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Soooo I realized I’m probably not going to be posting a Thursday Thoughts post this week since 1) It’s Thanksgiving and I’ll hopefully be enjoying family time and 2) you all are enjoying family time and no one reads my blog on holidays! However, I have a LOT of thoughts piling up for this week so I thought I’d go ahead and do this on Tuesday! It’s really my favorite post of the week…

1. SURPRISE!!!! Okay, not really a surprise, but a change of mind. I’m heading home for thanksgiving TODAY instead of tomorrow morning! Why? Well, I realized my only class today included listening to presentations, and honestly I wasn’t going to pay attention, so why not just go home?! I actually considered going home yesterday afternoon, but I had a PT appointment this morning that I didn’t want to miss. Plus I SAVED $$ my moving my flight. Gotta love Southwest.

2. Check out my guest post today on Kamila’s blog, Sensual Appeal! I write about motivation for any goal that you might you have – whether it be running a marathon or getting through grad school!

3. I already mentioned that I’m listening to Christmas music, but I LOVE the Glee Christmas station, especially all things Michael Buble. This man has a gift. Is it weird that I decided about 7 years ago that I want him to sing at my wedding? I should start saving $$ for that one…

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And yes, apparently I was listening to Christmas music at 6:35am…

4. My friend sent me this picture the other day. Can you tell what’s hanging from their car? How cute and clever is that!?!?

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5. I finally tried the Kombucha trilogy flavor. I usually go for the safe ones, like raspberry, cranberry, etc., because I don’t know what trilogy means?!?! Anyway, I was enticed by the pretty colors and the sale price so I tried it and it’s great! Still don’t know what flavor it is though…

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6. I was at a grocery store grabbing a couple necessities that I couldn’t find at Trader Joe’s and I saw this on display. It was fate.

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7. So I’m already doing Tina’s Best Body Boot Camp, and Amanda’s Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge, but I saw this challenge today and I’m super tempted, mostly because you get an “elf buddy” (aka another participant) to encourage and who encourages you! I just think it would be fun!

8. Another music obsession? Glee’s Grease album! I LOVE Grease (who doesn’t!?!?) and I loved the episode so much that this happened:

I really need to work on this whole not spending money thing…

9. Yesterday I realized I had extra time to get work done because I didn’t have Girls On The Run practice. So what did I do? I went and hung out with Molly. #sorryimnotsorry

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What’s your favorite kind of music/album right now?

Have you ever tried Kombucha? What’s your favorite flavor?

Do you have anything decorating your car?

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  1. molly @ heart, sole & cereal

    i’m holding out on christmas music for just a couple more days if i can wait. i always try to make it past thanksgiving and some years i’m better than others. i love southwest in a major way – the fact that you can change your flight last minute and get money back is why they are the best airline. except for when i check in for my 7:10 flight at 7:11 and get b16. grrrrrrr.

  2. Nicole@ livingthesweetlifestl.wordpress.com

    I have never tried Kombucha…I wanted to look for it this weekend when I went to Whole Foods but didn’t even think about it when I got there. Next time for sure though.
    My boyfriend is obsessed with that Michael Buble cd…I got it for St. Nicks day last year and it has already started playing in the car.

  3. Sierra @ Posh Meets Pavement

    Also a Michael Buble fan over here. Apparently his grandmother lives in the same neighborhood as my grandma and all the neighborhood is keeping their fingers crossed that he will do a little performance. Good luck ladies…

    I signed up for that Elf Challenge and I definitely need some motivation with my fitness right now. I’m currently reading blogs when I should be running #storyofmylife

  4. Karey @ Nutty About Health

    No holiday music for me yet… although I’m thinking about it soon! Currently loving the Three Days Grace album “Transit of Venus”. So good!

    Haven’t tried Kombucha… wondering what all the fuss is about though, so maybe next time I see it someplace, I will.

    Love the Molly pics, too cute!! 🙂 Have a safe flight & enjoy your holiday!

  5. Lindsay @ Running the Windy City

    I’m so excited (and insanely jealous) that you get to go home today!! I’m itching to get back to Michigan!

    I love the Kombucha trilogy but I really love gingery things (the gingerberry is my fave) and don’t like the strawberry, cranberry flavors for whatever reason.

    And siracha’s the best!

  6. Kammie @ Sensual Appeal

    You know people always talk about Buble and I can’t place it.. I have no idea if I’ve heard him before or not. I know the name but just I’m unsure. I am excited for Christmas music, it makes me so happy – total mood booster. I’m waiting till after Thanksgiving to start listening though.

  7. Tracy

    Trilogy has always been my favorite flavor! FYI it’s raspberry, lemon and ginger.

    Exciting you get to head home early! The weather is great here in KC this week, too.

    1. Katie Post author

      Haha, I love One Direction’s first hit (I think it’s called What Makes You Beautiful? something like that) but I didn’t like their other songs as much. Guess they weren’t as catchy?

  8. Lia

    Hahahaha! Love the Glee love. You’d have whole lot of challenges goin on with that one added on. Enjoy your early trip home! I’m heading home early too, so happy about that, but that just means earlier for Christmas. Friendsgiving this year for me.

  9. Chelsie @ Balance, Not Scale

    This summer I saw a Shrek car. There must have been AT LEAST 250 action figures in addition to stickers and a wicked awesome paint job that made the car look like the carriage that Fiona and Shrek drive to Far, Far Away in the second movie. And the torso of Prince Charming was hanging out the trunk and there was a Donkey head on the roof to make him look like he was popping out and looking backward in traffic — SO EPIC!! I couldn’t get my camera out before the light changed!
    Ps. Spending time with Molly = best way to spend unforeseen free time. I do the EXACT same thing with my Koda.

