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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Charleston police officer placed on administrative leave last month during an internal investigation has asked for medical retirement, according to the city's police chief.
City officials have not said why Lt. James A. Sands was suspended, or said if it is related to his testimony in the trial of a former Charleston detective convicted of "double dipping" - working for private employers while being paid by the city.
"It is an internal investigation and a criminal investigation," Police Chief Brent Webster said Monday. "I think you all can draw conclusions on what it is."
Sands requested a medical retirement in a letter to the Charleston Police Department's pension and relief board Monday, Webster said.
"He has requested that but it is by no means a foregone conclusion," the chief said.
Webster would not reveal Sands' stated medical problem, citing federal privacy laws.
Sands, a former patrol supervisor with nearly 17 years on the force, testified at the trial of former detective James L. "Chip" Nowling in April. Sands said that he was paid by the Charleston Town Center mall to schedule Charleston police to work security at the mall.
Also, Sands was named in a sealed report ordered by a judge before Nowling's trial as having worked more than 250 "conflicted" hours himself between 2000 and 2004. The report was obtained by the Gazette.
If Sands' pension is granted, it could be taken away if he is convicted of a felony connected to his police work, said Charleston police Sgt. Tony Payne, secretary of the Charleston police pension and relief board.
Taking away the pension would have to be voted on by the pension board, Payne said. If Sands received a medical pension, it probably would not be taken away without a conviction, he said.
Police are not eligible for regular retirement until they have at least 20 years on the force, Payne said.


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South Carolina Republican Party
South Carolina Republican Party | |
Chairman | Matt Moore |
Senate leader | Glenn F. McConnell |
House leader | Bobby Harrell |
Founded | 1867 |
Headquarters | Columbia, South Carolina |
National affiliation | Republican Party |
Colors | Red |
Seats in the Upper House |
28 / 46
Seats in the Lower House |
78 / 124
Website | |
www.scgop.com | |
Politics of the United States Political parties Elections |
The South Carolina Republican Party and the South Carolina Democratic Party are the two major political parties within the U.S. state of South Carolina. The South Carolina Republican Party is an affiliate of the national Republican Party and has been the most influential political party within South Carolina since the mid-1900s.
The political system in South Carolina[edit]
The primary goal of the South Carolina Republican Party, like all political party organizations, is to win elections. These elections designate officials for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the local, state, and federal levels of government. The state legislature is composed of a Senate containing 46 elected officials and a House of Representatives with 124 members.[1] On the federal level, citizens of South Carolina also elect two senators and seven representatives to the United States Congress. The executive branch of South Carolina is headed by a Governor elected to a four-year term. The state also has nine electoral college votes for every Presidential election.
The party is led by an elected group of state party officers, the South Carolina Republican Party State Executive Committee and paid staff. The state party organization is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina.
The current state party officers are:
- Chairman: Matt Moore
- National Committeewoman: Cindy Costa
- National Committeeman: Glenn McCall
- First Vice Chairman: Lin Bennett
- Second Vice Chairman: Nse Ekpo
- Third Vice Chairman: Allen Lollis
- Treasurer: Sharon Thomson
- Secretary: Nikki Trawick
- Secretary: Kim Wellman
- Parliamentarian: Rich Bolen
The Republican Party of the United States was founded during the 1850s in response to the political tensions that revolved around slavery and came to define that era. The Republican Party's goal was to abolish slavery and preserve the hierarchy of the national government over that of the states.[2] The ensuing years were marked by an increasing divide between northern and southern states that eventually boiled over when the state of South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860. Other southern states followed and the Civil War of the United States began between the Union and the newly minted Confederacy. In 1865, the conflict had finally ended with the Union as the victor. Following this, the southern and formerly Confederate states were gradually reintroduced back into the Union of the United States with a process that came to be called the Reconstruction Era of the United States. Northern Republicans and freed slaves came to control the politics of South Carolina during this era, leaving the formerly powerful white officials without the money and political sway that they previously had enjoyed. The Republican Party of South Carolina was established during this time and controlled the politics of South Carolina throughout this period. When Reconstruction finally ended in 1877, however, white Democrats led by Wade Hampton took back control of the South Carolina government and dominated the political landscape for decades after. Thus, the formerly Confederate states had evolved into Republican states during Reconstruction only to form the Solid South dominated by the Democratic party once the Reconstruction Era of the United States ended. The control possessed by the Democratic party left the South Carolina Republican Party with very little influence within the state for generations after. This control would last until the second half of the twentieth century.[3]
A milestone for the South Carolina Republican Party was September 16, 1964, when Senator Strom Thurmond announced to a statewide television audience that he had switched parties from the Democrats to the Republicans, saying the Democratic "party of our fathers is dead"[4] and had "forsaken the people to become the party of minority groups, power-hungry union leaders, political bosses, and businessmen looking for government contracts and favors".[5] This statement sparked a shift from the solidly Democratic southern United States towards an equally solid Republican party support base within the region. Ten years later, James B. Edwards was elected as the first Republican governor of South Carolina since Reconstruction and the majority of the elected government officials in the years since have also been part of the Republican party.
