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- n. - Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- n. - Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- n. - A hollow cylindrical shape
- n. - (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
- n. - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- v. - Provide with a tube or insert a tube into
- v. - Convey in a tube
- v. - Ride or float on an inflated tube
- v. - Place or enclose in a tube
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There are 4 letters in tube: B E T U
1 Anagram of Tube
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In the latest in a string of cases seeing innocent parents losing their children to the care and adoption system, campaigners are now focusing on trying to change the law, but are they targeting the root cause of the problem or just scratching the surface?
Karissa Cox and her partner Richard Carter were accused of abusing their baby when doctors found bruises and what were thought to be fractures on the baby's body. The baby was subsequently taken into care, and later adopted.
Three years on, the parents have now been exonerated from harming their child, and despite clear evidence that they were not responsible for their baby's injuries – the baby suffered with a blood disorder and other ailments which caused the baby to have infantile rickets – they are unlikely to be reunited with their child.
The tension in the law as it stands is between the rights of the biological parents and those of the adoptive family. Once an adoption order has been made, parental responsibility transfers to the adoptive family and effectively leaves the biological family without any rights whatsoever over that child. A recent ruling in which the High Court held that family rights between a child and his or her biological parents cease upon adoption, further cements this view.
However, the current campaign seeking to change the law, looks to be focusing on the timeframes for adoption, currently a 26 week window, and the 'loophole' double jeopardy style trials in family law afford parents when a criminal trial is set to run alongside. This dual trial system is often implemented when a criminal element is considered present within a family law case, for example physical abuse of a child by a parent.
The loophole mentioned refers to the possibility of delaying proceedings in the Family Court when criminal cases are running in tandem. In this family's case, that stay, or pause, was not granted.
Campaigners want a change in the law so that cases running alongside one another could be dealt with at the same time, to ensure each trial informs the other. But is that really the answer?
As Michael Turner QC notes, cases where parents have been wrongly accused of harming their children are common, and having assisted on several cases like this it's only in rare circumstances that we're able to halt the court process and prevent an unjust outcome for children and their families.The system, slow and intractable, makes it almost impossible to go back and rectify mistakes. Indeed, the system seems loathe to do it.
It's a policy driven problem.
But it's also one of malpractice and irrational procedure.
The real issues lie in correct medical diagnoses in the first instance, and where a mistake has been made, ensuring that the court process has the flexibility to go back and correct an error.
There are the rights, too, of adoptive parents. As cruel as it may seem, we take the view that their rights must be secondary to those of the child, who is effectively being denied his or her birthright – a family life with biological parents who are able and willing to care for them.
What we really need to see is a threefold change:
- Comprehensive guidelines for doctors across the country to spot and test for deficiencies and disorders where those conditions may be likely
- Amendments to the law in relation to adoption policy and adoptive parents' rights and finally;
- Changes to the court system, to allow it to be responsive and pro active in the face of weighty evidence
What do you think?

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A recent microblogging of "Ka Lok" from Shenzhen has been exposed, aged about 16 years, his microblogging is full of photos and information of luxury living. His lifestyle is described as the top luxury lifestyle of a Second Generation of Rich (富二代).
Second Generation of Rich (Rich 2G) or "富二代" refers to the children of the first batch of private entrepreneurs getting rich after the reform and opening-up in China. Most "Second Generation of Rich" were born in the 1980s, and have received good education and enjoyed other social resources.
Related News: 52% of "Second Generation of Rich" (富二代) prefer starting their own businesses


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Full Name: Hayate
Ranger Designation: Ginga Green
Weapons: Starbeast Sword, Machine Blade, Attack Rod
Gear: Ginga Brace, Green Wind, Ginga Cloth,, Lights of Ginga
Ginga Beast: Gingalcon
The serious one of the group. He had a love Miharu, with whom he learned to play the flute, lost back in the Ginga forest. He carried something she had given him with him. Shelinda, who personally hated Hayate, created a doppelganger of Miharu, which she used to attack him. It was hard and terrible, but he eventually overcame his hesitation and won the day. His element is wind, his attacks are Storm Flap and the Galcon Fly diving technique.


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On Friday the 27th of January the Junior School held its annual 9-11 year old Swimming Carnival. It was a wonderful success; a testament to the fantastic children that competed in it and also the dedicated teachers and volunteers who got involved on the day. The most successful 9-11yr Sporting House for the girls was Finnegan; for boys it was Pamphlett, and over-all the best Swimming House this year was the green team. Congratulations FINNEGAN! Well done also to the individuals who took out the title of Age Champions for both girls and boys. The age champions, runners up and winning House will be announced during Junior School Assembly next Monday.
Please go to the photo album below:
Junior School Swimming Carnival 2017


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Solar calendar in Mace Ranch Park a reminder of nature's patterns
This article appeared in the April 22, 2011 edition of the Davis Enterprise.
By Liz Shenaut
Special to the Enterprise
If you wander through Mace Ranch Park, you may notice next to its largest, oldest oak tree an area of the park shaped into a large earthen spiral, imbedded with large stones around the edges. You may puzzle over its purpose and wonder how to interact with it.
Called "Evidence of Life," this 2006 art installation commissioned by the City of Davis is a solar calendar, providing a map of seasonally significant sunsets and sunrises for the observer sitting on the stone at its center.
The creator of this work, artist Sam Tubiolo, intended the spiral shape to be a symbol for life and change. Being in the middle of the spiral allows visitors a space to observe and reflect upon nature in the park.
As seasons and years pass, the living things around the solar calendar flourish and fade in cycles that are ever-changing, yet predictably constant.
The large stones around the edges of the spiral show one aspect of nature's predictability -- the places where the sun sets and rises at each solstice and equinox.
As Earth's tilt changes, so do the seasons of the year, marked by two solstices and two equinoxes annually. From the stone at the center of "Evidence of Life," the peripheral stones mark the direction to look for sunrises and sunsets on the first day of each season: spring equinox, summer solstice, fall equinox and winter solstice.
The three stones on the east side of the solar calendar mark sunrises, while the three on the west side mark sunsets.
Spring equinox happened on March 20, when Earth had no tilt at all so day and night were the same length. Coming up next is summer solstice on June 21, which will be the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer.
If you sit in the center facing east, the three stones mark from left to right: summer solstice sunrise, fall equinox sunrise and winter solstice sunrise. The center stone you are sitting on represents spring solstice sunrise.
Looking in the opposite direction from the center of the spiral and to the west the stones mark from left to right: winter solstice sunset, spring equinox sunset and summer solstice sunset with the center stone for fall equinox sunset.
Although the maximum power of "Evidence of Life" might be at those key moments during sunsets and sunrises when the seasons change, the calendar is always there.
At any time, passersby may have a seat on its center stone to take a moment's rest inside the spiral, perhaps to linger and take notice of the interconnectedness of living things around the park.
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Ska-T's Scene-ik Drive Episode July 25, 2008
Broadcast on 25-Jul-2008
10:00am - 12:00pm
THE CiTR SHOW SWAP
The CiTR Show Swap is now in full effect. The CiTR Show Swap is when programmers are given the opportunity to see how the other half lives and host their shows for a week!
Between July 21st and July 27th, CiTR's programming schedule will turn upsidedown, so be sure to tune in for an interesting radio experience.
With host Anita Bee
Track Listing:
maggie's farm
the specials · the singles collection
bed & breakfast man
madness · one step beyond...
racial discrimination
isreal vibration · vibes alive
garden of love
skatalites · from paris with love
east side beat
the toasters · this gun for hire
spring heeled jack · static world view
mustard plug · masterpieces: 1991-02
seven thirty seven/shoe glue
mighty mighty bosstones · don't know how to party
day job
dance hall crashers · lockjaw
no face
the suicide machines · destruction by definition
the crowd
operation ivy · s/t
drunken master
the pietasters · turbo
jokes on you
los furios · s/t
friends and booze
the skatomatics · high maintenance
cool your jets
the planet smashers · unstoppable
lazy woman
the slackers · close my eyes
bring your love to me
chris murray combo · why so rude
captain future
skavoovie & the epitones · the growler
rudi, a message to you
the specials · the singles collection


