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I guess Midori's 3x should be considered of the best overall quality. However, I voted for Tonya because something about Tonya's explosiveness was exciting to me. Her 3x seemed to have more power to it.
Midori Ito
Tonya Harding
Ludmila Nelidina
Yukari Nakano
Kimmie Meissner
Mao Asada
I guess Midori's 3x should be considered of the best overall quality. However, I voted for Tonya because something about Tonya's explosiveness was exciting to me. Her 3x seemed to have more power to it.
When did Meissner or Nelidina ever have a consistent triple axel?
My knowledge of (1) Japanese and (2) Japanese ice skating isn't good enough for me to do much investigating, but her ISU profile says, "Sawada has landed triple Axels in national competitions." Apparently, she did it more than once.
Here is a link to her English-language Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Sawada.
She competed at Japan Juniors in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons as well as in 2003-04 and twice thereafter. She also competed at Japan Novices in 2000-01 and 2001-02. Presumably, she also competed at some level in Regionals and/or Sectionals prior to October 2004, so there are several competitions at which she might have landed a triple axel. Unfortunately, this was all before the Japanese Federation adopted CoP, so any protocols from those events are not going to be of much use.
Lol I see the comment I posted 3 yrs. ago on youtube concerning the aforementioned triple axel video received too many negatives, thus it was marked as spam. *boohoo*
Anyhow re-posting my original comment in its entirety here. And that's all I have to say about that.
I've been watching this sport since the 70's and IMHO the best I have ever seen are:
(1) TONYA HARDING - perfect, no leg wrap, phenomenal height & distance, no pre/under rotation issues ever.
(2) MIDORI ITO - except for the leg wrap, she ties Tonya Harding. These two are the true class of the field, no one touches their power, height, full revolutions.
(3) MAO ASADA - she's not in the class of the two aforementioned, but she's the closest I've ever seen. She never plays it safe!
Tonya Harding was way off the circle and had the most crooked axel. Even with her speed and power, it was always off center. She landed it, but it was pretty ugly.
I will take a leap, and say that Yukari Nakano was way underappreciated. Her axel got around, and she is probably one of the loveliest skaters to ever compete. Was it 2008 where she was just robbed? Everyone in the building knew she won. I prefer Yukari's axel to Mao's. Yukari was not just a strikingly beautiful woman, her skating was striking. I will never understand 2008.
"A champion's performance". And she didn't even medal. My hate for Kostner and her mumbling and stumbling started here.
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Yukari gets little publicity save for the fact that she's one of the five ladies in the triple axel club. She was robbed by her federation in both 2006 and 2010. She was so obviously the third qualifier for Japan's Olympic contingent in 2006, but the Japan Federation made a nonsense decision that revealed how ashamed they were about sending Miki Ando. They sent Miki to Olympics (as she was their #1 star), and for no official reason (as far as I know) Yukari was elected to Worlds. They did not have to explain why since everyone thought it was because Miki was undeserving of an Olympic assignment and only chosen to satisfy the expectations of sponsors.
The situation was likewise lamentable in 2010. I think Akiko demonstrated she deserved the Olympic spot. While Miki finished higher than Akiko (somehow), Miki probably should have been left home in favor of Yukari. Miki proved unnecessary and dispensible at both Olympics and Worlds. She couldn't even beat Laura Lepisto at Worlds, probably because nobody liked that drag-inspired Cleopatra mess. So I have no problem declaring that Yukari should have been chosen for 2010 instead of Miki. Shafting or appearing to shaft Nakano twice is not something the JSF should be allowed to live down.
The federation, and one could start a blog with complaints about them, still does batty things. However, today they seem to understand IJS and the Japanese skaters' potential.
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Does Yukari's axel look consistently pre-rotated?
I used to think she fully rotated the jump back in 05-06, but looking back on it now I have no idea.
As for little ol' non-expert me, I think I give a small edge to Midori, but I'm not sure whether I am being unduly influenced by the facts that 1) she was the first, 2) she landed much more of them in competition than did Tonya and 3) she landed them for a much longer time frame than did Tonya.
But as far as the quality of the jump, I'm torn and need to watch the videos again. It's kind of like choosing between my 2 favorite desserts: both are so fabulous that one day one is my favorite and the next day the other one is. Midori and Tonya were both amazing!
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I have seen mention in this thread of "ugly in the air". Is there an actual deduction for this if the jump itself is perfectly taken off, landed, has good speed and height?
For the fans that voted Tonya as having the best 3A ..... you guys don't mind that her Axel was always tilted outside of the circle mid-air and had a wide swinging free leg on the landing? It was only through sheer strength that Tonya was able to not lose the revolutions mid-air and hung onto the landing edge. I'm sure the wildness of Tonya's technique contributed to the excitement and Wow factor of her 3A, but I would never classify it as textbook perfect.
Midori crossed her free leg at the knee or below the knee on her jumps. I wouldn't classify it as a wrap. Claudia Kristofic-Binder and Erin Pearl had true leg wraps, and their jumps appeared small and the revolutions looked slowed in the air. Midori's crossed legs never caused that issue for her.
