its only other touchdowns of the afternoon, in goal-line situations: a 9-yard Kerns run almost untouched around left end, and a 5-yard, skinny-post pass to freshman Ryan Nehlen.
"Brad Starks is a natural," Stewart said. "I'm hoping he can be the starting slot and the third quarterback. That's the plan."
* Noel Devine took some hits despite wearing a yellow protective jersey, so it's readily apparent a backup is necessary. Zach Hulse, who fumbled upon his first carry and subsequently hit the penalty stadium steps, and Mark Rodgers each got one carry of any significance. That left the bulk of the duty to Kerns, who seemed to take a major stride forward in the competition for Devine's backup relief. Kerns, a 6-foot-1, 239-pound recruit who needed a year and a final academic flourish at Hargrave (Va.) Military to make it to Morgantown, showed both power and some scoot ability in the first live action.
"He looks good," said first-team linebacker J.T. Thomas. "He looks like a man, know wat I mean? He's going to bring another element to our already powerful offense. A great change of pace for Devine. This year could be great for him."
Stewart was reluctant to heap praise, mostly because he was hacked at Kerns for failing to hand the football to an official upon a sideline sweep in a clock situation near the scrimmage's end. "Bonehead mistake by a freshman," Stewart barked. "He won't make that mistake again." Of Kerns two first-down runs and touchdown and all, Stewart said simply, "Kerns made a few good runs." And that was that.
* As for the freshmen, Stewart singled out Urban, backup safety Robert Sands, backup guard Josh Jenkins ("looks pretty special") and rotund second-team fullback Ryan Clarke. Uh, maybe too rotund. "He's packing an extra suitcase," Stewart said, "but we're shedding it ever so slowly. That guy's a freight train." Quarterback Coley White, Patrick's brother, also pleased Stewart despite having to run for his life at times.
* The injury report, in addition to Brown: Backup receiver Wes Lyons of Woodland Hills High had arthroscopic surgery on the same right knee that required a slightly more serious procedure this time a year ago, though the medical staff expects him back within a week; his brother, Ohio State transfer and backup receiver Devin, missed for an unspecified ailment; top-two cornerback Guesly Dervil dislocated a finger and is expected to return Monday, wearing protective padding; starting left tackle Ryan Stanchek (unspecified illness) and tight end Will Johnson (left foot sprain) are expected to practice this week.
* For those seriously wondering about the depth chart. . . The offensive line was the same as late last year, with Seneca Valley's Don Barclay replacing Stanchek beside Greg Isdaner, Mike Dent, Jake Figner and Selvish Capers. Urban replaced Johnson at tight end. Starks and Jock Sanders appear to be the top two slots, with Dorrell Jalloh, Tito Gonzales and Arnett the top receivers. The first defensive line was Chris Neild between Scooter Berry and Zac Cooper, though Pat Liebig fits in there if the NCAA grants him a sixth year of eligibility. Middle linebacker Reed Williams sat out the scrimmage – he may well miss one game or more until his surgically repaired shoulders full heal – so Pat Lazear started between Thomas and Gateway's Mortty Ivy. Lankster and Kent Richardson were the first cornerbacks with Quinton Andrews, Boogie Allen and Eain Smith at safety.
Geez, is this a blog or a book? As written above, it's early yet.


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> I'm currently struggling with the gory details of exception
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Okay, first thing to notice is that you are wrong here. This group deals
with the Linux system, i.e. the kernel and related things. If you want
information on how the GCC implements exception handling for C++ there is
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> Frankly I don't have the slightest idea how that stuff is
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> probably globally linked label _ZTIPKc. Please enlight me.
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Where are they now? - Rangina Hamidi
To celebrate Women's History month this year, Thunderbird for Good is publishing a series of blogs putting the spotlight on our own women history makers – our scholars! In the past 9 years since our founding, Thunderbird for Good has created and run training programs that have reached well over 100,000 women from 25 countries on 4 continents. These scholars have gone on to create thousands of jobs, train tens of thousands of others in business and management skills, and strengthen the communities where they live. Read on to find out more about these modern women history makers and what they have been accomplishing since their Thunderbird for Good training experience.
Written by: Anick Bizimana, Presidential Fellow, '14
Rangina Hamidi, an activist, community organizer and successful entrepreneur is simply one of those women who inspire all of us to keep going even in the face of adversity. Born in Kandahar, Rangina's family first escaped the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan before settling in the United States in 1988. In 2003, she made the life-altering decision to return to Kandahar to help rebuild her country.
She founded Kandahar Treasure (http://kandahartreasure.com/), a co-operative where women artisans practice a unique Afghan style of embroidery called Khamak. This style, inspired by Islamic geometric design and floral motifs is considered to be one of the world's finest embroidery techniques. The geometric shapes signify natural imagery, such as flowers, mountains, trees, and leaves. This practice involves the counting of threads of the fabric, opposed to copying and drawing patterns. All designs come from the imagination, using cotton fabric and silk threads. Products, such as pillows, tablecloths, clothing and accessories are embellished with this unique style and sold in various markets, including the United States.
In 2005, Rangina participated in the first Project Artemis Afghanistan, a program that provides business skills training with the goal of building the expertise and success of promising women entrepreneurs. Project Artemis was founded by U.S.-Afghan Women Council member and Thunderbird President Emeritus, Ambassador Barbara Barrett. A big proponent of women's entrepreneurship, Rangina returned to Afghanistan equipped with the necessary business skills to expand her company and bring to the world the beautiful creations of Afghan women.
"Business allows sustainability; business allows people to stand on their own two feet; business gives an opportunity for people to rebuild their own life…; I prefer doing business over charity because for me doing business gives me integrity. When a woman earns, it gives her power beyond our own understanding and imagination."
What makes Kandahar Treasure a unique business venture is the creative way that Rangina addressed the challenges that the women of Afghanistan faced in her region. For example, she understood how important it is for Afghan women to be able to work from their homes and still participate in revenue-generating enterprises. For centuries, Khamak embroidery has been produced by women who gather in their homes to create pieces of functional art. Kandahar Treasure builds on this tradition, allowing women a culturally acceptable way to gather and bring income into their households. Rangina also understood the challenges of working in a post war-torn country. As of today, Kandahar Treasure employs more than 400 women who have gained economic independence while exposing this art to the outside world.
