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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Tips for Getting your Centerpiece to Last
The first thing you should know about your floral centerpiece is that the cut stems are inserted into a floral foam, also known as oasis. Oasis is great because it retains water well and helps the arrangement hold it's design. Flowers in foam can stay vibrant and beautiful for days, but they need care. The downside to oasis is that where you can see the water level in a vase, in floral foam the water level is not as obvious. Because of this, many a centerpiece dehydrates and dies earlier than it should. So it is important to make sure your floral arrangement has plenty of water.
How to check the water level: Touch the oasis. If you press it lightly you should feel moisture.
When to water: Because it's cold outside, and we're all keeping our homes warmer, the water from the floral foam is going to evaporate faster, so you should check the moisture level every day.
How to water: Move your centerpiece to the sink, or to a surface that won't be damaged by water, in case you spill. Carefully find a space in the centerpiece, or at the side of the container it is in, where you can see the oasis, or a space between the oasis and the container, and carefully pour water onto the oasis or into the space around the foam, allowing time for the water to be absorbed. Slowly add water until the oasis is thoroughly saturated.
Enjoy your flowers, and this wonderful season!!
Poinsettia and Wreath Sale
In addition to our Christmas Sale Items, all poinsettias and holiday wreaths are on sale, too! All of the wreaths are $10 off while supplies last and the poinsettias range from $5-$10 off. Order fast because these won't last long at this price! Offer valid on Eugene/Springfield delivery only. To view all of our Christmas options, click here.
Spectacular & Unique Wedding Shoes
Ok, if you are looking for shoes that add a little pizazz to your ensemble you need to check out the shoes by Walkin on Air. This fabulous footwear is ideal for wedding shoes but I would totally rock them for a night out or even with my favorite jeans. They come in a variety of colors and shoe styles all with hand-applied lace embellishments. They even have a cute lace headband that would be great for a vintage wedding.
The team behind Walkin on Air are best friends, Liz and Jennae, from the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. They work with their customers to make sure the right style and fit are chosen for each customer and occasion. Check out some of my favorite styles below or check out their Facebook page here! Happy shopping!
All pictures courtesy of Walkin on Air
Bob Welch Book Signing Event at Dandelions
Last month I wrote about local author Bob Welch's recently published books "Cascade Summer: My Adventure on Oregon's Pacific Crest Trail" and "52 Little Lessons from It's a Wonderful Life" that we have for sale here in our store. I mentioned then that Dandelions would be hosting a book-signing for Mr. Welch this month. Well, we have a date:
When: Tuesday, December 18th, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
Where: Dandelions Flowers and Gifts at 1710 Chambers St. Eugene, OR, 97402
Join us here at Dandelions at as we host this exciting event, and take advantage of the opportunity to meet Bob Welch. Not only will these autographed books be great to pick up for yourself, but they'll also make a wonderful present during this holiday gift-giving season.
Also, all Dandelions merchandise will be 20% off during the book-signing.
Be sure not to miss this opportunity!!
How to Care for Your Poinsettia
The vibrant red that poinsettias display (they also come in other shades including orange, cream, pink, even purple) have made them a popular plant around the Christmas season. But how do you care for this lovely plant? Here are some tips to help you get your poinsettia to last.
Poinsettias are tropical plants, so they don't like the cold. During the day, be sure to keep it in a room that's between 65 to 75 degrees, and at night, if possible, keep it in a room that's a little cooler (55 to 60 degrees.) Poinsettias also don't do well with sudden changes in temperature, so keep it away from the door so it doesn't feel the draft, and if you keep it by the window, don't allow the leaves to touch the glass. Sudden temperature changes will cause the poinsettia to drop it's leaves. Poinsettias also like humidity, so if your plant's leaves start looking a little crinkly around the edges, you can mist it.
Poinsettias love light, so make sure it gets as much as possible throughout the day.
Wait until the surface soil is dry to the touch and then water your poinsettia, allowing enough water so that it runs out of the drainage holes in the bottom of the container. Poinsettias prefer moist soil rather than sitting in water, so it is important that you allow the excess water to drain out after watering. Once a poinsettia starts to droop it will soon begin to drop it's leaves, so it is important to check the soil frequently.
There is no need to fertilize your poinsettia plant during the Christmas season.
Contrary to popular belief, poinsettias are not poisonous to people or animals, but they are a delicate plant and their stems break easily, so be sure to keep them where a curious pet or child cannot reach them.
If you keep an eye on your poinsettia, it should last just fine throughout the season. In a few weeks I'll let you know how to care for your poinsettia after the Christmas season.


