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Kenneth W. Godfrey
The appeal of Latter-day Saint history and doctrine seems to have embraced me the day I was born. The teachings of my mother and father, as well as those of my Primary instructors, were never (well, almost never) boring, and time spent receiving instruction in church remains among my most pleasant childhood memories. Following the example of the men and women most respected in the small Cornish, Utah, ward of my youth, I learned to think about, probe, ask questions, and evaluate both the scriptures and the content of course manuals. Ward members were not afraid to direct inquiries to apostles regarding lessons whose content did not seem satisfactory or accurate. On one memorable occasion my Sunday School teacher developed a sacrament meeting sermon in response to a question I had asked in class. My question, "How did God become God?", he said, would require a week of study as well as more than a few prayers. In his sermon delivered that winter night long ago, he discussed Joseph Smith's King Follett Address, the concept that there could never be a father without a father (infinite regress), as well as Orson Pratt's contrary view that all matter had intelligence and at some point in time the most intelligent bits of matter self combined and this combination resulted in God becoming God. Even though I did not understand all that my teacher said, the fact that an ex-bishop and former member of the stake presidency would so seriously considered the query of a fourteen-year-old farm boy impacted my life. The way he responded to my question reinforced my growing belief that somehow questions are an essential component in the quest for truth. Nor was lost his reference to the role prayer played in preparing his sermon.
My parents believed that the church was so true it would survive intact all investigation and scrutiny. While in the Sacred Grove in 1930 in the company of B. H. Roberts and a hundred other missionaries, my father's testimony of the reality of Joseph Smith's first vision was secured. Early in his mission an almost audible voice told Dad that the church was true, and while walking where Joseph Smith walked, he was reassured that the prophet had told the truth about the visitation of the Father and the Son. His and Mother's faith, and the way they reacted to my questioning nature without a fear or a flinch, left me comforted that God expected only that I embrace truth.
I was not unaware that there were members of the Cornish Ward who not only knew but entertained in their homes Juanita Brooks, Virginia Sorensen, Leonard Arrington, Joel Ricks, George Ellsworth, and Thomas C. Romney, all historians and writers of some repute. Virginia Hanson, a ward member who served as the county librarian, in a winter sacrament meeting talk, reviewed Vardis Fisher's new book Children of God, which portrayed Joseph Smith not always at his best. That she was unafraid to publicly discuss such a book for some strange reason only encouraged my own faith in the Prophet. The members of the ward of my youth, many of whom were college graduates, would never, I believed, deliberately conceal troublesome historical events.
Thus, when I left Cornish I already knew something, though not very much, about the Mountain Meadows Massacre, plural marriage, blood atonement, the First Vision, and the martyrdom. I knew, too, that those who claimed both membership and belief in the church did not always keep all the commandments. Though hurt when I observed some of the ward's high priests drinking beer as they celebrated the town's baseball team winning the county championship, I remained convinced that many church members, including my father and my Sunday School teacher whose faith assured me, would not have engaged in beer drinking no matter how momentous the occasion. But even if they had, I believed that they could not use church teachings to justify violating the Word of Wisdom.
As I left home to study political science and history at Utah State University I brought with me a quest for knowledge that was anchored in study and also in faith. In my first institute class, Eugene Campbell, an historian who earned a PhD at the University of Southern California, taught me how the New Testament came to be in a way that seemed to lace the human with the divine. I became convinced that one cannot winnow all humanism from that which is considered most sacred and holy.
While serving a mission in the Southern States I encountered enough anti-Mormon literature and questions relating to Latter-day Saint history that I could not answer to fire a desire to learn all I could regarding the Mormon past. Returning home, I read Carter E. Grant's new book The Kingdom of God Restored and found it more interesting than a novel. I read, too, Fawn Brodie's No Man Knows My History and Hugh Nibley's No Ma'am, That's Not History, as well as Joseph Fielding Smith's Essentials in Church History, Juanita Brooks's Mountain Meadows Massacre, and William E. Berrett's The Restored Church.
Working in the Church Educational System I encountered men who had spent their academic lives engaged in gospel and church history study and found their faith securely anchored in the restored gospel. While attending the University of Southern California, the associate dean of the College of Public Administration hired me to read the Journal of Discourses and ferret out all that church leaders had said about government and politics. I read, too, journal articles that related to Mormon history, as well as the anti-Mormon books of John C. Bennett and Jerald and Sandra Tanner. With my interest in Latter-day Saint history intact, I returned to Utah and enrolled in a PhD program in the history of religion. Gustive O. Larson, Milton V. Backman, Russell Rich, Thomas G. Alexander, James R. Clark, LeRoy Hafen, and Louis C. Midgley assigned reading based on the primary documents that reflected the Mormon past. I was taught to evaluate sources, critically read those sources, and teach balanced if not objective history. One year of my life was spent in the Church archives and in libraries in Illinois reading letters, affidavits, pamphlets, newspaper articles, diaries, journals, and rare books whose content had relevance to Latter-day Saint history.
After completing my PhD, I taught church history for more than thirty-years. My classes covered the Mormon past from the beginning to the present. I also offered an advanced class titled somewhat presumptuously "Answers to Difficult Issues in Latter-day Saint History," as well as one titled "Joseph Smith's Life and Thought." Preparing for these classes required that I read both pro- and anti-Mormon sources. As a member of the Mormon History Association I served as that group's Secretary-Treasurer and, in 1984, as its president. Being around the best historians of Mormonism impacted my life, and I, along with many of them, attempted to read every book written about Joseph Smith and the history of the church he founded as well as journal articles focused on Mormonism.
Believing that writing clarifies thought, I published a significant number of articles and books or chapters in books. In my articles I focused on "Crime and Punishment in Nauvoo," "Joseph Smith and Masonry," "The Rise and Fall of Moses Thatcher," "The Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith," "Zelph, the White Lamanite," "The Causes of Mormon-non-Mormon Conflict in Hancock County, Illinois," "The Battle of Nauvoo," "Daily Life in Mormon Nauvoo," "Charles W. Penrose and the Mormon Quest for Utah Statehood," and "Frank J. Cannon," to name just a few of my publications.
While I served as director of the L.D.S. Institute adjacent to Stanford University in 1967, the Reverend Wesley P. Walters sent the editors of a new "journal of Mormon thought," Dialogue, his article "New Light on Mormon Origins from Palmyra (N.Y.) Revival." Walters had spent considerable time studying primary sources that seemed relevant to religion in western New York in the early 1800s and concluded that there were serious problems regarding the historical setting of Joseph Smith's first vision. One of the editors of Dialogue, Eugene England, who also taught institute part-time, asked me to read the article and advise him as to whether or not it should be published. After studying the document it became clear that Walters was plowing in a field that had not seen the plow of any Mormon historian. Knowing that my friend Paul Cheesman had published a master's thesis in 1965 entitled "An Analysis of the Accounts [note the plural] Relating to Joseph Smith's Early Visions," Eugene and I decided to send Paul a copy of Walters's article, and asked if there were answers rooted in historical documents to the questions Walters raised. Our letter and the article fueled a fire of interest in what Richard L. Bushman called "Mormon Beginnings." Mormon historians who scoured libraries, court and church records in the east, as well as the Church archives, came away from their search with new information regarding the religious setting of Latter-day Saint history, the First Vision, Joseph Smith's youth, the translation of the Book of Mormon, the restoration of the priesthood, and the organization of the church, as well as new insights regarding the Mormon experience in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. Dialogue published the Walters article (Dialogue 4 [Spring 1969]: 60-81), together with a response from Richard L. Bushman. My own faith, as I too engaged in research into the man whom Donna Hill called "the First Mormon," grew as a flood of articles and books favorable and unfavorable came from the pens of historians. It seemed to me that, on balance, all this new information favored Joseph Smith. Two examples follow:
While preparing the Joseph Smith papers for publication, scholars discovered the record of a previously unknown court trial that involved Joseph Smith, Sr., the sale of a team of horses, and a Palmyra New York resident. The court record had a serendipitous quality. It proved that the Prophet Joseph Smith lived in Palmyra in 1818, refuting Walters's claims that Joseph arrived there after 1820 and, thus, could not have had there his encounter with God. To cite another example, a careful investigation of court documents by legal historian Gordon Madsen revealed that the Prophet did all he was legally required to do and more in his care of the Lawrence sisters, refuting anti-Mormon claims that he cheated the girls and used their inheritance for his own purposes. (See Gordon A. Madsen, "Joseph Smith as Guardian: The Lawrence Estate Case," Journal of Mormon History, 36/3 [Summer 2010]: 172-211.)
The Book of Mormon with its complex plots, parallelisms, chiasms, and sophisticated use of irony, with its throne theophany, ancient farewell addresses, ancient parallels for Mosiah's weights and measuring, legal exemptions from military duty, handling of a case of an unobserved murder, law of apostate cities, and double-sealed witnessed documents seems to bear witness itself that this book is something more than the attic writing of a Palmyra farm boy. (See Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, eds., Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon [Provo: Foundation For Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002].)
In the 1960s I received permission from President Joseph Fielding Smith to research the unclassified letter file in the Church archives. This trove of primary source material consisted of more than 3,000 letters written by and to residents of Nauvoo, Illinois. Unedited, these missives written by Church leaders, as well as those residents who lacked position, station and wealth, grew my faith as they bore witness that they were engaged in a cause that was somehow linked to a personal God who cared about them and revealed things of import to their prophet-leader.
Early in the 1980s I spent three afternoons a week for months reading more than 20,000 (the librarian's count) letters written by Brigham Young. As I concluded my reading I also finished my last class of the winter quarter, which was titled "The Greatness of Brigham Young." As the class ended, something prompted me to bear witness of Brother Brigham, as he was called, and the prophetic office he held. Unplanned tears graced my cheeks and a warm assurance seemed to fill my body that I had told my students the truth. I believed my tender feelings for Brigham Young were catalyzed by my having spent so much time reading the words he wrote.
My research has taken me, too, through the diaries of Anthon H. Lund, L. John Nuttall, Heber J. Grant, Franklin D. Richards, Abraham H. Cannon, Charles W. Penrose, Moses Thatcher, John Henry Smith, Heber C. Kimball, Helen Marr Kimball, Bathsheba Smith, George F. Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Hosea Stout, John D. Lee, and Charles O. Card, and though more than 250 women's diaries. The personal writings of these men and women reveal that they were real people, dealing with life as it came, all the while confident that they were assisting in preparing the world for the coming of Jesus Christ. Nothing in their writings would indicate that they were engaged in a grand deception. The history of the church, preserved by those who actively participated therein, reveals a people mostly motivated by faith, sacrifice, and consecration. While there might not have been faith in their every footstep, there were enough footprints of faith to impress even the casual reader.
While I believe I have read and studied most of the documents that have a bearing on the Mormon past, new information continues to surface that seems grounded in truth. Some examples follow. Alexander Baugh, an historian known for his study of the Mormons' Missouri experience, recently noted that Jacob Hawn (not Haun) was not a church member at the time of the Hauns Mill Massacre, and never became a Mormon, though he had a brother who was baptized. Baugh reveals that even after 170 years careful research can uncover documents that alter our perceptions of the past. Another researcher has determined the date and day of the week that the Three Witness saw the plates, the angel, and the other sacred relics, as well as the date and day of the week that the Eight Witnesses saw and handled the plates before Joseph Smith gave them back to the angel Moroni. Such "facts" may appear trivial and unimportant, but when dates and days of the week fit nicely with other documents that relate to these two sacred events my faith in Joseph Smith grows.
Study of the "physical evidence at the Carthage Jail" reveals new facts regarding the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. (See Joseph L. Lyon and David W. Lyon, "Physical Evidence at Carthage Jail and What it Reveals about the Assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith," BYU Studies, 47/4 [2008]: 4-50). Brian Q. Cannon's published collection of priesthood restoration documents is impressive. Cannon wrote "The powerful thrust of these accounts of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery corroborated by numerous statements from other early members of the church renders them intellectually challenging and spiritually invigorating." (Brian Q. Cannon and BYU Studies staff, "Priesthood Restoration Documents," BYU Studies 35/4 [1995-1996]: 162-207).
Documents and testimonies from the past, when read and evaluated in their historical and doctrinal context, have assisted in providing reasons for faith growing within me. More than four decades of research, teaching, and writing about Latter-day Saint history has only fueled my testimony. Still, the foundation of my faith came in sacred moments when the Holy Ghost whispered to my mind and my heart informing me that Joseph Smith was indeed a prophet, that the First Vision happened, that the Book of Mormon is a translation of an ancient record, that the doctrines of the gospel came from God, that temple ordinances bind the living and the dead, and that authentic priesthood authority is on the earth once more. There have been moments, too, when I have been reminded that those sacred moments did happen to me and were real. I remain appreciative that Mormon history and the documents to which it is bound have only enriched that faith which came to me as a gift from God.
Kenneth W. Godfrey grew up on a small farm in Cornish, Utah, before attending Ricks College and Utah State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science. He served an LDS mission to the Southern States Mission, spending most of his time in Florida, from 1953 to 1955. He married Audrey Ann Montgomery on September 17, 1956, and soon after completed a master's degree at Utah State in political science. He then entered the Church Education System (CES) and worked for CES as a seminary and institute teacher, as well as an administrator, until his retirement in 1995. Additional graduate work at the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, and Brigham Young University culminated in a doctorate from BYU in 1967.
Dr. Godfrey has spent most of his professional life immersed in Mormon history, reading almost everything written in that field and compiling an impressive bibliography of books and articles, including Women's Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints (1982), which he coauthored with Audrey Godfrey and Jill Mulvay Derr. He has also become an authority on the history of Cache Valley and has published several historical works on that region.
In 1983-1984, Dr. Godfrey served as president of the Mormon History Association.


