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In December, Kyphon Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) announced plans to acquire spinal device manufacturer St. Francis Medical Technologies Inc. (Alameda, CA) for approximately $525 million. Later that month, the company signed agreements to acquire all of the spine-related product assets and associated intellectual property rights of privately held Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies Ltd. (Herzeliya, Israel) and its U.S. subsidiary.
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KEY WEST — A federal report says a ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida Keys is among more than a dozen wrecks nationwide that could pose a serious oil pollution threat.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report was issued to the Coast Guard last week. It lists the Joseph M. Cudahy wreck northwest of Key West among 17 sunken ships recommended for further assessment.
Officials at NOAA and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary plan to survey the wreck in June with autonomous underwater vehicles.
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The Cudahy was an unarmed oil tanker that was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk during World War II as it traveled from Texas to Pennsylvania. Three officers and 24 crewmen died.
The nearly upside-down wreck rests in about 150 feet of water, according to the NOAA report.
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Hi,I've a doubtin a case like this:
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
for(var i = 0; i < array2Length; i++){
for(var i = 0; i < array3Length; i++){
for best practise I should change the i name or not ?
Hi whisher,
I suggest you should keep it like
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){}for(var j = 0; j < array2Length; j++){}for(var k = 0; k < array3Length; k++){}
by this way it will be easy for you to keep track of code
I believe this is one of those areas that is 'personal taste'.There was a time when conservation of the resources (memory) was paramount and, in that case, reuse of variables was a way to minimize the overhead.That is no longer a consideration. Even with an interpreted language like Javascript, there are very few instances where the difference between creating a new [counter] variable and [re]using an existing one is even measurable!
It does make the code more readable (and, hence, easier to debug) if you use variable names that are descriptive and distinctive.In that case, I would recommend something like this:
for(var people = 0; people < peopleArrayLength; people++){
for(var address = 0; address < addressArrayLength; address++){
for(var email = 0; email < emailArrayLength; email++){
Personally, especially for counters, I simply reuse the same - short named - variable everywhere. Either 'i', as you have here or 'x' or 'c' (for counter).
Just to add my 2c worth:
I do the same as Thom.If I declare a throw-away variable, for example for a counter, I always call it i.
If I nest for loops then I increment the variable accordingly.E.g.
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
for(var i = 0; i < array2Length; i++){
for(var i = 0; i < array3Length; i++){
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
for(var j = 0; j < array2Length; j++){
for(var k = 0; k < array3Length; k++){
Not sure if that is best practise, but I cannot think of any reason (apart from readability, as Thom mentioned above) why it might be a bad thing.
Thanks everybody for the feedback.
If you move all the variable declarations to the top of their scope then you will not have the var being repeated multiple times in the code unnecessarily. For example:
(function() {"use strict";
var i, array1Length, array2Length, array3Length;
for(i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
for(i = 0; i < array2Length; i++){
for(i = 0; i < array3Length; i++){
One of my favorite patterns (especially in Javascript) is this:
var i = {length of array}
while (i--) {
//do something important with the array using the index 'i'
The only [perhaps undesirable] effect of this is that the array is iterated in reverse order. But the syntax is small and concise.
My first thought about that is "is there a special reason why you're iterating over it in reverse order?"Closely followed by "Is he wanting to optimising for speed? What is it in this loop that has such a high demand?"Most often followed up by "Oh, the code doesn't need such performance enhancements. He's doing this instead to demonstrate that he knows about such techniques."
So in summary, what is the code saying to the person who will be reading it?
In terms of loops though, I agree with Felgall in all parts, except for the parenthesis hanging off the end.
I prefer to use:
(function () {
So that the normal consistent structure of a function is maintained, where the braces are directly followed by the parenthesis for arguments.
As an aside, I was watching Crockford yesterday lampoon the use of i++ instead of i += 1.
i += 1
Anyhow, I've been learning about the different ways to invoke functions, and am surprised at how many ways there are to call functions. I've been intrigued over the difference between
(function () {
(function () {
Is there a subtle difference in meaning? It seems weird that it can be either way around.
In both cases, the function is changed from being a function declaration to a function expression, by wrapping parenthesis around the whole lot.Due to it now being a function expression, it can also be invoked at the same time, which gives us a self-invoking (or executing) function.
With the first example the () parenthesis invokes the function, all of which are wrapped by the parenthesis that allow it to be a function expression.With the second example, the () invokes the whole lot that's wrapped by the outer parenthesis.
The outcome for both are exactly the same, so whichever one you use tends to come down to a matter of personal style and taste. Or it can be due to a style guide that you follow.
For me, I prefer the former, because it's more consistent with how other function expressions are used.
var invokedFunction = function () {
Bad developer! Bad! Bad! Making extraneous loops where they are not necessary......that could also cause problems depending on what happens inside the loops - you could end up with different results. :shifty:
I would also agree with felgall and paul - declare the variable once and reuse it. Declaring it multiple times is a waste of resources (CPU/memory/time, etc). If you can reuse it, then by all means do so. This is one lesson that I WISH the educators of today would reintroduce - it's one of the things I learned early on (back in the mainframe days). Coding for speed and efficiency will usually end up with the most elegant solution.
Bang to rights!
Man, the kids today with their quad-core, hyperthreading i7 processors and their 20GB of Corsair DDR3 RAM!I just want to go back to the good old days of huge mainframes with 2000+ vacuum tubes.Days when micro-optimization made a difference!
On a serious note, this is very true.
Just out of interest, you're not saying that there's anything wrong with nested for loops, are you?
Yeah because like Guido, he thinks we're somehow capable of reading complicated code but will fall into fits of confusion if someone does i++. I honestly don't understand the thinking there, and I strongly miss my i++/i-- in Python.
I like the plus because it looks funky:+function(){foobarbaz;}();
Backwards is great when you're screwing with the array as you go, like, deleting stuff. That way, your index number doesn't change for the remaining items.
Well, I heard John Resig say JS finally has list comprehensions as stolen from Python, which means you don't necessarily have to have nested for loops (but in Python, the compiler is optimised for them so they're almost always a better choice than actual nested for loops, unless you think readability is an issue).
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
if (array1[i].has-a.Foo) {
for(var j = 0; j < array2Length; j++){
[j for i in array1 if Foo in i for j in array2]
i think.
I wouldn't mind having these available for my (non-nested) for loops, since often in my non-libraried JS I'm making throwaway loops all the time to separate out some DOM elements or whatever.
I know you were joking, but it's amazing how convoluted I see things nowadays - and how people are so amazed that just simplifying the logic makes the app work faster.....the copy/paste method of developing sigh
Nope, not at all. There's nothing wrong with them at all.
The reason why I replied was I noticed your code would create a different result than his sample. His sample had three distinct loops, which ran separately - yours were nested.
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){ echo("i = " & i);}
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){  echo("i = " & i);}
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){  echo("i = " & i);
}
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){ for(var j = 0; j < array2Length; j++){ for(var k = 0; k < array3Length; k++){ echo("k = " & k); } }}
Results would be totally different - but then I noticed his original post, which could be read to be asking about nesting the loops, which your answer would work for.
Ah okay, then I fear we got our wires crossed a little.What I actually meant was that I would personally leave the code just as the OP had it:
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){ console.log("loop 1"); }
for(var i = 0; i < array2Length; i++){ console.log("loop 2"); }
for(var i = 0; i < array3Length; i++){ console.log("loop 3"); }
(Although in hindsight, I would take on board felgall's and Paul's suggestions)
However, jimmybrion had previously suggested changing the variable names to 'i', 'j' and 'k'.This is by no means wrong, but I was making the point that I would only do this if the loops were nested:
for(var i = 0; i < array1Length; i++){
for(var j = 0; j < array2Length; j++){
for(var k = 0; k < array3Length; k++){
And further on from there, it would be useful to consider changing them from i,j,k if the named counterparts result in making the intention of the code easier to understand.