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Ascent of Wheeler Peak on 2012-08-21

Climber: Peter Stone

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    Location:USA-New Mexico
    Elevation:13161 ft / 4011 m

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I climbed this in 1994 but remembered an unpleasant direct-up-the-scree approach from Williams Lake. So this time we started in the Taos ski area but ascended via the Bull of the Woods route and very pleasant it was too. Much nicer with paths through woods and meadows with a variety of views along the way. Over the top of Mount Walter to the summit where we met the first people of the day. We then noted a new graded zig-zagging path down to Williams Lake and took that for speed rather than aesthetics back to the valley.
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Peak:Beinn Narnain
    Elevation:926 m / 3041 ft

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My first Munro! From the north peak descended to the col and approached the summit from the NW. The summit was flatter than expected but also covered in boulders.
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    Trailhead:370 m / 1217 ft
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Remember the fiasco that was Rihanna’s promo tour last year? Rihanna doesn't! Her seven-day seven-country expedition quickly turned to shit when the disgruntled media who were her on-board guests went rogue, tweeting about their sleep deprivation, infrequent meal provisions and the lack of access to the pop star, with one particular Australian press representative making international news for indulging in pants-free antics on board the Good Ship Rihanna. However, despite unanimous reports that the trip was a disaster, apparently Rihanna thought it was just fabulous.

Speaking recently to Rolling Stone, Rihanna revealed that she was completely unaware of any mutinous behaviour on board her 777 - despite widespread reports that she had apologised to those on board at the tour’s conclusion.

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I asked if she'd been following the drama online.

"What?" she says, like it's first time hearing of it. "I knew a couple of people got worked up, but only found out toward the end."

You didn't hear about the rest? They couldn't sleep, they didn't have food, it smelled bad. . . there was almost a riot!

"On the plane?" she says. "That's crazy!"

In that case, what was it like for her? "Oh I had a great time," she says. "The fun never stopped for me. I enjoyed every minute of it. And it definitely brought a lot of awareness to the album - which was the whole point.”

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still hungry after protein shakes

I have been trying to add protein shakes to my diet to help me stay full longer...but I am finding that I'm hungry 30 minutes after I have one. Am I doing something wrong here ? I'm having one scoop of powder (19 g protein) + 8 oz. skim milk + fruit.

This is basically a 250 calorie, 19 g protein snack that is not keeping me full. Am I making them wrong or are they just not worth it.

Any help would be appreciated.

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You probably need to add some fats to that snack to make it more filling, or fiber (depending on what fruit you're eating), or both. You may be more full if you use 2% milk and skip the fruit (for the same calories), or by adding a handful of nuts, etc.

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take your protein shake with a complex carb. You mentioned fruit, which would be ok, depending on the fruit. A green apple would be the best choice.

I would pair your protein shake with vegi's or oatmeal. Some kind of complex carb. That combination SHOULD keep you full for a while. If not, well then your body is weird, and it is hopeless :) JK

Oh, i should also add that you can make your protein shakes with water instead of milk if you want less calories. I always make mine with water. Personal preference I suppose.

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Thanks! I think that the complex carbs might be what I'm missing. I thought about adding oatmeal but that just seems like a lot of food for a mid-afternoon snack. I'm a 5'4" female so a 250 calorie snack can really throw me off track.

I just had some cashews and that seems to be helping. I'll try it with water and see how it tastes. thanks!!

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oh and i was making it with 3 strawberries and a 1/2 handful of blueberries for taste. Should I skip that ? thx

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Praise for Egg on Mao:

“Chong is a masterful storyteller. . . .Egg on Mao is a lovely and fascinating look at not only China, but also the power of friendship and human decency.” —Quill and Quire
Egg on Mao speaks the universal language of human rights.” —The Daily News

Praise for The Concubine’s Children:

“Beautiful, haunting and wise, [The Concubine’ s Children] lingers in the mind like a portrait one returns to in a family album, and elicits the same mysterious response of love, melancholy and pride.”
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No matter where one stood on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, to look north toward the portrait of Mao Zedong that hung on the gate to the Forbidden City was to meet the Chairman’s steady gaze. The composition of the painting made sure of that: the subject’s head is dead centre, his shoulders are square to the front, his eyes stare directly outward. That the portrait should dominate Tiananmen Square befitted a man who’d had so many titles in life: the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Great Supreme Commander, the Great Saviour, Beloved Leader, but most commonly, Chairman Mao.

For fifty years, an oil painting of Mao Zedong had been mounted on the gate there. Successive versions subtly aged the Chairman and each altered something – taking away the cap, changing the jacket, realigning the gaze. The first was painted in 1949. A new portrait was commissioned in 1950, in 1952, in 1963, and for the last time in 1967. Sunlight and harsh weather took their toll on these paintings and at least once every year, the management office of Tiananmen Square was obliged to take the current version down and replace it with a freshly painted copy. Often the replacement was an overpainting on an old canvas, each of which was reused as many as five or six times. By 1989, the painter of the Tiananmen portrait, the third person to hold that post since 1949, had been turning out a painting every year for the past thirteen years. Just after two in the afternoon of Tuesday, May 23, 1989, in the sixth week of the pro-democracy protests in the square, that portrait maker’s schedule was disrupted.

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Denae House beats Dennis Heefner for Steelton Borough Council

DIANA FISHLOCK, The Patriot-News By DIANA FISHLOCK, The Patriot-News The Patriot-News
on November 08, 2011 at 10:21 PM, updated November 09, 2011 at 11:34 AM

Republican incumbent Dennis Heefner lost his Steelton Borough Council to challenger Democrat Denae House, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting.

Five candidates ran for four seats on council.

Incumbent Democrat Maryjo Szada received 24 percent of the votes in unofficial results. She is a physician who owns a family health practice. Incumbent Republican and council vice president Stephen Shaver received the most votes, with 26 percent. He works for a communications consulting firm, MWF Enterprises, Inc. of Lancaster.

Republican incumbent Michael Albert, owner of Mr. Mike's Records in Harrisburg, received 18 percent. House also received 18 percent. She works for the State Department of Aging, office of long-term living. Heefner, who works as a union electrician, received 14 percent.

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The Millerstown Recreation Committee met May 3 to discuss ambitious plans for a new park to be nestled along the Juniata River.