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|This content is available in both Pixel Gun 3D and Pixel Gun World! If this is a game content, its counterpart is described in another article!
This article describes a Pixel Gun World weapon. If you are looking for the same weapon in Pixel Gun 3D, see Combat Rifle (PG3D).
The Combat Rifle is a weapon, located in the Primary section, introduced in the first version of PGW. It is the first form of the Combat Rifle.
It is completely plain black with a carrying handle, handle, ammo magazine, handguard, long-barrel, and aiming tip.
The Combat Rifle is very accurate and has range, has a better fire rate than most rifles, has average ammo, decent mobility, and average damage to complement the fire rate for levels under 7. It has a different style of gameplay from other rifles; with it, fighting at long ranges are possible when properly aiming. Unlike most high range rifles, it doesn't need a scope to shoot far or be accurate. The Combat Rifle also has some good mobility to it, making getting close possible but not recommended.
- Stay at a medium range and wait for your opponent to make a movement, then start aiming for the head and fire.
- Do not rush, it's crosshairs aren't very good at dealing damage in close ranges.
- Try to avoid players using high mobility melee weapons and very long range snipers. It's best using an alternative weapon that can beat these players.
- Try not to waste it's ammo, as it doesn't have much ammo for a primary. However, try to make your headshots as accurate as possible for faster killing and ammunition saving. Avoid spraying and praying your ammunition.
- Pick off its users from using long range snipers.
- Use high mobility weapons and back-stab its user(s).
- It is based on off of the M16, more precisely the A4 variant.
- This weapon is no longer available, due to the shut down of Pixel Gun World.


