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It's early June, and you just told a Celtics fan that their team would lose a game 7 to the Lakers. He's pulling his hair out.
You then proceed to tell that fan that the Celtics lost Kendrick Perkins for game 7, and will be without Perkins until at least February. The fan continues to pull.
Next, you say that the Celtics promptly resigned Paul Pierce to a 4 year deal and Ray Allen to a 2 year deal to begin the offseason, letting go of any cap space they may have had to remake the roster. The fan now starts to think back to the early 90's, when the old "big 3" stuck together for too long.
Lastly, you proclaim that the big offseason additions were the signings of Jermaine O'Neal and Shaquille O'Neal. The fan starts to sob.
That's the situation today. The Celtics have gotten older than last year, and they're selling it off as "one last run."
The mantra to this Celtics season should instead be, "we had no other options."
Danny Ainge did not opt to try to get younger and overhaul this team. Joe Johnson received over 100 million dollars guaranteed by the Hawks, Carlos Boozer signed a huge deal in Chicago, and neither LeBron James nor Dwyane Wade was coming to Boston for obvious reasons.
Doc Rivers agreed to come back, and that was all Allen needed to hear to play 2 more seasons. That was all Pierce needed to hear to come back.
With Pierce and Allen returning, the only option was to go after a mid-level exception guy like Jermaine O'Neal. Never mind the fact that O'Neal played like he was 70 during the Celtics/Heat playoff series. He said he was hurt! Don't you believe him? (Maybe…70 year-olds do get hurt).
With Perkins out, the Celtics needed one more big guy. So they went all the way. They brought in Shaq.
For where this team is right now, there's nothing not to like about the Shaq signing. He'll be the second lowest paid player on the team next year, just ahead of Von Wafer. He's here because he wants to play with Pierce, Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo. He wants to play for Doc Rivers, and he wants another crack at the Lakers.
Shaq gives them a presence to bring off the bench, and he certainly gives the Celtics a presence outside of the court. The team is more fun to watch with Shaquille O'Neal.
But the problem is, the Celtics don't have to be in this position. It's likely not going to end well.
Is it realistic to count on all of Garnett, Pierce, Allen, Jermaine O'Neal, and Shaquille O'Neal to be healthy come playoff time? Even if they do "mail in" the regular season, can they be ready to grind through a 2 month playoff?
The Celtics "mailed in" the 2009-2010 regular season, and still finished as the 4th seed. What if in 2010-2011 "mailing it in" with an improved Eastern Conference equals the 6th seed?
Even if all are relatively healthy, in the year 2010, what's a better nucleus? James, Wade, or Chris Bosh all in their mid-20's, or Garnett, Allen, and Pierce all in their mid-30's?
Who has the better collection of role players? The Celtics with Jermaine and Shaquille O'Neal, an underachieving Marquis Daniels, and Nate Robinson, or the Heat with Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Juwan Howard, and Zydrunas Ilgauskus?
If you're going old, you might as well go all the way. Unfortunately, going old was the wrong decision.
Alex Reimer is the host of the Red Sox podcast, "Without a Curse." "Without a Curse" is available on both www.thesportsstuff.com and in the iTunes store. Alex is also the host of "The Alex Reimer Show," which airs Saturday's from 12-1 PM EST on 1120 AM WBNW Boston and www.moneymattersradio.net. Alex can be reached at, email@example.com.


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Diane Langley is no stranger to hard times. She's dealt with death, trauma, illness and other difficulties. But one thing Langley doesn't want to do is wallow in the anger, depression or guilt. It's just not her.
Several years ago, Langley approached the Sun-Gazette about writing an column about healing. That first piece began the "Life Changes" column that is published on the first Sunday of each month in the Lifestyle section - and it also became the first chapter in her newly published book of the same name.
The book is a compilation of 30 of her Sun-Gazette columns. The 152-page paperback book is available at Amazon.com. and Otto Book Store, 107 W. Fourth St., where Langley will hold a book-signing from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6, during First Friday festivities.
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Diane Langley, Sun-Gazette columnist of "Life Changes," recently published a book by the same name. The book is a compilation of 30 of her previously published Sun-Gazette columns.
Each month, Langley would write about a topic that moved her from readers' suggestions. Topics ranged from loss, depression, unemployment, times of transition and feelings of hopelessness to unwelcome events, emotional triggers, starting over, moving on, being at peace with ourselves and the many other changes that take place throughout our lives.
"I pray throughout the week that someone will say something that will resonate with me," Langley said. "So when the time comes, the words just flow."
Langley admits that her writing process is unique: she writes between 3 and 4:30 a.m. "I am nudged in the middle of the night by God," she said. "I sit and write from beginning to end, without stopping. Then the next day, I read it again and edit. It's one way the Holy Spirit works through me."
And her columns certainly have gained a following. "Diane Langley's monthly column indeed is a special gift to the Sun-Gazette's readers," wrote one fan.
"I receive the nicest compliments from people who say, 'I felt like you were speaking directly to me,' " she said. "Wow, what an honor that is."
But Langley doesn't write for the recognition. "I listen, that's what I do," she said. "I look for commonalities."
And one thing she knows is that hurt is hurt, no matter what the catalyst. Her goal with the book is to have a conversation of sorts with the reader, to discuss topics that people don't often talk about - yet want to.
Langley knows that everyone has a story to tell and that everyone's life has value. When she was 5 years old, she was in a tractor accident with her brother and father in which her father did not survive. She asked her mother where her father went because she didn't understand the concept of death.
Her mother said that her father is "with God now, working on a mission. When he was here with us, he also had a mission. He must have finished what he needed to do here, but it does not mean he ever wanted to leave you. He loved you dearly - and you and your brothers could very well have been his mission in this lifetime."
This was Langley's first introduction to the idea of "mission" in her life. She grew up during the mid-1960s, when there was no one to talk with her family about the changes taking place in their lives. And she wanted to change that for future generations.
"I wanted to be there for someone else, as I knew how the silence and lack of validation felt," she said. "Conversations were important and healing. Words were powerful."
She stresses that she is not trying to sound like an expert to take the place of professional medical advice; Langley merely wants to be a friendly voice supporting someone during a transitional time.
"There is very little of me in the columns," she said. "They are peppered lightly so that someone can recognize themselves. They are not written in a condescending way but in an understanding manner."
The book itself has been a journey of about four years. In fact, "Journeys" is what she titled the 30 chapters. She also includes keywords on the back cover, including anxiety, blessings, depression, goal setting, gratitude, hope, survivor guilt, transitioning, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder - a topic of great importance to her.
"In many ways, this book is meant to work with those who have post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and-or anxiety - whether initiated from unwelcome life events or the military," she said. "At the same time, the book is meant to be for people of all ages and stages in life - those who just need some fresh perspectives and other questions to ask themselves as their life changes."
She even printed the book in a larger point size to make it easier to read for those who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression or anxiety-related vision distortion, which she discovered while working with Dr. Betsy Hancock, an ophthalmologist in Bloomsburg who runs the Visual Difference office.
