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Front Controller improvements

Reference implementation

A proof-of-concept has been developed and is available at:

http://github.com/weierophinney/phly/tree/mvcfsm/Phly_Mvc/

The goals of the rewrite are to make a component that is:

Easy to extend

Easy to create and use custom implementations

In evaluating architectures, two principal ideas rose as potential solutions:

Finite State Machine (FSM)

Event-driven model

The reasons an FSM were considered were several. First, the front controller defines several distinct states already: routing, dispatching, and emitting the response; errors are also a distinct state, though currently muddled into the rest of the architecture. (You could potentially add "bootstrapping" to that list.) However, in current ZF iterations, there's no easy way to transition between or skip states; e.g., if an exception is detected, an entire iteration of the dispatch loop is executed; if a redirect is made, you have to either complete the remainder of the dispatch loop or call "exit" (a horrible hack).

A Finite State Machine largely solves these problems. If you need to go to another state, you simply goto it. That said, there are some limitations to goto: it only works with labels defined in the current scope; you cannot call goto from an invoked method, for instance. One way to mitigate this is to keep track of state in an object.

At this point, an event driven model makes sense. In this case, a token, the event, is passed to all invoked methods. This allows those methods to alter the event state such that when the process returns to the invoking method, the state may be checked and control dispatched to the appropriate state accordingly.

To make the concept more powerful, if each state allows for one or more topics to which listeners may subscribe, complex chains of actions may be created easily. Using Phly_PubSub (to be proposed to ZF as well), this also allows us to check the event state after each subscriber completes to determine if we need to transition to a new state – allowing the subscribers to help determine execution flow.

Each subscriber is passed one argument and one argument only: the Event. As such, the event now becomes a repository/service locator. In the proposed MVC implementation, it holds the request and response objects, the pubsub provider (so additional subscribers may be registered at any time), and the state; it can potentially hold anything, however, as it extends ArrayObject.

Basic operation is something like this:

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// where $stateChanged is a closure checking the state of the Event
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.routing.pre', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.routing', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.routing.post', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.dispatching.pre', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.dispatching', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.dispatching.post', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.response.pre', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.response', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.response.post', $e);
$pubsub->publishUntil($stateChanged, 'mvc.error', $e);

The actual workings are slightly more complex, but the ideas hold.

The ramifications of this architecture are intriguing:

There's no need to use any ZF classes with the front controller (other than the event, event manager (pubsub), and front controller); you can potentially create your own structure and callbacks to use.

If interfaces are provided, they simply provide a hook into the default use case we choose to provide.

Developers could potentially override the FrontController and provide their own application states, providing for custom workflows.

Additional Components

The proposed MVC does aim to provide a default work flow for the front controller. This work flow will include:

Request object

This object will simply provide access to the current environment, much as Zend_Controller_Request does already. The primary differences will be that injection into the various "superglobal" accessors will be built in.

Response object

This object will be a container for response-related items, including headers, values related to rendering, and potentially cookies. The primary interface method will be sendOutput(), which will be used to serialize the various items into output. Serialization will primarily be done via Renderers.

Renderer object

A Renderer will take response values and determine what to do with them. The default use case will be to use Zend_View + Zend_Layout to produce content.

Router object

Pulls the response from the event, and then decomposes that into key/value pairs to inject in the request.

Dispatcher object

Determines how to dispatch the request. The default use case will be to determine the module, controller, and action from the request object, and then simply instantiate and invoke the appropriate class; potentially, however, you could use any logic you like, including simply providing closures.

Action controllers

These will work basically the same as they do currently, with a few exceptions.

First, the only necessary method will be __invoke(), and it should accept an Event object. From there, how it matches the action to functionality is up to the developer.

The base ActionController class will provide some standard functionality surrounding this, and will attempt to invoke *Action() methods, just as Zend_Controller_Action does currently. Additionally, it will add logic to __call() to automatically delegate to action delegates and action helpers.

ErrorHandler object

Receives errors and updates the event state.

Front controller plugins would no longer need to rely on an abstract; you * would simply subscribe individual plugin classes/instances or closures with the appropriate topic in the pubsub provider,

The action helper broker can be injected into the Event, and the action controller can then pull it from there. This helps eliminate the singleton factory it currently implements.

The view object becomes subservient to the renderer, which is subservient to the response. This will require potentially more scaffolding during bootstrap and/or when determining what renderer to utilize. standard mvc.response.pre plugins could alleviate the situation.

Even though a default imlementation will be provided, the possibility exists for multiple implementations – and for community-led implementations for specific purposes.

Potentially huge performance gains, particularly if you attach pubsub callbacks on-demand based on the application flow.

Poka Yoke filtering

In an action, _getParam() doesn't provide any filtering of superglobals, which can lead to potential security issues if you do not filter the data within your action controllers.

One suggestion is to allow attaching filters/validators to the request object, and only allowing direct access to superglobal values via getRaw*() methods – essentially a poka yoke.

ActionController Changes

Some proposed changes:

Re-instate the fallback action (previously, noRouteAction())

Reinstate the noRouteAction() (or something similar) as an empty method (throwing an exception) in the action controller. __call() would then detect method calls ending in 'Action' and call this method.

By itself, this does not represent a BC break; _call() would simply proxy to this method, which would throw the same exception as currently thrown in call(). Overriding the method would be similar to overriding _call() in current versions.

Use overloading to access action helpers

_call() would be modified to determine if a method call is a helper name, and, if so, invoke it. _get() would be added, and would do similarly, only it would return the helper directly. This would make calls to helpers much simpler, and make them mimic the behavior of view helpers more directly - leading to better consistency in the framework in general and MVC layer in particular.

As an example,

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would simply become:

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As an example showing property access:

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could become:

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This would be a slight BC break - but only for developers overriding _call(), and then the BC issues would be limited in scope. $_helper would continue to be registered, so all previous calls to helpers would work. When overriding _call(), you simply wouldn't be able to call helpers as controller methods, since the logic to proxy to the helper broker would not be present.
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Nov 12, 2009

The Phly_PubSub seems to be similar to the Zend_Message proposal (which holds the record for being under "Pending Recommendation" <ac:emoticon ac:name="wink" />). Perhaps you could combine your Phly_PubSub proposal with the Zend_Message proposal?

Nov 12, 2009

It is similar, though the approach differs in some significant ways (doesn't have the concept of a "message"; it simply passes objects on to the observer; has the ability to filter until a condition is met; etc.) Regardless, let's collaborate.

Nov 14, 2009

Three things I would like to see (all three borrowed from ASP.NET MVC:

1) Abstract away the construction of controllers to a controller factory interface. One very good use case for this would be the ability to construct controllers using a DI Container.

2) Abstract away the invocation of an ActionController action into an action invoker interface. In ASP.NET MVC the Action invoker interface does all the dirty work of calling the action. The default implementation calls the action method and puts the parameters (gathered from route data, form data and query data) into parameters on the action method. On each parameter a IModelBinder is called to convert it to a .NET type (also something I'd like).

3) Action methods should return an ActionResult, instead of just modifying the response. There are many salient features that could stem from that...not sure how it would work the "dispatch loop" idea though (ASP.NET MVC pipeline doesn't run in a loop)

All three of these make testing controllers a cinch, as well as make cleaner code and thinner controllers.

