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The Secret of Architectural Acoustics Revealed
Background Noise
Have you ever noticed that your radio seems awfully loud when you stop your car after listening on the highway? Or have you ever felt that palpable relief when the air conditioner shuts off? We don't notice background noise---but background noise determines what we can hear and understand in the foreground.
Some times we don't want to hear everything. Imagine if you could hear and understand every conversation at your office. It would be terribly distracting. But when we do want to hear every little thing---at a religious service, in an important meeting, at a play, or at a concert---background noise is critical.
During a lecture or sermon, any audible sound not made by the speaker is noise; during a performance, any audible sound not created by a performer is noise. There are, of course, many aspects to excellent acoustical design. However, in any space intended for listening, strict control of noise is fundamental. I call these spaces "critical-listening space."
Sources of noise include traffic, airplanes, machinery, plumbing, lights, and people in other spaces. In a space for listening, the worst offender is usually the heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system (HVAC).
The (undamaged) human ear is so sensitive that we can detect sounds that displace the eardrum by roughly the diameter of a hydrogen molecule.1 This means that background noise determines the softest sound that a performer or speaker can effectively utilize. Even in spaces that most people would consider quiet, the background noise level can be twenty to thirty decibels above the threshold of hearing. You don't notice this, but the performer has lost twenty to thirty decibels of dynamic range!
This is illustrated in the graph below, with HVAC noise criteria curves for comparison.2
NC-40 is considered acceptable for such noncritical spaces as lobbies and corridors. NC-30 would be acceptable for a motel room. NC-20 is often given as acceptable for churches or drama theatres.3 But look at how much area there is between the threshold of hearing curve4 and NC-20. There is an awful lot of audible sound being covered up by an HVAC system at NC-20.
Speech Intelligibility
When a theatre is truly quiet, an actor can use his entire dynamic range, from a shout to a whisper, and still be clearly understood. Since the quiet moments in a drama are often the most electrifying, strict control of background noise is essential.
The ancient Greek theatres are known for their almost magical acoustics for speech. One can hear a drachma drop from the farthest seats in the theatre at Epidaurus. How can this be so? The answer is that no audible sound covers up the sound of the coin striking stone--and so it is heard.
Similarly for music, a silent background allows a performer to exploit his entire dynamic range. The loud climaxes of a musical performance can be wonderfully stirring, but the quiet moments set off these climactic moments and give them their power. Without the quiet moments, music is all on the same dull level. Furthermore, some of the most intense, magical moments in music are the softest. These moments are only possible when the hall in which they occur is truly quiet.
Recording engineers understand this. They commonly turn off all mechanical systems and most lights while recording.
Speech and Music in the Same Space
Many spaces are used for both speech and music, the best example being church sanctuaries. For such mixed use, a silent background is particularly important. This is because reverberation (the persistence of sound in space) is necessary for music. Without reverberation, music sounds flat and dull. But reverberation can interfere with speech intelligibility by prolonging the sounds of speech, smearing them in time.
A good speaker corrects for this effect by speaking slowly and clearly, working with reverberation to enhance the sound of his voice. However, reverberation amplifies background noise, creating a double difficulty for speech. Contrary to common belief, speech can work quite well in a properly designed reverberant space, but only if background noise is minimized.
Audience Noise
Audience noise is beyond the direct control of the architect or acoustical consultant. However, research shows that audience members are significantly quieter when background noise levels are very low. In the City of Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England---a hall with exceptionally low background noise---audience members are so attentive during quiet music passages that they hold their breath to listen.
Examples of Spaces with Low Background Noise
- Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas
- Domain Forget, Charlevoix Quebec
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
- Clemens Theatre, Christopher Dock Mennonite School, Lansdale, PA
Gymnasiums, Restaurants, Cafeterias
Listening may not be the primary function in your space. However, people are always hearing, and the acoustics of these spaces can almost always be improved by lowering background noise (as well as other measures). I was recently in a gymnasium, for instance, with horrible screeching noise from the lights. The poor gym teacher who has to work in that space must have a perpetual headache.
The Common Condition
In the vast majority of places where I listen---churches, theatres, lecture halls, recital halls, concert halls---background noise imposes a haze in front of the sound. This noise itself goes unnoticed by most people. Instead, they notice that their experience is diminished: the tone color of the violins is dull; the sound lacks clarity; they can't quite understand the words.