"In my lifetime, I have managed post-traumatic stress, several layoffs, breast cancer and other unwelcome events," she said. "I can appreciate how each person's story is an important one to honor. I can also appreciate the healing that can unfold - whether through times of normal transition or times of great challenge. I see the lessons that can be revealed. I also have great faith and appreciation for our very breath."
For Langley, words are extremely powerful. That's why she has continuously volunteered her time to write for the Sun-Gazette for more than a decade - first with her "Business Toolbox" column that she wrote while she was employed at the James V. Brown Library and then with "Life Changes." She also created a local television show titled "Medical Straight Talk" that ran for seven years.
Langley is a communication specialist, having worked since 1995 with her own referral-based company, Langley Communications, along with teaching communication at several local colleges and universities. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in communications from Bloomsburg University and was pursuing a doctorate degree in leadership and change at Antioch University before she had to take a break to heal from breast cancer treatments.
But don't call Langley a survivor.
"I hate the 'survivor' term. I call it a 'word allergy,' " she said. "Because of my personal history, that means someone else did not survive I know many other people with survivor guilt whom feel the same way. It's definitely a trigger for me."
Her goal is to be a positive influence on those she meets, that's why her columns are positive in tone, even though they may deal with negative or difficult issues. She makes a point of ending each column with her take on an Irish blessing: "May peace be with you." And for those who read her book, that's great advice for getting through all of life's changes.

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Delta to begin nonstop service from Madison to Salt Lake City
Delta Air Lines will begin nonstop service from Madison to Salt Lake City beginning May 18, according to a statement from the Dane County Regional Airport.
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Check for tax credit eligibility, IRS urges
The Internal Revenue Service is urging working families to see whether they qualify for a tax credit that last year generated an average of $2,062 for 383,000 Wisconsin households.
People who work but earn less than $50,270 a year from wages, self-employment or farming may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, said Christopher Miller, IRS spokesman for Wisconsin. »Read Full Article
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If there's one thing Milwaukee money manager Harry B. Banzhaf believes in, it's dividends.
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CAHERAGH Community Hall will host old-time dancing and a céilí on Friday, September 7th next from 9.30pm with music by Neily O'Connor.
The event is in aid of the Captain Francis O'Neill Memorial Fund.
O'Neill was a native of Tralibane, Bantry, who served as a police officer in the US, and following his retirement in 1905 became a famed collector of Irish traditional music.
O'Neill, who was exposed to the music of Cork musicians such as Peter Hagarty, Cormac Murphy and Timothy Dowling from an early age, published numerous collections, including The Music of Ireland in 1903.
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Wow. Okay. So, I haven't posted in…almost six months? What have I even been doing in that time? Let's see, not getting married, not having kids, really not doing anything of any real importance. So for that, I apologize. I have no good excuse. I'm trying to get my life back on track, as it were – weight loss goals, figuring out where I want my career to be, that sort of thing. This post is going to be pretty quick.
It's a food feature, since I haven't really made anything too worthy of writing about lately, and I don't have any pictures of anything I've made recently anyway.
If you've read any posts of this blog, you may know that I'm a pretty big fan of the Gardein mock meat products. Yeah, they're "cheating", depending on how you view vegetarianism; but it's quick and easy to make, and most of them are pretty delicious. I present to you:
Gardein Mandarin Orange Crispy Chick'n.
Oh man, this stuff is so good. The texture of the "chicken" isn't overly chewy or meaty, nor is it soft and stringy, like some mock meats tend to be (I mean, they're made from vegetables, what do you want?). The sauce is absolute perfection. I could probably drink it by itself.
…that might be a stretch. Anyway, so this "chicken" is pretty spot on, right? Low fat, tons of protein. You could do what I did once after a particularly hunger-inducing gym session and just eat the entire bag (which apparently has 3.5 servings in it…if one serving is feeding a very small child?). Alternatively, you could make it into a delicious meal! I really like it over Annie Chun's Rice Express Sprouted Sticky Brown Rice, which takes one minute in the microwave to prepare. Yeah, it's a fairly expensive convenience food – but you get what you pay for, which is the ability to have dinner done in less than ten minutes, which is nice. Plus, Annie Chun's is a pretty great brand in general; there are usually coupons for the rice products in the sleeves of the soups – I'm a pretty big fan of the udon noodle soup.
So. Make your "chicken" in the pan according to directions (also good with some chopped pepper added), heat the brown rice up, throw some soy sauce or Bragg's liquid aminos and maybe some garlic salt on it, toss the "chicken" on top, and serve with some salad, or roasted vegetable, or something equally good. Bonus: the mandarin chicken reheats really well. I usually get two meals out of the rice and chicken when I make it, so should you be able to restrain yourself from eating the entire bag of "chicken" (seriously, the sauce is freakin' delicious), save some for lunch tomorrow. You'll be glad you did.
I promise I have more posts in the works: restaurant review for The Vortex in Atlanta, a wonderful little bakery called Bon Appetit in Fort Walton Beach, and some beer reviews. How exciting.
Also, if you use My Fitness Pal, find me and friend me on there! I'm striving to eat healthier and be more active, and the more the merrier!


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Disney: Are you a hero or a villain?
Magic Kingdom makes changes to parking lot
Last September, the Magic Kingdom made some changes to its theme park parking lot.
Guests now have to remember if they parked in a hero or a villain lot.
The huge lot was split into two main lots, "Heroes" and "Villains," and then into smaller sections within each main lot.
The subsections include: Woody, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Simba, Mulan and Rapunzel in the Heroes lot, and Zurg, Jafar, Hook, Scar, Cruella and Ursula in the Villains lot.
Each lot also has it's own color to help guests even more.
So, are you a hero or villain? Head over to the Walt Disney World Updates Facebook page and cast your vote.
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About 100,000 people in the Susquehanna Valley are just learning their water bills could be going up by nearly 50 percent.
Video: Watch Katelyn Smith's report.
If you're one of those thousands of customers you will be getting a letter in the mail.
The rate increase proposal is for Lancaster City water customers who live outside the city limits.
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The Elkins High School girls' swim team captured a double-dual meet on Tuesday evening on the campus of Davis & Elkins College.
The Lady Tigers defeated North Marion and Hampshire and were led by Lauren Cain, Delaney Johnson and Samantha Hall who all had two place finishes.
Cain placed first in the the 200-yard IM, 2:44.77 and 100-yard freestyle, 109.36, while Johnson placed first in the 50-yard freestyle, 25.37 and 100-yard breaststroke, 117.08.
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Elkins' Lauren Cain competes in the 200-yard Individual Medley Tuesday at Davis & Elkins College.
Hall placed first in the 100-yard butterfly, 107:53 and 100-yard backstroke, 1:03.22.
Tenny DeMarco also captured one first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:36.77.
Tayler Lee placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:59.35.