South Carolina's January 21, 2012 Republican Presidential Preference Primary was the party's largest ever, drawing over 600,000 participants despite terrible weather. Newt Gingrich won the race with 40.4% of the vote. The highly contested election set multiple state records for a presidential primary cycle, including five presidential debates and $13.2 million in television ads.[6]
Current elected officials[edit]
The South Carolina Republican Party controls eight of the nine statewide offices and holds majorities in the South Carolina Senate and the South Carolina House of Representatives. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and six of the state's seven U.S. House of Representatives seats.
In 2010, Republican Mick Mulvaney became the representative of South Carolina's 5th congressional district, the first Republican to represent that district since Robert Smalls, the party's co-founder, held the seat in 1883.
In 2012, Republican Tom Rice became the representative of South Carolina's 7th congressional district, the first person to represent that district since it was eliminated in 1933.
In a 2013 special election, former Republican Governor Mark Sanford became the representative of South Carolina's 1st congressional district, returning to the seat he previously held from 1995-2001.
Members of Congress[edit]U.S. Senate[edit]U.S. House of Representatives[edit] |
Statewide offices[edit]
State Legislature[edit] |
Important past elected officials[edit]
Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1954 to 2003. He has held the records for longest senate career, oldest voting member of the Senate in history, the only Senator to reach 100 years of age while in office, the record for longest filibuster in senate history at 24 hours and 18 minutes, and the longest serving Dean of the United States Senate in United States history after maintaining the position for 14 years.[7]
John C. Calhoun (March 18, 1782- March 31, 1850) was born in South Carolina and held office both within the state and at the national level. He began his political career serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1808-1809. He was then elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives and held the office from 1811 to 1817 at which point he resigned to become Secretary of War in the administration of President James Monroe from 1817-1825. During the election of 1824, he was chosen to be Vice President of the United States under President John Quincy Adams. Following this, in the election of 1828, Calhoun was again elected Vice President, this time under President Andrew Jackson. He held that position until his resignation in 1832. Following this resignation, he ran for and was elected to the United States Senate in 1832; he would be re-elected twice and then resign from the Senate in 1843. After this, Calhoun became the Secretary of State in the cabinet of President John Tyler from 1844-1845. In 1845, he was again elected to serve in the United States Senate, a position he held until his death in March 1850.[8]
Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839- February 23, 1915) was an African-American slave in South Carolina that eventually became a free man, a war hero, and a politician. Born into slavery, Smalls was taken by his masters to Charleston, South Carolina in 1851 where he would work several different labor jobs. At the onset of the Civil War in 1861, Smalls was hired to work aboard a steamship named Planter which served as an armed transport for the Confederate Army carrying guns and ammunition. On May 13, 1862, he and other men aboard the "Planter" seized control of the ship and successfully turned it and its cargo over to the forces of the Union Army. This act brought great acclaim to Smalls and would eventually lead to him being named the first African-American captain of U. S. military vessel. These acts of heroics would foster a political career for Smalls who would serve in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870 and the South Carolina State Senate from 1870-1874. Following this, he was elected to three terms in the United State House of Representatives. Smalls would also be the last Republican to win South Carolina's 5th Congressional District until 2010.[9] Robert Smalls was also among the founders of the South Carolina Republican Party.[10]
Current ideology and platform[edit]
The platform of the South Carolina Republican Party emphasizes a strict adherence to the United States Constitution. The platform is not meant to address each issue specifically but is aimed at outlining the principles upon which the Party is established.[11] The South Carolina Republican Party believes that following the principles of the platform, which include limiting the power of the federal government, protecting personal liberty, remaining true to the founding principles of the United States, and protecting families, can only have a beneficial effect on the state of South Carolina and the United States as a whole.[12]
Economic policy[edit]
The economic policy of the South Carolina Republican Party is founded on the principles of preserving liberty, freedom, and limited government while empowering individuals and businesses without government intervention. The platform of the South Carolina Republican Party outlines several ways in which it seeks to implement such principles into policies. First, the Party wants to restructure the state government of South Carolina in order to improve efficiency and cut wasteful spending. The government would be restructured by removing Secretary of State, Adjutant General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Comptroller general state treasurer, and superintendent of education from election ballots and making those positions appointed by the governor. To further streamline government, South Carolina Republicans seek to put the governor and lieutenant governor onto one ballot and to get rid of the state's Budget and Control Board. In an effort to cut state spending, they propose a measure to implement zero-based budget. Furthermore, they seek to deregulate the business sector in order to limit government interference and also to lessen the power available to worker's unions. Lastly, the Republican Party of South Carolina believes that eliminating the "death tax," cutting capital gains, and lowering personal and corporate income taxes would spur economic growth and development.