Because it is a standard practice to use i as a loop index, if the intention of the loop is for something else then that a good time to to use something else other than i, so that people don't misunderstand what the index is being used for.
Just to clarify, do you mean like Thom's example?
for(var people = 0; people < peopleArrayLength; people++){ ... }
for(var address = 0; address < addressArrayLength; address++){ ... }
for(var email = 0; email < emailArrayLength; email++){ ... }
I've just been reading up on this. It seems they're called Array Comprehensions and are available as of JavaScript 1.7
This effectively means that instead of this:
var nums = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], greaterThanFive = [];
for(var i=0; i < nums.length; i++){
if (nums[i] > 5){
I can write this:
var nums = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
var greaterThanFive = [i for (i of nums) if (i > 5)]
And instead of this:
var nums = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]], greaterThanFive = []
for(var i=0; i < nums.length; i++){
for(var j=0; j < nums[i].length; j++){
if (nums[i][j] > 5){
I can write:
var nums = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
var greaterThanFive = [j for (i of nums) for (j of i) if (j > 5)]
I didn't know you could do that. Thanks, poes.
N.B. They're horrid examples, I know, and could certainly be written better. I just wanted to play around with the comprehension thingies.
Yes, something like that. Good examples tend to be difficult to come up with because as soon as they're created, other forms of structures are seen to be better.
But for the sake of example, I'm meaning something like this:
for (width = 0, width = maxWidth; width += 1) {
for (height = 0, height = maxHeight; height += 1) {
doSurfaceThingAt(width, height);
for (depth = 0, depth = maxDepth; depth += 1) {
doSomethingAt(width, height, depth);
So that you end up with
doSomethingAt(width, height, depth);
Instead of
doSomethingAt(I, j, k);
Or even
doSomethingAt(x, y, z);
Because is y gong vertical, or is it an x/y plane on the ground? Such questions are easily answered with more expressive names.
I think the use of i, j etc for loop variables goes back to ForTran where i was the first single character integer variable name - all the earlier letters of the alphabet were for floating point.
Best practice is to use one var statement at the top of the function to declare all the variables at the spot where JavaScript itself will actually declare them. That way the code matches the way it will run and it is far easier to see which variables the function uses as they are all together in one place at the top of the function.
Thanks for the explanation, Paul. It's also nice to know the names 'function expression', as now I can look it up. (Was having trouble working out what that syntax was called.)
You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taaEzHI9xyY&t=50m50s . I guess he is talking from a high level here, but still, he makes a fair point (that x += 1 isn't necessarily exactly the same as x++). I also like his little joke, that "the last popular language with point arithmetic was C++, a language so bad it was named after this operator".
Egad, another one? I hadn't come across that one.


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Robert Newton Craycroft obituary
13 Oct 1987 — San Jose, California
DATE: Tuesday, October 13, 1987, Section: Local, Edition: Morning Final, Page: 5B
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Los Gatos surgeon Robert N. Craycroft, 70, died of cancer Friday at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose.
A ninth-generation American, Dr. Craycroft opened his Los Gatos practice in the middle 1960s. He retired earlier this year.
The Craycroft family traces its American ancestry to the March 15, 1641, arrival of two Craycroft brothers from London in Jamestown Colony. Descendants settled in what would later become Indiana in 1750 and Craycroft's father, the late John Craycroft, came to California from Illinois in the late 1880s.
An amateur sportsman, Dr. Craycroft raced both cars and boats, the latter in San Francisco Bay, the former at Pebble Beach, Laguna Seca and Bakersfield. He also collected classic cars and at one time owned a 1931 V-16 Cadillac Phaeton. Bob Gillespie of Watsonville, a retired commercial and Navy pilot and friend of Dr. Craycroft, said the Los Gatos physician was a good pilot as well. Only recently, the two had shared ownership of a P-51 Mustang, one of the hottest fighter planes to come out of World War II.
''Among our flying friends were Hap Harper and the late Bob Love," recalled Gillespie.
Harper is reported to have introduced air traffic reporting on radio in the Bay Area in 1957. San Josean Love is credited with having shot down seven Russian-built MIG-15 fighter planes over Korea during that war.
Dr. Craycroft, who was born in Fresno, moved with his parents to Richmond to live as a young man and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley, then went to the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco.
He was exempted from military duty during World War II because of a shortage of civilian doctors and in 1943 was assigned to Tulare County Hospital as a resident.
Dr. Craycroft returned to Berkeley after the war and opened a private practice there, where he began his long surgical career.
Surviving are his wife, Martha Craycroft of Los Gatos; four daughters, Colette Craycroft of Santa Barbara, Anne Craycroft of San Jose and Yvonne and Janet Craycroft, both of Santa Clara; and a son, Warren Craycroft, a computer design engineer temporarily working in France.
The rosary service will begin at 7:30 p.m. today at St. Frances Cabrini Church, 15333 Woodard Road, San Jose. Funeral services will be held at the church at noon Wednesday followed by burial at Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara.


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Leading corporate directors and business figures in Canada and beyond answer the question: Should there be quotas for women on boards of publicly traded companies?
Guylaine Saucier Director of Bank of Montreal, France-based AREVA Group and Wendel Group It was difficult as a woman to be on a board in France. When they imposed quotas, I was interviewed by a few journalists at the time. Quite frankly, I spoke against quotas. But now we are a year and a half in implementing this new legislation, and I'm beginning to evolve. Yes, they appointed some token women, no doubt about that. But at the same time, I do see coming on board women that really were not known and are really good.... And I'm sure I can bet you that they would never have been invited to boards without this legislation... It's still a little bit early, so it's very difficult to see how well it is integrated in the whole process of appointments. But I am more pleasantly surprised than I thought I would be.
(Christinne Muschi for The Globe and Mail)
Leslie Rahl Director of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, founder of Broads on Boards women directors group in New York City I hate the idea of quotas for anything. But on the other hand, we did have an interesting discussion at one of our meetings last year, and I think we all agreed that as much as we dislike quotas, we doubted anything was going to happen to change the dynamic in our lifetime unless someone did something fairly dramatic. Preferably they'll find a different name because the name is just so offensive. But it's not going to happen organically.... I see how long it's taken to get where we are. It will happen some day, but not in my lifetime. It's not going to really happen unless there's some exogenous stimulus. But hopefully it will be something that, even if it behaves like a quota, they'll find another name for it.
Phyllis Yaffe Chair of Cineplex Entertainment, director of Torstar Corp. and Astral Media Inc. This is a very slow iceberg to move. And I'm not sure a law with the kind of recourse that the Norwegian law has is appropriate for Canada. But I do think that asking people to step up and change the reflection of our society on boards is an absolutely crucial thing to do. I think if you leave it to peoples' best intentions there will be very slow and very minimal change. If you say there are rules about these things, Canadians follow rules. And I know when you say the word 'quota' people always get their backs up and that becomes the issue .... So I'm hesitant to say the word 'quota' because I real how difficult that is for people to get their head around. But then I ask, 'What is the solution to changing things faster than the next 30 or 40 years? ... What is the answer if it's not targets or quotas or rules or something that says to people, take this seriously and work at it?'
(Tory Zimmerman/The Globe and Mail)
David Beatty Chairman of Inmet Mining Corp. I think moral suasion is the way to do it, and Canada is particularly well suited to moral suasion. It's a smaller community, less fractious, less litigious, less abrasive. And I guess I don't think we've finished with that yet. So before I got to [former French finance minister] Christine Lagarde's position [of mandating quotas], I'd probably give it another five years to see how we do.... I think making awareness the Number One job for the next little while to me is the first logical step. And when I ask in class at the Directors Education Program ... I think the universal response from women is, 'I would like to be chosen as a director on a board because of my own skills, competence and experience, thank you very much.'