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The ride to West Bay Beach was about an hour with a stop at the Rum Cake store. I have bad knees and sat behind the driver, they have a big box on the floor so you can't stretch your legs, so beware. The tour guide was very nice and informative. The water was beautiful with fish swimming about. But there was two things that we did not like. First the cost only includes the ride not the 10 per person entrance fee to the beach. I should have read it move carefully and they should state how much the entrance fee is. Second and the worst part was the merchants walking up and down the beach every two seconds saying No Thank You sometimes more than once! The didn't stop until there were police by us and then they just walked by. As soon as they police left it started all over again. It might be the most beautiful beach on Roatan but our party won't be back.
Did not like the hotel or the beach that the tour operator brought us to. We paid at the hotel for a day package which included lunch and we literally had raw cabbage shredded and some fries. The drinks were made with local water so I thought better to be safe. The pop soda was in large bottles in a dirty cooler. I asked if the Pepsi was cold - he said no but he would add ice - I said no thanks. We left early. Trent was our tour guide and he did a good job. Road to beach was just awful. Will not be going back to this Island or this beach. It was crowded and there were armed security guards keeping vendors away.
This was a great round trip transportation. Camberon our driver was very informative about Mahogany Bay as he was born there. He answered all our questions and more on the hour trip to West Bay Beach from Roatan. He was even going to bring us to a local restaurant but we ran out of time. This trip was a great idea because we really could see how the locals lived. The only recommendation is to provide a map from the port to where we meet Mr. Henry's. It was confusing directions. Much better than a taxi.
We needed help knowing where to go and our driver Sherman took good care of us. He got out of the taxi and made sure we knew where to check in and how to get around. Things were a little crazy the day we went to the beach. Our driver was late, so Trent stepped in and drove us when we needed a ride back to the ship. He even took us somewhere to eat lunch. Our drivers were very good to us.


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Q: Do you create your own code generators? The Pragmatic Programmer advocates the use of code generators.
Do you create code generators on your projects? If yes, what do you use them for?

A: Code generators if used widely without correct argumentation make code less understandable  and decrease maintainability (the same with dynamic SQL by the way). Personally I'm using it with some of ORM tools, because their usage here mostly obvious and sometimes for things like searcher-parser algorithms and grammatic analyzers which are not designed to be maintained "by hands" lately. Cheers.

