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Q: Adding a String and Integer to different ArrayLists in a while loop I'm stuck on an exercise where I am supposed to take a word and numbers (separated by blankspace) and then put them in an ArrayList (diffrent lists for numbers and names).
For an example if I write "Jordan 19" the name Jordan should be put in the ArrayList called "listNames" and the number 19 should be placed in the ArrayList called "listNumbers".
If the letter "q" is typed the while loop should be broken.
The problem I'm getting is when I try to fetch the name and number from the ArrayList, I only get a blank line and the number inputted. I.e the ArrayList for numbers work but not for the name.
What may be wrong?
Thanks for the help!
ArrayList<String> listNames = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<Integer> listNumbers = new ArrayList<Integer>();

Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Write a name and number (separate with blankspace), end with 'q'");

boolean go = true;
while (go) {
    String full = in.nextLine();
    if (in.next().equals("q")) {
        go = false;
    }
    int len = full.length();
    int blank = full.indexOf(" ");

    String nameString = full.substring(0, blank);
    String numberString = full.substring(blank + 1, len);
    int number = Integer.parseInt(numberString);

    listNames.add(nameString);
    listNumbers.add(number);
}

System.out.println(listNames.get(1));
System.out.println(listNumbers.get(1));

A: Use the String.split() function would be more easier to get what you want.
As you mentioned, the input is separated by a blank space. Let's say the input is 'Jordan 19', then you can use something like this:
String [] data = full.split(" "); //split the input by a blank space
listNames.add(data[0]); //data[0] = Jordan
listNumbers.add(Integer.parseInt(data[1])); //data[1] = 19

This should be working if all of your input are a String then followed by a number

A: I think your logic should be to read in the entire input line from the scanner.  Then, do a sanity check to make sure that it has only two terms separated by whitespace.  If so, then assign the word and number to their respective arrays.
System.out.println("Write a name and number (separate with blankspace), end with 'q'");
while (true) {
    String full = in.nextLine();
    if ("q".equals(full)) {
        break;
    }

    String[] parts = full.split("\\s+");
    if (parts.length != 2) {
        // you could also just break here as well, but throwing an exception
        // is something you might actually do in a production code base
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong number of input terms; use 2 only");
    }

    listNames.add(parts[0]);
    listNumbers.add(Integer.parseInt(parts[1]));
}

A: You can split then input and insert the first and second members into the corresponding arrayslists. You also do not need the boolean go.
    ArrayList<String> listNames = new ArrayList<>();
    ArrayList<Integer> listNumbers = new ArrayList<>();

    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Write a name and number (separate with blankspace), end with 'q'");

    while(true){
        String full = in.nextLine();
        if(full.equals("q")){
            break;
        }
        String[] data = full.split(" ");
        listNames.add(data[0]);
        listNumbers.add(Integer.parseInt(data[1]));
    }
    System.out.println("Names and numbers entered:");
    for(int i = 0; i < listNames.size(); i++){
        System.out.println(listNames.get(i) + " " + listNumbers.get(i));
    }

A: Dont make this complicated.
 enter input as "Jordan 19"  and remove q in input.
and Use split() of string to separate it
String [] inputString = full.split(" ");
listNames.add(inputString [0]);
listNumbers.add(Integer.parseInt(inputString [1]));

A: ArrayLists start at index 0. So if you want to output the first Item in an ArrayList you have to write System.out.println(listNames.get(0));

A: All answers here are suggesting the same thing, and it works. One minor addition to those is,
do this: listNumbers.add(Integer.valueOf(data[1]));
instead of this: listNumbers.add(Integer.parseInt(data[1]));.
Integer.parseInt() returns an int, and you are storing a list of Integer. The compiler is auto-boxing the result for you. You can avoid this with Integer.valueOf().

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Four police officers with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County -- Sgt. Krist Schroeder and officers Nathan Waldo, Mike Ryan and Laura Michael -- recently were honored during a district board meeting. Pictured from left to right are: Ryan, Schroeder, Chief David Pederson, forest preserve President Joe Cantore, Waldo, Michael and Executive Director Ed Stevenson. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
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In the parking lot of a DuPage County forest preserve, a distraught man sits in the driver's seat of his car with both hands to his face and a semi-automatic handgun at his side.
Outside, four forest preserve district police officers are positioned around the vehicle.
The officers don't want the man to harm himself or anyone else. But their attempts to talk him out aren't working.
Then they hear the click of a car door being unlocked.
What happened next earned Sgt. Krist Schroeder and officers Nathan Waldo, Mike Ryan and Laura Michael a lifesaving award from their department. They also were recognized during a recent forest preserve board meeting.
"They all deserved to be honored for doing their job," Chief David Pederson said.
The action took place on June 27 when forest preserve police received a report of a missing man who might want to harm himself. They found the 54-year-old in a parked car at Mallard Lake Forest Preserve near Hanover Park.
Waldo, the first officer to arrive, carefully approached from the passenger's side and started speaking to the driver.
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It was determined the man had two handguns in the car -- one along his right side and a second on the passenger's seat.
Within minutes, Schroeder and Ryan were positioned on the driver's side of the car. Michael, meanwhile, stood by her patrol vehicle with her gun drawn.
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4 new structures in release 1.9: 4BW0, 4C7O, 4K27, 4LGT.
Release 1.8 has 272 motif groups, release 1.9 has 271 motif groups, 251 of them are identical.
14 motif groups were updated, 7 groups are present only in release 1.8, 6 groups are only in release 1.9.
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29 IL_83451.3 7 cHS-cWS triple and Wobble. SSU Helix 44 (h44) IL1.
32 IL_39585.1 6 Double-sheared with two unpaired, stacked As. LSU Helix 68 IL4.
46 IL_44067.4 5 Quadruple sheared (tSH-tHS-tHS-tHS). LSU Helix 2 (H2).
52 IL_82188.2 4 LSU H68 IL from H.m.
63 IL_93568.2 4 Triple Sheared (tSH-tHS-tHS) with wobble cWW.
72 IL_80494.2 3 LSU H58 IL2 H.m.
73 IL_89028.6 3 Part of Helix 71 (H71) junction in 23S rRNA E.c. H.m. and Tetrahymena | Part of H71 junction in 23S rRNA from T.th.
79 IL_74876.2 3 Double-sheared with two unpaired, stacked As. LSU Helix 68 IL4.
104 IL_97509.1 2 Double sheared with wobble cWW.
137 IL_54954.1 1 Sarcin-Ricin with extra tSH UA basepair. Yeast LSU H11.
160 IL_86981.1 1 Sarcin-ricin motif with CC BIfurcated pair. H.m. LSU H18.
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205 IL_06808.1 1 Double sheared (tSH-tSH) one bulged base.
227 IL_83250.1 1 16S h40 3WJ T.th.
228 IL_97191.1 1 Sarcin-ricin motif with cWW UU instead of tSH basepair.
229 IL_06468.1 1 16S h40 3WJ E.c.
231 IL_31754.1 1 Sarcin-ricin H95 23S rRNA E.c.