Liv Monica Stubholt Senior vice-president of strategy and communications at Norway's Kvaerner ASA, former Norwegian deputy minister of petroleum and energy I've seen people go from skeptical – not like gravely opposed, I haven't really heard anyone be aggressive about it – but men being very skeptical to acknowledging that [a quota] has an overall beneficial effect. And very few have said that this has been a bad thing after it was introduced. There was a fair amount of opposition upon its adoption, but it has all but been completely silenced from what I hear, not the least because everyone seems to agree that the quota requirement has professionalized the candidate search and selection benefiting the overall board composition both with regard to male and female candidates.
Stella Thompson Director of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., First Calgary Financial I think even the threat of quotas would be very healthy. I've suggested setting firm targets of let's say 20 per cent for all boards of publicly traded companies over a certain size. If it were not met by some reasonable time period, then quotas would be considered.... What I've observed is that the times that changes have happened to the standards of governance is when it's been forced from outside. So setting a target with a threat of a quota – and a need to explain why you're not meeting the target – I think would work. You start out with "comply or explain" and then if it's not happening, things get tougher.
Kathleen Sendall Director of Paris-based CGGVeritas and director of Enmax Corp. We've been talking about these kinds of issues for a long time, and it hasn't really moved the needle. People don't generally change unless there's something to push them a bit to change. I think the status quo is a pretty strong immovable force.... If you had asked me this question three years ago, I would have said, "Absolutely not. There's no reason why boards shouldn't be bringing on experienced, educated, articulate, strategic-minded women onto their boards. And there are lots of them around and eventually those women will make their way onto boards." But I'm not as positive about that any more, because I see a lot of those women who aren't making their way onto boards.
Gail Cook-Bennett Chair of Manulife Financial Corp. I'm in a sector where there's an awful lot of regulation, and I would prefer that the board has more rather than fewer degrees of freedom in making decisions. And if you can do it – as I think we have, we've made good progress – naturally I'm going to resist anything more formal. But I don't think it hurts to think in terms of internal guidelines.... We had no problem in stating an internal goal here at Manulife.... The one thing that I haven't heard a lot about is the question of how you strategize and how you effectively manage a [director] search firm. I've seen it done poorly and I've seen it done well. When it's done well, you've got the right search partner who is essentially out in the market all the time for you. That's essentially what we do – we have somebody out in the market for Manulife all the time.
(Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail)
David Denison Director of Royal Bank of Canada and BCE Inc., retired CEO of Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board I think there's merit in that [requiring disclosure of a board's diversity plan] quite frankly. It's not going down the quota route, but it's identifying a guideline – a best practice, if you will. The act of disclosure is a powerful incentive for organizations to take an issue like that seriously.... Over and over again where you see an issue around clear disclosure and companies having to explain what it is they do, whatever their practice is, it does influence the outcome, no question around it. I think that would have a salutary effect in Canada.
Stan Magidson CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors, an association of 5,000 Canadian board members I think as a general observation we don't view regulation and legislation as a panacea for getting things done. We prefer to see companies and boards come to the right decisions and go at it in that fashion.... What we would say is if the market is failing, if companies aren't making progress in this direction, I guess at some point you have to ask yourself is more required here. Personally, we actually do think progress is being made here. From our discussions with folks who think about these issues, diversity we do think is top of mind in the boardroom. We think you will see movement in this direction.
Eileen Mercier Chair of Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, director of Intact Financial Corp. and CGI Group Inc. Even if you truly believe this is the best way to go – and in my more frustrated moments I think that if nobody moves for any other reason, you have to find a way of putting some kind of penalty on the table if they don't – it's not going to happen here [in Canada] because we've just got too many governmental bodies that would have to agree to something like this.... If I could wave my magic wand, there would be a "comply or explain" regime, simply because we've had that work before for us. If I were the OSC or the TSX or whoever, I think there is no reason at all why I wouldn't go that way.
Mary Mogford Director of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. and Nordion Inc. I'm personally not comfortable with quotas. I always like to believe that we in Canada can evolve and change for the better because it's the right way to do things rather than have change imposed on us through regulation and legislation. And we've done that in other areas .... But the stats just don't seem to support my view that we can do it ourselves. I guess that's where I've evolved to. I used to think we could do it ourselves, but I'm not sure we can. I guess the question is what do we do? .... The different approaches that involve targets – comply or explain – is one option.... If you think about what we've done in Canada around governance more generally, we've often done the route of comply or explain with best practices.... I do like the target-setting and disclosure model.
Beatrix Dart Executive director of Initiative for Women in Business at the University of Toronto, director of EllisDon Corp. If you really want to change something, I think it has to be done by legislation. I don't think you can expect on a voluntary basis that anything will change. It's just too much 'who you know.' .... I think it would have to fit the culture. I can't imagine in Canada it would be "comply or we'll shut you down." I can't imagine that would work in the Canadian culture. But you don't want to be completely toothless either, because what's the point of having it? So there has to be some happy medium.
(Rosa Park for The Globe and Mail)
Patrick O'Callaghan Chair of Women on Board mentoring program Our view is that something is needed, but likely not quotas. I think we just need to raise the profile of the issue. From my experience, quotas aren't embraced by the women themselves because quotas force companies into sort of ... a sense of tokenism. Boards really need to think through what they require on the board and embrace what is needed on the board and the value of having background skills diversity on the board... It can change. You take a little [mentoring] program like ours – a carefully thought out program with an opportunity for a small group of women – this can work as well at raising the issue.
(Simon Hayter for The Globe and Mail)
Beverley Behan Board consultant, founder of Board Advisor There are great women and men directors out there, but boards need to roll of their sleeves and do a lot more in their director talent searches than wading into the same shallow pool where everyone else is constantly trawling. Boards who are about excellence are the ones who do this – and they are rewarded with men and women who really add value at their board tables. And if quotas come, most of these boards will have no problem meeting them.... Unless boards get more proactive about the appointment of women directors, I believe they are soon going to find themselves facing legislation of this nature. Unfortunately, many boards are so compliance-focused that without some kind of regulatory requirement, they often won't take action to move the dial.
Celine Hervieux-Payette Liberal Senator, sponsor of private member's Senate bill requiring quotas for women on boards It's an economic decision that we're making. If we're supporting women on boards it's because they would be bringing something to the performance of the company. It's not charity. It's not a right. It is in fact an intelligent decision so that the company is doing better. It's not feminist. It's just a good self-serving decision for a company.... When you have a distortion in the system whereby the most talented are not asked to contribute, you understand that this is creating frustration. And it's not giving the best performance to the company.


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Diwali is one of the most important holidays within the Hinduism religion. Translated as "The Festival of Lights," Diwali is a fun and exciting holiday that adults and kids alike look forward to all year around.
Diwali is one of the most important holidays within the Hinduism religion. Translated as "The Festival of Lights," Diwali is a fun and exciting holiday that adults and kids alike look forward to all year around.
One of the main traditions of Diwali derives from the root of the actual word "Diwali," which means "row of lamps." People who celebrate Diwali light clay oil lamps that are a symbol of "good." Families celebrate Diwali by decorating their homes in traditional folk art, lighting the "diyas," which are the oil lamps and enjoy lots of sweet and spicy foods. Here's a few of the Web's best inspiration for foods and crafts you can enjoy as you celebrate Diwali this year.
Sweet Carrot Halwa and Gulab Jamun Cupcakes
Indian desserts are some of the yummiest around. Carrot halwa is sweet grain dish made with carrots and gulab jamun are spongy milk balls served a warm syrup. But when you combine these two together, you're in for a sweetness explosion you'll be wanted to enjoy all year round, not just during Diwali.
This amazing recipe from The Cupcake Project just makes our mouths water!
