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I have a database table month_values
this table has 12 columns...... columns are jan , feb , march , .....decm.
I have data values for each months.
I'm writing store procedure. I want to sum values between any two input month columns.
Example Input :
SP_MONTH_VALS( feb,sept)
Expected Output:
output for the above stored procedure should be sum values for month columns feb,march,april,may,june,july,aug,sept.
my problem is ...As you can see this is going to be dynamic query....because we may pass any two month columns to the store procedure input.
Can you please suggest how to build dynamic query here based on input selection ?
Do I need to use a CASE here ? how do I proceed ?
i know you're going to get upset at this, but it needs to be said -- your table design is the cause of your difficulty
if you had one row per month's data, where the month number (1 through 12) was part of the key, then the query would be trivial...
SELECT SUM(amt)
FROM daTable
WHERE mth >= @startmonth
AND mth <= @endmonth
here @startmonth and @endmonth are placeholders (not php variables ) for the two months passed in to your stored proc
No. I dont have. I don't want to change the design also....this is impossible.
Do you suggest any workaround with this existing design ?
fine, do it your way
stored procedures allow the use of the IF statement
use it... copiously
I know it would be clumsy.
Now having said these ... I understand if is an alternative way out...but I'm looking out possibilities for a better approach.
Is not that going to bring many IF's here ? Can we think about minimizing IF here ?
How you are planning to mark the range ?
Personally, due to your limitations, I'd argue going on a software approach instead of a query approach.
Let the UI collect the start and ending months, but return the entire 12 months back in the query and then let the programming language figure out which columns to add together. Otherwise you are looking at a very bulky, hard to maintain stored procedure.
I liked this approach. Yes. I do have a control on JSP / Java side . I hold UI data in a java variable.
I'm not clear ... are you suggesting to build query in java side and then pass the query to the stored procedure ? OR are you saying to collect how many months needs to be passed to the store procedure ?
where the select query will built up ?
Please clarify .
I am saying, let the UI collect the start and end month, run a generic query that returns all months, then let the code loop through the results and sum up the appropriate columns based on the start and end month.
You could have the UI build the query too (if that is acceptable in your work environment) and run an ad-hoc query instead of a stored procedure. Either way, doing this in a stored procedure (in my opinion) is a mistake due to the restraints on the table design.
my comments in the above
Okay. Keep in mind you may be opening up a security issue with utilizing a stored procedure to accept a query. As a developer could send whatever query they would want through that stored procedure and depending on the role associated to the stored procedure may have more access than they should.
If you only have them send in the SUM equation, you could likely concatenate the rest of the query so the stored procedure limits the return data to your specific table(s).
this is what you need I created just sample table and added test data into
create table #T(Jan int,Feb int,Mar int,Apr int,May int,June int, July int,Aug int,Sept int,Oct int,Nov int,Dec int)
insert into #Tvalues(12,15,48,74,636,89,12,45,54,88,88,77)insert into #Tvalues(2,1,8,4,63,8,1,5,4,8,8,7)
so, select statement like below SELECT * FROM #Tproduce output...Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec12 15 48 74 636 89 12 45 54 88 88 772 1 8 4 63 8 1 5 4 8 8 7
Now time to create your store proc
DECLARE @startMonth as int, @endMonth as int
set @startMonth=2
set @endMonth=5
;with t as (select 1 as mnth, jan as cnt from #Tunionselect 2 as mnth, feb as cnt from #Tunionselect 3 as mnth, Mar as cnt from #Tunionselect 4 as mnth, Apr as cnt from #Tunionselect 5 as mnth, May as cnt from #Tunionselect 6 as mnth, June as cnt from #Tunionselect 7 as mnth, July as cnt from #Tunionselect 8 as mnth, Aug as cnt from #Tunionselect 9 as mnth, Sept as cnt from #Tunionselect 10 as mnth, oct as cnt from #Tunionselect 11 as mnth, nov as cnt from #Tunionselect 12 as mnth, dec as cnt from #T)select SUM(cnt) FROM tWHERE mnth BETWEEN @startMonth AND @endMonth
I declare variables (you should have them as stored procedure parameters) and give them values just for test
that produce result
which you looking for.
discombobulating the badly designed table on the fly -- i love it
This process assumes SQL Server right? As I don't think Oracle or MySQL support CTEs (I could be wrong)
CTEs can always be re-written as POS (plain old sql)
So, change with to
select SUM(cnt) FROM(select 1 as mnth, jan as cnt from #Tunionselect 2 as mnth, feb as cnt from #Tunionselect 3 as mnth, Mar as cnt from #Tunionselect 4 as mnth, Apr as cnt from #Tunionselect 5 as mnth, May as cnt from #Tunionselect 6 as mnth, June as cnt from #Tunionselect 7 as mnth, July as cnt from #Tunionselect 8 as mnth, Aug as cnt from #Tunionselect 9 as mnth, Sept as cnt from #Tunionselect 10 as mnth, oct as cnt from #Tunionselect 11 as mnth, nov as cnt from #Tunionselect 12 as mnth, dec as cnt from #T) tWHERE t.mnth BETWEEN @startMonth AND @endMonth
it is supports by mySQL and Oracle


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The brother of a man brutally beaten in his own hallway has said he currently looks like the Elephant Man but is "a tough guy" and the family hopes he will be home soon.
Marcus Kohler is holding the fort at the family home in Kings Road, Wimbledon, where his brother Paul, a top legal academic, was battered so badly in a burglary on Monday night that his injuries were described by police as "life-changing".
His newly-wed wife Samantha MacArthur and daughters Saskia, Bethany, Tamara and Eloise are spending their days at their dad's bedside in St George's Hospital.
Saskia was due to collect her AS Level results today from a college in Wallington.
Speaking at the family home this morning, Marcus told the Wimbledon Guardian the family is determined to move on.