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Here is a wonderful example.
The owners have a background working with quality steel and so everything is focused on "steel". That is an important factor in the promoting of the product but it is not where the customer is in their mind. They are essentially restaurant or catering businesses and the source of their income is "selling food" or being "passionate about food". They will want quality but that is not the thing that will get them excited from the onset. Without realising it, when they land on the website, they will "feel" something and it needs to be more exciting/attractive.
We changed the first impression to a less "metal" feel and incorporated "food and happy staff and customers". By adding a variety of equipment in the image we communicated that we sell big and small equipment, whilst relating the purchase of the equipment to the "happy staff" and "happy customers" (which is where the money and cost to the business is – if kitchen staff are unhappy then the business suffers!). We also added the three boxes so customers could quickly see the benefits of buying here, e.g. cheapest price with guarantee is a big advantage.
It required a front slider and three images which focused on the main selling points from a customer's point of view. Also a background style change to bring focus. In view of how many customer might be bouncing off, it is a small cost! Don't give people what they expect, think about what they want to experience.


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Q: Creating Side By Side Boxplot in R or RStudio (grouped by values) What I am looking to do, is generate 2 side by side boxplots that are separated by value. So essentially I have a data frame called exo. This table includes fields called mass_jupiter, (which is a table of 650 values 0.0001-10) orbital_period_days (which is a table with values 0.0001-7000 or something) and planet_name. I want to find out how to generate two side by side boxplots that compare the orbiting time of planets with masses greater than 1 to the orbiting time of planets with masses less than 1.
How would I go about this? I have tried > boxplot(exo"dollarsign"orbital_period_days ~ exo$mass_jupiter) but this just gave me 650 tiny boxplots for each different value for mass.
How would I group this into two side-by-side box plots for ones greater than 1 and less than 1?
Then I got frustrated and tried to create subsets of the data called largeexos and smallexos, where I broke all the data into two subsets. But I can't figure out a way to get both of those to boxplot next to each other either. Is there a way to do this as well?

A:  boxplot(orbital_period_days~mass_jupiter>1,exo)

should do that
Here's a small example data set (you should have provided one):
exo <- structure(list(mass_jupiter = c(0.996, 0.002, 0.827, 2.11, 0.008,
0.012, 0.2, 1.839, 0.008, 0.299, 0.322, 0.002, 9.904, 0.635,
0.088), orbital_period_days = c(3.443, 0.002, 1.657, 6749.824,
0.032, 0.007, 2.207, 1.495, 0.002, 0.574, 98.317, 0, 5.918, 24.229,
0.002)), .Names = c("mass_jupiter", "orbital_period_days"), row.names = c(NA,
-15L), class = "data.frame")

par(mfrow=c(1,2))
boxplot(orbital_period_days~mass_jupiter>1,exo,boxwex=.5)
boxplot(orbital_period_days~mass_jupiter>1,exo,boxwex=.5,log="y")
par(mfrow=c(1,1))

This produces:

The second axis is log-scaled (which considering your data may be wise)
Of course you'll want to set up titles, labels and so forth, but that's the basic idea.


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Back to Iraq
Lebanon's war: One Year Later
My latest column is up on Spot-on and — surprise! — it's about the one-year anniversary of the Lebanon War.
Today, a year ago, I was witness to what U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would come to call "the birth pangs of a new Middle East."
I was in Jerusalem, "covering the abduction of the Israeli solider, Gilad Shalit":http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1211595,00.html?iid=chix-sphere, by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip for TIME Magazine. Word soon came filtering down from the north on July 12, 2006. Hezbollah, the militant Shi'ite group, had captured two soldiers and killed three others. Three other reporters and I rushed up to Israel's Northern Command. On the first day, Israel had launched a fierce series of airstrikes against Hezbollah positions and infrastructure, bombing three to five bridges "and more," said Col. Boaz Cohen, chief of operations for Israel's Northern Command. I remember asking Cohen if the list of targets would grow, to include targets in Beirut.
"Wait and see," he said.
The next morning, I woke up to Katuysha rocket strikes just a few hundred meters from the bed and breakfast where we'd found rooms and the news that Beirut's airport had been bombed.
"Check out the rest":http://www.spot-on.com/archives/allbritton/2007/07/lebanons_war_one_year_later.html if you like…
Iraq news and column update
Christopher Allbritton
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Submitted by Grace on October 27, 2015 - 12:21pm
By Kevin Hardcastle
Bibiloasis, September 2015
From Biblioasis:
The eleven remarkable stories in Kevin Hardcastle's debut Debris introduce an authentic new voice. Written in a lean and muscular style and brimming with both violence and compassion, these stories unflinchingly explore the lives of those —MMA fighters, the institutionalized, small-town criminals — who exist on the fringes of society, unveiling the blood and guts and beauty of life in our flyover regions.
"There is a sure-handed display of craftsmanship in these eleven stories, and a panoply of human miseries for Kevin Hardcastle's characters to contend with ... People make dire decisions; violence is commonplace but indelibly described. Hardcastle does darkness well; heartbreaking endings come naturally to him. Everyone gets hurt, but everything makes sense, and the storytelling is so good — the language, a soothing balm for the pain."
— John Irving


Service: Her memorial service will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Romsdal Lutheran Church, rural Beresford. A service of remembrance will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 at the Inn on Westport.
Joe Poznicek, age 58, died of natural causes Saturday, March 29, 2014 at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Anderson Funeral Home in Canton.
Visitation: Visitation will be Tuesday from 2-8 p.m., family present 6-8 p.m., at Anderson Funeral Home in Canton.
Service: Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 at Grand Valley Lutheran Church.
Visitation: An open house gathering in memory of Donald will be held from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the home of Todd Gries, 46996 280th St., Worthing, SD.
Service: No services will be held.
Visitation: Visitation will be Tuesday from 2-8 p.m., family present from 6-8 p.m., at Anderson Funeral Home in Canton.
Service: Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 5 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Fairview.