Savory Crunchy Snacks for Diwali
In most South cuisines, crunch and savory snacks are a popular pre-meal dish people like to enjoy. They are snacked on just as much potato chips are loved here in the States. Kobbari Chegodilu is one common type of salty and spicy snack dish you can make to celebrate Diwali with.
This recipe found here makes for a savory afternoon snack in between Diwali celebrations with the family.
Diwali Elephant Craft
If you are looking to get the kids in the Diwali spirit by crafting up their own elephants with this easy tutorial from Patti Crafts.
Using foam, the kiddies will love crafting up these fun elephants.
DIY Salt Dough Candle Holders
The kids will love rolling up their sleeves and making these fun candle holders made out of actual salt dough featured on Nurture Store.
Have them decorate with sequins, pins and glitter paint to jazz up their candle holders.
Decorate Your Own Diyas
"Diyas" is hindi for "oil lamps" that are usually made out of clay. Making them the PERFECT item to customize and craft up to your style.
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Make an Edible Rangoli Design
Rangoli is a type of Indian art that people decorate their floors and pavement on yards with. The intricate pattern is color and beautiful full of symbolic meaning within the religion of Hinduism. We love this edible version of rangoli featured on Little Food Junction.
They created this edible rangoli with sprouts,veggies and boiled lentils for a yummy rangoli inspired food dish.
Rangoli in the Form of a Cookie
Desserts took the rangoli pattern one step further by decorating sugar cookies with the intricate and beautiful rangoli pattern.
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CyberPowerPC FangBook Gaming Notebook Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on 5/1/2013 12:01 AM EST
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blackmagnum - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkFall CPU and GPU updates are so near. A gaming laptop >$1,500 is a tough decision. Maybe if they run a trade-in program... Reply
Meaker10 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkPowernotebooks sell a tweaked 680m version of a better version of this case that scores around 8000 in 3dmark 11 ;) so you can get 780m performance today. Reply
darkhawk1980 - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkOr just get an MSI GT70, which is what this, and the iBuyPower's chassis are based off of, as well as it's internals. I got one last October with a GTX680M in it, and it's great. Reply
MoneyLoo - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - link@darkhawk I think it's important to note that the keyboard on the msi gt70 is utter crap and after two months of my palm moving the trackpad mouse inadvertently and registering clicks elsewhere on the screen that would cause my typing to become garbled and fragmented I was so frustrated with this pc that I sent it back and absorbed the restocking fee! Reply
StormyParis - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkFangBook. That sounds like an awkward name for something targeted at teens. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkIt also looks like it's straight out of what teens were thought to like in the 80s... Reply
a1strank - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkMan this thing looks like my 1998 Compaq Pentium 3... Reply
dakishimesan - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkthis looks like my 1998 toyota camry. Reply
l_d_allan - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkor an angry kitchen appliance? Reply
Darkstone - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkIs that thing really 3.1 Kg???
Have you tested the cooling? Notebookcheck measures quite server throtteling issues onder prime95 and furmark, with the CPU throtteling to 1.2Ghz and shutdown due to undersized power supply. Whereas the M17x keeps the temperature under 85° without throttling. Reply
kjohio - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkExcellent observation. Heat is definitely a big issue while playing games. Would love to have any updates on this topic. Thanks, Reply
darkhawk1980 - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkSince this chassis is based off the older MSI GT70, the most likely cause is that it has the same problems the GT70 did in production, and that the heatsink compound and heatsinks were not done properly, do you were not getting efficient cooling. After re-applying compound and remounting the heatsinks, it should be better. Atleast, if this is based on the GT70 as much as it looks like. They could have skimped on the heatsink more than MSI did, which might help explain the heat issues. Reply
whyso - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkDoes the 7950m even exist? I've never seen it. Reply
cknobman - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkI'd rather have the MSI GX60 for $1200.
It boasts a 7970m and is overall a nicer laptop.
TH did a review on it yesterday and while it lacked the raw cpu horsepower of some of the intel models the review proved that when it came to games it really did not make that big of an impact and it could still play everything at max settings on 1920x1080. It also had pretty decent battery life. Reply
Bob Todd - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkThat's actually a very interesting gaming laptop. I love the tear down pics of the cooling design. CPU performance obviously isn't earth shattering but about the only intensive thing I do on my laptop these days is playing the occasional game anyway. I wish they made a more subtle looking version. Also, I checked the usual places and the versions they are selling lack the dual mSATA RAID 0 array. It's still a good deal of gaming performance for the money, but the SSDs would make it a pretty phenomenal piece of gaming kit for the money. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkConsumer SSD raid0 is a benchmark chasers/suckers gimmick only. You won't notice the performance difference vs a single larger drive any more than you will the difference between a cheap and high performance SSD.
You will however have doubled your risk of losing data to a drive failure. Reply
Bob Todd - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkUnderstood, and I don't really care that it's set up as a RAID 0 array. What I'm really after is just mSATA (or NGFF now) + 9.5mm HDD. I'll gladly give up a few millimeters in any laptop for a full height HDD. Newegg had the HGST 1TB drives for $65 for quite a while. That plus a 256GB mSATA is an ideal setup for me. Unfortunately Lenovo seems to be the only manufacturer including mSATA/NGFF support into most of their lineup. And I wouldn't really care if they throw two mSATA drives in RAID 0. I have sysprep'd OS images set up how I want them, and anything important goes to a home server with 2 disk redundancy, with the stuff I really care about in the cloud as well. I screw around with my hardware enough that wiping the system drives on any of them isn't going to make me lose any sleep. If one of the mSATA drives died I'd just replace it and restore from the last daily backup. Reply
Majes - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkI was pretty dissapointed in the MSI GX60... The video card did not switch as advertised for some of my games, and was quite a hassle to deal with. Would have rather they just put in the 7970m as a dedicated card than do all the switching based on program. I returned my laptop in less than a week I was so dissatisfied.
My two cents anyway :-/ Reply
will54 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linknotebookcheck reviewed the GX60 a while back and the CPU bottlenecked the GPU so bad that some games were below the 660M and 3630QM. Reply
whyso - Thursday, May 02, 2013 - linkThe a10 bottlenecks quite badly. It can be seen in the toms hardware review or the notebookcheck review. Even looking at the bf3 singleplayer benchmarks we see a cpu problem at lower settings (and looking at other bf3 reviews practically any cpu will not bottleneck bf3 singleplayer). BF3 multiplayer is going to kill this thing. Hitman is flat out unplayable. You can see a lot in that review that in a lot of games you are limited to only 40-50fps in current and old games, as hardware requirements rise you are going to be cpu limited to 30 fps or below.
In my opinion gpu bottleneck is much preferable to cpu bottleneck. You can always work around a gpu bottleneck but a cpu bottleneck is much harder. Its better to have a laptop than can play all games on average settings than one that can play 75% of games on high and 25% not at all. Reply
Freeseus - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkI think this is the first Anandtech article I've been unable to finish. This laptop is so atrocious I literally didn't care about the specs or price point. Reply
will54 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkWhen I looked at the customization page a month ago I thought they had a 680M for about $250 and they had a dozen different keyboard options. I never did buy it just because that lid is so ugly. Call me shallow but looks matter when they are that ugly. Reply
Madn3ss795 - Thursday, May 02, 2013 - linkThis and the MSI GT70 come from the same factory? Reply
superflex - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkReminds me of my first Compaq Armada Pentium II size wize. Of course the Compaq wasn't nearly as ugly.
Looks like it was designed by a bunch of boy racer wannabees.
The only thing missing is some carbon finer inlays? Reply


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After what seemed an eternity, NASCAR Cup Series teams began shaking down the new Gen6 race car this past week in the first of three test sessions to prepare for the 2013 season. In an effort to keep the fans informed, Robin Pemberton, Vice President of Competition, sat down with the press to review the tests last week in Daytona.
The new-look race car gave the vision of stepping back in time to a day when the street car looked like the race car and vise-versa. The on track results were encouraging as well and Pemberton had high praise for the new design.