Family photos are hung around the large kitchen, depicting happier times and the family tabby cat meows for attention as Marcus fields constant phone calls from friends, family and other journalists.
Sitting at the kitchen table, the family's current situation is clearly in stark contrast to their happiness in April when Paul and Samantha finally tied the knot and their four daughters were bridesmaids at Jesus College in Cambridge.
"The wedding was beautiful," said Marcus.
Asked how he felt about the intense media interest in the case he said: "I can understand the attention, it's a wealthy area."
At about 10pm on Monday night, the relaxed atmosphere of the family home was shattered when four smartly dressed men wearing balaclavas forced their way into the home and brutally attacked Paul and attempted to tie up his wife with tape before police arrived, arresting two of them while the other two fled.
According to Paul, the couple's daughter Eloise and her boyfriend were upstairs at the time, and Eloise, who is in her twenties, thought her parents had been stabbed.
She dialled 999. He said: "Paul fought them but he was over-powered.
"He didn't speak to them, they assaulted him.
"Paul has lived in south London all his life, he is a Crystal Palace season ticket holder and well-known in the community.
"We are not going to let this stop that."
Paul, who is head of the law department at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is undergoing surgery to repair a shattered eye socket and forehead, and is not expected to be released for some time.
But Marcus said: "We're hoping he will be out soon.
"He will have to go back for operations on his face."
Paul co-owns a bar with a friend in central London called Cellar Door, as a sideline to his lecturing.
His brother said he is a tough guy and at first he was not worried when he found out he had been attacked.
He said that all changed when he got to the hospital on Monday night and saw how badly he had been injured.
He said: "Seeing him was unbelievable.
"I have never seen injuries like it.
"His face is like a flower blooming - it's changing colour every day because of the bruising.
"He's like the Elephant Man, it's terrible.
He described the crime as senseless and sadistic and said the family is desperate to trace the outstanding men.
He said they have no idea why the family were targeted but assume it must have been a case of mistaken identity or the wrong house being chosen.
Marcus added: "This has been extremely tough for my brother.
"He is very strong, he's always been a leader.
"He had no control and was beaten mercilessly."
Marcus, who lives in Cambridge, said the family is determined to move on from this horrifying incident and want to make the house a place where family and friends can come round and enjoy themselves again.
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Look, I don't wish to step on the adulation of a folk hero. And Justin Turner, with his 21 RBI in 99 at-bats, is justifiably the folk hero at the moment for the New York Mets.
But I think that obscures a more interesting longer-term question: what does that mean for the team at second base?
Daniel Murphy, to my mind, is still the best choice the organization has going forward.
Let's take a look inside Turner's numbers. He's currently at a slash line of .337/.384/.467, which is terrific. It's good for an OPS+ of 138. But he's doing it with a batting average on balls in play of .380. Not only is that unlikely to continue for anyone, it represents a higher BABIP for Turner than he's posted at any level since rookie ball.
Meanwhile, Daniel Murphy has settled in as a major league hitter right between his 2008 and 2009 numbers. For the year, he's at .278/.337/.418, good for an OPS+ of 111. Unlike Turner, he's done it with a sustainable BABIP of .299, right in line with his .302 career BABIP mark.
And while the conventional wisdom is that Turner has starred at second base while Murphy has erred, the defensive metrics actually like Murphy's performance at the position a good bit more than Turner's. This is not to say it is predictive, given the small sample. But it certainly doesn't provide any evidence that Murphy can't play second base, and it seems he'd be likelier to improve than regress as he becomes more familiar with the position.
This is all moot right now, and probably will be until Ike Davis returns, since Murphy is the best option on the big league roster to play first base, too. It is worth noting, however, that Lucas Duda has been tearing up Triple-A since returning from his back injury. So if Davis is out for the long-term, bringing up Duda and moving Murphy to second base wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Turner remains at third until David Wright returns, then becomes a strong utility infielder.
But that shouldn't be Murphy's fate. Second basemen who can handle the position and post an OPS+ significantly above average aren't easy to find. Don't believe me? Take a look at the team's recent entries at the position. Murphy deserves a chance to hold the position. Turner's results are likely fleeting. But the evidence is piling up that Daniel Murphy, Second Baseman is for real.


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It did not take long for the Conservative government to react when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau admitted this week in an interview he had smoked marijuana since being elected to the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, touring Canada's Far North, said Trudeau's actions "speak for themselves."
Justice Minister Peter MacKay was much more forthcoming.
"By flouting the laws of Canada while holding elected office, he shows he is a poor example for all Canadians, particularly young ones," MacKay said. "Justin Trudeau is simply not the kind of leader our country needs."
Perhaps not. But he might just be the kind of leader the country wants.
Trudeau is directly challenging the stock political position on marijuana, which is to keep it a prohibited drug and punish users and traffickers with criminal charges. However, this is no flyer; Trudeau is wading into this issue with the comfort of knowing most Canadians agree with him.
The science surrounding marijuana has shown it is as benign as alcohol. Old arguments about it being a "gateway drug" have been summarily dismissed. Police forces want to deal with simple possession offences with citations rather than criminal charges so they can focus resources on battling serious drugs such as crystal meth.
More importantly, whether it was through broad national surveys or totally unscientific online straw polls, most of us have made it clear we don't think pot is risky, or that anyone caught with small amounts should be imprisoned or left with a criminal record.
Why then, isn't everyone rushing to legalize pot? For one thing, the mainstream political playbook doesn't encourage it. This is the list of traditional tactics and positions adopted by all parties -- regardless of ideological origin -- especially if they think that one day they can lead the country.
The playbook preaches the gospel of non-confrontation. The rule of thumb is you try mightily to avoid taking any controversial position because, even though a lot of people might support you, an equal or greater number might oppose. You may struggle to muster support, but you must never, ever do something to spark a groundswell of opposition.