I think Kimmi had good lift into her 3A. The one landed at Nationals was wonky and arguably under-rotated, but the practice footage showed that Kimmi was able to do very nice completed ones.
The ugliest 3A would have to be Nakano's. She barely got off the ground throughout the whole jump; Her technique diminished the power of the Axel jump.
3) varied position in the air / delay in rotation
4) good height and distance
7) effortless throughout
So if Ito for example achieves positive bullet points 4 and 7 a judge would start out thinking +1 for the jump and then if they consider the air position poor or ugly they could reduce the GOE back to 0. If she also had additional positive points, then the poor air position could make the difference between +2 vs. +1.
If the only positive aspect were good height and distance, or there was nothing positive aside from the fact that the jump was executed successfully, and if the air position was not just not-ideal but actively bad (e.g., off axis, uncontrolled), then -1 might be appropriate, assuming no other errors.
Other little problems, e.g., a small jump with a bad air position or a bad air position resulting from a badly skidded takeoff, might end up with -2.
How high does Tonya jump? At this point it looks like her ankles are as high as the boards. Is that just the camera angle? http://youtu.be/29SMYaEwGyM?t=2m20s
I have an old VHS tape somewhere that my coach recorded herself years ago... It's Josee Chouinard landing triple axels in practice, they were amazing and clean! I need to go and find it!
The quality of Tonya Harding's 3Lz, which I think was the best ever, was always better than the quality of her 3A. The 3A belonged to Midori.


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Ominous wrote:Moral relativism doesn't claim that right and wrong are determined by the community. Moral relativism says there is no right or wrong, ever. There is only what is accepted by society. {snip}
There is no "we do this because it's right." There is only "we do this because it is expected." This in turn allows for norm entrepreneurs and such to reframe issues and ideas in an attempt to construct new norms for society.
BLANDCorporatio wrote:And the question then is why bother to construct new norms for society. It's not that there aren't answers, but those answers cannot be of a moral nature, since there is no better (nor worse) way to do things. In such a situation, you'd expect that any arbitrary change, or lack thereof, is morally equivalent.
Which, from where I'm standing, is a lack of something called a moral compass. Debates on what/how should change in a society, in fact, are motivated by and guided by what can be clumped as moral concerns, and to pretend those are meaningless is one simplification too many.
That no one has the right answers when it comes to what being ethical is, is not a reason to stop searching. Provisional truths, combined with an openness to change when improvements are possible, are good enough a policy to follow. But it does suppose that there is something to search for, something, to go back to science, that is to be approximated, be it by 2D branes or whatever.
About Game of Thrones, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to discuss. Haven't read the series; missing out, I know, I'll add it to my to-read list.
Ominous wrote:So, in conclusion, societies determine their own morals and no society's morals are more correct than any other society's morals, until one society can convince or force the other to adhere to their set of morals.
Ominous wrote:The only way for it to be objective is if the universe "cared." It doesn't; thus, it only has meaning as far as we attribute to it.
Ominous wrote:Morality is a human construct; therefore, it is subjective.
BLANDCorporatio wrote:And to repeat, the sun doesn't care what gambling strategy I apply in Vegas, nor does it care that I gamble in the first place. Nonetheless, some ways of placing bets are objectively better than others, and, other things not assumed, it's better to not gamble as the casino has the better chance .
You'll find MarbitChow detailing this summary in the post above. The point is that ethical rules may be related to general objective principles, with no recourse to what some cosmic entity thinks of this.
Also, I don't think you get what non-relativism means, morally speaking. You just replace subjectivity-by-humans with subjectivity-by-God (or the cosmos or whatever) and call it moral absolutism. That's not what we are about.
Pretty much the root of disagreement here, as I think the implicit premise ("all human constructs are subjective"- call it HCG) is flawed. By way of tongue in cheek refutation, here's one- it is objectively impossible for a human to construct a cathedral that they and several hundred others may fit in, out of match-sticks.
What you take HCG to mean is "all human constructs are, essentially, games (and we are free to lay out any rules for games)". This is taking the po-mo program of studying the influence of the human factor in things like scientific progress too far. It's one thing to say that anything a society produces (culture, with its subsets ethics and science) is influenced by itself (prevailing attitudes, politics etc), and another to say that that is the only influence. Fields like science AND ethics also operate under objective constraints.
Ominous wrote:The only thing that exists is our biologically driven wants and needs, our socially constructed means of regulating how we fulfill our wants and needs, and finally an objectively determined "what works" that is derived from that human construct.
MarbitChow wrote:You're contradicting yourself here, really. If you acknowledge that biological imperatives are objective, and that moral systems can be constructed to regulate them, and that there are objective methods of determining 'what works', then you're acknowledging that there are objective bases for morality.
Introducing the terms 'good' and 'evil' into the equation are unnecessary, since 'good' only applies to a particular moral framework. However, if we step back and acknowledge multiple moral frameworks, then we can objectively analyze each against the other.
What we cannot do, and what you are correct in postulating, is to say that a PARTICULAR moral framework is 'good' or 'evil' when judged against another moral framework, since the definitions of 'good' and 'evil' apply to only a specific framework. What is 'good' in one framework might certainly be 'evil' (i.e. forbidden) in another. But that's different from saying that there is an objective criteria against which different frameworks can be judged.
