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Copy-on-write optimization for StringBuilder and StringBuffer
Hello everybody.
The old 1.4 version of StringBuffer had a very nice implementation of a "copy-on-write" (COW), [as have the C++ String and the .NET StringBuilder, I think]. In few words: when the toString() method is called, it doesn't copy the char array to the String, but shares it with the String and marks as "shared" inside; and if there are future call to insert or remove or others in the "immutable" section of the char array, then creates a copy of the array and goes on (so the String keep immutable and the StringB can mute.
For some reason, this changed in JDK 1.5, becoming in a "always copy" strategy. Why? Haven't find it. I have only found the forum entry dated in 2005: http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=29032煨.
I don't understand what kind of concurrency problem that the COW approximation has. Can someone put the light on me?
For testing, I have hacked AbstractBuilder, StringBuilder and StringBuffer with the COW hack. And in a microbenchmark there is a significant boost in both cases, also NetBeans, Glassfish, my J2EE apps and so on worked great with this patch. Sorry but no deep multithreading testing...
Why not reintroducing it in JDK 7? No API changes, cheap change, and a good boost.
The trouble with security flaws is that someone will try to use them deliberately, so their rarity in normal code is irrelevant.
Yes escape analysis could be used to avoid the copy in such cases, but whether it is worth the effort (and increase in size of the JVM) is another question.
@telio: That is! I hadn't found the bug but I knew it had to be threr. Very well explained, at leasts this issue has been taken seriously by JDK guys during 2005 and 2006.
@mthornton: I agree. I think it worths it, should be considered.
@all: Nothing to add to nthornto explanations nor the conclussions taken in 2006 (shown in the Bug database)... But now let's talk about JDK 7 and newest Hostpot versions. Three years later. I think it is important enough to re-test, re-think, re-consider, re-escape.
We have seen last months several "JDK 6 performance release"s. I can't believe this issue doesn't matter.
Nevertheless, I have some ideas in this direction, in the following days I will open other thread i this forum with an API change proposal...
> We have seen last months several "JDK 6 performance
> release"s. I can't believe this issue doesn't matter.
Well, I trust the guys at Sun to understand the "global" impact of this de-optimization quite well, so in this case it doesn't seem to matter a lot outside of micro-benchmarks.
> Nevertheless, I have some ideas in this direction, in
> the following days I will open other thread i this
> forum with an API change proposal...
OpenJDK is open and free, so feel free to hack :)
lg Clemens
As I promised, I have worked in my idea. No rare things or magic, just a different point of view.
You can see the details, source code, microbenchmark and results in the OpenJDK core-libs development forum... http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2008-September/0007...
As you can see in my microbenchmark results, executed in Linux x64 and
Windows 32 bits (-server, -client, and -XX:+AggressiveOpts versions), we can
achieve a performance increase between 1% and 167% (depends on the scenario and
The abstract is:
- Create a new class java.lang.StringAppender implements Appendable
1. Mostly same in its exposed public constructors and methods than
StringBuilder, but the only operations are the "append()†ones (no insert,
no delete, no replace)
2. Internally represented as a String array
3. Only arraycopy() or create char arrays once, inside the toString() method
(well, this isn't completely true: also arraycopies when appending
objects/variables other than String instances or char arrays, but the most
typical operation is appending strings!)
- Add a new constructor in the java.lang.String class (actually 5 new
constructors for performance reasons, see below):
1. public String(String... strs)
2. public String(String str0, String str1)
3. public String(String str0, String str1, String str2)
4. public String(String str0, String str1, String str2, String str3)
(NOTE: these 3 additional constructors are needed to boost appends of a
small number of Strings, in which case the overload of creating the array
and then looping inside is much greater than passing 2, 3 or 4 parameters in
the constructor invocation).
- Change the javac behavior: the String + operator must be translated into
"new String(String... )†instead of "new StringBuilder().append().append()... ..toString()â€
On the same note, is it possible to provide two more optimizations on StringBuilder
a) raw access to the char buffer backing stringbuilder thru callback
stringbuilder.runThisCallback(new StringBuilderCallback {
void handleData(final char[] data, int length) {
This will allow us to access the internal data of string builder very very efficiently without the need to create a new string or call charAt() on each
b) Port all the fancy methods on String to operate on StringBuilder directly so that one do not need to create a new string everytime he wants to play with the data.
Since StringBuilder is like stl string, i feel it should have a lot of power and fairly good design behind it.
Really man, the only thing that is really needed is to make the CharSequence interface support getChars (that by the way, is the way to copy the chars without a needless copy. Your handleDate would copy or allow internal modification. Not ok even for stringbuilders).
For your perusal i will append these ugly classes that implement a LazyStringBuilderReader (so you can stream chars from a stringbuilder). I'm not sure about these classes - seems like a lot of code just to do a Lazy Char Reader - , but what the hell.
Edit: i refactored the code, it looks better now.
package util.io;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
* A character stream whose source is a StringBuilder.
* This class exists to stream stringbuilders without copies.
* Just copied the (open)jdk class and did some alterations.
public class StringBuilderReader extends Reader {
StringBuilder str;
int length;
int next = 0;
int mark = 0;
* Creates a new string reader.