Nov 20, 2009

Are there any goals to provide specification or implementation of application bootstrapping via CLI? Currently, everyone seems to have their own way of doing it. If there's a standard or documented way of bootstrapping the application from CLI, it opens gates for new component proposals.

Dec 19, 2009

I second this. Routing for CLI is hakish. It would be great to have something standard, utilizing getopt.

Another thing I would like to propose is the abstraction of action controllers to a more generic execution container. This would allow the flexibility to use Command Objects, allowing more opportunity for reduced duplication. As purely a container it would not have methods such as dispatch(), run() and _forward(), which arguably should be in the dispatcher subpackage (although the latter method could stay and forward to to the dispatcher, to accommodate Tell, Don't Ask).

I also second Avi's 3). Not only does it make testing of action controllers cleaner (the current test super type is, pardon me for saying, a monstrosity), it also opens up the possibility for extending the dispatcher and implementing a configured dispatch map. Basically I am just saying lets open it up as much as is sensible without losing the defensiveness which I hold so dear in ZF.

Jan 26, 2010

I was thinking would it make sense to be able to setup the FC to act as a super-lightweight endpoint for API services such as JSON, XML-RPC, Soap etc

Currently I skip the MVC totally when serving API service, it would be cool if the FC had a "switch" that would put it into endpoint mode which does not register any unrequired objects?

Sep 28, 2010

Since Dependency Injection is a requirement for all components of ZF 2.0, I'd like to discuss here how we plan to inject collaborators (from a Service Layer for example) into controllers.

Constructor injection? Who is responsible for creating the controller objects?

Setter injection?

Sep 28, 2010

This is still in the air. I'm working on a prototype currently that uses a strict registry container that is passed to collaborators (it follows an interface that defines methods for retrieving the router, dispatcher, request and response objects, and a few others). Collaborators then retrieve their dependencies from this container. However, this feels wierd, in the same way that the Symfony 2 DI container feels wierd – in the MVC of this latter, I see calls to "$this->container->get('somedependency')", not unlike the calls I'm making for "$this->getRegistry()->getSomeDependency()", and I'm left wondering if this is really a better situation or yet another solution that's going to be abused.

Sep 28, 2010

I looked at Symfony 2 code on Github and it is indeed weird. Actually, the container used this way is not an example of Dependency Injection but a Service Locator.

There are two solutions to the controllers problems:

1. Leave them as they are, with empty constructor; preach the "fat model - thin controller" mantra, and use a Service Locator like Symfony Dependency Injection in them to get their dependencies. This is actually what we do in ZF 1, with controllers actions long ~10 lines at maximum.

2. Prescribe that controllers must ask for their dependencies, either with a custom constructor or via setters. The framework can then pass the necessary request-scoped collaborators instead of calling a raw new $controller() like Symfony and ZF do now (the means are various: configuration, inferring from setter names, inferring from setter signatures via reflection...).

I discussed 2) some time ago: http://giorgiosironi.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-eliminate-singletons-part-2.html

With this solution, we'll have real Dependency Injection and controller would only depend on their collaborators and not on Symfony DI or on any other part of the framework. Theoretically they would not even have to extend an abstract class, since an interface will suffice (maybe I'm going too far here).

However, this would result in real unit testing for controllers, since they would be instantiable in isolation without setting up a container. Moreover, there would be an Api for each controller that defines its dependencies - either a constructor or some setters - so that when one writes an additional unit test it is immediately clear what mocks are needed.

Sep 28, 2010

The place where DI is most prevalent nowadays is in the .NET world. So why don't we see what is doing in frameworks like ASP.NET MVC, or fubumvc (fubumvc might be to radical, but it was built with DI as a first class citizen)

Sep 28, 2010

Apart from breaking up actions into single classes, it seems that fubumvc does exactly this:
http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jimmy_bogard/archive/2010/04/28/dependency-injection-in-asp-net-mvc-contextual-controller-injection.aspx

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Dec 17, 2010

Any progress on this at this point? It's crucial for big modular architectures (CMS'es especially) that this gets done right.

Sep 28, 2010

How does the performance of the EventManager (PubSub) hold up as the number of subscribers increases? Can there be more than one PubSub instance (one FC Provider, one plugin Provider, one Form provider, etc) or is there just one global Provider? If just a single Provider, could that end up being an unexpected bottleneck since each component has (up to this point) been tested in isolation.

What about event namespace collisions? Could it become a potential developer headache?

This is by no means a criticism, but I'm seeing the PubSub component being proposed/used in several places with in ZF2 proposals. I definitely like the flexibility and potential it offers, but are we going out of our way to use it (like a new shiny toy)?

Sep 28, 2010

SignalSlot (the new name for PubSub) is very fast – but you shouldn't do endless chains, either. The more you add, the slower things will be, as there will be more and more calls in the graph.

It's actually written primarily to be a per-instance mechanism – so, yes, a provider per component, or per instance of a component. Global should be used sparingly. As such:

Namespace collisions will be rare, if they ever occur

It offers a nice opt-in flex-point for components – i.e., if a flex-point is needed in one or more locations, drop in a signal slot, add accessors to set/get the signal slot, and document the signals available (as well as their arguments).

I recommend you look at Zend\SignalSlot in the ZF2 repository for more details. Short answer, though, is that the concerns you raise have been addressed.

Sep 28, 2010

Two things on your MVC demo. One, it has local references (to your home directory). Which is fine since I'm not actually trying to run it but if others wanted to fork and offer suggestions, they would have to make modifications. I realize it is a prototype so not a major concern, just wanted to make sure you were aware.

The real observation concerns the additional code in the Bootstrap. Could some of that get moved into a later cycle of the FrontController's events? For example, what if the view and/or layout isn't needed (ex. ajax request). If we could avoid initializing it until actually confirmed to be needed then we could further reduce some overhead.

Come to think of it, isn't that is a somewhat similar concept to per-module bootstrapping and dependency injection/containers (only bootstrap what is needed for the request).

Dec 20, 2010

1st suggestion:

I think it would be great to enable the multiple "module" layout as default (not like yet).

I hope that the most projects use more than the default module and split the code into logical modules.

2nd suggestion:

The models and forms are defined as follow:

System_Model_Address

System_Form_Address

but the controller doesn't follow this:

System_AddressController becomes -> System_Controller_Adress

Jan 27, 2012

ActionController currently implements Dispatchable interface with:

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the dispatch() method works with no MvcEvent provided (it creates new MvcEvent), but this is pointless. In execute() the newly created event will return empty value from $e->getRouteMatch(). You should either throw an exception when dispatch() is called with no event attached or allow to attach RouteMatch to the controller (for example setRouteMatch()), then try to getRouteMatch() if event does not provide one. This way the component will be easier to use even if one doesn't want to use Zend\Mvc\Application and doesn't setup MvcEvent prior to use of ActionController.