Ominous wrote:The cosmos itself cannot be subjective as it is inherently objective. Only human experience is subjective, nor can we fully reach the objective, because our experiences of the objective universe are clouded by our subjective senses and perceptions. Furthermore, in the scenario where an omnipotent being did create the universe, one can assume that it would be able to attribute objectivity to anything it desired, as it is the prime determinant of objectivity, since it created all that it is objective.
Ominous wrote:You're absolutely correct that there is an objectively better decision in this scenario. However, the scenario is entirely subjective. {snip}
I agree that there are objective constraints to what humans can do. However, rightness and wrongness have no foundation in objective reality. There is only "what works" and "what doesn't work." {snip}
The only thing that exists is our biologically driven wants and needs, our socially constructed means of regulating how we fulfill our wants and needs, and finally an objectively determined "what works" that is derived from that human construct.
BLANDCorporatio wrote:Sylvan wrote:My apologies if this post is simply a lack of imagination/cognition on my part, I just honestly don't get what you are trying to say and don't see any illogical leap from "this is how it is" to "this is how it ought to be" present in the video linked.
Once you know what you want, you can have a measure of how good a plan is to get you there. So what do you want? Why?
Specifically, once we decide we want to minimize suffering/maximize wellbeing (jumping over nitpicks like how to quantify them), we can decide which paths are better towards that goal or not. Why should we want to minimize suffering/maximize wellbeing, however?
Ominous wrote:Is survival a welcome quality or an unwelcome quality? The universe doesn't care. There is no objective "survival is a welcome quality." We are driven to survive only because it's what has worked to this point in our environment, but again we are also driven to kill one another at times. The moment you say "surviving is a welcome quality" you have just attributed a value to a valueless quality, making it subjective.
Sylvan wrote:I think both sides of the debate are right, in their own fashion, and there may be some talking past each other going on.
To Ominous - The universe doesn't care about gravity or the rock either, but not too long ago the human race didn't have neat little equations to map out the physics of how exactly a rock would roll down a hill.
Our definitions of "morality" aren't meaningless - they are educated guesses based upon specific criteria. You have to plug in different variables (weight, incline, force of the push, etc.) in order to accurately predict how this rock will roll down this hill, but that doesn't mean there isn't an objective way that every particular rock will roll down any particular hill.
BLANDCorporatio wrote:For one thing, the cosmos doesn't care about anything. The movement of all the air on the Earth will have about as much influence on Alpha Centauri as this debate will.
For second, the God thing is a non-sequitur. A creator God may be like Azathoth, a creator by mistake and wholly uninterested in the creation. Therefore, the whims of a creator God are not by themselves something to base anything on.
So we agree that given a scenario/set of goals, it is possible to find strategies that are better than others. But before moving on with this discussion I think an answer to a question would be most illuminating and help frame the rest: is medicine objective?
It's a simple enough question. May help illuminate some common ground. Without any common ground, venturing answers to what may be objectively right will only result in the sides talking past each other.
MarbitChow wrote:Morality requires a sentient species upon which to act, by definition, so attempting to remove sentience & value judgments from the equation is pointless. Subjective vs. Objective doesn't mean "happens with an observer vs. happens with no observer", since you cannot even have morality without an observer. As I see it, in morality, objective means that, if you define the set of criteria properly, the conclusions that are derived are the same for all observers, regardless of their moral frame of reference.
If you believe that all morality is subjective, simply because there must be an observer, then you must also believe that all sciences are subjective as well, for no science can be formulated without an observer. At this point, your definition of subjective vs. objective, while potentially literally true, is also meaningless.
Ominous wrote:You're correct. There is an objective way that the rock will roll down the hill. There is no objective way to measure whether rolling the rock down the hill was correct or incorrect, until you apply a human value system to the act.
From this very simple truth about science comes the idea that we can never reach reality. It's there, but it's clouded by our perceptions. We can never be truly objective, because we filter our senses through our subjective minds. There is always the issue that we could be incorrect about something. Because there is always the possibility that we are incorrect, any moral system we create has the possibility of being incorrect, thus all moral systems fail to be objective, as it could be invalid.
Ominous wrote:MarbitChow wrote:Morality requires a sentient species upon which to act, by definition, so attempting to remove sentience & value judgments from the equation is pointless. Subjective vs. Objective doesn't mean "happens with an observer vs. happens with no observer", since you cannot even have morality without an observer. As I see it, in morality, objective means that, if you define the set of criteria properly, the conclusions that are derived are the same for all observers, regardless of their moral frame of reference.
And that is our disconnect, because that is how I define objective and subjective. Objective is the outside reality. Subjective is anything shaped by our perceptions, senses, and thoughts.
Ominous wrote:It depends on what you mean Are you asking if the practice of medicine exists? As far as I am aware. Are you asking if the actual practice is entirely objective? No, it's a human construct.
I get the feeling that you're trying to ask what my epistemological outlook is. I am a Constructivist. The article on Social Constructionism is helpful too.