The usual response to the ubiquitous blanketing of desired sound by background noise is to turn up the amplification. Amplification often adds fifteen to twenty decibels above the background noise to the level of the speaker. Wouldn't it be better to reveal the speaker by removing twenty to thirty decibels of background noise?
Furthermore, lower background noise makes the job of the sound system vastly easier.
See and Hear for Yourself
The effect of background noise can be compared to looking through a dirty window; one doesn't notice the dirt on the window, one simply can't make out the view. Clean the window for a striking improvement in clarity. And so it is when background noise is controlled. You can hear this for your self by the following simple experiment. You need two other people to help.
- Two people stand on opposite ends of the room.
- The third person is on hand to manage the noisemakers: fans, ventilation systems, lights, dimmer racks, air-conditioning, etc.
- Turn on all noisemakers. In actual practice not all these devices may be on at the same time, but for the sake of demonstration turn them on to create the greatest contrast.
- Converse with the person across the room. Note the effort necessary to make yourself understood. Note the effort necessary to understand.
- Turn off all the noisemakers at once.
- Listen.
- Proceed with your conversation.
- Note the change in effort necessary to understand and be understood.
Even in rooms that have other acoustical difficulties, the improvement should be clear and palpable.
What Is To Be Done?
When designing a new critical-listening space, consider the location of noise producing machinery such as air-handlers, and the design of a silent mechanical ventilation system from the very beginning. Few people realize that it is possible to supply cool air to a room without creating any noise. It is. However, since this is not the usual practice, such a silent system must be considered from the beginning of design.
An architect once called me to help with the design of a high school auditorium. I discovered that it was too late in the design to move two large air-handlers from their location on the roof of the auditorium. They might just as well have been put on stage! I did my best to help out, but nothing I could recommend for the inside of the room will cancel out the deleterious effect of those two huge noisemakers.
In the case of historic renovation, noise control may be the only option available for improving the acoustics of a space. In some cases, merely quieting a noisy mechanical ventilation system will affect a drastic improvement in the acoustics.
Conversely, many a perfectly lovely space has been ruined acoustically by loud new ventilation systems. When planning the renovation of a worship or performance space, make noise control the first consideration.
Noise control is fundamentally important to the success of any building for listening. It can make the difference between excellent sound and the usual mediocrity. This is especially true on a tight budget. Better to save money by leaving out the seats! After all, these buildings are often meant to last for more than a hundred years.
Since the level of background noise determines what we can hear in a space, it determines the level of acoustical excellence. This is truly the secret of great acoustics. Awareness of this secret in the early stages of design brings excellent acoustics for your new critical-listening space within your grasp. (by Orpheus Acoustics)
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Ritter: Am I the only voter suffering proposition fatigue?
I belong to Redding East Rotary and, yes, attended choir practice with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a week ago Wednesday. I was the half-deaf baritone near the front. Even with rock-music-diminished hearing, though, I could swear I heard the governor say, "California does not have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem." Is that what you heard, too?
So with the governor so focused on reducing spending, I find it ironic that the most hotly contested propositions on the Feb. 5 ballot are referendums on Schwarzenegger-negotiated Indian gaming compacts, targeted to increase the state's revenues. We're told, though, that it's really not about revenues, it's about union deals and Vegas casino competition. Such are the complexities of California's proposition-game addiction. And in this case, we're so hooked we have to write four different propositions that say word-for-word almost exactly the same thing.
Here's what 10 minutes of research tells me about how all this proposition stuff works.
Voters must approve all state constitutional amendments, so they become propositions. The state Legislature proposes some of the amendments and the public, through the initiative petition process, proposes others.
State bond statute acts, whether proposed via the Legislature or initiative, become propositions.
Though the Legislature and governor passes and signs most statute laws, the public can also directly propose new statutes as propositions via the initiative process. These propositions become law if approved by the voters.
Finally, the public can place a referendum-type proposition on the ballot via initiative to vote to overturn existing statute law. All four Indian gaming propositions are referendums. Since each tribe had its own law passed to amend its compact, it takes a separate referendum to overturn each tribe's new law.
I didn't realize there were so many different things we could put on the ballot. Maybe that explains my recently flagging interest in the most recent state ballot issues.