Politicians in this country also generally acknowledge there is a generational divide that makes this particular issue even riskier. Older Canadians, who are more likely to vote, are vehemently opposed to any liberalization of pot laws; younger Canadians, who generally support a new approach to marijuana laws, are less likely to show up and vote.
That is likely why NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is being so cagey about his own cannabis experiences. Mulcair admitted he smoked pot, but refused to say when and where. And the NDP's position on limited decriminalization of small amounts of pot seems wholly inadequate against the backdrop of Trudeau's bold gambit. Having finally achieved official Opposition, it seems Mulcair is unwilling to obscure his dreams of forming government with a cloud of marijuana smoke.
Trudeau, the leader of a third party with an uncertain future, appears to have less to lose. Make no mistake, Trudeau made his admission to the Huffington Post only after the website asked all three party leaders to confirm their own experiences with pot. Given that a couple of notable pot activists have already claimed to have enjoyed reefers with the Liberal leader, it would be have been silly to hedge on his answer.
And Trudeau cannot escape the rather profound change in his position on this subject in the last four years. In 2009, he voted with his party on a Tory bill that would impose minimum sentences for marijuana offences. He also said in interviews he opposed decriminalization because the pot grown today is stronger and more dangerous.
In his Huffington Post interview, he reveals his late brother, Michel, who died in a B.C. avalanche in 1998, was facing a marijuana-possession charge at the time of his death. Trudeau said that is when he first began to consider the legalization of pot. If this tragedy made him reconsider his position on the issue, then why did he vote for minimum sentences and denounce decriminalization a decade later?
Even with those inconsistencies nipping at his heels, Trudeau's admissions will likely spark increased interest in his leadership and his party as it heads toward a key election showdown in 2015. Early reaction seems to be mostly positive; those who want an overhaul of pot laws are thrilled and seem to be willing to interpret his admissions as a demonstration of honesty and integrity. If that opinion were to persist, the Tories would run the risk of being cast as the cranky, obstinate parents who torment their children with can't-win arguments.
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Nucking Futs!, post: 4651695 wrote:I emailed Kray a few days ago since I saw his Craigslist post. I told him about Shoryuken & he said he'll post here soon. Not sure he wants me to post his price quote or not but lets just say it's very reasonable for the lower half Vewlix-style cabinet painted (yes, he paints it also for an additional charge). Thankfully, he's only ~45-mins away from me, woohoo!!! As soon as I pull the trigger on a VLX, I'm getting this bad boy!
butteroj, post: 4651700 wrote:Inquired on pricing of the vlx lower
ibeatu, post: 4651696 wrote:what is the cost for paint?
also he has the other prices on his site
TE version for $350
Custom 2 player version for $375.
All the kit will be made out of MDF only.
Shipping and handling is $185 anywhere in the US.
what size tv fits in those cabs?
jdm714, post: 4651705 wrote:Nucking Futs! is contact Kray to commission the VLX Stand using the build by singlongkuen.
butteroj, post: 4651709 wrote:How much for the VLX stand?
TheRealNeoGeo, post: 4651690 wrote:Very well done I must say.
kn2540, post: 4651711 wrote:I'm still woriking on it and haven't decided on the final price yet. Maybe somewhere between $250-$300 painted. I'll let you know as soon as I finish building my first one.
Outkast, post: 4651701 wrote:He ships to Cali? I stopped responding to my emails a few months ago :(
Ima hit him up again.
butteroj, post: 4651713 wrote:Not bad. Mine would have to be unpainted since I live in CT.
Da Unknown, post: 4651699 wrote:Subscribed.
I was planning on building a vewlix for a mame machine, but if these kits are legit I might go this route.
zenblaster, post: 4651702 wrote:ordered one today,I still have a real vewlix panel to use with this,if everything goes well I want him to make me a mini one for my vlx and an evo asus.the model of monitor that has been lag tested and fits the current kit is Panasonic Viera TC-L32X1,also take 4.5 car audio speakers.
ONE100BILL, post: 4651693 wrote:I bought one from Kray about 2 weeks ago. Kray has provided great customer service since day one. For those of you wondering about the quality of the cabinet, it is awesome. I am getting ready to paint it. The build quality is superb as well as his customer service. If you are able to get it fully painted, go for it. It is alot of work and takes up alot of time. I will be posting pictures of it soon in a whole new thread to show you guys the progress. Kray is the MAN!!!
jdm714, post: 4651705 wrote:Nucking Futs! is contact Kray to commission the VLX Stand using the build by singlongkuen.
kn2540, post: 4651710 wrote:Yes I'm working on the VLX stand it will be similar to singlongkuen but I will have the bevel side legs and control panel to give it more of a vewlix looks.
kn2540, post: 4651717 wrote:Thanks Dude! I'm glad you like your kit. Was it difficult to assemble?
Ragnorok64, post: 4651718 wrote:Do you have an ordering website and written assembly instructions?
rayray19wun, post: 4651721 wrote:im definatly going to buy 1 soon do u think you'll still be selling in a month?? also i live in an apartment and have no experience painting wood do you think this will be too hard to start learning on?
Truckasaurus, post: 4651716 wrote:This.
You can fit stock viewlix panels on the control panel? Like the ones you can buy from akihabara shop will fit right no no problem?
ibeatu, post: 4651727 wrote:Hey kray if we order one whats the turn around on building one from start to finsh for a shipped kit?
bigsexyc420, post: 4651728 wrote:I too am also interested in one of these bad boys.
Also, after the whole thing is painted and put together, can the arch be separated from the bottom cabinet in the case of transportation if needed?
kn2540, post: 4651734 wrote:Yes the CP are detachable I use angle bracket to scew it down but to make it easy to detach you should use latches intsead angle bracket.


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We have engineered a bloodless coup and taken command of the X section. My people are declaring a unilateral state of independence from all other countries and sections of the Undictionary. Any attempt to regain control of this section will be met with force by the armies of freedom and something akin to democracy. We hereby rename this section 'the People's Republic of X'. We call upon all of the free world to embrace us and we hereby make an application to join the United Nations, so there.