"We were ready to be hands-on," commented Pemberton on the feedback from the session. "We felt like we did our homework on this working with the manufacturers and the teams and came down here and it was pretty straightforward. It feels good right now."
The goal of the new design was to create better racing action for the fans. NASCAR hoped to accomplish that by reducing the dependency on aerodynamics and giving the mechanics more control of how the car performs on the track.
"The springs are softer and the spoilers are smaller," continued Pemberton on some of the changes. "The single-car speeds are a little bit quicker than last year. That was a goal. Our pack speeds are the same or down a little bit. So that was another one of our goals."
NASCAR might have been right on the money with the setup for Daytona but, the drivers have a little more learning to do with the new design as a multicar accident sent many teams home early.
Marcos Ambrose's crew was one of the Ford teams that had to cut its test short, and felt the incident was due to the new car.
"Well, certainly we used to get greedy with the old cars," said Ambrose after the accident. "It was very easy to bump draft. You had a good square surface to push from. So I definitely think it's a consequence of the new shape. The new car's very light, and it doesn't take much."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. took blame for starting the pileup and agreed with Ambrose the new car will take some getting used to on the super speedways.
"You definitely gotta be more careful pushing people," acknowledged Earnhardt. "The cars are really tail happy and real loose because of the down force they have on the back of the cars. So a little bit more of a handful, especially in the draft toward the back of the draft where the air is real dirty."
Pemberton knows that the teams will figure it out once Speedweek begins in a few weeks, but was satisfied with the results.
"There's more opportunity for downforce to be created in the splitter area with under-body work that is cleaner air," observed Pemberton. "Hopefully that will tend to allow the cars to behave better around other cars."
With Daytona a success, now the attention focuses on the mile and a half test being held in Charlotte. If the results are similar there, this should be a very exciting NASCAR season.
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Should we write in American English or English English (as I like to call it) on our blog posts. It feels kind of odd writing in American English, particularly using color instead of colour.
You can see more on the dialects here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English. I live in a commonwealth country and we use the same English and people do from England, I am also biased in that I grew up in the UK. I think even HTML was founded by an English chap but colour is still coded as color in the then HTML property.
What should we do and why?
For the record I am using American English because it's the spellchecker on my WP site and I feel the Internet's main form of English. Would make an interesting argument if search engines differentiated between the two of them, considering search engines take synonyms into account.
I would have thought the answer was obvious. You write in the language or style of the audience you are addressing. If your blog is aimed at Americans, use American vocabulary and spellings. If it is aimed at Britons, use British words and spellings. If it is aimed at non-English speaking people, use whichever style you feel most comfortable with.
Using a particular variation just because that's the one offered by your spell-checker doesn't sound like a good policy. It's up to you to decide how you want to write. If the spell-checker doesn't support that, either get a different spell-checker or do without.
One other point, it's not a choice between American and "English". Although some people might disagree, American is English. If you meant the type of English that they speak in the UK, then the term is British. You might not think that matters, but where I live there are a lot of people who say it does.
Just noticed, your from Scotland.
It's all about the audience, but what if your audience is everybody, what if you're a global audience. What type/variation of English would you use in such examples? I have been looking at mashable and they use American-English because their audience is everybody. The founder Pete Cashmore is also from Scotland, so you can see where I am getting at.
This is really an issue of spelling rather than language. Spelling—strictly speaking—is not a language issue. (It's just the graphical representation of language, which is different.) Use whatever spelling you are most comfortable with. If you feel your main audience is in the US, placate them with their own spelling, like the SitePoint editors do.
... okay, but why are more websites using American spelling rather than English. I will be using American spelling on my site, but irrespective of this there are more people who use the internet with the English spelling rather than the American, and with the greatest respects to any Americans out there, there are probably more countries that recognize the English spelling rather than the American. I completely agree with your statement of sticking to the audience, but the it's hard to ignore than many British websites are using American spelling who strive for a global audience.
use Canadian English -- it lets you spell words colourfully and does not insist that you standardize anything
what's more, both the yanks and the limeys like it
You ask why more sites use American spelling than British spelling. That's probably because the sites you are looking at are either written by Americans, or for Americans, or both. But that doesn't have anything to do with what's right for your site.
For your site, you've got to use whichever is most natural for your audience. If the audience is truly international, then use whichever is most appropriate for the nature of the site. For example, as a journalist, I write articles for American magazine publishers. I always use American spelling, and I try to write in an American "voice". But in my own blog, which tells of my experiences as a resident of Edinburgh, I naturally use British. In this forum, I use British spelling because the audience is completely international, and I don't see any reason to favour one over the other.
Also, please stop using the word "English" as meaning something other than American. As I tried to explain earlier, American and British are both forms of English - as are many others. American and English are not mutually exclusive.
You completely crack me up! :rofl:
I agree with RalphM. Aside from the fact that you are less likely to make a mistake in your own "graphical interpretation" of the language, a big part of writing is the integrity of the author. Don't try to be someone you aren't just to "fit in". We Americans can handle "colour" and "honour" (although standardise does give us a turn :D) but just like any people we can't handle dishonezty (sp on purpose -- it's a joke!) Although not a heinous crime, if you are British and writing in "American" it does smack of dishonesty (there I do know how to spell it!).
When I write for a British company, I use a British spell checker. When I write for an American company, I write in American English and I generally ask those outside of the US which flavour they prefer.
By the way... another important part of writing is to be consistent (just like I have here) in whichever vernacular you choose.
I personally write in English because American and not British American because it is easier to optimize in that way. When my customized wordpress blogs hit the keyword requirement, it can also lure customers to my page and I can inform them on my products and services - and that is the whole point of Internet marketing.
another important part of writing is to be consistent (just like I have here) in whichever vernacular you choose.
Consistency is important. I don't mind using color, honor and standardize. I think many of us have grown accustomed to American British (or whatever the term might be) and it's not really an issue for me or my blog.
Thanks Miki and ShyFlower for your advice. I will write with American English spelling, there aren't that many words anyhow which are different. Looking at the table I use most. American TV (Friends, Friends etc.) has made most of us use those words without knowing. http://www.textfiles.com/fun/brittish.txt
Care to elaborate on that? Who are you targeting?
Just like everything else, write for your targeted reader.
If your writing as yourself as a commonwealth citizen then use your natural spelling. If your writing for a British site then use the Queen's english and if your writing for an American site or an American audience then use the American spelling.
Personally, I doesn't really think it makes much of a difference to most readers your spelling may end up acting as an "accent" on the net but in the end it is no different than talking to somebody from AustralIa or Scotland.
and remember that your <> you're in all versions of english
I've learnt British English at school, but it seems like Firefox's autocorrection doesn't really enjoy it. So I find myself writing a 'mixture' of languages right now. Fortunately there's not such a huge difference anyway
I think beyond which one you pick, the importance is to be consistent. Don't have color in one sentence and colour in another sentence.
Also, just for the record, you can change which version of English your browser spell checker checks. =p
That's a good question, hah. Never really thought about it, although I myself written tons of articles. I guess I'm writing in American English, because I live in American. But really, is there that much of a difference?
There are the obvious spelling differences (eg color/colour), there are some grammar and punctuation differences (eg, whether the sentence punctuation goes inside or outside the closing quote marks), and there are also vocabulary differences (eg sidewalk/pavement). They're not huge differences, but they are noticeable – the important thing is to be consistent. If you're writing for an international audience, it doesn't matter too much which one you use (although obviously British English is better :)), but whichever one you use, stick with it. I find it more jarring and off-putting to read something that flits between American and British than something written entirely in American.
part of the reason may be that much of the website software originates from the US, also Microsoft etc have American English set as their default language and most people never bother changing it. If you are selling truely globally, ie to Asia & Africa rather than just Europe & the US, then English English should be tha language you use as a greater proportion of your potential customers will have learnt this
Pretty much that and the fact that there are more internet users in the US. Honestly, just use what you're familiar with, no one really takes offense to an extra vowel every once in a while. Also keep in mind that most of the things are translatable with little effort just avoid Torch for flashlight if you expect American readers, that one can get iffy.