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WHY WE LOVE IT: With an education system centered around assessments, Lucas and Claxton point out some of the flaws with modern day education and offer an exciting vision for the future.
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It would be easy to write off Tiger Woods now, so simple to say, "He's finished." This time, it might be even true.
Woods underwent microdisectomy surgery on his back Wednesday. You might consider it minor surgery, but Woods wouldn't. Back surgery is never minor surgery.
Worse, this is Tiger's second microdisectomy. The first one came in March of 2014. Dr. Charles Rich performed both, this last one in Park City, Utah, and a statement from Dr. Rich made the procedure sound matter-of-fact: "The decision was made to remove a small disc fragment that was pinching his nerve. The microsurgery was a complete success and he was discharged Thursday night."
Back surgery is a golfer's worst nightmare, micro or otherwise. We can hope for the best for Tiger. It would be a shame if back problems finally brought down the curtain on the most exciting golfer of the last two decades.
Woods said it was "certainly disappointing" that he required the surgery but added that he's a fighter and expects to make a full recovery. Every procedure, every recovery and every athlete is different, but let's be honest: it was just about a year after his last back surgery that he began to look like he could go full throttle with his swing again. Woods turns 40 in December, and the clock is ticking.
How many golfers have played well into their mid- or late-40s? A handful, but those that did — Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Vijay Singh — didn't undergo two back surgeries and a handful of knee operations, including one full reconstruction, before the age of 40, as Woods did.
In the short run, this is disappointing because Woods was showing significant signs of progress with his game. He had moments, even a few full rounds, where he looked like at least a little like the Tiger of 2013, the guy who won five tournaments.
This setback probably means he's back to Square One. He won't play the Frys.com Open in a few weeks, as he'd planned. He won't be able to play the tournament he hosts in the Bahamas, the Hero World Challenge. He won't play the America's Golf Cup with Matt Kuchar in Mexico City. He will return to competitive golf when he is able, whenever that is. The spring of 2016? The Masters? Maybe.
This setback costs Tiger time, a valuable commodity that was once almost limitless for him and now is dwindling with alarming rapidity. If 2016 turns into a lost year or even a lost half-year, that's another big blow to Tiger's comeback hopes. He hasn't won a PGA Tournament in more than two years. He hasn't won a major championship in seven years. Time is getting shorter, and the odds are getting longer.
You can count the number of players who putted great into their 40s on two hands. Ben Crenshaw. Nicklaus. Hale Irwin. Loren Roberts. Brad Faxon. Steve Stricker. A few others.
Woods is at the threshold of that time in life when the hands and the putter don't obey the brain the way they used to. He was a dominant player because of his iron play, his short game and his clutch putting. We haven't seen much of the latter lately, mainly because the rest of his game hasn't been good enough to put him into pressure situations.
His drive and his motivation have been sorely tested these last two years. Some observers think he's long since lost that edge, that maybe it left along with his aura of invincibility and his marriage in the wake of the infamous fire hydrant accident. Some observers think he doesn't practice like he used to, either because he physically can't or he simply no longer wants it the way he used to. That might be true. These days, when Tiger is the last man on the range after a tournament round, some say it smacks of a student cramming for a final exam because he hadn't done any studying until the last minute.
There aren't cameras recording Tiger's practice sessions, so we don't know how hard he works or how much he still wants to climb the mountain that is competitive golf. Golf already has a new Big Three — Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day. Day, especially, has been playing the kind of golf Tiger used to play. He hits it long, he hits his irons close, he chips it close and he makes plenty of putts.
These guys are a new level of competition, a higher level than Tiger ever faced in the prime of his career, and they don't have the scar tissue that Tiger's old opponents had. They aren't intimidated by, afraid of or maybe even impressed by Woods.
It would take Tiger's best golf to keep up with the new Big Three. Can Tiger do that at 40 after a second back operation? It would be easy to say no, easy to write him off and say he's done. But the reason not to do that is simple: he is Tiger Woods.
For the last 20 years, that has been plenty good enough. Time is undefeated, though. The aging process eventually claims every athlete. Has Tiger's time passed? By next summer, we may have an answer.
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Feeling BluePosted: February 13, 2012 Filed under: Process | Tags: acid dyes, dyeing, fibre, silk, tapestry weaving, wool Leave a comment
Today was a dye day. A perfect day for it actually. It's grey and snowing outside, so it's been nice staying inside with the hot stove going. I'm getting ready to start on a new tapestry soon, and am just putting all my yarns in order. Finally, I'll be weaving with colours other than red, pink and flesh!
Graduation Day!Posted: May 21, 2011 Filed under: Events, Exhibitions | Tags: ACAD, fibre, graduation, silk, tapestry, weaving 1 Comment
It's been a while since I've posted. The last few weeks have been a countdown to graduation. I was busy finishing the convocation shawl for ACAD's president, Dr. Doz; putting the finishing touches on my grad show work; organizing the massive pile of stuff that was emptied from my studio at school; and sewing up a dress to wear to the grad show. Well, it's all said and done now, and graduation day has already come and gone. It's hard to believe that my four years of ACAD are in the past.
Above: The finished shawl! Woven with bamboo and silk, hand-dyed habotai silk, embroidered details.
I was a little uncertain about how I was going to install my work for the show. I did a little trial run in the entrance to my place, hanging it up with packing tape and several strings. But, it worked out. I got the space I had requested, and the trial run helped make the installation go pretty smooth.
Above: Circumintervention, woven tapestry with hand-dyed needlepoint lace, cart, equipment, 2011
ACAD's grad show is on until May 28.
AccumulousPosted: March 26, 2011 Filed under: Document | Tags: ArtaWEARness, dyeing, fibre, natural dyes, rust dyed, silk, wearable art Leave a comment
Pictures from the ArtaWEARness XI shoot! The photographer, Alexsis, did an awesome job!
This series of garments was made from fabric which I hand-dyed with rust and various natural dyes. This work explores repetition and accumulation, growth and decay.
Photos: Alexsis Lee
Models: Dana, Britny, and myself
Hair: Stefanie Wong
Thread!Posted: February 12, 2011 Filed under: Find | Tags: cotton, fibre, silk, stitching Leave a comment
Today I took a trip to Stitching at Hearthside as – sadly – they might be closing soon. Everything was 50% off, so I got some nice silks, DMC cotton for needlepoint lace, and some fancy alpaca and mohair thread that I might incorporate into my tapestry.
CountdownPosted: February 4, 2011 Filed under: Exhibitions | Tags: ArtaWEARness, rust dyed, sewing, silk, wearable art Leave a comment
Only one month until ArtaWEARness XI!


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(Almost) Any-Herb Pesto
Classic Italian pesto is made from basil, pine nuts, and Parmesan, but we love to mix it up by substituting different herbs, nuts, and cheeses. We've made suggestions for some of our favorite pestos, but try making up your own blends (we even love making it with spicy greens, like arugula). Pesto is great mixed into pasta and grains, as a spread on sandwiches, burgers, tofu, fish, and chicken, or dolloped on chili and soups. It has a strong taste, so a little goes a long way!
Kitchen Gear
Cutting board
Sharp knife (adult needed)
Measuring cup
Measuring spoons
Food processor (adult needed)
Rubber spatula
Wash your hands with soap and water, then gather all your equipment and ingredients and put them on a counter.
- Put the garlic, herbs, and nuts in the bowl of the food processor fitted with a steel blade and process until well chopped.
- Add the cheese, oil, and salt and process until smooth, stopping from time to time to scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula.
- Use right away, or transfer to a container, cover, and refrigerate up to 3 days.
To toast the nuts, put them on a small baking sheet in a 350-degree oven until they are fragrant and look a shade darker, 5-20 minutes depending on the nut.


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We go on a retreat to get a way from our usual routine and to give our time to meditation and other Buddhist practices. Retreats are not solemn or serious affairs. They can be very enjoyable and delightful experiences. A retreat can be spent with others of like mind or even on ones own. Retreats with the Liverpool Buddhist Centre are held over a weekend in the country side. We may follow a particular Buddhist theme and explore it together. The consequence of a retreat is that we enter more deeply in the practice of meditation and the Buddha's teaching. This can be very rewarding satisfying and invigorating.
A typical programme might be:
Meditating at 7.30 am
Breakfast at 9.00 am
Discussion or talk or meditation 10.30-1.00pm
Afternoon free to relax and go for walks.
Evening meal 6.00pm
Evening meditation or Ritual
There is plenty of time to get to know each other on the retreat. At the Liverpool Buddhist centre, we run regular W/E retreats in the country side.


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I know yesterday mornings blog was labeled "Darn It!!", but we actually got to move to 8 East, the floor, last night around 6:30!! Our doctor came in and said "I have been looking through your chart and there is no reason for me to hold you here, so we are going to move you." Of course my question was "Tonight!!" And the answer was YES!!! So, we packed our things up in like 15 minutes, and believe me, we had a lot of stuff. When we left, you should have seen the Tucker supporters. All of the nurses and the parents that we have become friends with were all waving as we marched by. Since our room was the very last one, we had to pass them all. Tucker was his usuall friendly self, waving to them all. Is so amazing how these kids touch our hearts. Most of them can't even talk yet, but they sure speak to our hearts. We pray that each and every one of them make to the floor soon.
So, we had our first night in the regular room. It wasn't too bad, just getting used to the new sounds and people in and out of our room at all times of the night. Tucker slept fine. He went to sleep around 9:30 or so. We finally have a TV that we can play his videos on and he seemed to really enjoy it. We were very luck and have a private room. I guess they figured we have spent hundred of thousands of dollars, we should at least get a private room. Thank goodness for insurance!!
Karen comes back today, she will be here around noon today and will hopefully only have to stay a couple of weeks. My goal while she was gone was to have Tucker in a regular room before she returned and we have met that goal so far. (Don't want to jinx anything, so that's all I have to say about that). I will be leaving tomorrow morning around 10 so I can be back home with Hunter, who starts high school today, and get back to work.
I didn't get a very good video of us leaving the ICU, but I have a little one of the nurses and assistants getting us settled into our new room, enjoy!! The other picture is of our nurse Katie. She went with us for our daily walk to the park.