Elkins captured three first-place finishes in relay events and they were the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The 200-yard medley relay team won with a time of 2:05.45. The team consists of Hall, DeMarco, Johnson and Skout Barger.
The 200-yard freestyle relay won with a time of 151.21. The team consits of Lee, Hall, Barger and Johnson.
The 400-yard freestyle relay won with a time of 4:42.78. The team members include DeMarco, Kaylynee Goins, Cain and Barger.
Elkins boys defeated North Marion, but lost to Hampshire County.
The Tigers were led by Robert Hall who had two first -place finishes and they were in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.53 and 100-yard freestyle 58.39.
Tyler Kenney placed first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:12.21.
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construct touching circles centred at the vertices of any polygon?
Find the vertices of a pentagon given the midpoints of its sides.
Start with any number of counters in any number of piles. 2 players take it in turns to remove any number of counters from a single pile. The loser is the player who takes the last counter.
Charlie has been designing tablecloths for each weekday. He likes to use as many colours as he possibly can but insists that his tablecloths have some symmetry.
The $5$ by $5$ tablecloths below each satisfy a different symmetry rule.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Dan Harmon hopes he never needs a backup plan outside of Hollywood because he's "a terrible dish washer and a terrible lover and a terrible pet owner."
That's why when the brass at Sony Pictures Television and NBC were willing to bring him back on as showrunner for the fifth season of "Community" it was a no brainer.
"If I had not gone back, the worst case scenario was 30 years of wondering," said Harmon on Wednesday during the summer Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Harmon was let go from the show after its tumultuous fourth season where he was publicly at odds with both the show's executives and cast member Chevy Chase.
Speaking his mind is a part of Harmon's creative process. "This is my only recourse, to go to bed at night feeling I did anything of merit. That fills me with emotions that sometimes get expressed in ways you may read about in third hand. Overall it allows me to fail upward."
"Community" has built a cult following for writing that is both outside-the-box and sometimes high-concept.
Harmon says even if season five ends up being the last for "Community", he would not be done with the sitcom genre.
"I grew up on network sitcoms."
He has a new animated series called "Rick & Morty" for Adult Swim about the adventures of a genius inventor and his less intelligent grandson.


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It's one of Oprah's Favorite Things and also made the cut in Real Simple magazine's March article on "smart beauty" items that will save you time and money. Congrats to Kai's Body Buffer two in one product that both cleans, exofiliates and moisturizes the skin in a few strokes. For $40 you will receive two puffs that each last about 30 shower sessions. Infused with palm, coconut and olive oil to soften the skin and leave a luxurious tropical and exotic aroma behind. Simply soften the sponge with water and Kai scented foaming bubbles will be instantly released to nourish your skin in a matter of seconds!
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Description'May For McClay' Benefit Concert is in memory of our LBC Middle School 8th grade student who passed away this past March. LBC Middle School is making her dreams come true by bringing the community together in support of the American Heart Association. Talent from all over the CSRA are coming together to celebrate her passion. So bring your blankets and chairs to this outdoor event! There will be food, fun, and fabulous musical performances!


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Ashley Davis, 28, grew up in New Orleans. As soon as she graduated from McDonogh 35, she joined the Air Force.
She was almost at the end of her training, called "warrior week," when the twin towers in New York City tumbled in 2001.
"The day before, I had heard about Osama bin Laden, and we were starting war games," she says. "When I heard the announcement, I thought it was just a scenario. When I passed by a television, I saw that it was for real."
Her first deployment was to Uzbekistan in 2003, at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During her second, she ended up in Afghanistan, working 20-hour days in a hostile environment, where fires burned in pits constantly.
"I became disabled breathing that air," she says.
A doctor wanted to hospitalize her, but she begged him not to. She was the only one there working on the aircraft electronic and navigation systems, and the planes would have to be grounded if she couldn't do her job.
She kept working, but the damage to her lungs was permanent. She has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which makes it difficult for her to breathe.
St. Bernard Project veterans: read more
- Liz MacCartney and Zack Rosenburg: 'What a fantastic way to not only rebuild the community but also ease the veterans' transition from combat to civilian life.'
- Andre Allen: 'I'm from here, and I wanted to help.'
- Reese May: 'It was strangely similar to Iraq.'
"I tried to stay in the military, but I got a medical discharge," she says. "I'm on three daily medications, and will have to be on two of them for the rest of my life."
Davis was attending UNO, working toward a degree in urban environmental studies, when she heard about Veterans Corps and the St. Bernard Project. She knew it was something she wanted to be part of.
"I thought about my grandfather," she says. "He passed away in 2010, and he went to his grave not being able to rebuild his house in the 9th Ward. That's what made me want to be on the team to bring people home."
She came on board to be a site supervisor in March and was trained working at the home of Janice and Sherman Williams in St. Bernard Parish. Sherman Williams was dying of cancer, and he desperately wanted to get back into his own house.
Davis tears up as she talks about getting him moved into his own bedroom just days before he passed away.
"I remember the last thing I said to him. I said, 'I know you're happy to be home,' " Davis says. "The thing about Mr. Williams, he was so weak, but he managed to smile and tell me, 'Yes, I'm happy to be home.' "
Veterans Corps is a good fit for Davis. She is able to set up her schedule around her college classes and her doctor appointments, and she sees working at the St. Bernard Project as a continuation of her service.
"It's one thing to fight for your country," she says, "but it's another thing to be in your own country and help people firsthand."


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Carnival Elation Cruise Review by Jrmint67: Not as good as the rest
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Not as good as the rest
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: New Orleans
Took a four day girls only cruise. Was somewhat disappointed. I have been on three other Carnival Cruises and the food, service and entertainment were all great! Elation has inattentive staff. You can believe that once you finely get someone from the bar staff to,take your order you will wait a long time! I have been on much larger ships that held several more passengers and where able to get orders faster. I sat at the Lido bar with three other passengers and waited 15 minutes for 2 drinks.
The entertainment was ok. Comedians funny, activity staff involved, casino staff seemed that it was a chore to,answer questions, the entertainer on the Promenade deck had a very sleepy performance, Jackal and Hyde lounge was fun! Cabin Stewart was fine. He did fill request accordingly. The food was a great disappointment. The lido deck food can only be described as nasty. Dinner in the dining room is the same menu on other cruises, however lacked flavor.
Cozumel was Cozumel. Our More excursion to,Dolphinarius to,swim with the dolphins was well worth every penny spent! We chalked it up as a tolerable disappointment because it was just three of us there to have fun! Would not bring my family on this ship because I know they would not be happy considering the other cruises we have taken. There is no comparison. Less
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This summer we will be celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of Capability Brown, one of the country's leading landscape designers, raising awareness of one of his smaller schemes.
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(Note: For those keeping tabs, this feature is not replacing the author interview series on book promotion. I'm still tinkering with ideas and lining up new authors for that. In the meantime, this is an interview I did for the newsletter of the Orange County chapter of RWA. It appeared in the June issue.)