National security[edit]
The South Carolina Republican Party believes that national security is a vastly important issue in our modern world. The party believes that tragedies such as the events of September 11, 2001 and the USS Cole are evidence that Americans had been "lured into a false sense of security." As such, in order for Americans to avoid similar attacks and protect themselves against the Islamic extremists worldwide that have made them targets of terrorism, the Party believes that the United States must invest in our military, both at home and abroad, to ensure that they have the best training and equipment available to protect the United States. In addition to this, the United States must work to strengthen the security of its borders in order to protect its citizens.
Family values[edit]
The Republican Party of South Carolina believes that strong families are the backbone of the United States and, as such, it seeks to implement several policies designed to better American family life. Foremost to this is the protection of religious freedom in the United States, which includes the ability to pray or express religious beliefs at any time including inside of public schools. In addition, the Republican Party of South Carolina believes that marriage should be defined as only between one man and one woman and because of this it opposes all civil unions and same-sex marriages in an effort to preserve the traditional family unit. Lastly, it advocates a right to life for all humans in America and oppose both the practices of euthanasia and abortion.
See also[edit]
- Republican National Committee
- South Carolina Democratic Party
- List of Governors of South Carolina
- United States congressional delegations from South Carolina
- List of United States Senators from South Carolina
- List of United States Representatives from South Carolina
- ^ South Carolina. (2011). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 1.
- ^ "The Origins of the Republican Party." Ushistory.org. Web. <http://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm>.
- ^ "South Carolina State Library - A Brief History of South Carolina." South Carolina State Library - Home. Web. <http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/a-brief-history-of-south-carolina>
- ^ Holden, Charles J. (2002). In the Great Maelstrom: Conservatives in Post-Civil War South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press. p. 114. ISBN 1-57003-476-1. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ Cohodas, Nadine (1995). Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change. Mercer University Press. p. 359. ISBN 0-86554-446-8. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ "TV ads didn't pay off in S.C.". The State. Retrieved 2012-01-24. "GOP presidential candidates combined to spend $13.2 million on TV ads leading up to the South Carolina Republican primary."
- ^ Brisendine, J. (2011). Strom Thurmond. Our States: South Carolina, 1.
- ^ "CALHOUN, John Caldwell - Biographical Information." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000044>
- ^ "Robert Smalls Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com." Famous Biographies & TV Shows - Biography.com. Web. <http://www.biography.com/people/robert-smalls-9486288>.
- ^ "Yearning to Breathe Free". University of South Carolina Press. Retrieved 2011-05-06. "A founder of the South Carolina Republican Party, Smalls was elected to the state house of representatives, the state senate, and five times to the United States Congress."
- ^ "Platform." SCGOP.com. South Carolina Republican Party. Web. <http://www.scgop.com/about/rules/>.
- ^ "Platform." SCGOP.com. South Carolina Republican Party. Web. <http://www.scgop.com/about/rules/>.
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The hdis86 package
hdis86 is an interface to the udis86 disassembler, which decodes machine code for 16-, 32-, and 64-bit x86 and x86-64 / AMD64 processors. hdis86 provides an instruction stream as a Haskell algebraic data type, suitable for inspection by pattern matching. It also provides metadata such as assembly syntax in Intel or AT&T flavors.
This library exposes three layers of wrapping:
The Pure module has the simplest interface, effectively ByteString -> [Instruction].
The IO module exposes an imperative API closely matching the udis86 state machine, while providing Haskellish types and automatic resource management.
The C module is a direct import of the udis86 library, with C types and conventions.
Many users can simply import Hdis86.
By default, hdis86 will statically link a built-in copy of udis86-1.7, which is provided by its author under a similar BSD license. See inside the tarball for more information. If you have udis86 installed on your system, you can instead link dynamically using cabal configure --flags=external-udis86. In that case see also doc/customizing.txt.