After 35 years of deliberating and voting on hundreds of propositions, I think I'm suffering from proposition fatigue -- weary of the whole initiative, bond and referendum game. I know I'm tired of trying to figure out if a proposed law or a constitutional amendment is well-intentioned but poorly written, well-written but not applicable, or just a ruse by "special interests" to grab some specific benefit in the guise of public interest.
They say the devil is in the details, so I look in the back of the voter's guide at the text. Have you ever actually tried to read the detailed text of these propositions? It's like reading the tax code. I'd rather pay my accountant to sort out my taxes and have my elected state representative research and make the laws. Every two or six years I'll take my shot at throwing them out of office.
OK, I do favor putting propositions that slap some term limits on the rascals, but in this election, we're handed Proposition 93, an initiative to limit terms of office that appears to actually increase terms. Or maybe it actually does decrease terms. Or sometimes both. See what I mean?
Getting back to Propositions 94 through 97, the Indian gaming compact referendums, I've always understood that a "referendum" was a proposition that, if approved, overturned a law passed by the Legislature. But the voter's guide says a "yes" vote actually approves the law already passed by the Legislature to amend the gaming compacts and let the tribes have more slot machines. If I want to overturn the law that amended the compacts, I have to vote "no." So "yes" is for the legal status quo, which means the casinos can add slots, while a "no" means the new law reverts to the old law, which maintains the casinos' current slot machine status quo. Both "yes" and "no" are votes for the status quo, in one way or another.
A lot of the state's voters are as tired as I am about trying to sort all this out. From 2000 to 2003, California approved 63 percent of all propositions. But from 2004 to 2007, it approved only 44 percent. In two recent elections, every proposition went down in flames. More and more, we aren't even debating the merits anymore. We're just saying, "No."
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TEAM General Meeting Presentation
Over 500 members attended last week's General Meetings. The main topics during the Q&A were negotiations and the current downsizing initiative... read more
VRTIP Applications - Deadline November 12th
The window for submitting requests to leave MTS under the voluntary departure program closes at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12th... read more
VRTIP Applications and Leaving Gifts
Departure gifts for TEAM members leaving the Company... read more
MTS Voluntary Workforce Reduction Program
Yesterday, MTS announced that it is seeking to reduce the number of employees in TEAM's jurisdiction... read more
Your Vote Counts!
As Canadian citizens and as members of TEAM we enjoy the benefits of a unionized workplace and protections incorporated in federal and provincial laws and regulations... read more
Notice of TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 General Meetings
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Notice of General Meetings... read more
Negotiations Update
Our Collective Agreement will soon be up for re-negotiation and TEAM's preparations are well underway. The 2012/2013 round of negotiations was very contentious, and while we will be ready for another tough round, we are hoping that new leadership will bring a new style that is respectful and mutually beneficial... read more
2015 Board Meeting Minutes & Reports
The September 22nd Board reports are now available... read more
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Annual Scholarships
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 will award its annual scholarships to members and members' children as follows... read more
Five-day Leadership Training Course Facilitated by Linton Sellen - FULL!
TEAM is pleased to offer the highly recommended Five-day Leadership Training Course facilitated by Linton Sellen. The course examines leadership, discipline and performance management, and training and development in greater depth than the two-day sessions previously offered. By design, the course is split over five weeks to allow for reflection on lessons learned and implementation where applicable... read more
TEAM United Way Fundraising Raffle Winning Numbers
The TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Take-a-Break raffle in support of United Way raised over $2,300. The winning numbers were drawn today by Andy Weremy, IFPTE Canadian Area Vice President and President of WAPSO-IFPTE Local 162... read more
Last Chance to Get Raffle Tickets in Support of United Way!
This is your last opportunity to make a donation ($2 per ticket, 3 tickets for $5) in support of United Way for a chance to win the following great Take-a-Break prizes... read more
Collective Bargaining Committee
In preparation for negotiations and in accordance with TEAM Bylaws 17.1-17.3 we are seeking a number of members to sit on the Collective Bargaining Committee... read more
CLC Kids Camp 2015
The 2015 CLC Kids Camp will be held at Camp Nutimik in the Whiteshell, Sunday August 23rd to Friday August 28th ... read more
Call for Delegate to the 58th Convention of the IFPTE
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 will send up to three delegates by election to the 58th Convention of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)... read more
Leadership Training Seminars Facilitated by Linton Sellen
TEAM is pleased to offer the Workplace Leadership Training seminar facilitated by Linton Sellen twice this year... read more
Prairie School for Union Women 2015
Wage Increase
Effective February 20, 2015 you will receive a 1.75% pay increase, the last of three annual increases negotiated during the 2013 round of bargaining... read more
2015 Mel Myers Labour Law Conference
TEAM will release up to six members from their duties to attend the 14th Annual Mel Myers Labour Law Conference... read more
Dominick D. Critelli, Jr. Annual Scholarships
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers will be awarding three scholarships of $2,500 USD... read more
Thank You! West Broadway Youth Outreach Appeal
West Broadway Youth Outreach in Winnipeg thanks you for your donations of gifts and money and stepping in and helping out at such short notice. Your generosity made it possible to give all 92 children who attended the party a gift to unwrap, 3 books and a new pair of warm pajamas.