Romance author Gina Black's novel THE RAVEN'S REVENGE debuted in June and earned a four-star review in Romantic Times, which sums it up this way: "A thief, a damsel in distress and plenty of conflict—what more could a reader want? ... Black adds sensuality and humor to this intriguing historical."
What was the inspiration for this novel?
I have always loved historical romance. I knew whatever period I picked, I'd have to do extensive research, so I chose the Restoration. After the Puritans lost power, it was an amazing time of change in England. Plus, Charles II was such a romantic King—and quite visionary too; I couldn't resist. I knew he would make at least one cameo appearance. It turned out he would play a more instrumental role in the story. I probably spent far too long researching, but I learned so many little bits of facts that affected the plotline, I'm glad I did.
Once I had the setting for THE RAVEN'S REVENGE, the hero came right to me. Nicholas had lived in exile for most of his life. With the king back and on the throne, Nicholas returned to his homeland. His goal was to regain his family lands that had been given to a Puritan family by Cromwell.
Nicholas, being a rogue, told me he wasn't going to sit around at court while the king took his sweet time deciding what to do. In fact, Nicholas was going to check out the neighborhood he hadn't seen since he was 8.
Then, while he was there, he was going to take on the guise of a highwayman called The Raven. Instead of stealing people's valuables, The Raven was going to hold up coaches and take clothes from the men, leaving them naked on the roadside while apologizing to the ladies for "exposing them to the company they keep." Nicholas said this was a fine revenge on his Puritan neighbors who changed allegiance from king to Cromwell and back again. I didn't gainsay him. (Well, would you?)
Next, I had to come up with a heroine strong enough to handle Nicholas; one who needed him, even though she wouldn't know it. I was so lucky, because it turned out the daughter of the family who had been granted Nicholas's family lands—and who now stood to inherit them—was perfect for the part. Especially since she was about to be married off to a villainous neighbor.
That left so many possibilities. And I could tell from the moment I had them both in my mind that they were made for each other. But, since this was a romance, it took the whole book for them to realize it.
How long did you work on the novel?
I started the book back in 1994. It took me about 10 years with some big non-writing gaps from the beginning to "the (polished) end."
What was the biggest challenge for you while writing this?
My biggest challenge was to not give up. I was so afraid I could not finish a book because of all the books I'd started prior to RAVEN. Plus, I wanted to write a book that was publishable—not just a practice book. That made writing this book very difficult.
How did you get into the writing mood?
Music usually works for me. I listened to a lot of soundtracks. When I got stuck, walking usually got things moving again. When all else failed, I brainstormed with my critique partner, Lisa Valdez, or my daughter, Sara Black, who is also a writer.
What is your writing regimen?
I keep looking for one! Right now, I try to write 100 words before breakfast so I can get the story happening before my day takes off. Since I work full time, this is a fairly effective way of staying focused. But, if I miss a day, I have to struggle to get back into it.
For more about Gina Black and her book, visit http://www.ginablack.net/.
Katherine Anne Welles lives a life of duty and obligation, but marrying her villainous neighbor is out of the question. Defying her father, she flees in the arms of a wounded highwayman, even though she distrusts his offer of help. But traveling with a dashing highwayman who won't ask directions is anything but safe. Especially when his searing hot kisses awaken a yearning for something Katherine never knew she wanted.
Nicholas Montford, the exiled Earl of Ashton, returns to England determined to reclaim his family lands. As a highwayman called The Raven, he takes revenge upon the Puritans who thrived while his family suffered. But when he kidnaps heiress Katherine Welles, thoughts of revenge take second place to kissing her soft lips and teasing the mistrust from her eyes. Can he find redemption in the arms of the woman he will eventually betray?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BACKSTORY: The Story Behind the Book, with author Gina Black
Posted by DeAnna Cameron at 8:26 AM
Labels: Backstory, Gina Black, interview, The Raven's Revenge
4 comments:
- Joanne said...
Nice interview, DeAnna. Insightful & interesting. Can def relate to the walks to move things along, and starting the day w/writing. Looking forward to your revamped book promo interviews!
- July 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- DeAnna Cameron said...
Hi, Joanne--
When the words seize up, I find walking helps, too.
- July 17, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Shauna Roberts said...
Sounds like a fun, fun book. The Restoration is not used nearly enough as a setting for romance novels. Thanks, DeAnna, for reprinting your interview.
- July 20, 2008 at 4:40 PM
- DeAnna Cameron said...
Thanks, Shauna --
I really enjoyed Gina's responses. I'm glad others have as well...
- July 21, 2008 at 6:46 AM
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I've been dabbling in the markets for years and have never figured out why market capitalization seems so arbitrary. PLX seems to be a great company with a potentially profitable product in its pipeline, but does it really justify a $400 million market cap? How about a company like IBIO, with a market cap in the toilet and market action that looks a lot like somebody is intentionally driving its value down? IBIO has multiple potential products and incredible technology, so why doesn't the market value it in the same range as PLX? Maybe I should be keeping my thoughts to myself and just quietly pile up a position in IBIO before the market discovers it!
Being held up by institutions...this will have a billion dollar market cap soon once a deal with Brazil is done...and hopefully soon...Big support around $5. We'll see where it takes us from here. Good luck.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
IBIO...Bonus...congratulation for the spike! Well, added more and wait to make more money?????
Being able to buy IBIO below a buck is a gift from the gods.
Thanks. But what I'm looking for is an outside reference or statement of recognition that the PLX platform is derived from his work. Running down a slew of unreadable, unintelligible patents won't do it. That, typically, is a matter of interpretation -- usually best left to the courts. So where would I look to find a reference that puts Erwin and PLX in the same sentence. Better still, just quote it here and cite the source. Thanks again.
Google Robert Erwin follow his history with LSB who he worked with and the patents discovered
IBIO=DELIST SOON OR REVERSE SPLITS + RUN OUT OF MONIES = FOLD AND MOVE ON like so many small biotech CO. Agree???? Just pass by...own no IBIO's.
Agreed.... IBIO has no money and no support... I wouldn't buy IBIO.
PLX and CLDX both have cash and very profitable pipelines... also own ZLCS which also has cash and a deep pipeline but ZLCS is more of a longer term position.
You are nuts - and perhaps ignorant as well?
Good observations. I've been looking at stocks whose prices have dropped near year end, maybe due to tax loss selling. The losses of one investor set the stage for the profits of another.
With regard to PLX and IBIO, I see no reason for such a wide value gap. Assuming PLX is fairly valued, then IBIO is way under valued and ripe for accumulation.
plx will get approved, spike like a mofo, then the market will immediately short the company as it struggles with commercialization realities and the smart money will go hand-over-fist into ibio simultaneously. PLX=Gateway Drug and is a necessary step in the process of a paradigm shift to plant-based platforms/methods and I hope it is successful. It's an interesting predicament really, in that IBIO will benefit greatly from the approval and success of PLX, only PLX will ultimately lag as a result of ibio's successes.