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"Sounds like you may just want to roll the dice!" I say to Kendra as she is checking the weather forecast in between getting ready stages on her wedding day. What started as a foreboding forecast of 90% chance of thunderstorms all day, slowly dwindled in percentage as the afternoon wore on. When your ceremony and reception are planned to be outdoors in the lovely gardens at Phipps, it may seem questionable to roll the dice and keep them outdoors instead of switching to the indoor rain plan. But when we looked outside we saw shining sun, and the forecast *just* took a 180-degree turn; there was a better chance of sun than rain. Kendra made the call. She decided to keep the original plan and have everything outdoors. It was the right thing to do. Especially if you have been dreaming of an outdoor garden wedding from day one.
The day could not have been more perfect. Kendra and Mike just radiate when they are around each other. They are so full of love and laughter, every stage of the day was light-hearted and magical. They found a way to make each other laugh in their vows, when taking pictures, when cutting their cake. It is a match made in musical heaven. Both Kendra and Mike love music, and they found meaningful ways to add fun musical touches into their day. Musicians played during the ceremony and reception. Mike's brother is a phenomenal opera singer, and sang a lovely piece during the ceremony. During the reception, the video booth turned into a karaoke machine, and the entire dance floor was singing along together. How truly sweet and special!
As the clock struck 11PM, the reception ended, the band played their last song, and the skies opened up. It poured the first rainfall of the day. Everyone was still under the tent, safe and dry. Except for Barry and me, who were in the garden cleaning up equipment from Kendra and Mike's end of the night shot. Good thing we are fast runners…
Cake: Bethel Bakery
Ceremony and Reception Musicians: Bachelor Boys Band
Ceremony and Reception Venue: Phipps Botanical Garden
Flowers: Hepatica
Hair and Makeup Artistry: Classic Hair and Makeup
Photographer: Lavender Leigh
Videographer/ Video Booth: Flashbox Films


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Need some mid week fashion inspiration?
Here are some of the most beautiful looks & trends from Paris Couture week to satisfy your inner fashion obsessive.
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I just adore the detailing in the Chanel shows, from embroidered flowers and jewels to the woven fabrics every detail is so perfect and there isn't a colour that goes unused.


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Lucy Taksa - Transforming Management
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News created: 30 Jul 2012"Macquarie is really special because of its real engagement with the outside world in the community. The participation and community engagement program really stands out as unique because it focuses on giving students experiences outside in the real world"
Lucy Taksa talks about her role at Macquarie University, her passion for her research, and why she believes Macquarie University and the Department of Marketing and Management is special.
"The wonderful thing about the Department of Marketing and Management is that it encompasses many different disciplines that enable students to focus on their interests in particular disciplinary areas, but also draws on subjects that are from different areas."
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- read about the benefits of our postgraduate courses
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Today is a day of posting links to really interesting articles.
First up, Eugene Wei wrote an interesting analytical blog post about why Amazon's business model is one that aims to have low margins:
Amazon, Apple, and the beauty of low margins
And secondly, The Guardian posted a piece on how Amazon struggles with its customer book reviews. Personally, I don't think they should take sides, and this post briefly outlines some of the problems of the sock puppet reviews.
Why Amazon can't win when it comes to book reviews


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Sasha Obama looked all grown up as she celebrated her sweet 16 over the weekend.
Read: A White House Upbringing: Sasha and Malia Obama Through the Years
The Obamas' youngest daughter celebrated her first birthday since leaving the White House, wearing a silk slip red dress as she celebrating with her parents, former President Obama and First Lady Michelle.
Photos of Sasha's birthday party are now emerging.
Social media had freaked out in recent days about discovering that her real name is actually Natasha.
I demand congressional investigations into Name-Gate— S (@scottwithrage) June 11, 2017
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It was reported last summer that the teen was going by her legal name while working at a restaurant in Martha's Vineyard.
Read: President Obama Gives Emotional Final Speech as Crowd Begs for 'Four More Years!'
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In several blog posts over the last year or so I have referred to "The New Employee Economy." So what is it? In a nutshell – it is the future.
Anybody over the age of 35 has grown up in a world where they mostly understand work as a commitment to some organization or company that lasts for 8 to 10 years (maybe more) and you move on one or two more times before you retire. The company takes care of your insurance (increasingly less so) provides you with a career path, some on-the-job training and regular raises that maybe gets you a bit ahead of where you started.
In the next decade those days will be gone – replaced by the new employee economy
What are the main elements of this new economy?
- Technology has enabled people to work wherever, whenever they want. Everything from tools that support remote access, to the rise of self-service HR, has made it easy for employees to work from anywhere in the world. This has also made it easy for people to choose to be contractors – or short term employees.
- Twenty-somethings don't see themselves as employees. The generation coming into the workplace today doesn't feel the need to attach themselves to one corporate entity and stay there for several years. They are more interested in the work. Where the work is interesting, they will go.
- The rise of entrepreneurship. It is no longer that hard to strike out on your own. More and more people are choosing to start up a business than ever before. These businesses are predicated on a new model where people work together for a common goal, then move on.
- The lessoning role of the corporate support infrastructure. Companies just don't offer much in the way of incentives to work for them anymore. Benefits are not that good, layoffs are always a possibility, training and investment in your future is more limited, retirement plans are dismal, and raises are usually just cost of living adjustments. What a deal!
The new employee economy is going to be characterized by the free movement of resources from job to job. The prediction that one day the company of the future will involve only 5% "traditional employees" is coming to pass. It has just taken a bit longer than first predicted.
If this seems farfetched to you, just look around and you will see it happening in many industries today. The entertainment industry is perhaps the best example. The actors, the production people, the editors, the support staff all come together to get a job done. They don't get their benefits from the company – they get it from unions, co-ops and guilds. The resources required to create a play or movie or TV show come together for that project because they can ply the work they love. When the project is over, they move on.
I see this as an exciting challenge for the future of HR. The entire infrastructure that supports HR will have to be adapted to this new employee economy. I am looking forward to being a part of that change.


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Remember Me
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This is not an ehaustive list. It is just a collection of frequencies I have collected over the years on various scanners, or that I have borrowed from other scanner enthusiast's scanner files.
Thise interested in airport weather report stations (VOLMET's) may also be interested in GarfNet Weather. This uses a web application that taps into the same informnation that the VOLMETs use - only it receives from over 3000 stations around the planet...


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Vergoedingen die eenmaal zijn betaald, worden in geen geval terugbetaald.
1) Online payment is the only accepted form of payment. If the players are less than it is in the booking, there is no money given back to the customer. If the players are more than in the booking the price for every additional person is 15 euro. It has to be paid by cash on site before the game.
2) The price of the game might change it depends on rooms and periods.