I am British and I dont care how people spell color, or colour, aluminum, or aluminium etc... I think we should just beware of the double meaning words (purse,trunk,bonnet,fanny) That can be controversial


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Cut the ball of her foot on glass two days ago Limped on stage to present the Achievement in Production Design award with Daniel Radcliffe Before going on stage, Anne Hathaway told her: 'Break a leg!'
Kristen Stewart battled through a painful injury to attend the Academy Awards on Sunday night.
The Twilight star, 22, is understood to have cut her foot on glass two days ago but decided the show must go on.
The actress, who was dressed in a stylish Reem Acra gown, walked the red carpet in crutches, occasionally posing unaided for the cameras.
When Jennifer Lawrence spotted her fellow actress hobbling along with the walking aids, she rushed over to hug Kristen, exclaiming: 'Hey, what happened, Dude?' (Lawrence later had a mishap of her own, falling up the stairs as she went up on stage to accept the best actress gong for Silver Linings Playbook.)
Before she limped on stage to present the award for Achievement in Production Design with Daniel Radcliffe, Stewart caught up with best supporting actress winner Anne Hathaway.
Hathaway asked Stewart if she was going on stage with her crutches.
Nope. I'm gonna hobble,' Stewart said.
'Well, break a leg,' Hathaway said. 'Oops.'
Stewart was quite clearly in pain as she slowly made her way to the podium with Radcliffe to announce Lincoln s the category winner.
Kristen arrived at the event solo, amid reports she recently split from her on/off boyfriend of four years Robert Pattinson.
Jennifer, on the other hand, looked like a goddess on the carpet in a strapless Dior with a long train.
'I'm feeling very excited but also feeling glad that it's nearly over', said the star of Silver Linings Playbook who added that she felt as if she had been campaigning since last September.
The 22-year-old revealed that she was wearing a corset under the incredible gown.
'But there's room for me to eat which is good because I'm hungry . I got in the car to get here and realised that I hadn't eaten', the best actress contender said.


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There's a new tax on the block, whose presence will intrude on high-earners and those seeking income from a retirement investment portfolio. Congress implemented a 3.8 percent surtax in January to help cover the rising costs of Medicare, but there are ways to lessen its bite.
The surtax will be imposed on either the amount of modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI, or the net amount of taxable investment income over a certain threshold -- whichever amount is less. The thresholds for the surtax are: $250,000 for married couples filing jointly, $125,000 for married couples filing separately and $200,000 for single filers.
Jeff Speight, client relationship manager with Tanglewood Wealth Management in Houston, says now is the time to begin planning for both short-term and long-term methods of reducing MAGI or net investment income in order to stay under the thresholds.
Tips for reducing income subject to the surtax
- Investment income can include stock dividends, capital gains from the sale of equities or a home, bank interest, royalties and income from rentals or annuities. If you view your entire portfolio as a whole and manage taxable and nontaxable accounts well, you can reduce taxable income, says Speight. For example, tax-exempt bonds and growth equities could go into taxable accounts, while dividend-producing equities would go into the tax-deferred account.
- Take carryover losses. Last year, Speight says, while Congress debated tax reform, "we put investment losses in a war chest to use at some point in the future." The additional surtax means that now is the time to claim those losses, he adds. Because of the new graduated capital gains rates, and depending on income, the depreciation on income could be 18.3 percent or 23.8 percent, versus 15 percent last year. "Offsetting gains is a much better value this year than last year."
- Instead of giving cash, gift your appreciating securities to charity. That way you avoid the capital gains imposed from selling the securities, and you still get a charitable income tax deduction.
- As a longer-term strategy, Roth IRA withdrawals are tax-free, so consider moving some of your traditional IRA into a Roth IRA, says Speight. "But doing that means you'll pay higher income taxes in the year you make the conversion," he adds, so consider the timing carefully.
- For those who are eligible for a retirement plan, allocate as much income into it as you are allowed, Speight advises. "Every dollar you put in will reduce your MAGI."
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Looking for automatic age updater? I googled for a bit but couldnt find it. I always forget to update my age on my site so Im looking for a way to make this automatic like a auto current year one I have for my copyright. Thanks!
So my sentence would read... Hello name name is yada - yada my age is 35 (js goes here in place of 35).
Hi Eric can't you just use nearly the same script you're using for the copyright. Just set the d.o.b. and use a datediff between now() and d.o.b.
I'm not that familiar with P.H.P but here is how I would do it in Coldfusion
<cfset dob = dateFormat( '1961-03-18', 'yyyy-mm-dd' )/>
<cfset nowDate = dateFormat( now(), 'yyyy-mm-dd' ) />
<cfset age = dateDiff( 'yyyy', dob, nowDate ) />
<cfdump var="#age#" />
Wow! While sitting in my truck I have my music streaming from my iPhone playing through my truck speakers, and all awhile multitasking and reading/replying to this post, and launch dropbox to see and copy my copyright code into this post - tecknowledgey is amazing! I am now 100% on my phone. Aside from website edits I have completely abandoned my desktop. I fax, email, scan, files, banking, etc, etc all from my phone.
OK, here is my copyright code. I don't think I can do that. Or can I?

Eric here is A Link to date_diff using javascrip.
Enjoy your music
Thanks but unless mistaken I don't believe that will work. I don't need a date updated I need a age (eg 35) updated on a specific date each year.
The date documentation page should give you all the tools that you need.
For example:
var now = new Date();
var birth = new Date('1961-03-18');
var difference = now - birth;
// Dates are set from 1970, so remove that to get the year
var age = new Date(difference).getFullYear() - 1970
// age is 49
It should work though. If you set your birth day and you use the date_diff (YEARS) function to determine the difference between today and the your birth day it should return the number of years.
Cool. Ok, I'm going to show my ignorance here. So the var stuff goes in the head (or above the age/html) right? And then I call it in the HTML how? Thanks again!
No, because from the head you cannot interact with the body of the page.
You place the script at the end of the body, just before the  tag.
yada yada my age is unknown

Like pmw57 said
// Dates are set from 1970, so remove that to get the year
I did. Using the js I just posted above it spits out that she is 40. It should be saying she is 35. She was born in 1975. However, in order to spit out 35 I need to say she was born on 1970 in the script. This is why I say I don't get the math.
The script must ALWAYS subtract 1970 to arrive at the correct age. Your wifes birth year is placed in only the one location, and that is the at the top of the script.
Ahhh... OK that works! Trying to learn a little here. Why 1970? Is that the magic number you just used to make the script work or does it have some deeper js meaning? And I assume the script will automatically change her birthdate to 36 on her birthday correct? Thanks!
Oops. Just noticed! I have one more request please. I need to show both of our ages. Cant use same id twice on same page so whats the best/easiest way to do that? I prob could just use the script twice buts thats sloppy yeah? Can I coma separate the id's like... var span = document.getElementById('age,age2')? But of course our birthdates are different so maybe two scripts may be the easiest route there? Or not?
Because 1970 is when most computers start counting dates from.See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
Turn the script in to a function that accepts a birth date and target location as its parameters.
Easier said than done (for me at least). I'll read up on doing that and use two scripts as my fallback. Either way I'm happy thank you. One less thing to remember to do next year.
function showAge(birthDate, id) {


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CLERMONT, Fla. - Clermont police say the death of man in an altercation with a Clermont police officer was suicidal.
Joshua Waldron, 21, died on Tuesday after exchanging fire with Officer James Rooney, who approached him after spotting him with a blunt-cigarette in McKinney Park Tuesday afternoon.