MarbitChow wrote:Would it help if, instead of using the terms 'objective' / 'subjective', we use 'unbiased' / 'biased', or will you assert that all knowledge is also biased by definition?
Sylvan wrote:You really ought to read that dissertation by Joshua Greene. Extremely short version goes like this - applying deontological concepts like "right" or "wrong" to "value-neutral" concepts is linguistic nonsense, because things like "right" or "wrong" are basically self-defining. See above about Giulio. The important question to ask is not "But how do you know it is true", but "What could make such a thing true?" (The section on epistemological skepticism vs. metaphysical skepticism) The epistemological skeptic's position is always reduced to the point of absurdity, because we can't ever know for sure that anything is real, but who cares?)
Emphasis mine. Our perceptions don't "cloud" reality. They help us to define it in ways that are useful. Everything we see is subject to human perception, and this is true of the simplest things we do, like seeing colors. When you change your frame of reference, you change everything else. By your definitions, not even a (G)god could be objective, because it would still have its own frame of reference. The ability to create a universe still doesn't equate to being able to see everything as it actually is. In fact, I'd argue that such a being would be a horrible judge of things, unless it could simultaneously see everything from every possible frame of reference. Any objective morality created by such a being would be inherently meaningless to anything else besides such a being, because nothing else could follow it.
I suppose the only portion of your position I really disagree with is the idea that there is no right or wrong, only what society accepts. Once your position is defined, there are actual answers, even if we don't know them. And the fact that you have to define a position first doesn't make it meaningless. Everything is meaningless in a void. That is sort of the definition of "meaning", and if you argue that everything is without meaning unless seen "as it truly is", whatever that "means", then your position is reduced to absurdity from just about any point of view (and the remaining points of view don't leave you in very good company.)
(See this presentation by R. Beau Lotto, experimental neuroscientist, about how the brain sees color. The fact that we never truly see an object the way it is isn't what is important [bees and computers and presumably everything under the sun gets it wrong the exact same way we do, btw]. What is important is that our brain continually redefines normality based upon the context in which we find ourselves. This doesn't mean our perceptions are fragile, because if they were we wouldn't be here. In the end there really is no objective state as you describe it, because everything is constantly changing.)
MarbitChow wrote:But it's not. Objective just means 'without bias' / 'based on facts'. It's an attempt to remove individual interpretation. You're free to redefine things however you want, but your definition in this case is wrong (as in 'it does not work').
You're define all knowledge as subjective, stating that we cannot know reality. Based on your definition, and your epistemology, it's literally true, but functionally useless.
Would it help if, instead of using the terms 'objective' / 'subjective', we use 'unbiased' / 'biased', or will you assert that all knowledge is also biased by definition?
BLANDCorporatio wrote:No thanks on reading those articles, I get my daily ration of the word "construct" just from reading your posts And more to the point, I want to know what you think, not what some wikipedia editor thinks about someone else's train of thought.
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California and Texas, each with five firefighter deaths, were the only other states with five or more firefighter fatalities in 2012.US Fire Administration Releases Highway Vehicle Fires ReportThe U.S. Fire Administration issued a special report today examining the characteristics of highway vehicle fires in the United States from 2008-2010. Approximately one in seven fires responded to by fire departments across the nation is a highway vehicle fire. This does not include the tens of thousands of fire department responses to highway vehicle accident sites. Unintentional action (32 percent) was the leading cause of highway vehicle fires.Chief's Corner: The Roles of Fire and EMS Personnel in Armed AttacksExtraordinary efforts on the part of fire/rescue and EMS agencies have to be taken to protect first responders and achieve success in saving civilian lives when responding to scenes of violence. 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Each RSC is comprised of representatives from federal, state, local and tribal governments and non-governmental organizations with interests in wildland fire management.US Fire Administration Releases Report on Intentionally Set Fires in Residential Buildings (2008-2010)The U.S. Fire Administration issued a special report today examining the characteristics of intentionally set fires in residential buildings. An estimated 16,800 intentionally set fires in residential buildings occur annually in the U.S. These fires result in an estimated average of 280 deaths, 775 injuries and $593 million in property loss each year.National Fire Academy Adds Two New Applied Research Courses to NFA OnlineThe U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy (NFA) announces the availability of two new NFA Online courses: Data Gathering Instruments to Support Applied Research Projects (Q170) and Designing an Applied Research Project Proposal (Q171). Both courses are available to the public and will also support Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) students in their completion of Applied Research Projects (ARPs).Kitchen Fires No. 1 in New ReportIn recognition of Fire Prevention Week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Fire Administration are providing new statistics on fires in American homes and urging consumers to install smoke alarms in their homes and check to make sure all smoke alarms are working properly. It is also vitally important to develop and practice a family fire escape plan. The top cause of fires in the home is cooking equipment, accounting for an estimated 147,400 or 40 percent of residential fires each year between 2008 and 2010. Cooking was also associated with the largest percentage of fire-related injuries, an estimated average 27.4 percent or 3,450, in the home.US Fire Administration Releases Report on Portable Heater Fires in Residential BuildingsA new USFA report, Portable Heater Fires in Residential Buildings (2008-2010), examines the characteristics and causes of these fires. While portable heating fires were small in number, the consequences were substantial, accounting for nearly half of all fatal heating fires in residential buildings. Many of these fires were preventable as human error - placing