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The Art of Baking Blind by Little Shelford writer Sarah Vaughan was published on July 3 2014. Here is an update on Sarah's second novel.
If you'd asked me a month ago what I would be doing today, I would probably have said relaxing or catching up with all the things I'd neglected while completing my second novel. The deadline was supposed to be yesterday (November 30) and I fully expected to be collapsed in a heap, doing no writing at all.
But about three weeks ago, my publishers kindly offered to extend the deadline because they needed to shift the date of publication. And, of course, that was fatal. Suddenly a deadline that had been etched on my brain for a year seemed fluid – and I believed I had all the time in the world to perfect my final draft.
Except that now I haven't. My deadline is January 1st but, in reality, I have to get this book finished by December 19, when my children break up, or the 21st at the very, very latest. Which means I have three weeks. That is all.
I have 109,000 words that need to be reduced down in that time; but more importantly I have work out if I have 100,000 words that are good enough – or if more rewriting needs to be done, as well as some ruthless slashing. Hemingway was famously uncomplimentary about first drafts. This is draft three and so it's not quite as bad as that, I hope, and yet there are still big changes to be made. The question is when to stop. It's hugely satisfying to run a red pen through reams of copy. But I do have a tendency to fiddle: ri-jigging sentences and then reverting to the original, after all.
There is something called "second novel syndrome": which is rather like second album syndrome. If a first novel is written with exuberance, the author's experience of life tumbling into it, the second is a professional act of writing: I have a contract, and feel a huge burden of expectation to write something good.
Of course there'll be further editing once I've submitted this: possibly extensive changes in January once my editor has read it; further changes once the copy editor's seen it, and, again, after the proof editor has cast an eye over it. But my lovely editor wanted my first novel by the time she had finished the first chapter, and I want her to feel a similar frisson of excitement over this one.
Which is why if you see me in the next three weeks, I'll have my head down and may possibly be chuntering to myself, trying to work out if I have tied up every plot detail and whether a character would really make a comment like that. One author recently likened editing a novel to renovating a house: you need to strip out all the dross and the parts that don't work before you can build something fresh and, hopefully, beautiful or striking. Like any building project three weeks off deadline, I'm still busy with the refurbishment.
Sarah's blog July 2014
If you happen to look up my book on the Waterstone's website – something I've been doing with obsessive regularity - something exciting shows up. Thirty one days until publication, it notes, and next to it is a grey button stating: Coming soon.
It's really happening. A month tomorrow – or four weeks on Thursday – people will be able to buy my novel, The Art of Baking Blind. I haven't seen a final copy – in fact it hasn't been printed yet – but that Waterstone's reference and the positive reviews on the Goodreads website suggests that I'm not deluded.
It's been a strange, knuckle-biting couple of months: a bit like the run-up to finals when you know there's little you can do to change the outcome and you just want the moment of reckoning to arrive. It's too late for me to change anything and yet it's been too early for anyone – apart from me – to get really excited about. Perhaps it's more like waiting for a baby: exactly seven months ago, Hodder bought the book and now we're entering the eighth month of gestation. And like anyone in their third trimester, I veer between extreme excitement, incredulity and apprehension.
Now, though, with the trickle of reviews coming through, and Hodder beginning to tweet choice quotes, at least it's starting to feel real. I'm even going to hold a launch party in Cambridge Waterstone's and a reading in Little Shelford - details for both to follow.
As I try to knuckle down to book two, The Art of Baking Blind's been sold to publishers in eight different countries – the US, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Brazil. Hodder have created a new paperback cover for readers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland; there will be reviews in Elle and Good Housekeeping, and blogs for Waterstone's and the Guardian.
But I don't think it will feel truly real until I get that first hardback copy in my hands. Just as I didn't truly believe I'd be a mother until my daughter burst into the world, so I think I'll need to hold it, open it and smell it to know that I'm an author, at last.
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I never thought I would be excited by a tea towel. But this week I received two from Hodder and Stoughton which proudly display the cover of my book.
The Art of Baking Blind still won't be published for over three months but the marketing for it has suddenly ratcheted up a gear. A thousand proof copies have been printed and sent to possible reviewers and buyers; postcards displaying choice quotes are being circulated; and, two weeks ago, I finally got to hold a very early version in my hands.
I also went to London to speak at Hodder's annual sales conference - along with Kirsty Wark, another Hodder debut novelist; One Day's David Nicholls; Booker-shortlisted David Mitchell; bestselling Jodi Picoult and a very risque Graham Norton.
Appearing alongside them - and reading from my novel in front of 250 journalists and buyers - was nerve-wracking but surprisingly thrilling. They listened; they applauded; and they laughed in all the right places! OK. So they didn't laugh as much for me as for Graham but I didn't stumble, or mumble, or fall over. All great practice for any future readings in Cambridge and Little Shelford!
Meanwhile, the novel has now been sold to publishers in the US, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil; and will also be available in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland. Next month, I'm off to the London Book Fair in the hope of enticing more foreign publishers to buy it over a cocktail or three there.
Oh...and there's the second book to write. I keep being distracted by the excitement of the first book but am plodding away at it slowly, hoping that, this time next year, I'll be at a similar stage in the cycle: waiting for my novel to be dressed, bound and unleashed on readers once again.
You can read a profile of Sarah Vaughan here.
Press release
The Art of Baking Blind
A novel by Sarah Vaughan
Published in hardback by Hodder & Stoughton
3rd July 2014, £12.99
Whoever you are Why ever you bake This story's for you
'There are many reasons to bake: to feed; to create; to impress; to nourish; to define ourselves; and, sometimes, it has to be said, to perfect. But often we bake to fill a hunger that would be better filled by a gesture from a dear one. We bake to love and be loved.'
It's 1966 and Kathleen Eaden, cookery writer and wife of a supermarket magnate, publishes The Art of Baking, her guide to nurturing a family by creating the most exquisite pastries, biscuits and cakes.
Move to the present day, and five amateur bakers are competing to become the new Mrs Eaden.
Jenny is facing an empty nest now her family has flown. Claire has sacrificed her dreams for her daughter. Mike is trying to parent his two kids after his wife's death. Vicki has dropped everything to be a stay-at-home mum for her baby boy.
And Karen knows what it's like to have nothing and is determined her perfect façade won't slip.
As the competition heats up, secrets rise to the surface and making the choicest choux bun seems the least of the contestants' concerns. For they will learn – as Mrs Eaden did before them, that while perfection is possible in the kitchen, it's very much harder in life…
Sarah Vaughan read English at Oxford and went on to become a journalist. After two years at the Press Association, she spent 11 years at the Guardian as a news reporter, health correspondent and political
correspondent, and then started freelancing. The Art of Baking Blind is her
first novel and she is now working on her second. Sarah lives in Little Shelford with her husband Phil and her two young children.
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Money is a very important aspect in a school system. In fact, I think that the more money a school has, the better off it is. There will be more technology, more supplies, and overall, the building will be in good shape. Besides the school being well built and having safe physical conditions, the students have a better opportunity to learn. With money, the school will be able to buy books, computer programs, and other sources of learning that enables students to get a good education. Neuqua Valley High School is located in a very prominent city whereas Bogan High School is a school on the south side of Chicago. Just forty miles away from each other, these two schools are as different as the colors black and white. The money gap between these two schools is vital; it can make or break a person's education.
Neuqua Valley High School is in Naperville, a south suburb of Chicago.
It is one of the two high schools that make up Indian Prairie Community Unit No. 204. It is a fairly new school; completed in August of 1997, and its capacity is 3,000. The total area of the school is 438,700 sq. ft. and it cost $63,000,000 to build. Neuqua Valley is the most expensive school in the country and is very technologically advanced (Banas par. 3).
Extending back from the main entrance, three academic wings house a learning media center, science, math, special education, and English on the first floor. The second floor houses four forum rooms, foreign language, social studies, driver's education, science and business education. An auditorium anchors the east portion of the building with a 65-foot fly space for theatrical and musical productions. Each classroom is equipped with a telephone, computer, and television. The learning media center provides...


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As seen at The MAD Museum! The "Daddy" of the range, Marble Machine #2 is motorised and features dual tracks with a track switch and a ball accumulator. The lifting mechanism is the wheel type.
Everything you need to assemble the kit is included except for glue, sandpaper and batteries (2xAA).
Made right here at MAD Factory from precision laser cut MDF and plywood.
The lifter wheel is pre-assembled and has the pockets for the balls drilled to the right depth and angle. The motor, switch and battery are pre-soldered.
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Welcome to our new Atlas Beer Blog!
John, our very own manager here in Medford, MA, will be writing our future beer blogs. Make sure to offer your support on the Medford Facebook page, by commenting, offering up suggestions for future blogs, or just to say hi and let us know you read it. We love interacting with our customers, and this is one more way we can share our knowledge with you!
Check back soon to see what John's first blog will be.


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Asked by mary
just wanted to see if its possible to have a cut. Me and a partner were having sex and he pushed it in roughly and now i feel like i have a cut.
Hi mary,
Thanks for posting your question. I'm not a doctor, so I cannot give medical advice, but I still may be able to help you.
Yes, it is possible to get cuts on or around the vagina. They can be caused by any number of things, including rough sex (as you described above, particularly if you were dry at the time), shaving accidents, bacteria infections, or yeast infections and herpes both cause fissures (little tears) in the skin. It should heal on its own, but if you are concerned about it, or if if doesn't go away in a timely manner, I would recommend you have a gynecologist look at it. Otherwise, it's probably not a big deal.
If you're concerned that it's herpes, you may want to check out the Genital Herpes Symptoms page to see if you have any other symptoms.
Hope that helps!