Approximately 25 people turned out to view the plans on display and talk about the various aspects of Millerstown’s latest upgrade. The committee has extended its membership to include representatives from several local groups, including the Jaycees, fire department, Millerstown Community Success and Millerstown Pool to ensure that all parties have the opportunity to participate in the development of the important addition to the Millerstown community.

The architectural firm of H. Edward Black has been hired to design plans for the new park along the Juniata River. All construction and land use areas will be reviewed to ensure that the plans are feasible and up to specification for local and state building codes.

The group also is performing architectural and design services for Millerstown Community Success, Inc. (MCSI) for the renovation and revitalization of the town square area.

The park is slated to extend from the Route 17 bridge on the banks of the Juniata to the boat ramp south of the Cocalamus Creek. Included in the planning are several sports areas for football, soccer, volleyball, and baseball. These areas will be shared by local teams for sports events and practices.

In addition, a walking/bike/nature trail will extend along the river for the length of the park, and there will be numerous picnic areas and a skate park. A proposed historic reference bridge will be installed over the Cocalamus Creek.

Local and regional groups will be able to use a proposed 300 plus seat performance stage/pavilion. Parking for close to 800 vehicles could be accommodated .

The final plans will be discussed in the coming months, although funding will need to be obtained for the majority of the improvements and construction. Anyone who is interested in participating in the project, in making donations, or in requesting information should contact Curt Black at 589-3598.


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After a week filled with drama – including a surprising elimination and contestant chaos – Wednesday's American Idol was filled with love and a spellbinding performance.

With a visit to their hometowns on the line, the Final Four sang three love songs, one about a breakup, a make-up and a dedication.

But Jena Irene had the memorable moment of the night (and likely the season) when she improbably channeled Elvis Presley, playing the piano and singing "Can't Help Falling in Love," a stunning, "spellbinding" performance that had Jennifer Lopez sprinting onto the stage to kiss the 17-year-old.

"I've never gotten up to kiss somebody on the show," she said, visibly trembling. "This is The King, and you reinvented it … I was so moved … I could cry right now … I'm so glad I was here to witness it."

Harry Connick Jr. called it a "rare" TV moment, while Keith Urban called Irene "a musical platypus," because she is such a unique performer.

On Irene's high heels was Caleb Johnson, whose final song, "Maybe I'm Amazed," wowed the judges.

The rocker's softer take on the classic had Urban and Lopez on their feet and even Harsh Harry exclaiming, "That was absolutely phenomenal!"

Alex Preston and Jessica Meuse each earned harsh reviews for their first two performances, with the judges in agreement that they loved their voices but not their song choices.

Both seemed to redeem themselves, however, at the end.

Meuse finally won over the judges with her "perfect" song choice, Lady Gaga's "You and I."

"You killed it!" Connick praised the country singer.

Meanwhile, Preston concluded the show with a lovely, acoustic version of "Yellow," which Urban said showed off the singer's "poetic vulnerability."

"You really needed that," said Connick. "There were a lot of great performances tonight, and that was one of them."

Who will go home, and who will go on to their hometown as one of the final three?

Results air Thursday (9 p.m. ET) on Fox.

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Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's South African Leadership Academy for Girls, filed a defamation lawsuit against the TV star in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Friday in an attempt to salvage her professional reputation, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

The civil suit, filed by attorney Tim McGowan, says Winfrey "launched what amounted to a defamatory campaign" against Mzamane late last year by implying that Mzamane is "untrustworthy, failed the students of the academy, did not care about the students at the academy, knew of alleged physical and sexual abuse at the academy and participated in a cover-up of the alleged abuse," according to legal papers.

The suit cites comments to the media Winfrey made last October and November in the wake of a dorm matron at the school being charged with assaulting and abusing students.

Mzamane, 39, also filed a defamation suit against the blog the Huffington Post and publicity expert Joan Stewart for a Nov. 19, 2007, posting by Stewart saying Mzamane was charged in connection with the scandal.

Mzamane has said there was no cover-up at the school and she knew nothing about the allegations, which she learned about while on a business trip to the U.S.

Seeks Quarter Million, Plus Damages

Mzamane was the assistant head of operations at a private school in Philadelphia when she says Winfrey recruited her to run the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. She started work on Dec. 31, 2006.

Since her termination, Mzamane has not been able to find comparable work and suffers from "depression, anxiety and insomnia," the suit states. She is asking for $50,000 for each of five different claims, including defamation by innuendo and intentional infliction of emotional distress, plus unspecified punitive damages.

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A rep for Winfrey did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and neither did the Huffington Post. Joan Stewart has issued the following statement:

"I've learned that in my November 7, 2007, blog post, 'Oprah Scandal: A Lesson in Crisis Management," and in a column I wrote for Huffington Post on November 19, 2007, I inadvertently erred by saying that the former head mistress of Oprah Winfrey's Dream Academy was charged with a crime. I deeply regret that error and apologize to former head mistress Nomvuyo Mzamane.

"Journalists, including those on blogs, make mistakes, and if Ms. Mzamane had contacted me about that directly, I would have corrected it online – with an apology – immediately. I have not, in fact, been contacted by her or served with a lawsuit. I'm a firm believer in full compliance with the law, with the Public Relations Society of America's Code of Ethics and with the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics, and know that I was in compliance with all three in this case."

A trial for the accused dorm matron, Virginia Makopo, will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 8. She has pleaded not guilty to abusing and assaulting six girls.

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Marijuana Found at Michael Jackson's Home

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A big second-half shooting effort and more strong performances by Stacy Davis and Brendan Lane lifted the Pepperdine men's basketball team to an 88-71 win at Central Michigan on Saturday, giving the Waves their first 3-0 start since 1998-99.

The Waves trailed 41-38 at halftime but shot 18-for-25 (72.0%) from the field in the second half and kept their perfect start to the season intact, while dropping the Chippewas to 1-2.