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Communique 2: December 2005
Following this long period of peace and prosperity which our people have enjoyed for the past month, it is our wish to spread our political ideals beyond our national and literary boundaries. As Y is relatively small and has large oil reserves, we are considering making tentative approaches to its leaders, to ask if we could be of help in some obscure way yet to be defined. Thus we bring the fruits of our republicanism to our neighbors and share in each other's bounty. Believe me, they will love us for it. They'd better.
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UNLIKE many AFL aspirants, North Ballarat's Dean Towers has seemingly had his AFL dream fall in his lap.
He had only last year made it his goal to make the top level. It now appears that he could land as a second- or third-round draft choice in Thursday's national AFL draft as a 22-year-old.
Towers spent his junior years in Kawarren, outside Colac, juggling several sports including tennis, soccer and mixed netball. Football was just another sport to him. He was playing with Otway Districts while other youngsters were playing elite football in the TAC Cup. His closest affiliate, the Geelong Falcons, did not invited him to train with them. He also played in the Geelong Football League with Colac in 2010, finishing fourth in the club best and fairest.
''Definitely as a junior I didn't want to pigeonhole myself as a footballer,'' Towers said.
''I played footy, but I also played tennis, mixed netball and soccer. I was always playing a sport somewhere. I wouldn't say that I wasn't dedicated to playing footy, it was just that I was dedicated to playing other sports as well.
''I was looking at pro tennis and pro soccer and pro anything.''
Towers lived next door to his former Colac coach Tim Pekin, the one-time Fitzroy and St Kilda player, who has been a valuable mentor for him.
But it was his move to Ballarat, where he studied PE teaching and played for North Ballarat, that was a life-changing one.
He was told that he had the makings of a ready-made AFL player in his first season in 2011 and confirmed that view this season.
Recruiters recognised key strengths - his speed on a wing and half-back and his vertical jump - where he broke former Hawk Trent Croad's record at the AFL draft Combine with 85 centimetres.
He took out the Fothergill-Round Medal for the VFL's most promising young talent.
''They [the coaches] just told me that I had to do what I did last year in the development squad but do it at senior level and I managed to do it,'' he said.
North Ballarat coach Gerard FitzGerald, who already moulded the likes of Orren Stephenson (ex-Geelong), Stephen Clifton (GWS) and Cameron Richardson (ex-North) into ready-made players in recent years, believes Towers is a ''student of the game''.
''He's very, very quick. He's an outstanding young man, a high-quality character, extremely coachable. He accepts feedback readily and actions his feedback. He looks for what he needs to do to improve and gets on with doing it,'' FitzGerald said.
''Particularly his ability to win the ball and run with it and we've also been pleased with his ability to work hard without the ball.''
Towers is proof that you don't have to necessarily dominate a league to attract attention. It is perhaps his qualities as a person as well as a player that have got him this far.
He was interviewed by six AFL clubs after the draft camp.
''I'm not afraid to travel, I've been living away from home for three years now,'' he said.
With rookie lists being cut for next season, it is likely that more state league players will be looked at being taken in the national draft rather than as a rookie. The AFL has reduced clubs' rookie lists from six to four.
Other ready-made VFL players in the mix for late picks in Thursday's draft include Frankston's Leigh Osborne, Khan Haretuku and Kyle Martin, Northern Blues midfielder Adam Marcon, Werribee's Ben Ross and Kyle Hartigan, Sandringham's Myke Cook and Adam Cockie and Box Hill's Luke Andrews.


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ALPINE, Texas — For more than a century, rural Texas land has been owned mainly by farm and ranch families who lived there. In recent decades, the countryside has been fragmented into smaller tracts owned increasingly by former urban dwellers or absentee owners seeking closeness to the remaining pastoral lands of Texas. A workshop to be held June 7 will help West Texas landowners learn more about managing for wildlife habitat on smaller properties between two and 2,000 acres.
The workshop is designed to address the growing problem of Texas rural lands being fragmented into smaller tracts, often involving owners who are interested in wildlife conservation but may lack experience in wildlife or land management. Land fragmentation is one of the main threats to wildlife in Texas. It crowds and impairs necessary living space, blocks travel corridors and disrupts access to feeding areas.
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Simple tweak adds an EDGE/3G/4G toggle to the Lumia 900
0. phoneArena posted on 30 Apr 2012, 00:10
Sometimes there are situations where it would be best to slow down your data connection in order to add some additional battery life to your device. The folks over at Mobility Digest discovered a tweak that gives you the ability to choose between EDGE, 3G, or 4G...
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1. JcHnd (Posts: 187; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
simple tweak... and the writer use tweak from south park as illustration... genious!
2. CivicSi89 (Posts: 349; Member since: 23 Jul 2011)
Awesome photo! haha!
3. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Nokia secret code tradition, still there
4. Sangeet (Posts: 232; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Believe me or not Windows Phone 7 is a nice OS. Just needs a bit more developer attention and then just wait and watch that what is is gonna do.
I am really in love with those fluid navigation animations in the whole interface.
The most fluid interface i have ever used, even the IOS feels a little (only a little) bad than Microsoft in terms of the User Interface, of course it is super smooth and is very fluid but the WIndows Phone is something like Magic, on which android doesn't really comes close.
Elegant look, the best experience i have ever had
7. Hunt3rj2 (Posts: 396; Member since: 11 Nov 2011)
Really nice OS, but needs so much more developer love, and so much more hardware love.
I don't care what you say, more power is always a good thing. I want to see S4 LTE phones, truly at a glance information with much more dynamic tiles and notification management.