This code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/kmcallister/hdis86.
The udis86 project website is located at http://udis86.sourceforge.net/.
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Dependencies | base (>=3 && <5), bytestring (>=0.9), containers (>=0.3) |
License | BSD3 |
Author | Keegan McAllister <firstname.lastname@example.com> |
Maintainer | Keegan McAllister <firstname.lastname@example.com> |
Category | Disassembler, Language, Foreign, Reverse Engineering |
Home page | https://github.com/kmcallister/hdis86 |
Upload date | Sun Mar 6 20:47:57 UTC 2011 |
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"Other" data (iPhone) - How do I remove this junk?
OK, so I did the restore and set up as new and my "other" went down to about 650. I've synced it a few times and it's gone up just a touch. Still under 1GB *i think*. Anyway, if it gets to be too high can't I just wipe it clean and do a restore from the original sync from new? That way I don't lose aything the it's restoring from a synce with only 650 MB?
PS.....BRAAP....do you ride MX?
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Let me re-iterate here, so far the best and easiest fix is to Restore with out having to jailbreak or use other complicated hacks. First Restore the iOS device using a backup which has been know to fix a few of the excess "Other" issues. If your Other grows to an excess amount again like the 5-6GB size the problem is also stored in the backup. If this is the case you can try some of the tips mentioned here to clean out these rogue media files from messages and emails. Otherwise the best fix is to start over and Restore the device as new.
My iPhone and iPad have been maintaining their Other at 1.5/2.5GBs over tha last 6 months or so. I believe my main issue came from upgrading over time. My iOS devices basically originated from my 1G iPod touch and the many iOS updates and a few different devices since, so it was time for a fresh start.
Over time I have had a few bad syncs which caused my music to not be recognized on the device which then gets classed as Other rather than getting deleted. Probably the safe thing to do rather than risking the lose of important files. iTunes then transfers another copy of the music to the device. This issue is almost always fixed by Restoring to a backup. I would assume if Other is not freed up then the issue is more than likely the rogue media files from messages and emails as discussed in other posts.
The fact remains, this issue probably has many causes of which there will be many fixes. It has also been proven that deleting your music through the devices settings is not a fix and will break your music playback. The person who reported this as a fix even came back to say it does not work.
This thread is getting to long for me, I must unsubscribe. But I'm still looking for the perfect fix which I don't think exists yet. However I have yet to see any major changes to my devices since I cleaned them up.
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Not MX, sports car club I belong to back in the late '80's nicknamed my Datsun 280Z autocross car BRAAP from the distinct inline 6 cylinder exhuast note, name stuck.
Back on topic,
Thank you Stephen Spark, your posts have been tremendously helpful.
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I was so frustrated trying to figure out what the culprit of my 6BGs of 'Other' was and found out it was the 'Diagnostics & Usage Data' Located at: Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage > Diagnostics & Usage Data it took up 3GBs of my memory.
When you sync your iPod it's suppose to autmotically delete the files, but it doesn't work for some people. You can download iFunBox to access the files and delete them. The files to delete are located under:
Var/Mobile/Library/Logs/Crash Reporter
Now I'm just trying to figure out what the other 3GBs are. Anyways, hoped that helped for some people.
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i cant get to ---->Var/Mobile/Library/Logs/Crash Reporter
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PDRoth, I have a 4s with 5.1.1. Does iExplorer allow you to DELETE these files in the library/sms/attachment folder, or just LOOK at them? I'm positive that is what is taking up my 2.6 GB of "Other" because I email and message pictures all the time. My phone is not jailbroken and I'd rather not go through that whole process.
I refuse to let Apple update my iOS because I've heard such hellacious stories about 6.1.
I used iExplorer and found nearly 2GB worth of old pics/videos in /library/sms/attachment folder which is the bulk of my "Other". Upon opening some of those attachments I discovered they are pics deleted long ago from conversations that are now erased as well. So in my case, they are orphaned. -
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Evening all, my first post on here!
I saw the initial solution regarding Settings/General/Music etc...but I have no music data on my iPhone 4. I still have 898MB of Other. What do I do ?
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viren.ahlawat Gurgaon, India
Thanks dude!!! it really worked for me... although I have used iExplorer instead of iTools.
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Bloody Excellent, It helped me clear at least 2Gb of 'OTHER'
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hnolen16 Boulder, CO
My "other" is 8gb, and I've done the full restore to factory settings and then selected my backup at the end.