Davis (Laveen, Ariz./Fairfax HS), last year's West Coast Conference Newcomer of the Year, tied his career high with 24 points on 10-for-14 shooting. He made both of his three-point attempts, putting him at 4-for-4 on the season. He also grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots. Davis has scored at least 23 points in each of the first three games of the season (the first time a Waves has done that since 1987-88).

Lane (Rocklin, Calif./Rocklin HS/UCLA) recorded his second double-double in three games with a 15-point, 10-rebound effort that also included five blocked shots, four assists and two steals.

A number of other Waves turned in strong performances, and it seemed as if whatever lineup Pepperdine Coach Marty Wilson put out there in the second half clicked. Senior guard Nikolas Skouen (Bergen, Norway/Pratt CC) hit two late three-pointers to extend the lead and finished with eight points. Freshman guard Jeremy Major (Pasadena, Calif./Maranatha HS) had seven points and six assists before fouling out.

Coming off the bench, sophomore guard Austin Mills (Beverly Hills, Calif./Beverly Hills HS) had eight points and a career-high six assists, and senior forward Malte Kramer (Frieberg, Germany/Cuesta College) contributed career highs of eight points and three assists.

"I'm very excited about what we did tonight," Wilson said. "The guys stuck to the game plan and executed on both ends. We moved the ball with purpose and the open man got the ball. Defensively, we stayed home and contested and made them take tough shots, and we got rebounds. I'm proud of our two young point guards, Jeremy and Austin, they had 12 assists and one turnover. As a team we had 24 assists on 34 baskets, and that's the sign of an unselfish team."

Pepperdine's 50-point second-half explosion sent the Waves to their largest point total since January 2011 against San Francisco.

The Waves shot 56.7% from the field overall and held the Chippewas to 39.7%. The Waves committed just nine turnovers to CMU's 11 and had big advantages in various other categories: three-pointers made (10 to six), blocks (10 to two) and assists (24 to 10).

Pepperdine scored the first six points of the game, and took its biggest lead of the first half at 30-23 with 6:15 to play on a basket by Lane. Though the Waves led for nearly the entire first half, the Chippewas eventually tied the contest at 34-34 with two minutes left and went into the break with a 41-38 lead.

The second half was all Pepperdine, however. The Waves started on an 11-2 run and made 11 of their first 13 shots. A Mills three-pointer gave the Waves their first double-digit lead at 57-47 with 14 minutes to play. CMU got as close as seven, but Davis' second three-pointer pushed the lead back to 10 at 69-59 with 8:23 to go. Later, back-to-back three-pointers by Skouen and a lay-up by Lane made it 81-62 with 3:22 left.

This was the end of a three-game series between the two schools, and the road team won every time. Central Michigan won each of the last two years in Malibu.

Combined with Wednesday's road victory at UC Riverside, it's the first time that Pepperdine has posted back-to-back wins on the road since 2007-08. The 17-point win was also the largest margin of victory in a road win for the Waves since 2007-08.

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What's your opinion on the use of shift? Some have mentioned that during a code review, you can lose points for using it to extract function parameters. Others seem to be utterly infatuated with it, perhaps even to the point of perversion. No matter how useful I find it, there are still things that bother me, if only psychologically:
sub foo { return shift()->{foo}; }
Seems only a few operators away from fully-fledged obfuscation, but it works, no? That's the annoying part. The other annoying part is how well it works.

Out of the following, which one is the fastest?
package Foo; sub with_shift { my $self = shift; return $self->{foo}; } sub with_inline_shift { return shift()->{foo}; } sub with_index { return $_[0]->{foo}; } sub with_list { my ($self) = @_; return $self->{foo}; }
Ideally, which is a euphemism for "in that place where all is well and good, but you can't get there from here", the named parameter method would be the fastest. Unfortunately, this is just not the case. with_inline_shift() is always the fastest, regardless of the number of parameters passed. In fact, it is about 30% faster with one parameter, and at least 10% faster when loaded with 1000 parameters.

The performance curve of with_inline_shift is very similar to that of with_index, presumably because both of them have no local variables to declare. The other two, with_list and with_shift are similarly slower. my is pretty darned expensive, don't you think?

Is this a case of "nice guys finish last" or what?

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Re: Shift versus Sanity
by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 23, 2002 at 22:51 UTC

    Style, readability and maintainability are much more important in most cases. That's why I always assign @_ to a list of lexicals, unless I'm coding a one-liner. In classes for tie, I often use shift and pop in examples.

    sub TIESCALAR { bless \(my $foo = pop), shift; } sub STORE { ${ +shift } = pop } sub FETCH { ${ +shift } } ### sub foo { my ($self, $foo) = @_; ... } sub foobar { my ($self, %options) = @_; ... }
    If I use @_ and the sub is small (5 lines or less), I do shift the object and then use @_, because that saves me an array. Besides, sometimes you want to change the values, in which case you have to use @_.

    Some examples of things that I do not like:
    # Bad sub foo { my $self = shift; ... not using @_ anymore } sub bar { my $self = shift; my %options = @_; ... } # Worse sub foo { my $self = shift; my $foo = shift; my $bar = shift; ... } # Awful sub foo { my $self = shift; my $foo = shift; ... my $bar = shift; ... }
    I dislike anything using more than one shift.

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      # Bad sub bar { my $self = shift; my %options = @_; }
      I have to disagree with you on this one, sort of. I use this construct to set defaults to named parameters like this:
      sub bar { my $self = shift; my %options = (opt1=>'foo', # desc for opt1 opt2=>'bar', # desc for opt2 @_); }
      To me, this is the best of both worlds. I get an obvious object ($self), I know what my expected named arguments are, their default values, and a brief description of each parameter. Yes, it's slightly more memory intensive, but it's so much more intuitive to me that I'll take the tradeoff anyday.

      As someone else said, I'll take maintainability over a little verboseness & overhead anyday. Being able to figure out what the heck a rarely used option does is invaluable 4 months (or years!) down the road.