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A young UMass Minutemen squad took down #9 Ohio State in Jacksonville, Florida last night and our main man, Tommy Gilligan, was on the scene snapping photos. UMass looked tough from the first minute and when OSU made a run to tie things up in the fourth quarter, UMass showed some solid composure, pulling out the 12-11 win in OT.
Zach Oliveri made a serious save on Jesse King with less than a minute less left in regulation. King caught the ball on the crease and tried to go behind his back, but the UMass keeper knocked it down with his body, keeping good position.
UMass took over, called time out with 24 seconds left, and got a shot off with less than second left after a hectic GB scrum and failed clear by OSU.
The Buckeyes got the first possession in OT and got another great chance, but once again Oliveri got a piece of the ball. OSU's next chance was saved outright, UMass cleared the ball, called timeout, and drew up some offensive magic. OSU had seemingly stifled UMass when Nick Mariano came around from behind using a pick play. He put one top shelf and that was the game. 12-11 UMass in OT. It was his fourth of the game, and it's showing how much UMass loves their youngsters!
UMass is now 2-0 and hosts Harvard on February 22nd. OSU drops to 0-2 and faces Marquette at home. That game is also on February 22nd.


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Amazon Fire HD 6 Review
With the Fire HD 6 we see Amazon approach the standard paperback book size device. But this device is not aimed at reading alone, it's aimed at every kind of Amazon-based media. It is, after all, an Amazon-centric device, and therefor should be purchased only by those willing to work with Amazon's collection of digital stores.


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If you have the desire and the vision, you also have the power to make your dreams come true. If you are struggling, you have not identified a powerful enough dream. That is where group or personal coaching can help.
Fran will work with you to identify your powerful dream, the actions that take you to it and the followup that keeps you on track until you CELEBRATE your DREAM COME TRUE. Some call it DREAM SCAPING. Fran calls it COACHING.
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Dear India, thank you for inviting me to stay here forever
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
After 89 mind-boggling, frustration-inducing, grey-hair-propagating, bureaucracy-cursing, confusion-rendering days of limbo over my application for a permanent residency and work permit in India, the central government here in Delhi— lithe, agile and efficient as it always is (heavy sarcasm) — showed me the meaning of unexpected haste.
Though I was expecting the process to take months or more to complete (if ever), at 4:23 p.m., Monday, February 1, 2010, I, Adam Franklin Jadhav, officially became an Overseas Citizen of India. For nearly all intents and purposes, I now have dual citizenship and am free to do almost entirely as I please.
Tags: bureaucracy, citizenship, government, india, journalism, oci, officials, overseas citizen of india, preparation, shenanigans
A year-in-review
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india, kenya, madagascar
This past year pretty much rocked. And the New Year came in fine manner. No kisses, but a bonfire amid the palm trees (above), new friends, lobster, a decent cigar (thanks, C!), champagne and even the Harry Connick, Jr., band playing Auld Lang Syne at midnight (never leave home without the iPod).
I meant to post this sooner, but here's a little look back at my new life (as chronicled on this blog):
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I may be 'stuck' in southeast Asia
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Anyone contemplating a visit in the next year should probably pay attention. There has been an official hiccup in visa rules, meaning I may need to leave the country for longer than planned this spring.
Essentially, after it was revealed that alleged terrorist conspirator David Headley had stayed in India long-term on a tourist visa, the Indian government has cracked down. Under previous rules, with the five-year tourist visa I currently hold, I could stay in the country for up to six months at a time and leave even for one day to "reset" my visa clock. Hence, my week booked in Thailand beginning March 31.
However, under the new rules, I have to leave for at least two months. This means that instead of returning to India from Thailand, and heading to Sikkim to teach English at a volunteer-supported school, I would be "stuck" in Thailand. And the Thai tourist visa is typically valid for 30 days, meaning I would need to move somewhere else.
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Technology is a mother…
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UPDATE: I have jumped on the University of Illinois public WIFI and I'm blogging from the parking lot next to Greg Hall. Apparently, it's totally Comcast screwing with me. Damn Comcast.
I have spent inordinate amounts of time upgrading, growling at, fixing, wondering why its broken, crying over and finally giving in to technology in the last week.
Unfortunately, my normally stable, Mac-enhanced, technodriven lifestyle has been a mother of late.
This is my story:
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To live out of a backpack…
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I would like to think I'm a minimalist, that I don't really need much. People who know how I pack probably laugh at that thought.
As I was laying out my gear this morning, to be stuffed into one 110-liter trekking bag and small day/camera pack, I took this picture. Then I decided to label it all, so show just how much stuff I'm going to be carrying.
Note: this includes almost zero clothes and toiletries.
- Books. Travel guides to India, Kenya, Madagascar, Thailand, plus some entertainment reading and my Hindi textbooks.
- One pair of pants. I'm trying to limit myself to one pair of brown chinos and several pairs of shorts.
- Hand sanitizer.
- REI shell jacket. Water/wind proof, good for 40 degrees up to 85.
- Schlafly beer beanie. Soft material for packing fragile goods; nice for cold nights in highlands.
- REI Bug Hut Pro. Minimalist bug shelter.
- Reporter's notebooks.
- REI mini multitool.
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Weird beagle
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Joel's dog Blue is a regular source of entertainment.
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Itinerary for the next year or so
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My itinerary is still a bit up in the air. I'm trying to be flexible on purpose, but here's the basic rundown, if the dates as a little (or a lot) squishy.
- September 3. Fly Chicago to New York to Dubai to Nairobi. I'll have a couple weeks in and around the Kenyan capital playing with Shannon, adjusting and touring/chatting/shooting in the slums of Kibera.
- Approximately September 20. Fly/overland to Dar es Salaam. I'll be checking out on a number of conservation projects that will take me across the border into Tanzania and eventually the coastal city.
- Approximately October 1. Fly to Antananarivo. Madagascar sits at the top of my Places to Visit list (after I knocked off Cuba this spring) and I plan visits to plant science and conservation efforts as well as fun-time with lemurs, butterflies and maybe a titanium mine.
- Approximately October 11. Head back to Nairobi. Finish up leftovers; possibly head east to Mombasa for a few days or west to Kisumu. Also contemplating a trip up north near the border with Somalia.
- October 21. Fly to Bombay. Begin visits related to U.S. companies there; planning efforts re: Monsanto, Anheuser-Busch and others. Also planning an early trip to Delhi.
- November 27. Train to Palolem, a tiny beach village in India. R&R.
- December 5. Back to Pune for a family visit. Mom, Anna, Riley and Ravi are planning a stop.
- Approximately December 14. Begin winding trip to Port Blair in the Andamans for five year anniversary of crushing tsunami. Hoping for an ocean voyage and crazy good beach and journalism scenes.
- Approximately January 10. Return to Pune area to pick up on previous visits with U.S. companies.
- April 1. Fly to Bangkok to eat food. Possibly take a few days down to Phuket.
- April 9. Return to Bombay. Begin trek up to Sikkim.
- April 14. Volunteer teaching at small elementary school in Sikkim, a northern part of India sandwiched between Nepal and Bhutan.
- June 14. Head back south for monsoons in central India. Evaluate bank account and goals.
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New phone number 623…
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…no, I didn't move to Arizona, which is the 623 area code.
I'm the proud owner of a Google Voice account. It organizes all my phones present and future with one number and allows remote access — even by Internet — to voicemail and text. I've actually had it for several weeks, but am only now publicizing the number:
This will be my permanent phone number for as long as Google exists. Arizona was the only place I could get my AJADHAV handle.
Right now that number will ring my old cell phone, which will die when I leave the country. Once I'm overseas, calls to the 623 number will go directly voice, and I'll be able to check the messages online wherever I am. Text messages will automatically go to my e-mail.
I won't necessarily call back right away, but it's the handiest way to leave a quick message or send a text.
And e-mails, of course, will continue to work at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Hey mosquito, leave me alone
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There are plenty of disease vectors that are serious enemies of the international traveler. Serious enemies. Nemesis level. Damn.
I've been vaccinated (or protected) against a lot: Yellow Fever, Polio, Typhoid, Hep A and B. And the standard U.S. MMR, tetanus, diphtheria, etc.
And I'm more than familiar with basic food and water precautions to fend off cholera, giardiasis and the like.
But mosquitoes still are a royal pain. I'll be on Lariam (for malaria) as long as I can when I'm overseas, but the little bastard insects carry other diseases, including the infamous Dengue Fever, which is known as Break Bone Fever, due to unfortunate symptoms and pain.
Mom called today and asked about it. I told her not to worry too much.
But it's a nasty threat. Hence why I picked up this fun little bit of protection at REI today.
Meet the Bug Hut Pro 1.
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One month to go
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I have one month left in the United States. I officially moved out of the apartment and into Joel's house (temporarily) Friday. The weekend was filled with fishing and peaches and relaxing.
Now, it's back to work. My to do list for the remaining days (not including substantial play time and peach eating):
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PODCAST: New leadership in Europe, the NY AG and former Olympus head speak out
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Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web.
Greece has a new Prime Minister-to-be. Lucas Papademos is a former Harvard University professor, and served as vice president of the European Central Bank. Papademos says he wants Greece to continue to use the euro and not get kicked out of the eurozone. But there are critics who say if Greece isn't removed, the debt crisis will keep spreading. And in Italy, an economist named Mario Monti looks likely to head the next government there.
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell below 4 percent for just the second time in history.
The foreclosure mess is getting worse. RealtyTrac said this morning more homes went into foreclosure last month.
Fewer people claimed jobless benefits last week, according to the Labor Department. That number was down 10,000 to 390,000, closer to a threshold that indicates some job growth in this country.
The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in September to its narrowest level since December on record-high exports, while the flow of imports from China slowed.
The Census said today that for the first time since tracking began in the 80s, a majority of new mothers are getting paid maternity leave.
To the Occupy protest in Denver — the city's mayor asked the demonstrators to elect a leader, who could be a contact for police when things get tense. The Occupy movement has resisted such calls before, but the Denver protestors protestors obliged and nominated a three year old border collie Named Shelby. One supporter explained the decision, quote: "Shelby is more of a person than a corporation is, and less corrupt than most people. She is the youngest, first, and only dog leader of this revolution."
Sometimes things just work out for the best. And by Best, I mean Best Buy. The electronics retailer was interviewing someone for a job at a store in Pennsylvania. But the manager decided not to hire the 23-year old — something told him he wasn't the right person for the job. Turns out, on the very same day of his interview… surveillance cameras caught the job applicant stealing an XBox system by shoving the game console down his pants. Pretty smart guy. Except — oh yeah, he had just applied for a job! And on that application, was his address, where police arrested him two days later.
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photo: Dan Dinescu
Amateur photographer since 2000. For several years I'm playing around with documentary photography, especially street photography.
On this site you will find a selection of my images, mostly black & white street photography and several personal small projects.
Founder of PhotoTeam Romania (2011) and member till 2016.