9. Sangeet (Posts: 232; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
hey windows phone runs super smoothly with a single core processors and what else you want??
single core gives smoothness and quad core would also give the same smoothness the only thing quad cores or a dual core krait processors help is in the benchmarks part only
and yeah.. single core processors are way more than power efficient than the quad core or the dual core ones so according to me windows phone does not need that much power it is the smoothness for what we all care about. that's all
5. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Tweek holding a Lumia. I'd like to see that.
8. tedkord (Posts: 14114; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Why don't manufacturers put that on as default? If you're in a 3g only area, why wouldn't you want to shut off the LTE radio to save power. My thunderbolt didn't have this on release either, and its just silly - especially since LTE is so limited in area right now.


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Why did Wayne have to go and sign Josh Fogg? Vargas is a significant upgrade over Fogg IMO, especially in GABP. Is there still room/time?Brewers Release Claudio Vargas
According to Tom Haudricourt, the Brewers have released 29 year-old starter Claudio Vargas. It's a very surprising move. The Brewers save $2.7MM with the move. Just like that, the Brewers' starting pitching surplus is pretty much gone.
Even if the ERAs haven't been there, you have to credit Vargas for good peripheral stats (6.43 K/9, 3.48 BB/9 for his career). To me he's an affordable #4 starter with the chance to post 175 innings of 4.50 ball. All sorts of pitching-starved clubs should be vying for his services.
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In this article, we will be enabling a multi-screen layout for a Flash-based game menu to work, across devices of varying screen resolutions, seamlessly. The game is a fictional work named "Burning Feathers". It has three separate screens that you can access from the startup menu. These screens should adapt to a variety of layouts, screen sizes, resolutions, and operating systems across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
To see this example in action and emulate a variety of device screens in the browser, click here.
In order to accomplish this, we will be using Flash Professional CS6, the GPU-accelerated Starling framework, and the Feathers UI component and layout library. This combination of tools and libraries allows us to both adapt to changes in dimensions, orientation, and other factors in a way that best leverages the newest features of Stage3D and the accelerated mechanisms available to us in Flash Player and Adobe AIR.
There are certainly other options available to us, but Starling and Feathers are both endorsed and supported by Adobe – making them an excellent choice when targeting the Flash runtimes.
One of the most useful features in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 is the new accelerated graphics rendering engine available through Stage3D (previously known by the codename "Molehill"). This advanced rendering architecture can be used in rendering both 2D and 3D visual objects within the runtime through direct use of the APIs or by implementation of one of the many engines and frameworks that have been built on top of these APIs.
The main benefit of using the Stage3D APIs is that everything will be rendered directly through the system GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). This allows the GPU to assume total responsibility for these complex visual rendering tasks, while the CPU (Central Processing Unit) remains available for other functions. Many high-level frameworks are being built upon Stage3D – making it much more attractive to a wider array of game developers.
To use Stage3D in Flash Player, we must set the wmode to direct if embedding within a web browser. If targeting the AIR runtime, we set the render mode to direct.
Starling is an open source ActionScript 3.0 framework that closely mimics the traditional Flash display list. There are two main benefits to using Starling other than the architectural aspects; it allows a developer to work with Stage3D without having to worry about AGAL and the intricacies of the GPU. It also enables new workflows through the use of texture atlases, particle systems, and other additional constructs.
One of the many great things about Starling is that it is fully supported by Adobe – instilling confidence in the framework for the future in terms of both runtimes and tooling. Starling also supports the Sprite Sheets which can be generated from Flash Professional CS6. The integration of great tooling with these new frameworks is essential to the game development workflow, and Flash Professional makes the task quite easy to perform.
To generate a Sprite Sheet, simply navigate to the MovieClip symbol in your Flash Professional project Library that you wish to translate to a Sprite Sheet and right-click upon it, bringing up the context menu choices. Choose Generate Sprite Sheet from the given options (see Figure 1).
This will open the Sprite Sheet creation dialog box through which we can preview the generated Sprite Sheet and make any necessary adjustments. When generating Sprite Sheets for use in Starling – all we need to do is choose Starling from the Data format drop-down menu (see Figure 2).
Feathers is an open source user interface component library for Starling written by Josh Tynjala. Perfect for use on both desktop and mobile screens, Feathers also includes a number of great layout features which make creating cross-device experiences a breeze. This article will make use of both Starling and Feathers objects in order to achieve a flexible layout example.
The first task is to create a new ActionScript 3.0 document in Flash Professional CS6 and gather all of the libraries needed to perform this. The key is to set everything up in order to leverage the frameworks as much as possible – because that allows us to focus on our game and not the particulars of each and every target device.
When using the traditional display list, Flash Professional allows you to easily scale content which has been laid out upon the stage for various project targets. This allows us to modify our FLA files targeting specific resolutions and devices quite easily. To access this setting, click the wrench button besides the Size setting under Document Settings. This will enable the Document Settings panel through which we can choose to scale all of the assets within the Flash professional stage when resizing the document (see Figure 3). This enables us to create specific application resolutions when using the traditional display list by saving a separate .fla for each device with all documents potentially employing the same codebase. However, this method will not work for any Stage3D content – since Stage3D does not employ the display list.
Before we begin configuring Starling, it is important for us to set up and configure the Flash Professional CS6 project correctly.
There are a few considerations that go into the initial setup of our project in order to prepare it for adaptation for multiple screens when using a Stage3D framework. In Flash Professional, create a new document and have a look at the Properties panel. You'll want to make the following adjustments (see Figure 4):
One more very important step is to be sure the project targets the correct render mode when compiled. This is the case when targeting either Flash Player or AIR.
To access the render mode setting for AIR compilation, click the wrench button to the right of the chosen target in the Properties panel. You will then be able to choose 'Direct' from the render mode options in the General settings tab (see Figure 5).
To access this setting when targeting Flash Player, you must first enter Publish Settings and choose 'Flash (.swf)' from the left column (see Figure 6).