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The Year of the Monkey 2016
The Year of the Monkey will start from Feb. 8, 2016 (Chinese New Year) and last to Jan. 27, 2017. Monkey is the ninth in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac. The Years of the Monkey include 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028...
The monkey is a clever animal. It is usually compared to a smart person. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), the dignified Chinese official title of marquis was pronounced 'Hou', the same as the pronunciation of 'monkey' in Chinese. The animal was thereby bestowed with an auspicious meaning.
Earthly Branch of Birth Year: Shen
Wu Xing (The Five Elements): Jin (Metal)
Yin Yang: Yang
Lucky Signs for Monkey:
Lucky Numbers: 1, 7, 8
Lucky Colors: white, gold, blue
Lucky Flowers: chrysanthemum, alliums
Lucky Directions: north, northwest, west
- Strengths
enthusiastic, self-assured, sociable, innovative
- Weaknesses jealous, suspicious, cunning, selfish, arrogant
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Managers and developers: Are you two teams or one?
One of the reasons why I love Dilbert so much is because Scott Adams really feels the pulse of the typical IT organization. How many times have you seen the above situation? In one project, the whole world (including me, and I was not even a part of the project) knew that the project was burning, except the people who really needed to know — the managers and stakeholders — had no clue as to the real state of the project.
Why does this happen?
Most manager-developer problems in a software company are caused by one thing: trust, or rather, a lack of trust. Managers do not trust the developers to do any work. They believe that the developers have to be pushed, otherwise nothing will get done. Developers in turn do not trust the management to cover their back. They believe that the managers will screw them when things go wrong. As a result, instead of working together as one team, they become two teams, each defending their turf from outside attack.
Once that happens the project is as good as dead. Communication across the border will virtually stop.
Back to the above cartoon:
Dilbert is comfortable telling Wally the real situation of the project because he knows Wally will support him. After all they are in the same 'team'. When he tells the PHB that the project is fine, he doesn't really mean that its fine. He knows if he brings up any issue, the PHB will blame the team. What he is really communicating is "I don't want to talk to you. I'll say fine so that you go away quickly."
If you are a manager, be sure that you cultivate trust with the development team. What better way to do that then to show that you are on their side. When the team asks for more RAM for their computers, do you get it or do you say that its out of budget? When the team says that the schedule is too short, do you tell that to the customer and try to find a solution or do you ask the team to work weekends?
This is one reason why I like agile processes and the Scrummaster role in particular. Scrum tries hard to make the Scrummaster fit in with the team, to support the team, to enable the team to perform. In exchange, when things go wrong, the team is often more open in bringing up issues because they are all one team, working together in the same direction. They know that the Scrummaster will help in solving the problem rather than blaming the team.
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That's very true. However, trust between management and developers are hard to build, and it can easily break if one party doesn't keep their promises.
- February 16, 2007 2:57 am
Building trust should be good fodder for a series of posts. How about that Sidharta? IMHO It is on the same level as earning respect. Easy to say but very tough to do and most often neglected part of team building in teams I have seen.
- February 16, 2007 4:40 am
- Siddhi said...
Good points. Trust is very hard to cultivate, especially when both sides start off with mistrust. That's why I feel that it is important for the manager to take the initiative and demosntrate to the team that he is on the same team.
- February 16, 2007 11:44 am
Though knowing Wally from other strips, I doubt he's got Dilbert's back any more than PHB ;p
- February 20, 2007 3:51 am
- Siddhi said...
heh :)
- February 20, 2007 11:05 am
>> They believe that the developers have to be pushed, otherwise
>> nothing will get done. Developers in turn do not trust the
>> management to cover their back
Siddhi, some developers really need to be "pushed", otherwise they would focus more on their priority than the project's priority. (Parkinson's Law has its place sometime.) For these particular cases, the manager's job is to make reconcile the both the developer's personal priority and that of the project. However, the "push" is to make sure the project priority is paid attention to, not to force developers to do more than what they really can (it's the quality which is sacrificed for this kind of "push"). Of course, if the managers cannot do this, he should be fired.
- February 20, 2007 4:41 pm
- Bluebabbler said...
As a manager, I agree with Buu Nguyen.
As a _technical_ manager, I usually check and review a lot of low level stuff on the project, in order to ensure not to have the 'FINE' fake answer when I check for the project status.
Needless to say, when I particularly trust some developers, I don't need to check low level issues...
Good post, by the way
- February 20, 2007 6:54 pm
- Siddhi said...
Well, yes, sometimes the developers are really not doing work. Thats something to be taken on a case by case basis. I don't think that you should therefore suspect all the developers.
The real solution to this problem is increasing project visibility, so that everyone knows the project status.
Lack of trust re-inforces itself, so the developers react and things go quickly downhill from there.
- February 21, 2007 7:07 pm
- Bluebabbler said...
You are right. Visibility and Trust make projects (and teams) far better.
- February 24, 2007 5:32 pm
Stumbled upon the post while looking for wikicamp post. Good one!
Keep the insights flowing.
-Balaji S.
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I've decided to start a project exclusively for online reading, called HoriZion.
It will be written the in style of a Japanese Light Novel. (see Wiki article)
The first chapter should be released soon. For now, please enjoy a synopsis.
Set in an alternate reality, the city of Tzion is under siege by vampires. In a world where the day never lasts longer than 10 hours, the vampires thrive and it is the job of the Bureau of Vampire Affairs to keep the peace. Haru Tsukino is a 19 year old Patrolman's Assistant, eager to move up in the complex BVA hierarchy. His future looks bright until after an incident, his mother reveals to him that he is half-vampire. If anyone were to find out, the sentence would be death. Haru is now forced to live a lie while pursuing his dream of working with BVA, but everything changes when he meets a girl named Miyako, who is born of a vampire like him, but forced to live on the dark side.


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The presence of Assyrians (Syriac/Chaldean) in Syria is ancient, as ancient as Syria itself. The group forms a cultural and historical depth to Syria where Assyrians are an essential part of native national fabric of Syrian society. They are the descendants of the Assyrians and the Aramean people of early Mesopotamia and the Levant ; the name Syria itself is derived from the word "Assyrian" (In Assyrian, Syria means country of force). The Assyrians are considered the closest to the Arab peoples in race and culture. This as well as that the Assyrians participated in all their activities social, cultural, economic and political while state-building and strengthening national unity of Syria.
There are no official statistics about their numbers in Syria but they are estimated to be 500,000 and distributed in Eastern Syria, Aleppo, Homs and Damascus.
After Syrian independence and the stability of the political situation Assyrian established cultural, social and educational institutions which were allowed in the framework of religious freedoms, such as schools, sports clubs and scouts.
The Assyrian institutions played an important role in the political life of the Eastern cities – because of the high population of Assyrians – especially Al Qamishli. This was the case to the point that the parties and political powers and social institutions worked to secure support from the Assyrian organizations for municipal and parliamentary elections. The formation of these organizations with its large number of membership and supporters gave the Assyrians political weight in political equations.
After World War II revolutionary ideas began to spread and principles of socialism, national liberation movements grew in the region. The Assyrian people in Syria and the rest of the region were not far from these intellectual transformations, but it was a race against others to receive these ideas and embrace them because the Assyrians saw a way to lift the injustice against them the protect their national existence. From here, and against the backdrop of the cultural renaissance, the educated Assyrians were poised to join the ranks of political parties and revolutionary movements as well as the national and democratic forces.
With the crystallization of nationalist thought and the growth of political consciousness, Assyrian organizations and parties began to spring up in Syria. In 1957 the "Assyrian Democratic Organization" was founded as the first Assyrian political Syrian faction in the modern era. Today it constitutes one of the main factions of the Assyrian movement in Syria along with some other Assyrian bodies and organizations.
There is no doubt that the birth of the Assyrian movement in Syria coincided with the growth of national consciousness as well as for the Assyrian individual and his national consciousness. This is why it adopted such a lonely peaceful diplomatic and political struggle from the beginning of its inception. The Assyrian movement emphasizes the national approach in Syria and is aware of the relationship and interdependence between the issue of minorities and national issues. It also has the belief that the security of the citizen is the security of the nation. Also there is not a solution to the minority issue, except in a national framework based on democracy in a society that recognizes pluralism, nationalism, politics and safeguards human rights.
The Assyrian movement in Syria has passed through difficult stages that forced them to retreat to move cautiously on the national scene. For this reason they arrested and investigated some of the members of the Assyrian Democratic Organization in 1987. They were released early in a political turning point and significant point in the life and history of the Assyrian movement in Syria. A public declaration was imposed on the Assyrian movement and its emergence to the surface of Syrian politics resulted at what seemed as an inconvenient time for it. However, the movement was able to adjust to the new political situation and direct have direct involvement in the political life of the country, as it fought parliamentary elections publicly for the first time in its history in 1990 and achieved a big political victory, considering the conditions of the party, by getting a parliamentary seat for the Assyrian Democratic Organization". This was a chance to politically open up to all the parties and political forces in Syria, and to the ruling power as well.. This marked by the political position of the Assyrian movement in Syria since the beginning of the positive opposition that demanded from the political system the recognition of the Assyrian people and their national rights in Syria.
The social and cultural presence of Assyrians in Syria today is unique. They speak their own national language (Syriac) and practice their customs and traditions, and conduct many annual arts, literary and cultural festivals celebrating their holidays and national pride (such as holiday Assyrian New Year) in the first of April. They enjoy the full rights of religious practice and to teach their own language in their own Syriac schools as church environment language, and not as a national language for a people of culture and heritage. This language is an essential component of a native element of the culture and civilization of ancient Syria.
The Assyrian presence in Syria is a historical fact and the reality is that any image of Syria without the Assyrians would not be complete; their presence completes Syria's historical and national identity. It is through the Assyrians, modern Syrian is connected with its cultural past and its unique history. The admittance of the Assyrian national presence is necessity as much as it is an Assyrian need. This is a national democratic option as well as the humane and civilized approach.
The representative of the Assyrian Syriacs in the Coaliton is Mr. Senharib Merza.
Webste of the Assyrian Democratic Organization:


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|Latin name
|Chaetodon rafflesii - Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
|Common name
|Latticed butterflyfish
|Chaetodontidae - Chaetodon
|Australia, Indonesia, Central/West Pacific
|Max length
|18.0 cm (7.1")
As aquarium fish
Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.
Can nibble at clams
This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species.
Can be a threat to anemones
This species likes eating anemones.
Frequent feeding
This fish requires feeding several times a day, especially when newly added.
When the fish can find its natural food in the aquarium it requires less frequent feeding.
Well established aquarium with algae
These fish should be kept in a well run aquarium where they can "graze" algae from rocks and stones.
If there are insufficient algae on the rocks, it is important to feed more frequently and supplement with algae rich food e.g. Spirulina.
Live food
There is a greater chance of success with this species if one can supply a living feed to allow it to adapt to the tank.
Requires a varied diet
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.
Requires plenty of space for swimming.
This species revels in swimming and requires an aquarium with ample space.
Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia)
This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia).
But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them.
This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish.
Hiding places
This species needs good hiding places, for example, between live rocks.
Can coexist as a pair
They can live as a pair provided they are introduced simultaneously.
These fish will change colour when sleeping or feeling stressed.
They often normally become darker in colour when transported or when acclimatizing.
Genus description (Chaetodon)
Some species of the Chaetodon genus are grouped together in what is known as a "complex", since they are so very similar.
Regardless of resemblance, it is important to be able to distinguish them, as in some cases they vary greatly in their needs. Sometimes there are just small differences in colour or pattern, but in other instances it is vital to know where the fish originally come from.
Family description (Chaetodontidae)
The Butterflyfish are known for their attractive patterns and colours. They are closely related to Angelfishs, but can always be distinguished, as they lack the spines on each side of the head of the Angelfish.
A smaller group of these fish will seek out primairily soft corals, like Zoanthus. A larger part of the species will target different types of LPS corals. Butterflyfish are also known to seek out anemones, tubeworms and bristleworms.
Therefore it is important to choose the correct species in relation to the corals wanted, if one desires to keep Butterflyfish in a coral-aquarium.
Bristleworms, tubeworms and other small invertebrates are also a part of the diet for many Butterflyfish.
It can be problematic, with many of these species, to get them eating in the beginning, but many of the species cannot resist live zooplankton or live mussels with crushed shells. Another option is to mimic their natural behaviour by stuffing their food into coral skeletons or stones.
They ignore most other fish and are generally peaceful, therefore multiple Butterflyfish will have no problem living together. One should however be cautious about keeping similar species together unless they are a couple.
As these fish can be difficult to acclimatize and get feeding, it is important to buy healthy fish, to avoid having to deal with more problems. Make sure to check that they do not have parasites or any visible infections.
There are some species that should not be kept in an a aquarium, as they are food specialists and will almost always refuse to eat replacement foods. It can be possible to breed some species, which will eat frozen foods. Otherwise the only way to keep food specialists is by feeding them their natural diet, which consists of live SPS or LPS corals for example.
|Aquarium trade
|Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef; Palau (Belau) to the eastern Caroline Islands in Micronesia.
|English common names
|Latticed butterflyfish, Latticed coralfish, Lattice butterflyfish
|Danish common names
|Gul gitterfanefisk
|German common names
References and further reading
Bob Fenner. Corallivorous Butterflyfishes… For Aquariums? - Wet Web Media - (English)
Scott W. Michael. 2004. Angelfishes and Butterflyfishes (Reef Fishes Series Book 3) TFH Publications / Microcosm Ltd. - (English)
Bob Fenner. Butterflyfishes; Separating the Good Ones and Those You Don't Want - Wet Web Media - (English)
Collection of links to additional information - Wet Web Media - (English)
Tea Yi Kai. 2014. Reef Nuggets 2: Aquatic Lepidopterans for your reef (Revised edition) - Reef Builders - (English)
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2014. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (08/2014).
|aiptasia, docile shy, herbivore, algae eater, live food, eats feather duster worm, pair couple, eats tridacna, eats sea anomone, butterfly