* @param s String providing the character stream.
public StringBuilderReader(StringBuilder s) {
this.str = s;
this.length = s.length();
/** Check to make sure that the stream has not been closed */
private void ensureOpen() throws IOException {
if (str == null)
throw new IOException("Stream closed");
* Reads a single character.
* @return The character read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been
* reached
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
public int read() throws IOException {
synchronized (lock) {
if (next >= length)
return -1;
return str.charAt(next++);
* Reads characters into a portion of an array.
* @param cbuf Destination buffer
* @param off Offset at which to start writing characters
* @param len Maximum number of characters to read
* @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the
* stream has been reached
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
public int read(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
synchronized (lock) {
if ((off < 0) || (off > cbuf.length) || (len < 0) ||
((off + len) > cbuf.length) || ((off + len) < 0)) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
} else if (len == 0) {
return 0;
if (next >= length)
return -1;
int n = Math.min(length - next, len);
str.getChars(next, next + n, cbuf, off);
next += n;
return n;
* Skips the specified number of characters in the stream. Returns
* the number of characters that were skipped.
ns parameter may be negative, even though the
skip method of the {@link Reader} superclass throws
* an exception in this case. Negative values of
ns cause the
* stream to skip backwards. Negative return values indicate a skip
* backwards. It is not possible to skip backwards past the beginning of
* the string.
If the entire string has been read or skipped, then this method has
* no effect and always returns 0.
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
public long skip(long ns) throws IOException {
synchronized (lock) {
if (next >= length)
return 0;
// Bound skip by beginning and end of the source
long n = Math.min(length - next, ns);
n = Math.max(-next, n);
next += n;
return n;
* Tells whether this stream is ready to be read.
* @return True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input
* @exception IOException If the stream is closed
public boolean ready() throws IOException {
synchronized (lock) {
return true;
* Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.
public boolean markSupported() {
return true;
* Marks the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset()
* will reposition the stream to this point.
* @param readAheadLimit Limit on the number of characters that may be
* read while still preserving the mark. Because
* the stream's input comes from a string, there
* is no actual limit, so this argument must not
* be negative, but is otherwise ignored.
* @exception IllegalArgumentException If readAheadLimit is < 0
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException {
if (readAheadLimit < 0){
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Read-ahead limit < 0");
synchronized (lock) {
mark = next;
* Resets the stream to the most recent mark, or to the beginning of the
* string if it has never been marked.
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
public void reset() throws IOException {
synchronized (lock) {
next = mark;
* Closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with
* it. Once the stream has been closed, further read(),
* ready(), mark(), or reset() invocations will throw an IOException.
* Closing a previously closed stream has no effect.
public void close() {
str = null;
package util.io;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
* A reader that reads its characters lazily and without copy
* from a StringBuilder.
* The fillStringBuilder() method should manipulate the
* stringbuilder, in each evocation, the stringbuilder
* is drained, so new contents can be written without
* calling setLength(0).
* When you want to stop reading, make isReady() return false.
* Be careful working with this, since if fillStringBuilder()
* uses an collection iterator to iterate over the data
* and the collection is used afterwards,
* but before the LazyStringBuilderReader read everything,
* it will throw a concurrent modification exception the next
* time that LazyStringBuilderReader tries to read.
* Specifically, if the fillStringBuilder() uses an iterator,
* you may need to lazily create it (on the isReady() method).
* @author i30817
public abstract class LazyStringBuilderReader extends Reader {
private StringBuilderReader inner;
* Instantiate the LazyStringBuilderReader with the
* an StringBuilderReader of size stringBuilderSize
* @param stringBuilderSize
public LazyStringBuilderReader(int stringBuilderSize) {
inner = new StringBuilderReader(new StringBuilder(stringBuilderSize));
* @return the StringBuilder the reader uses
protected final StringBuilder getStringBuilder() {
return inner.str;
* Fill the StringBuilder in this method
protected abstract void fillStringBuilder();
* @return false when you want to stop reading
protected abstract boolean isReady();
public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
int result = inner.read(cbuf, off, len);
//fill the stringbuffer. Optionally call stop
if (result == -1 && isReady()) {
inner.next = 0;
inner.length = inner.str.length();
return inner.read(cbuf, off, len);
return result;
public void close() throws IOException {
return new LazyStringBuilderReader(180) {
Iterator it;
public boolean isReady() {
if (it == null) {
it = map.entrySet().iterator();
return it.hasNext();
public void fillStringBuilder() {
Entry e = it.next();
//do lots of conditional appends here.
Message was edited by: i30817
If the StringBuffer's array is significantly bigger than the current length, then copy on write wastes a lot of memory (because that unused space becomes 'locked' by the String). A variety of strategies have been tried in the past but all created performance penalties for some types of code. The current approach is simple and has easily understood performance characteristics, albeit slower in some cases.
With StringBuilder there are synchronization problems. Suppose two threads both have access to a single StringBuilder instance. One thread is performing toString, while the other is continuing to mutate the buffer. Then the lack of synchronization means that the String might change after creation. The mutating thread won't see the 'copied' flag until some time after the String has been created. Without some form of synchronization it may never see the change in the 'copied' state.
Ok, good reasons but...