Twirl open the 'Advanced settings' and find the 'Hardware acceleration' drop-down menu and be sure 'Level 1 - Direct' is selected (see Figure 7).
Now that the Flash document is configured properly, we can get into some code. The first thing you will want to do within the Document class constructor function, is to set up the project stage. This is accomplished with the following lines of code to make the layout truly adaptable, and avoid unintelligent scaling upon resize and reorientation.
this.stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
this.stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
When targeting the desktop, you'll also need to emulate a DPI and pixel width in order to have the Feathers components size themselves appropriately. This can be accomplished through the
feathers.system.DeviceCapabilities class and should be set immediately after the previous stage adjustments.
DeviceCapabilities.dpi = 265;
DeviceCapabilities.screenPixelWidth = 480;
DeviceCapabilities.screenPixelHeight = 800;
The only thing left is to initialize Starling so that we can begin working with both Starling and Feathers classes. To do so, we must import
starling.core.Starling and then define our Starling instance as such:
private var starling:Starling;
The best time to actually instantiate Starling is when we are sure that everything is loaded up in our project. We can do so by adding an event listener within our constructor function which will fire upon a COMPLETE event.
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderInfoComplete);
Once the COMPLETE event fires, we are safe to go through and complete the instantiation of our Starling instance and fire it up through the
start() command.
private function loaderInfoComplete(e:Event):void
starling = new Starling(Main, this.stage);
You will notice that when you instantiate our Starling object, you must pass in the class that will act as the Starling view. In this case, we have this class defined as
com.josephlabrecque.multiScreenDemo.Main – and this class extends
starling.display.Sprite. To use Feathers components within this or any other Starling-based class, simply import the components you wish to use from the feathers.* packages and instantiate them upon the stage just as you would any other object.
Depending upon whether the visual objects in use are children of a Feathers screen class or not, will determine how you can handle application resize and general layout. Any class that extends
feathers.controls.Screen will automatically have a number of useful functions that can be overridden which simplifies layout adjustments and is the preferred way to handle this – though there are minimal adjustments to make on the Starling side as well.
The method of handling stage resize across objects will depend upon whether or not they are Feathers components or not. For Starling objects, we must take a more manual approach by listening for a RESIZE event upon the stage and performing similar property modifications upon the relevant objects. To accomplish this, we initially set an event listener upon the stage itself within the document class (
MultiScreenDemo). This is the same class which instantiates the Starling engine and establishes it within our Flash application.
this.stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, stageResized);
Once a resize event is triggered, you can then go through and make any adjustments to the Starling stage and viewport settings in order to ensure you attain the desired project layout.
private function stageResized(e:Event):void
starling.stage.stageWidth = this.stage.stageWidth;
starling.stage.stageHeight = this.stage.stageHeight;
const viewPort:Rectangle = starling.viewPort;
viewPort.width = this.stage.stageWidth;
viewPort.height = this.stage.stageHeight;
starling.viewPort = viewPort;
To adjust individual Starling object position and size, you will add an identical listener to the stage within the appropriate class. For instance, the following function exists within our main Starling class (
private function stageResized(e:Event):void
ps.x = this.stage.stageWidth/2;
ps.y = this.stage.stageHeight+30;
gameMenuBar.width = this.stage.stageWidth;
Once the RESIZE event is detected, we can adjust the position and size of our Starling elements as needed. In the example above, we change the position of our particle system renderer and adjust the width of the menu bar to match the stage.
The Feathers framework is not just components like buttons and switches but also includes a number of useful layout classes. These layout classes can also assist with cross-device positioning calculations since the layout itself can adapt to changes in orientation and resolution.
The Feathers Screen class has a
draw() method which automatically is fired whenever a resize event occurs. This is true for both resize and for orientation change. All we need to do is modify the properties of our components for that particular screen within the
draw() method and everything will redraw as needed.
override protected function draw():void
startButton.x = (this.stage.stageWidth - startButton.width) / 2;
Here we call
validate() upon our Feathers button to make sure all of the properties being reported are updated, and then reposition the element based upon the button width in relation to the size of our stage. This method can be used across all Feathers UI components.
Once we have set the resize listener upon our project to adjust the Starling stage and viewport, have accounted for the layout adjustments for any Starling objects through a similar resize event listener within the main Starling class, and have all Feathers component adjustments accounted for through the
Screen.draw() override functionality… we are actually fairly golden when it comes to compiling the project across devices!
The most important thing to remember when compiling for desktop (Flash Player or AIR) is to force the appropriate DPI and pixel width as demonstrated in the article. Otherwise, you should be able to set a target size for the stage via Flash Professional's Properties panel and everything will adapt to the chosen size once the compiled project is initialized.
Whether targeting iOS or Android; the project will be able to read the capabilities of whatever device it is running on and set component scaling based upon specific pixel width and DPI as reported by the device.
Here we see the application running within an emulated portrait orientation with all of the components and other objects appropriately positioned and scaled (see Figure 13).
Through emulation of landscape mode, we see that everything adjusts happily to the new orientation even though this is the exact same codebase used across desktop and various mobile orientations (see Figure 14).
While there is no way around testing upon actual hardware, the Mobile Device Simulator in Flash Professional CS6 provides a great starting point. When dealing with device orientation – it is quite useful. To test using the simulator when targeting AIR for iOS or AIR for Android, simply choose: Control > Test Movie > In AIR Debug Launcher (Mobile) or when debugging: Debug > Debug Movie > In AIR Debug Launcher (Mobile). The emulated screen dimensions will be based upon your document resolution (see Figure 15).
Flash Professional CS6 supports Retina Display. While not demonstrated here, Starling also comes equipped with the capability for supporting the higher density retina displays available on many of the newer devices, including the iPad 4 and Nexus 10. There are a number of methods for handling this, as explained in this article.