In 2011, Rangina's family faced some trying times, when Ghulam Haider Hamidi, Rangina's father and then mayor of Kandahar City was assassinated by a suicide bomber while conducting the daily duties of government at his post in Kandahar City. Such a tragedy would have caused anyone to think twice about continuing to do business in such an environment. "I was ready to give up", Rangina has said, "but I realized that quitting would be selfish. My father sacrificed himself for his country. I decided I couldn't leave people behind." Instead, she spent time restructuring Kandahar Treasure so that the artists now manage their own work with very little supervision from her. Rangina continues to visit the business operations on a regular basis, although most of her efforts are focused on marketing the products internationally with the support from the US State Department.
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I want to express my appreciation for Dick EIrick's great column titled "Newt the historian" in The Barnstable Patriot (Nov. 24). I feel the column had a great deal of valid and important content, and summarized the quandary in which the Republican Party now finds itself. It also presented information in a very interesting manner, and thus held my interest throughout.Jim Liedell
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I definately would adopt if i met the strict criteria, i'm not precious about having another baby after this pregnancy and i think its an amazing experience to be able to offer a child stability and a loving home, especially the 5-10 year old who are hardest to place and need the love at that crucial time moving from kiddy to teenager. Or maybe even fostering giving a child support for a limited period of time is a really selfless act!
Def something i'll consider for the future.
Good topic Axxx
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Yeh I agree,I would love to adopt a baby or any child really,I think it's a wonderful thing.I'd have them all if I had the room and could afford it!
It makes my heart a ache when I see poor little babies that have been left orphaned due to aids or something,it just really gets me and I'd take them in a second.
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Hi, i think adoption is an amazing thing to do for a young child or baby in need, im actually adopted and i am so greatful that i am as i wouldnt of enjoyed the childhood and life that i have as my birth mother tried to smother me, which is why i was taken in to care at four week old and adopted at 14months, it doesnt bother me talking about it and i would love to help and give advice to anyone who is trying to adopt or wants to know how to adopt or just advice on how to tell the child they are adopted when they are older, i have known for as long as i can remember but it is important to tell them from a very young age, if anyone would like to talk to me then feel free good luck to all of you,
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I use a MacBook Pro for my day-to-day operations here at CB1, INC. I'm a huge believer that a development environment should mimic the production environment, so I find myself running a couple virtual machines in VMware Fusion.
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Isn't it ironic that Jim Hightower writes that he and the mainstream media are upset with the fact the General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA wants to stop the reporting of the NSA spying on American citizens ["NSA General Wants Media Hushed," editorial column, Jan. 3].
Alexander said, "We ought to come up with a way of stopping it [reporting the NSA's spying]. It's wrong to allow this to go on."
Hightower defends the media, which is often referred to as the Fourth Estate, so named on the principle that its role is to act as the custodian of the public's interest — a watchdog, if you will, over the actions of our government.
I agree with the fact that the public is entitled to know about the NSA spying. However, this is the same media that for the most part ignored Benghazi and Fast and Furious. What we really need to do is come up with a way to make the media report the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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This has been really bugging me all day.
My husband has been complaining of some GI trouble this week and then last night he finally confessed that there was a "bump" just below his sternum.
Well he showed me the bump and the bump is more of a walnut sized lump. He says it is sore and tender to the touch. It is not noticable until he lifts his arms - then it just "popps out"
I made him an appointment with his doctor. But he cant be seen until Monday.
I honestly dont think I will sleep (or knit) until I know whats going on!
I am posting here because there is no sense in trying to talk to friends or family they will only ask questions I cant answer.
Thanks for the "ear"
Kind of scary to have to wait until Monday. I'm certainly no expert, but it sounds like a hernia of some kind. :thinking:
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I hope the appointment goes well for both of you :heart:
Sounds just like a hernia to me- I'm no expert either, but that sounds textbook. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and say a prayer for him! :pray:
Hernia was my first thought, too. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed and thinking about you! :heart:
Hmm. Since everyone else's first thought is hernia, i won't share my first thought. It could very well be a hernia, especially with the gi trouble he's having. I hope everything goes well at the doctors. Keep us posted!
Hernia is my first too!! Hope he'll go to the dpc. soon!
I know how bad it is to have wait through the weekend for a drs appointment! Hope all goes well and I'll be thinking of you and your husband.
Hugs and best wishes for a positive turnout to his appt.
Thank goodness he is going in, men-folk can be very hard to get to the Dr.
My DH has ulcerative colits and has been dr.'ing since he was a teen, but even so, he lapses into "my meds really aren't helping" and went off of them for a year :shock: I nagged him for 6 months until he finally went in after Christmas and things have gotten a little more manageable. Which in his case is better than the norm.
Good luck! :thumbsup:
Thanks guys!! :D
I really appreciate your kind thoughts and well wishes.
I keep hoping its only a hernia and nothing worse. Ill post an update when I have info.
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Ruth LaVerne Greene Hundley, age 75, of Maryville, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Tennova Residential Hospice House in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Floyd Hundley; parents, Isaac and Hassell Brickey Greene; a brother, Jack Greene; her in-laws, Vadia and Earl McLemore; her sisters, AnnaLou O'Neal, Evelyn Maltman, Norma Lee Greene and Martha Jean Sparks; and like a daughter, Jeanina K. Cummings.
She is survived by Mark Keller who was like a son to Ruth; sisters, Madge G. Cable of Alcoa and Margaret G. Sullivan of Maryville; niece and nephew, Jim and Barb Cable of Maryville and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be held 1 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at Miller Funeral Home Magnolia Chapel with the interment to follow at Bethlehem Cemetery with the Rev. Ronald Morton officiating.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Miller Funeral Home in Maryville, (865) 982-6041, www.millerfuneralhome.org.
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Actually, read the last paragraph of "Comments" in category 20."... while other fruit based
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Do It Right The First Time
, where it was just begging to be made a page.]