        I use this construct to set defaults to named parameters like this

        Oops, forgot about that idiom. Yes, when using to set defaults, it is okay :)

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      sorry juerd, can't agree. another common idiom that noone's mentioned is this:

      sub do_stuff { my $this = shift; my $session = shift || die "Missing req'd Session argument"; my $cgi = shift || new CGI (); ... }

      aesthetics aside, here are some hard figures on efficiency (slightly reformatted):

      [matt@dirty matt]$ ./ Benchmark: timing 2000000 iterations of argumentative_1arg, argumentative_3args, direct_1arg, direct_3args, shifty_1arg, shifty_3args... argumentative_1arg: 17 wallclock secs (17.69 usr + 0.01 sys = 17.70 CPU) @ 112994.35/s (n=2000000) argumentative_3args: 21 wallclock secs (21.93 usr + 0.02 sys = 21.95 CPU) @ 91116.17/s (n=2000000) direct_1arg: 10 wallclock secs (10.86 usr + 0.04 sys = 10.90 CPU) @ 183486.24/s (n=2000000) direct_3args: 13 wallclock secs (12.24 usr + 0.02 sys = 12.26 CPU) @ 163132.14/s (n=2000000) shifty_1arg: 17 wallclock secs (18.07 usr + 0.03 sys = 18.10 CPU) @ 110497.24/s (n=2000000) shifty_3args: 23 wallclock secs (23.91 usr + 0.01 sys = 23.92 CPU) @ 83612.04/s (n=2000000) total: 42000000

      not much of a difference, though the triple shift example is a bit pathological. here's the code for the above:

      #!/usr/bin/perl -w use Benchmark; use strict; package ArgTest; sub shifty_1arg { my $this = shift; my $first_arg = shift; $$this += $first_arg; } sub shifty_3args { my $this = shift; my $first_arg = shift; my $second_arg = shift; my $third_arg = shift; $$this += $first_arg + $second_arg + $third_arg; } sub argumentative_1arg { my( $this, $first_arg ) = @_; $$this += $first_arg; } sub argumentative_3args { my( $this, $first_arg, $second_arg, $third_arg ) = @_; $$this += $first_arg + $second_arg + $third_arg; } sub direct_1arg { ${$_[0]} += $_[1]; } sub direct_3args { ${$_[0]} += $_[1] + $_[2] + $_[3]; } sub value { return ${$_[0]} } package main; my $total; bless( my $object = \$total, 'ArgTest' ); my @args = ( 1 .. 3 ); timethese( 2_000_000, { shifty_1arg => sub { $object->shifty_1arg( @args ) }, argumentative_1arg => sub { $object->argumentative_1arg( @args ) }, direct_1arg => sub { $object->direct_1arg( @args ) }, shifty_3args => sub { $object->shifty_3args( @args ) }, argumentative_3args => sub { $object->argumentative_3args( @args ) }, direct_3args => sub { $object->direct_3args( @args ) }, } ); print "total: " . $object->value . "\n";

        sub do_stuff { my $this = shift; my $session = shift || die "Missing req'd Session argument"; my $cgi = shift || new CGI (); ... }

        As said, I think that's horrible.

        sub do_stuff { my ($self, $session, $cgi) = @_; croak 'Session not optional' unless $session; $cgi ||= CGI->new(); ... }
        I call my objects $self, not $this. You can see the three arguments in a single line, instead of spread over three.

        esthetics aside, here are some hard figures on efficiency (slightly reformatted)

        I am starting to think that you didn't read my post, and are only commenting on the piece of code. Efficiency is important, but not more important than readability and maintainability. Whenever efficiency is important, you probably should not be using OO.

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(tye)Re: Shift versus Sanity
by tye (Sage) on Apr 24, 2002 at 04:18 UTC

    If the function takes a simple list of arguments with perhaps some trailing arguments being optional, then I will often write:

    sub simple { my( $this, $that, $other )= @_;
    just because it is simple, takes up little space, and is easy to read.

    But if my argument handling is more advanced, or I find myself changing what arguments the function accepts, or I feel a need to add comments, or for probably quite a few other reasons, I will instead use something much closer to:

    sub complex { my $this= shift(@_); my $that= shift(@_); my $other= shift(@_);
    because it is much easier to make changes to.

    Note that I don't use a bare shift mostly because I really like to be able to scan for just "@_" in order to see where any argument handling is happening. I don't want to scan for that plus "shift", "pop", $_[, and several others. I also like that it makes the code a bit easier for non-Perl programmers to read (which makes it easier to have the code accepted by coworkers and managers) and clearly documents that I didn't write the code thinking I was dealing with @ARGV and then later moved it into a subroutine and broke it.

    I also use the asymetrical spacing around the assigment operator to make it clearer that I didn't mean to write == (no, that isn't a likely source of confusion for this code, but you have to follow that convention for all assignments for it to work well).

    And I don't line up the expressions like:

    sub pretty { my $first= shift(@_); my $second= shift(@_); my $optional= shift(@_);
    as I think this scales really poorly when you decide to rename some variable and suddenly you feel obliged to reindent a bunch of nearby parts of lines, especially since no editor I've seen comes even close to automating or even assisting much in such primping.

    And I certainly don't prematurely nano-optimize for run-time speed since development time is usually much more important and run-time speed is usually much more improved by careful algorithm design than such pre-benchmarking.

            - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

      perltidy will gladly re-align those assignments for you. I've got it integrated into my favorite text editor (under Solaris -- nedit) to do the whole file or the selection.

      Mind you, I'm not real fussy about that detail, myself.

      ObThread: for OO stuff, I start with my $self = shift; and go from there. Sometimes I capture @_; other times I do more shift-ing. It depends...

(jeffa) Re: Shift versus Sanity
by jeffa (Bishop) on Apr 23, 2002 at 23:16 UTC
    I concur with Juerd. Sometimes i will obfuscate, but only if it is for me and me only.