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Saturday, February 27, 2010
A happy little afternoon
A couple of days ago I moved the sewing machine up from the basement. At our old house my sewing table was in the middle of the family room. While I don't miss the mess that came with that set-up, I do sometimes miss sewing in the hub of the action (I seem to get more done that way). So in honor of the Olympics, I relocated for a couple of days.
This afternoon while all the bigger kids were at school and my little guy was being entertained by Curious George on PBSkids [see above], I was quite productive! (Just so I don't sound like a totally negligent parent, he did relocate to the table with me and draw pictures with markers while I sewed. It was a "picture" of a dragon, a knight, and a queen. The Queen had just cut-off the dragon's head. I think this was Cupid's symbolic tribute to his heroic mother.)
I made my first ever string blocks. I've been wanting to try this method forever and once again, a Bee project finally got me to do it. These blocks are for Rachel. She has a great tutorial if you want to make some of your own!
And here is the mess at the kitchen table. The reason the mess is usually confined to the basement. But it was worth it to watch the Women's Figure Skating finals last night while I made more Union Jacks. Did anyone else watch? Weren't they wonderful? I was so impressed with that final group especially. I even got teary watching Kim Yu Na from Korea. Gorgeous performance in every way. And I was so relieved for her. I can't imagine that pressure and those high expectations. And then Joannie Rochette. Such inspiring grace.
Speaking of women's figure skating, the other night we were watching the short program and I was touched by the girl skating for Turkey. (I think that is what I love about the Olympics - not just the big-name gold medalists, but the athletes who are just as dedicated and sacrifice just as much for their sports, who proudly represent their countries, with little recognition.) Anyway, I pointed her out to my 8-year-old, thinking I would be a culturally illuminating mother and said, "Look! This girl is from Turkey! Her name is Tugba." My daughter responded, "Hmm. I think I'd rather call her Lynelle."
Okay . .
Hope you have an equally sunny, productive, inspiring, culturally illuminating weekend at your house!
15 comments:
So glad mine is not the only dining room table that looks like that (and love the glimpse of the Union Jack)! And LOVE your daughters comment, hilarious! My problem is trying to sew straight lines while watch snowboard racing or hockey!ReplyDelete
Love the string blocks! and thanks for the link to the tutorial - so easy!ReplyDelete
There used to be a great fridge magnet which read....
"my house was tidy last week.....sorry you missed it"
It's my motto!! My sewing starts off in the sewing room, then onto the dining table and usually over to the couch and quite often out on my verandah too and then of course there is the floor when laying out the quilt!!
Love everything you are working on...I must admit I'm very grateful that my sewing area is in the hub of the house...I can still see and hear everything that is going on!ReplyDelete
We've been enjoying the Olympics over here too...Loved the figure skating...Loved the Women's Hockey and all geared up for the Men's final tonight (err..your afternoon!) :o)
The string blocks are turning out just beautiful! I love them. I just posted a string project too. It was fun! I also see there a Victory Garden block. I just got the pattern in the mail and am going to make it for my daughter. She loves everything British. Must be a teenage thing, but anyway, I am going to make it in, of course, red, white, and blue. I love the little statements your kids make, too funny.ReplyDelete
I also relocated so I could watch/listen to the games. However I found myself totally engrossed with the figure skating and did not sew to much. lolReplyDelete
I love string quilts, and haven't made one in years. Maybe I can get back to one soon. While I was at my Retreat I didn't get to see any of the Olympics, but caught some Luge yesterday, and was so happy to see a win from Utah!ReplyDelete
Your string blocks turned out nice.ReplyDelete
Ah, the Olympics! Glad you got to enjoy them as much as I have. Yes- I would question the Turkey girl's name too. How funny. Glad you had a sunny and fun afternoon.ReplyDelete
Hi Amy. I love making string blocks, so much fun. You're are looking so nice. I also noticed your burp cloth tutorial when I was getting ready to leave this comment. I made a set. They were so easy and look so good. Thanks. I had forgotten to take a picture of them and we are getting ready to go to the baby shower in about 1/2 hour! So when I saw the picture on your blog I hurried up and got it out of the car and took a picture and posted a quick post!ReplyDelete
Thanks again.
PS. The funny things your kids say and do that you share are so wonderful...:) hugs.
I am pretty sure I've decided to make my 2009 Scrappy Quilt a string block quilt. Love seeing your blocks! And ditto on the Olympics last night. ;o)ReplyDelete
Those blocks are so pretty. I moved my sewing machine to the kitchen and although the mess drives me mad when I am working on a project I am finally getting more done! Enjoy your machine in the hub.ReplyDelete
I am a BIG fan of 'sewing where you SEW...".ReplyDelete
There is a lesson in your post - for us all...thank you for sharing it!
A Bee sister...
Lynelle? I'd rather be called Tugba. So funny!ReplyDelete
It was fun to sew and watch the olympics.ReplyDelete
The string blocks are amazing! so gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Btw, I'm lamenting I didn't watch more of the Olympics, but we did Tivo them, so at some point I'll catch myself up on everything.
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Each week, IT TAKES A CHURCH visits a congregation from across the country to surprise one unsuspecting single with the news that they're about to be saved from the dating world. The church's Pastor will task their congregation of cupids, to find the best possible matches for the dater, but in the end, our single will decide which suitor to put their faith in. The congregant who brought the chosen suitor will make a difference to their church by winning a donation on its behalf.
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At first I didn't realize other than SWP/T6 gear had been modified, but now I've updated the remaining items that have been changed (at least those I'm aware of at the moment).I noticed you mentioned that you used the reitemized tier 6 and sunwell stats. Did you do the same for the badge and tier 5 quality gear?
I also realized I had forgotten the new 2 Str = 1 BLV conversion. That is fixed now :P
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With a short lineup, weakened by injuries and a good deal of inexperience, South Adams coach Eric Myers decided to play a little roulette with his lineup going against top-ranked (1A) Adams Central Thursday night, and he didn't get the outcome he was seeking.
Buoyed by 18 forfeit points, the Jets doubled up the Starfires 46-23 to take the annual meeting between Allen County Athletic Conference wrestling rivals, and now, with a little help, the two teams remain alive in the chase for a round robin conference championship.
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Schwartz always looked for good in restoration projects
When local restoration expert Amos Schwartz looked over a building as a potential project, he always said that he looked for the good, not the bad in his potential search.
"When I go into a barn or an old building, I always try to look for the good in that building, not the bad," Schwartz had said. "The bad we can fix but we want the building to be known as 'good.'"
This past Sunday, Schwartz finally reached beyond a long battle with cancer when he passed away surrounded by the love of family members. Schwartz was in his beloved rural Geneva home at the time.
"'Positive thinking, that's what you've gotta have. I can't just sit here, gotta keep working,'" family members quoted Schwartz as saying in the memorial leaflet commemorating Schwartz in the lobby at the Berne Evangelical Church.
"And work he did, until the end. Undoubtedly the mansions of heaven will be remodeled and refurbished by Amos' capable hands," noted family members in the tribute. "His craftsmanship, evident in his many buildings, bridges and projects is surpassed only by his loving concern for his fellow man.
"His legacy will live on through the people he touched in his work and his generations of children and grandchildren. May we all remember that loving spirit that is Amos B. Schwartz," noted the tribute.
In the lobby leading into the sanctuary of the church, there are tables with displays of tools, the Family Record of Johannes and Barbara (Kaufman) Ramseyer, an Outdoor Indiana magazine featuring Schwartz and his contributions to Swiss Heritage Village and many restorations dear to his heart such as the Roann Covered Bridge, bridges, mills, round barns and the Normandy Barn rebuilt by Schwartz and moved to the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Other pictures show such historical shrines as the restored Miami Indian Schoolhouse, another art creation of Schwartz's creative carpentry.
After a period of time working as a self-employed carpenter, Schwartz established the Rainbow Construction Company; in addition he worked with his family at Limberlost Construction.
Schwartz's involvement in various benevolent efforts is endless, but he is best known for restoring covered bridges, old barns and other historic structures.
Among his active involvement sources, Schwartz was affiliated with the Historic Landmark Foundation of Indiana, Indiana State Fair Pioneer Village, Limberlost Land Association, Mennonite Disaster Service, Swiss Heritage Society of Berne, the Berne Rotary Club and the Evangelical Church.