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FANWOOD — With temperatures reaching into the high 90s for the past week or so and more hot days expected in the next few days, according to the National Weather Service, several cooling centers have opened in Union County.
Below is a list of cooling centers published on the nj211.org website that were opened as of June 20. Call the associated number to check if a center is still open:
• Sampson Senior Citizen Center, 800 Ana St. in Elizabeth (908-820-4704); Open: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Township of Union Senior Center, 968 Bonnel Court in Union (908-851-5290); Open: 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.
• Township of Union Library, 1980 Morris Ave. in Union (908-851-5450); Open:
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• Linden Library, 31 East Henry St. in Linden (908-298-3830); Open: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Sunday.
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RANGOON — Burmese army leaders are not pleased with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's recent remarks that the army is responsible for constitutional amendments.
During a rally to garner public support for changes to the charter, Suu Kyi last week told thousands of people in Irrawaddy Division that the army, which controls 25 percent of seats in the legislature, has an obligation to participate more in the constitutional reform process.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) chairwoman said army soldiers, officers and representatives in Parliament were born as ordinary citizens, and should remember that their first duty is to serve the people.
"The armed forces personnel should ask themselves how they can fulfill their duties without serving their first duty. I want to tell all military men that their active involvement in charter amendments is what the people want," she said to the crowd.
She added that when her father, Burmese independence hero Gen. Aung San, founded the army in 1941, he said the armed forces should not be for any single party or group.
Brig-Gen Tin San, head of army representatives in the Lower House, slammed Suu Kyi's comments from the rally, saying the opposition leader was being dishonest and merely attempting to secure an opportunity to become the country's next president.
"She has a hidden agenda," he said. "Her focus is only on fixing Article 436 to make way for her presidency. She should review every article in the Constitution and decide whether they [lawmakers] should fix them or not."
He defended the army, saying it had no personal or organizational bias but was working on behalf of the people. He said army representatives were members of the parliamentary committee considering constitutional amendments.
"I have to ask her, how should we be involved? We are already on the committee," he told The Irrawaddy.
"Her view of the army is wrong. Our history shows that we serve the people, which is why army representatives make up 25 percent of Parliament," he said, adding that the Constitution also requires army representatives to hold this percentage of seats.
Suu Kyi's remarks were also not welcomed by lawmakers from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), many of whom are former servicemen.
Min Swe, a retired colonel who is now a USDP lawmaker from Daik U Township in Bago Division, said it was not the army's job to lead constitutional reform.
"As far as I'm concerned, the constitution shouldn't be fixed," he said. "I wonder, to what extent can the army's commander-in-chief dare to venture out and fix the charter? What if something bad happens if he gives a green light to fix it? The army only makes decisions based on the preservation of the union, national unity and sovereignty."
"In my opinion, our people right now are interested in making a proper living, not in fixing the charter," he added.
I am afraid..They will do the wacky things again.Just like we are covering our noses with handkerchiefs because of their stink.
All are playing political game. Army is necessary for the defense purposes and to make solidarity of the union, but should not involve in party politics. present charter is necessary to make amendment
for the sake of the country future development. By keeping as it is, the country will lead to be a backward. No future for the whole nation. Therefore it is required to make amendment.
Army should stay aside of party politics. better not to even consider to become some body or some group puppet. Army is the son of the peoples, not son of of one man and one party. Army should not take side with USDP party nor NLD. but should support reality, and standby for the supporting of the betterment of the nation.
What we need is a good government elected by the people taking the responsibility and accountability in taking care of people. Everybody must accept that Myanmar is in the lowest socioeconomic position in the world resulting in morally and spiritually corrupted nation. Previous military governments had made their people to become lower rank and higher rank servants all over the world. It is quite a shame. Therefore, gov: and opposition parties should work together. No body is perfect in this world. Weakness of the one should be strength of other. If Army thinks that they are the great , they must show us as it is when it was not. On the other hand, opposition leader also be very careful when to make a decision and need to consider in deep if you want to make an international standard. You made a lot of encouragement and supported Rohingers that identity we never had made you very unpopular by that Arakanese ethnic group. You can not just open your mouth or speak your mind. Your unwary words and action had made loss of innocent lives of a state which is extremely perished since they lost their empire to Burmese in 17th century. If you want to be president , you need to respect others, listen others , study the history. So far, I feel that the country is leading to the bad direction. I would say a democratic country could be built only when people have equal idea to share each other. Currently, 80% of Burmese is in extreme poverty and could not think about the politics yet when to spend more than 11 hours a day to meet the end meals. Therefore, we are thankful to have you "Daw Aung San Su Kyi" but please try to built up the infrastructure ( mental, social and education and finance ) first which you have strong power as you are inspired by people all over the world. You don't need to become a president to carry out these jobs. Let the military gov: to do their job which is just fighting which you can not do and they think that they are great by doing what are supposed to do and striving their life by taking a lot of advantages making the people awesome and destroying and selling the country.
To make Arakanese to convince you, you must advise to have a very strong border or fence first. To make it, you need to pay more those who are in charge of the border areas but need to take strong action if they break the law and rule. Then, when you can control the influx , you can control them who are inside. Firstly it would take few years to study inside (keeping them in camps) and influx rate. Gov: is not necessary to be shaken by powerful countries as this is internal affairs. You need to force local ( Arakanese ) to force work hard to be able to occupy the jobs done by Bengali. As they are lazy and discriminate the jobs which must be done by Bengali ( their wrong mental attitude and therefore they lost their empire)but you need to respect their ownership or souvenerity. Army should be careful and farsighted not to happen to open an another frontier service in western state when it was quite peaceful before.
Another weak point in our country is those who are serving and served the army need to be exposed to foreign countries to be broad minded as they are brainwashed to be narrow minded. The service should be shortened rather than serving the country for life to become cronies.
Come on, it's way above North Korea….well, a little bit anyway.
(((Brig-Gen Tin San, head of army representatives in the Lower House, slammed Suu Kyi's comments from the rally, saying the opposition leader was being dishonest and merely attempting to secure an opportunity to become the country's next president.
"She has a hidden agenda," he said. "Her focus is only on fixing Article 436 to make way for her presidency. She should review every article in the Constitution and decide whether they [lawmakers] should fix them or not.")))
Dear Tin San, you should be looking yourself in the mirror and ask question yourself.
Where you're family wealth was coming from? Everyone knows you can not afford with you're salary alone.
If you (Tin San) have integrity and honesty and then you won't be sitting unelected in lower house seat in Parliament.
Dear Tin San, if you're honest and patriotic Army officer and then you should be honestly and truthfully declared you're wealth and tell how you obtained it.
High rank Army officers can not afford to spend what their family spending today with their salary.
Where's money come from? The money comes from corruption.
Why every senior Army officers wanted to be commander in Shan state and Kachin state rather than in Rakhine state?
They can share drug trafficking money with Wa Army and other militias who are involving in drug trafficking and other illegal activity.
Why military ignore border security with Bangladesh in last decades?