Is there any way to get my "other" down? My phone has become very slow and it's rather annoying.
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hnolen16 Boulder, CO
check that, now my "other" is up over 11gb.
I've never had this problem before Help please it's making me crazy!
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Let me re-iterate here, so far the best and easiest fix is to Restore with out having to jailbreak or use other complicated hacks. First Restore the iOS device using a backup which has been know to fix a few of the excess "Other" issues. If your Other grows to an excess amount again like the 5-6GB size the problem is also stored in the backup. If this is the case you can try some of the tips mentioned here to clean out these rogue media files from messages and emails. Otherwise the best fix is to start over and Restore the device as new.
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Hey all,
I see this thread is super long and I skimmed through the most recent 10 or so pages. I just discovered 6.67 gb of "other" on my 16gb 4s. Almost half my space. Between what I read on this forum and just googling the crap out of the topic, I finally found this old post..
EXTREMELY HELPFUL! Even though the post is over a year old. I'm now down to 1.7 gb of "other" and I'll keep it that way for now. I also deleted all my messages (some hadn't been deleted in over a year...I bit the bullet and did it... that was 3 gb in itself) and cleared up my email. Cleaning up in iExplore like that link says cleared up 3gb of space for me. Hope this helps someone else.
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you can use phoneclean.
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Guin - iExplorer doesn Not allow you to delete the files. I'm still looking for a legit way to do it - in other words, without having to jailbreak or restore as new phone.
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Much to the dismay of news junkies everywhere, Google recently announced the planned axing of its popular popular RSS reader.
Here is the most extensive list you will find of alternative RSS aggregation and reading platforms.
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by Ryan Sommer 15 March 2013 11:34am 27 comments
News readership may be up, but as anyone with a media business can tell you, the method of deploying that information is getting more problematic. And one of the businesses that has been receiving obituaries the last few months is the RSS reader.
But rather than an abrupt death, the RSS reader seems to be going the way of search, and ceding marketshare to Google. Which might be even more depressing.
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Still, several times each month, I see someone in consultation who has had plastic surgery by someone who is not a surgeon, or not a Board-certified plastic surgeon, and has not had the desired results. At times, they have had treatments that I would consider medically unsafe. Others have traveled outside the country to have "bargain" surgery. But usually, they have not been properly evaluated and had the appropriate surgery properly performed.
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In statistical mechanics, a microstate is a specific microscopic configuration of a thermodynamic system that the system may occupy with a certain probability in the course of its thermal fluctuations. In contrast, the macrostate of a system refers to its macroscopic properties, such as its temperature and pressure.[1] Treatments on statistical mechanics, [2] [3] often give an equivalent definition of a macrostate by specifying it for an isolated thermodynamic system. A particular set of values of energy, number of particles and volume of an isolated thermodynamic system is said to specify a particular macrostate of it. In this description, microstates appear as different possible ways the system can achieve a particular macrostate.
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Microscopic definitions of thermodynamic concepts[edit]
Statistical mechanics links the empirical thermodynamic properties of a system to the statistical distribution of an ensemble of microstates. All macroscopic thermodynamic properties of a system may be calculated from the partition function that sums the energy of all its microstates.
At any moment a system is distributed across an ensemble of N microstates, each denoted by i, and having a probability of occupation pi, and an energy . These microstates form a discrete set as defined by quantum statistical mechanics, and is an energy level of the system.
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Heat is the energy transfer associated with a disordered, microscopic action on the system, associated with jumps in energy levels of the system.
Work is the energy transfer associated with an ordered, macroscopic action on the system. If this action acts very slowly then the Adiabatic theorem implies that this will not cause a jump in the energy level of the system. The internal energy of the system can only change due to a change of the energies of the system's energy levels.
The microscopic definitions of heat and work are the following:
so that
The two above definitions of heat and work are among the few expressions of statistical mechanics where the sum corresponding to the quantum case cannot be converted into an integral in the classical limit of a microstate continuum. The reason is that classical microstates are usually not defined in relation to a precise associated quantum microstate, which means that when work changes the energy associated to the energy levels of the system, the energy of classical microstates doesn't follow this change.
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- Quantum statistical mechanics
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
- Ergodic hypothesis
- Phase space
- ^ Macrostates and Microstates
- ^ Reif, Frederick (1965). Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics. McGraw-Hill. p. 66. ISBN 07-051800-9 Check
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Debu Panda on "EJB3 in Action"
The main purpose of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 was to improve the EJB architecture by reducing its complexity from the developer's point of view, which it has. EJB3 in Action makes it even easier to build applications written using the Enterprise JavaBeans architecture which are scalable, transactional, and secure. In this interview, Debu Panda tells us more about the book, and also about EJB2 and Spring as well.