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There is another high quality 7" on its way on HopeStreet Recordings - and this is just some incredibly beautiful soul music. The Meltdown is a soul band based around singer Simon Burke and saxophonist Lachlan McLean.
The record starts with its lead single "Better Days" which might be one of the best soul tracks you've heard in a while. All doubts should be removed the moment when Burke's vocals kick in. Both musicians have roots in the country genre which show here and there though the dominant character of The Meltdown has to be the smooth and brassy old school soul approach. All this combined with some accurate songwriting will get you three great and originals tunes.
Get the full stream on Soundcloud and free download until the release on February 23.


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Treaty of San Francisco (サンフランシスコ講和条約, San-Furansisuko kōwa-Jōyaku), Peace Treaty with Japan (日本国との平和条約, Nihon-koku tono Heiwa-Jōyaku) or commonly known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Peace Treaty of San Francisco, or San Francisco Peace Treaty), mostly between Japan and the Allied Powers, was officially signed by 48 nations on September 8, 1951, at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California, United States. It came into force on April 28, 1952. According to Article 11 of the Treaty of San Francisco, Japan accepts the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and of other Allied War Crimes Courts imposed on Japan both within and outside Japan.[1]
This treaty served to officially end World War II, to formally end Japan's position as an imperial power, to allocate compensation to Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes, and to end the Allies' military occupation and return sovereignty to Japan. This treaty made extensive use of the UN Charter[2] and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3] to enunciate the Allies' goals.
This treaty, along with the Security Treaty signed that same day, is said to mark the beginning of the "San Francisco System"; this term, coined by historian John W. Dower, signifies the effects of Japan's relationship with the United States and its role in the international arena as determined by these two treaties and is used to discuss the ways in which these effects have governed Japan's post-war history.
This treaty also introduced the problem of the legal status of Taiwan due to its lack of specificity as to what country Taiwan was to be surrendered, and hence some supporters of Taiwan independence argue that sovereignty of Taiwan is really still held by the Allies (particularly the US).
Neither the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan nor the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China were invited because of the Chinese Civil War and the controversy over which government was legitimate and therefore whom to invite. The lack of invitation to either or both of these parties resulted in the controversial political status of Taiwan, since the Treaty of Peace did not specify to whom Taiwan's sovereignty was to be turned over, and made the ROC's administration and sovereignty over Taiwan subject to debate and unresolved in international law.
Burma, India, and Yugoslavia were also invited, but did not participate;[5] India considered certain provisions of the Treaty to constitute limitations on Japanese sovereignty and national independence.[6] India signed a separate peace treaty, the Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India, for the purpose of giving Japan a proper position of honor and equality among the community of free nations, on June 9, 1952.[7] As a consequence of U.K.-U.S. disagreement over Chinese participation, neither North nor South Korea was invited.[8] Italy was not invited either, notwithstanding the fact that the government had issued a formal declaration of war to Japan on July 14, 1945, just a few weeks before the end of the war.[9] Pakistan as a state had not existed at the time of the war but was invited anyway since it was a successor state to British India, a major combatant against Japan. Portugal was also not invited—even though its territory of East Timor had been invaded by Japan, disregarding Portugal's status as neutral country in the war.
The Soviet Union took part in the San Francisco conference, and the Soviet delegation was led by the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. From the start of the conference the Soviet Union expressed vigorous and vocal opposition to the draft treaty text prepared by the United States and the United Kingdom. The Soviet delegation made several unsuccessful procedural attempts to stall the proceedings.[10] The Soviet Union's objections were detailed in a lengthy September 8, 1951 statement by Gromyko.[11] The statement contained a number of Soviet Union's claims and assertions: that the treaty did not provide any guarantees against the rise of Japanese militarism; that China was not invited to participate despite being one of the main victims of the Japanese aggression; that the Soviet Union was not properly consulted when the treaty was being prepared; that the treaty sets up Japan as an American military base and draws Japan into a military coalition directed against the Soviet Union; that the treaty was in effect a separate peace treaty; that the draft treaty violated the rights of China to Taiwan and several other islands; that several Japanese islands were ceded by the treaty to the United States despite the U.S. not having any legitimate claim to them; that the draft treaty, in violation of the Yalta agreement, did not recognize the Soviet Union's sovereignty over South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands; and other objections. It was not until October 19, 1956, that Japan and the Soviet Union signed a Joint Declaration ending the war and reestablishing diplomatic relations.[12]
The ongoing Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan to represent China, while the United Kingdom wished to invite the People's Republic of China (PRC) on mainland China as China's representative. As a compromise, neither government was invited.
On August 15, 1951 and September 18, 1951 the PRC published statements denouncing the treaty, stating that it was illegal and should not be recognized. Besides their general exclusion from the negotiation process, the PRC claimed that Xisha (Paracel Islands), Nansha (Spratly Islands) and Dongsha (Pratas Islands) in the South China Sea were actually part of China.[13] The treaty either did not address these islands, or in the case of the Pratas Islands turned them over to the United Nations.
A major player in providing support for a post-war free Japan was the delegation from Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka).[14] While many were reluctant to allow a free Japan capable of aggressive action and insisted that the terms of surrender should be rigidly enforced in an attempt to break the spirit of the Japanese nation, the Ceylonese Finance Minister J.R. Jayawardene spoke in defence for a free Japan and informed the conference of Ceylon's refusal to accept the payment of reparations that would harm Japan's economy. His reason was "We in Ceylon were fortunate that we were not invaded, but the damage caused by air raids, by the stationing of enormous armies under the South-East Asia Command, and by the slaughter-tapping of one of our main commodities, rubber, when we were the only producer of natural rubber for the Allies, entitles us to ask that the damage so caused should be repaired. We do not intend to do so for we believe in the words of the Great Teacher [Buddha] whose message has ennobled the lives of countless millions in Asia, that 'hatred ceases not by hatred but by love'." He ended the same speech by saying
This treaty is as magnanimous as it is just to a defeated foe. We extend to Japan the hand of friendship and trust that with the closing of this chapter in the history of man, the last page of which we write today, and with the beginning of the new one, the first page of which we dictate tomorrow, her people and ours may march together to enjoy the full dignity of human life in peace and prosperity.[15][16]
Minister Jayewardene's speech was received with resounding applause. Afterwards the New York Times stated, "The voice of free Asia, eloquent, melancholy and still strong with the lilt of an Oxford accent, dominated the Japanese peace treaty conference today."[17]
Of the 51 participating countries, 48 signed the treaty;[18] Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Soviet Union refused.[19]
The signatories to the treaty were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Japan.[4]
The Philippines ratified the San Francisco Treaty on July 16, 1956, after the signing of a reparations agreement between both countries in May of that year.[20] Indonesia did not ratify the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Instead, it signed with Japan a bilateral reparations agreement and peace treaty on January 20, 1958.[21] A separate treaty, the Treaty of Taipei, formally known as the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, was signed in Taipei on April 28, 1952, between Japan and the ROC, just hours before the Treaty of San Francisco also went into effect on April 28.. The apparent illogical order of the two treaties is due to the difference between time zones.
Neither Korea nor its derivatives South Korea and North Korea signed either the Treaty or a separate peace arrangement with Japan.
The document officially renounces Japan's treaty rights derived from the Boxer Protocol of 1901 and its rights to Korea, Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores, Hong Kong (then a British colony), the Kuril Islands, the Spratly Islands, Antarctica and Sakhalin Island.
Article 3 of the treaty left the Bonin Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, which included Okinawa and the Amami, Miyako and Yaeyama Islands groups, under a potential U.S. trusteeship. Whilst the treaty suggested that these territories would become U.S. trusteeship, at the end that option was not pursued. The Amami Islands were eventually restored to Japan on December 25, 1953, as well as the Bonin Islands on April 5, 1968.[22] In 1969 U.S.-Japan negotiations authorized the transfer of authority over the Ryūkyūs to Japan to be implemented in 1972. In 1972, the United States' "reversion" of the Ryūkyūs occurred along with the ceding of control over the nearby Senkaku Islands.[23] Both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) argue that this agreement did not determine the ultimate sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands.
By Article 11 Japan accepted the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and of other Allied War Crimes Courts both within and outside Japan and agreed to carry out the sentences imposed thereby upon Japanese nationals imprisoned in Japan.
The document further set guidelines for repatriation of prisoners of war and renounces future military aggression under the guidelines set by the UN Charter. The document nullifies prior treaties and lays down the framework for Japan's current status of retaining a military that is purely defensive in nature.