Because, there's not many opportunity for making big money like Shan state for Army officers in Rakhine state. The problem in Rakhine state is military fault especially Army. They don't do their duty and only looking for bribe money.
Today Army is licensed group of Bandit. They will torture poor innocent peoples in ethnic minority area and took money from drug trafficker, Gem traffickers and Timber traffickers and let those traffickers freely stealing our country natural resources and murdering peoples around the world by supplying with illegal drugs.
If Burma has genuine Rule of Law and then I'll ask face to face with senior Army Officer like Tin San about his honesty and integrity and then where his family wealth comes from.
To be come President of nation is not depending on one person and it's choice of peoples of Burma. That's all about democracy.
Why can't Daw Aung San Su Kyi becoming first democratically elected President of Burma if Burmese wanted Daw Aung San Su Kyi as President.
Dear Tin San, you can not rule the country by gun forever. I'm sure peoples' power will be oust unelected arrogant Military MP like Tin San before next election. I hope Tin San can read simple English and understand it.
Dear Tin San, get real and accept truth, get out from Parliament because you're not elected and you don't qualify and deserve for public office. You and unelected Military MPs are not protecting Constitution but you're protecting Than Shwe and yourself from prosecution for your corruption and other crimes. Karma will come to get you sooner or later.
She is always pushing her impractical dream forward so carelessly every now and then. She should know that her remarks could sow disunity in the Army that is extremely dangerous for the UNION.
Army and all patriots must stand firmly behind the Article 59(F) as long as this Nation exist.
Nyunt Shwe, don't tell me you're from Kyant Phut family. If you're not and then you need think with you're own mature brain.
You should know about Army is dividing unity between all Burmese ethnics.
You don't need to have PhD degree but you need to see the truth by what Gen Min Aung Hlaing is doing. Gen Min Aung Hlaing is protecting himself and protecting his master Than Shwe. The Generals are giving "Can do License" themselves and oppressing wills of peoples of Burma.
If Military stay out of politic and then all Burmese ethnics will be united and Burma will be always one. Federalism is not separatism.
All Member of Parliamentary must be elected by peoples of Burma. No one can sit in the Parliament unelected and no one should practice above the law, no exception.
It's time for Military to give up power especially Army Generals and do something good for country.
Everybody knows Army did not serve the people for the past few decades. Army used people and asked people to do what the army officers wanted. The world poorest nation due to many decades of economical failure is the one obvious proof of Army's service to the people =D Please no more army's special service to the people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sure Aung San Su Kyi might be talking sugar-coated words to persuade people, sure she might have her hidden agenda. But she is the only alternative choice we people have in Myanmar. We want to see and judge the quality of her service to the people. We have seen the quality of "army's service" to the people and it is worst service ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is she thinking? Everything is going so well in the Empire of Myanmar since she was imprisoned for winning the 1980 election. Coca cola is now freely available. Many workers are paid 30 cents more per day than they were 10 years ago. Multi-national corporations are now eagerly doing business with the generals who suddenly became democratic members of parliament for life after they elected themselves. Lots of innocent people have been released from prison. What could be wrong?
I have to ask Brig-Gen Tin San "Are you really serving the people of Myanmar?" or serving the former army's commander-in-chief?
The Army is to serve the people. They must never ever had an intention to rule and manage the civilian affair. They must receive the order from the people and the Parliament. Now 25% of the military guys are shamelessly sitting in the Parliament and speak out loudly against the lawful wishes of the people. General Than Shwe and General Min Aung Hlaing must die due to the shameful act of their subordinate. Our leader U Aung San will die 10 times if he could wake up and see his youngsters misbehaving in the public domain. Could you go to the university of Rangoon or Bangkok and face the university students and explain them what you are doing? We could set up the audio-video conference linked up to Oxford, Harvard and Massachusetts university. Would you dare to discuss your action with student leaders. Let us be honest.
You must be ashamed of yourself, for your ancestors and for the mother land. Daw Aung San Su Kyi will become president in 2015 and you must know that her status will become lower than now. She should be the democracy icon and not the administrator. But she must follow the order given by the people`s mandate.
It is so sad that DASSK still thinking that some of the Army guys are cooperate with her.They just taking more times to the last minutes with sweet words. Never ever thinks they are spliting. It is totally insane. They will never make DASSK to be the head of the STATES. All she has to do is just focus on her own works. Tell the entrie Nation that Army is not going to fulfil the people's wish. So everybody has to stand agaist Army and organize a Protest against their neglectness of charter change wich is the WISH OF MAJORITY OF MYANMAR CITIZEN. May be it can be the nationwide protest until the demand is fulfilled or DASSK will stay on strike as the Mr. Suthep of Thailand 's prolong fight against dictatorship's final Departure forgood on the Burma.
25 percent military people are not chosen by people and do not represent the country. They represent the military's own profit only (only for high level officers. Soldiers just die and eat grass or have to steal only). Very unprofessional. Military's interest above the country's prosperity. Shame on them. Go back to the barrack.
Tin San and his associates in the floor of Hlutdaw are not working for us, but for USDP and theor step=daddy Than Shwe. He shamelessly claims that they are there for the people. We the people do not need them. We just want them to go back to their barracks.
Shame on the non-elected members on the floor of Hlutdaw. They are public enemy. They are stumbling block to Democracy. They are puppets and dogs of Than Shwe. They are the relic of military dictatorship. These soldiers better shut up their smelly mouths and go home. We the people do not need their service.
Some time you have to give credit to the devil. Here all credit should go to Than Shwe, so brilliant and cunningly designed the constitution to save military criminals from all sort of crimes they had committed. Over fifty years of mismanagement by Military had forced Burma from one of the richest in South East Asian country to the poorest one. Still shamelessly want to say that they are the saviors. They are the worst enemies of the people of Burma. They not only treated badly to the minorities but also did not spare their own race. Look how they treated the cyclone victims of 2008. Instead of helping the victims they wasted their time for fake constitution. When killing other people their triggers are happy but for their own safety they made the constitution to save them from the gallows. Ne Win, Than Shwe and Thein Sein will be remembered for their crimes against Burmese people.
The military has created a state with a state for their own benefit. They need to be overthrown and the generals jailed. The lid is on the pot and now it is only a matter of time till boiling point.
Out of all the critics from military MPs , it is hilarious to hear what Tint San has said. This guy was well known in East Rangoon when he was G-1.
I believe all avenues of peaceful reform had been tried to the furthest corners and depths.The establishment has been using hired advisors, hired past dignitaries, and internationally trained soldiers of their own to dodge, manipulate, double talk, procrastinate, smoke screen and rally for their own wrongful and criminal entrenchment. ..


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Erie grocers feel the pain of high meat prices
Tom Walsh has seen meat prices change plenty of times in the almost 29 years he's owned Trawka's Market. But he has never seen anything like what he's experienced since the start of the year.
"Some (meats) have gone up 40, 60, 70 cents a pound," Walsh said. "That's unheard of."