    How many times have you been bitten with this:

    sub foo { my $foo = shift; } # and then you decide to add another parameter: sub foo { my ($foo,$bar) = shift; }
    I find it better to always use @_ to prevent those annoying mistakes:
    sub foo { my ($foo) = @_; }

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Re: Shift versus Sanity
by mattriff (Chaplain) on Apr 24, 2002 at 00:22 UTC
    Okay, since nobody else has said it yet, I will: I like shift(). :) Honestly, I'd never thought of it as possibly being obfuscated until I read this thread.

    If I'm working in an OOP module I habitually use shift() to get the object then use @_ for the rest of the parameters, like:

    sub object_method { my $self = shift; my ($foo,$bar,$baz) = @_; }

    In my mind it's a pretty clean separation of things.

    However, I suppose I'll admit that I have been bitten by this (as jeffa asked):

    my ($foo,$bar) = shift;

    More than once. ;) Usually I get irritated, jump up, amble to the other side of my cubicle wall to interrupt the marketing-type guy (revenge for the 6-7 times he'll be at my desk), head back, look at the code, slap my forehead, fix it, and move on.

    - Matt Riffle

Re: Shift versus Sanity
by VSarkiss (Monsignor) on Apr 24, 2002 at 00:00 UTC

    I almost always prefer the my ($self) = @_;
    style in general, but there are circumstances where you really want to use shift, such as when you're going to pass your own arguments down to another routine:

    my ($self) = shift; helper_sub(@_);
    It's really a question of judicious choices: function first, performance second. Cargo-cult programming third ;-)

(kudra: obj shift) Re: Shift versus Sanity
by kudra (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2002 at 11:07 UTC
    Sometimes shift is just the nicest way to get the job done. For example:
    my $self = shift; my %hash = @_;
    I believe that makes more sense than the alternatives. $self doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the arguments, so it is logical to take it off first and then deal with the other options.

    I probably wouldn't use shift to get any of the other arguments, however. It's probably clear from the example that I prefer named arguments, and shift is not a good way to deal with them. Update: A rant about named arguments can now be found right here in the page instead of by viewing the page source.

    Named arguments are good if you have a lot of arguments and don't want to look up the order every time you make a function call.

    But the main reason I use them is that it is expandable. It looks a bit silly when you only have one or two arguments, but it has paid off for me often enough. Compare these two function calls:

    mysub(name => 'foo', number => 'three'); mysub('foo', undef, undef, undef, 'three');
    In one, it's very easy to see what arguments are being used. In the other, you'd be lucky to get your arguments in the right positions.

    Of course, if you're still writing the code that uses this function, you can change all your function calls so it is possible to re-arrange the order of your arguments to put the optional ones at the end. But what if they're all optional? Or what if the code is already in production, but needs to be expanded for new uses without breaking the old uses? The most readable result will most likely be the one that uses named arguments.

    All in all, I'd rather take the risk that the function never needs more arguments and I have to type a few extra words with every function call than that it does expand and I can't easily accomodate it.

    Of course I don't consider it a hard rule. Plenty of my code doesn't use named arguments. But unless I have a good reason not to, I do use them.

Re: Shift versus Sanity
by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Apr 24, 2002 at 10:05 UTC
    These days, I tend to use @_ exclusively. However, there's one circumstance when shift wins: optional arguments. How about the classic get-and-set method for an accessor method of a scalar data item:
    sub foo { my $self = shift; @_ ? ($self->{foo} = shift) : $self->{foo}; }
    However, as a general rule for optional arguments, I tend to use a named parameter scheme, passing in key=>value pairs cast internally to a hash.
    &blah( foo=>2, bar=>'Fred');
Re: Shift versus Sanity (shift is not like assignment from @_)
by grinder (Bishop) on Apr 24, 2002 at 18:15 UTC
    Wow, lots of very interesting arguments to both sides of the debate, but no-one appears to have made the point that:
    my( $foo, $bar ) = @_; not the same as...
    my $foo = shift; my $bar = shift;
    The latter approach modifies the parameter list, they are gone. In the former case, they stay around to haunt you, especially if someone else calls a &foo, and what's left of @_ gets passed along. Talk about effects at a distance. One alternative is to never call &foo, but foo() instead. The other alternative is to use the shift approach. (note to self: remember to adopt tye's approach to fetching parameters).

    If the routine is small enough I use $_[0] (in which case what $_[0] should contain should be easy to infer from the sub's name). But not everything can be done with $_[0]. If you want to modify it you must fetch the parameter, viz:

    sub x { $_[0] =~ s/foo/bar/; $_[0]; } print x('food'), "\n"; # does not work

    print@_{sort keys %_},$/if%_=split//,'= & *a?b:e\f/h^h!j+n,o@o;r$s-t%t#u'
      If you want to modify it you must fetch the parameter

      I don't know if you include this in "fetch". Technically you might fetch, but I wouldn't like to call it fetching the parameter(s).

      sub foobar { @_ = @_; $_[0] =~ s/foo/bar/; $_[0]; }
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by Necos (Friar) on Apr 24, 2002 at 01:21 UTC
    I don't think shift is bad. I find myself using it in a lot of code, especially modules that I write for office use. In some subroutines, I find myself using 3-5 shifts. In one of my modules (Student::Server), I've done this:
    sub usr_create { my $DC; Win32::NetAdmin::GetAnyDomainController('','CLC', $DC); my $obj = shift; my $usr_log_file = shift; my $params = shift; if ( $obj->usr_log($usr_log_file,$params) ) { return 0; } my $usr = $obj->_rand_user(); if ( not Win32::NetAdmin::UsersExist($DC,$usr) ) { $obj->usr_add($usr); } else { $obj->usr_create($usr_log_file,$params); } }
    Most people would probably frown upon that usage, but I like it. If I only need one parameter (per variable), then it's much easier to avoid confusion about parameters. In the above sub, I expect an object, a filename, and an array ref (which contains the order of logging parameters). In other words, a call to usr_create would look like: $obj->usr_create('test.txt', [Last_Name, First_Name, State]); or even  $obj->usr_create('test.txt', $aref); shift'ing out the necessary parameters avoids silly things like having a user pass too many arguments to the sub. In that case, anything not shift'ed out is discarded.