Schwartz's son, Mike, reflected on his dad in a talk at Berne Rotary Club, concerning a time when they were asked to build a boat.
"I said to him, 'dad, are you sure that you know what you are doing, we don't know how to build a boat," observed Mike at the time. "Dad said, 'were okay, I read 'da' book.' I said, 'what book' and he said, 'dat book,' referring to the Bible and Noah's ark."
During his lifetime, Schwartz loved to tell the story of how he used to stay with famed restaurant owner Bob Evans when he was working in that part of Ohio.
When Schwartz was appointed to the prestigious Indiana Historic Landmarks Foundation, Marsh Davis, director of the statewide foundation had said, "We wanted Amos on this committee because of his work in historic preservations and because he's a real humanitarian. I've worked with Amos for many years. I've seen him in barn preservation and in restoring covered bridges."
Other projects that Schwartz was especially proud of was that of Judy O'Bannon (wife of the late Frank O'Bannon, former governor of Indiana) where he was asked to assist in restoring her home in New Corydon.
Schwartz credited his mother's love for people to his love for both people and restoration. He said that when his mother looked at an individual, she always looked at the good in that individual rather than the bad.
By the mid-1960s, his reputation for fine restoration work soon became known on a statewide basis. He was soon restoring buildings for the Department of Natural Resources in such well known sites at Metamora, Madison, New Harmony, Potato Creek and Corydon.
"This has all been an interesting ride, "Schwartz had said. "A combination of my Amish background and Swiss background has given me a real love for restoring old buildings to the way that they originally looked.
"Hard work has been a part of my background. My sister and I peddled vegetables in a buggy when I was 13 years old. It's really been a good trip.
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This publication addresses issues concerning the new emphasis and interest in eco-cities in Europe and Asia, including: How do developed countries and developing countries view the development of eco-cities? Is it a new fad or are countries serious in committing to the building of such environmentally friendly cities? What are the ways that countries can collaborate on eco-cities and what are the models for collaborations? Contributors include: Eero Paloheimo, Simon Joss, Qin Tianbao and Judith Ryser.
Fifteen researchers from Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, France and the United Kingdom whose interest in Malaysia goes beyond passion - but always with reason - have come together to take readers on an intellectual quest to identify the contemporary nature of Malaysian politics and society. The researchers are from different disciplines, including urban studies, political economy, international relation, political sociology and anthropology, film studies, literature, law, and strategic studies.
In addition to celebrating the intellectual tradition of a past generation of Singaporean Malay thinkers, social and cultural activists, this series provides unique insights and perspectives into the lived-experience and collective memories of the Malay community in Singapore. This book investigates and raises questions on the background and social-historical conditionings that have shaped and coloured Malay thinking and world view, from the past to contemporary thought, through its literary heritage and letters.
The Malayan Emergency (1948-60) was the longest war waged by British and Commonwealth forces in the twentieth century. Fought against communist guerrillas in the jungles of Malaya, this undeclared 'war without a name' had a powerful and covert influence on American strategy in Vietnam. Many military historians still consider the Emergency an exemplary, even inspiring, counterinsurgency conflict. Massacre in Malaya draws on recently released files from British archives, as well as eyewitness accounts from both the government forces and communist fighters, to challenge this view. It focuses on the notorious 'Batang Kali Massacre' - known as 'Britain's My Lai' - that took place in December, 1948, and reveals that British tactics in Malaya were more ruthless than many historians concede. Counterinsurgency in Malaya, as in Kenya during the same period, depended on massive resettlement programmes and ethnic cleansing, indiscriminate aerial bombing and ruthless exploitation of aboriginal peoples, the Orang Asli. The Emergency was a discriminatory war. In Malaya, the British built a brutal and pervasive security state - and bequeathed it to modern Malaysia. The 'Malayan Emergency' was a bitterly fought war that still haunts the present.
Of course there is no single Asian language. But plenty of vogue words from this booming continent are entering English. Did you know there is a flower named after former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il? The Chinese have a word - shengnu, literally leftover - for the new phenomenon of unmarried women over thirty. These are just some of the hundreds of words that illuminate little corners of life and culture in a pan-Asian selection of keywords from the zeitgeist.
Welcome Home: A Year of Loving Singapore is a book that invites the reader to explore, rediscover and reflect on Singapore and everything Singaporean. Over the course of 365 days, facts, personal anecdotes and vignettes of Singapore's history, heritage, economy, geography, arts and culture are presented in the format of a daily journal. The book is a co-creation of the collective memory and aspiration of the Singapore we love and one which we hope to achieve greater heights in the next 50 years.
Detailed descriptions and interpretations of the buildings, art, and furnishings of all major monasteries and significant secular buildings, as well as numerous references to both historical Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Chinese texts and to works of scholarly research in the West and in China, make this work a unique source of information for both the specialist and the general reader. This extensive documentation on the sacred art and monuments of Buddhist Tibet also provides a deeply researched history of the cultural and religious circumstances in which the sites and relics were created.
This is the second volume of Joseph Pereira's comprehensive survey of the Singapore pop music scene in the 1960s. The second half of the sixties saw seismic shifts in the global music scene. In Singapore, newer breed of bands was coming to the fore, many with outlandish names. Tea dances became increasingly popular. Discotheques started sprouting up to cater to a new hip crowd. Pop Yeh Yeh, which had always been active alongside the mainstream pop music scene, came into its own with many releases. Singapore bands were very active playing the British services circuit and in Vietnam. But, as the decade drew to a close, several pivotal events signalled the end of this glorious era for Singapore pop music. Beyond the Tea Dance examines in rich detail all the major bands and singers in this turbulent period.
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The first book solely dedicated to the Art and Culture of Nias in 25 years, Nias Sculpture features a broad array of unpublished masterpieces from the collection of the Mandala Foundation. For countless centuries, the isolated island of Nias, located far off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, developed a unique culture and stunning art little influenced by the outside world. Descendants of the Austronesians, the ancient peoples who explored and settled insular Southeast Asia beginning some 5000 years ago, their art has been acclaimed for more than a century, Nias has achieved legendary status in the pantheon of Indonesian tribal art.
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Right from the opening song "Jungle Love", Steve expertly weaved old hits and new material into an hour and fify minute set. When he started the opening riffs to Jet Airliner, the tent came unglued and stayed that way. His acoustic version of Dance Dance Dance was a nice change of pace. Great stage presence, oh my God guitar playing, a night of hot,sweaty,greasy rock and roll fun. The tent was sold out!
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I grew up listening to Steve Miller Band in the 70's. I never had the opportunity to see him perform and it was thrilling to hear him sound as he does on radio/cd. As a performer, he was having a blast onstage, enjoying the crowd which was constantly on their feet, singing, dancing. It was like one big party! He sang songs I was familiar with, oldies and goodies, and some new. All great sound!! I would go again in a heartbeat - it's a concert not to be missed.
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Most of the music wasn't his. I came to hear his music, not him covering other R+B music. His new singer Sonny, while a nice guy I'm sure, wasn't who I came to listen to. I ended up on my iphone looking on google for most of the show to keep from walking out. I was a die hard fan. Even a half assed show would have made me happy. Avoid this show. What a colossal disappointment.
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No, it's in there. Look at the Arms tree a bit. Also, Revenge never got a nerf. The debate was if we wanted to drop improved revenge to pick up more damage elsewhere and it resulted in a net loss in dps. Revenge is still better, just not by a lot.
Did they role back the buff (and comparative nerf to revenge) to devastate that was planned initially?Warrior (Forums / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Skills/Talents)