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Religion is Useless
Entry 1990, on 2019-07-16 at 12:39:22 (Rating 3, Religion)
Recently I have seemed to be concentrating more on political commentary than other subjects, and it has been a while since I did one of my infamous anti-religion rants, so maybe it's time to restore some balance and launch a no doubt futile attack against religion. I say "futile" because it doesn't matter how many good, or even indisputable, points I make, religious people will go on believing anyway. But this blog is as much about arguing my own thoughts with myself as it is trying to persuade others, so here goes.
The title of this post "religion is useless" is probably a bit too strong, because my argument is that there are no aspects of religion which aren't better handled by other forms of human endeavour, rather than religion having no benefits at all. But using that same argument you could say religion has negative value, because it is used as a substitute for those other forms of knowledge, which would give better results if they were allowed to prevail over religion. In that case you might also say that "religion is useless" is too weak!
If things are still a bit unclear, please be patient. I will now list what I see as the main functions of religion, what I suggest as an alternative, and why those alternatives are better...
1. As a source of knowledge about, and explanation of the real world. This has traditionally been a major reason for religion existing. People couldn't explain why the world was the way it was, so invoking a god as an explanation was not only a simple explanation, but also made some sense. Because humans created complex objects and looked after crops and animals, it made sense that the world was made and maintained by an intelligent entity too.
So asking how the world started, when you have neither the knowlege nor the techniques for examining that question objectively, naturally lead to the idea that it was created by someone, and that level of creation required a god.
But as more information became available that idea became more and more doubtful, and as science took over from religion as a source of knowledge about the physical world, especially during the Enlightenment, the role that religion had for acquiring this sort of knowledge became redundant.
If we want to know something about the real world we don't turn to religion any more - at least most of use don't, because there are still relics of a bygone era, such the creationists - we use science instead. Religion has been superseded for this function, because it just makes sense that the methodology of science (hypothesise, test, revise) is better than the methodology of religion (read an old book or listen to a religious leader, mostly uncritically). Plus, science gets results, as clearly shown by modern technology.
2. As a source of moral guidance. Many people still see religion as the only, or at least the best, source of instruction on how we should behave. What is morally right and wrong is less obviously a question for science than other, more tangible, questions like "what is the Sun made from?"
Some people say that science can be used to establish moral standards, but even a science advocate like myself, has some doubt about this. For example, we could establish utilitarianism as the best way to say what is "good", and then go on to measure the happiness of people as we manipulate actions on how society works.
But there are numerous issues with this approach: first, what methodology do we use to support utilitarianism as the correct framework to begin with? And what factor should we optimise? Should it be happiness, or pleasure, or lack of suffering, or wealth? And how does lack of a positive measure factor into the situations where that measure is maximised? For example, does one really happy person balance out two who are moderatley unhappy? And, even if we can get past these issues, is there a good way to make a quantitative evaluation of them?
You could make a case to say that all of these criticisms might be aimed at other ways of dealing with the problem, too. But there is another system which is arguably better suited to such a task, and it isn't religion. It is, of course, philosophy.
If the moral laws of religion really did come from a god, a case could be made to say they should be obeyed. But , if they (as really seems to be the case) were created by humans and just claimed as being divinely inspired, then they have no ultimate authority at all. And even if they did come from a god, there are numerous philosophical and practical objections to blindly following them.
For example, there is the classic question of whether a law is automatically good because god says it is, or whether god imposes laws because they are already inherently good. The automatic acceptance of religiously imposed laws breaks down in both circumstances (which I don't have space here to go into in detail, unfortunately, but I discussed in a blog post titled "A Fool's Game" from 2015-01-11).
So I would claim that issues such as this are better handled by philosophy, which does have some formal methodology and checking, than religion, which tends to deal uncritically with "revealed truths".
3. As a source of social advantages. I see two major reasons for religion being accepted as a useful thing, even by atheists and other critics. The first is that there are numerous religiously inspired organisations which do good in the world, through charitable giving or unpaid work in communities. And the second is that religion provides a useful social core to many people's lives.
But, as you will probably gathered by now, I think these can also be better provided by other mechanisms. As well as religious charities there are non-religious ones which do as good a job, or a better job in many cases. For example, the philanthropic work of Bill Gate's charitable organisation is driven by a real evaluation of what can do the most good, where many religious work is more based on tradition or optimal public exposure.
And there are many social mechanism where people can build a sense of community without religion, although I do admit that my case here is less strong than in the other areas I have already covered.
So, there you have it: that's my argument is that religion really is useless.
The task of replacing religion in category one above is basically already complete, with only a few misfits, such as creationists, hanging on to the old way of looking at things. No religious knowledge about the physical world remains in any meaningful sense. Even people who ostensibly reject science in favour of religion don't really act that way. They use the products of science and accept they work even though that contradicts their dismissal of the same scientific theories which the devices they use are based on.
In category two the task is well advanced, because while many people still claim our laws and moral standards are based on Christian morals, they really aren't . Sure, many religious ideas happen to coincide with laws (don't murder, steal, etc) but that is more because the religious morals and the societal rules are both based on basic human social norms. I do admit that some laws from the past came directly from religion, but only those that suit more modern standards have been allowed to remain, and I could find far more moral rules from the Bible which have been ignored than those which have been followed.
Category three is less well advanced and many people still get value from either simply identifying as religious, or in actively participating in religious practices. This is also changing as more and more countries become dominated by secular customs and beliefs, but religion is far from finished in this area, although the end result seems inevitable.
If or when religion disappears completely will the world be a better or worse place? Well, that is debatable, and even I would feel that something has been lost, even though I think my argument for alternatives is sound. But, it's not going to happen any time soon so I guess the question is moot. I guess I'll accept religion as a part of society for a bit longer, even though it is useless!
Wait, let me guess this right. You are saying that the religions that billions of people believe around the world are useless. So much credibility, OJB!
Well you could make that point, but popularity does not imply quality. To make a (rather obvious) comparison: at some point in the past almost everyone thought the Earth was at the centre of the Universe. We now know it isn't. Ideas change, and it's important to critically examine ideas, even if they are popular. And look at the trends: in many places (even the US) religion is quite rapidly declining.


Here is a good news for all the budget phone lovers. HMD Global owned Nokia 150 Dual SIM feature phone is now available for purchase at Rs 2,059 via the two leading e-commerce platforms, Flipkart and Amazon in India. The handset was announced by the HMD Global back in December 2016 after it entered into an exclusive 10-year partnership with Nokia. The company promised to make the handset available by the first quarter of 2017 in both single and dual-SIM variants but only the dual sim version is up for sale as of now.
The new Nokia 150 retains its traditional pattern and comes in a strong polycarbonate body with scratch-resistant color. Measuring 118.0x50.2x13.5mm and weighing 81.0 grams (including the battery) it sports a 2.4-inch QVGA (240x320 pixels) display, T9 keyboard with D-pad and other buttons on the top. There is 4MB of RAM and another 4MB of onboard storage which can be further expanded up to 32GB via the microSD card. The device runs Nokia's Series 30+ operating system and comes pre-loaded with games like Snake Xenzia and a trial version of Gameloft's Nitro Racing.
Photography lovers won't be disappointed either as the Nokia 150 features a VGA (0.3 megapixels) camera accompanied by a LED flash at the rear. Sadly there is no front shooter for the selfie enthusiasts. The device gets all its juice from the Nokia's 1020 mAh BL-5C battery that promises up to 22 hours of talk time and standby time of up to 31days on the single SIM model and 25 days on the dual SIM model. For the connectivity and entertainment, the device gets a 2.5G network support, Bluetooth 3.0 with Nokia's SLAM feature, micro USB, 3.5mm AV connector, MP3 player and FM radio.
The Nokia 150 Dual SIM is available in both Black and White color options on Flipkart while only the black variant is listed on Amazon.