[b]Regarding synchronization problems:[/b]
StringBuilder explicitly is thread-unsafe. From its javadoc: [i]"This class provides an API compatible with StringBuffer, but with no guarantee of synchronization. This class is designed for use as a drop-in replacement for StringBuffer in places where the string buffer was being used by a single thread (as is generally the case)"[/i]
And, as far as I know System.arraycopy() isn't threadsafe, is it? So the current "always-copy" StringBuilder implementation in JDK 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 would have exactly the same synchronization/mutability problem you mentioned if inserting during an arraycopy operation.
[b]Regarding heap size problems:[/b]
Ok, I understand the problem: the String keeps a reference to, say, 2x the needed size in the worst case if the builder is no reused (after reusing, can be more).
[i]albeit slower in some cases[/i]
I would say "in most cases". All aroung the world, all the source codes are plagued with .append().append().append().append().toString(), or a+b+c+d has the same problem (and some more). Including JDK, application servers and final applications.
[b]And now my proposal to JDK 7 or whatever[/b]
So, if the problem is only the memory consumption, I propose for both StringBuffer, StringBuilder, AbstractStringBuilder:
(*) Only share if a static booean flag (copyOnWriteEnabled) has been set, as happens with String.stringCacheEnabled, which in turn is activated in the JVM option [b]-XX:+AggressiveOpts[/b].
(*) Of course, also rethinking the 1.4 solution to content heap. Maybe only sharing if (count<<2 >= value.length) or something like that.
And... if (and only if) there are problems after reusing (which I don't see), add to the JDK a new NonReusableStringBuilder class extending AbstractStringBuilder, and change the javac to convert String + operator to it, and evangelize about this new class. As Sun did with the 1.5 API changes.
> And, as far as I know System.arraycopy() isn't
> threadsafe, is it? So the current "always-copy"
> StringBuilder implementation in JDK 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7
> would have exactly the same
> synchronization/mutability problem you mentioned if
> inserting during an arraycopy operation.
While the content of the String might not be what you expect, the critical feature is that it doesn't change once created. It is important for security that String is immutable, and copy on write from a StringBuilder can't do this without introducing synchronization where currently there is none.
Ok, security reasons in a multithreading environment with threads writing in a StringBuilder and threads reading from the derivated String...
It is frustrating, don't you agree?: A security issue in a extremely rare scenario has performance impact in the 99,99% of the StringBuilder main use: create->concatenating->toString->never use again the Builder->work with the String. All in one only thread.
Maybe, someway, can't be this another target for Escape Analysis?


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Today, Marvel released the cover art for the #0 issue, as well as a small press release.
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Slow-Cooker Balsamic Pulled Pork Sliders
Just last week I remarked in a post for Slow-Cooker Beef Short Ribs how I wish I used my slow-cooker more often. I even asked you all to leave your favorite slow-cooker recipes in the comments. But before I received a single comment I stumbled upon this recipe for Balsamic Pulled Pork Sliders from Better Homes and Gardens. The universe must have wanted me to pull out my slow-cooker from its dark, dusty home and put it to good use. I'm thrilled to report that this particular recipe will definitely put your slow-cooker to good use. It's deeeeelish. And with the recipe recommendations you all were kind enough to give me, I think I'll be slow-cooking quite a bit.
Recipe Rundown
Taste: Tangy, rich, slightly sweet, slightly pungent and all together scrumptious.
Texture: The succulent shredded pork is covered with a luscious barbeque sauce.
Ease: Very easy. The sauce can be made before, during, or after the pork has cooked in the slow-cooker.
Appearance: Like an adorable, dark, deeply flavorful, gourmet pulled pork sandwich.
Pros: The leftovers are phenomenal! I can see this recipe becoming a slow-cooker staple.
Cons: None!
Would I make this again? 100% yes.
Slow-Cooker Balsamic Pulled Pork Sliders
Yield: 15-20 sliders (depending on bun size)
1 (2 1/2 - 3 pound) boneless pork shoulder roast
1 large onion, chopped
1 medium green sweet pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup balsamic vinegar
3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
pinch red chili pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
15-20 slider buns or small dinner rolls, split
coleslaw, pickles, etc.
Trim fat from meat. If necessary, cut meat to fit into a 3 1/2 - 4 quart slow cooker. In the cooker, combine onion and green pepper. Add meat; sprinkle with thyme and rosemary. Pour broth over meat. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours (time will vary by slow cooker).
Meanwhile, make the barbeque sauce. In a medium saucepan, combine vinegar, ketchup, brown sugar, honey, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, chili pepper, garlic, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat. Let simmer, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes, or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
Transfer meat to a cutting board. Using two forks, pull meat apart into shreds, discarding fat. Strain vegetable mixture, discarding liquid. Return meat and strained vegetables to the slow cooker. Stir in barbeque sauce. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes.


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name for listener in glue must start with jmaki?
I was trying to glue some custom comonents together and was getting publish errors like this:
"function myListener not found on object foo.listeners"
I could only get it to work if I called the listener function jmaki.listeners.myListener instead of foo.listeners.myListener. The document introGlue.html says that this namespace isn't required.
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Cheese and Spinach Souffle Omelette
If you're not an experienced cook, you need a bit of courage for this one. It's not at all difficult, it's just that it often looks as if it's not going to work. But it always does and it's absolutely delightful.
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|You will also need a heavy-based 7 inch (18 cm) frying-pan and a hand whisk.