A: In hardware design, it's fairly common practice to do this at several levels of the 'stack'.  For instance, I wrote a code generator to emit Verilog for various widths, topologies, and structures of DMA engines and crossbar switches, because the constructs needed to express this parameterization weren't yet mature in the synthesis and simulation tool flows.
It's also routine to emit logical models all the way down to layout data for very regular things that can be expressed and generated algorithmically, like SRAM, cache, and register file structures.
I also spent a fair bit of time writing, essentially, a code generator that would take an XML description of all the registers on a System-on-Chip, and emit HTML (yes, yes, I know about XSLT, I just found emitting it programatically to be more time-effective), Verilog, SystemVerilog, C, Assembly etc. "views" of that data for different teams (front-end and back-end ASIC design, firmware, documentation, etc.) to use (and keep them consistent by virtue of this single XML "codebase").  Does that count?
People also like to write code generators for e.g. taking terse descriptions of very common things, like finite state machines, and mechanically outputting more verbose imperative language code to implement them efficiently (e.g. transition tables and traversal code).

A: We use code generators for generating data entity classes, database objects (like triggers, stored procs), service proxies etc. Anywhere you see lot of repititive code following a pattern and lot of manual work involved, code generators can help. But, you should not use it too much to the extend that maintainability is a pain. Some issues also arise if you want to regenerate them.
Tools like Visual Studio, Codesmith have their own templates for most of the common tasks and make this process easier. But, it is easy to roll out on your own.

A: It is often useful to create a code generator that generates code from a specification - usually one that has regular tabular rules. It reduces the chance of introducing an error via a typo or omission.

A: Yes ,
I developed my own code generator for AAA protocol Diameter (RFC 3588).
It could generate structures and Api's for diameter messages reading from an XML file that described diameter application's grammar.
That greatly reduced the time to develop complete diameter interface (such as SH/CX/RO etc.).

A: In "Pragmatic Programmer" Hunt and Thomas distinguish between Passive and Active code generators.
Passive generators are run-once, after which you edit the result.
Active generators are run as often as desired, and you should never edit the result because it will be replaced.
IMO, the latter are much more valuable because they approach the DRY (don't-repeat-yourself) principle.
If the input information to your program can be split into two parts, the part that changes seldom (A) (like metadata or a DSL), and the part that is different each time the program is run (B)(the live input), you can write a generator program that takes only A as input, and writes out an ad-hoc program that only takes B as input.
(Another name for this is partial evaluation.)
The generator program is simpler because it only has to wade through input A, not A and B. Also, it does not have to be fast because it is not run often, and it doesn't have to care about memory leaks.
The ad-hoc program is faster because it's not having to wade through input that is almost always the same (A). It is simpler because it only has to make decisions about input B, not A and B.
It's a good idea for the generated ad-hoc program to be quite readable, so you can more easily find any errors in it. Once you get the errors removed from the generator, they are gone forever.
In one project I worked on, a team designed a complex database application with a design spec two inches thick and a lengthy implementation schedule, fraught with concerns about performance. By writing a code generator, two people did the job in three months, and the source code listings (in C) were about a half-inch thick, and the generated code was so fast as to not be an issue. The ad-hoc program was regenerated weekly, at trivial cost.
So active code generation, when you can use it, is a win-win. And, I think it's no accident that this is exactly what compilers do.

A: in my opinion a good programming language would not need code generators because introspection and runtime code generation would  be part of language e.g. in python metaclasses and new module etc.

A: code generators usually generate more unmanageable code in long term usage.
however, if it is absolutely imperative to use a code generator (eclipse VE for swing development is what I use at times) then make sure you know what code is being generated. Believe me, you wouldn't want code in your application that you are not familiar with.

A: Writing own generator for project is not efficient. Instead, use a generator such as T4, CodeSmith and Zontroy.
T4 is more complex and you need to know a .Net programming language. You have to write your template line by line and you have to complete data relational operations on your own. You can use it over Visual Studio.
CodeSmith is an functional tool and there are plenty of templates ready to use. It is based on T4 and writing your own temlate takes too much time as it is in T4. There is a trial and a commercial version.
Zontroy is a new tool with a user friendly user interface. It has its own template language and is easy to learn. There is an online template market and it is developing. Even you can deliver templates and sell them online over market.
It has a free and a commercial version. Even the free version is enough to complete a medium-scale project.

A: there might be a lot of code generators out there , however I always create my own to make the code more understandable and suit the frameworks and guidelines we are using

A: We use a generator for all new code to help ensure that coding standards are followed.
We recently replaced our in-house C++ generator with CodeSmith. We still have to create the templates for the tool, but it seems ideal to not have to maintain the tool ourselves.

A: My most recent need for a generator was a project that read data from hardware and ultimately posted it to a 'dashboard' UI.  In-between were models, properties, presenters, events, interfaces, flags, etc. for several data points.  I worked up the framework for a couple data points until I was satisfied that I could live with the design.  Then, with the help of some carefully placed comments, I put the "generation" in a visual studio macro, tweaked and cleaned the macro, added the datapoints to a function in the macro to call the generation - and saved several tedious hours (days?) in the end.
Don't underestimate the power of macros :)

I am also now trying to get my head around CodeRush customization capabilities to help me with some more local generation requirements.  There is powerful stuff in there if you need on-the-fly decision making when generating a code block.

A: I have my own code generator that I run against SQL tables. It generates the SQL procedures to access the data, the data access layer and the business logic. It has done wonders in standardising my code and naming conventions. Because it expects certain fields in the database tables (such as an id column and updated datetime column) it has also helped standardise my data design.

A: How many are you looking for?  I've created two major ones and numerous minor ones.  The first of the major ones allowed me to generate programs 1500 line programs (give or take) that had a strong family resemblance but were attuned to the different tables in a database - and to do that fast, and reliably.
The downside of a code generator is that if there's a bug in the code generated (because the template contains a bug), then there's a lot of fixing to do.
However, for languages or systems where there is a lot of near-repetitious coding to be done, a good (enough) code generator is a boon (and more of a boon than a 'doggle').

A: In embedded systems, sometimes you need a big block of binary data in the flash. For example, I have one that takes a text file containing bitmap font glyphs and turns it into a .cc/.h file pair declaring interesting constants (such as first character, last character, character width and height) and then the actual data as a large static const uint8_t[].
Trying to do such a thing in C++ itself, so the font data would auto-generate on compilation without a first pass, would be a pain and most likely illegible. Writing a .o file by hand is out of the question.  So is breaking out graph paper, hand encoding to binary, and typing all that in.
IMHO, this kind of thing is what code generators are for. Never forget that the computer works for you, not the other way around.
BTW, if you use a generator, always always always include some lines such as this at both the start and end of each generated file:
// This code was automatically generated from Font_foo.txt. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.
// If there's a bug, fix the font text file or the generator program, not this file.

A: Yes I've had to maintain a few.  CORBA or some other object communication style of interface is probably the general thing that I think of first.  You have object definitions that are provided to you by the interface you are going to talk over but you still have to build those objects up in code.  Building and running a code generator is a fairly routine way of doing that.  This can become a fairly lengthy compile just to support some legacy communication channel, and since there is a large tendency to put wrappers around CORBA to make it simpler, well things just get worse.
In general if you have a large amount of structures, or just rapidly changing structures that you need to use, but you can't handle the performance hit of building objects through metadata, then your into writing a code generator.

A: I can't think of any projects where we needed to create our own code generators from scratch but there are several where we used preexisting generators. (I have used both Antlr and the Eclipse Modeling Framework for building parsers and models in java for enterprise software.) The beauty of using a code generator that someone else has written is that the authors tend to be experts in that area and have solved problems that I didn't even know existed yet. This saves me time and frustration.
So even though I might be able to write code that solves the problem at hand, I can generate the code a lot faster and there is a good chance that it will be less buggy than anything I write.

A: If you're not going to write the code, are you going to be comfortable with someone else's generated code?
Is it cheaper in both time and $$$ in the long run to write your own code or code generator?
I wrote a code generator that would build 100's of classes (java) that would output XML data from database in a DTD or schema compliant manner. The code generation was generally a one time thing and the code would then be smartened up with various business rules etc. The output was for a rather pedantic bank.

A: Code generators are work-around for programming language limitations. I personally prefer reflection instead of code generators but I agree that code generators are more flexible and resulting code obviously faster during runtime. I hope, future versions of C# will include some kind of DSL environment.

A: The only code generators that I use are webservice parsers.  I personally stay away from code generators because of the maintenance problems for new employees or a separate team after hand off.