One of the excellent things about using a GPU accelerated framework like Starling together with a compatible components library as provided by Feathers, is that you are not restricted to making any specific type of experience. While Starling is a great platform to build games upon, it is entirely possible to create some rather amazing applications which run upon these libraries as well. The type of adaptable layout we have demonstrated in this article could just as easily be for an application rather than a game.
For more information about Starling, have a look at the API documentation.
Connecting with other users is easy through the Starling forums.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License


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Compact and simple, this bag fits any occasion and outfit. The front stitching is completely handmade using a leather cord. The bag is soft and durable at the same time, because it's made of 100% merino wool felt and real Italian vegetable tanned leather.
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Celiac disease
is a problem some people have with foods that contain gluten. Gluten is a type of
protein found in the grains wheat, barley, rye, and triticale (a wheat-rye cross). When a person with
celiac disease eats gluten, it triggers an immune response that is not normal. This damages the small intestine.
Symptoms of celiac disease can include gas,
bloating, diarrhea, weight loss, fatigue, weakness, and vomiting. Stools may be
bulky, loose, and more frequent. The damage to the intestine also makes it hard
for your body to absorb vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. This can lead
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prevent long-term problems, and still get the nutrition you need.
Gluten is found in
wheat, barley, rye, and triticale (a wheat-rye cross). Common foods that contain gluten include:
Some foods are labeled wheat-free, but this doesn't mean
that they are gluten-free. For example, some food labels list hydrolyzed
vegetable protein. This sounds harmless, but this protein is often made from
wheat and can contain a lot of gluten.
It is okay for people with celiac disease to eat foods
that are labeled wheat-free.
While some foods are labeled wheat-free, this
does not mean that they are gluten-free. It is important for people with celiac
disease to avoid eating any foods that contain gluten. Even the smallest amount
of gluten can cause symptoms in some people.
Continue to Why?
By following a gluten-free eating plan:
After you go on a gluten-free diet, symptoms such as
bloating, gas, and diarrhea usually bother you less or go away within 2 or 3
weeks. Also, your body begins to absorb nutrients normally, and the small
intestine gradually heals.
If celiac disease goes untreated, you
are more likely to get
iron deficiency anemia,
folic acid deficiency anemia, osteoporosis, and other
By eating foods that are free of gluten, you avoid
damaging your intestines.
People who have celiac disease must be on a
gluten-free eating plan. If the disease is left untreated, more severe problems
can start.
Continue to How?
Do not eat
any foods that contain gluten. These include foods made with wheat, barley, rye, or triticale (a wheat-rye cross).
Avoid all beer products unless they say they are gluten-free. Beers
with and without alcohol, including lagers, ales, and stouts, contain gluten unless they specifically say they are gluten-free.
Avoid oats, at least at first. Oats may cause symptoms in some people, perhaps as a result of contamination with wheat, barley, or rye during processing. But many people who have celiac disease can eat moderate amounts of oats without having symptoms. Health professionals vary in their long-term recommendations regarding eating foods with oats. But most agree it is best that people newly diagnosed with celiac disease not eat oats until the condition is well controlled with a gluten-free diet.
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foods such as ice cream, salad dressing, candy, canned and frozen soups and
vegetables, and other processed foods.
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information on gluten-free foods.
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Eating a gluten-free diet isn't easy. But if you take
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On a gluten-free eating plan, you can still drink beer if it is gluten-free. But avoid all beer
products, both with and without alcohol, including lagers, ales, and stouts if they do not say they are gluten-free.
You can also have other alcohol drinks, including wine, liquor (including
whiskey and brandy), liqueurs, and ciders.
You may need to avoid milk and milk products at the
beginning of treatment for celiac disease.
Some people with celiac disease need to avoid
cow's milk and milk products when they first begin treatment. Most people can
slowly add dairy foods back into their diet as the intestine heals. But they
will still need to avoid all foods with gluten.
Continue to Where?
If you have questions about
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mark areas or make notes in the margins where you have questions.
Many communities have celiac disease support groups that
are local branches of national organizations. It can help to join such groups.
Other members of the group can help teach you which foods are gluten-free,
share recipes and meal ideas, and help you learn what foods to avoid.
If you would like more information on celiac disease, the following
resources are available:
CDF provides support, information, and assistance to
people affected by celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. The Web site has information about diet and lifestyle changes, including a quick-start diet guide and lists of gluten-free resources. There is also a Kid's Korner with information especially for children and teens who have celiac disease and for their parents.
This nonprofit, member-based organization has information for people who have
celiac disease and for their families, such as ways they can incorporate a
gluten-free diet into their daily lives.
This organization provides support, education,
awareness, and advocacy to people affected by gluten intolerances.
This clearinghouse is a service of the U.S. National
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U.S. National Institutes of Health. The clearinghouse answers questions;
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If you have questions about following a gluten-free
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Core Center (UAB RPKDCC) has established a NIDDK-funded, interdisciplinary center of excellence in PKD-related research, with specific emphasis on recessive PKD. Among the five Cores, the UAB RPKDCC includes the ARPKD Clinical and Genetic Resource, a Core resource designed to develop a unique set of clinical, genetic, and educational resources for ARPKD. The Core has three primary objectives:
- To extend the observational study of ARPKD initiated by the North American ARPKD Database.
- To provide a mechanism for genetic evaluation of patients with both classic ARPKD and unusual phenotypes of recessive PKD.
- To develop educational tools for physicians and patients regarding the natural history, cause, development and effects of the disease, genetic testing, and clinical trials applicable to ARPKD.
|Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
|Study Type:
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Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|The ARPKD Clinical and Genetic Resource (UAB Recessive PKD Research and Translational Core Center)
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|Estimated Study Completion Date:
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- the clinician will access the Physician Link on the website, type in the patient name and the referring center, and if matched to the patient's report, will receive the unique identifier for that patient. Once this is done, the name of the patient will be deleted from the online database and only the unique identifier will be used. Each clinician permitted to access this website will be tracked with a login procedure that includes a process to verify who is entering the system.