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2014 has been an outstanding year for me, in many ways, but perhaps one of the most important things (besides my family) has been continuing to do what I love. I'm passionate about development, and constantly working to learn new things. This is important for any developer, as our world changes so quickly today. New standards, new languages, new frameworks, it's a consistent onslaught of new ideas, and impossible to learn each and every one, but important to get exposure none-the-less.
The early part of the year I was still maintaining a large legacy application. We were in the final stages of migrating some very old pieces of the application into new framework architecture (FW/1) along with a new look (based on Bootstrap 3). When you're working on legacy applications, there are rarely opportunities to dive in to new things, so that project was a nice nudge to explore areas previously untouched. Back in April, though, I took on a new position that had me doing nothing but non-stop new product development. Not only was this a great switch, but the particular tasks I was given had me working with technologies with which I had little or no exposure, and often without a team peer who could mentor me, as many of the technologies were new for the company as well.
Historically, I'm a server-side programmer. But, over the last several years, I've spent a great deal of time honing my client-side skills. I'm no master, by any means, but I've consistently improved my front-end work over that time, and 2014 built upon that considerably as well.
One area I could get some mentoring in was AngularJS. This was a big shift for me, and while I am still learning more and more every day, it has been an exciting change up for me. Angular is extremely powerful and flexible, taking some hard things and making them dead simple (to be fair, it makes some simple things hard too ;) ). Angular is one of those items I wished I had spent more time with a year or so back, because in hind-sight it could have saved me hundreds of hours of work. I'm really looking forward to working more with Angular.
From a software craftsmanship standpoint, I also had to dive in to a slew of technologies to assist in my day-to-day development. I now use Vagrant to spin up my local dev environment, which is a godsend. One quick command line entry, and I'm up and running with a fully configured environment. I went from playing around with NodeJS to working with it day in and day out, writing my own plugins (or tweaking existing ones), and to using (and writing/tweaking) both Grunt and Gulp task runners for various automation and build tasks. To take something as "source" and convert it to "app" with a simple command line entry is the shiznit. How many hours did I waste building my own sprites, and compiling LESS in some app? Now it happens at the touch of a few keys.
Then there are the deep areas that some project might take you. I had to dust off year's old AS3 skills to refactor a Flash based mic recorder. There was some extreme study into cross-browser client-side event handling. Iron.io has a terrific product for queuing up remote service containers for running small, process intensive jobs in concurrency without taxing your application's resources. That lead into studies in Ruby, shell scripting, and Debian package deployment (not in any sort of order), as well as spinning up NodeJS http servers with Express.
Did you know that you could write automated testing of browser behavior by using a headless page renderer like PhantomJS? Load a page, perform some actions, and record your findings, it really is incredibly powerful. It also has some hidden 'issues' to contend with as well, but it's well worth looking into, as the unit testing applications are excellent. Then you might change direction and checkout everything there is to know about Aspect Ratio. It's something you should know more about, when thinking about resizing images or video.
(Did I also mention that I went from Windows to Mac, on my desktop, and Windows to Linux, on my dev server? Best moves I ever made!)
Speaking of video, I got the opportunity to go beyond the basics with ffmpeg's video transcoding. For those unfamiliar with the process, you write a command line entry defining what you want. Basically it's one command with 200+ possible flags in thousands of possible combinations, and no clear documentation, by any one source, on how to get exactly what you want (read: a lot of reading and a lot of trial and error).
If that had been all of it, it would have been a lot, but then I really got to have fun, and got to rewrite a Chrome Extension. Now, I had the advantage that we already had an extension, but I was tasked with heavily expanding on it's capabilities, and it's been a blast. Going from something relatively simple to something much more complex is always a challenge, but doing so when you don't fully grasp the tech at hand is even more challenging. Google has created a brilliant triple tier architecture for interfacing the browser 'chrome' with the pages inside them, and developing advanced extensions with injected page applications has a lot of twists and turns along the way. I've learned enough along the way that I'm considering writing a presention on this process for the upcoming conference season.
So, in retrospect, I went from maintaining a large legacy system to doing cutting edge custom development, learning something new each and every day. Awesome! Now, the downside to this sort of process is that you lose valuable productivity time getting through the learning curve. It's difficult to make hard estimates on tasks that no one else has done before, and measuring success is taken in baby steps. But the upside is that you are constantly engaged, constantly motivated, and those skills will eventually translate into better products down the road. Products that won't incur that same learning curve (not to mention the new ideas that can come from exposure to so many different technologies). I can't claim mastery of any of it, yet, but did gain a solid foundation in most of it, and it just makes me hungry for more.
So, if I have one wish for 2015 for you, dear reader, as well as myself, it is only that you continue to learn every day. Maybe not to the levels described above (for I am a bit of a lunatic), but at least take the chance to branch out into one new area of development in the coming year.


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Over the last few weeks at The Gathering we've had the joy and privilege of releasing some of our sons and daughters into preaching and it's not been a disappointing journey.
This Sunday Rejoice spoke with genuine wisdom and insight into the Kingdom of God and what are we seeing, based on Matthew 20, the Transfiguration story and Isaiah 6. Rejoice's word was both exciting and encouraging and it warmed our hearts to see how well she knows the Word.
Prior to this both Ziggy and Phillimon shared a couple of Sundays ago and it was great to see two very different styles complement each other whilst encouraging and challenging the church to move deeper into the things of God.
I'm not sure there are many greater joys in leadership than seeing folk raised up and released into various aspects of ministry, it's most definitely a hug privilege to be able to cheer them on as they seek to faithfully serve.
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R is a (very) high level programming language that is used for statistical analysis. It's open source and free, and is used in many industrial-strength applications, so if you're planning on doing any data analysis, it's worth a look.
Here, I'll start with installing R and looking at a few basic concepts.
Installing R and RStudio
R runs on all major computing platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux) but I'll restrict myself to Windows, since that's all I have. Installing R is quite straightforward. Visit the CRAN website and download the R package, then install it in the usual way (on Windows, the install file is an exe, so just run it).
Although R on its own runs from the command line and many tutorials assume this is the environment you're using, if you're used to an IDE for your programming in other languages I'd highly recommend that you now install RStudio, which is a free (for non-commercial use) graphical interface for R development. You can get it here. From now on, I'll assume this is the environment we're using. RStudio should find your R installation, but if it doesn't, or you want to change the version of R it uses, open Tools –> Global Options and select the General tab.
R is an object-oriented, functional language that contains most of the usual features such as arithmetic operators, if statements and loops. Since these don't differ much from other languages such as Java or C#, we won't dwell on them here. Rather, we'll start off by examining some simple operations on data sets, which is what R is designed for.
One feature of R that is at once powerful and frustrating is that there is a pre-written function to do almost anything you can think of. It's frustrating because the sheer number of such functions makes it virtually impossible to remember them (so remember Google is your friend) and even if you do, their usage is often far from obvious. There is a built-in 'help' facility in R, but, at least for novices, it's often far from helpful.
Anyway, open up RStudio and follow along. You should find that that there is a Console window in the lower left (or possibly covering the entire left side) into which you can type R commands.
Data types
R comes with several built-in primitive data types such as 'logical', 'character', 'double', 'numeric', 'integer' and 'complex'. R doesn't require you to declare your variables before using them; rather the type of the variable is determined by how it is used, and the same variable name can be reassigned to different data types within the same program. The current type of a variable can be found with the typeof() function:
> x = 12 > typeof(x) [1] "double"
A note about the assignment operator: in older versions of R the backwards arrow <- was the only acceptable assignment operator so the x = 12 statement above would be written x <- 12. More recent versions of R allow both <- and the more intuitive = for assignment. I'll use = here since it's what I'm used to from other languages.
For anything beyond trivial commands, we'll be dealing with collections of data so we need to see how R handles these. There are four main types of object that are used for storing data: vectors, lists, matrices and data frames. The simplest of these is the vector.
We can define a vector using the range operator (a colon : ) if we want, say, a sequence of integers:
> v = 1:3 > v [1] 1 2 3
(Typing a variable on a line by itself prints out the value of that variable.)
Another way to create a vector is to use the c() function ('c' for 'concatenate'), which produces a vector from its arguments. Thus we could have written the above vector as
> v = c(1,2,3) > v [1] 1 2 3
There is, however, a subtle distinction between the two, which can be seen by using typeof(v). In the first example, the range operator : produces a vector of integers from 1 to 3 so typeof(v) produces 'integer'. In the second example just listing the numbers 1, 2, 3 makes R think they are doubles.
Notice that applying typeof() to a vector produces the type of its elements, and not the type of the vector itself (which is 'vector').
If you've been wondering what the [1] at the start of the output line means, it indicates that the first element printed in that line is element 1 of the vector. Printing out a longer vector causes the output to appear on several lines, and the index of the first element in each line is printed at the start of that line. Try it yourself by generating a vector with the integers 1 through 100 and then print it.
The elements of a vector can be accessed individually using square bracket notation, so that v[1] is the first element of v, v[2] is the second element, and so on. Note that vector indexes begin at 1, not 0 as in many other languages like Java and C#.
We can apply c() to a list of any types of arguments, even mixed types. However, the elements of a vector must be all the same type, so what happens if we try something like
> u = c(42, "Hello", TRUE) > typeof(u) [1] "character" > u [1] "42" "Hello" "TRUE"
This illustrates coercion; each element is coerced into the most general data type. In this case 42 is double, "Hello" is character and TRUE is logical. A character string, in general, can't be interpreted as a number or a logical variable (true or false), while the other elements can be interpreted as just character strings rather than as actual values. So in this case, c() coerces all the elements to be of type character. When we print u we see all its elements are in quotes, indicating that they are merely strings, not values.
R scripts
For anything more than the odd isolated command, typing R statements at the command line can get tedious, especially if you need to repeat several commands. It's easier to create an R script file and run that. In RStudio, click on the 'New' icon in the top left (a blank sheet with a green circle with a plus sign) and create a new R Script. An empty window will appear in the top left. Any code entered in this window can be run by clicking the Source icon at the top right of this window (or press Ctrl + Shift + S). This just runs the code but doesn't produce any output. If you want to see the output, you can open the drop-down menu to the right of the Source icon and select "Source with echo" (or press Ctrl + Shift + Enter). This will echo the code as well as the output in the console.
It's also worth noting that any R objects created by your code (either in the console or from running a script) remain in your environment until you clear it. They are visible in RStudio in the top right panel under the Environment tab.
Anyway, back to vectors. Here are a few things you can do with vectors that illustrate some of the built-in R functions and operators.
x = 1:10 y = seq(2, 20, by = 2) x y x + y # Add corresponding elements x - y # Subtract corresponding elements x * y # Multiply corresponding elements x / y # Divide corresponding elements x %*% y # Inner product (produces 1 value) crossprod(x, y) #Caution! Same as x %*% y sqrt(x) # Square root of each element x^3 # Cube of each element sum(x) # Add up all elements mean(x) # Mean of elements var(x) # Variance of elements x = c(x, 11:15) # Add 11:15 to end of x and reassign x to result y = c(y, seq(22, 30, by = 2)) # Extend y similarly x y z = 1:5 x + z # Add vectors of different lengths q = 1:6 y + q # Longer length not a multiple of shorter length
Try copying and pasting this code into RStudio and run it to see what you get. Line 2 shows the seq() function which generalizes the colon operator by allowing you to specify a step size with 'by'. The four standard arithmetic operators each operate on every element in the two vectors, so x + y performs x[1] + y[1], x[2] + y[2] and so on.
The %*% operator on line 9 performs an inner product, which is essentially the same thing as a dot or scalar product between the two vectors, equal to x[1] * y[1] + x[2] * y[2] + … There is also a function called, confusingly, crossprod() which does the same thing. This is NOT the cross or vector product that you may be familiar with from linear algebra! As far as I can tell, if you want the cross product you'll need to write an R function to do that yourself (though it's not hard).
The caret ^ is the exponentiation operator, and operates on each vector element separately. sum(), mean() and var() calculate the sum, mean and variance of the elements in the vector, so each returns a single value.
It's possible to extend a vector using c() as shown in lines 17 and 18. We add 11:15 to the end of x and then reassign x to be this longer vector.
Finally, it's worth noting what R does if we use vectors of different length in the arithmetic operations. We create a vector z of length 5 and add it to x, which is now length 15. R repeats the shorter vector enough times to make it fit the longer vector, so that x + z produces a vector with elements [1+1, 2+2, 3+3, 4+4, 5+5, 6+1, 7+2, 8+3,…]. If the longer vector's length is a multiple of the shorter vector's length, R will do the computation silently, but if this isn't the case, as with y+q, it will still wrap the shorter vector enough times to match the longer one, but you'll get a warning that the length of the longer vector isn't a multiple of that of the shorter.
Some commands won't work on vectors of different lengths. For example, the %*% operator requires two vectors of equal length.