To read more about West Broadway Youth Outreach visit their website at: www.westbroadwayyouthoutreach.com
New and Noteworthy
Click here to read the December member update:
Pension Lawsuit Implementation Plan Decision and Payouts
On November 3, 2015, Justice Bryk approved the Implementation Plan, and as no appeal of his Decision was filed, Defined Benefit Pension Plan members will soon start to receive their share of the award... read more
2014 Board Meeting Minutes & Reports
The December 9th Board Meeting minutes and reports are now available... read more
West Broadway Youth Outreach Appeal
West Broadway Youth Outreach (WBYO) in Winnipeg has been advised, on very short notice, that the major corporate sponsor, which has in the past donated all of the gifts for the Holiday Party, is unable to do so this year... read more
Pension Lawsuit Settlement Implementation Hearing
The Pension Lawsuit Settlement Implementation Hearing is scheduled... read more
TEAM Workplace Leadership Training Facilitated by Linton Sellen
TEAM is once again pleased to offer a Workplace Leadership Training seminar facilitated by Linton Sellen... read more
DB Pension Plan Information Session Recordings
Recordings of the information sessions can now be viewed at the following links:
DB Pension Statement of Election and Estimated Benefits Declaration
It has come to our attention that a former Company employee is advising active DB Pension Plan members not to sign the MTS Pension Lawsuit Settlement Implementation - Statement and Election of Estimated Benefits Declaration... read more
Notice of TEAM-IFPTE LOCAL 161 General Meetings
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Notice of General Meetings... read more
DB Pension Plan Award Payout FAQ
I've received a number of questions regarding the DB Pension Plan Supreme Court Ruling Implementation. Following are the most frequently asked questions with answers... read more
DB Pension Plan Supreme Court Ruling Implementation Update
Late Wednesday, September 24th, TEAM signed an agreement to implement the Supreme Court's DB Pension Plan Ruling, providing enhanced benefits equal to $140 million... read more
Joint message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding Implementation Plan Agreement
Joint message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding Implementation Plan Agreement for Supreme Court Pension Plan Ruling... read more
CLC Manitoba Fall Educational Seminar
The TEAM Board has approved sending up to two members to the 2014 Fall Educational Seminar... read more
New and Noteworthy
Updates from the office; 2014 TEAM Annual Scholarships, Pension and Benefits and German car and truck maker Daimler, has implemented a new program... read more
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Annual Scholarships
The TEAM Board has made significant changes to the Annual TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Scholarships this year... read more
A Labour Day Message From President Junemann
Labour Day in Canada and in the US marks different things for different people... read more
Take-a-Break Winning Numbers
Thanks to your generosity we raised $904 for ECT!... read more
Reminder: Take a Break & Win!