Police said Waldron pulled out a gun at Rooney as he approached and shots were fired. Waldron ran several blocks to a wooded area beside U.S. Highway 27 and was found lying on his back with a gun beside him.
At a news conference on Thursday, police said the .22 caliber in Waldron's head matched the rifle that was recovered at the scene. An autopsy confirmed the manner of death was a suicide.
Rooney is still on paid administrative leave.
Police also said on Thursday that they had received a report from an unnamed woman about Waldron stalking her last month. The woman said that for 2 weeks she had been receiving threatening phone calls and text messages from Waldron 50 times a day threatening to shoot and kill her, and then kill himself in front of her son, according to police.
The woman then told police she didn't wish to prosecute. Later that day the detecive received a call from Waldron saying he should not have sent text messages, acknowledged that threatning to kill someone is a crime, and said he is depressed, according to police. When asked if he intended to kill himself, he said no.
It's not clear who the woman was.
Meanwhile, Waldron's family a vigil Wednesday night and demanding answers from the Clermont Police Department.
"Nothing could bring him back because of this, and that's what hurts the most," said Erica O'Riley, Waldron's sister.
Waldron's mom, Tina Hobson, said her son died from a single gunshot wound to the back of his head.
"Why? Why did this happen? We have no answers. We're not getting no answers," she said.
Police were called to the vigil after a fight broke out between Waldron's family and the mother of his child. No one was arrested.
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The road ahead
This April has been an exciting Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and it's hard to believe the last week of SAAM is upon us. From the day of action, to twitter chats, to international involvement in anti-street harassment week, calling it an eventful month feels like an understatement. On this sunny Earth day, it's exciting to think there's still so much happening this month and beyond in our work to end sexual violence.
I've blogged before that sustainability is a key part of the prevention equation. Although April is SAAM, all of the outreach, participation, education and conversation that happen during this time need to live longer than the calendar month. That's not to say that we should charge each day, week or month with the energy that happens each April, as that would be the opposite of sustainable, a flash ending in burnout. As the month winds down, it's important to keep a big picture and long-term vision in our sight: a future free from sexual violence.
Part of NSVRC's celebration of SAAM has involved a mural that staff have worked on all month long. We are painting a teal ribbon that's wrapping around the world. The call to action is "Imagine a world free of violence." The ribbon itself is a mosaic of images that symbolize equality, empowerment and social change. What I love about this patchwork of images is that it is capturing what the road to this destination looks like, and I find those bright glimpses to be the inspiration that sustains my work.


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If your face is more square than rectangle, a classic square cut — kept longer on the sides and what they call "textured" on top — will keep things in balance. Just run some pomade through your dry hair. And, best of all, it can grow for a while before you'll need it trimmed.
Even at the height of his game, Gosling sports one of the easiest styles to emulate for any face or hair type. Ask for something very high and tight on the side, then about an inch longer on top. Add a severe part, which you'll maintain by towel-drying, then using matte pomade with a comb. This is hardest to pull off if you've got really thick hair. And, no, we can't guarantee it will make all women love you.
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text: The top three picks in the 2013 National Hockey League (NHL) draft pose together at the draft in Newark, New Jersey, June 30, 2013. At center is top pick Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, at left is Jonathan Drouin the third overall pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning and at right is Aleksander Barkov the second overall pick taken by the Florida Panthers. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Live Live blog: The 2013 NHL Entry Draft Add to ... The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2013 1:58PM EDT Last updated Sunday, Jun. 30, 2013 9:07PM EDT Comments Share via email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on LinkedIn Report Typo/Error Follow us on Twitter: @Globe_Sports More Related to this Story Canucks deal Cory Schneider to Devils for ninth pick in NHL draft Avalanche select Nathan MacKinnon first overall in NHL draft Flames stock up on forwards with three first-round picks Comments Share via email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on LinkedIn


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This is one of the funnier spoofs I've seen.
I saw it outside London's St. Lukes church.
This is one of the funnier spoofs I've seen.
I saw it outside London's St. Lukes church.
It's all over the google news sources that China has banned the latest Lebron Nike ads as they are a national insult.
The Newspaper Marketing Agency ad nicknamed "killer heels", created by TBWA London, which shows a man spiked on a stiletto has been banned by the ever vigilant watchdog ASA.
The ad received 81 complaints it was offensively sexist and overly violent. The ASA said about the ad "featuring an oversized stiletto-heeled shoe skewering a businessman in a pool of blood was offensive because it trivialised and stylised violence." Despite the visual pun being 'cartoon-like' to avoid offence, people objected to the ad. "The advertisers claimed that, because the image was removed from reality and in a fashion context, it would not be seen to condone or encourage violence or homicide" the ASA said... And probably added under their breath "boy we're they wrong..." (to see it, read more as usual)
Slate, after already criticising AOL's lame "You got it" ads, goes on to praise NetZero's parodies of AOL's ads.
"In the last 'Ad Report Card,' I chided AOL for its lame new campaign (and lamer business model). I said AOL was screwed because other dial-up providers, such as NetZero, offer a near-identical service for much less money. Apparently, NetZero's not at all afraid to kick a brand when it's down."
The ads are in the archive: AOLs "Kimberly" (Mom), NetZeros Mom. AOL's "All of them", Netzero's "All of them".
Adgrunt HaHaSoup - creator of one of these ads said: "Go ahead, Badland it, why not, even if it isn't completely bad, it's fun in their similarity."
Perhaps not identical twins these two have many similar traits, which is quite funny.
Claymore quipped: FDA: "Wild Thing, I think I banned you!"...
This ad probably has, due to FDAs late reaction, pulled in quite a few new customers already.
the FDA said Pfizer implied that the male seen in the ads had returned to a previous level of sexual desire and activity.
US FDA Tells Pfizer to Pull 'Wild Thing' Viagra Ads
"FDA is not aware of substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience demonstrating this benefit for patients who take Viagra,"
First up, lets have a look at a VW ad from South Africa.
There's nothing more fun that plopping down in the snow and making a snow angel, according to some. And apparently, both Volkswagen and Old Spice Red Zone agree. Granted, the VW ad was done in 1998 - 6 years before this Red Zone ad appeared.
It's a quasi-effective anti-theft device.
It's a Bud Light commercial.
It's a Pepsi commercial.
Read more for the forensics on this defensive drink device doppelgänger...
Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
Coffee has the same effect be it hot or cold. In the US or Sweden. Close dupliclaims in the ideas, very different in execution, Super Adgrunts watch these two coffee jokes sink in.
A judge has ordered Pepsi to withdraw a television commercial that has angered child-labour activists. The commercial depicts a ten-year old boy carrying pepsi to the Indian cricket team, negotiating a difficult route to them, finally emerging from an underground tunnel.
"We are against multinationals using children in advertising that shows child labour in a positive light," said activist Santosh Shinde of the Mumbai-based voluntary group Balpraful. They launched a petition in Hyderabad, where a judge ruled it should be withdrawn.
Aguilera's naughty nurse ad shelved says the Ireland online.
Sandy Summers, executive director of the Center For Nursing Advocacy said: "This ad simultaneously exploits the 'naughty nurse' and the battleaxe/Nurse Ratched stereotypes, setting the nurse up both as an available sex object and a mock-malevolent authority figure, rather than a competent professional."
While technically not a ban a withdrawn ad fits in this topic. Hat tip to Claymore. Wanna see the ad? Read more.
I'm beginning to think that European and American guys shouldn't travel to Asia without some pepto-bismo....
Ford Fiesta vs Nissan Terrano - who is the original pinball wizard? Nissan Terrano poster above....
SFGate reports that the Chevy Corvette ad directed by Guy Ritchie has become a PR nightmare.