the heater too close to combustible items or leaving the heater unattended - was a contributing factor.US Fire Administration Releases Report on Heating Fires in Residential BuildingsFall begins this Saturday, and with it comes cooler temperatures and the resulting seasonal increase in the number of home heating fires. To help Americans understand the nature of the heating fire problem, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) today issued a special report: Heating Fires in Residential Buildings (2008-2010). Heating is the second leading cause of all residential building fires. Home heating fires are preventable! USFA reminds everyone to maintain heating equipment and chimneys by having them cleaned and inspected annually by a qualified professional.Hurricane Isaac Warning: Keep Generators Outside and Far Away from HomesThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Fire Administration are warning consumers to be vigilant when using portable generators to deal with power outages after Hurricane Isaac. The exhaust from gasoline-powered generators contains high levels of poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) that can quickly incapacitate and kill within minutes. Generators should only be used outside, far away from homes. 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This web-based program for current and prospective EMS medical directors provides information in a conveniently accessible format to support key roles in the provision of EMS to communities.U.S. Fire Administration Acknowledges the New Fire Service Ethics StatementTo provide guidance to address complex ethical questions, the National Society of Executive Fire Officers and Congressional Fire Services Institute jointly have released a firefighter code of ethics that can be adopted by local fire and emergency medical service organizations. 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When analyzing the overall trend in the United States going back to 1977, accounting for the Hometown Heroes added to totals since the law changed in 2004, the 2011 total represents the lowest year of record for the second year in a row.USFA Releases Report on Fire Service Operations during the April 2011 Southeastern TornadosThe U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has completed a review of fire service operations surrounding the challenges faced in April 2011 as fire departments in the southeastern United States responded to a significant weather event.USFA and the Office of Health Affairs Release Operational Templates and Guidance for EMS Mass Care Incident DeploymentThe U.S. Fire Administration, supported by the DHS Office of Health Affairs and the National Emergency Medical Services Management Association, announces the release of a new guide for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers: Operational Templates and Guidance for EMS Mass Care Incident Deployment. The guide is intended to provide information to local-level EMS and fire departments on the development and enhancement of the organization and preparedness for mass care incidents, including natural and man-made disasters, large gathering and pandemic events, and other emergencies potentially resulting in large numbers of patients.USFA Releases Smoking-Related Fires in Residential Buildings ReportThe U.S. Fire Administration issued a special report today examining the characteristics of smoking-related fires in residential buildings. The report, Smoking-Related Fires in Residential Buildings (2008-2010), was developed by USFA's National Fire Data Center. According to the report, an estimated 7,600 smoking-related fires in residential buildings occur annually in the United States, resulting in an estimated average of 365 deaths, 925 injuries, and $326 million in property loss.


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Drools JBoss Rules 5.0 Developer's Guide
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- Discover the power of Drools as a platform for developing business rules
- Build a custom engine to provide real-time capability and reduce the complexity in implementing rules
- Explore Drools modules such as Drools Expert, Drools Fusion, and Drools Flow, which adds event processing capabilities to the platform
- Execute intelligent business logic with ease using JBoss/Drools, a stronger business-rules solution
- Covers examples of a fraud detection system utilizing Drools CEP (Complex Event Processing) capabilities
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 320 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : July 2009
Author(s) : Michal Bali
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Enterprise Products and Platforms, Java, JBoss, Open Source
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic Rules
Chapter 3: Validation
Chapter 4: Data Transformation
Chapter 5: Human-readable Rules
Chapter 6: Stateful Session
Chapter 7: Complex Event Processing
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Chapter 9: Sample Application
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This book does a great job of showing you how to build a banking application, complete with validation, data transformation, and reporting functions. Each of these are implemented using Drools, of course, and workable code is provided at every step. Read More
This book is for intermediate to experienced Java developers and architects seeking to integrate Drools Rule Engine with enterprise Java applications. The author covers so many advanced topics. I think that this book is, over all, excellent and I highly recommend it. Read More
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you could simply reuse the validation rules in you batch import application) Should be changed to: you could simply reuse the validation rules in your batch import application).
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Therefore by purchasing Drupal 6 Site Builder Solutions, Packt will have given some of the money received to the Drools project. Should be changed to: Therefore by purchasing Drools JBoss Rules 5.0 Developer's Guide, Packt will have given some of the money received to the Drools project.
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rule noCustomerWithLowAccountBalance when $address : Address( addressLine1 == "Rossa Avenue" ) not ( $account : Account( balance < 100 ) and Customer( accounts contains $account ) ) then System.out.println("No customers with low balance in "+ "their accounts live at Rossa Avenue"); end Should be changed to: rule noCustomerWithLowAccountBalance when $address : Address( addressLine1 == "Rossa Avenue" ) not ( $account : Account( balance < 100 ) and Customer( accounts contains $account, address == $address ) ) then System.out.println("No customers with low balance in "+ "their accounts live in Rossa Avenue"); end
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We'll find out that the possible solutions will wary greatly. Should be changed to: We'll find out that the possible solutions will vary greatly.