A: I write my own code generators, mainly in T-SQL, which are called during the build process.
Based on meta-model data, they generate triggers, logging, C# const declarations, INSERT/UPDATE statements, data model information to check whether the app is running on the expected database schema.
I still need to write a forms generator for increased productivity, more specs and less coding ;)

A: I've created a few code generators. I had a passive code generator for SQL Stored procedures which used templates. This generated generated 90% of our stored procedures.
Since we made the switch to Entity Framework I've created an active codegenerator using T4 (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) inside visual studio. I've used it to create basic repository partial classes for our entities. Works very nicely and saves a bunch of coding. I also use T4 for decorating the entity classes with certain Attributes.

A: I use code generation features provided by EMF - Eclipse Modeling Framework.

A: Code generators are really useful in many cases, especially when mapping from one format to another. I've done code generators for IDL to C++, database tables to OO types, and marshalling code just to name a few.
I think the point the authors are trying to make is that if you're a developer you should be able to make the computer work for you. Generating code is just one obvious task to automate.
I once worked with a guy who insisted that he would do our IDL to C++ mapping manually. In the beginning of the project he was able to keep up, because the rest of us were trying to figure out what to do, but eventually he became a bottleneck. I did a code generator in Perl and then we could pretty much do his "work" in a few minutes.

A: See our "universal" code generator based on program transformations.
I'm the architect and a key implementer.
It is worth noting that a significant fraction of this generator, is generated using this generator.

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Flo continues more of her screaming and yelling on Season 3 of The Amazing Race.
Most of the time racers overcome their fears like Linda from Race 5, Wanda from Race 9, and Fran from Race 9. But a few times they don't, like Mika in Race 15.


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E.B Horsman Victoria has Officially Moved
New Address: 3250 Tennyson Ave, Victoria BC V8Z 3P3
E.B. Horsman & Son (EBH) has announced their Victoria branch has moved to a new location as of July 25, 2022.
The new 12,000 square foot building is located at 3250 Tennyson Ave, just a two-minute drive away from our previous location on the corner of Cloverdale Ave and Blanshard Street. The new facility features a 28-foot clear height ceiling, a larger open concept counter service area, 22 parking spots, two EV chargers, as well as a dock and grade-level loading areas; all of which will allow us to better serve the Greater Victoria Area.
The expanded Victoria branch also provides more office and boardroom space for the Victoria customer service team and the company's local technical specialists for Automation & Controls, Process Instrumentation, Lighting Solutions, Data Communications, Power Distribution and their growing Major Projects Victoria team.
Tim Horsman, President and CEO of E.B. Horsman & Son commented, "It is very exciting that we can provide a new, more operationally efficient location which demonstrates our long-term commitment to the customer base in Victoria. It has always been our goal to provide our Greater Victoria customers with a convenient location where they can quickly and easily access all products and services they need without the uncertain delivery times common with off-island distributors. To do so, this location will be replenished daily, and now with the higher racking, we are be able to stock more products locally to ensure that we can meet the demands of the growing and dynamic marketplace. This new location is also better equipped to support and provide same-day delivery to our other four Vancouver Island branches located in Duncan, Parksville, Courtenay, and Campbell River."
E.B. Horsman & Son (EBH) returned to the Victoria market in 2013 by acquiring Albrite Lighting. After many successful years, the location expanded their portfolio and became a full line E.B. Horsman & Son electrical location in 2018. Today, Albrite continues to operate as a lighting brand of EBH that focuses on providing lighting products and services to markets such as Retail, Hospitality, Property Management and Eldercare.
Tim Horsman concludes: "E.B. Horsman & Son has a longstanding history and love of Vancouver Island. The south island is a vibrant and growing region in which we are committed to being "The Electrical Distributor of Choice!"
Note: The remittance address on all payments has not changed due to this move. All payments should still be addressed to 19295 25th Avenue Surrey, BC, V3Z 3X1.
EHRC Green Jobs Program: Youth Employee Subsidies
Electricity Human Resources Canada's Green Jobs Program supports companies in providing youth with work experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) positions in Canada's green economy.
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Elemental LED Expands into Canada with Focus Electrical Sales
Elemental LED, a U.S.-based engineering and technology company that manufactures LED lighting solutions, has partnered with Atlantic Canada's Focus Electrical Sales Inc., which will introduce Elemental LED's Diode LED product brand into the country…
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Indigenous-Led Solar Energy Project Wins Prize Funding to Implement a Community Clean Energy Project in NWT
Indigenous communities, governments, organizations and business, particularly in northern and isolated regions that are at the forefront of climate change impacts, are best placed to take action toward a clean energy future.
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Solar PV Manufacturers Eye Operational Efficiencies Deriving from Smart Solutions
As solar photovoltaics (PVs) transition from a subsidy-dependent market to a subsidy-free, grid-parity market, solar power manufacturers will increasingly employ smart solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce overall operation and maintenance costs.
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SaskPower to Develop Wind, Solar and Geothermal Power to Meet Its Own 2030 Target
"An objective of 50% renewable power by 2030 is ambitious," says Bill Boyd minister responsible for SaskPower,"but I'm confident SaskPower can meet the target by taking an 'all of the above' approach to planning." …
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Northern Cables Receives $820,000 Development Grant
Northern Cables is receiving a grant of $820,000 from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund as part of an $8.2-million investment project. The company will use the funding to add equipment to its aluminum strip production site in Prescott…
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Eaton Partners with AMP to Provide the Xeni Gwet'in First Nations an Upgraded Power Distribution System
February 1, 2023 Across Canada, there are approximately 400 remote Indigenous communities that lack access to the electrical grid. To access power, they rely on diesel generators—equipment that not only produces energy at a high cost but adds pollution and environmental risk to these communities. It was this latter challenge that encouraged members of the… Read More…
Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations – A Call to Consultation
January 29, 2023 By Line Goyette Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Canadian government is proposing the Regulations amending the products containing mercury. Consultation is open until March 9, 2023. The Products Containing Mercury Regulations (the Regulations), which were published on November 19, 2014, and came into force on November 8, 2015, prohibit the manufacture and import of products containing mercury… Read More…
A Career with Purpose – Apprentices Building Canada's Reduced Carbon Future
January 27, 2023 By Yoana Turnin, Project Manager, EHRC In 2021, Canada joined 120+ other countries in committing to achieving net-zero emissions by year 2050 in an effort to "avert the worst impacts of climate change." In a few words, that means either reducing or offsetting the economy's greenhouse gas emissions through electrification, energy efficiency… Read More…
Challenges, Opportunity, and Labour Demand in the Construction Industry
January 27, 2023 By Blake Marchand There is some uncertainty in the overall market right now, relating to inflation, interest rates, even global events like the war in Ukraine have an impact. These factors will have an impact on the construction industry, which may have an impact on broader opportunities for electrical contractors. Although, anecdotally… Read More…
First Retrofit Financed by the Canada Infrastructure Bank Receives IREE Certification
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February 1, 2023 During the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference, Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced that the government is providing more than $936 million in funds to municipal service managers and Indigenous program administrators in 2023-24 and 2024-25 through initiatives under the National Housing Strategy to maintain and create more… Read More…
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The Bank of Canada dropped its Key lending rate by another quarter percent today. This is the second rate drop for 2015. The primary reason for this rate drop was due to the perceived risk of financial stability within the Canadian marketplace.
At the last Bank of Canada's decrease the lenders decreased their prime rate by 0.15% rather than the full 0.25%. It will be interesting to see how the lenders will react to this latest decrease. Will they honour the full rate drop or only a portion? We should see their reactions over the next two to three weeks led by RBC and TD Bank.
For the full announcement from the Bank of Canada Click here.
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It's important that the issue of climate change is part of Council's core business. Cultural change is needed. I was one of those who lobbied for a Council sustainability officer, who is now working systematically through Council's practices and processes to reduce our carbon footprint and save money. It's important to plan a holistic approach to reducing Council's carbon footprint. Council can take a role in leadership and education in this space.
I would also like to see Council transition to electric vehicles across the fleet with power offset by PV cells.
When building, the aim should be to design for efficiency and sustainability right from the beginning, by enforcing design principles like solar orientation, energy efficiency ratings and water-sensitive design principles. Council needs to lobby to tighten up building codes and Development Plan policies.
b)Ensuring that ongoing financial and energy inputs, to council (e.g. in maintenance of open space areas after hand-back to council) are considered at design stage.
Of concern to me is the rolling out of highly intricate irrigated open-spaces. Plus having new reserves as close as 200m apart. I have worked for four councils, and dealt directly with developers, who often want as much irrigated open-space as possible, as the centre piece to a new land release, which 'sells' blocks.
These 'high standard' reserves require more resources (water, labour, materials and machinery use) compared to the reserves normally seen in Gawler. They are not sustainable financially or environmentally. The issue of equity should be addressed and the number of reserves should be rationalised.
I have constantly advocated for retaining Gawler's rural area and not slicing it into suburban blocks, proposed as low as 1600 to 2000 sq metres (ie 1/2 acre or less). That is like Cockshell Estate and Hamilton Park which are Residential Zone. Once it gone it's gone. One argument from those who want subdivision is that the area is no longer viable for primary production. I disagree with this. There is significant horticulture currently occurring. Also as a horticulturist, I have experience in growing Australian native foods, and feel that a wide range of Australian native food crops could be grown commercially in the Rural Zone by adapting to new cropping systems.
Gawler should seriously look at becoming as cycling-friendly as possible, with bike lanes, secure parking etc so more people will feel comfortable and confident to cycle. This would relieve pressure on the road network. At times people may not be very confident on a bicycle amongst vehicles, but a culture of sharing the road would go a long way to create an environment conducive to cycling.
I was part of the committee that scoped the Gawler River shared path. This creates a safe route for cyclist and walkers to be able to link in to the town centre and railway stations for connections.
Designed and implemented a sustainable landscape that works in with the natural seasons, requiring little to no extra water.
Recycle or compost majority of household waste.
Recycle as much as possible through the yellow bin. For bulky material use we use on-line forums for re-distribution.
Converted a car to electric drive 6 years ago, offsetting the energy used by PV panels on the house roof. Have covered over 40,000kms.
Cycle as much as possible.
Disconnected house airconditioning unit and use natural airflows, shading etc to cool our house in summer.
Replacing all my petrol-powered garden tools with battery operated (commercial grade) ones.