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Ice Bears part ways with coach Mike Craigen
Phil Kaplan
Mike Craigen is out as Knoxville Ice Bears coach after seven seasons.
The announcement was made by president and general manager Mike Murray in a team release on Monday.
The Ice Bears finished sixth the Southern Professional Hockey League standings this season at 29-20-7 and lost 2-0 to Peoria in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.
"I would like to personally thank Mikey for his commitment and professionalism over the past seven seasons for the Ice Bears organization and the community," said Murray.
"Mikey has grown tremendously within his first professional coaching job over this time, he is one of the more dynamic people I have had the opportunity to know. I have the utmost respect for him as a person on and off the ice and we wish him great success in his future."
The Ice Bears said Craigen's contract would not be renewed and a search for his replacement is underway.
Craigen, 35, played five seasons for the Ice Bears (2004-08).
He had a 206-151-35 overall record in the regular season and a 16-15 playoff record. At the time of his hiring, he was the youngest coach in all of professional hockey.
"I want to thank the Ice Bears ownership group first and foremost for taking a chance on an unproven 28-year-old rookie coach back in 2010," Craigen told the USA TODAY Network - Tennessee in an email. "I have an enormous amount of respect for each of you. Thank you for trusting me with your hockey team the past seven years. I understand this is a business based on results and I appreciate the opportunity."
The Ice Bears won the SPHL championship under Craigen during the 2014-15 season. Craigen also was part of two SPHL titles as a player with the Ice Bears in 2006, 2008.
"Thanks also to every Ice Bear fan who walked through the doors and supported this hockey team during my tenure," said Craigen. "Your investment allowed me to come to work at a job I truly loved and got excited for every morning. I hope you guys get the new building you all deserve sometime soon."
The Ice Bears play their home games at the Civic Coliseum.
This was the second consecutive season the Ice Bears failed to reach the second round of the playoffs and the third time in franchise history. The Ice Bears started play in 2002 and have won four SPHL championships.
"I'm unsure of the next step in my career and will take some time to regroup and take a breather," said Craigen. "A big part of my heart and soul will always be in Knoxville and I'll be attacking my next opportunity with the same enthusiasm and passion that I tried to bring every day to the Ice Bears."


It's a full house as I'm joined by my friend Brittany (along with her husband Andrew, my wife Aubree and of course, Ebert the Corgi) to discuss Eighth Grade, the directorial debut of stand-up comedian Bo Burnham. Then we go over some other titles we've been watching, including TV Land's series Younger and the parenthood dramedy Tully. It's gonna be lit. Find us on Facebook, Twitterand Letterboxd.


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Q: Using a separate version control system for changes when main version control is not accessible Here is my situation:

The project I'm working on right now
  uses a version control system
  (Microsoft Team Foundation) that's
  hosted and managed remotely by the
  customer. I am in charge of doing a
  massive refactoring/bugfixing after
  somebody who left a horrendous mess of
  code behind. Due to several reasons
  that I won't detail here* I cannot
  commit to the version control my
  incremental changes while I patch
  things up; and there is no way I can
  be given a separate branch there.

Here is my question:
I want a version control system that I can use locally. I can't just keep doing "zip source folder and backup it". I want a track of changes. I want commit messages. I want to see what I did and when and why in a couple of months. In a pinch, I'm tired to rely on VS 'undo' command and to leave comments myself tracking what I'm doing and how it was before.
Here is what I would do:
I'd install mercurial/git locally and start versioning my own directories.
Problem is, I am not sure this is the best way. Hints? Ideas? I am not familiar at all with either Visual Studio or Team Foundation and can't seem to find my way around with them (I don't know how things are 'named' so I don't know what I'm looking for). Is it possible, using such tools, to do what I have described?
*basically the customer doesn't necessarily have to know that our lead developer quit in anger and left the most horrendous code mess I've ever seen behind me; that at least 3 people 'tried to fix' his code in a rush to patch bugs; that this ended up in a single class with a 400+ long method including a single 'for' loop, at least 5 places where code is repeated-but-not-completely, unused logic, wrong comments, while(true) loops, and increasing the 'for' counter in the loop body to look-ahead into an array list. Basically, we hope the customer won't notice what's happening and if they do we can fix it when they whine.

A: The usual approach is to:

*

*"git init" directly in the directory you want to manage locally

*add a .gitignore in order to not add any VCS-specific data or directory

*git add .gitignore and commit

*git add .

*commit

That way, you have a local repo you can then clone, make branches, patches, ...
(I do it for ClearCase views for instance)
A similar approach, with similar commands, is valid with Hg Mercurial of course.


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Q: How can I remove the extra tiles in this grid? I'm working on a tile-based 2D game and having a minor issue with the map generation.
The general concept is that it creates one room by default and then builds off of any existing rooms until X number of rooms have been built or Y number of tries have failed.
The issue I'm coming into is probably simple and I just can't wrap my mind around it, but how would I go about removing the circled tiles? Each map generated is procedural, so I won't know exactly when spots like the circled ones show up and I can easily spot them with my eyes... I just can't think of an all encompassing way to handle them AFTER the map is already generated.
The goal is to never have walls doubled up where they aren't needed to be. I am not wanting to change the way the map is generated, but rather modify it after the fact. I also do not want to lose corners of rooms or similar.
I really feel like what I'm trying to do would have a name in image editing or similar, but that's certainly not my forte.

A: Your circled items are ambiguous because in certain situation you could remove the one circled by you or the otherside without breaking the rules (no mixing rooms neither open to external black tiles).
In any case I should think a little bit more about it but they just seem the tile that after being removed don't join two rooms neither have any adjacent (diagonal included) black tile.
I guess you could assign to every room a number and then remove any tile that:

*

*doesn't connect two floor tiles with different numbers

*neither have ajacent black blocks

Maybe you could do it also without numbering rooms but you will have to understand if all neighbours are from the same room or not by exploiting side adjacency.