Join TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 for a hot dog, drink, a bag of chips... read more
Take a Break- Hot Dog Day
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 cordially invites you to take a break and join us for a hot dog, drink and bag of chips... read more
Save the Date- Hot Dog Day
Save the Date- Hot Dog Day... read more
2014 Al Cerilli Manitoba Federation of Labour Scholarship
Applications are now being received for the 2014 Al Cerilli Manitoba Federation of Labour Scholarship... read more
Public Consulations re the Accessibility for Manitobans Act
On behalf of Yutta Fricke, Acting Executive Director, Government of Manitoba Disabilities Issues Office... read more
Joint Message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding the Supreme Court Decision
Joint Message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding the Supreme Court Decision... read more
New and Noteworthy
Updates from the office; North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and IFPTE Local 2001 wins $47 million for employees denied representation... read more
CLC Kids Camp 2014
The 2014 CLC Kids Camp will be held at Camp Nutimik in the Whiteshell... read more
$2,500 IFPTE Annual Scholarship Deadline Extended
The deadline for applications for the 2014 Dominick D. Critelli, Jr. Scholarships has been extended to April 15, 2014... read more
Joint Message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding the Supreme Court Decision
Joint Message from Unions, Retirees and MTS Regarding the Supreme Court Decision... read more
TEAM Workplace Leadership Training Facilitated by Linton Sellen
TEAM is once again pleased to offer a Workplace Leadership Training seminar facilitated by Linton Sellen on March 15 & 16, 2014, at the Lakeview Resort and Conference Centre, Gimli, Manitoba... read more
2014 Board Rates
New Board rates in effect March 1, 2014… read more
International Women's Day Steak'n Spuds Night
In celebration of International Women's Day, the Manitoba Federation of Labour Women's Committee, the Winnipeg Labour Council and the Canadian Labour Congress have organized an International Women's Day Steak'n Spuds Night... read more
2014 Mel Meyers Labour Conference
The 13th Annual Mel Myers Labour Conference will be held March 20 & 21,2014... read more
Pension Lawsuit Supreme Court Decision
We are pleased to inform you that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the initial DB Pension Plan surplus belongs to the plan members... read more
Dominick D. Critelli, Jr. Annual Scholarships
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) will be awarding three scholarships... read more
New and Noteworthy
From The Office
In the News
The TEAM and IFPTE office staff wish you and your family the best of the Season and a Happy New Year.
TEAM Election Results
The Election Committee is pleased to announce TEAM-IFPTE Local 161's new Board. Members will serve a three-year term from January 1, 2014... read more
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Today we remember and mourn the loss of 14 women murdered in 1989 at Montréal's École Polytechnique, just because they were women... read more
2013 Board Meeting Minutes & Reports
The December 3rd Board Meeting reports are now available... read more
New and Noteworthy
From The Office
TEAM Board Election � Vice-President
There will be an election for the office of TEAM Vice-President. The candidates are Qwin De Brant and Mike Taylor... read more
URGENT Appeal for Action � City�s VoIP Contract
On Wednesday November 20th, Winnipeg City Council will be voting to accept or reject the recommendation of its Administration to award the City Of Winnipeg's landline VoIP contract to an out-of-province provider. TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 will make a presentation before Council, advocating on behalf of our members outlining where we feel there were problems in the tendering criteria and decision making process. We are asking for your support... read more
New and Noteworthy
From The Office
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TEAM Annual General Meeting 2013 Webcast
The webcast has now concluded.
Call for Nominations � TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Board
In accordance with Bylaw 14 - Election Procedure, the Election Committee seeks nominations from members for positions on the TEAM-IFPTE Board. Nominations must be received by the Election Committee by November 15, 2013... read more
IFPTE statement on the Washington Navy Yard shootings
Click to read a statement from President Junemann in response to the Washington Navy Yard shootings.
Eye Exam Reimbursement for TEAM Members
You can now claim up to $80 every two years to have your eyes examined... read more
Call-out Pay for TEAM Members
Effective Monday, August 12, 2013 all past practices concerning pay for responding to a call-out where the work is performed remotely will cease, and the new rules will apply... read more
Ratification e-Vote Results
The Chief Returning Officer advises that the Memorandum of Agreement dated July 16, 2013 was accepted by a majority. 82.5% of employees in TEAM's jurisdiction voted.
Negotiations Update - Tentative Agreement Reached
Our Negotiating Committee has reached a tentative agreement with MTS on a revised Collective Agreement. Key aspects include... read more
Negotiations and Strike/Lockout Information
A quick reference list of negotiations and strike/lockout related documents and memos... read more
Directors Making Comments about TEAM
A number of members have expressed concern that their Directors are making comments about how TEAM conducts itself during negotiations in an attempt to undermine the relationship between TEAM and its members... read more
Strike Vote Results - 82.8% authorize strike action
By an overwhelming majority TEAM members have given our Negotiating Committee a strike mandate... read more
Negotiations Update - Response to Kelvin Shepherd's Email
TEAM Negotiations Update - Response to Kelvin Shepherd's Email... read more
TEAM Strike/Lockout Manual
As promised the TEAM Strike/Lockout Manual is now available here.