- Charge now shares diminishing returns with stun effects.
- Cleave damage has been reduced by 20%.
- Hamstring now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
- Heroic Strike damage has been reduced by 20%.
- Inner Rage has been redesigned. It now reduces the cooldown on Heroic Strike and Cleave by 50% (to 1.5 second) for the next 15 seconds. 1-minute cooldown. It still cannot be used during Deadly Calm. This ability was originally designed to help warriors with rage capping, but the Heroic Strike and rage normalization changes seem to have solved that problem on their own. This new design will still allow warriors to burn off excess rage faster, at their discretion.
- Recklessness now increases special critical strike chance by 50%, down from 100%, but lasts the full 12 seconds instead of allowing only 3 charges.
- Slam weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased from 125% to 145%.
Talent Specializations
- Drums of War no longer lowers the rage cost of Piercing Howl.
- Juggernaut no longer increases the cooldown on Charge, but instead increases the duration of the Charge stun by 2 seconds. In addition, Charge is usable in all stances, however, the talent now causes Charge and Intercept to share a cooldown.
- Lambs to the Slaughter: Instead of granting 10/20/30% damage to the next Mortal Strike, Overpower, or Execute, it now grants a 10% buff to any Mortal Strike, Overpower, Slam, or Execute that stacks 1/2/3 times.
- Mortal Strike cost has been reduced by 5 rage.
- War Academy no longer buffs Heroic Strike or Cleave. It now buffs Mortal Strike, Raging Blow, Devastate, Victory Rush and Slam.
- In addition to its current effects, Bloodsurge now also causes the next Slam to deal 20% more damage.
- Bloodthirst damage has been increased by approximately 30%.
- Raging Blow weapon damage percent (at level 80+) has been increased from 110% to 120%.
- Single-Minded Fury bonus has been increased to 20%, up from 15%.
- Unshackled Fury (Mastery) now grants 5.6% benefit per mastery point, up from 4.7%.
- Charges stun continues to not trigger diminishing returns for Protection warriors who have the Warbringer talent.
- Glyph of Rapid Charge has been changed from a 7% reduction to Charge's cooldown, to 1 second off of the cooldown. This change is primarily to clarify the exact cooldown reduction this glyph provides.
Warrior Bug Fixes
- Warrior abilities which were incorrectly assigned the sound effect for Mangle have been updated.
- Battle Shout's buff tooltip should not show incorrect values when the recipient is higher level than the warrior.
- Heroic Leap and Thunder Clap no longer incorrectly scale damage with both Strength and Agility.
- Forceful Deflection passive aura is now properly applying to warriors beginning at level 1.
- The Victorious buff can no longer proc before the warrior learns Victory Rush.
- The wording in the tooltip for Vigilance was inconsistent with other abilities and has been updated.
No, it's in there. Look at the Arms tree a bit. Also, Revenge never got a nerf. The debate was if we wanted to drop improved revenge to pick up more damage elsewhere and it resulted in a net loss in dps. Revenge is still better, just not by a lot.
Yeah, basically it's that with the buff to Devastate through War Academy, that the net gain of Imp Revenge vs. Deep Wounds or Cruelty is very close and thus Revenge is not really in a great position right now. It's still better most of the time--but just barely.
These are hidden in their respective druid/rogue sections. I'm not sure why they didn't nerf free shouts rather than this rubbish.
Prowl is no longer broken by enemies using Demoralizing Shout or Demoralizing Roar.
Stealth is no longer broken by enemies using Demoralizing Shout or Demoralizing Roar.
And yeah, for numbers.. what I'm seeing in the average geared tank is that with War Academy, the difference between 2/2 Improved Revenge + Revenge rotations and no Improved Revenge + dropping Revenge is only about 200 DPS.
(To contrast, each point in Deep Wounds is nearly 200 DPS on its own. So, basically, if you have 33+ points in Protection but don't have Deep Wounds and have 2/2 Improved Revenge, you would gain more DPS by swapping 2 points from Improved Revenge to Deep Wounds and dropping Revenge. Of course, in a max TPS spec you could try to get both.)
Think: http://wowtal.com/#k=_Az2so90.aei.warrior.
so it still comes down to deep wounds or blood craze again with 2 free points in prot to put into BnT/gag order/impending victory?Originally Posted by Kojiyama
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On a single GCD with Thunderstruck, Rend is about 30% better than Devastate.
In this case, Thunderstruck becomes a fairly weak single-target talent but it does provide a slight increase to both single target and AoE tanking with its increase of Rend and Shockwave (if maintaining Thunder Clap) on your 3rd post-Shield Slam GCD.
The important part about using Rend (and Shockwave) is knowing when to use them and not simply use them at the first opportunity. Additionally, Shockwave should be higher priority than Rend if it is available for that GCD, unless you have set up a refresh cycle where you can get double length out of your Rend by refreshing it with Thunder Clap (with BnT) if you are maintaining the debuff.
But, yes, the build you posted is probably quite viable. It's pretty close to what I would be inclined to use. I guess you could also swap out Gag Order for Blood and Thunder if you really wanted to have a well-rounded TPS spec.
Last edited by Kojiyama; 02-07-2011 at 07:06 AM.
I think improved revenge has enough value by hitting a secondary target that I'd take it even if it is not stand-out better than devastate in a single target rotation. What I'm trying to weigh up myself are two things:
- With heroic strike nerfed, do I still want incite? It's competing directly with blood and thunder, and the 3rd point is in competition with every other filler.
- If I want piercing howl, I can probably only get 2/3 war academy. Big deal? Is my current TPS is being propped up by heroic strike so much that I'll struggle without going into arms a bit more?
Even with Heroic Strike nerfed, I would still think Incite is fairly strong. Heroic Strike is still going to be above (Improved) Revenge in terms of damage (rather than up there with Shield Slam like before!) and a good 40-50% up on Devastate--so it still hits pretty hard.
Just the passive Crit bonus of Incite (not the proc) is equal to or greater than Cruelty, War Academy, and Hold the Line in terms of DPS. So, Incite is a pretty valuable threat talent.
Also, for those who have Deep Wounds it significantly increases the value of Deep Wounds due to the synergy there.
Heavy Repercussions and Deep Wounds are still the 'big' optional DPS talents, but Incite is pretty much at the top of the other second-tier DPS talents.
It seems like, in a spec dedicated to purely t/dps that
would be the way to go. You keep all the juicy and fun aoe talents like bnt and thunderstruck and sacrifice the utility of things like piercing howl and gag order.
I'm personally gonna roll with http://www.wowhead.com/talent#LG0cZ0bZIdGzRRodbu.
I rarely find a use for Gagorder and having 3/3 shield specialization hasn't been a dire need for me.
For the time being i'm running with a similar build except i have Bloodcraze+Piercing Howl+2/3War Academy instead of Deepwounds, and allthough i will miss PH on Nefarian (i'm the add tank in phase 3) i'm sure i can get by just fine.
My current spec: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#LMZhb0oZIfhdRRodMu
Post patch: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#LG0cZZIfGdRRod0u
I currently have the piercing howl build in large part because I wanted to become accustomed to a weaker Cleave/HS before the patch hit. I'm not finding as many uses for Piercing Howl as I'd hoped though, aside from 5 mans, and I can make do without it.
Kathy, I said, "I'm lost" though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
Keep in mind that Heavy Repercussions is a pretty massive TPS boost. (You can now compare this to the others based on your Shield Block uptime in the newest version of Rawr. Just input your Shield Block interval in the options and the TPS gains from the talent should show up correctly.)
It's likely to be a lot better than Invite or Thunderstruck unless you simply don't use Shield Block much.
I tend to like Brage's posted spec quite a bit.
Brage's spec is quite efficient.
I like to think gag order is useful, but in reality as i review logs it isn't anything to write home about.
We lose some rage gen that really isn't going to break us, and we lose a cast offset for , I think, more tps/dps using deep wounds.
Gag order is more something 2 pull casters towards you with silence you, i think.
But since we mostly have A mage or anything silencing it, i havent specced it.
Also interrupting a boss for instance with Herioc throw wont happen for me.
That's why I choose this spec : http://wowtal.com/#k=IOVjoOxi.aei.warrior.
Found the use of safeguards quit usefull on many fights like for instance Cho'gall.
I'm not sure I could live without Gag Order. I use it so frequently, and I just know that without it, I'd find myself in a situation where I want to use it and instead I'd want to scream! Besides, I still run a lot of 5 mans, where it's incredibly useful, and I'm not about to run a prot spec for raids and a separate one for 5 mans. Certainly I'm not willing to do it for slightly more threat, when threat isn't an issue anyway.
Kathy, I said, "I'm lost" though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
In Brage's spec, the best place to pull points from for Gag Order is probably one of the AoE talents or Improved Revenge if you don't need the splash damage. If you want all of those, Cruelty would probably make the most sense.