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In the section: (Not) memberOf In the first paragraph it states: "Conditions in code listing 33 can be rewritten as:" should be "Conditions in code listing 34 can be rewritten as:"
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Section: Testing object identities/equalities Code listing 30: Comparing two Customer instances using Customer method $customer1 : Customer() $customer2 : Customer( eval ( customer$2 != $customer1 ) ) should be (?): $customer2 : Customer( eval ( $customer2 != $customer1 ) )
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$addressMap["_type_"] = "Address" causes a runtime error for me.So change it to $addressMap.put("_type_","Address") to get it to work.
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You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Write more efficient business rules, and work with the Rete algorithm, node indexing, node sharing, and parallelization
- Create a WS-HumanTask-compliant WorkItem in a process (workflow)
- Implement concurrency control in cross-cutting functionalities to manage code easily
- Write human-readable rules, and Domain Specific Language for your rules to easily understand and verify them
- Generate a stateful service by using a stateful knowledge session that maintains state between invocations and teaches you how to transactionally persist this service
- Develop dynamic remote knowledge-base loading to change rules in your application without even stopping it
- Prepare decision tables for calculating account interest rates
- Integrate Drools within your Java business application, and integrate it with the Spring framework
In Detail
Business rules can help your business by providing a level of agility and flexibility. As a developer, you will be largely responsible for implementing these business rules effectively, but implementing them systematically can often be difficult due to their complexity. Drools, or JBoss Rules, makes the process of implementing these rules quicker and handles the complexity, making your life a lot easier!
This book guides you through all of the features of Drools, such as dynamic rules, the event model, and Rete implementation with high performance indexing. It will help you to set up the JBoss Rules platform and start creating your own business. It's easy to start developing with Drools if you follow its real-world examples that are intended to make your life easier.
Starting with an introduction to the basic syntax that is essential for writing rules, the book will guide you through validation and human-readable rules that define, maintain, and support your business agility. As a developer, you will be expected to represent policies, procedures and. constraints regarding how an enterprise conducts its business; this book makes it easier by showing you it can be done.
A real-life example of a banking domain allows you to see how the internal workings of the rules engine operate. A loan approval process example shows the use of the Drools Flow module. Parts of a banking fraud detection system are implemented with Drools Fusion module, which is the Complex Event Processing part of Drools. This in turn, will help developers to work on preventing fraudulent users from accessing systems in an illegal way.
Finally, more technical details are shown on the inner workings of Drools, the implementation of the ReteOO algorithm, indexing, node sharing, and partitioning.
A developer's guide to the powerful Java business rules platform.
This is a problem-solution guide that starts with an introduction to a problem and continues with a discussion of the possible solution. The book covers best practices when working with Drools. The examples and their solutions are accompanied by plenty of code listings and figures providing a better view of the problem.
Who this book is for
The book is for Java developers who want to create rules-based business logic using the Drools platform. Basic knowledge of Java is essential.


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Brutal beating of Roma youth in immigrant suburb north of Paris, highlights tensions in France's economic underclass. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Dortmund Journal; election of neo-Nazi Siegfried Borchardt to Dortmund's City Council has both shocked and divided residents of German city; situation has exposed a host of tensions--not just between native Germans and more recent immigrants, but also among city's many immigrant groups themselves--that have arisen from the city's profound demographic changes. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Montana Judge Jeffrey Sherlock strikes down most of a voter-approved law requiring government officials to conduct immigration checks on anybody seeking government services, saying the law makes up its own definition of 'illegal alien' and conflicts with federal laws; allows to stand provision requiring state officials to report to immigration officials any person who is not in the country legally. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Rep Kevin McCarthy, newly elected House majority leader, faces complicated and emotional issues surrounding immigration in his California; defeat of his predecessor, Eric Cantor, was widely seen as deadly blow to immigration overhaul, but many see McCarthy as best hope to push through bills, opening door for path to citizenship. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
Jewish Agency for Israel, which coordinates migration to Israel, says number of French Jews relocating to Israel is four times higher in the first three months of 2014 than for the same period in 2013; Jewish leaders say emigration is being driven by combination of factors, but the main catalyst is seeming greater acceptance of anti-Semitism in France. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
Sampling of people in middle America offer their thoughts on what it means to be American. MORE
Jun. 20, 2014
Pew Research Center report shows that immigrants no longer make up the majority of Latino workers in the United States; study finds that immigrants, which includes Latinos who have come to United States legally or illegally, made up 49.7 percent of all Hispanic workers in 2013, down from 56.1 percent in 2007. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Abandoned Rome building known as the Salaam Palace, where hundreds of migrants have squatted for years, is a symbol of the refugee crisis in Italy; more than 50,000 migrants have fled to Italy since January 2014, already surpassing 2013 totals; inflow has severely taxed Italy's resources, spawning miniature Salaam Palaces in cities across the country as asylum seekers are distributed to refugee centers, hotels and makeshift dormitories. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
People who live and work in Greenville County, SC, say that immigration, while important, is not the central concern that some commentators have seen; county has recorded significant influx of Hispanic residents in recent decades, totaling 8 percent of population. MORE