There is also some ambiguity as to over which islands Japan has renounced sovereignty. This has led to both the Kuril Islands dispute and the Senkaku Islands dispute.
The Treaty of Taipei between Japan and the ROC acknowledged the terms of the San Francisco Treaty but added that all residents of Taiwan and the Pescadores were deemed as nationals of the ROC.
Some supporters of Taiwan independence argue that the language in San Francisco Peace Treaty proves the notion that Taiwan is not a part of China, for it does not explicitly state the sovereignty status of Taiwan after Japanese renunciation. In 1955, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, co-author of San Francisco Peace Treaty, affirmed that the treaty ceded Taiwan to no one; that Japan "merely renounced sovereignty over Taiwan".[24] Dulles said that America "cannot, therefore, admit that the disposition of Taiwan is merely an internal problem of China."[24] This legal justification is rejected by both the PRC and ROC governments, both of which base their legal claims on Taiwan on the Instrument of Surrender of Japan which accepts the Potsdam Declaration and the Cairo Declaration. In addition, in more recent years supporters of Taiwan independence have more often relied on arguments based on self-determination as implied in the San Francisco Peace Treaty and popular sovereignty.
In accordance with Article 14 of the Treaty, Allied forces confiscated all assets owned by the Japanese government, firms, organization and private citizens, in all colonized or occupied countries except China, which was dealt with under Article 21. China repossessed all Japanese assets in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, which included mineworks and railway infrastructure. Moreover, Article 4 of the treaty stated that "the disposition of property of Japan and of its nationals...and their claims...against the authorities presently administering such areas and the residents...shall be the subject of special arrangements between Japan and such authorities." Although Korea was not a signatory State of the Treaty, It was also entitled to the benefits of Article 4 by the provisions of Article 21.
Total amount of Japanese overseas assets in China was US$18,758,600,000 in 1945 USD.
Article 16 of the San Francisco Treaty states:
As an expression of its desire to indemnify those members of the armed forces of the Allied Powers who suffered undue hardships while prisoners of war of Japan, Japan will transfer its assets and those of its nationals in countries which were neutral during the war, or which were at war with any of the Allied Powers, or, at its option, the equivalent of such assets, to the International Committee of the Red Cross which shall liquidate such assets and distribute the resultant fund to appropriate national agencies, for the benefit of former prisoners of war and their families on such basis as it may determine to be equitable. The categories of assets described in Article 14(a)2(II)(ii) through (v) of the present Treaty shall be excepted from transfer, as well as assets of Japanese natural persons not residents of Japan on the first coming into force of the Treaty. It is equally understood that the transfer provision of this Article has no application to the 19,770 shares in the Bank for International Settlements presently owned by Japanese financial institutions.
Accordingly, Japan paid £4,500,000 to the Red Cross.
Article 16 has served as a bar against subsequent lawsuits filed by former Allied prisoners of war against Japan. In 1998, a Tokyo court ruled against a suit brought by former Allied POW's, citing the San Francisco Treaty.[25]
Article 14 of the treaty stated that
It is recognized that Japan should pay reparations to the Allied Powers for the damage and suffering caused by it during the war. Nevertheless it is also recognized that the resources of Japan are not presently sufficient, if it is to maintain a viable economy, to make complete reparation for all such damage and suffering and at the same time meet its other obligations.
Japan will promptly enter into negotiations with Allied Powers so desiring, whose present territories were occupied by Japanese forces and damaged by Japan, with a view to assisting to compensate those countries for the cost of repairing the damage done, by making available the services of the Japanese people in production, salvaging and other work for the Allied Powers in question.
Accordingly, the Philippines and South Vietnam received compensation in 1956 and 1959, respectively. Burma and Indonesia were not original signatories, but they later signed bilateral treaties in accordance with Article 14 of the San Francisco Treaty.
Hong Kong Reparation Association in 1993, in a Tokyo district court, failed in 1999. The court acknowledged the suffering of the Hong Kong people, but reasoned that the Government of Japan did not have specific laws concerning military yen compensation and that the United Kingdom was a signatory to the Treaty of San Francisco.[26][27]
Regarding China, on September 29, 1972, the Government of the People's Republic of China declared "that in the interest of the friendship between the Chinese and the Japanese peoples, it renounces its demand for war reparation from Japan" in article 5 of the Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China.
The last payment was made to the Philippines on July 22, 1976.
Cold War, Battle of Stalingrad, Nazi Germany, Battle of the Atlantic, Second Sino-Japanese War
North Korea, Hanja, South Korea, Korean language, Buddhism
Kaohsiung, China, Taipei, Philippines, South Korea
South Korea, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Australia, China
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Democratic Party (United States), Charles E. Potter, 81st United States Congress, 83rd United States Congress, United States presidential election, 1952
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Here's Diana.
Diana's brain can only think about a few things at the same time. All human brains are like that. If she tries to think about too many things at the same time, she won't be happy.
So how can Diana do complicated tasks? They key is what we said earlier.
Diana's brain can only think about a few things at the same time.
Thunking is short for thinking-in-chunks. It's how brains do tasks that are too complex to fit in brains all at once.
- Break up the task into chunks.
- Work on each chunk separately.
- Put the chunks together.
Working on task pieces separately means that the brain is never overloaded.
Let's see how you do it. But first, before you do anything else…
Define the goal
You work out what the end product will be. That's the very first thing. If the assignment is one thing, and you do another, you'll have wasted your time. That's a Bad Thing.
Misunderstanding business goals is the number one reason programming projects fail.
So, how to define the goal. Take the Aussie rules program. You might start by drawing out the spreadsheet. What it looks like before the programs runs, and after:
The drawing shows what the program is supposed to do.
In RL (real life), you often don't know exactly what your program will be doing. You need to allow for that uncertainty. For this intro course, we'll assume that we know outcomes before we start.
Choose the big chunks
After choosing the outcome, you decide on the big chunks. But how? In sewing, there are patterns that show you the chunks. Sleeves, cuffs, etc.
There are patterns in programming, too. In programming, a pattern is a common way to do a task, that people find useful. You've already seen a pattern. Here's the tip code.
'Declare variables
'Get data from worksheet
'Output to worksheet
This is the most common pattern for programs. It's called Input-Processing-Output (IPO). Each chunk is a group of statements. Put the chunks together, and you have a program.
You'll seeing other patterns in the course. They're documented like this:
Each pattern has:
- A name
- Situation where it applies
- How to use it
What you see above is a summary of the pattern. See the More… link? Open it in a new tab (middle-click the link, CTRL+click the link, or right-click the link and choose New tab or New window). You'll see the full details.
The patterns are "language agnostic," that is, they can be used with any programming language. In VBA, you have to declare variables before you use them when
Option Explicit is present (which we always do). However, in PHP, Python, and other languages, you can't declare variables in the same way.
That's why "Declare variables" isn't in the pattern: it doesn't apply in some common languages.
The pattern catalog
When you're working on an exercise, in this course or another, it can help to have a list of patterns. You can quickly scan the list, and see if there are patterns that apply to the task you're working on.
That's what the pattern catalog is for. There's a link to it in the Tools menu in the right-hand toolbar. You'll find links to where each pattern is used in the course, a keywords to find related patterns.
Back to Diana and Ben…
Connecting chunks
The chunks need to work together. Here's the tip program again.
amount is how those two connect together.
Yes, it's the variables that connect the chunks together.
Look at this code:
'Get data from the worksheet
amount = Cells(1, 2)
'Compute results
tip = mealAmount * 0.15
That wouldn't run. The chunk "Get data from the worksheet" puts the cost of the meal in the variable
amount. The program chunk "Compute results" expects the cost of the meal in the variable
mealAmount. The two chunks aren't connected right.
If one human was writing the input chunk, and another human was writing the processing chunk, they should get together before they start coding, and agree on how the chunks connect. In this case, they would agree on a variable.
Patterns aren't Legos
With Legos, the bricks are fixed. You can't change them. You connect them together; that's the whole point. But you don't start carving pieces off one, and gluing them onto another.
Patterns aren't like that. They're starting points. You melt them to change their shape. You blend them together. Until you get what you need. Even if it's this:
Here's the official summary of thunking. You can tell it's official, because it has a badge.
- Specify the goal.
- Decide on an overall pattern for a program that meets the goal.
- For each chunk in the pattern, decide how it will connect to other chunks.
- If a chunk is too big to think about all at once, apply these same steps to that chunk.
Big chunks are broken down into smaller ones. Small chunks are broken down into even smaller chunks, and so on. Until the tiny chunks fit into your head. If you've done the connections right, the chunks should all fit back together to make the entire program.
Before you write a program, be sure to understand the goal. Drawing input and output on paper can help.
Humans thunk when they design things. They divide the task into chunks, so they can think about one chunk at a time. Before they start working on a chunk, they should decide how the chunks will fit together.
Identify the big chunks for a task. Look for existing patterns you can use. A pattern is a way of doing something that has proved successful in the past.
This Web site has a pattern catalog. Use it if you need ideas about how to tackle a task.