A: I'd comment instead of answer if I could, as I can't I'll give an answer a go.
How're you storing the details of the level? You seem to want to know where two horizontal or two vertical walls are touching and delete them as long as they aren't corners.
It seems like you need a rule or two like...
if it's a horizontal wall and there is a tile either side, delete any above or below.
if it's a vertical wall and there is a tile above and below, delete any to the left or right


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Episode VII To Film In The U.K.
Lucasfilm has revealed today over at StarWars.com that production for Episode VII will take place in the U.K., just as all six previous live action Star Wars films have been. Here is the official announcement from StarWars.com:
[blockquote cite=]Lucasfilm announced today that production of Star Wars: Episode VII will take place in the United Kingdom. All of the six previous live-action Star Wars movies have included UK production in such famed studios as Elstree, Shepperton, Leavesden, Ealing and Pinewood Studios.
"We've devoted serious time and attention to revisiting the origins of Star Wars as inspiration for our process on the new movie, and I'm thrilled that returning to the UK for production and utilizing the incredible talent there can be a part of that," said Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm. "Speaking from my own longstanding connection to the UK with films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun and recently War Horse, it's very exciting to be heading back."
Earlier this year, representatives from Lucasfilm met with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, in London to establish an agreement to produce Star Wars in the U.K. "I am delighted that Star Wars is coming back to Britain. Today's announcement that the next Star Wars film will be shot and produced in the UK is great news for fans and our creative industries," Osborne said today.
Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Michael Arndt and is scheduled for a 2015 release.[/blockquote]
Tags: Episode VIIJ.J. AbramsKathleen KennedyLucasfilmstar wars
Star Wars Rebels Visual Guide & Ultimate Sticker Collection Books Coming
Captain Tarkin Revealed!
Meet Cad Bane…