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I work for Oracle and my current responsibility includes product strategy for Oracle's middleware management functionality for Oracle Enterprise Manager product. Prior to this role, I worked as product manager for Oracle's J2EE offering (OC4J) for about six years and led Oracle's Java EE 5 / EJB 3 implementation. I recently moved to India and live in Bangalore. I'm a Java enthusiast and have written over 30 articles on enterprise Java and SOA technologies. Also I'm the lead author of EJB 3 In Action. I regularly blog on middleware technologies at http://debupanda.com.
2. Why did you decide to write a book on EJB's?
I decided to write a book on EJB 3 for three primary reasons. First, EJB 2 had very poor peception in the marketplace that needed to be improved when it underwent the transformation to a much more simplified programming model with EJB 3. While many well-known Java luminaries were bashing EJB – there was a need for a good book on EJB 3 that looks at the problem space in a more objective manner. Secondly most of the EJB books on the market require some sort of prior knowledge of Java EE or EJB. We wanted to write a book to that appeals to novice readers and help them progress to more experienced developers. Finally, most of the EJB books just rehash the spec and do not provide any guidelines, best practices, nor do they discuss integration with popular frameworks such as Spring. I wrote a few articles on EJB 3 in the past and Manning contacted me to lead this effort. . Reza Rahman and Derek Lane joined later and provided a lot of support to complete the book.
3. As far as I know "EJB 3 In Action" got very good reviews from Javalobby. How is it being received by the audience elsewhere?
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It was a combined effort. Some of the analogies came from me, others,came from Reza. For example, comparison of EJB 3 with three incarnations of Sadhu was my concept, however, the airplane analogy was from Reza.
5. What is your favorite chapter and why?
It would be difficult to identify a single chapter. However, I like chapter 13 (Taming Wild EJB) the most. Also I like chapter 16 (EJB 3 and Spring) very much. These two chapters required most experimentation and chapter 13 provide a lot of advise to readers to tune EJB 3 and JPA based applications.
6. How much time did you spend on writing your part?
Actually, I was involved from beginning to the end. The way we divided the work is I came up with the first technical draft for all chapters and Reza and Derek helped improvise/rewrite the chapters. Reza's work is really commendable in first nine chapters and some of the appendices.Finally I take a look and make sure things fall together nicely. I spent more than a year working on this book – mostly nights and weekends.
7. Even though EJB 3 has simplified development of enterprise applications, I still see a lot of resistance from developers when they hear the word EJB. How do you convince them that this version is completely different from the earlier ones?
Yes, it was a tough sell initially. Many developers are so disillusioned with EJB 2 that they do not want to hear about EJB 3. Therefore, when we broach the subject with customers we ask about their pain points and explain how EJB 3 addresses these issues. We discuss this quite a bit in chapter 1. This chapter is available for free at Manning web site (http://manning.com/panda).
8. Has Java EE 5.0 really simplified development?
Yes, actually to some extent. EJB 3 and JPA greatly simplified development of enterprise applications. JPA simplified and standardized development of applications using O-R frameworks. All leading O-R frameworks such as JBoss Hibernate, Oracle TopLink and JDO products such as BEA Kodo are JPA compliant providing lot of options to users. With EJB 3, building a server side application is a snap. Every Java developer can now become an EJB developer by learning few annotations. Also JAX-WS greatly simplifies building web service applications. Annotations based dependency injection greatly reduces complexities of using Java EE resources and services. So Java EE 5 is a great step forward. I expect to see the momentum to continue in Java EE 6.
9. Are companies still using EJB2?
Yes, many companies are still using EJB 2 applications. For most companies, generating revenue is more important than underlying technology. Many customers have deployed their applications using EJB 2 technologies and they have achieved their performance and scalability goals so they cannot just throw it away and jump on the EJB 3 or Spring bandwagon. Similarly, many customers who are using an application server such as IBM Websphere in production they cannot use EJB3.
10. If you had to choose between EJB3 and Spring for a new application which one would you choose? Why?
Being one of the author's of EJB 3 and helping to drive Oracle's EJB 3 implementation, I am biased towards EJB 3. I am reminded of Shakespeare's famous "To be or Not to..". In similar vain, to use EJB 3 or Spring is not the real question. I will use whatever makes sense for my business. We discuss these topics at length in EJB 3 In Action. I view both of them being complementary technologies rather than competing technologies and we have explored the possibilities of using them together. Additionally, I wrote a series of articles for JDJ on Java EE 5 and Spring and presented my views at many conferences on this topic.