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Well, for certain games, you can add a bit of variety and the unexpected by swapping out dice for a large dice type as a reward, even if that's not normally the mechanic. For example, take the two systems I'm really keen on just now, Mini Six and Shadow, Sword, & Spell. The use d6s and d12s exclusively, respectively, but I've developed "Bonus Cards", which can be drawn for various deeds such as good roleplaying or to mark a new campaign arc. These Bonus Cards can be redeemed to swap out the normal dice roll with varying dice. Here's a few examples, taken directly from the cards themselves:
Does it sometimes skew the results and make rolls more unpredictable? Yes, but to me that's a feature, not a bug--and I like to tinker. And nothing hurts more than being up against the Big Bad Evil Guy, playing your bonus card to roll 2d12 instead of 2d6 and rolling...a sum total of 3.
I need to test it out in a longer campaign, but I really think this could be a good idea for keeping players involved in a system without quite as much wanderlust, as well as a chance to exercise their cool dice regardless of system.
Of course, this wouldn't work with percentile games such as Rolemaster, but Rolemaster has enough results range already, wouldn't you say? Thoughts?


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Jack Ryan has only just moved back into the Oval Office when he is faced with a new international threat. An aborted coup in the People's Republic of China has left President Wei Zhen Lin with no choice but to agree with the expansionist policies of General Su Ke Quiang. They have declared the South China Sea a protectorate and are planning an invasion of Taiwan. The Ryan administration is determined to thwart China's ambitions, but the stakes are dangerously high as a new breed of powerful Chinese anti-ship missiles endanger the US Navy's plans to protect the island.
Meanwhile, Chinese cyber-warfare experts have launched a devastating attack on American infrastructure. It's a new combat arena, but it's every bit as deadly as any that has gone before. Jack Ryan, Jr., and his colleagues at the Campus may be just the wild card that his father needs to stack the deck. There's just one problem: someone knows about the off-the-books intelligence agency and threatens to blow their cover sky high.
©2012 Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
I am an avid eclectic reader.
"Spies and a counter espionage"
This book is packed with suspense and action including sea, land and air battles. The major part of the book is based on cyber warfare. Even though this is fiction it should act as a warning of what could happen. Lou Diamond Phillips did a great job narrating this story. Jack Ryan Sr is back as President and Jack Jr is off chasing the cyber spy "center". His girlfriend is spying on him for the FBI. War heats up in the South China Sea as China tries to increase it's territory. Great air battles--felt like I was in the plane with the pilot. Clancy sure can write a good suspense military story. Looking forward to his next one.
A few must reads: Mr. Mercedes, Narrows Gate, Cop Town, Bomb Proof, Wayfaring Stranger, The Son (Nesbo), Dept Q series...
"The Clancy that gave us Clear & Present..."
This was the most intriguing Clancy novel in a long time. The very real threat of the Chinese, (see yesterday's headlines of Japan and China) and cyber warfare is as fascinating as it is threatening. No one researches better than Clancy and few know military operations and capabilities more than him.
Better still, the suspense in this novel is top rate, on the same level as his earlier novels. Lou Diamond Phillips is the perfect choice for this work. His characterizations are spot on.
In his recent works, Clancy has been criticized for his politics. This is not the case with this book at all.
"If you like action, you can do no better!"
Absolutely, Lou Diamond Philips is a masterful narrator, his performances never disappoint. The material within these pages is so action packed and the stakes are so high that listening to the story from someone with directed intention elevates the material to an amazing height.
This is a silly question, Jack Jr. Is the perfect American hero. He is a perfect melding of Jack Ryan, Mitch Rap, and the Gray Man (Mark Greaney's breakout action character). He is a selfless hero that is willing to risk everything in order to protect his country and he doesn't leave men behind.
Everything, LDP is an amazing actor (See Southland for a recent role) and he is able to turn his skill into amazing narration.
This book is adrenaline pumping, I felt excited! I finished this book 12/5/12, 24hrs after it was released. I couldn't put it down!
If you are on the fence about this book, let me explain my tastes so that you can gauge if we share common literary tastes for this genre.
I love:
Mitch Rap (Vince Flynn)
Dewey Andreas (Ben Coes)
Court Gentry (Mark Greaney)
Jack Reacher (Lee Child)
Tommy Carmellini (Stephen Coonts)
Carlos Guillermo Castillo (W. E. B. Griffin)
Ok, so those are some of my favorite action series that are in this similar espionage action genre. I found this book in particular to really mirror some of W. E. B. Griffin's early work melded with Flynn. That said, there is the signature Clancy storytelling in this book that jumps between several stories. I do not particularly enjoy the earlier Clancy novels that pertain to the elder Ryan, I found them amazingly slow and complicated with relatively low reward. This book mimics the same storytelling style but doesn't pull any punches when it comes to action.
I found myself wanting to spend more time with particular portions of the story and characters but the pacing was well thought out and I was never disappointed when prospective shifted. I have detected some of the Stephen Coont's syndrome, the seeming inability to set aside older characters and allow new ones to flourish but I think that Greaney's influence on this new series is helping breathe valuable life into the Clancy novels.
Jack Jr. is an amazing character, more lovable that Mitch Rapp and far more whole than Greaney's earlier two dimensional characters. This new younger Ryan is deposited brilliantly in a deep and rich fiction that creates a vivid backdrop.
I would strongly recommend that you start this cycle of the Jack Ryan Junior novels at their beginning, this story moves at a swift pace and you will love all of the returning characters so much more for your previous experiences with them!
On a side note, I want to tell you that I try to consume media that is character driven, not story driven! This particular genre has a tenancy to be heavily story driven but I think that this novel and series does a wonderful job of focusing on the characters! If you are looking for a quick action read this can satisfy you but it it is heavily enriched by knowledge of the characters. For example, if you aren't familiar with Tom Clancy's earlier "The Teeth of the Tiger" you might not have the richest or fullest appreciation for Haney and Associates and its remaining founders. Not a major issue but one that clearly supports a rich character development that honors faithful readers.