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Kawartha Komets 2022-2023 Schedule as of November 12th
The Kawartha Komets have launched into our 14th season and we are busy working on our 2022-2023 schedule of games and practices. Here is our updated Komets schedule as of December 4th, 2022.
The Komets have been BLAZING since 2009!
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Austin Trophies and Garnet Capell, Great Friends of the Komets
For many years the Kawartha Komets have chosen Austin Trophies Ltd. as the supplier of our trophies and/or medallions for our year-end banquet. Garnet Capell and his staff have always been great to work with as we're chosen different ways each year to acknowledge our amazing athletes.
Thank you, Austin Trophies, Garnet Capell, and staff for your partnership over these many years. We appreciate all that you do!
Austin Trophies Ltd. 926 High St. Peterborough, ON K9J 5R2 (705) 745-9012
Package Plus Inc...Always Supportive of the Kawartha Komets
Package Plus Inc. at 171 Rink Street has always been very supportive of the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program. Whether it's brochures, signs for our bowling fundraiser, or signs for the Canada Day Parade, Package Plus Inc. has always been great to deal with. Thank you Michel and all the staff there. We appreciate all that you do!
This is the sign that Package Plus Inc. printed for the Canada Day Parade:
We took the following from the Package Plus Inc. web site:
Located in beautiful Peterborough, Ontario, Package Plus Inc. is a fully independent business locally owned and operated by Bruce Stewart since May 1 1998.
Our downtown lakefront location at 171a Rink Street, just off George Street North in the Marina Plaza (just one block south of the Holiday Inn) has easy accessibility and convenient free parking.
Specializing in Small Business Services, we offer everything from printing & courier services to video transfers. please have a look at our services pages to see just how diversified we have become!
We have much to feel proud about in our work, but take special pride in our high standards of customer service, always doing our best to get you the best prices and products and professional advice for your needs.
Drop in and see us, or give us a call at (705) 749-1661, we certainly look forward to meeting you!
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Kawartha Komets Official Flag Bearers Again in Canada Day Parade
"The Komets were blazing as the flags they were raising."
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program was honoured to be asked again by the City of Peterborough to be the official flag bearers in the Canada Day Parade. The parade theme was BACK TOGETHER and it was great to be back together again with players and volunteers. Many thanks to all the Komets participants for your part in making this year's parade involvement a success. HAPPY CANADA DAY!
Michelle Ferreri, our local MP, with Komets players
Kawartha Komets Player & Friends Raise Funds for Five Counties
CONGRATULATIONS to one of our Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program players, Heather Fowler (extreme right. For their challenge, Annie Lawler, Faith Trites-Waldron, Tessa Scates, and Heather Fowler walked from the College to Five Counties Children's Centre. It took them over three hours, and they raised almost $2,000. An amazing accomplishment. Good for you, Heather and team!
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Scotiabank Community Hockey Sponsorship & the Kawartha Komets
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program was thrilled to learn that our organization was chosen to be part of the Scotiabank Community Hockey Sponsorship Program.
We were the recipients of a generous $1,000 sponsorship and the cheque presentation took place at the Hunter Street branch of Scotiabank in Peterborough. In addition to the sponsorship, Scotiabank provided some excellent "swag" for all our players...toques, skate towels, pucks, hockey tape, luggage tags, etc.
This is not the first time that Scotiabank has supported the Kawartha Komets. They have been very generous to us in the past for which we are very grateful.
Our organization extends a big THANK YOU to Scotiabank for your generosity and for your mandate which states..."We believe Canada's game should be for all Canadians. That's why Scotiabank is on a mission to make hockey more diverse, more inclusive and more accessible for all."
For more information on this special Scotiabank program please check out this site:
https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/about/sponsorships/hockey-for-all.html
John Clark, David Fisher & Jacob Zitman
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Christmas Greetings from the Kawartha Komets Board of Directors
The Kawartha Komets Board of Directors wish to take this opportunity to wish all our participants, sponsors, & supporters a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Kawartha Komets Take on the U15AA Ice Kats
Recently a mixed Kawartha Komets METEORS and PHOENIX team played the top-rated Under 15 AA girls team in Canada, the local U15 AA Peterborough Ice Kats.
This was the 3rd season that we've enjoyed playing Chris Moher's team and it was an entertaining event as always. Both teams lined up at their blue lines for the national anthem and then Bob Sinclair dropped the puck.
I'm going to state that the game ended in a 5-5 tie but...if the Ice Kats had turned on their jets...it would have been another story. I'll just say that the Ice Kats are an amazing group of girls (or young women) with superb hockey skills. So exciting to watch!
As always though...the Komets were BLAZING!
Jack McGee Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac Sponsors the Komets
The Kawartha Komets are excited to announce that the Jack McGee Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac dealership will be sponsoring the Kawartha Komets for the 2021-2022 season.
The Komets have a long-standing relationship with the McGee family and we are grateful for their partnership.
If you're in the market for a new vehicle, be sure to check them out at www.jackmcgee.com
Kawartha Komets Announce New Sponsor
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program is pleased to welcome the Ontario Truck Training Academy as our latest sponsor.
Yvette & Dennis Lagrois, owners of OTTA, have been involved with the Komets for several years along with their son Max, and we have enjoyed the association with their family.
THANK YOU for your support of the Kawartha Komets organization and for helping us to achieve our mandate of "Making Dreams Come True".
For more information on the Ontario Truck Training Academy, please check out their website at www.otta.ca
EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS & VOLUNTEERS
Opportunities to volunteer and play for the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program.
We have exciting openings for coaches, trainers, on-ice volunteers, off-ice volunteers, bench support staff...and players. For more information, please call (705) 868-8825 or e-mail us at dwfisher@nexicom.net Thank you for your interest in the Komets.
Making Dreams Come True
Looking for a rewarding opportunity, helping the Kawartha Komets to fulfill our mandate..."Making Dreams Come True" for special needs girls, boys, teens, and adults? Please give us a call @ (705) 868-8825 or e-mail us at kawarthakomets@gmail.com THANK YOU!
REGISTER for the 2021-2022 Season
Please click on the REGISTRATION tab above to see our REGISTRATION FORM to register for the 2021-2022 season. THANK YOU!
Exciting Opportunities for Volunteers with the Kawartha Komets
Please call Carol Fisher @ (705) 868-8825 or e-mail
the Kawartha Komets @ dwfisher@nexicom.net
if you are interested! THANK YOU!
Intent to Register for 2021-2022 Season
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program is hoping for a Return to Play for the 2021-2022 season after missing the 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you are intending to return to the Komets OR if you are a new player who would like to register for the upcoming season, please complete the Intent to Register form and either mail it to the Komets or send it by e-mail.
Please note: This is not our "official" registration form. It is just an Intent to Register form, letting us know that you are interested in playing for the Komets.
Please click here for the Intent to Register form.
Our e-mail address is dwfisher@nexicom.net and our mailing address is:
Kawartha Komets - c/o David & Carol Fisher, 1153 Neptune Street, Peterborough, ON K9H 7S8
Thank you for your interest in the Kawartha Komets.
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VOTE to help Bobcaygeon become KRAFT'S Hockeyville for 2021
To our Kawartha Komets players, families, caregivers, volunteers, board members, referees, and anyone else reading this post.
Every year Kraft sponsors a Kraft Hockeyville contest where arenas across Canada can apply for a $250,000 grant to improve their facility plus the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game. The four (4) finalists have been chosen and the Bobcaygeon-Verulam Community Centre made the final four. CONGRATULATIONS! It's exciting that an arena so close to Peterborough could become Kraft's Hockeyville for 2021. The town of Bobcaygeon has gone through some difficult times due to COVID-19 and they need some GOOD NEWS to celebrate.
Registration to vote for Kraft Hockeyville opened today, Thursday, April 8th, and voting takes place tomorrow, Friday, April 9th. Registration is easy. Just click on the link below and enter the contest. REGISTER TODAY and VOTE TOMORROW.
I'm hoping that our Kawartha Komets "family" will pitch in and vote for Bobcaygeon…a town in the Kawarthas that might, someday, even have a special needs hockey program of their own. Just think…we could drive past a completely renovated and updated arena in Bobcaygeon and know that our vote helped to make it happen.
THANK YOU for helping to make our neighbour, BOBCAYGEON, Kraft Hockeyville 2021.
David Fisher/Director of Communications and Media Relations
Please click on this link to REGISTER!
https://www.krafthockeyville.ca/#/landing
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We have used his services and we encourage you to click on the link below and check him out. You'll be glad you did!
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Mary McGee's Sponsorship of the Kawartha Komets
Even though the Kawartha Komets Board of Directors decided unanimously to cancel our 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our primary sponsor, Mary McGee, kindly and generously agreed to sponsor our special needs program again.
Even though our four (4) teams are not on the ice this season, there are ongoing expenses that need to be looked after.
Thank you, Mary, for your sponsorship over these many years. You play such a significant role as we seek to fulfill the Komets' mandate of "Making Dreams Come True" for our players.
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Kawartha Komets Donate Surplus Equipment to First Nations
Recently the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program made a sizeable donation of good, used hockey equipment to the First Nations Hockey Equipment Drive. Over the 12 years since the Komets were launched we have received many donations of equipment and our board agreed that to save storage costs we should donate these surplus items. Two van loads of skates and equipment were dropped off last Saturday and these items will be distributed to those who might not be able to afford new equipment.
The Peterborough Examiner published the following report:
"The Peterborough Petes spent Saturday helping organize donations of hockey equipment for First Nations communities, part of the 'Their Opportunity' program.
The team helped out the call for donations, and it was answered. More than 700 bags of gear were collected at Total Construction Management on Lansdowne Street East.
Since its inception in 2015, the First Nations Hockey Equipment Drive (FNHED) has collected, organized, sanitized, and donated thousands of equipment sets. The organization also accepts cash donations through 'Their Opportunity'. Tax receipts will be issued, and all funds will be used to buy new hockey helmets and support equipment transportation costs.
The Komets donated two van loads of equipment
MPP Dave Smith Supports the Kawartha Komets
It was so refreshing and encouraging to see this photo of our local MPP, Dave Smith, wearing his Kawartha Komets jersey at a meeting with amateur sports organizations. The photo appeared in Dave Smith's ACTION CENTRE NEWS for September 2020.
Thank you, Dave, for your ongoing support of the Komets and for all you do for our riding!
PETERBOROUGH WOLVES NAMED SPECIAL OLYMPICS ONTARIO 2020 TEAM OF THE YEAR
The Peterborough Wolves floor hockey team have been named the Special Olympics Ontario 2020 Team of the Year.
CONGRATULATIONS to the coaching staff, Ron Cambridge, Joan Moriarty and Andrew Snead and the all the players. Several members of the floor hockey team also play for the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program...Jacob Zitman, Ryan Blinn, Quinten Over, Brandon Allen (Vansickle) and Stone Shearer. Two former Komets are also on the team...Dylan Armstrong and Michael Brioux. We're proud of you all.
The Peterborough Examiner published the following article, written by Mike Davies, this week:
Accolades keep coming for the Peterborough Wolves floor hockey team.
In March they won the gold medal representing Ontario in the A Division of the Special Olympics National Winter Games in Thunder Bay.
On Monday, they were named the Special Olympics Ontario 2020 Team of the Year. They are one of two Peterborough teams honoured this year as the St. Peter Saints traditional basketball team was named School Team of the Year.
"This just caps off the great season we had and our great trip to nationals," said Wolves coach Ron Cambridge.
"Being recognized by your province just gives us inspiration for next year."
The Wolves were undefeated in five games at nationals and rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the final to beat British Columbia 4-3 on Michael Brioux's goal with two seconds left.
"It's an honour to get this award," said player Dylan Armstrong, 27.
"It means a lot and means that we are being looked at as a team that's on the cusp of making it bigger. What made our team special is we all got together and figured out what our weaknesses were and what our strengths were and we put them all together."
Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program Cancels 2020-2021 Season
MEDIA RELEASE - Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
The Board of Directors of the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program voted unanimously to cancel the upcoming 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety and well-being of our players, families, caregivers, volunteers and board members is of paramount importance and we felt that the risks of playing were too great for our organization.
The additional liability insurance that we would require, strict safety protocols that would have to be adhered to, and the fact that some of our players have compromised immune systems were some of the factors that led to us making this very difficult decision.
Over the past weeks we have been in close contact with our governing body, Canadian National Special Hockey, the OHF (Ontario Hockey Federation), Hockey Canada and our local arena personnel. As an organization we are committed to providing a safe "return to play" for our players but at this time we feel we cannot guarantee their safety and well-being.
The Kawartha Komets, founded by Carol Fisher in 2009, just completed our 11th season with four teams, the Saturns, Galaxy, Meteors and Phoenix. Mary McGee, wife of the late Jack McGee, has been the primary sponsor of the Komets since 2013.
We look forward to hitting the ice again for the 2021-2022 season.
For more information on the Kawartha Komets please check our web site at www.kawarthakomets.com If you are interested in playing for the Komets, please go to the web site, click on the registration tab and print off and complete the "Intent to Register" form and mail it to us. The Komets will keep you informed of any further developments.
ACCESS STORAGE - ASSOCIATE SPONSOR OF THE KAWARTHA KOMETS
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program wishes to remind people in Peterborough and the surrounding area that ACCESS STORAGE, formerly operating as STORE-N-SAVE, is one of our associate sponsors.
If you are planning on moving in the near future and need a place to store some items or...if you just need a place to keep extra furniture, etc. please consider using ACCESS STORAGE.
The Kawartha Komets have been using the excellent facilities of ACCESS STORAGE for over five (5) years at their location on 1850 Fisher Drive, Peterborough ON K9J 6X6.
"ACCESS STORAGE is Proudly Canadian Owned with over 200 locations from coast to coast. "We are honoured to align ourselves with the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program in this partnership as we value strong community relationships and the Komets' heartfelt cause to break down barriers to include all in the sport of hockey."
From a basic 5'x5' to a large 15'x20' locker, an interior climate-controlled unit, to an exterior drive-up one, their facility has it all...and with options to suit any budget. All of the premium self-storage features you could require are available at the Access Storage in Peterborough including great service everyday!
For any of your storage needs, we encourage you to contact ACCESS STORAGE by calling 1–855-466-7367 or by visiting their website @ www.accessstorage.ca
THANK YOU, ACCESS STORAGE, for your sponsorship of our special needs hockey program! Your partnership will assist the Kawartha Komets in fulfilling our mandate of "Making Dreams Come True" for our players! - David Fisher.
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Thank You to our Kawartha Komets Team of Volunteers
The Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program, established in 2009, has an incredible team of volunteers who generously give of their time and talents, week after week.
Our motto is "Making Dreams Come True" and these faithful, committed volunteers do their utmost to make this happen for the 60 plus Komets players on 4 teams.
THANK YOU to each and every one of you! Because of your efforts, the Komets are BLAZING and making a difference in the lives of these amazing athletes.
We celebrate our team of volunteers during this National Volunteer Week!
Kawartha Komets Cancel Balance of 2019-2020 Season
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR KAWARTHA KOMETS MEMBERSHIP:
Due to the COVID – 19 virus pandemic, after consulting with our Board of Directors, some concerned parents and a health care professional, the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program regrets to announce that we are cancelling the balance of the 2019-2020 season.
We take the health and safety of our players, parents, caregivers, staff and volunteers very seriously and we feel that this is the right decision "for the good of the Komets".
When organizations like the NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Ontario Hockey League have suspended their seasons we feel that we must be pro-active in this matter especially since some of our players have compromised immune systems.
We regret that we had to make this decision because our players look forward to playing hockey each weekend and they're always disappointed when the season ends.
THANK YOU for your understanding! It has been a successful season and we will move ahead…"for the good of the Komets"!
Peterborough Wolves Win GOLD at Winter Games
CONGRATULATIONS to the Peterborough Wolves for winning GOLD in floor hockey at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Thunder Bay! We are so proud of you!
Five of the team members currently play for the Kawartha Komets Special Needs Hockey Program...Quinten Over, Ryan Blinn, Jacob Zitman, Stone Shearer and Brandon Van Sickle. Two of the Wolves players are former Komets, Michael Brioux and Dylan Armstrong! You made our city proud of your accomplishments.
Special CONGRATULATIONS to the coaching staff, Joan Moriarty, Andrew Snead and Ron Cambridge!