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|Sampling Method:
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Sonographic evidence of diffusely enlarged, echogenic kidneys and at least one additional criteria:
- patho-anatomical diagnosis in an affected sibling, or
- absence of renal cysts in the ultrasound examination of both parents (studies would have been obtained as part of the evaluation of the affected child; parents must be > 30 yo), or
- hepatic fibrosis based on either clinical or histopathologic evidence, or
- parental consanguinity
Exclusion Criteria:
- Urinary tract malformations
- Major congenital anomalies of other systems
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00575705
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|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|Principal Investigator:
|Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, University of Alabama at Birmingham
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00575705 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30DK074038 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|December 13, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 15, 2011
Keywords provided by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK):
cystic kidney disease
polycystic kidney disease
congenital hepatic fibrosis
genetic disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Polycystic Kidney Diseases
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive
Urologic Diseases
Kidney Diseases, Cystic
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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The first shot of the South African War was fired by Boer gunner Jaap van Deventer.
Among the most bitter conflicts of pre-1994 South African history was that between Boer and Briton, which spiralled into the South African War (formerly known as the Anglo-Boer War) of 1899-1902. There are many well-maintained battlefields from the first phase of the war, especially those around the siege towns of Kimberley and Ladysmith.
The second South African War began on 11 October 1899 when the Boers took the offensive on four fronts. The following day the Boers suffered their first defeat at Elandslaagte in Natal.
In the first five months of the South African War, however, that setback was a rarity. They besieged Mafeking and Kimberley on 14 October and Ladysmith two weeks later and, in the field, inflicted a series of embarrassments on the British that culminated in the calamitous disasters at Stormberg (10 December), Magersfontein (11 December) and Colenso (15 December) that came to be known in Britain as 'black week'.
In desperation Britain sent her two top soldiers, Lord 'Bobs' Roberts and his Chief-of-Staff, Lord Kitchener, to halt the devastation. No sooner had they arrived than General Louis Botha captured Spioenkop in Natal on 24 January 1900.
The tide, however, turned in favour of the British as their forces reached full strength. On 15 February Kimberley was relieved, on the 27th General Cronje surrendered at Paardeberg and on 1 March Ladysmith was relieved. Soon after the relief of Mafeking on 17 May, the Orange Free State, then the Transvaal, were annexed to the Crown.
All the siege towns have monuments and museums dedicated to the South African War, with well-organised tours of the battlefields. Especially impressive is Magersfontein, which has an interactive centre, lookout points and a restaurant.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
League of Researchers of South African Battlefields
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Hey my fellow niggas. Wez gots to give da props to our homie Mattsnizle for being one bitch ass unnews head faggot for six smokin' months. So...if you think Mattsnow did a bitchin' job at it...say to him "fuck you bitch". Yeah!
- Fuck you you bitch ass shiz master. Good work...but youz still a fag!. --ShabiDOO 20:16, August 16, 2012 (UTC)
- FU. There. I said it. ~[ths] UotM 20:34, 08/16/2012
- He did such a great job that I didn't know he was doing it, and besides it was never announced. So FU. -- Simsilikesims(♀GUN) Talk here. 23:04, August 16, 2012 (UTC)
- May you be penetrated by the phalluses of a thousand death row inmates. Good work. • Puppy's talk page • 11:36 16 Aug
- Fantastic job, man. I couldn't tell you to go fuck yourself with higher esteem. --FishAreAwesome!!!!111 05:16, August 17, 2012 (UTC)
- This is funny[1]. I just started a new job about a month ago, and the guy who hired me left about a week after I started, so I got his job. And they had a going away party for him. No one told him "fuck you" at the party, but it still feels kind of eerily parallel. Oh, and fuck you, Matt Snow. In every hole. If anyone thought UnNews was bad off under you, now they will know how good they had it. -- GlobalTourniquet: UnAstrologer, UnJournalist, shameless narcissistic America-hating liberal atheist award-winning featured writer 23:26, August 17, 2012 (UTC)
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- "FUCK YOU" if you love Mattsnow. -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 04:55, August 18, 2012 (UTC)
- lololol Zombiebaron you stole my idea. Then I'll have just to say "Fuck you Mattsnow". Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 20:01, 18 August, 2012 (UTC)
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Did you know?
The Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, adjacent to Greenside, date back to 1886.
Greenside doesn't boast the stately homes of its neighbour, Parktown North. Nor the revamped trendy cottages of adjacent Parkhurst. But it does have some of the best restaurants to be found in any Johannesburg suburb.
Once an Afrikaans farm, surprisingly its name is Scottish in origin and many of its leafy streets are named after Scottish golfers and golf courses, such as Gleneagles, Braeside, Mowbray and Greenway.
Greenside is also adjacent to the Parkview Golf Club, established in 1916 by a Scotsman called L.B. Waters, who won the inaugural South African Open in 1903 and went on to win it 3 more times.
The club enjoys the reputation of being one of the friendliest golf clubs in town and the course is known for its superb fairways and greens. The internationally famous golfer Bobby Locke became a member of Parkview Golf Club after winning both the SA Amateur and the SA Open here in 1935.
Greenside is also home to Pirates Rugby Club, Johannesburg's oldest rugby club with a rich history and dedicated members who focus on both the professional and social aspect of the sport. Many overseas players earned their stripes here.
Greenside's hub is Green Square where interior design shops rub shoulders with art colleges, pavement cafés and Paco, arguably the best carpet shop in the city.
Just down the hill from Greenside is Emmarentia Dam, one of Johannesburg's most loved stretches of water. Together with the neighbouring Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, it stretches over 81ha.
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Greenside Residents Association
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Best time to visit
Any time of year, although in spring Greenside blooms brilliantly thanks to its many trees.
Around the area
Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, Parkview Golf Club, Pirates Rugby Club.
Get around
Greenside is best explored on foot.
What to eat
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