Pension Lawsuit Video Webcast TEAM et al. v. MTS et al.
Our lawyers did an excellent job in representing us before a panel of seven Supreme Court justices... read more
TEAM Update
Bob Linsdell, TEAM Executive Director attended the MTS Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ...read more
Negotiations Update � TEAM�s Proposals
Negotiations Update � MTS� Offer
After reviewing our monetary proposals for a day, on Friday MTS submitted their monetary offer to your Negotiating Committee ...read more
Personal Leave Days
Workplace Bullying
Statement on Sandy Hook School Shooting
IFPTE statement on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ...read more
Bargaining Survey Results
Complete results of the bargaining survey are now available; please click here to view the results.
Report to TEAM Members IFPTE Convention 2012
Unpaid Overtime an Issue for Employees & a Liability for Business
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The technique is based on the researcher's discovery involving MOFs where it was found that doping an MOF causes emission of blue and red light on interaction of the MOF with high-energy particles from nuclear radiation. This method allows for a more effective and economical detection of neutrons as current techniques are hindered by high cost and inability to completely differentiate between neutrons and background gamma rays.
The research is important from nuclear security perspective. Though the initial research on MOF was funded by Sandia's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD), the remaining work has been backed by funds from the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation research office. The new technology employs plastic scintillators which fluoresce on collision with high-energy particles. MOFs are porous in nature. This facilitates the addition of dopants to enhance the inherent scintillation properties.
The research team employed the heavy metal compound of iridium added in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) as dopant to MOFs in order to increase the light output. The team discovered that the dopants not only increased the brightness of the emitted light by scavenging the high-energy electrons that were not converted to light but also resulted in emission of light of different color. SSD thus overcomes the challenges of current radiation detection methods in distinguishing neutrons from other particles by aiding detection on the basis of emitted light color.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery is rocketing toward the international space station after more than a month of delays.
The space shuttle and its crew of seven blasted off Sunday just as the sun was setting. The shuttle is carrying a final set of solar wings for the space station that the astronauts will install.
NASA is thrilled to see Discovery finally on its way. A hydrogen leak Wednesday scrapped the first launch attempt. Before that, valve concerns kept postponing the flight that was originally scheduled to launch in mid-February.
Because of the delays, the mission has been shortened by a day and one of four spacewalks has been dropped. That's because Discovery needs to be gone from the space station before a Russian rocket lifts off to put a fresh crew at the space station March 26.
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Brad, this one wasn't me, but a friend (really, honest). He went on a date with a woman and when he dropped her off at home she invited him in. She went to the bathroom and when she came out, she was dressed in "more comfortable attire" if you know what I mean. She was between him and the door. His only way out was an open window and he took it. I always respected him for his stance on purity until marriage, and his wonderful wife of 20 + years now is his blessing.
Brad – THANK YOU! This one drives me crazy, and when it's said the situation is usually such that trying to correct it makes someone already in pain feel even worse.
You also did a great job on what this passage is supposed to mean.
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Common Core is a set of national educational curriculum guidelines that opens the door for the federal government to dictate every school's curriculum. Kansas legislators will soon consider a budget proviso that prohibits your tax dollars from being used to implement this new program.
Watch this short video explaining the problems with Common Core standards.
Common Core is estimated to cost the states $15.8 billion in the first seven years after its implementation. Common Core takes control away from state educators and it simply repeats top-down, Washington-driven strategies of the past that will only result in more money being spent on more failure.
Please contact your legislators today and urge them to vote to defund Common Core in Kansas!


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Our C++ MFC application gives the user the ability to define custom scripts in vbscript (via the VBScript engine).
Since (parts of) the application are moving to .NET anyway, and since vbscript seems to be a legacy technology, we are thinking about adding a new scripting component where the user can add his scripts as VB.NET.
Arguments for VB.NET are:
- Users already are "used to" the syntax
- Automatic conversion from vscript scripts to VB.NET scripts will be easier due to syntactic similarities
What other arguments pro (or con) VB.NET as a in-application scripting language are there?
Note that the users writing these scripts are not programmers by trade, so any alternative has to take that into consideration.


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I worry that if House District 59 candidate Bradley Lum doesn't read "affadavit type signing documents" to certify his residency for poll watching and voting purposes, if elected, he might not read "law type documents" for legislative purposes. That's something that folks tend to like their legislators to do. Of course, what conservative Republican ever let reading something and understanding it get in the way of having an opinion about it or voting on it?