Jun. 13, 2014
Political collapse of Rep Eric Cantor has strengthened the resolve of other Republicans to be even more determined in their opposition to Pres Obama and his agenda; Obama had already given up on major legislative action in 2014, other than immigration overhaul, and now even that looks implausible given how issue was used against Cantor by his primary challenger. MORE
Jun. 13, 2014
Rep Charles B Rangel has dismissed his primary opponent Adriano D Espaillat's record as an assemblyman at Albany as paltry and inconsequential; Espaillat's colleagues say he has made his presence felt as advocate for immigrants' rights and effective builder of coalitions among minority lawmakers, despite his legislative record. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Analysts and immigration advocates say Rep Eric Cantor's shocking primary loss in Virginia indicates political cost of hedging on immigration; Cantor showed lukewarm support for several compromises before frantically backpedaling from issue; analysts contrast his failure with success of Sen Lindsey Graham, Republican leader who easily fended off primary challenges after taking firm stance in support of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Republican Rep Eric Cantor, House majority leader, is soundly defeated by David Brat, Tea Party-backed economics professor in Virginia primary; it is one of the most stunning primary election upsets in congressional history; Brat toppled Cantor with a campaign budget of just over $200,000, repeatedly criticizing him for being insufficiently conservative, particularly on immigration. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Rising number of immigrant parents from Africa and other nations are sending their daughters back to ancestral homes on summer vacations, where they are then subjected to genital cutting, procedure banned in the United States since 1996; Gambian immigrant Jaha Dukureh, who says she has been cut twice, is at center of support network of girls and women who want to bring issue to attention of the American public and its law enforcement organizations. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Camp for Rep Charles B Rangel denies allegations made by State Sen Adriano D Espaillat, his challenger in Democratic primary, that Rangel endorsed the deportation of immigrants. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
Italy rescues about 5,200 people and recovers three bodies from overcrowded boats of migrants attempting to reach country from North African shores. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Congressional Memo; Republicans say actions by Obama administration in the case of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl and in using executive authority to try to force reductions in power plant pollution make it more unlikely that major proposals like an immigration overhaul can advance in 2014. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Former British Prime Min Tony Blair calls on European Union leaders to deliver better living tandards after success of populist parties in European elections, but insists influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe benefited Britain. MORE
Jun. 2, 2014
Newly-digitized records from 1905 New York State census fill in some gaps in the Italian heritage of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio; new details about how his relatives arrived, and the East 17th Street rowhouse in Manhattan where they lived, may help explain how his Tale of Two Cities campaign theme evolved. MORE
Jun. 1, 2014
European Union's decision to extend full employment rights to Romania and Bulgaria sparks unfounded fears in Britain of a flood of desperate immigrants; Office for National Statistics reports that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in Britain from January to March of 2014 actually dropped, from 144,000 in the previous quarter to 140,000. MORE
May. 30, 2014
New York City Bar Association releases study asserting that cost should not be an obstacle to creation of a public defender system, paid for by the federal government, for indigent immigrants facing deportation; reports says program would pay for itself by saving about the same amount in reduced government expenditures to detain and remove immigrants and in other savings. MORE
May. 29, 2014
French riot police move to dismantle makeshift campsites housing hundreds of migrants seeking to reach Britain from the port of Calais; move follows broad success of populist anti-immigration parties in European elections, but French authorities depict it as coincidence. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Supporters of New York City-financed pilot program to help immigrants facing deportation are seeking $5.3 million to expand project, which has provided free legal representation to many who might not have otherwise received assistance; Mayor Bill de Blasio did not set aside any money for project in proposed 2014 budget, but says discussions will be included in final negotiations with City Council. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Editorial scores Pres Obama for delaying Homeland Security Dept review of country's immigration policies in order to give Congress another chance to work out compromise legislation; holds that entire process has been stalled for too long, and expresses doubt that Congress will overcome political differences enough to take meaningful action. MORE
May. 28, 2014
Pres Obama directs Jeh Johnson, secretary of Homeland Security, to delay until after summer 2014 a deportation enforcement review that officials fear will anger House Republicans and doom any lingering hopes for immigration overhaul in Congress this year. MORE
May. 25, 2014
Op-Ed article by Anand Giridharadas uses case of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, Bangladeshi immigrant who sought clemency for Texas man who shot him, to illustrate how many immigrants have edge over native-born Americans; notes that Bhuiyan's request to spare his attacker's life was rooted in his belief that he had greater advantages than the other man had had. MORE
May. 19, 2014
Federal law allows immigrants to name children under 21 as dependents on green card applications, but unless the parents receive their documentation before those children turn 21, their offspring 'age out' of the immigration system and face a painful choice as they approach adulthood; they can remain in the United States illegally, or return to countries they left years ago; fate of many such young immigrants across the country may hinge on an immigration case the Supreme Court is expected to decide shortly. MORE
May. 18, 2014
Majority-Hispanic city of Laredo, Tex, faces daily, difficult effort of melding American and Mexican cultures, local version of evolution occurring in cities and towns nationwide; Laredo's appeal has intensified as Mexicans flee surging violence across the border, drawing immigrants who are testing local confidence, finances and city's bicultural equilibrium (Series: The Way North). MORE