After losing her entire family in a tragic accident, Faye Wills follows a path of depression and alcohol abuse in an attempt to bury her pain. Her course of self-destruction places her in an alcohol induced coma. When she wakes, she discovers the world was besieged by a virus and she was left for dead on top of a mound of bodies in a football stadium.
The world is a barren and desolate place and it works in Faye's favor. With no desire to live, she sets a goal of making it home to die. Then she encounters Dodge and two young boys. They ignite a spark long lost in Faye. That spark is the will to live.
Following radio calls, they decide to join a growing camp of survivors. Until they discover that not only is Faye a survivor, she is the last surviving woman on earth. Suddenly the rules change. Faye is no longer safe in the growing violent world.
Marauders chase her and what is left of the government, actively seek her, stopping at nothing until they retrieve Faye.
While trying desperately to find a haven for her, Dodge and the boys, Faye must also discover her place and role in a world without women. Weighing the decision of what she wants to do against what she should do.
The continuation of man's existence begins with Faye.


The call money rate edged up to around 4.5 percent yesterday after hovering between 2 percent and 3 percent for several months on the back of a cash withdrawal pressure in the lead up to Eid-ul-Azha.
Still, the rate is far less than the cost of funds for banks, as there is ample liquidity in the banking sector. Presently, banks take deposits at least 6 percent interest rate.
The weighted average rate in the call money market went to nearly 4.5 percent yesterday, up from 4.37 percent a day earlier, according to data from the Bangladesh Bank.
The rate was a mere 1.5 percent on the first day of this month, 1.58 percent on August 7 and 2.68 percent on August 13.
Transactions have also increased significantly in recent days. Lenders and borrowers transacted over Tk 11,000 crore between them yesterday and Tk 11,598 crore on Thursday, up from Tk 6,877 crore on August 7.
The interest rate has gone up in the call money market as clients had withdrawn cash heavily from banks ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, said Shafiqul Alam, managing director of Jamuna Bank.
"But the rate is tolerable. The money market is operating in its own course and the rate will come down after Eid," he added.
The majority of the banks were now sitting on excess liquidity, which helped the call money market to remain stable, said M Kamal Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank.
The banks have almost stopped their lending at 9 percent interest rate as the yield is not viable to operate their business.
"We have also failed to attract depositors for our fixed deposit schemes that offer 6 percent interest," he added.
At the end of June, the total excess liquidity in the banking sector stood at nearly Tk 94,000 crore, up 22.25 percent from three months earlier.
The call money market had remained calm despite a large amount of cash withdrawal from banks ahead of Eid as there was no liquidity crunch in the banking sector, said Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka Bank.
The central bank's latest decision to slash the cash reserve requirement has mainly helped banks to ease the liquidity crisis, said Rahman, also the chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh, a platform of banks' chief executives and managing directors.
The banks were allowed to use Tk 10,300 crore additional funds since April 15 after implementation of the revised CRR rules.
Under the revised rules, the banks have to maintain 5.50 percent CRR with the BB, instead of the previous 6.50 percent, from their total demand and time liabilities on a bi-weekly basis.
The central bank also revised the loan-deposit ratio calculation formula last month for relaxing the banks' reserve requirement, Rahman said.
The revised loan-deposit ratio formula empowered the banks to use around Tk 3,000 crore as loanable fund.
The private sector credit growth has recently drooped heavily, which also gave a boost to the banks' excess liquidity, Rahman said.
In June, private sector credit growth stood at 16.95 percent, down from 17.60 percent a month earlier.
The call money rate is the rate at which banks lend money overnight to each other to fill the asset liability mismatch or to meet the sudden demand for funds.
The market was introduced in Bangladesh in the early 1980s.
The demand and supply of liquidity affect the call money rate: a tight liquidity condition leads to an increase in the call money rate and excess funds push the rate down.
The highest rate in the call money market remained unchanged at 5 percent yesterday like the previous working days.
The weighted average rate in the call money market stood at 1.50 percent on August 1, after which the rate gradually went up thanks to a higher cash demand.
The transaction volume, however, declined slightly yesterday than the previous working day, he said, adding that most of the deals were settled at rates varying between 4 percent and 5 percent yesterday.


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Those who got the auto rescue wrong
by Steve Benen May 9, 2011 January 9, 2022
Last week, we discussed the extent to which the Obama administration's rescue of the American automotive industry has been a success. Today, E.J. Dionne Jr. pauses to take note of those who got this challenge "utterly wrong."
"Having the federal government involved in every aspect of the private sector is very dangerous," Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) told Fox News in December 2008. "In the long term it could cause us to become a quasi-socialist country." I don't see any evidence that we have become a "quasi-socialist country," just big profits.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) called the bailout "the leading edge of the Obama administration's war on capitalism," while other members of Congress derided the president's auto industry task force. "Of course we know that nobody on the task force has any experience in the auto business, and we heard at the hearing many of them don't even own cars," declared Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) after a hearing on the bailout in May 2009. "And they're dictating the auto industry for our future? What's wrong with this picture?"
What's wrong, sorry to say, is that you won't see a news conference where the bailout's foes candidly acknowledge how mistaken they were.
The lack of accountability is stunning but not surprising. It reflects a deep bias in the way our political debate is carried out. The unexamined assumption of so much political reporting is that attacks on government's capacity to do anything right make intuitive sense because "everybody knows" that government is basically inefficient and incompetent, especially when compared with the private sector.
Dionne's column only notes a handful of examples — he has a limited amount of space — but the record is extensive. Dozens of prominent Republican officials, including most of the GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate, were absolutely certain the rescue would be a disaster. In the midst of an economic crisis, Republicans saw the American automotive industry — one of the central backbones of the nation's manufacturing sector — teetering on the brink of collapse. The GOP was prepared to simply let it fail, forcing hundreds of thousands of workers into unemployment during an already-severe jobs crisis.
What's more, they were equally certain Obama's rescue plan was hopeless. It was a foregone conclusion, they said, since government intervention in the marketplace is always a disaster.
Except they were wrong — about literally every aspect of the debate. The policy they assured us was doomed to fail actually succeeded, and every GOP prediction about the rescue has proven false.
I bring this up, in part because of the need for accountability, which is generally absent from our discourse, and in part because these exact same people are now telling us they know what's best for our economy. If we just listen to the same Republicans who were wrong before, and take money out of the economy as it struggles to grow, everything will be fine.
Or so they claim.
When evaluating who has credibility on these pressing matters, it sure would be nice if track records and recent performances had at least some bearing on the debate.
It's a good thing Obama saved the auto industry
Romney claims credit for Obama policy he opposed
Auto-industry rescue paying dividends
Follow Steve on Twitter @stevebenen. Steve Benen is a producer at MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. He was the principal contributor to the Washington Monthly's Political Animal blog from August 2008 until January 2012.
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Hero Mesa dog caught on camera saving friend gets award
MESA, Ariz. (KSAZ) - Remus the canine came to his buddy's rescue after he found himself over the edge, and back in April, the backyard surveillance video went viral.
"It was awesome to know that no one was around and Remus still chose to do something really good," Kayla Becerra said.
The dog's friend, Smokey, nearly struggled to get out of the water after jumping in. Luckily, Remus rushed to his side.
"I was out of town for work and then my parents were watching Remus and they were playing by the pool, and my dad was inside and they jumped in and Remus saved him," Becerra said.
Today, Remus is being recognized as a hometown hero by the Mesa Fire Department for saving Smokey's life.
"It was amazing, it's great to see when people save lives, but also dogs save lives too," said Meghan Chute with Mesa fire. "He's just kind of embodying what we're trying to teach right now to not only people, but animals as well. He was there to save a friend and so we try to teach those ABC's of water safety."
Remus' mom and family say they couldn't be more proud of the 1-year-old pup.
"I'm a proud dog mom, that's all I got to say," she said.
His reward -- a bag of dog biscuits fit for a canine hero.