...but misunderstood.
was not meant on an overall module or project level. It was meant to be applied on the single function interface: its name and its functionality. If this is done right, you will *never* have to change it again. You may change its implementation details, you may change the places where it it used, you may even correct errors that are found, but you will never change its prototype and its semantic content. So you have produced a building block that may be reused either on the module level, the project level or - if it is general enough - as a general library function. If you use Thelop it will be clear from its name, where it belongs. It will also be an incarnation of
, so if you switch the programming language you will be able to transfer the API directly (and only change part of the implementation). This means a shift in the time horizon. You no longer program for the project at hand or for a time span of 3-10 years, you start to create code that's meant to last. That's what is called ProgrammingForEternity
. --
(Sorry, I just had to say that. ;-)
Sometimes the wrong kind of upfront
can harm its target iteration if too much new theory underrid the old:
means _before_ committing resources to this. See
Otherwise, you can upfront all you like if your brains feel not full-top with domain details: Recognizing it's best served with this reveals don't pray to it when actually implementing its schemes. --PCP.
Don't apologize, but do explain what
I get the best results by
to do
, even though the reality is a fractal mess of back-tracking and fore-tracking. This is similar to the argument that you can't ever achieve perfection, but you're not even going to come close if you don't kid yourself about it and really try. Jeez, this subject makes my head hurt. But tell me...
Would you rather buy
from a hypocrite, or
from somebody consistent?
It turns out that the combination of
, testing, and refactoring allow you to start with anything -- even a very bad guess -- and get to something very good in not too much time. There's no need in code to do it right the first time.
Sometimes you can't figure out how to refactor it, so you put it off and figure out how to do it right the second time. That happens also, and doesn't prove to be much of a problem when you have tests.
Understood, but there's a need to
. Would you guess the square root of two to be one hundred and twenty-five? In systems of closed feedback (like what you describe above), there is sometimes a convergeance on quality and sometimes not, and there is something that makes convergeance take place. I can look at a first attempt and predict whether convergeance will ever occur. Throw away the bathwater, throw away the baby.
The above is counter to my experience. It's not that hard to make good code great, or bad code better. It's a lot easier than trying to get it right the first time. My experience is that I seldom
get it right the first time, so effort spent trying is a waste of time. Smarter brains may do better.
Beyond a certain threshold, trying to get a first effort to be perfect
a waste of time. Beyond a different threshold, an effort with insufficient attention to excellence is also a waste of time (and why I take issue with "not that hard to make bad code better" -- oh, yes it is!). It's probably futile to discuss only one of those thresholds at a time. Your last statement is loaded with wisdom: "Smarter brains may do better." From seeking perfection (but not going much beyond threshold number one),
brain is that very brain, poised to do better on the next effort. Are we in balance yet? --
Sounds like it.
DIRTFT is a part of
and is primarily used on the API because that's what really counts in the long run. The implementation of individual functions/method bodies seems relatively unimportant. There is no hard work and no large design necessary to achieve DIRTFT for an API within the framework of LOP because its automatic if you use your language correctly.--hl
That makes LOP sound suspiciously like a
; and "it's automatic" sounds like
It surely isn't a
, because LOP attacks only certain types of problems (readability, learnability, consistency, orthogonality, completeness). It is free, because LOP is not a product you can buy. It is not free, because essentially you have to learn a language.
"LOP may be used as a weapon against bad design." -- hl
"LOP may be used as a weapon against proprietary APIs." -- hl
When considering "do it right the first time," I think we need to separate "doing it all the first time" from "each thing you do must be 'right' (IE: without errors/bugs) before you go to the next thing."
Doing it all the first time through is typical of
, with
ensures that the code you write is "correct" within minutes (effectively "the first time"), the design you have right now may not be the design that's delivered to the customer.
Thus, I think we have two different meanings for the same phrase.
Excellent distinction, Jeff. But, having decided which things you will do right this time around, don't you at least want to do them completely (i.e., all of what makes up those things)? This turns out to be a test of analytical skill, because it amounts to choosing the right
, and doing what's in scope with rigor and completeness. Slicing the balogne improperly will make this impossible.
This sounds to me like a variation of
. How do prove that the overall design is correct and/or optimal? -- hl
The biggest problem with
is that it is an impossible to meet ideal. There are a lot of things which prevent you from doing the "right thing." Two prominent issues are:
lack of knowledge
what is right today may be wrong tomorrow
It is rather simplistic to ask for perfection. What people can really achieve is "Do Our Best Every Time." --
Impossible to meet ideals is what life is all about. Most of your conscious life from the moment you understand you are mortal is spent blithely ignoring the fact, and so should it be with quests for perfection. While
is impossible, DoOurBestEveryTime
is mere platitude. Somewhere between those, on a line too thin to see with an electron microscope, and too much in motion to ever pin down....is a thing called Living.
You have to
for what you know. The point with an iterative, refactoring approach is that, you don't
much first time so doing it right is pretty easy. Of course when you add the next bit of functionality
will probably involve changing what you DidRightLastTime
because, with the new info, it isn't right anymore.
I think we can and should
each time. --
Tom, yes! There's such a thing as aiming too high and there's such a thing as aiming too low, and no way I know to quantify them, except by looking back at the results of each iteration. Since it's not possible to avoid errors of aim, I personally try to err to the high side, because failing in that zone is a high quality learning experience. Can't say the same for the other end of the spectrum. --
Don't forget to contrast
Could one say that XP is DoItRightTheNextTime
? With the understanding that the feedback loop is made as short as possible, so that the epsilon to "next time" approaches zero. --
In the context of
is the economic value of doing a job right the first time because it is cheaper to do so (i.e., avoid costs associated with rework, recalls, external failures, etc.). It relates to conforming to known requirements -- not about predicting future unforeseen changes to requirements. Also,
isn't tied to a specific SDLC, methodology, or process -- thus, it's not necessarily the
way to do something. --
No disrespect to the author of the first bit on this page, but when I saw that he advocates code that will never change, that is meant to last for all eternity, my first reaction was that this must be some kind of joke or prank. Do people actually believe this is a possible or desirable goal? Why?
I'm not at all offended. Most people think like you. Nevertheless is seems desirable to me to invent a language (a set of rules) that reduces the infinite freedom of structuring code to a small set of possibilities. This makes the creation of interfaces and the reuse of code much simpler (just as natural languages makes understanding each other much simpler). It's not the code the never changes but the interface. If we have a "Screen" and want to know its "Width", why should we ever write anything else but width=S
creenRetWidth() or width=screen.R
etWidth() ? I wouldn't mind if someone prefers "get" or want to drop the verb or use some other naming standard. But it is senseless to have things like "G
etSystemInfo(info_structure); width=info_structure.scr_x_dim; ". If this really exists, please wrap it, hide it in a single place in a library and don't burden zillions of programmers to follow this path. So if I want to capture a part of the screen into an image, I always write image=S
creenRectRetImage(rect); writing it to a File might be I
mageWriteFile(image,"test.jpg") while printing might be P
rinterDrawImage(x,y,image) or P
rinterRectDrawImage(rect,image). It's quite simple and these interfaces never have to change because they are identical to their semantic content. Most APIs are crap because they treat function names and semantical content as different and independent things. If you WalkYourTalk
life becomes incredibly simple. --
And then, next thing you know, somebody invents a pear-shaped screen... Have a lot of fun with that interface...