First prepare the spinach filling. Cook the frozen spinach over a gentle heat to thaw it, then squeeze out all the moisture. Heat the spinach with half the butter, then stir in the cream. Season with salt and pepper and put to one side while you make the omelette. Pre-heat the grill. Then separate the eggs, putting the whites in a large, roomy bowl and the yolks in a smaller one. Before you begin to whisk, put a heavy-based 7-inch (18 cm) frying-pan on to a medium heat.
Now take an electric hand whisk (or other kind) and whisk the egg whites to the soft peak stage (ie, when you lift the whisk up, the egg white forms soft peaks that droop over slightly). Using the same whisk, whisk the egg yolks for a few seconds and add a little salt and pepper. Then pop the remaining butter from the spinach filling into the pan to melt and meanwhile, using a metal tablespoon, fold the egg yolks into the whites and when they're evenly incorporated fold in the grated cheese. By now the butter should be hot so pour the mixture into the pan and shake the pan to distribute the mixture evenly, but don't do anything else like stirring – you'll just have to leave it alone for about 1 minute. Then you can slide a palette knife round the edge to loosen it. Sprinkle the surface of the omelette with half the Parmesan, then take the pan over to the grill and let the surface cook for another minute or until it begins to be faintly tinged with brown.
Have a warm plate ready, then once again slide the palette knife all round the edge of the omelette. Slip it underneath and turn the omelette right over in half and tip out on to the plate (if it flips back, just turn it over again). Spoon the cooked, warm spinach mixture on to one side of the cooked omelette, sprinkle with the rest of the Parmesan and eat immediately. It won't wait.
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What is Schenectady like?
Schenectady is the county seat of Schenectady County, New York. The city has a population of 66,135. It is located in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. Whether new comers to Schenectady or life-long residents find this is a wonderful, exciting place. You can innovation and history, kayak the mighty Mohawk, experience live performance or dine exquisitely. Schenectady has it all from art to nature to sports. There is something for everyone in this place.
Eat your heart out at the many dining establishments in the area. Among your choices are Jamaican, Thai, Moroccan, Italian- you name it, Schenectady has it. Schenectady may be small in size but it is big in excitement. With arts, nature, history and science, Schenectady has something for everyone.
What is the weather like in Schenectady like?
Schenectady, NY climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 70's and very cold during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 20's. The warmest month of the year is July with an average maximum temperature of 82.2°F, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 13.3°F. Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 22°F, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 18°F. The annual average precipitation at Schenectady is 36.81 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is June with an average rainfall of 3.81 Inches.
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What neighborhoods in Schenectady are close to downtown?
Downtown is a vibrant neighborhood located central of Schenectady, New York. It has pretty streets and homes. Historic. Residents for the most part take pride in the historic value of their neighborhood. They have home and garden tours several times a year; an art show outside by the Indian. There are also many great restaurants, café, stores and shops. Downtown consits of several bars and shops along with a newly redone movie theatre. Downtown also has large streets with lots of traffic downside. Homes in this area are relative new.
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Hamilton Hill
Hamilton Hill is the place for young people, not good for families. The neighborhood is a wonderful place for hanging out with tons of bars, nightlife clubs, café shops and much more. This area has quiet many crime and not safe. However, it is very interesting and convenient. There are many shops, good restaurants, stores making shopping a great experience. It also has some historic and green streets.
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Bowling Green, Ky. — Two individuals earned multiple honors and three awards had repeat winners at the annual year-end banquet to honor the 2006-07 Western Kentucky University basketball team Tuesday at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Freshman Jeremy Evans picked up both Tom Marshall Rebounder of the Year and Bobby Rascoe Defensive Player of the Year honors, while sophomore Orlando Mendez-Valdez was presented the John Oldham Most Improved Player and Darel Carrier Free-Throw Accuracy Awards.
Courtney Lee was once again named the Clem Haskins Most Valuable Player, Ty Rogers earned the Dixie Mahurin Academic Award for the third time in as many seasons and Adam Howard was presented the Danny Rumph Outstanding Teammate Award.
Evans, a native of Crossett, Ark., ranked among the leaders in the Sun Belt Conference with 5.7 rebounds and 1.38 blocks per game, adding 19 steals in his first year on the Hill in collecting a pair of honors. Mendez-Valdez saw his scoring average increase from 2.8 to 9.4 points per contest — he ranked third on the team in scoring despite not starting a game — while recording 60 more assists and 28 more rebounds than he collected his freshman season. And, the San Antonio, Texas, resident shot 86.3 percent at the foul line.
Lee was the team's leading scorer with 17.3 points per outing, and he also grabbed 4.6 boards per game to go along with 57 assists, 45 steals and 23 blocks. The junior from Indianapolis, Ind., was a first-team all-Sun Belt selection for the second year in a row, and he was a first-team National Association of Basketball Coaches all-district choice.
Rogers, who hails from Eddyville, Ky., was named first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV for the first time in his career during the season. On the court, he averaged a career-best 8.9 points per contest and led WKU with 65 three-point field goals. An Ashland, Ky., native, Howard was recognized by his teammates for his work in practice as well as his 10 appearances off the bench in the regular season. That included two games in which the junior saw first-half action while the shorthanded Toppers played without the services of Lee.