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Barry Gallace was on the ground floor when cart containment and pushout theft prevention technology hit a major breakthrough. In 1998, Kathleen Smith, Safeway's VP of Asset Protection—otherwise known as the Mayor of Loss Prevention—called up Gallace, who at the time worked for Carttronics, and mandated an in-store radio frequency solution that prevents thefts from using shopping charts to steal." Gatekeeper who at the time had a technology leg up got the same call due to dual sourcing.
"Carttronics went from using an electromagnetic field outside of the store to a radio frequency detection inside the store in 90 days,' says Gallace. "We installed in Stockton, CA, ran the tests, and it worked!" The Mayor gave Carttronics 25 Safeway stores and Gatekeeper 25 stores to install the technology. In the end, the ROI data was there and pushout theft prevention took a great leap forward.
With Gatekeeper Systems, Inc. acquiring Carttronics in the spring of 2017 to offer a comprehensive suite of cart management and loss prevention technology and services to retailers around the globe, Gallace sees the merger as the two companies coming full circle. "We were our biggest competitors, but now we have the opportunity to harmonize the best of both technology solutions to deliver an industry leading, dynamic platform that is easier to use and gives retailers more robust analytics and generates further cost savings."
The #1 focus of retailers in push out prevention is to retain product and profit. This used to be done through identifying and obtaining the perpetrator and utilizing prosecution as a deterrent. Problems came with the high risk for violent interactions, the chances of accidentally accusing a good customer, the costs of prosecution, and the decriminalization of shoplifting. This created a need to achieve loss prevention goals by refining technologies that honed in on thieves, were invisible to good customers, and never let the merchandise leave the store.
Gallace, now the Director of Loss Prevention and Analytics Solutions at Gatekeeper Systems, Inc., is excited to carry out this Gatekeeper Systems vision. "Push out prevention systems is the only technology that stops theft in the process: Period." says Gallace. "I want to help customers maintain merchandise, avoid confrontations, and protect the paying customer's shopping experience. It's the right thing to do."
Gallace is proud that other Carttronics core leadership—Robert Harling —is also transitioning to Gatekeeper Systems, Inc. Past Cartronics customers agree.
"Barry has always been extremely responsive to all of our needs," says Mike Bowers Sr. Director of Loss Prevention at Northgate Markets. "Few people stand behind their products and services like he does." Marcus Young of United Supermarket says, "Barry continuously performs above and beyond the call of duty."
"I don't have a college degree, but creative, abstract thinking is how I do business," says Gallace who prides himself in being able to absorb a lot of data, assess the landscape and see the long road ahead. "You have to be creative to maintain a competitive advantage and know which data point is the one you need to focus in on."
Creativity also plays a role in how Gallace delivers customer service: pushing technology forward, developing strategic plans, finding champions to build trust has to come from out-of-the-box thinking. And Gallace's customers take notice.
Gallace's sister Maureen might be the famously "creative" one in the family, with a current painting exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art and a faculty position at NYU Steinhardt, but this loss prevention industry expert is not ready to give her credit for having all the right-brain familial genes just yet.