What's the problem? region=P
earScreenRetRegion(); width=R
egionRetWidth(region); It just adds the word "Pear" to the vocabulary.
[Why didn't you
and foresee this condition?]
But what is the meaning of screen width? When I first started programming, the answer was often either 40 or 80 characters. Today, screen width is measured in pixels (or some such unit) and characters do not have a fixed width and the font may be user selected. In other cases, the screen width may refer to a physical measure of the dispay. In other cases, such as server side web, you may not even know. Sure there are lots of bad interface designs out there, but I don't believe there is one true way that you can define and lock down for all uses for all of time. The world does not correspond to programming rules; we have to adjust our programming to fit the world.
What is the Problem?
creenRetWidth() or pixel=S
You can have many languages to describe the world, but within one language there are only a few variations to describe given semantics. Programmers currently act as if there is no need for a common language and as if such a common language would deprive them of some kind of freedom. -- hl
What is the problem? Per the previous statement "It's not the code the never changes but the interface." After declaring that you can define a static interface, you keep coming back and changing the interface to meet the situation. If you keep expanding the interface, then all it appears that you are advocating it that I am forced to implement unneeded functionality for my programming situation to meet your personal "common language."
If you want to add new kinds of names, that represent kinds of objects that don't exist in your library, you'd better use another library (for example, don't try to add I/O handling to a graphics system). In this specific case you are correct, though. It was a poor design decision from the buddies that wrote the example initially not to think about units. However, it can be fixed, without changing the interface, only by adding new functions: bind S
creenRetWidth to S
creenRetWidthCurUnit (or however you abbreviate current). Create a function that changes the current units, and also make the other getters: S
creenRetWidthCm and others.
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Also known as the 'blue iguana,' the Grand Cayman iguana can change the color of its skin. When the iguana is resting, it is a blue-gray color, but when it becomes excited, the front half of its body turns turquoise blue. During mating season the males and females turn different colors, with the males becoming electric blue and the females becoming powder blue.
Adult Grand Cayman iguanas can reach five feet in length and weigh as much as 15 to 20 pounds.
In the wild, Grand Cayman iguanas enjoy a diet composed primarily of plant life, but they will occasionally eat some fruits.
Females, once they are fertilized, will burrow into the ground to find the perfect conditions for a nest. After the eggs have been laid, the mother disguises the nest with soil and debris and waits for the young to emerge. It takes quite a while for hatchling Grand Cayman iguanas to open their shells and climb out, but once they are free of their shells and have regained their strength they dig straight out through the soil and begin foraging for food.


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Several years ago, there was a guy who I deeply cared for. I still wonder about him and hope he is doing well. He opened my eyes to a lot of things and he hurt me. He hurt me to the depths of my soul. Why so deep — I don't know what I did wrong. He just all of a sudden cut me off from his world and never told me why. I still do not know. I felt we had a great friendship. I felt that we really connected. There were times when I just looked at him and felt that we just got each other, there was no need to speak. Then there were times when I felt derailed, confused, misunderstood, and shut out.
What was this, what were we?
I really do not know, but now I can see a lot of my Asperger's shining through, in hindsight. I didn't know how to read the cues. I remember one time he said to me, "You are one of those girls." and I asked, "What do you mean?" He said "A girl who always has a guy waiting." I was very hurt, why would he think such a thing? Then I got angry, how dare he say such a thing! It wasn't true and I told him so. I was fully capable of taking care of myself and I did not need any man to help me! I have taken care of myself my whole life, who was he to say that? I quickly forgave him and moved on, but as you can tell, I still remember the words. I remember that I was driving my car, the place where we were going and the topic of discussion. (Cleaning my cats litter box started it, just saying.)
There are several things that he did to try to fit me into a box.
I believe one being my Christian point of view. I was not a typical Christian and I still am not. I do not hold the point of view of the masses, though I am finding many more like myself, we do not have the loudest voices. The other folks do — those who make it out to be in a very negative light. There were differences in our beliefs at the time. I was hard-core fixated on… I guess you would call it an evangelical point of view. I know now that I was absorbed in that because I was trying to fit in, and find what was "right" in life. I was constantly studying so of course there would come a time when I would no longer hold such a black-and-white point of view. I actually didn't then, but it was what my church or the people I associated with represented.
He had taken that view of me.
I was unsure how to deal with my dually mindset between my feelings, and what the church was saying. When he asked me questions, I gave him the script I was given from church. He thought he knew me. He did not. However, he was unwilling to get to know my true views, or stick around to see where my beliefs took me. If only he would have discussed these things with me, he would have realized that all I was saying is that Jesus loves you wherever you are at find your journey. But he did not, though we seemed to share a deep friendship, he was not willing to find out my thoughts or feelings. I do have to thank him.
If it were not for him I would not have stepped back into reality.
Because of him, I really began to question the very scriptures the church used to force me to be "obedient". I started praying to God and asking for clarity. Then I began to re-read the gospels with a different perspective, seriously what was Jesus about? Well, He was busy running with people who the "church" people would not run around with and I felt the Lord told me I was wrong. I had been isolating myself from non-church goers and that was not being very loving. Even though I did love people, I was not being loving. I was not accepting them where they were at — because that was the script, I was given.
My script was changing.
I was now released from a bondage that had me for several years. It was a bondage that fits right into my AS, it gave me right and wrong, and it told me that since I did not hold a degree in the area of say, Biblical Foundations, I was completely unqualified to question or doubt anything a leader who did hold some sort of degree. Well that seems about right? (Though that didn't last long and I have been in a little bit of trouble for questioning authority, I never try to defy authority, I just seem to state the obvious too often.)
It obviously took a while for me to get my mind back.