Walsh said the recent jump in beef prices is the most dramatic since he opened his store, located at 712 Payne Ave. Beef prices have been on the rise for a couple of years, but they hit record highs this month at a point when prices are usually going down.
At their highest point on Jan. 13, beef prices were up 8 percent in just two weeks and up almost 12 percent from a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Mark Spagnola, the beef and ground meats category merchant for Wegmans, said there are three factors contributing to the higher prices: The current number of cattle in the United States is the lowest in 65 years, feed costs have increased due to years of drought in the Southwest, and we are exporting more beef to more countries than ever before.
Walsh used the price of chuck roll, which is used for things like steaks and pot roasts, as an example of how prices have soared: It has gone from $2.69 to $3.79 a pound -- a 41 percent jump. As a result, the price of chuck roast at Trawka's has climbed from $3.99 a pound to $5.99 a pound.
That price increase is especially painful at a point in the year when demand is typically low compared with the busy holiday months of November and December.
"We had our biggest Christmas season in years," Walsh said. "So, to have something like this now is devastating."
Gerry Urbaniak, co-owner of Urbaniak Bros., said it's hard to gauge how much the higher prices affect his business, particularly because his store, at 310 E. 24th St., was closed for the first three weeks of the new year. But he knows it isn't a good sign for the new year.
"High prices aren't good for anything or anyone," Urbaniak said.
Urbaniak said high beef prices have a trickle-down effect to other meats. He said what started as price increases for more-desirable cuts of beef then pushed up ground beef prices.
"Then when people start buying pork, those prices go up," Urbaniak said. "So then they switch to chicken, and those prices go up."
Urbaniak remains optimistic that prices could approach more normal levels in a month or so if demand drops off.
Local grocers aren't the only ones to feel the effects of the increasing costs.
Wegmans spokeswoman Jo Natale said the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocery chain has "done everything we can to maintain low prices" and seeks to match or beat competitors' meat prices. She noted the chain has locked in prices to consumers for some large family pack meats like ground beef and has assumed the additional costs itself.
But Spagnola said raising prices was unavoidable for premium cuts of steak.
Kelly Schoenberg, vice president for meat and seafood at Wegmans, said stores have already seen customers deciding to buy other kinds of meats.
Spokesman Dick Roberts said Giant Eagle has tracked price and availability closely.
"Like all retailers, Giant Eagle is impacted by ongoing industry fluctuations related to beef prices," Roberts said. "We continue to work closely with our supply partners to limit the effect on our customers, and to date have experienced no related supply shortages."
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Until the television adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate in February 2001 Nancy Mitford was best known for her ideas about 'u' (upper-class) and non-'u'(non-upper-class) language derived from the work of the philologist, Alan Ross, and first publicised in her essay, "The English Aristocracy "published by Stephen Spender in Encounter in 1954. Mitford provided a glossary of terms used by the upper-classes (looking glass, bike and napkin are all 'u' and mirror, cycle and serviette are all non 'u') and her essay evoked a national debate about English class-consciousness and snobbery. The piece was reprinted with Ross's article in book form under the title of Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the …
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For those workers who do have the day off today on Labor Day, the humidity and heat still will be oppressive as they enjoy their free Monday.
Fortunately, if you have to return to work on Tuesday, the humidity will relent, even if your boss doesn't.
"(Today) will be partly sunny, another warm and humid day, with a 40-percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, with a high in the mid-80s," meteorologist Craig Evanego, of the State College bureau of the National Weather service said. "There will be a 50-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight."
A cold front crossing the region is bringing the showers, Evanego said, noting that thunderstorms dropped more than 2 inches of rain on portions of Tioga County Saturday night, with one localized report of 4.25 inches.
The front will cool things down starting Tuesday morning, making it comfortable to put away the summer whites and seersucker.
"Tuesday should be partly sunny, cooler and less humid with a high in the mid-70s," Evanego said. "The whole week, nighttime lows will be in the mid-50s."
Days will be mostly sunny throughout the rest of the working man's week, Evangeo said, with highs sitting in the mid- to upper-70s.
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#define TRY_START try { #define TRY_END } void foo() { TRY_START bar(); TRY_END ... }Unfortunately, I'm not making this up... Nor was the person who originally coded that. It is a hack, but it isn't necessarily an unwarranted hack - you can simulate exceptions using macros for the (lame) compilers that don't support them. Personally, I just say let old junky compilers die without honor, but if you're developing some uberportable code you have to deal with the ugly issues like the above. Even more unfortunately, this was not the case. TRY_START and TRY_END have been used because they're so much easier to see that a lower case word a couple of braces. (MicroSoft's 16-bit Visual "C++" compiler had no exceptions. How they could call it C++ when it lacked such basic functionality is beyond me, but it did.) They could, because exceptions were simply not part of C++ in the beginning. And a lot of programmers can happily live without them.
#define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0... and I thought that was bad enough, until a week later, in another .h file, I came across:
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param1 = "hello" param2 = "world" p1ret = next goto proc1next:
/* continue program */I don't think they had much idea of the importance of maintainability on that project. They probably had scars from previous environments. And maybe the procedure calls were worse than we would imagine. I mis-read your comment at first and it jogged some memories and I found this: "The original IBM Algol compiler did a GETMAIN system call on every procedure call" on http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/96-07-031 ...which discusses why programmer time wasn't considered valuable compared with efficiency.
// _ __ __ ____ ____ ____ _ _ // / \ | \/ | _ \/ ___| / ___| |_ __ ___ __| | // / _ \ | |\/| | |_) \___ \| | | '_ ` _ \ / _` | // / ___ \| | | | __/ ___) | |___| | | | | | (_| | // /_/ \_\_| |_|_| |____/\____ |_| |_| |_|\__,_| // // // Do enough parsing to determine handler for the command and then pass data // etc. to the handlerMy boss requires this. Fortunately, he doesn't get too upset when I "forget". Try this: It takes about 2 seconds longer to scroll to the code you are looking for. If you average looking at 300 routines a day (including re-visits to the same one), then you spend 2 x 300 = 600 seconds or about 10 minutes a day scrolling past them. That's about 0.17 hours a day. If a year averages about 260 work days, then those banners require a total of about 44 hours a year (0.17 x 260). If your salary plus company overhead is about $60/hr, then those banners cost your company about $2640 per year (60 x 44). Present that cost analysis to your boss, and see what he says. Ask him if the marketing value of the banners makes up for that amount. Please report back to this wiki his/her reaction.