For their efforts on the court, juniors Tyrone Brazelton and Boris Siakam earned the Dwight Smith Playmaker of the Year and Ralph Crosthwaite Field-Goal Accuracy Awards, respectively. A resident of Park Forest, Ill., Brazelton led the team with 131 assists — the eighth-highest season total in school history — while ranking fourth in the league with 3.97 per game in his first season on the Hill. Siakam, who hails from Douala, Cameroon, shot 74.6 percent overall this year, including 10 contests in which he did not miss a shot.
The E.A. Diddle Award was presented to Butch Jointer, the lone senior on the squad at the end of the season. The award is given to the player who best displays leadership, character, loyalty, ability and love of fellow man, which was initiated by the Bowling Green Civitan Club in 1971 in honor of the Hilltoppers' legendary coach. Jointer, a 6-foot-4 Nicholasville, Ky., resident who played mostly in the post, averaged career highs with 3.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per outing.
Bryan O'Neill, who concluded his third season as an intern on the WKU basketball staff, was given the Jones Family Appreciation Award.
The Toppers recorded their third-straight 20-win season last year, going 22-11 overall while posting the second-best record in the SBC at 12-6 to earn a first-round bye at the league tournament. WKU ended the season with a non-conference RPI of 46 while playing a schedule that was among the 60 toughest in the country.


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We all know that exercise helps keep our hearts healthy, but what keeps our brains in top form? Researchers are working overtime to answer this question, as the boomers grow older and a cure for Alzheimer's disease remains elusive. The good news: Recent findings offer hope.
"Cognitive aging is the biggest health crisis in our country," said Denise C. Park, co-director for the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas and a distinguished chair in behavioral and brain sciences there.
Park and her colleagues have researched cognitive function in older adults, publishing findings earlier this year in the journal Psychological Science on which activities yielded the biggest boost on memory tests (more on those later). Other recent research has suggested the benefits of learning a second language, even in adulthood.
This research comes as the monetary cost of dementia in the U.S. tops $157 billion annually, according to estimates by the Rand Corp.—and that number could more than double by 2040 if the current trend continues. (While Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in this country, there are other causes as well.) Dementia can exact a crippling financial toll on its sufferers—and the emotional devastation that dementia can wreak on families defies calculation.
Scientists used to think that people's cognitive function peaked in young adulthood and then began an inexorable and irreversible slide. Today, we know that "our brains are still amenable to change in older age," said Dr. Dena Dubal, assistant professor in the department of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco and a specialist in aging and neurodegenerative disease.
Since there are no effective treatments and no cure for Alzheimer's disease, the best we can hope for now is to delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia—the stage when the disease impairs daily functioning—for as long as possible through healthy habits such as brain stimulation, diet and exercise, said Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center and co-author of the book, "The Alzheimer's Prevention Program."
Stimulating, not frustrating
Park's recent research focused on brain stimulation through a variety of real-life activities. Researchers separated healthy adults between the ages of 60 and 90 into six groups over the course of the 14-week study. One group studied camera skills and learned how to use professional photography software; another learned quilting; a third studied both digital photography and quilting.
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The remaining groups either engaged in structured social activities; worked on activity packets that included documentaries, informative magazines, word games and classical music CDs; or did nothing formally organized, but reported weekly activities to researchers. Participants met at a space off campus, where there were instructors always on hand to help those studying quilting and photography.
All the participants were given a battery of memory tests at the beginning of the study, then again toward the end. Those in all three of the quilting and photography groups registered significantly bigger gains than the other groups. "Based on our findings, I would suggest that people do activities that are mentally challenging, but not so much that it becomes aversive," Park said.
Researchers called this type of activity "productive engagement." It refers to tasks that involve active learning and sustained memory activation. The real-life takeaway: It's best to find a hobby or job that challenges you, but not so much that you're frustrated and want to give up, Park said.
In contrast to the photography and quilting groups, the group that received activity packets used "receptive engagement." These activities, including magazines and crossword puzzles, relied on passive observation, the activation of existing knowledge, and familiar activities. Participants in this group also improved on the tests, Park said, but not nearly as much as those studying quilting and/or photography.
Brain benefits from a second language
Separate research has focused on the benefits of bilingualism. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh recently found that being bilingual had a positive effect on later-life cognition, as measured by a variety of memory and other tests. Bilingualism was defined as the ability to communicate in a second language, and it was assessed through a questionnaire, not a proficiency test. In other words, participants didn't have to have nativelike fluency in the other language to be considered bilingual.


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- How to Change the World – Guy Kawasaki's blog.. great stuff
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- FastCompany.com – Where ideas and people meet | Fast Company – Fast Company is about to shake things up again. Back in 1995, in our first issue, we announced on our cover: "Computing is…
- Flickr: The MICROSOFT: KEEP YOUR EVlL GRUBBY HANDS OFF OF OUR FLICKR Pool – funny flickr pix about microsoft
- HelloTxt – Home – post simultaneously to twitter, jaiku, pownce, plaxo, facebook, tumblr and a bunch more
- Free HTML Form Builder – Create Forms, Surveys and Invitations – web based form builder
- Splashup – Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With all the features professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once.
- Popular Desktop Apps And Their Online Alternatives – blog index – Outfitting your computer with the latest software can be expensive. Time and money aren?t things to be wasted. With sky rocketing prices for desktop applications, you need to arm yourself with the right alternatives.