This is one of the good ones, they are few and far between and you should not hesitate to read this book immediately, or place it in your wishlist for your next credit!
"An easy to read book for Clancy"
Lou Diamond Phillips is getting better with each book he nararates. He does an excellent job with this one. It must have been quite difficult, especially with all the Chinese names and voices. He did it very well. The story was very believable and scary, because I think what Clancy portrays, is Very close to how this scenario would actually play out. It is not as complicated with multiple stories as most Clancy novels. If you like espionage and clancy novels, you will love this one.
I am a registered nurse and a father of four great kids. I live in a rural part of Oregon and love it. I enjoy books, but Sci-Fi Fantasy has allows been the ones I reach for more than others.
"Clancy does it again...."
Yes, this book is easily recommended for any of Clancy's fans. I have enjoyed the next chapter in the Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan Jr. books. I wouldn't recommend this book for anyone who doesn't know any of Clancy's previous book, but instead would recommend they start with either the book just before this or at least with "No Remorse" or "Rainbow Six" in order to know some of the back story.
I like the way Clancy has taken some of the recent history of our nation and still been able to create a other universe in which his characters can blossom without running into issue of political or historical events. By creating a slightly altered universe allows Clancy to bring important events into the story without the story following along with history, ie readers already knowing the outcome of what has or will happen in the story because they know what has happened alreay in real life.
I love Lou Diamond Phillips narratoring books. I have listened to several and I think he rocks as a narrator. I will pick up and listen to any book in a normally read genre of mine that he narrators because he brings so much to the story beyond the words being spoken.
Too many areas to remember - Clancy does a great job of putting in laughter in the middle of his suspense related story.
"Great book - but Lou Diamond Phillips was bad"
Great story - Lousy Narration as he kept doing rapid LOUD breaths during his reading that were very annoying. It was like he was playing a musical instrument. Back away from the mic or take normal breaths or do editing after the fact or hit a cough button to remove it.
Typical Clancy Action
He needs to learn how to breath and talk correctly. He has a really annoying way of taking fast quick LOUD breaths during the reading. This is the first Audible reader I have heard this from and it was so bad this is my first ever Audible Review.
"Cyber war with China!"
There is a new war taking place China has decided to declare a cyber war on the USA. They are doing it by proxy using an unofficial off the books agency that officially does not exist. This agency uses computer exploits to infiltrate corporate and governmental agencies in combination with human assets that they have compromised and are black mailing into rendering aid.
Jack Ryan is once again in the oval office and is doing everything in his power to stop a full-fledged shooting war. But he has to deal with President Wei Zhen Lin who has lost control of his country to General Su Ke Quiang.
We also see Jack Ryan Jr. storyline progress and he is quickly gaining valuable in field abilities.
This book reminded me of Tom Clancy's earlier work Net Force but I found the book enjoyable and Lou Diamond Phillips did a great job narrating.
"Nice long listen loses suspense"
I definitely would not want to read this book, but listening to it, made my long drives pleasant. Some characters were never followed through, and some were to much involved.
Just too wordy at times.
I'm glad I listened to it.
"Great Story, Narration Issues"
Lou Diamond Phillips is a great actor. He also did a fantastic job playing the various roles in this book. The problem is he gasps for air constantly. Hey.. all of us have to breath, but once I noticed the quick puffs of air every few words, I couldn't enjoy the performance. You could even tell where the director/editor spliced in voice sections (because the gasp went away for twice as long). Make sure you listen to a sample on iTunes or Audible before buying this.
If I heard gasping for air (small ones but loud) on any of the other 50 or so books I have listened to (back to the old Brilliance days and cassettes), I wouldn't care.
Sorry Lou. Hope you don't read this. I love your work otherwise.
A bit far fetched as far as what Presiden't son was up to -- but classic Clancy all the way so I went ahead and bought in.
I enjoy counter-terrorism, westerns, historical fiction, detective mysteries, and old school comedy like "A Christmas Story".
"Exciting ride into China/American/Global affairs"
I am a total Clancy fan. When I first began reading Clancy I found that his plots required more intellectual effort than most counter-terrorism novels. But my brain has adapted to his complex yet thoroughly entertaining plots and countless characters. This is the greatest fun for me. Clancy offers insights into political science, global history, military science and counter espionage in a thrilling action packed story format. I'm slowly going back to previous Clancy novels in this series for the first time as well as re-listening to those I've only heard once. Like many things in life, experiencing his books the second time around offers increased enjoyment in that I understand details that I missed the first time around. Enjoy.
"Complicated, and too complicated"
I didn't enjoy this book, it was over Long and over complicated. Frankly, only finished it because I did not want to be defeated by it. I didn't find it an original plot in any way. The narration was also far too fast. I found myself rewinding constantly. I usually enjoy this author, but this didn't really excite me
"Locked on part 2"
Yes! Tom Clancy has done it again! Narrator pulls of an excellent Chinese speaking accent which makes the story even more immersive. It's quite interesting that I had just finished Mark Russinovich's Trojan Horse which also points a finger to China and their cyber-tech. I guess it's no secret though.
A very exciting yarn with just the right balance of action to tech. I really want to see this and Locked on at the movies. It would be awesome.
"Great book"
I really enjoyed this book. It's fast paced contains a few twists
Well worth listening too.
"A great Tom Clancy!"
This book is very easy to listen to - so perfect for doing two things at once, in my case listening and crafting. If you have seen any of the Tom Clancy films with different actors playing Jack Ryan it is simply a case of picking your favourite 'Jack' and then imagining his son in action.
There is an action scene where a key character realises that there are more than two parties involved in an event and he is the only person who has oversight of the actions of the different groups and what is about to take place.
Good, clear narration - not too slow but well enunciated.
Jack's Back!
Have purchased several of the Tom Clancy books, all ready by Lou Diamond Phillips as preferred his narration from the samples, and was not disappointed.