It also took some time to come to terms with the grey areas. I still struggle with this deeply. I remember one day my friend had asked me if I had ever seen the movie "The Big Kahuna" well of course I had not because I had stopped watching R-rated movies for several years. When things started changing in my thoughts, my heart, and my eyes were opening, that was one of the first movies I watched. As I watched the movie, I cried, I felt sick, I was changed, and I knew and know today, I NEVER want to have an agenda. Great clip from the movie, I got it! The Big Kahuna Clip
I hope he was not implying that I was not honest!
I do not think that is what he meant, but I know that I do not want to be known for marketing Jesus. I never meant to do that, all I have ever hoped was that I was loving people the way Jesus expressed it. I have this longing for people to know that they are loved, they are worth something, they do have purpose, and they are not alone. I guess it could be because that is what I have longed for all my life. I found that through my beliefs, not because I am weak but because it made sense to me. It helped me feel ok for not fitting in, I found that God created me to be different, though that is said throughout church they do not really mean it, but God does. I am free because of my beliefs, if I didn't have these beliefs I would have never questioned them. If I just went about thinking I had the answers, I would not have gained all of the great information and new found fixations I have now.
Sorry I went off track, what am I trying to say?
He did what every other person has done to me; he made an image of me and kept me there. I was no longer a person, but an object. I wish he would have talked to me a bit more. I wish he would have hung in there a bit longer, but he didn't and so I had to do something to get him out of my life, um…out of my mind. (It is pretty clear that he has never left my mind.) He had already cut me off — I was the one that kept trying to contact him. In order to help myself I wrote him an email and said what I felt God said at the time, and I never spoke to him again. To be sure that I never heard from him again, I never checked that email account, and I gave the computer away erasing everything that had any reminiscence of him on it. I needed closure, though I did not get it and I have been fixated on him throughout the years. Not a weird obsession, but wondering about him, wanting to write him, wanting to know why he would no longer have anything to do with me, but I never did. In reality when I felt cut off I went straight back to the church mindset. It was the first time I allowed someone into my heart with no walls, and I got rejected. I questioned everything, including myself. I shut myself up all of these years — hoping to never get hurt again.
He made such a huge impact on my life that I just wanted to tell him somehow.
So I wrote this for me and for him. I believe because of my need for answers, the feeling that he cut me off all of the sudden, and that he was evasive caused me to loop about this for years. I feel that the confusion has left me in a constant circle where I can find my peace about it, but then in my brain cycle, the whole thing comes back up again and I cannot let it go. It doesn't make sense, everything seemed very sudden, random, and there was no communication. Why? I may never know, but at least I can go back to this and remind myself that indeed I may never know. I thank him for letting me experience great joy that I have never experienced in the same way, and for opening my heart and eyes in many areas. I confess it is still very painful at times, but still I am filled with such happiness when I think of him.
The place that we worked at was one of the best places I ever worked.
I met a great bunch of people, I learned so much from all of the people there. They helped mold me into where I am at now. Every person that has come across in my life has meant something to me, they have taught me, whether good or bad, or showing me love or hate. They made an impact and helped to open my eyes a little bit more every time. My mind is different, I am affected in different ways than other people, just like any Apsie can attest to, and I do not understand the world in the same way. I can feel so incredibly naive at times. Sometimes I feel like I have so much information that I am going to explode. Information is not the same as knowing, some things I know better than others. Some things I just have more information. Some things I am completely clueless until someone brings it to my attention.
This happens to be one of those moments, I am completely clueless.
This friend of mine reminded me of how much I love all kinds of music. How I love movies and the impact they have on me, which led me back into art and how much it makes me feel alive, leading me into dance once again and cultivating the passion I have for writing. Granted he did not single-handedly do this, there were many impacts from people and God revealing to me His presence in everything. My husband who has taken the time to build into to me and help me find myself and of course my children, just to name a few. Although thanks to this long-lost friend, my life changed and went down a course I never imagined because I had limited my imagination.
Thank you my dear friend, ok, bye.
April 2012: After editing this with a new mindset, I see how much I had trapped myself. I convinced myself that I was free in my thinking, but I was not. When I wrote this I was still hardly listening to secular music, I barely watched any R-rated movies once again, I wouldn't write what I was truly feeling. In this post I only wrote partial truths, I could not confess the reality. I believe that in some way I was speaking to myself prophetically to come out. Revealing in writing who I really was, but still hiding all of the true aspects of me. I did not want to face myself, or the fact that I had tied down the person I really am. The fear of being rejected for being me was too much, but I desperately wanted to come out. Out of my brokenness and allowing myself to feel once again, I have been dramatically changed. It hurts beyond words to love someone who does not return your affections, but it also forces you to deal with why you are seeking to be loved in the first place. My friend continues to soar in my heart pure joy and terrible sadness.
A mighty pain to love it is,
And 'tis a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.
~ Abraham Cowley
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. ~ Anonymous


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Following the deer as they were running off doing the things they do. The lighting and the moment seemed perfect. Nice autumn colors on a wonderful evening
Aw! Deer butt! This is beautiful.
Great capture!
Lucky, down here in Florida we get those beautiful colors here until about late february early march. Lovely pic
It wonderful everything! The motion in the still is breath taking beautiful catch. :]


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You should be ashamed. I will pray for you, just as I will pray for our president, our senators and our representatives. I am proud to be a citizen of my small town of Moundville.
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Matt my HR was way up this morning and I am still snotty. I didn't sleep well so will try again tomorrow incase raised HR was sleep not end of cold.
HR was about 20BPM higher than normal so loads of walking and I walk enough as it is
nice quick 30 minute swim in the lunch hour today (50 lengths) in my new neoprene swimming trunks. its true, they do help keep your ar$e up like a pull buoy . got an early start tomorrow so it looks like it will be an even earlier dark, cold, wet run tomorrow morning...
printed off the enitre Fink schedule yesterday so i can tick off progress. One thing that struck me was that this is going to get a WHOLE LOT harder over the build and peak phases. At the moment I'm quite happily pottering along in Z1-Z2 but when he starts inserting Z4s all over the place AND lengthening the sessions then i think the pain will come...hey ho, enjoy the jogging people (while you can)
jammy dodger..............have you got the fink schedule on a single document......i would love a copy if you have.........I'm not sure if i'm following the intermediate or higher one but they look the same to start with....