- Dive Into Web 2.0: Contents – great free web 2.0 ebook html version
- Dive Into Web 2.0 eBook – an really well presented book on the web 2.0 world
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- Membership Management Software and Website Design for Associations and Chambers of Commerce – Weblink International – web based membership management solution
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- Works 9.0 release near; Microsoft mum on whether Google Docs killer in wings – The latest update to Microsoft Corp.'s Works productivity software is expected to go on sale Wednesday amid renewed speculation that the long-standing, low-end counterpart to Microsoft Office is also being groomed to take on Google Inc. in the online offi
- Screencast-O-Matic – Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!
- Linux.com :: CLI Magic: Linux troubleshooting tools 101 – When something goes wrong with your Linux-based system, you can try to diagnose it yourself with the many troubleshooting tools bundled with the operating system. Knowing about these tools, and how to effectively use them, can help you overcome many of th
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- Flickr: Tools to upload and share your photos – There are loads of ways for you to upload your photos to Flickr, in addition to the web-based upload form. Try out one of these tools to get your photos online quickly and effectively.
- Linkwad :: Firefox Add-ons – Linkwad lets you save and restore tabbed browsing sessions called wads. Wads can be shared and accessed from any computer. You can also share your "wads".
- Kevin Kelly — The Technium – There are a number of qualities that can't be copied. Consider "trust." Trust cannot be copied. You can't purchase it. Trust must be earned, over time. It cannot be downloaded.
- Urchin Software from Google – Urchin Software from Google analyzes traffic for one or more websites and provides easy-to-understand reports on your visitors – where they come from, how they use your site, what converts them into customers, and much more. If
- A Whole Lotta Nothing ? Matt Haughey?s Personal Blog – How to record a good podcast between two mac users on the cheap
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- Jeffrey Zeldman Presents – daily report, designing with web standards
- Merlin Mann – Merline Mann's blog SF CA of 43 Folders and MacBreak Weekly nailing down speaking gigs including sxsw 08 creator of 5ives
- Lijit | Home – I saw this on Veronica Belmont's blog… it's a custom search for your blog using google, del.icio.us, etc.
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- Urban Dictionary: Define Your World – wild expressions for the modern age… you can have fun with this one for hours
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- Geek News Central Technical News and Informational Stories – I found some links today through a round about way that indicates that some podcasters may and I repeat ?may? have found a way to game the Podcast Subscription Metric System Apple has.
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- ReadWriteWeb – news and apps in the web 2.0 world
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- Mediafly: Technology News podcasts – really great, visually appealing podcast directory
- 12 Podcasts for the Creative Class – Here are 12 must-listen-to podcasts for creative knowledge workers–those entrepreneurial spirits who start and staff the most innovative, fast-growing companies.
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- Virtual Hosting Blog » The Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet: Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets – The Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet: Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets
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- Austin jumping on Rails – What started as a grass-roots movement has become one of the hottest new things in programming technology, generating the same level of passion among its adherents as Linux, another outsider technology that moved into the mainstream.
- ONLamp.com — From Weblog to CMS with WordPress – This article describes how we used one blogging package (WordPress) to replace a traditional content management system (phpWebSite) to run a community website.
- Twitter Stats – This is a totally ugly engine to produce some stats from your Twitter feed and present them with the Google Charts API, including Tweets per hour of the day, total Tweets per day/month, top @replies and top overall @s.
- Twitter Balloon Badge visualizes Tweets – A wonderful Twitter update badge you can customize to your heart?s delight and place on your blog, Facebook, MySpace?
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- About CMS Watch — CMS Watch – Our reports help sort out the complex landscape of potential solutions so that project teams can minimize the time and effort to identify and evaluate technologies suited to their particular requirements.
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These are my links for January 15th through January 18th:
- Wired LivingHomes – About the Home – The 4,057 square foot WIRED LivingHome is designed to attain at least a Gold rating from the USGBC LEED® for Homes Program. Consistent with its focus on sustainable design
- I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Google-Mart | PBS – in a secret area off-limits even to regular GoogleFolk, is a shipping container. But it isn't just any shipping container. This shipping container is a prototype data center. Google hired a pair of very bright industrial designers to figure out how to cra
- AskMen.com – Top 10 hottest women in tech – While there are certainly a number of drop-dead gorgeous ladies within the world of tech media to choose from, we?ve narrowed the list down to 10.
- Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About – As rumored, Apple announced a new line of portable computers during Steve Jobs' keynote speech at MacWorld San Fransisco today, the MacBook Air. The new line is a complement to the existing MacBook and MacBook Pro lines.
- Traces of Inspiration » Blog Archive » SXSWi: ValleySpeak for the Rest of Us: Developing Apps Outside InternetVille – SXSWi: ValleySpeak for the Rest of Us: Developing Apps Outside InternetVille
My del.icio.us bookmarks for December 22nd2
These are my links for December 22nd:
- Wireless Networking – Wireless networking news, publications and reviews
- Home > Tweeterboard : Conversation Analytics for Twitter – Tweeterboard is a way of looking at who is influential on Twitter based on their conversations with other Twitter users. There are other services, like Twitterposter, that base influence on how many followers you have. Tweeterboard looks at who talks to u
- Political Base – Election and Candidate Information – Wacky Utterance of the Day: Huckabee and Rice
- ProductWiki, unbiased product reviews and information – ProductWiki is the resource for free, unbiased product reviews and information written and maintained by the community.
- Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Weave – One important area for exploration is the blending of the desktop and the Web through deeper integration of the browser with online services.
- The Crunchies 2007 – Celebrating the best of internet and technology innovation – The 2007 Crunchies is our first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.
- Fimoculous.com – misc – Best Blogs of 2007 That You (Maybe) Aren't Reading – Last year I decided to put on twist on my annual "best blogs" post [2002, 2003, 2004] by taking a turn toward the obscure. it makes little sense to write a post arguing that Huffington Post is better or worse than DailyKos — or Cute Overload.
- Google Talk Gadget – chat on google talk … we're live at http://justin.tv/austintexas from Hope BC Canada today
- Gmail Notifier – The Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages.


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DescriptionLong ago, the relics used to teach the ways of the stormcrow were entrusted to an ancient druid.
Your training requires these relics, so we must wake their guardian from his slumber.
I will prepare a potion you can use to ease the process. The mixture requires common herbs, as well as bogblossom, which usually grows atop the tallest mushrooms in the marsh. Fly up there and pursue them but take care, as they're quite fragile and may explode violently if mishandled.
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MALIBU (CBS) — A man was killed Wednesday when his truck plummeted off a canyon road in Malibu, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.
The accident took place around 9 a.m. in the 2700 block of Las Flores Canyon Road, said fire officials.
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It's the first municipality to center an awareness campaign around intrauterine devices, the most effective form of birth control that few women choose. Will others follow?
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After a two-year delay, U.S. hospitals have to start using a new coding system in October -- a move that could hurt rural and smaller hospitals particularly hard.
Rocked by heavy immigration and demographic change, Nevada must retool its government to cope with the new reality. It's a sign of things to come in the rest of the country.


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Steelwedge Vice President of Product Marketing and Planning to Participate in Panel Discussion at University of San Diego on Supply Chain Innovation
Pleasanton, CA – April 8, 2014 – Steelwedge, the leader in cloud sales and operations planning (S&OP) solutions, today announced that Ed Lewis, Steelwedge Vice President of Product Marketing and Planning, will participate in a panel discussion at the University of San Diego's 3rd Annual Supply Chain Management Institute Spring Symposium, which will be held April 14-15 at the university.
The event will feature well-known industry speakers from leading organizations as well as interactive discussion forums facilitated by subject matter experts. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how other business leaders are creating and sustaining innovative supply chains for competitive advantage, increased market share, and greater levels of profitability.
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How Technology is Enabling and Driving Supply Chain Innovation
Competition in supply chains is always increasing, forcing companies and supply chains to search for new technologies and innovations that lead to superior performance. This panel will discuss new supply chain technologies, potential technology innovations, and key factors influencing the adoption of supply chain technologies in order to achieve superior business performance.
- Ed Lewis (Steelwedge)
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- Moderator: David Pyke (University of San Diego)
Time: Tuesday, April 15, 12:45 pm
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Steelwedge Software is the leading Integrated Business Planning solution provider. Steelwedge's cloud Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) software solutions connect people, process and technology to power a single view of a company's business. In a volatile global business environment, that single line of sight powers reliable "what-if" scenario modeling and mobile analytics to pinpoint the financial impact of supply-demand trade-offs. Some of the world's largest manufacturing companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Lenovo, Monsanto and Sony, trust Steelwedge to help them mitigate risk and rapidly adapt to global economic, political and environmental change through best-in-class S&OP. Visit www.steelwedge.com.
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Ditch The Germicide, Pass The Mud Pie! Your Child's Immune System Will Thank You
Continuing the series exploring Jordan S. Rubin's The Maker's Diet.
September 9, 2013 - 4:00 pm
If you ever see a guy in a white lab coat, carrying a spoon and a sandwich bag don't worry. He's not an escapee; there's a good explanation. According to Rubin, everyday, scientists are traveling all over the world looking for new sources of soil microorganisms. They're looking everywhere from bat caves to undersea volcanos.
"Each exotic locale may yield a completely new discovery of germs–a gold mine of potential pharmaceutical profits. Some leading government officials and scientists in the United States suspect that organisms in our soil may yield powerful new treatments for AIDS, cancer, and other deadly diseases. Even the National Cancer Institute is funding research on soil organisms."
Science is discovering the healing treasures God placed in the soil for us. New antibiotics are being sought to replace the pool of antibiotics that are growing less effective as "super-bugs" mutate. As a good example of a current antibiotic that came from microbes in the soil the author points to streptomycin–the first treatment for tuberculosis.
The author's list of drugs that came from microbes in the soil are impressive, starting with cyclosporine, an anti rejection drug used in transplants. A drug that is used to cure parasitic infections that plague livestock and vancomycin, the drug of "last resort" for treating the toughest infections.
"Did you know that one gram of soil–enough to fill a little packet of sugar–can contain as many as 10,000 species of microbes unknown to science…"
No. I had no idea. An apparently science is now discovering that microbes differ profoundly from known bacteria.
So what does that mean to us? Should we allow the little darlings to eat their own mud pies in hopes they ingest the right microbe?
Hardly. What it does mean, is that while hygiene and cleanliness is vitally important to good health, so is the soil. Dirt made by our Creator, not only holds treasures of cures, but builds and trains our immune system. Rubin cites a report in New Scientist saying:
"Researchers have discovered that microorganisms found in dirt influence maturation of the immune system so that it is either functional or dysfunctional."