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Liverpool ace urges boss to bid for AC Milan's Ronaldinho
Alex Varney
8th December 2010, 2:34 pm
Lucas has urged Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson to press ahead with an audacious January move for AC Milan star Ronaldinho.
The Brazil playmaker, 30, is out of contract at the end of the season and so far, talks over a new deal at the San Siro have appeared to reach a stalemate.
Ronaldinho, a former World Player of the Year and World Cup winner, has fallen out of favour at Milan and is ready to assess his options.
Hodgson is monitoring developments in Italy with interest and Ronaldinho's fellow countryman Lucas admits he's desperate to see him come to Anfield.
"I'm not aware of any bid, but would be happy that Ronaldinho played for Liverpool," said Lucas.
"Everyone knows Ronaldinho and knows what he can do. Here in the Premier League he would put on a show."


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Who doesn't remember the "World's Greatest Magic" series and Front-row Dave and the other enthusiastic audience members from Louis Falanga's L&L video tapes, the best collection of magic instruction ever published? Well, those are still available in digital form (see here), but as video tapes and DVDs are slowly fading into oblivion, L&L is tapping into streaming videos now. Just recently, they have opened their "Magic Academy" website for a monthly fee of 9,95 $, with more and more videos from their catalog to be added soon, as they promise.
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Ecuador Continues Efforts to Rid Galapagos Islands of Rats
QUITO – Ecuador's Environment Ministry launched on Thursday a project to eradicate rodents on an island in the Galapagos archipelago.
The initiative is being undertaken to eradicate the black rat and the Norway rat that have proliferated on North Seymour Island and neighboring Mosquera Islet, the ministry said in a statement.
About 30 park rangers participated in the operation on Thursday wearing protective clothing and distributing bait by hand across a little over half of North Seymour and its smaller neighbor, according to the Island Conservation organization, a strategic ally of the ministry.
The ministry noted that the presence of rodents on the islands has been adversely affecting the sites where the nests of seabirds such as frigatebirds and seagulls are found.
Galapagos National Park and Island Conservation used 3,000 kilograms (6,614 pounds) of rodenticide to exterminate the invading rats, a killing agent specifically designed to be used in the Galapagos without harming the environment or other species.
Likewise, Island Conservation stated that a foreign company had provided 3D-printed drones and hoppers that were used to apply the rodenticide over 52 percent of North Seymour.
Island Conservation chief Karl Campbell said that this is the first time drones have been used to distribute bait in a rat eradication project and that "these types of operations previously required helicopters, specialized pilots and the spraying of bait from buckets."
Visits to North Seymour Island will be prohibited until Feb. 8, and Park Director Jorge Carrion has said that a second bait application is scheduled for the end of January.
Park ranger Christian Sevilla said that ecological monitors will be put into operation and that the Galapagos could declare themselves rodent-free in the coming years.
The Galapagos Islands are located about 1,000 km (600 mi.) west of the coast of continental Ecuador and were declared a World Natural Heritage Site in 1978.
Some 95 percent of the territory's 8,000 sq.km. (a little over 3,000 sq.mi.) constitutes a protected area that is home to more than 50 species of animals and birds found nowhere else on the planet.
The islands were made famous by 19th-century British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose observations of life on the islands contributed greatly to his theory of the evolution of species.


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He Notices Some Horses Running Wild Across A Lush Meadow. But Wait Till You See Him Turn Around!
There are many reasons why horses are considered to be one of the most magnificent creatures on this planet. Their strong bodies with their awesome mane make them look spectacular. Furthermore, the clatter of their hooves makes your heart race along with them. Trust me; there's nothing like hearing a horse run in an open field.
The video below shows a team of 51 horses making their way across a meadow. The sound of their hooves never fails to have a soothing effect on me. They all look so happy to be running around freely, without having anyone to ruin their fun. The way they galloped along the field made me hit the replay button over and over again!


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touch /home/$APP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 700 /home/$APP_USER/.ssh
chmod 600 /home/$APP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
chown -R $APP_USER /home/$APP_USER/.ssh

authorized_keys_string=`cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys`
grep -sq "$authorized_keys_string" /home/$APP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys || cat /root/.ssh/authorized_keys >> /home/$APP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys

## enable ssh password auth
perl -p -i -e 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/init.d/sshd reload

# install epel
rpm -q epel-release-5-4.noarch || rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

# install git
yum -y install git

# rvm prereqs
yum install -y gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel iconv-devel java

# passwordless sudo
sudo_string='ALL            ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL'
grep "$sudo_string" /etc/sudoers || echo "$sudo_string" >> /etc/sudoers

cat <<'BOOTSTRAP_AS_USER' > /home/$APP_USER/bootstrap_as_user.sh
set -e

export APP_USER=$1
export RVM_0_12_3_SHA=$2
mkdir -p /home/$APP_USER/rvm/src
curl -Lskf http://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/tarball/$RVM_0_12_3_SHA | tar xvz -C/home/$APP_USER/rvm/src --strip 1
cd "/home/$APP_USER/rvm/src" && ./install

rvm_include_string='[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"'
grep "$rvm_include_string" ~/.bashrc || echo "$rvm_include_string" >> ~/.bashrc

cat <<'RVMRC_CONTENTS' > ~/.rvmrc
rvm_install_on_use_flag=1
rvm_trust_rvmrcs_flag=1
rvm_gemset_create_on_use_flag=1
RVMRC_CONTENTS
BOOTSTRAP_AS_USER

chmod a+x /home/$APP_USER/bootstrap_as_user.sh
su - $APP_USER /home/$APP_USER/bootstrap_as_user.sh $APP_USER $RVM_0_12_3_SHA
rm /home/$APP_USER/bootstrap_as_user.sh


"Snow day": one of the greatest phrases in all of childhood. As an adult, there's no playing hooky over the weather (though you can probably weasel a work-from-home day), so it's worth a reminder that, with the right soundtrack on the stereo, watching from a window as snow falls can be pretty magical. Here's what we listen to when the weather outside is frightful.


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Naan () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeeva Shankar in his directorial debut. Composer Vijay Antony plays the lead role of a psychopathic killer; he also produced the film and worked as the music director. Siddharth Venugopal and Rupa Manjari appeared in supporting roles. The filming of Naan began in October 2011, and the film was released on 15 August 2012. The movie was remade in Bengali in 2015 as Amanush 2 and in Kannada in 2016 as Asthitva. The film was followed by a sequel titled Salim, an action thriller that released in 2014. The plot of the film is loosely based on 1999 American film The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Plot
Karthik (Vijay Antony) is a brilliant student but already shows signs of criminal behavior at childhood itself, like forging his friend's parent's signature on a mark sheet. Sent home from school early for this misdeed, Karthik is shocked to discover his mother (Charmila) in bed with his uncle. His mother begs him not to tell his father, but he does so, and his father commits suicide and dies. Karthik's mother and his uncle continue their relationship; Karthik then kills his mother and his uncle by setting the house on fire. He is sent to a juvenile home where he grows up. On his release, the warden gives him the address of another of his uncles and asks him to concentrate on his studies.