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A year ago, Cameron Milks was moving from Iowa and was not sure what awaited him as he walked into Viera High.
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Visitors and members of the media look at vehicles on display at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition today in Beijing, China. / Andy Wong/Associated Press
GM plans to open 600 dealerships in China this year and nearly double production capacity despite a slowdown in sales growth, chairman Dan Akerson said Monday at the Beijing Auto Show.
China is the world's biggest auto market by vehicles sold, but sales growth slowed from 35% in 2010 to just 2% in the latest quarter. Demand has been blunted by government credit and investment controls aimed at slowing an overheated economy.
"We fundamentally believe in the strength of the Chinese market," Akerson said today.
GM will expand its dealership network from 2,900 last year to 3,500 by the end of this year, Akerson told reporters.
•RELATED: Detroit 3 rev up at Beijing auto show as No. 1 car market cools down
•RELATED: Beijing auto show: GM says Cadillac XTS sedan to be built in China
GM also plans to boost its production capacity in China to 5 million cars a year by 2016, Akerson said. That would be nearly double the 2.55 million cars and trucks GM and its Chinese partners sold in China last year.
The company's luxury Cadillac unit plans to introduce one new model a year in China, said Joseph Liu, executive vice president of GM China. He said the unit hopes to raise annual sales from 30,000 last year to 100,000 by 2016.
For this year, it will be the all-new XTS sedan, and GM announced Monday it produce the model in China.
Asked by a reporter whether GM would set up a dedicated factory to produce Cadillacs in China instead of sharing production with other GM models, Akerson said, "yes," but gave no details.
•RELATED: Ford hopes to gain ground in China with SUVs
GM expects to complete a deal to restructure its venture with its main Chinese partner and restore a 50-50 shareholding balance "in the near term," Akerson said.
The American auto giant sold Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. 1 percent of their venture in 2009 before going through a restructuring in U.S. bankruptcy court. That gave SAIC a controlling 51 percent stake and the right to record the venture's revenues on its own books.
GM says the latest deal calls for the two sides to create an operating unit that will be owned 50-50. A separate sales unit will be created, with SAIC holding 51 percent, allowing it to continue recording sales revenue on its own books.
Akerson declined to say what GM was paying to recover equal ownership. The company said in 2009 the 1 percent stake sold then was valued at $85 million.
GM also showed it next vision of an electric pod on wheels at a dinner following the first press day of the auto show.
The picture of the Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 is the latest version of two-passenger concept that is many years from being a reality.
The original concept was shown at the Shanghai auto show in 2010.
Kevin Wale, president of the GM China Group, called the EN-V 2.0 a more practical design with climate control and some storage space.
He said the 2-passenger pod will be used in pilot projects in China to gauge reaction to the electric vehicle with full telematics and wireless internet connections.
EN-V stands for Electric Networked Vehicle. It has a modular architecture so its technology can be incorporated into future vehicles, Wale said.
On a more practical note, GM started selling the Chevrolet Volt in China last month and it is being used to gauge market acceptance of electric cars, said CEO Dan Akerson.
GM officials say they are still on track to sell 5 million vehicles annually in China by 2016. The automaker sold 2.55 million vehicles to Chinese buyers in 2011 and had a record first quarter to start this year.


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So I finally cooked supper for the first time in like... A million years. To be fair, work's been crazy for us both. It's just been easier to eat out or go to mama's. But a couple months ago, Stephanie, one of our totally cool youth parents (who is from New Jersey) gave us the Sopranos Family Cookbook and I pulled it off the shelf and flipped through its pages this morning over breakfast. Today was a little easier at work so I thought, "why not cook?"
I made eggplant parmigiana with homemade sauce and fresh mozarella and romano cheeses, salad with the garlic lemon dressing, and Dawn's homemade focaccia. And it was really good. Of course, I'm easy to please with Italian food. I like it all.
Josh's daddy was in critical condition and has been out of commission with broken ribs, and now his mama's been hospitalized today so we invited them over for a respite from adulthood duties. I'm so glad they could eat with us!
I can never be thankful enough to God for giving us these 4 friends (family, actually) in our young adult years. I know so many people lose touch with their college friends after graduation and it feels good knowing we're all right here in the same neighborhood, still growing up together. It feels like a Seinfeld or Friends episode when we're around the dinner table together most nights of the week—our own little world. I hope that never changes.