11. Most developers always think Spring and Java EE as competing frameworks, how do you convince them that Spring and EJB 3 can work together?
I will ask them to read EJB 3 In Action. Actually, throughout this book we discuss when EJB 3 makes sense and when it does not and should Spring makes the most sense. Also I want to highlight that Spring 2.5 has partial support for EJB 3 as a part of Pitchfork project. Therefore, can use some EJB 3 features in Spring framework too.
12. Have you seen a change in the developers mindset about this new latest an simplified version of EJB?
Yes, we do see a lot of changes in most of the enterprise developer's mindset. The JPA specification has been hailed by the entire community. Most of developers like POJO programming model, dependency injection and all great changes that went in EJB 3.0.
13. Can you give us some useful tips and tricks on EJB 3?
It is difficult to give tips on EJB 3 in this format especially considering we wrote a complete book on it. However, the most useful tip is that I can give is to use EJB 3 only when makes sense – do not overuse it. Use stateful session beans sparingly.
Thanks, Debu for this interview!
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munwar soomro replied on Thu, 2008/08/07 - 5:12pm
Debu, I bought your book, it good. I have real trouble putting code to work, as i tried jboss and websphpere and getting different issues with those. Any ideas getting over issues and get started? cause whatever i learn i cannot put it to work because of IDEs/server issues. Also I dont find easy answer to basic issues like why instead of returning ejb ref jboss is returning a proxy object for session bean.
Reza Rahman replied on Thu, 2008/08/07 - 7:45pm in response to: munwar soomro
Reza Rahman replied on Thu, 2009/01/15 - 1:43pm
It's a poorly executed attempt at showing the fact that a JMS consumer must actually actively seek incoming messages to receive them :-). BTW, feel free to post on the Manning Author Online Forum for EJB 3 in Action: http://www.manning.com/panda/. Both Debu and I are active there.
Best regards,
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2003: Saw action in 12 matches, making seven starts ... drew an assist on the match-winning goal against Centenary ... registered ten shot attempts on the season ... fired four shots toward goal against Xavier ... a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2002: Appeared in 16 matches, drawing 11 starts for the Brown and Gold ... scored the match-winning goal in Valpo's 2-0 victory against IUPUI ... drew an assist in season opener against Denver at the Falcon Invitational held at Air Force ... attempted 11 shots ... a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2001: Appeared in ten matches for the Crusaders as a freshman ... came off of the bench to provide the Crusaders depth along the frontline ... registered shot attempts against both Gonzaga and Detroit.
Prep: A member of the Olympic Development Program's Region III team ... played soccer in Spain ... played club soccer for the Tulsa Thunder.
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FGCU Ready For A-Sun Opening Weekend
1st | 2nd | Final | |
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FGCU | 15:57 | WACKER, Shannen (CIESIELCZYK, Ashley ) |
FGCU | 32:50 | PETRACCO, Gina (CLAY, Kayley ) |
FGCU | 44:46 | PETRACCO, Gina (CIESIELCZYK, Ashley ) |
FGCU | 78:06 | GOBLE, Amanda (CIESIELCZYK, Ashley , ARNOLD, Melissa) |
Goalkeepers | Min | GA | Sv | |
UNF | BENINATI, Rachel | 16:55 | 1 | 0 |
UNF | DORSEY, Megan | 73:05 | 3 | 8 |
FGCU | POWERS, Stephanie | 90:00 | 0 | 5 |
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Shots (on Goal) | 7 (5) | 19 (12) |
Saves | 8 | 5 |
Offsides | 0 | 6 |
Corner Kicks | 2 | 6 |
Fouls | 6 | 7 |
Yellow Cards | 1 | 0 |
FORT MYERS, Fla. – After finishing non-conference action with a 5-3-1 overall record, the FGCU women's soccer team prepares to host Florida rivals UNF and Jacksonville in Atlantic Sun action at the FGCU Soccer Complex this weekend.
FGCU garnered votes in the NSCAA/Continental Tire Southeast Region Rankings this week. This is the third time in the program's five-year history that the Eagles have received votes.