May. 17, 2014
Pres Obama has more latitude on immigration than he lets on, experts say, and he may soon reveal how he intends to use it; under increasing pressure to slow the pace of deportations from Hispanic supporters who helped get him re-elected in 2012, he has ordered his Homeland Security secretary to make immigration enforcement more humane. MORE
May. 15, 2014
Washington Memo; House Speaker John A Boehner will walk risky path if he tries to rally House Republicans behind immigration legislation, but prospect offers benefits; former Democratic rep Richard A Gephardt faced similar party battle in 2002 when he helped win authorization for Iraq war. MORE
May. 15, 2014
Relatively small number of Americans who choose to move to Canada to retire are drawn by several factors, including country's more liberal social and economic policies, as well as affordable real estate and spectacular landscapes. MORE
May. 13, 2014
Discovery by Mario Hernandez that he is not an American citizen, despite having lived in United States for nearly 50 years, serving in the Army and having a career in federal agencies, illustrates how government bureaucracies can stumble when it comes to immigration status; Hernandez was brought to US from Cuba when he was 9 years old. MORE
May. 8, 2014
Travelers can find themselves prevented from visiting some countries as immigration policies tighten and the security and technology to enforce them increase; databases and digital tracks people that leave on social media have made it easier for immigration agents to investigate and deny entry to travelers with evidence of a criminal record, political activism or intention to work without a visa. MORE
May. 7, 2014
Obama administration, looking to make adjustments to nation's immigration system while broader legislation is stalled in Congress, announces plans to allow spouses of some highly skilled temporary immigrants to work in United States; proposals address visa rules that have long caused difficulties for spouses of skilled immigrants. MORE
May. 6, 2014
United States Customs and Border Protection's internal affairs office releases records showing that of 809 complaints against Border Patrol agents within 100 miles of the Southwest border from January 2009 to January 2012, only 13 led to disciplinary action; most of the incidents involve agents physically abusing detainees, while some involve accusations of sexual abuse and improper searches or touching. MORE
Apr. 30, 2014
Report published by nonpartisan research group Migration Policy Institute finds that program of cooperation between federal immigration authorities and state and local police departments has been effective at focusing deportations on immigrants with a criminal record. MORE
Apr. 30, 2014
Speaker John A Boehner suggests that any movement on immigration overhaul will depend on a new White House attitude toward Republicans in Congress. MORE
Apr. 29, 2014
Twelve people are arrested at the White House for protesting deportations. MORE
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Congress Off for the Exits, but Few Cheer
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August 2, 2014, Saturday
Congress, Unhinged on Immigration
The two days of legislative dysfunction over a bill to address the border crisis was remarkable even for congressional Republicans.
August 2, 2014, Saturday
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Witnessing the Border Crisis
Julia Preston has been reporting on the influx of Central American migrants at the United States' border with Mexico.
August 1, 2014, Friday
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Rebellion Inside G.O.P. Scuttles Vote on Border Bill
A $659 million emergency spending measure to address the surge of young migrants was withdrawn, but leaders are expected to hold another meeting Friday morning to decide how to proceed.
August 1, 2014, Friday
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Suit Claims Security Screening Delays Immigration Applications for Muslims
A lawsuit claims that an expanded national security screening targeting Muslims uses overly broad criteria and has tied up naturalization and green card applications filed by Palestinian, Iranian and Somali applicants.
August 1, 2014, Friday
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Senate Opens Debate on Bill to Halt Surge of Migrants
The Democratic proposal would allocate $2.7 billion toward what both President Obama and lawmakers have called an urgent humanitarian crisis.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
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New York State Sheriffs Shying Away From Immigration Detention
Federal authorities have asked law enforcement agencies to hold immigrant detainees for additional time, but at least nine sheriffs in the state have vowed to refuse these requests.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
Protests by Immigrants Against a Shelter in Queens
Two Chinese members of the New York City Council urge Chinese immigrants to show compassion toward the homeless.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
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Filling Stomachs to Open Minds on Immigration
To combat the anti-immigrant sentiment in Sweden, a young teacher has begun hosting communal dinners to help bridge the gap between cultures.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
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Immigrant Mothers Released From Holding Centers, but With Ankle Monitors
With a surge in mothers traveling with children across the border, but few spaces to hold families, the government is expanding the use of electronic bracelets.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
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Arizona's Immigration Bill
Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed the nation's toughest bill on illegal immigration into law on Friday.
Obama Criticizes Congress on Immigration
The president said House Republicans were putting together an "extreme, unworkable" version of an immigration bill before their monthlong hiatus.
House Republicans on Border Bill
Representatives Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Steve King of Iowa expressed optimism over new border legislation.
Boehner's Defense on Immigration
House Speaker John Boehner defended the work of the Republican Party during a brief news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
Perry Activates National Guard in Texas
Gov. Rick Perry said he would use his executive authority to activate up to 1,000 National Guard troops to help secure the Texas border region against "criminal aliens."
Honduras Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrants
The wave of Central American child migrants heading to the United States is showing some signs of abating.
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