Not read the printed version, but then again why would I, when the audio is so good. Lou Diamond Philips does an excellent job.
This is classic Tom Clancey, even if it was probably written by Mark Greaney. All the usual characters appear , Ryan, Clarke, Ding etc. along with some new additions. The storyline is fast paced and exciting. As you would expect from a Tom Clancey novel the technical data is spot on.
The scene when the American pilots go up against the Chinese is fantastic real edge of the seat stuff.
Overall I would recommend Vector Threat to any Tom Clancey fan.
"Great read"
Complex, intriguing and above all a very well researched book.
The complexity
A great voice actor, capable of many diffrent voices and you know right away who he's acting.
Made me excited, very excited.
"A Typical Tom Clancy Story"
I sometimes get irritated by Tom Clancy's stories; the good guys are always good-looking, virtous and of impeccable caracter, the villains just the opposite. The Western World is normally saved at the last minute by the couragous heros and all is well.
But it sells and I have to admit that I normally turn the pages (or keep listening) as fast as anyone.
But it still leaves me unsatisfied at the end.
"Brilliant story and left me feeling unnerved."
Brilliant book read with real clarity but it left me feeling weird as in oh my god that could actually happen. It wasn't a book I could listen to while doing other things as I had to concentrate on the plot. Well worth listening to.
"Another fantastic book"
All the characters from previous books coming together again
Domingez is good but my favourite has got to be Jr
Yeap like all Tom Clancy books
Fantastic listen and would highly recommend the rest of tom Clancys books :)
"Great Listen"
Thriller, well performed, interesting to the end
John Clark meets his past torturor
Assault of the Campus
Cyberspace is everywhere
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Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new treatment approaches for a disease. If you are being treated for a head and neck cancer, you may be offered the opportunity to take part in a clinical trial at some point during your treatment.
In some cases, a study may give you access to new therapies that are not yet readily available. Clinical trials may also be used to compare diagnostic tests, prevention strategies, or other aspects of your care.
If you are asked to participate in a clinical trial, your doctor or nurse will explain exactly what is involved and any possible benefits or drawbacks posed by the trial. They will explain to you that that unexpected side effects may occur if you enroll in a clinical trial. You will need to sign an informed consent agreement in order to participate in the trial. Before agreeing to participate, make sure you know what the costs will be and how much your insurance will cover.
You are not required to participate in clinical trials. If you decline, this will not jeopardize your relationship with your physician. You may leave a trial for any reason and at any time, even after signing the agreement.
Here you can find a continually updated listing of Memorial Sloan Kettering's current clinical trials for head and neck cancers. To learn more about a study, choose from the list below.
Surviving Oropharynx Cancer: Long-Term Impact of Human Papillomavirus on Quality of Life
[Protocol 10-111]
|Baxi, Shrujal, MD
Feasibility Study Using Fluoro-Misonidazole Positron Emission Tomography to Detect Hypoxia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
[Protocol 04-070]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
Development and Validation of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument on the Impact of Altered Facial Appearance Following Oncologic Head and Neck Resection and Reconstruction
[Protocol 07-098]
|Pusic, Andrea, MD, MHS
A Study of Customized Treatment for Nasopharyngeal Cancer Based on Epstein-Barr Virus DNA
Newly Diagnosed
[Protocol 14-162]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Pilot Study of Ribavirin to Treat Recurrent or Metastatic HPV-Related Cancers
[Protocol 14-211]
|Fury, Matthew, MD, PhD
A Phase III Study of Postoperative Radiation Therapy with and without Cetuximab for Locally Advanced Resected Head and Neck Cancer
[Protocol 10-081]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Phase III Study of Dapsone Gel versus Moisturizer (Placebo) to Treat Cetuximab-Related Rash
[Protocol 13-012]
|Lacouture, Mario, MD
A Phase II/III Study of Surgery Followed by Radiation Therapy plus either Cisplatin, Docetaxel, or Both Drugs for High-Risk Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck
[Protocol 13-115]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Phase II Study of Vismodegib plus Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Basal Cell Cancers of the Head and Neck
[Protocol 14-022]
|Barker, Christopher, MD
A Phase II Study of Transoral Surgical Removal of HPV-Positive Locally Advanced Oropharynx Cancer Followed by Risk-Stratified Therapy
[Protocol 14-035]
|Morris, Luc, MD
A Phase II Study of Regorafenib in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
[Protocol 13-244]
|Ho, Alan, MD, PhD
A Phase II Study of Minimally Invasive Surgery Followed by Radiation and Chemotherapy versus Higher Dose Radiation and Chemotherapy for Patients with HPV-Negative Oropharynx Cancer
[Protocol 14-038]
|Ganly, Ian, MD, PhD
A Phase II Study of IZN-6N4 to Reduce Mouth Sores in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
[Protocol 12-204]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Phase II Study of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Non-Anaplastic Non-Medullary Thyroid Cancer
[Protocol 13-070]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Phase II Study of Concurrent Radiation and Chemotherapy versus Radiation Alone in Resected High-Risk Malignant Salivary Gland Tumors
[Protocol 11-005]
|Lee, Nancy, MD
A Phase IB Study of Urelumab (BMS-663513) plus Cetuximab in Patients with Persistent Head and Neck or Colorectal Cancer
[Protocol 14-121]
|Segal, Neil, MD, PhD
A Phase IB Study of INC280 plus Cetuximab in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Colorectal or Head and Neck Cancer
[Protocol 14-173]
|Fury, Matthew, MD, PhD
A Phase I/II Study of BYL719 plus Cetuximab in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
[Protocol 14-021]
|Fury, Matthew, MD, PhD
A Phase I Study of MEDI4736 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
[Protocol 13-198]
|Callahan, Margaret, MD, PhD
A Phase I Study of Lurbinectedin plus Paclitaxel in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
[Protocol 13-170]
|Drilon, Alexander, MD
A Phase I Study of DLYE5953A in Patients with Advanced or Persistent Solid Tumors
[Protocol 14-089]
|Modi, Shanu, MD
A Phase I Study of Debio1347 in Patients with Advanced Cancers Containing FGFR Alterations
[Protocol 13-131]
|Voss, Martin, MD
A Phase I Study of CB-839 in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors
[Protocol 14-111]
|Harding, James, MD
A Phase I Study of BYL719 Given with Cetuximab and Radiation Therapy in Patients with Stage III/IVB Head and Neck Cancer
[Protocol 14-116]
|Fury, Matthew, MD, PhD