I hate the swimming but gfeel so glad when the session is finished and i can tick it off my schedule.managed 98 lengths today
Managed a 0.05km distance PB in the pool today - this is my extra swim session, so just did a zombie swim. I think I'm getting better, because I was swam for less time than before, and didn't feel sicky at all
Little steps ...
jammy dodger..never look to far forward on a schedule/plan...........its a long build up and you will be fine..........
ate dinner before playing squash tonight.. felt so sick i nearly lost the first set.but my hubby failed to take advantage of the situation and i cam back to win 4-0 again..........love the cross training......whilst youngest is in cadets
NIce going Seren, remind me not to challenge you to squash
another 1.5m today *woo hoo sooo far*
never been fast in Z2 but currently about 70-90s slower per mile
HR lower than yesterday to start with so yes the lack of sleep didn't help but still up a lot. Was planning a 30mins zombie swim tomorrow but thinking I may rest but then I haven't swum for 3wks and worried about losing what little fitness I had gained but then it's a 30wk plan ..... help!
broke.we don't weven know if we do the scoring correct.......but we have our rules so its fair.......and i don't give up on a point.........he is better at me at running so i need something i can beat him at
Pixie........don't worry.30 weeks is a long time.......as i said before because of my achiliies i couldn't start anything till february and run/walking in march for my first one...........recover and do what you can at Z1.......
I had a lucky break this morning... eldest got up early as it turned out he was going to college early............meant if i got ready in 5 mins i could get out to spin class............
so spin done followed by my second swim... (slower than yesterday) and then a reward sauna....
so i have done both my swim sessions this week....no more swimming until Christmas Eve
seren nos yn canu wrote (see)
so i have done both my swim sessions this week....no more swimming until Christmas Eve
am jealous...one more to do for me. don't know why i procrastinate so much with the swimming....quite like it when i get there.
40 min Z2 run this morning.
Seren - you got mail.
I hate the swimming from start to finish......can't wait for spring when i can move one of the session outdoors.....
last year i only swam about 1 or 2 hours a month at most.......and i managed to do the double swim off that.......
this is the first time i have ever tried following a schedule.i usually make it up as i go along.........apart from the first one in 2009 whn i did try but misssed chunks of it because of injury.....
but with the swimming i still only go and swim for the time not follow the schedule proper like
I think I hate swimming too. It's the thing I cancel easiest. Not going at all this week. Really panicked last night about Christmas and everything so todays swimming cancelled and Thursdays too Oh and next Tuesdays!!. Turbo this morning. Arrived last week and don't really know what I'm doing on it so just steady cycle for 45mins this am. Feel happier when things get done in the morning.
On a swimming note - are finks sessions designed to make you faster or just to swim longer? At the moment I'm just going in and swimming for an hour.
Pool is closed for a while over the xams period so won't be able to do much swimming after this week until the new year
SS - re the Turbo, Fink plan just calls for steady Z2 cycling in this stage so just strap on your HR monitor - reach your target HR and keep going for the allotted amount of time. I also try and find a gear that I can pedal in comfortably in the Z1-2 range with a cadence of between 80-100 but that's just me. Others prefer a lower cadence and more power. Personally I'm just working on technique and aerobic output at the moment. Am sure that the harder interval training will come into its own next year.
re the Fink swimmimg programme I think it's designed to make you go faster by improving your technique. I try and split my 2 sessions into 1 drill session and 1 zombie swim session.
30 min run in the dark this morning and heading to the pool straight after work. Followed by the mega endurance event which is the Tesco Christmas shop.
It was nice knowing you !
Pleased with my swim this morning managed to get the whole session done in my hour and actually felt quite comfortable doing it but the drills were more just thinking about the different technique points i have read about while swimming normally. I'm actually looking forward to my next swim session
All this swimming, whats going on????
AliBear, stich a HRM on in Tesco and let us know how high you can get it. I reckon self scanning the crimbo shop could hit Z4
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Just when establishment Republicans thought they had turned back the threat of fiery but all-too-often unelectable Tea Party candidates, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia was handed his head in his primary election Tuesday. Mr. Cantor, way ahead in polls, lost 56 to 44 percent to college professor Dave Brat.
Theories are flying about how the man in the House�s second most powerful position could have lost. Mr. Brat, after all, spent far less than Mr. Cantor � perhaps one-twentieth as much. Did Mr. Cantor offend Republicans in the GOP-leaning district by pushing too strongly for immigration reform with amnesty? Did he offend their intelligence by portraying Mr. Brat as a �liberal,� when it was clear he was anything but, running on such issues as support for the Constitution, free markets, property rights and the rule of law? Did Democrats cross over?
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Faculty Senate
November 30, 2006 325 Graff Main Hall
Vol. 41, No. 6 3:30 p.m.
I. Roll Call.
Present: Abler, Ahmed, Brokaw, Clow, Cravins, Crutchfield, L. Dickmeyer, S. Grunwald, K. Hoar, Hunt, M. Jackson, S. Kelly, Knox, C. Miller, P. Miller, Olson, Senger, Shanks, S. Smith, Straker, C. Wilson
Excused: Galbraith, S. Krajewski
Absent: Choy
II. Reports.
- Chair's Report – The December 7th faculty senate meeting is cancelled.
- Faculty Representative Report – Faculty representatives met on Nov 3rd. President Reilly was present during part of the meeting. Items that were discussed include the criminal background checks and the LAB audit. The pay plan was also discussed at length. The overall system plan is to increase salaries to the national average over a period of time.
III. CAPS Report – Becky LeDocq, chair of the CAPS committee, presented a report in response to the committee charge to review UW-L transfer students, specifically where they transfer from and what classes they initially take when entering UW-L. Due to the limited number of transfer students, the committee did not find it possible to break these students into smaller categories for study. The committee study did find that the larger the transfer pool the lower the student quality (GPA, # of students on the Dean's list). The committee had no specific recommendations from their report.
Comments to the report included that if Growth and Access comes through the # of transfer students may go up and if that happens UW-L will need to be careful at targeting transfer students. Additional support to deal with these types of students may be needed since they lack the orientation that our native students have. Also efforts may need to be made to target different categories of transfer students.
Questions regarding the report included where the transfer students come from – UW Colleges vs technical colleges. Currently we do not target transfer students in regards to recruitment due to limited support staff.
No action taken.