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Plant-based experts, like Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Joel Fuhrman, share healthy vegan eating habits and the health benefits of a vegan diet.
Did you know that a vegan diet can reverse heart disease and type 2 diabetes and help to lower cholesterol? There is also medial evidence that a plant-based diet may reduce the risk of osteoporosis. And a vegan diet can also help with weightloss and childhood obesity. There are many health benefits with a vegan diet!
Did you know that all plants contain protein? Some plants, like peas, are very protein rich with 7 grams of protein in a 3.5 oz serving! By combining several veggies together, you can actually create a protein-rich meal. We've put together a chart to show the protein and fat content of many common vegetables. Thanks Mother Earth for all these yummy veggies!
Many of us grew up thinking that cow's milk was the only source for calcium. Medical evidence now suggests that plant-based sources of calcium are better for our health. We can meet our calcium needs on a plant-based diet. Read more to learn which plants contain calcium!
We know that nuts have a high protein content, but did you know they can also decrease your risk for heart disease? According to the Harvard School of Public Health, eating a handful of nuts several times a week can reduce your risk of cardiac disease by 30 – 50%. The FDA even allows [...]
When my friends first learned that I was eating 100% vegan meals, their first question was, "How do you get enough protein?" So, in response to their genuine concern for my well-being, and for all of us whose families want to make sure that we are eating in a healthy way, I decided to write this article. Many people know about nuts and beans, hummus and tofu, but there are so many more choices and sources available.
According to Dr. Dean Ornish of the Preventative Medicine Research Institute, a plant-based diet with 10% or less of fat (preferably polyunsaturated or monosaturated) can actually reverse damage and reduce the risk of a heart attack. It's worth checking with your health care practitioner to see if a plant-based diet is right for you. Adjusting your diet may be one way to begin lowering your cholesterol.
According to Dr. Ragnar Berg, a Swedish nutritionist and Nobel Prize winner, we should be eating about 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods at each meal. Why does it matter? Dr. Berg's research suggested that disease cannot live in an alkaline environment. He was the first scientist to discover the importance of [...]
Flax seeds are amazing. These tiny seeds pack a powerful nutritional punch. Two common varieties are the brown and golden flax seeds, and the nutritional content seems to vary slightly depending on the variety. According the nutritional information from the Nature's Path brand of organic brown flax seeds, two tablespoons contain 4 grams of protein, 5 [...]


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In addition to your cat's regular vaccinations, how can you know when your cat needs to see a vet? The following conditions and behavior are red flags.
Diarrhea can be caused by lots of things – diet, infections, parasites and metabolic problems. Diarrhea is never normal and can cause dehydration and death if it persists. If you can, take a fresh poo sample with you to the vet for testing. One way to test for dehydration is by pressing your finger against your cat's gums. It the spot takes more than two seconds to return to pink, there's a problem.
Cats often wretch and vomit up stomach contents including hairballs. Hairballs are common and some cat foods are now formulated to reduce them. Vomiting, however, is a problem if it happens more than once a day, contains blood or mucous and if your cat also has diarrhea, lethargy, salivation and is not eating. Excessive vomiting can cause dehydration and death.
Coughing, panting or wheezing
These signs are never normal and could indicate viral, bacterial or fungal infections. They could also be signs of heart or lung disease. You must take your coughing, wheezing or panting cat to a vet.
Uncontrolled urination
If your cat's urinating habits change, this could be a sign of tumors, cysts, stones, infection or inflammation. It is important to see your vet and take a fresh urine sample with you, if you can. Use a clean jar.
Excessive drinking
If your cat seems to be drinking more than usual, and urinating more often, you should take her to a vet. Unless it is a really hot day, increased thirst can be caused by diabetes, kidney and liver problems.
Not eating
If your cat is off his food, you should report this to your vet straight away.
Your cat may have been in a fight or been hurt elsewhere. Lacerations and bite wounds can become infected, so it is important to have these checked out by your vet.
Excessive scratching
Although occasional scratching is normal, excessive scratching could indicate a skin infection, allergies or parasites. The scratching can lead to inflammation and further infection. See your vet!
Anytime your cat's behavior or patterns change, it is best to have these checked out.