The Eagles, who were picked to defend their A-Sun regular season title in the preseason coaches' poll, take on the Ospreys on Friday at 7 p.m. at the FGCU Soccer Complex. The Green and Blue then welcome Jacksonville on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Entering the program's fifth year in the A-Sun, the Eagles are unbeaten in their last 13 conference games with an 11-0-2 record. FGCU began conference play on the road last season, picking up a 0-0 tie at Jacksonville and a 2-1 victory at North Florida. Friday marks just the second time in five years that the Green and Blue have opened A-Sun regular season play at home.
Last weekend, the Eagles earned a 0-0 draw against then-No. 15 UCF in Orlando at the UCF Soccer Complex. FGCU had a couple of opportunities to win the game, including a header chance from redshirt junior Ashley Ciesielczyk (Oregon, Ohio/Clay HS) that was cleared off the line by the UCF defense.
Freshman Melissa Arnold (Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek Regional HS) paces the Eagles with eight points, including three goals and two assists. Arnold is tied for the team lead in goals with junior Jessica Swartzentruber (Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota Christian HS), who has scored three goals as well. Six other Eagles have scored at least one goal on the stat sheet.
Senior goalkeeper Stephanie Powers (Seffner, Fla./Armwood HS) picked up her second A-Sun Defensive Player of the Week award following Sunday's shutout against UCF last weekend. Powers finished the game with six saves and now has 47 on the season, good for second in the conference. She also earned her third shutout and 22nd of her career placing her seventh all-time in the A-Sun.
The Ospreys have a 4-5-1 record in non-conference action after falling to Richmond, 2-1, on Sunday. UNF has played three double-overtime affairs coming away with two victories. Sophomore Lauren Hopfensperger leads the team with three goals on the season. FGCU leads the series 2-1-1 after defeating UNF, 2-1, last season. UNF was predicted to finish fifth in the preseason coaches' poll.
Jacksonville, predicted to finish second in the league, enters conference play with a 4-4-1 record and most recently lost to then-No. 15 UCF, 2-1, last Friday. Senior Liz Fink leads the Dolphins with four points off two goals. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Sierra leads the Dolphins in net with a conference-leading 51 saves and three shutouts. Jacksonville owns a 2-0-2 all-time advantage against FGCU. The teams battled to a double-overtime, 0-0, tie last season.
FGCU continues its conference schedule next weekend against Stetson on Oct. 1 in Deland at 7 p.m.
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I know, I know. Oh man another "We need a NCAA Football playoff" Well before you start to say anything. Here me out on this one. I debated putting this in a Throwdown but thought it may turn into a Blog, so here we are.
Assuming Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh next week, and Florida defeats Florida State today. It is almost guaranteed that we will have 5 undefeated teams in College Football this season.
Florida or Alabama
Texas Christian
Boise State
The polls have it right in my opinion having all six of these teams in the Top 6. But what about having these teams compete for a National Championship? It is all but in stone that you can count out Boise State and TCU to play for the title. You can almost count out Cincinnati. Leaving the winner of Florida vs Alabama to face Texas. Its just not right to have so many teams in Division 1 Football to go the entire season undefeated, only to miss out on a chance..A CHANCE, to play for the National Championship.
So where does that leave us? A likely scenario pitting Texas vs Florida or Alabama for the National Championship. Maybe Texas Christian vs Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State vs Oregon in the Rose Bowl, Cincinnati vs Florida/Alabama in the Orange Bowl. We could have 3 undefeated teams at the end of the season? Im sorry but if im a coach of a team that went through the schedule without a loss. Im going to be pissed at the fact that my team did not get an opportunity to win a championship because a computer said so.
Why not put a playoff system in place of the Top 8 teams in the country and have them face off. You can still have your Bowl Games. Just have the winners advance. You take your 6 BCS Conference Champions, and your two at large bids and put them in a tournament. This is out it would look as of today.
Florida vs Boise State in the Orange Bowl
Texas vs Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl
Alabama vs Texas Christian in the Fiesta Bowl
Ohio State vs Oregon in the Rose Bowl
It is simple, you get your four major Bowl games in so money is not an issue. I even gave the Rose Bowl their Big 10 vs Pac 10 match up.
The next week you feature the Orange Bowl champion vs the Fiesta Bowl Champion, then the Sugar Bowl Champion vs the Rose Bowl Champion. Winners move on to the National Championship game. It is so easy if you look at it on paper. The only draw back to it would be you are extending the season for four teams. Who I would bet any amount of money, would be glad to do it if they had the opportunity to play for a championship. It is more revenue for the NCAA, and more revenue for the networks who televise the games. Plus it gives you a clear cut champion, and keeps us fans happy.
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Amazing how we NEVER get to see the Sportschannel Version with Jiggs McDonald calling all these great games.
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