IV. Approval of 5-year BS/MSE proposal – Tom Gendreau, representative from the Computer Science Department, presented the proposal. The proposal has been approved by UCC, GCC and Graduate Council. It was commented that possibly 5-10 students per year may enter this program. Students would need to maintain 3.0 GPA to continue in this track and to be accepted. The UG degree will be completed when they have completed the traditional UG degree – usually at the end of the 4th year. Concern on the title of the program was noted in that stating 5 year in the title may cause students to assume that in all cases it takes 5 years to complete. However, the name could also attract students into the program.
M/S/P to approve the 5-year dual degree BS/MSE.
V. Articles and Bylaws: Second reading
A. Instructional Academic Staff Committee bylaws – These have been modeled after the faculty PTS committee and the IAS Committee has provided input in the development of these committee bylaws.
B. Start date for new chairs.
C. Change in UCC and General Education bylaws - This was a recommendation from UCC and agreed on by the Gen Ed committee that will allow the General Education Committee to review waiver requests in the general education program.
D. Addition of a representative from the Provost's office as a consultant to the Faculty Development Committee.
M/S/P to consider all changes as a group.
M/S/P to approve the changes as written.
VI. Approval of Academic Calendar – The only general comment was that it is critical for faculty to meet classes the day before Thanksgiving break.
M/S/P to approve the academic calendar
VII. Acknowledgement of the Retirement of Diane Schumacher. Chair Wilson publicly thanked Diane for her 32 years of service to the university.
VIII. Nutrition Minor Proposal - Peg Maher, Biology Department, presented the proposal for a new Nutrition Minor. It was discussed that a wide range of students could be served by this minor. The minor consists of 18 credits including three core courses and electives. The program will be hosted by the Biology Dept for the first 4 years. Criteria has been established to determine the departmental home for this program.
M/S/P to approve the new Nutrition Minor effective Spring 2007.
IX. Approval of List of Fall 2006 Graduates
M/S/P to approve the presented list of graduates.
X. Adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sandy Grunwald, Secretary


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BANGALORE: Most people in the world would have been relieved when global food prices stabilised and then declined from the peaks of January 2011. But it worries Yaneer Bar-Yam, a Boston-based complex systems theorist studying global problems.
Bar-Yam has a mathematical model that agrees with the food price patterns of the last eight years. It shows a fall in food prices after January 2011 and predicts another peak one year from now. This peak would be higher than that of last year, according to the model, and Bar-Yam fears it would lead to widespread social unrest like last time.


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Barn Burning
by William Faulkner
Analysis: Setting
Where It All Goes Down
The American South around 1895; one week in late February or early March
The first part of "Barn Burning" takes place in an unknown county somewhere in the southern United States. The second part of the story is set in rural Yoknapatawpha County in the state of Mississippi. Yoknapatawpha is Faulkner's fictional creation and serves as the setting for a great number of his stories. How do we know the second part of the story is set in Yoknapatawpha? We know because de Spain is a recurring character in Faulkner's work, and from other stories involving de Spain we know that his farm is in that county.
Now, how do we know the story is set in 1895 or thereabouts? Well, the narrator says that thirty years ago Sarty's father hid in the woods for four years during the Civil War, which ended in 1865. So, 1865 + 30 = 1895. The story also projects at least twenty years in the future, in the following moment:
Later, twenty years later, he was to tell himself, "If I had told him they only wanted truth, justice, he would have hit me again." (29)
As we learn when Sarty's sitting on the hill at midnight, only four days have passed since his family arrived at the de Spain farm, plus one day of travel time. We have about a five-day story that goes back thirty years in the past and twenty years in the future.
Now to get deeper into the setting into the setting. "Barn Burning" seems concerned with contrasts, like the difference between Sarty's daytime life and his nighttime life. At night, unlawful activities are performed. Barn burning is our case in point. Sarty is always woken in the dark by Abner, either to act as his accomplice on some dark errand, or to get smacked around and lectured. After Sarty leaves it all behind, the dark becomes, at least for the moment, a place to sleep until he wakes naturally, and a place where birds sing in the arrival of morning.
The daytime scenes in "Barn Burning" seem to revolve around work and court. So long as Sarty is working, he's fine. It's when he's being forced to lie and otherwise act outside the law that he freaks out. Part of what makes Sarty run is the realization that no matter how hard he works, so long as he stays with his father, neither his days nor his nights are his own. Both are controlled by his father. Before he runs, night and day threaten to blend into a seamless nightmare that he must escape or lose himself completely.
Another interesting setting contrast is between the "unpainted two-room house" the Snopes family lives in and the de Spain mansion. The narrator tells us that the family has lived in twelve other homes just like the two-room house. But, the de Spain mansion is something different from homes of previous landlords. The contrast between that house and the one Sarty's family lives in so great it takes on almost divine proportion in Sarty's eyes.
The de Spain mansion is also a source of comfort to Sarty. He thinks that people who live in a fancy house like de Spain's are out of Abner's reach. What he doesn't understand is that Abner's poverty and de Spain's wealth are opposite extremes of the same system. Without men like Abner to work his farm for the skimpiest wages, de Spain wouldn't have a mansion in the first place. Far from being safe from Abner, the de Spains (or at least their barn) are the most likely target of the his wrath.


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Dear Editor:
Councilman Derek Johnson was recently quoted as saying, "It's insane," with respect to the current citywide speed limit of 25 mph, while Richard Pryor, Aspen chief of police, stated that the issue is one of perception and that very few speeding tickets are given out in the city limits because it's difficult to get up to speeds faster than 25 mph in Aspen, and engineering studies established that little or no speeding occurs in the West End.
What is insane is our local governments' endless search for new regulations and interventions to circumvent nonexistent problems. The recent list includes new speed limits for the town generally or exclusive to the West End, yield-versus-stop for bicycles, new fee waivers for "local-serving businesses," parklets, regulations for helicopter filming, inquiries into sporting accidents ...
Surely we have better things to do with our resources than dream up problems and then find solutions. Let it be.
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Information on working terriers, dogs, natural history, hunting, and the environment, with occasional political commentary as I see fit. This web log is associated with the Terrierman.com web site.
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
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- SecondThoughtsOptional said...
I hate to write such a short missive, but yes to this! It highlights the two things that challenge us: the willingness to restrict our own numbers, as we've become very very good at (temporarily) escaping the energy and disease restrictions that otherwise kept us in check and second, finding a way to share the Earth with wildlife, particularly those that are damaging and/or dangerous.
I'd like to be pessimistic, but I reckon there's lots that *can* be done.