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Pistol Problematics at Harvard
Harvard alumni magazine offers a brief article on two eighteenth-century pistols in the Houghton Library's collection. It's subtitled "Problematics in the Z Closet," Z being the library's acquisition code for "How can we possibly shelve this?"
These pistols came to the Houghton in 1944; the donor had bought them in 1896 in an auction of sketches and souvenirs from George Washington's short-term aide-de-camp and painter John Trumbull. There was a sketch of these guns labeled "Washington's Headquarters Pistols."
Maybe not. Probably not. Almost certainly not. The sketches are no longer thought to be genuine Trumbulls, leaving no reason to believe these pistols were Trumbull's, either. The initials "GW" and "1776" are carved on the guns, but did they have any connection with Washington at all?
Harvard's Artemas Ward fellow Philip Mead, whom I met this summer at the Dublin Seminar, offers magazine readers the faintest glimmer of hope, saying that pistols of this sort were around during the Revolution, and some swords associated with Washington's Life Guard have the general's initials on them. But if you were forging Trumbull drawings in the 1890s, would you have any compunction about carving initials and numbers onto a pair of old pistols?
Still, it's more useful for the Houghton Library to display these pistols and discuss what they tell us about collectors' admiration for Washington than to keep them hidden in the Z Closet. (Tip of the hat to Dorothy Bell for alerting me to this article.)


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Doctor Who and the Stig become public speakers
Top gear for MP3 playback?
CES 2011 Speakal, US-based manufacturer of novelty speaker systems, is at the Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) this year with a fresh range of set-ups, which include these Top Gear and Doctor Who inspired designs.
This replica Stig helmet includes an iPod dock, digital amplifier and 25W output with built-in sub-woofer. Give him a track and he'll pump it out rather than race round it.
Sound is rarely out of time with the Doctor Who Tardis - a Bluetooth-based system that boasts "powerful bass" and "premium" speakers.
These devices will be available soon, although there's no word on release date or prices yet. ®
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Paul Burnett, 8-year-old, met Kamden Houshan in Kindergarten and they both became best friends. The bond between them grew strong and they played superheroes and made goofy videos.
Fortunately, Paul never looked at Kamden as disabled. Others used to look at Karden's disability and sometimes used to pity him but Paul had a different eye. Kamden was born with a tumour in his vertebras. The tumour was so large that it literally engulfed his spinal cord. The spinal cord is the major part of the body which supports the skeleton. The tumour affected the spinal cord. The kid underwent three surgeries to de bulk the tumour. Kamden is paraplegic and relies on a wheelchair.
The wheel chair which Kamden previously had was bulky and heavy for the little boy. It made it hard for Kamden to push it with his hands. It was also aiding in causing accidents for the little boy. The last accident happened on a farm which the boys visited for some fun.
Paul got terrified when the wheelchair flipped and ejected Kamden. The state's Medicare only paid Kamden family enough to buy a wheelchair in 5 years. Paul knew that he couldn't wait to bring change in Kamden's life.
Pail started an online campaign asking others for help. He had watched a video about fundraising websites and he thought to start a fund raising campaign himself.
The campaign soon crossed $3900, the required amount for a custom wheelchair. The campaign was live at Go Fund Me.


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Since most of you must be having a Kritansh 2012 hangover, We thought why not divulge some "dope" about the college. Let us start with the "main" khatti(hangout) spots in KIIT School of Engineering.
D-Block Lawn:
It's a stretch of lush green grass and full wi-fi connectivity, ideal place for full-on gossip and various games and sports, over looking an open-air theatre. PDA happening all over, this is a perfect place for spending a lazy evening.
Manu's Canteen:
Best food service within the campus. Minutes away from almost all departments and an ideal place for friends to hang out and celebrate birthdays etc. If you bunk a class, this is where you go.
Thela-wala/ Bangali Bhaina:
Best rolls, noodles, mughlai and biryani. Absolutely mouth-watering and unbelievably pocket-friendly. We love the bhaina or DADA rather. Located behind KP-2, it's an easy access for all and the sundry.
Everyone in KIIT knows Atmaram. This is basically for the boys. Place to smoke, have tea/awesome coffee and basic snacks. Great de-stresser. Best place to complaint about teachers and syllabus; and plan mass-bunks. Great place to chill and learn to live the "cool" way. Not to forget the numerous recharge shops alongside.
Even if the CCD in the campus doesn't open the KIITians don't complain. Perhaps, Share-A-Cup is the only reason why! Declared to be the best place for Post Exam Parties, it has often been termed as a pseudo-CCD! But then the main-course full-time lunch-dinner varieties probably give them a "+1". One of those places where "Love Happens" and if it didn't go that well, you are always allowed to take a puff outside on the stairs.
Chaat Street:
Nobody thought the stalls outside Big Bazaar could attract all the students from KIIT! Yes, the Chaat Street is the place to be when you want a four course meal with your girlfriend- Golguppa Chaat, Munchurians, Cheese Egg Rolls and Delicious Jalebis. If you're a part of the Koel Campus or if you're just waiting for the bus to take you home, you can never ignore the aura of the street.
This one doesn't need much words. Healthier rolls, burgers and cutlets. Various chocolate delicacies to choose from. Vast option for cakes and pastries and quick and easy delivery for birthdays and other events. This one is new but I don't know how we survived before.
Maggi and tea at 5 am in the morning? What else do we need on the day right before our exam? Ideal for all college toppers and of course, for all the rest of us too. One of the best places to bitch about College.
Central Library Chowk:
This is the latest addition to the many hotspots for the collegiates. We call it the Open Aquarium! Best NSP (Nayan Sukh Prapti) spot for the poor engineering lads. This place is always full of people-24×7, just like the Library.
Specially during the evening, the lights and water fountains make the ambience majestic. Some of the best decisions here is to walk the foot-track. For obvious reasons.
Article Courtesy : Subhobrata Das and Surabhi Singh
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
By Manoj Kumawat
A new sub Rs 12 lakh electric car from Tata Motors
Tata Motors is well known for its interminable innovation in substitute fuel technologies like hybrid vehicles and electric powered cars. Tata Motors in the past developed few of the electric cars like the Tata Indica Vista EV and Tata Manza electric hybrid. Fresh speculations suggest that the company is now developing a brand new electric car which would be priced around Rs 12 lakh; Tata might commence the production of this car soon.
The new electric car from Tata Motors is being developed by the IT fragment of the company, Tata Technologies in alliance with the renowned 3D and product lifecycle management software firm, Dassault Systemes. The project has completed the initial feasibility test of this new electric car using with the help of Dassault Systemes' 3D platform.
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Kevin Fisher, President Vehicle programs and Development Group, Tata Technologies stated that the company is working along with Dassault Systemes to with a team of brilliant engineers from across the world in order to meet the design and cost limitations. The engineers are also working hard to keep the price tag under $20,000.
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The company also mentioned that it has completed the first electric Mobility (eMO), which implies that soon this electric car can go into production and along with that it could also come with an affordable price tag. This electric car is not confined to one market but it is being referred as a global project and over 300 Tata technologies engineers handpicked from countries like India, US and Europe are working towards the development of the new electric car.
Dassult Systemes Executive Vice President, Monica Menghini also mentioned that Tata Technologies is an important business collaborator for Dassault Systemes and this new innovative electric car project is an epitome of how the company's 3DEXPERIENCE platform is important to their alliance with Tata Motors for expedited development.


text: If you love classic love poems, here is one that celebrates a woman's beauty and that is very romantic. It is an ancient Egyptian poem written 3000 years ago by an unknown poet. She is one girl She is one girl, there is no one like her. She is more beautiful than any other. Look, she is like a star goddess arising at the beginning of a happy new year; brilliantly white, bright skinned; with beautiful eyes for looking, with sweet lips for speaking; she has not one phrase…Read More