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Doh, Mike you caught me. I didn't formally taste the 06 Red Blend, but their newest release Cab I did review previously, just forgot to put the link in. I'll add it.
Sometimes your writing is like "brush strokes on a canvas that come together as a beautiful work of art" too. Gotta give you grief, so great video work, at least you're in clear view!! Great review, look forward to tasting them soon!!
Thanks Josh for your great interview! Kudos to Nodland…I want to try their wines!
You won't be disapointed Jacquie – their wine is divine!


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Babu Mool Chand Jain (20 August 1915 – 12 September 1997), often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana", - a Gandhian who was a member of the Congress Party, Vishal Haryana Party, Janata Party, Lok Dal and then Haryana Vikas Party at different times. He was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement, parliamentarian, lawyer, Satyagrahi social activist, and Indian statesman who also served as Excise & Taxation and Public Works Department Minister in Joint Punjab as well as Finance Minister, Deputy Chairman (Planning Board).

Early life (1915–1937)

Babu Mool Chand Jain was born on 20 August 1915 in a village called Sikanderpur Majra in the city of Gohana in District Sonepat. He topped his village primary school (which is now named after him), 10th Grade (Gohana) and F.Sc (Rohtak) in Haryana. He received his bachelor's degree in 1935 from S.D. College Lahore (now in Pakistan).

Gandhian Civil Disobedience (1938–1947)

In 1937, he started his law practice in Gohana. In 1939, he was seriously injured and assumed dead at village Asaudha in Rohtak when hundreds of volunteers of freedom movement were attacked by the followers of Zamindara League who were armed with local metallic weapons including bhallas, barchhas and gandasas. He participated in the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement in 1941.

He started law practice in Karnal but continued active participation in the freedom movement. He was elected General Secretary of District Congress.

Post Indian Independence (1948–1965)

Early Service and Bhoodan Movement

After independence, he was first elected General Secretary and later President of the District Indian National Congress Committee Karnal. He was also General Secretary of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Fund Committee and the Gandhi National Memorial Fund Committee in 1947-49. He edited a weekly newspaper 'Balidaan' during the year 1947-52 while he led old tenant's movement in Karnal.  This agitation succeeded and Punjab Government had to issue instructions to restore the lands to those old tenants who had been uprooted earlier. Before being inducted in Cairon ministry, Babuji was engaged in Bhoodan Movement of Vinoba Bhave in entire Panjab and donated one sixth of his income as "Sampatti Daan" for several years.