Karthik's aunt is not interested in taking him in, so he goes to Chennai to start a new life. As fate would have it, the bus meets with an accident, and his co-passenger, Mohammed Salim (Ratchasan Saravanan) eventually dies. Karthik steals Salim's documents, adopts his identity, and due to his high marks of Salim, enrolls in a Government medical college in MBBS. He develops friendships with a rich class mate named Ashok (Siddharth Venugopal), his girlfriend Rupa (Rupa Manjari), and their friend Suresh (Vijay Victor). Ashok allows Salim to stay in his house rent-free, seeing his innocent and good nature. Later, Salim and Ashok encounter the same warden from the former's juvenile home, who seems to recognize Karthik. However, since Karthik is now impersonating Salim, he picks an argument with the warden and swears that he is not the person he thinks. This incident causes Ashok to develop a dilemma towards Salim's identity.

One day, Ashok and Suresh plan to go to a farmhouse without Rupa. Suresh suggests that they take some other girls along. Salim lets Rupa know of this plan due to her sincere and true love for Ashok. Rupa starts to suspect Ashok's fidelity, and Ashok worries that Salim betrayed him by complaining about him to Rupa. Ashok slaps Salim angrily and asks him to get out of his place. Salim, seeing no other way, apologizes to him and looks for another lodging.

Ashok is still full of suspicion. While Salim takes bath, Ashok opens his briefcase. He finds a photo of Karthik's biological father and realizes that it was a different man who Karthik had introduced as his actual father earlier. Suddenly, Salim enters the room and asks Ashok to give back the photo. Ashok refuses, removes Salim's towel, and confirms that he is not a Muslim, as he was not circumcised. Salim gets angry and pushes Ashok; Ashok hits his head on a table and dies. At first, Salim is shocked and depressed by this unexpected accident, but he then covers up the murder by burying Ashok's body in a graveyard at the outskirts, so intelligently that no one ever finds out that Ashok is dead. When a family friend of Ashok's, who has seen Ashok only in his childhood, plans to meet him, Salim successfully impersonates Ashok in front of Ashok's own parents and Rupa.

Suresh, however, discovers Salim's deception. Salim then kills Suresh and buries him at the same graveyard. The following day, the police come to Ashok's house and reveal that they have found Suresh's corpse. They interrogate several people in the city including Salim, but they cannot find the truth. They conclude that Ashok killed Suresh due to an old personal vengeance and then absconded; meanwhile, they consider Karthik (now back to impersonating Salim) as an innocent and a hard-working student. Karthik continues to live as Salim, after seeking permission from Salim's father and promises to take care of him forever. The film ends with the tagline "To Be Continued", and the story of Salim becoming a successful doctor is shown in its sequel movie, Salim which was released in the year 2014.

Cast
 Vijay Antony as Karthik, later Mohammed Salim
 Siddharth Venugopal as Ashok Ravindran
 Rupa Manjari as Roopa.
 Anuya Bhagvath as Priya
 Vijay Victor as Suresh
 Vibha Natarajan as Uma
 Charmila as Karthik's mother
 Ratchasan Saravanan as the original Mohammed Salim
 Pramod as Inspector Duraipandiyan
 Krishnamoorthy
 Shyam as Ashok's enemy

Production
The film was initially launched in 2008, with Siddharth Venugopal and Rukmini Vijayakumar playing the lead roles, however, due to the failure of his previous film Ananda Thandavam, the producer Oscar Ravichandran called off the project. The film restarted with Vijay Antony's intervention in October 2011 who also took the lead role from Siddharth.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has six tracks, composed by Vijay Antony himself. Following Yuvan Shankar Raja, who created single tracks in Vaanam and Mankatha, Vijay Antony too released a single track "Makkayala Makkayala" in June 2012. All the songs in the album are composed by Vijay Antony.

Release

Critical reception
Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu praised as "Well done!" and said: "A plethora of pluses make Naan watch-worthy. Vijay Antony's acumen comes to the fore in his choice of a subject that's strong and a character that's stronger". N. Venkateswaran of The Times of India gave Naan 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "but for some minor blips, the writing (and therefore the movie too) is pretty gripping throughout, and keeps the audience on the edge of the seats", calling it "[T]he perfect thriller to spice up the weekend". IBNLive wrotet that "'Naan' is racy and appealing"  and also adding that "it is a racy crime thriller that is quite an appealing effort from Jeeva Shankar and Vijay Antony." The Behindwoods Review Board gave the film 2.5 out of 5, calling it a "suspense thriller that works for most parts." Deccan Chronicle stated that "Vijay Antony changes beat". Sify rated it average, calling it a "decent psychological thriller."

Upon release, it was noted that the film had been inspired by The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Other languages
It was remade in Bengali as Amanush 2 which released in April 2015. Kannada Remake released in 2016 as Asthitva.

Awards

Legacy
A sequel to the movie was released in August 2014 by the name Salim. In March 2014, it was reported that the film would be remade in Hindi with Prashanth in the lead role. Despite a production delay, Thiagarajan confirmed during an interview that the film would be made in February 2017.

References

External links
 Official website

2012 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2012 crime drama films
2012 crime thriller films
2012 psychological thriller films
Indian crime drama films
Indian crime thriller films
Indian psychological drama films
Tamil-language psychological thriller films
Films about identity theft
Films about murderers
Films based on American novels
Films based on crime novels
Films scored by Vijay Antony
Tamil films remade in other languages
2012 directorial debut films
Films based on works by Patricia Highsmith


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I had an argument with someone, surprising I know given my non-conforntational way of relating to people, but it does happen. Anyhow as we disagreed i couldn't help thinking about a bell curve diagram which purports to show the rate of adoption of new ideas. After a very quick internet search the results are below. By the way, the fact is I am more conservative than I like to think, but I did enjoy the fact that I own a Kindle and it is "right up there" in the first diagram. In case you are wondering the middle diagram represents the easy to read facts, more about this and an explanation can be found here. The first and third are someone's interpretation of what the curve looks or sounds like in real life.
Where do you "fit in"? Have you ever been up there pushing for change or do you weigh like an anchor safe and secure in the way we have always done it?


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Deliver (alcune volte il titolo riportato è The Mamas and the Papas Deliver) è il terzo album discografico del gruppo musicale statunitense dei The Mamas & the Papas, pubblicato nel marzo del 1967.

Tre sono i brani compresi nell'album e pubblicati in formato singolo che raggiunsero la classifica USA Billboard Hot 100: Dedicated to the One I Love (seconda posizione il 25 marzo 1967); Creeque Alley (quinta posizione raggiunta il 3 giugno 1967) e Look Through My Window (ventiquattresima posizione il 26 novembre 1966).