We've created an indoor environment with antibacterial soaps, homes laced with disinfectant and sofas decorated with children holding remote controls. Our farmlands are now sterilized by pesticides and herbicides that destroy the beneficial microbes alongside the harmful.
Rubin is convinced that our immune systems need regular exposure to naturally occurring soil organisms for long-term health– so am I.
Go ahead; send the kids out to play in the dirt. Don't worry about that dust that's blowing in the open windows–it's "sterile."
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text: Bio: Author and mouth artist Mary Cox-Bilz had always wanted to write, but spent most of her younger life doing the things other women did. She went to college, managed her own business and did evaluation and counseling in the Maryland Rehabilitation Center to help other physically challenged people learn to manage their disabilities.The daughter of a Maryland State Police Officer and a State Administrator, Mary was born with Arthrogryposis (ARTH-row-grip-O-sis), a birth defect that left her a quadriplegic with only 3% use of her left arm and 7% use of her right. Though, Mary is confined to a motorized wheelchair, she teaches four writing classes a week for a local college, travels to speaking engagements, gives telephone and television interviews, and attends writer's conferences sponsored by the International Women's Writing Guild. Mary uses a mouth stick to type manuscripts on her computer, or surf the Internet, and does pen and ink drawings, holding the pen in her mouth. About six months after her husband's death, Mary gave up her 56 hour a week telemarketing business, started her first book, and returned to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to follow her dream of becoming a writer. Since November of 1998, she has written three books, published by White Oaks Creations, of Cartersville, VA, and is hard at work on the fourth. A lifelong Christian, Mary is a member of a local United Methodist Church, but stresses that her writings, while firmly based in Christian faith, are inter-denominational and suitable reading for any audience. More recently, Mary has begun to create a line of special greeting cards, featuring her own drawings and verses, and to market reproductions of her art works and poetry broadsides through local bookstores and on her Internet website at www.marycoxbilz.com


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Romantic surprise? Give her a week's notice
- From: Daily Mail
- October 24, 2012
- 'Surprise' break shouldn't be quite so surprising
- Study finds women need at least a week to prepare
- Make at home: Chocolate dipped strawberries
IF you haven't told your better half about that romantic weekend away you've been planning, it might be wiser to spoil the surprise.
For the average woman needs a minimum of seven days and 11 hours' notice for a surprise break, according to researchers, or else you'll be in her bad books, rather than her good ones.
A survey found three in ten women would be a little annoyed if their partner sprung a romantic break on them without giving them enough time to prepare.
While one fifth who have been surprised by their partner feel they weren't given enough notice before going away.
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Gay dude Posted at 12:15 PM October 24, 2012
Women complain too much!
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Adman of Tasmasia Posted at 12:19 PM October 24, 2012
Yeah, that's Romantic. "In a week from now I'm going to surprise you with a holiday or and outing somewhere, so be prepared to put on your best surprised face" And yet women always say they want more romance. It's too confusing.
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sometimes sue of cairns Posted at 12:38 PM October 24, 2012
Who comes up with this drivel? Nine outfits for a weekend away? I love it if my partner plans a surprise - provided that he has remembered to take care of the important details, like arranging care for the dogs, and cancelling any previous social or other engagements. It's when those details get forgotten that women don't appreciate the suprise getaways.
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Lenny Posted at 12:40 PM October 24, 2012
"six in ten said they live in fear and dread of being left with little or no time to plan outfits" - probably the whole reason for the last paragraph: "treated only twice"
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Would love a surprise romantic getaway! of Perth, WA Posted at 12:43 PM October 24, 2012
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exasperated Posted at 12:58 PM October 24, 2012
Give me 30min to pack! What is it with the women involved in this research? If my partner went to all the effort to ensure we had a weekend away I would be impressed with the level of organising and planning he would have needed to make it happen!
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Cynical in Melbourne of Melbourne Posted at 1:05 PM October 24, 2012
Wow. Its lucky these women even have partners? And whats with "getting into the right frame of mind for a holiday"? How about just going and have fun.
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Z of sydney Posted at 1:22 PM October 24, 2012
This was written by a man just wanting to have a rant! All women love surprises! Get a clue!
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Scott Posted at 3:20 PM October 24, 2012
Women are crazy. This just proves it.
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mother and wife of Adelaide Posted at 3:26 PM October 24, 2012
Glad I'm not one of those AVERAGE women in the research . Seems like those average women are HIGH MAINTENANCE . Sorry guys , I really feel for you. C'mon girls stop being so PRECIOUS.
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would love a weekend of relaxation Posted at 3:31 PM October 24, 2012
What the hell is wrong with these women. Be grateful you have a man that would go to this trouble to love you and spoil you with a relaxing weekend. The only surprises I ever got from my (now ex) husband was he crashed my car, he won't be home and the regular traffic infridgements arriving in the mail. Where does one find a man that will do this? I can be ready in 30 mins!
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Lilly of Perth Posted at 3:48 PM October 24, 2012
Sounds a bit odd ... any woman I know would just dump their stuff in a suitcase and go! It takes a lot of effort to plan a weekend away, and I can't for the life of me believe that the majority of responses stated they would worry about not having the right outfits! Just makes all women look ungrateful, when the majority of them I think in fact would just love their partner to do something like this.
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