process_parts(numWidgets + numGadgets, isInitialized && isIdle, context->get_rules_for(PROCESSING));To
numParts = numWidgets + numGadgets; isReady = isInitialized && isIdle; processRules = context->get_rules_for(PROCESSING); process_parts(numParts, isReady, processRules);Or
process_parts( numWidgets + numGadgets, // Number of parts isInitialized && isIdle, // Ready? context->get_rules_for(PROCESSING)); // Process RulesSome places strictly restrict lines to 74 characters. No more, or your code will not be allowed. 120 seems to work well for most wide and double-screen environments -- considering multiple windows, side panels and all. Limiting width to 80 seems to create problems with reasonably named variables and methods, even if nested conditions and loops are kept to a reasonable level (line one or two). Maybe it would work with very highly object-oriented code, but it doesn't seem to work well with most Java I've seen -- at least not without MAJOR rework. -- JeffGrigg PaulGraham and some other writers like to maintain a total text width of a few inches for scannability. I suspect the same applies to code. The rest of the screen spacec can be used for utilities or for a vertical split and another batch of code. --JesseMillikan I would be interested in seeing how he structures his Lisp code, because it is not easy to maintain only a few inches when you consider how deeply Lisp code nests. Most Lisp coding conventions I've seen prefer a diagonal layout that can trivially exceed 80 columns, leading to such abhorrences as:
( ....lots of stuff and nesting here; vertical line is right-hand edge of screen .... (cond | ((condition-1) | (result-1)) | ((condition-2) | (result-2)) | (t | result-3))) | )))))...)) |I look at code like this and cannot help but think that a combination of better factoring and a MUCH wider screen would be absolutely critical to good, legible Lisp coding. --SamuelFalvo?
if (a == 5) { printf("a is equal to 5\n"); b++; } else { printf("a is not equal to 5\n"); b--; }Actually, no, I don't see any side effects here, because it is not clear that b is a locally defined and used variable or not. And, a certainly isn't being modified out from the conditional testing. So, no, there is insufficient data to say whether there are any side effects happening here. --SamuelFalvo? The lifetime and usage of b doesn't matter. The ++ operator usually has the side effect of changing b's value (same with --). Even if these operators don't have side effects, there is still the printf statements. --MartinShobe? I agree with MartinShobe?. The 'printf' is cause for a side-effect all on its lonesome (or a 'computation-effect' if you don't like calling intentional communications 'side-effects', but 'SideEffect' is the term that has come into wide use). And the statements 'b++' and 'b--' also have a consequence that qualifies for the term 'SideEffect' (having an effect that extends beyond the statement), with a possible exception being if you overloaded those operators for 'b' to mean something functional. This is true even if you immediately discard 'b' upon exiting the procedure in which it is declared, though in that case you might have been able to say (if you also rid yourself of the 'printf') that the procedure (as a whole) had no side-effects. In general, if you program with statements rather than expressions, there must be SideEffects. After all, a statement without any SideEffects is a statement that can be optimized by excising it entirely from your program. What what you're saying is correct, the original post did not specify any particular context. Every response to mine so far has established a more specific context. Does ++ and -- perform a side-effect? Sure. At the statement level. But across a whole procedure, the answer may not be so clear.
void someProcedure(int a) { if (a == 5) { printf("a is equal to 5\n"); b++; } else { printf("a is not equal to 5\n"); b--; } }this is obviously a bad thing, since the post-increment/decrement operators are touching stuff that is not explicitly passed into the procedure as a variable. Rewriting this in a side-effect-free form:
int someFunction(int a) { int aEquals5 = a == 5; char *perhaps = aEquals5? " " : " not "; printf("a is%sequal to 5\n", perhaps); return b + (aEquals5 ? 1 : -1); }This is positively side-effect free, except for the printf(). --SamuelFalvo? I also haven't a clue as to the context that brought this into BadCodingStandards. I was simply responding to your own statement. As to whether the 'b++' and 'b--' are a 'bad' thing - that is still questionable and not obvious. I've never seen a convincing argument that SideEffects are fundamentally always a 'bad' thing, and the need to hack around communications issues in Haskell, and the prevalence of databases and filesystems, all seem to be points to the contrary. Programming with side-effects certainly ought to be controllable or at least traceable, such that you can track all non-local changes back to their source, and it would be nice if such could be compiler and programming-environment supported. But if 'b' is well defined with a comment to the effect '//balance of someFunction(x) where x=5', that requirement is minimally met.
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This got lost in the lockout ending hoopla last weekend:
Datsyuk, Malkin, Kovalchuk and Ovechkin were guaranteed $30 million each by Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay in KHL. Unreal.
— Dustin Leed (@D_LEED) January 10, 2013
Reports like this never will make it to the MSM so old people who still read newspapers can actually realize that Malkin isn't just some greedy Euro.
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I am, as we all know," totally technologically dumb. But this system seemed incredibly easy to use and set up.""I want my mother to be able to use it"," Sonneteer's Haider Bahrani told me, without having to ask me a million questions.""
Bard: Wireless Without the Computer
Jon Iverson wrote about Bard's wireless system, but I think it worth emphasizing that, although Bard has a USB dongle that will transfer music from your computer to other systems, many audiophiles might be even more thrilled by the Bard One ($850), which inserts between your preamp and power amp and broadcasts to a nearby system, where it plugs into that preamp's line inputs. It's small and unobtrusive and sounded very good at HE2006, I hope to get my mitts on a sample and write about it further.


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Ronald H. Spector (George Washington University) will speak on the topic:
"After Hiroshima: Allied Military Occupations and the Fate of Japan's Asian Empire, 1945–47"
Most Americans think of World War II as having ended with Japan's formal surrender in the wake of the two atomic bombs and the Soviet entry into the war. But what about Japan's vast empire in "Greater East Asia" stretching in a great arc from Manchuria to Burma? At the time of the surrender there were about six million Japanese soldiers and civilians on the mainland of Asia, most of them in territory that had never been touched by Allied military forces. This lecture will deal with the military occupation of these areas by Allied troops immediately after the Japanese surrender. The British, American, Indian, and Australian forces responsible for the occupations confronted diverse problems, demands, and expectations but they shared a common characteristic, one only too familiar to Americans now wrestling with Iraq: they didn't know anything about the places they were going and they didn't have enough troops.
The lecture is sponsored by the Society for Military History and the George C. Marshall Foundation.
Presiding: Larry Bland, George C. Marshall Foundation, and Timothy K. Nenninger, Society for Military History
Please note: You do not need to register for the American Historical Association's annual meeting to attend this lecture. However, if you are interested in attending other events during the 4–day meeting, you can register onsite at the Sheraton Seattle beginning Thursday, January 6, 2005. For more information, please visit the AHA's web site at http://www.historians.org/annual.


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CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) -Cagliari has hired Ivo Pulga as its new coach, replacing the departed Massimo Ficcadenti.
The Sardinian club is the only Serie A side still without a win this season but earlier released a statement denying reports that youth team coach Diego Lopez had replaced Ficcadenti.
It also stressed that Lopez does not have the necessary documents to coach in the top flight.
However, Cagliari later confirmed that Ficcadenti has left the club. It said Tuesday's training session was taken by "new coach" Pulga along with Lopez, who will be his assistant.
It's the third coaching change in Serie A this season, and the second of the day after Chievo Verona fired Domenico Di Carlo and hired Eugenio Corini.
Gian Piero Gasperini replaced Giuseppe Sannino at Palermo two weeks ago.