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated August 2nd, 2012
ADNAN OKTAR: My brother, the problem in the Islamic world is lovelessness. The problem in the whole world is lovelessness. People have a great tendency to quarrel and squabble. They like to curse at each other. They love to beat others up. They like to injure another. Many of them like to kill another. They like guns. They like the idea of acting despotically, they like threatening. Yet when it comes to loving, they act distant. However the goal behind the creation of the universe is love. Love is also the real aim in the Paradise, the real goal Allah creates is love as the foundation. People invent many motives, many logics for lovelessness.


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A MOTORIST had a lucky escape when his van flipped over a motorway barrier.
The man, who was in his 50s, was driving on the M5 northbound at about 9.25am when his van hit the barrier on the hard shoulder just before junction six for Worcester south and ended up on its side on the grass embankment.
Despite initially being trapped inside, the man was freed within a few minutes.
An ambulance and a rapid response vehicle attended the scene along with the police, and the man was treated at the scene for minor injuries but wasn't taken to hospital.
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import os,sys #used for sys.exit and os.environ
import pygame #import the pygame module
from random import randint
class Control:
def __init__(self):
self.color = 0
def update(self,Surf):
self.event_loop() #Run the event loop every frame
Surf.fill(self.color) #Make updates to screen every frame
def event_loop(self):
for event in pygame.event.get(): #Check the events on the event queue
if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
#If the user clicks the screen, change the color.
self.color = [randint(0,255) for i in range(3)]
elif event.type == pygame.QUIT:
#pygame.QUIT events are created when the user tries to close the window.
if __name__ == "__main__":
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1' #Center the screen.
pygame.init() #Initialize Pygame
Screen = pygame.display.set_mode((500,500)) #Set the mode of the screen
MyClock = pygame.time.Clock() #Create a clock to restrict framerate
RunIt = Control()
while 1:
pygame.display.update() #Update the screen
MyClock.tick(60) #Restrict framerate
As should most code, we start here with our imports. Firstly every Pygame you write is going to need sys for the exit function in order to close cleanly. Additionally, if you want the window you create to start centered in the middle of the screen you will need os. Next of course we import pygame itself.
Now I would like to take this time to bring up the infamous * import. In other programmers' code, you will no doubt see this:
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from pygame.locals import *
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import pygame as pg #lazy but better than destroying namespace
Moving on; let's skip the class for now and move to:
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os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED'] = '1' #Center the screen.
This completes the initialization. In the next line I create a Clock instance. The clock will later allow me to restrict our games frame rate so that it doesn't just run as fast as your computers computation allows (this is unimportant for the given example but in every reasonable program it is necessary). Now in the next line I create an instance of the class we skipped over earlier, so lets hop back up and take a look at some of the details of that.
I will start with the (arguably) most important part of our program; the event loop. Whenever a user does anything (presses a key, moves the mouse, tries to close the window, etc) an event is placed on the event queue. There are several ways to get these events from the event queue, but I would say the most common (and useful) way is to iterate over pygame.event.get() with a for loop. This i what I do in the example in the class method event_loop. Now all events have constant values which are associated with names. The most commonly used ones are probably KEYDOWN, KEYUP, MOUSEBUTTONDOWN, MOUSEBUTTONUP, and QUIT. Here I check if a mouse button has been clicked with:
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elif event.type == pygame.QUIT:
Now lets look at the update function of the class. It simply calls the event_loop function, and then fills the Surface it was passed with the current color.
Now finally lets go back to the bottom of the code where I create the instance of Control. Here you will see an infinite loop. Within that loop we simply update control; then update any changes made to the entire screen; and then using the Clock we created earlier, restrict the framerate of the game. That's it.
One last thing I would like to say is, while learning pygame, as with any library or API, you will have to constantly consult the documentation.
It can be found here: Pygame Documentation
Good luck to any of you trying to write your first pygame. I will try to write some more advanced tutorials soon.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Trying to rekindle his connection with the American people after four years of recession and a slow recovery, President Barack Obama promised a better future if voters reaffirmed their commitment to an agenda he said still offered hope and change.
In a speech to a crowded hall on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Obama conceded that his administration wasn't offering a quick fix to problems "that have built up over decades" and would require years to correct.
"But know this, America: Our problems can be solved," Obama said. "Our challenges can be met. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place."
The speech marked a stark contrast from the situation Obama found himself in four years ago.
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Then, he was a change agent running from the party out of power, the first major-party black presidential nominee, who drew such large crowds that he decided to hold his acceptance speech in a football stadium.
On Thursday, he spoke for about 40 minutes to a packed Time Warner Cable Arena, the night's festivities having been moved from nearby Bank of America Stadium because officials said the weather forecast was too unpredictable. And Obama was in some ways arguing that a steady course would produce its own kind of change, or at least preserve the change that his administration had made over the past four years.
Obama himself acknowledged the shift in his position during the address, noting that the presidency had in some ways changed him from the young state senator who set the convention on fire in 2004 as the keynote speaker and the presidential candidate promising a fresh start in 2008.
The president also delivered a set of promises he said could be delivered if voters would give him a second turn. Obama pledged to create a million manufacturing jobs, boost exports, begin weaning America off foreign oil, rein in college costs and make deep reductions in the federal deficit.
But, much like GOP nominee Mitt Romney's promise at the Republican National Convention to create 12 million new jobs, Obama offered few details on how he would reach those objectives.
"He offered more promises, but he hasn't kept the promises he made four years ago," Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades said in a statement issued before the speech had ended. "Americans will hold President Obama accountable for his record -- they know they're not better off and that it's time to change direction."
Obama also used the speech to needle Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, over their differences on the issues. In a segment that seemed pointed at the senior citizens who could play a major role in deciding which candidate gets Florida's 29 electoral votes, Obama took aim at the GOP's plans for Medicare.
"And I will never turn Medicare into a voucher," he said. "No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity that they have earned."
Obama's speech capped off a night that featured a brief speech by former Florida Gov. Charlie, a Republican-turned-independent, and appearances from Hollywood stars like Eva Longoria and Scarlett Johansson. Democrats highlighted Obama's achievements -- including authorizing a bailout they say saved the American automobile industry and ordering the operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.
The message implicit in many of the night's speeches: Obama has earned one more chance.
"We're on a mission to move this nation forward -- from doubt and downturn, to promise and prosperity," said Vice President Joe Biden. "A mission I guarantee you we will complete."
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HOUSTON - Ellington Field in Southeast Houston is host to several hurricane hunter crews who were evacuated from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, where Tropical Storm, soon to be Hurricane, Isaac is expected to wreak havoc.
About five crews, along with six C-130 J airplanes, were evacuated.
Beginning Monday morning, the first of several flights will leave Ellington Field and head to Tampa to get a better look at Isaac's path.
"When we go up, we're looking for maximum speeds at the surface, as well as the wind speeds of whatever flight level we might be flying at, whether it's 10,000 or 5,000 feet. We're also trying to find the exact center of the storms," Hurricane Hunter Captain Kyle Larson said.
This will be Capt. Larson's 16th trip into the eye of a storm. He says every trip is different and hurricane hunters must prepare for the unexpected. The information they gather on wind speed, intensity and movement will help forecasters predict where Isaac will make landfall.
"Ultimately, it's about safety and making sure the people who need to be warned are warned and not evacuate more people than absolutely necessary. Keeping the roads free for people who actually have to leave town," Capt. Larson said.
Crews will be in the sky a total of 12 hours. While experienced at this type of mission, the hurricane hunters try to fly below hail and lightening to guarantee the safety of the plane and her crew.
"You don't really -- I wouldn't say -- get scared, but you're always concentrating on your mission. Making sure you're doing it safely," Capt. Larson said.
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I have a function which does some stuff including:
- adds paths to sys.path
- sets environment variables with os.environ
Is this the right way to do it? Any thoughts/suggestions are welcome.
I should also mention that the function returns something and I'm interested in that data as I need it going forward.