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      This is one of those examples of things that bothers people, myself included. Three shifts, and no use of @_ to justify it, really. Instead, you could just declare them in a single my and be done with it, like:
      my ($obj, $usr_log_file, $params) = @_;
      Extra params passed by the user are discarded, as one would expect.

      The reason being shifty is annoying is because it can degenerate into nonsensical situations like this:
      sub foo { my $self = shift; my $foo = shift; $self->something($foo, "bar", shift, "shift", "foo"); my ($flob,$blarg,$kvetch) = (shift,shift); if ($kvetch = $flob->fnordicate($blarg)) { shift()->refnordicate($kvetch); } }
      What, exactly, are the parameters to this function? You have to read and understand the entire function before it becomes clear. If this were much larger, that could be very frustrating. Unfortunately, this fictional example is not too far fetched.
        "shift() doesn't confuse people. People confuse people."

        I agree that the example given would be nonsensical. However, if I saw it, I wouldn't blame shift(). I'd blame the programmer who abused it in that way.

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by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 24, 2002 at 11:02 UTC
    Interesting post, ++ to you. I found it particularly relevant as I have been working on a post/request for comments (coming soon to Meditations :-) on a class/object technique that I have started using a lot
    sub my_method { my ($self,$data)=shift->self_obj; }
    Although speed was and is definately not my motivation, more the elgance of the notation. Although I am pleased to hear that it is in fact more efficient. :-)

    Other than that in general I agree with tye pretty much on this one. I often use shift as it is easier to reorganize during development, easier to document and much easier to provide defaults for.

    Of late I've found myself using $_[$x] a lot as well, primarily as I have been working on a few things where either of the other two techniques can cause problems as they copy their values and not alias to them.

    Oh yes, when I first started learning perl I reviewed a bunch of the standard modules and corresponded with GSAR about why he (more or less) exclusively used the my $x=shift; idiom (at least in Data::Dumper). Turned out there is/was a bug in an older version of perl that the shift technique worked around.

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Re: Shift versus Sanity
by Biker (Priest) on Apr 24, 2002 at 08:17 UTC

    The only Perl statement I refuse to use is goto()

    Everything went worng, just as foreseen.

      Hmm... goto &func is really, really useful in an AUTOLOAD. I agree that goto LABEL is really bad. And its lots faster and slightly better structured to do redo LABEL instead.

      The redo LABEL trick is something I'm using in a Scheme implementation I'm working on. It's sort of horrible, but it buys me tail call optimization and (coming soon) 'real' continuations, so I'll make the trade.

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by phil_g (Initiate) on Apr 24, 2002 at 15:47 UTC

    I think it's largely a stylistic choice. I tend to prefer my ($foo, $bar) = @_;. I did, at one point, do timing tests on @_ versus shift. For my test data (which consisted of object references and strings), I found that shift was generally faster for one and two parameters, both approaches were roughly the same for three parameters, and @_ was faster for more than three parameters.

Re: Shift versus Sanity
by zakzebrowski (Curate) on Apr 24, 2002 at 11:56 UTC
    Wow, my mind is spinning. I started using $x=shift; $y=shift; because it allowed me similiar syntax to c (eg int a = argv[0]; // Or similar.. forgot c.) and the benefits of having optional parameters. I've more or less ignored @_ because it wasn't in english... Sweet. Nice to learn things every now and then... :)

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Have you ever watched your dog scooting or dragging its hind end along the ground and wondered, “What the heck is he/she doing?” Let me tell you – this dog is marking its territory! The dog makes use of two anal glands that are found just inside the anus. These glands are basically a ‘vat’ that stores a putrid smelling mixture that your dog is hoping will pass along a message to other dogs to “Stay off my turf!”

There is actually another animal that you will probably be more aware of that uses its anal sacs slightly less discretely. The skunk, as well as cats and other animals, also have these glands in their anus, and use them not only for scent marking but also self defense when they spray an intruder. If you’ve ever seen a dog being sprayed by a skunk, you’ll know that this defense mechanism works. It works so well that it even has you running away from your own dog! Now, back to the dog, why can’t they exploit their anal sacs in the same manner as skunks?

Dogs and skunks use their anal glands for different functions. Being a wild animal, the skunk faces many predators and challenges that threaten its life every day. Your pet gets its food brought to it on a silver platter, treats, and a nice bed to sleep on. Thus, the dog has evolved so that it has mostly lost the function of the anal glands. It cannot use them defensively, and as well, has diminished ability to empty the sacs at will. Despite this lack of anal sac function, some dogs will remain successful in secreting the ‘anal juice’ from the sacs merely by normal everyday walking and defecation. Often though, this compromised voluntary anal sac emptying will cause problems.

Problems that arise from the inability to properly empty the little anal sacs may vary in how serious they are. At first, you may notice your dog is looking uncomfortable. They may rub their hind end on the ground, look back at their anus and lick it or some chase their tail. These behaviours result from the secretions that are stored in the sacs being unable to escape, leading to impaction, which causes great discomfort. If this uneasiness in your pet is picked up on quickly, it can easily and painlessly be alleviated. Bring your pet to your regular veterinarian as soon as possible and he/she can express the anal sacs, essentially cleaning them out. Do not underestimate the value of this procedure: if you ‘wait and see’ if the problem will solve itself, there is a very good chance that it will not. Actually, it may get a lot worse, as the secretions keep building up in the anal sac, like a balloon. In this case the anal sac could get so full that an abscess can form, which ruptures, or bursts. This is not a good thing; it is very painful for your pet, and smelly for you! Antibiotics are needed to treat a rupture, as infection will easily ensue. In the end, it will also cost a lot more financially and take up more of your time to treat an anal sac rupture, so take your pet to the vet as soon as it starts scooting.