Punjab Cabinet Minister
In 1952, he was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Samalkha and took active part in the proceedings of the Assembly. In March 1956, he was included in the Cabinet of Partap Singh Kairon State Government as Excise & Taxation and Public Works Department (PWD) Minister.

Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) (1957–1962)
 In 1957 he was elected Member of Indian Parliament from Kaithal (Lok Sabha Constituency). He spent only Rs. 4000/- on his election campaign. As MP, he soon came in the good books of Nehruji and was made member of several important committees appointed by the Union Government such as Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, Small Scale Industries Board and Cooperative Farming Board etc.  He was also convener of Finance Standing Committee along with Sh. Morarji Desai,  the then Finance Minister of India. After the formation of Panchayati Raj Committees in Rajasthan  & Andhra Pradesh, Babuji was made one of the member of five member committee constituted by Nehruji, to look after the affairs of Panchyati Raj Committees in these States. This committee submitted its report to the Prime Minister after visiting Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Gujrat. In 1962, he fought Sardar Pratap Singh Kairon for his involvement in the murderous attack on Ram Pyara, MLA of Punjab (see his letters).

Contributions to Haryana

Creation of the state and early growth (1965–1968)

During 1965-67, Babuji actively directed the campaign for creation of a separate Haryana State. He was the General Secretary of All Party Haryana Action Committee which was presided by Ch. Devi Lal. After the creation of Haryana in 1966, he was elected to the state assembly from Gharaunda on Congress Party ticket. He went on to become Finance Minister in the cabinet of Rao Birender Singh. He contested 1968 election on the VHP ticket from Indri assembly constituency and lost his security deposit.

Political and Moral Leadership in Haryana (1977–1989)
After his release from jail during [the Emergency], he left the Vishal Haryana Party and joined the Janata Party. He was elected to the Haryana Assembly on Janata Party ticket from Samalkha in June 1977 and served as  Finance Minister in the cabinet of Ch. Devi Lal starting in December 1978.

Babuji then joined the Lok Dal and became the Vice President of Haryana Pradesh Lok Dal. In 1985-87, he played a major role in the Nyayay Yudh Movement launched by Ch. Devi Lal against clause 7 & 9  of the Rajiv-Longowal Punjab Accord. He was a member of the executive committee of Haryana Sangharsh Samiti and was imprisoned several times during that agitation. After the formation of the Govt. of Ch. Devi Lal, Babuji's service to Haryana was recognized and he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Board, Haryana. He was also appointed Chairman of Morni Hills Area Development Committee, Chairman of high powered committee in generating moral education in the educational institutions of the state, Chairman of the Jail Reforms Committee, Pay Anomalies Committee and the HAFED Affairs Committee. He was also appointed member of the High Level Public Undertaking Committee and Agroha Development Board.

He resigned from the post of Deputy Chairman Planning Board in July 1989 on account of his difference of opinion with the then Chief Minister, Ch. Devi Lal on various issues including Sh. Om Prakash Chautala's interference and his role in Meham constituency of Rohtak district in Haryana against Mr. Dangi. After his resignation, Babuji participated actively in the fight against Mr. Chautala.

Imprisonment during Indian Emergency (1975)

Babuji took active part in the movement launched by Sh. Jayaprakash Narayan during the year 1973-75. He was the convener of Karnal District's Sampoorna Kranti Abhiyaan. After the proclamation of emergency in June 1975, he was arrested immediately and was detained for more than 19 months in multiple far-off jails of Haryana.

Public Service and Rural Library Movement (1990–1997)

In 1990, Diamond Jubilee of Babuji was celebrated at a huge public gathering in Karnal where an Abhinandan Granth was presented to him by the People of Haryana as a token of love and regard in recognition of his services to the state.

Babuji was deeply concerned with improving the education system of the nation. He considered moral education and Library Movement as the most important factors necessary to transform the education system. In 1991, he established a library and a reading room in his native village, Sikanderpur Majra in Gohana (Sonepat). This library is regarded as the best library in rural Haryana. The residents of this village celebrate the birthday of Babuji as 'Library Day' every year

Babuji worked for the Sarva Sewa Sangh and was a special invitee to its executive meetings until the end of his life. He was the founder Trustee and an active member of the Governing Body of Maharaja Agrasen Medical and Research Institution. Babuji was also a life-member of the executive committee of Dayanand Centenary Dental College Yamunanagar; Chairman of North India Freedom Fighter Association and Chairman of State Azadi Bachaoo Andolon Samiti Haryana till his death. During 1991-1994 he arranged a series of lectures of late Rajeev Dixit (who was convener of Swabhiman Manch by Swami Ram Dev in Patanjali Yog Ashram, Haridwar) throughout Haryana to make the people aware of the adverse effects of multinational corporations.

It was due to the secularist aspect of his personality that he was made a member of the Governing body of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, Chandigarh.

International engagements

Babuji was the president of Haryana Indo-Soviet Cultural Friendship Society. He held this office until his death. He visited Soviet Union twice in the year 1972 and 1980. He also visited Afghanistan and Bulgaria.

In November 1996, Babuji visited U.S.A as a member of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (Chandigarh), to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Khalsa Panth and to celebrate 1999 as the year of 'Human Spirit'. While in USA, he studied deeply the constitutions of USA, France and other countries in a quest to search for the solutions to Indian problems of corruption, criminalization of politics and instability of central and state governments. He reached the conclusion that India's salvation lies in adopting Presidential form of government instead of parliamentary form of Government. Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had already started a debate on parliamentary vs. presidential form of Government through media while he was leader of the opposition for the Central Government. Babuji genuinely re-activated this discussion through his engagements with Bar councils and meetings with media representatives.

Last years (1996–1997)

In 1996, on account of his high stature and sacrifices for the nation, Babuji was made member of the State Level Committee to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Independence and the state level committee to celebrate the birth centenary of Netaji Subhash Chand Bose by the state Govt. headed by Ch. Bansi Lal. On 14 August 1997, about a month before his death Babu ji joined Haryana Vikas Party. Ch. Bansi Lal (Chief minister of Haryana), visited his native village Sikanderpur Majra (Sonepat) as chief guest to bless him on his 82nd birthday and laid a commemorative stone on the wall of village Chaupal from where Babuji had courted arrest on 6 March 1941 during Satyagraha.

On 12 September 1997 Babuji breathed his last at his residence in Karnal. The birth Centenary of Babu Mool Chand Jain was celebrated on 23 August 2015 at NDRI Karnal. The Governor of Haryana, Sh Kaptan Singh Solanki was the Chief Guest. The Govt. of Haryana honoured the late freedom fighter by renaming the ITI Karnal to Babu Mool Chand Jain ITI Karnal. He was once a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and three times MLA. He is survived by four daughters and three sons.

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