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E-bikers in New Zealand have a good lot. The far thinking transportation ministry has given a lot of latitude in the definition of a bicycle and we e-bikers ride on powerful and swift little motorcycles, legally. The legal limit of electric assist that makes a bike still a bike, and not a moped is 300 watt average motor draw. Within that power range, e-bikes don't get registered and inspected, and don't pay road fees for their usage. E-bikes get an incentive to prosper their owners with a remarkable economy of operation, assuming they play by the rules.
Unfortunately that wattage limit is regularly exceeded by people that abuse the NZ regulation and ride far more powerful bikes than allowed by law. The various rationales they use for the illegality are that:
- No one will know and the police don't check.
- They are experienced riders and can handle the high speeds attained.
- They aren't hurting anyone by their high speed riding. I think all of these excuses are false and I will explore each one with you now, hoping you will agree to stay legal on your e-bike.
That the police don't check is somewhat true. The police will check when there's an accident and especially when there is a collision with another person, but seldom otherwise. What we need to remember is that no matter what the bike looks like, if and over-amped bike is used on our roads or bike lanes, it is an unregistered moped, full stop. If someone gets hurt by that rider, it is a serious criminal offence, and well it should be. Endangering the public for ones short sighted economy should get the harshest treatment, and no doubt that is what the courts will deliver.
What these foolish few don't realize is they also imperil the whole electric bike industry by giving e-bikes an association with reckless behavior and criminality. They may spoil the utility of all of us riding legal bikes in an instant of inattention. Their brake systems and converted bike frames were never meant for such speeds, and the danger is inherent. The laws can change against us, and these boy-racer types may be the undoing of a needed transportation option. I am working against that tragedy.
Secondly, these riders overestimate their ability to be safe. At speed, almost any incident with another vehicle or pedestrian leads to serious injury. The pedestrian will not be at fault here. They have a right to expect that bicycles are traveling at moderate speeds on the bike and shared usage trails. The bikes must be capable of the power driving them, and that is clearly not the case for too many of the illegal machines owned by the irresponsible. Speed stacks the odds against such behavior.
Lastly, they are endangering anyone exposed to their extreme momentum, and to endanger someone is to transgress upon them. Where there is danger, eventually there will be injury. Stay with the legal limit and we will all be secure in our remarkable transportation advantage; the e-bike.


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