This advice may be all fine and dandy, but what if your dog does not stop scooting even after you have had its anal sacs expressed? Well, it turns out that some dogs will need several anal gland expressions done shortly after one another to ease the dog’s discomfort. Additionally, since each dog is an individual, each dog’s anal sacs are also varied. Some dogs may need frequent emptying of their glands every couple weeks, months, others every couple years, some never. It is all a matter of carefully watching your dog. Your pet will tell you by scooting, the cue to take him/her to the veterinarian, that something is amiss in the anal region. However, nothing in life is free, and you can imagine, or perhaps have experienced, that if you have a dog that is chronically getting impacted anal glands, the cost can add up. Voice your concerns to your veterinarian, if you don’t mind the smell your vet can teach you how to do the procedure yourself. This can be a great alternative if you are the kind of person that doesn’t mind ‘getting their hands dirty’, plus it saves time and eliminates the stress for your pet of coming into the veterinary clinic. Furthermore, as with any sign we see in our pets, there is not always just one cause. You veterinarian may do other tests and if the anal expression does not resolve the problem, your vet may go looking for some other causes such as worms.

The most important thing to remember when it comes to dogs and their anal sacs is that there is a huge variation in the need for the expression of them. The key, as discussed, is to watch for scooting, or dragging the rear on the ground. An earlier trip to the vet will save both you and your pet a lot of trouble. A high fiber diet may help to keep your dog’s stools more regular, however this should be done only with the recommendation of your veterinarian as it can also turn out to do more harm than good in some cases. Essentially, your vet will assess your dog’s current health status, make a plan, and then look at the outcome to make adjustments to the plan to solve the anal sac problem. Although it may be a pain to deal with, we cannot do anything now about the way our pets have evolved. We can at least be thankful that they no longer have the ability to spray with their anal sacs like skunks!

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Toolbox: Reshuffling of the Decks
If there is one thing consistent in the world of bike racing, every year brings a reshuffling of the deck in terms of team rosters. Cycling is one big world of “free agency.” You may not be signing a mega-deal as a rider, but some careful consideration is still required to pick the best team or club to join to maximize your progress in the sport.

Even at the regional and local levels, if teams have significant product and money, they can be the New York Yankees, where getting talented riders to join the team is not an issue. If they don’t have that backing of product and money, they might resemble a small market team like my beloved Cleveland Indians – always losing talented players to big market teams!

All the talk of new teams seems to start about mid-season of the current year. We already hear riders discussing new teams being formed for the following year. It hits its peak late-Fall as teams scramble to finalize their rosters and sponsors for the upcoming season. Unlike the professionals, who have agents representing their best interests (they hope), the purpose of this article is to give amateur riders some advice and suggestions about choosing the team that is the best fit for you. Once you’ve decided on that team, we will offer some important points on how to successfully integrate into your new environment.

The free agent market

The comfort zone.Hands down, the most important thing to take into consideration in my opinion is joining a team where you LIKE your teammates and get along with them. Let’s face it; most riders work for a living and bike racing represents not only a hobby, but an important social aspect of their lives. When you are away on the weekends, spending all that money and time, you want to be with people with whom you truly have fun. If you don’t, I can promise you that you that the season will be very long and will feel like your second job. Racing and traveling with friends that you honestly care about and are willing to work for during the races makes life more enjoyable. It’s called chemistry.

Similar goals. If you are considering joining a smaller team (<15), make sure the team’s focus is in line with your goals and riding strengths. This one is pretty straightforward. You are a climber and focus on the hillier races. The rest of the team focuses on criteriums. Probably not a good match for you.

Look at the category makeup of the team. If you are new to racing, look for a team that has a lot of riders at levels that will help guide you at the beginning of your racing career. For example, as a new racer, you are at Elite level 5. A team with a good supply of Elite 3’s and 4’s might be perfect for you. First, they have just gone through the same process you are about to go through. Second, having a good supply of riders will give you the opportunity to get some good advice during training and at races.

Track record.Look at the track record of the team leadership. Do they have a good history of doing what they say they will do or are they like a cheap politician, promising things they never deliver. If they are new to the management thing, try to research their past a bit as a rider. Knowing how they deal with various situations may clue you in as to how they will manage the team. Do your homework upfront.

By all means, do NOT ask, “What do I get as being part of the team?” – Better yet, ask what you can give or contribute to the team and their role in the community. Sounds like a JFK quote!

You’ve signed the big contract!

Sponsors. Supporting your sponsors is probably one of the most important goals for a rider on a team. Take the time to investigate what each sponsor represents and make an effort to meet them personally. Find out specifically why they are supporting your team and by all means utilize and promote their products first! True, we are not talking about a professional contract here, but sponsors are putting themselves out there on the jersey or offering discounts for a reason. Mainly because they love the sport of cycling and want to see it grow. They also are businesses and expect to get financial gains from their investments. Even if you don’t normally use their products or services, bite the bullet and start doing so. Take the time to appreciate what they are offering and support them in any way you can by promoting them to others.

Pay your dues. It’s important to enter a new or existing team remembering the simple premise that bike racing is a team sport. It’s one of the few, if not only sport where a team works for the glorification of an individual. I can promise you there will be good “karma” if you play the team role first and help get your teammates to the podium more. Your time will come; there will be plenty of opportunities to have your 15 minutes of fame.

Communicate your goals and ambitions. Everyone deserves to succeed in some way. Everyone has goals for the season from winning National Championships to upgrading from 5’s to 4’s. Be upfront and continue to initiate a good communication process with the team. A lot of negative issues can be avoided if all team members just spoke up more.

Be professional. Show up at training rides and races looking like a professional. Wear team gear (not some older jersey), keep your bike clean, and positively represent your sponsors.

Choosing and integrating into your team environment is analogous to your bike fit. If the fit or team is uncomfortable to you, it will negatively impact your performance. If the fit or the team is optimal, the bike or team politics are almost transparent, thus allowing you to focus on the important aspects – a higher level of fitness and success in the 2010 season.

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