Tracce
Lato A

Lato B

Formazione
 John Phillips - voce, chitarra
 Denny Doherty - voce
 Cass Elliot - voce
 Michelle Phillips - voce
Musicisti aggiunti
 Doctor Eric Hord - chitarra
 P. F. Sloan - chitarra
 Larry Knechtel - tastiere
 Jim Horn - flauto, sassofono
 Joe Osborn - basso
 Hal Blaine - batteria, percussioni
 Gary Coleman - percussioni, campane, marimba
Note aggiuntive
 Lou Adler - produttore
 Guy Webster - fotografia copertina album
 Tad Diltz - altre fotografie album
 Dr. Don Altfeld, Dr. Wilbur Schwartz, Dr. Leon Krohn - consulting physicians

Note

Collegamenti esterni

  (LP originale - Titoli e durata brani - Musicisti - Produttore - Altro)
  (Date e luogo registrazione brani - Musicisti - Produttore)


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Veteran's Day: Revisited
November 12, 2007 in (Ret/) General Tommy Franks, Air Combat Command, Air Force One, America's morals, Barksdale, Beau Biden, Boston Tea Party, Courage, credibility, Donvitti, General Jones (Ret), General Pulaski, German American relations, Germany, Green Berets, Hogan's Heros, Iraq, Iraqi War Deaths, Jay Garner, John McCain, Lloyd Bentsen, Mike Protack, military buildup, Military Times, Murtha, Myanmar, national defense, Petraeus Report, Ret. General Abizaid, Ron Paul, Senator Frank Church, Senator Tom Carper, Tyler Nixon, Veterans, Veterans Day 2007, Vietnam, Walter Reed, war protests
On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, the continuous guns fell silent…… After years of incoming artillery's deep, resonant pounding,…..the quiet began. The rare pop of small arms fire,….. faded away. Cautiously a brave soul or two crawled out and stood on top of the trenches. Turning to the other side, they saw the enemy of just a few minutes before, mirroring their own actions…..It was truly over.
Compared to the rest of Europe, the US fared well. Germany, France, Great Britain lost an entire generation of their young men…..
Some dreamed that surely, after such a waste, there never could, or would be such a war again……
It was only a dream…..as history would soon prove……
On this day, there are 22 verified veterans left….worldwide. Four of these are Americans. Soon the last living memories of this war….. will fade away……….
My brush with living memories happened when I was in High School. What the German war machine failed to do………an insignificant clot accomplished. Those who visited, told stories of the dark, turbulent wrestling within the soul……They whispered of an alert mind, albeit one locked in the year 1917 from which it would ultimately and peacefully escape…. They spoke in hushed tones of an old man, possessing enormous strength, incapable of being subdued by even the hospital's largest orderlies……They told of the soldier's enterprising son, who climbing back into those years to be with him, and navigating the treacherous barbed wire memories, peacefully calmed him down, until the old soldier finally accepted that his war was over, and quietly signed his own armistice with God………..
We learned he had suffered from shell shock as they called it then, spending the post-war years in a sanitarium somewhere in occupied Germany, of the bland letters to his wife and unseen child back home, letters whose lack of substance during this vapid time, played rabidly on her fears of another women…..
We heard stories of involuntary reactions, occurring some twenty years later…of a face, framed by white hair, turned scarlet in the middle of a social gathering, when someone absently said, "Oh that was during the war."
And then there were the personal effects, a letter rapidly written in German by a dying officer, with our hero's first name mentioned as being the one entrusted to make sure the letter got back to his wife, a letter that said the war would soon be over for him, that the only important thing he hung onto as he crossed over to the the other side, were the times he and she had shared together……..As kids we used to march around in a dough boy's hat, and a genuine spiked Prussian helmet. (the originals were all black, by the way, no silver.)
And then the youngest son, who came along after our soldier had mellowed somewhat, told of stumbling with his dad, across a model of one battlefield, I think it was Belleau Wood, and how that opened up the memories which, pent up for years, calmly flowed out unrepressed, with no emotional consequences.
Through this, we heard the story of a young officer defying a direct order to attack, solely because the objective was unattainable and trying to attempt it, would wipe out every one of his men….Who opting, instead of facing a firing squad, to have himself crawl into no mans land……accompanied only by his sergeant who had stood steadfast with him during this ordeal only to get ripped apart minutes later, had to lie there for two days protected under the warm, safe body which occasionally absorbed a well placed bullet, kept safe by only the tiniest rise of land preventing a direct shot…..
The story of showing up in France, and leading the AEF's first attack, upon a fortified hill surrounded by the Meuse, and succeeding…..
Those memories didn't die….they passed and took seed in another generation. Today they lie embedded in one more, a generation who once again questions the "why" of war.
Like his grandfather before him, this person too was brought up under a religion that seem to question war and tell us to "turn the other cheek." Like his grandfather before him, this person too believes that sometimes there is no greater duty, than to give one's life for one's country……..How are these two, supposedly opposite points of view, ever to be reconciled?
We know that Jesus allowed his disciples to carry swords. During the final days, when he asks the disciples if they have a sword, and Peter shows two, he says that is enough…..But later that night when Peter uses his sword to protect Jesus and cuts off a servant's ear, Jesus tells him sternly. "Put that away. We will have no more of that…"
Fascinating. This duality starts from the beginning of the Christian religion itself.
Throughout history, the worst wars fought have been religious ones. The longest animosities, the ones considered too hard to bury, are those originally pricked by religion….
When we are told to turn the other cheek, perhaps we are to do that on a personal level…. By doing so, hoping that we show others, just how deeply we believe these principals . Perhaps this line of thought recognizes that we are each small instruments of change; but a change of heart in multitudes of men, can implement massive changes…..Therefore doing a self deprecating act, such as dying for another, or carrying an enemy soldier's bag an extra mile, can have a much greater impact overall, than another killing and the loss of one dead soldier…..
But as a nation of free people we have another responsibility. That responsibility is to ensure that justice, (or that which is right),… prevails over evil, (or that which is wrong)…. As some of you may note, there is a wide play of interpretation in just exactly what is right, and what is wrong…..
But for a strong nation to appease a despot like Stalin, Hitler, or those tyrants in Burma, does exactly the opposite of performing justice. Instead it shows others, despite our words, that we implicitly support these evil regimes, and in doing so, we fail to send hope and inspiration to those who fight, to right the wrongs caused by their misguided leaders….
War enacted by a political state is sometimes a necessity, the last remaining line of defense against the selfish designs of a demented few. Less pain and suffering worldwide, can be bandaged by enacting war, than by allowing open wounds to fester, rot, and spread their evil infection elsewhere.
Therefore as a nation, the United States must occasionally gamble all of it's resources in the ultimate test…. One must on occasion risk all, to determine whether all was worthy to be risked……
Any nation is only as good as its foot soldiers,…. its grunts. Those choice veterans I know, with whom I've hugged, laughed, and cried, …… continue to reinforce the notion I once had as a child: that based on the quality of people who put their lives on the line for this nation, we are truly the best nation to have ever lived upon this planet……..
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Podešva je české příjmení. Přechýlenou variantou je Podešvová.

mužská podoba
 František Podešva (1893–1979) – český akademický malíř, grafik a ilustrátor
 Ivan Podešva (* 1951) - český hokejový brankář
 Jaromír Podešva (1927–2000) – český hudební skladatel a pedagog
 Martin Podešva (* 1988) – český hokejista

ženská podoba
 Ewa Podešvová  (1927–2015) – americká fotografka českého původu
 Marie Podešvová (1901–1994) – česká spisovatelka a překladatelka

Česká příjmení


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Q: Generating grouped bar chart in R program with uneven number of bars per group I want to plot a grouped bar chart. The dataset which I'm using for a plot is very large. Here is a small subset of it:
Label size
x     2 3 4 5
y     2 6 8
z     1 6 8
a     2 2
b     4 7 9 10 11
c     8 12

I want to plot a bar-chart in which, on x axis there would be labels, and on y axis there would be multiple bars of sizes given.
For example here, x has sizes 2 3 4 5. So there would be four bars with heights 2, 3 , 4 and 5. Then y has sizes 2 6 8. So there would be 3 bars with sizes 2, 6 and 8 and so on.
Can any one help me out?

A: First let's save your data as a data.frame with two columns for the label and size.
mydata <- read.table(textConnection('
label\tsize
x\t2 3 4 5
y\t2 6 8
z\t1 6 8
a\t2 2
b\t4 7 9 10 11
c\t8 12
'),header=TRUE,sep="\t")

Show it in R,
> mydata
  label        size
1     x     2 3 4 5
2     y       2 6 8
3     z       1 6 8
4     a         2 2
5     b 4 7 9 10 11
6     c        8 12

Then is the tricky part. We save each individual value of the size in a matrix and fill with NA for shorter rows. This is inspired by this post.
mylist <- strsplit(as.character(mydata[,"size"])," ")
n <- max(sapply(mylist, length))
mymatrix <- apply(do.call(rbind, lapply(mylist, `[`, seq_len(n))),1,as.numeric)

The matrix looks like,
> mymatrix
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
[1,]    2    2    1    2    4    8
[2,]    3    6    6    2    7   12
[3,]    4    8    8   NA    9   NA
[4,]    5   NA   NA   NA   10   NA
[5,]   NA   NA   NA   NA   11   NA

Finally we are ready to make the plot!
barplot(
  mymatrix, beside=TRUE,
  col=1:n,
  names.arg=mydata$label)