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The Professional's Guide to Voice Acting
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
April 16, 2014
Are you at a stage in your career where you feel there could be more on the horizon?
With so many different How-Tos and resources on the web these days for people who aspire to become voice actors, we've created a new guide designed to help established voice-over professionals raise their game and really take their voice acting businesses to new heights.
May I present, The Professional's Guide to Voice Acting!
Check out this new guide and share ideas that you'd like to see us add to our resources in today's VOX Daily.
Introducing The Professional's Guide to Voice Acting
"I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value."
-- Vivien Leigh— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) January 11, 2014
Vivien Leigh, best known for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, has a point. Training in the theatre can only benefit an actor. That said, and I believe she'd agree, there's more to just having theatrical training these days to be a well rounded actor or voice over talent.
We're pleased to announce that a new resource has been created with the professional voice actor in mind.
This guide will serve to encourage, equip and empower you to overcome any challenges on the road ahead, particularly if the business has changed drastically since you first began or if you are finding it hard to adapt to the present landscape.
Raising Your Game as a Professional Voice Actor
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
-- Winston Churchill— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) March 13, 2014
What will it take to get noticed by clients when marketing your voice on the Internet? This first chapter addresses how business is done and expectations that clients now have when hiring voice over talent online. Even if you've been doing voice-overs for years, reviewing the information and ideas in this guide will serve as a good exercise and help you to take a pulse check for your business. That said, reading this guide will only educate you. It's in the doing that you'll be able to sow the seeds that will help you to reap your reward.
Creating a Plan for Your Business
"A goal without a plan is just a wish."
? Antoine de Saint-Exupéry— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) April 4, 2014
Everyone needs a plan for their business. You need to know the lay of the land, what you offer and where you fit in. In the words of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author who penned The Little Prince, "A goal without a plan is just a wish." Don't let building an amazing business become just something you dream about. Make it a reality.
Kicking Your Home Studio Up a Notch
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
? Beverly Sills— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) February 8, 2014
One of the most significant investments you can make in your career is a really solid, professional-grade home recording studio. When you're trying to land clients, especially the big ones, you need to have a proper setup that will support you and your voice. Get the best gear you can afford and truly work hard at creating an environment where you can produce the absolute best performances and quality recordings possible.
Maintaining Your Voice-over Demos
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
? Mark Twain— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) April 8, 2014
Just as picking the right word can make a world of difference, so it is with providing clients with highly specific samples of your voice. In addition to making sure you can still sound like what's on your demos and the relevancy of the spots you showcase, you need to consider how clients search and what they want to hear upon clicking the play button. This chapter will help you to navigate updating your voice-over demos and how to make them more appealing to today's audiences.
Employing Advanced Recording Techniques
"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."
? Ernest Hemingway— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) January 4, 2014
If you've been in this business for any length of time, you know that voice-over is more about listening than talking. The same skill can be used to make your audio recordings sound even better. But before you can make your recordings sound better, you need to know the tricks of the trade. Something that sets talent apart is their ability to take direction well and interpret a script. Listening skills, whether for bettering a performance or cleaning up an audio file, are in short supply! This chapter goes over advanced recording techniques that you can use to your advantage.
Doing Auditions From Home
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
? Helen Keller— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) February 12, 2014
When you know what you're really good at, you become more selective about the opportunities you're auditioning for and as a result, the reads you present are more confident. Crafting audition submissions from home is very different from being directed by someone in a studio. In this chapter, you'll get a glimpse of how you can strategize to do auditions from home.
Auditioning From a Mobile Device
"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."
-- Elvis Presley— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) December 27, 2013
Auditioning with the Voices.com app, given the right equipment and communication via your written proposal, is a viable option when out of the studio. Talent who've downloaded the app, available for both iOS and Android platforms use it to audition while out and about, with at least one voice talent booking a job he auditioned for in a Taco Bell parking lot! The app, though handy in a pinch, should not be relied upon as your primary means of submitting auditions. This chapter discusses how to audition well using a mobile device and the many different ways you can use the app to monitor job activities and more.
Finding Agency Representation in Major Centers
"We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something. "
-- Marie Curie— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) March 3, 2014
On the hunt for an agent in a major market? Many talent these days have multiple agents across the country. Just like booking your first job, the most difficult agent to land will be your first go at securing representation in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto or Vancouver. Know your voice, what you can do and how you can add value to an agent's roster. This chapter will help you to find a spot where you fit.
Fostering Business Relationships
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
? John Wooden— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) April 10, 2014
In our business, as with anything else, relationships are what matter most. Just as John Wooden, the famous basketball coach used to say, it's the little things, the details, that help make big things happen. You may not realize it but getting repeat business is all in how you maintain your business relationships. Acquiring new business is much harder than nurturing preexisting connections. This chapter provides ideas for keeping in touch as well as ways to manage customer relationships.
Building Your Own Professional Website
"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." ? Steve Jobs— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) January 17, 2014
Are you able to point people to a place where they can listen to your voice online and learn about you and your career? How about a blog to help enrich your web presence that adds value and draws more people in? Your website represents you and your business and gives you an opportunity to share your story, one that's years, perhaps decades in the making. This chapter will teach you about how to create a website as well as suggest things you can do to help engage visitors at your site.
Getting The Word Out About Your Business Online
"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."
-- Jack Lemmon— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) December 28, 2013
What Jack Lemmon shared is true of acting but also true of business. You have to let people in. You need to tell your story. That said, how will people know about you if they haven't heard? Getting the word out about your business is important. This chapter discusses how you can optimize your website as well as advertise your services online.
Using Social Media to Promote Your Business
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
? Eleanor Roosevelt— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) January 14, 2014
You might doubt the necessity of having a social media strategy. Truth be told, there is a lot of noise out there. That said, those who are discussing things of significance are able to communicate effectively using tools such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube and more. Join the conversation as a thought leader. If you position yourself as such, using social media to promote your business takes on a whole different spin. It's not just about what you had for dinner. You can use it for so much more.
Going For It!
"You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."
? Zig Ziglar— Voices.com (@voicesdotcom) January 2, 2014
After reading the guide, the next step is putting what you've learned into practice! Our goal is to send you off with some useful material to further propel your voice-over career.
If there are any areas that we may have missed covering that you'd like to see us explore in future resources, please add your ideas and suggestions as comments below!
Take care,
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