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Erin, so excited I am coming to Laurel for week end. Two of my cousins and Melinda & Rachel will be there. I am staying at Wisteria. Hope I bump into you. Cynthia (Memphis Reader)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Rhode Island is officially the tenth state (in addition to the District of Columbia) that has legalized gay marriage.
This has been a 20-year struggle between gay rights advocates and the heavy Catholic population of the state. After a series of small victories that include the election of more legislators who support gay rights and legalized civil unions, same sex couples can now have legally recognized marriages.
The bill was first passed in January, which got massive amounts of support from House Speaker Gordon Fox who is gay himself. It was then given to the senate for approval, and despite facing challenges from many officials it was passed at the beginning of last week after the Senate President of Rhode Island Teresa Paiva Weed allowed members to vote on the issue even though she has personal oppositions to gay marriage.
Final approval was given by the house Thursday and was then signed by the governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee that same evening. Marriages between same-sex couples could start as soon as August 1st of this year when the bill is set to go into effect.
Hundreds of people swarmed to the Rhode Island Statehouse in celebration of the new law and even though same-sex couples will no longer to be able to get civil unions, existing ones will still be recognized for those couples who do not wish to get married just yet.
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The prominence of gay rights advocacy has been growing at a rapid rate and has consistently been in the news. France recently legalized gay marriage and us in the United States are waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling on DOMA and California's Prop 8, which are rumored to be released in late May or June. Same-sex couples are demanding equality and will not back down until they are given the rights that they deserve.


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Young and old alike are invited to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas celebration on Dec. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Oakfield Public Library.
The winner of the community coloring contest will kick off the celebration with the lighting of the village tree in front of the library at 4 p.m. We will then head indoors where you can enjoy beautiful decorations, music and fun. Guessing contest for all ages, view and vote for your favorite entry in our ornament contest, and search for the 12 clues of Christmas. Children will enjoy a visit from Santa; along with activities to entertain them in the children's area.
Hayrides through the village will be conducted to enjoy the holiday lights and displays. Hayrides will begin at dusk. Dress warmly and bring a blanket. Enjoy cookies and warm cider when you return to the library.
Showcased in the village community room are trees decorated by local businesses and organizations. Those who attend can vote for their favorite themed tree.
Dianne Bilitz, past director at the library will wrap up the festivities by reading "The Night Before Christmas" after the children have had a chance to visit with Santa.
The library will also begin it's annual Food for Fines campaign. Pay off up to $5 in Oakfield Library fines with a donation to the local food pantry. Each item is valued at 50 cents. Dry and canned food items, as well as personal care items are appreciated. The food drive will run through December. Items are distributed locally.
Browse a huge selection of holiday items available for checkout including classic and favorite movies and music. Hundreds of holiday books are available, from children's stories to adult holiday novels to cooking and crafts. Many of these titles will not go on display until the day of the party, so you will want to get them before they are gone.
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St. Clair residents Joe Kindsvater and Lee Bacheldor talk while checking out classic cars during the Community Foundation of St. Clair County Men's Night charity event Thursday at Biewer Lumber in St. Clair.
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The Community Foundation of St. Clair County had a Men's Night fundraiser Thursday at the Biewer Lumber in St. Clair.
"It's a pretty cool event, it's got classic cars and the sun for a worthy cause," Community Foundation President Randy Maiers said as he greeted people near a stuffed and mounted wolverine. "It's a lot of fun, this is a great venue." ...


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Brian Polian, the legendary recruiter, didn't hit a home run with his first recruiting class at Nevada.
In all fairness, given he had been on the job for 27 days when Wednesday's signing period began, it was a tough task. And most of his assistants have been on the job for two weeks. It's like Polian was facing the game's best sinker-ball pitcher and swinging a cracked bat.
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This new batch of gear I purchased is not like my old stuff. There is no sparkly things floating inside of it, when I inject it flows with little effort (I'm used to using both hands to force it in), and it doesn't leave the normal red hot to touch spot where I injected it? Is this normal, I keep seeing other members posting that their gear is also clean and clear, obviously their old stuff must have been like mine. Should I toss it?


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Horse-drawn carriages are becoming more popular in St. Augustine, and some owners say they need additional permits to accommodate the demand.
The city of St. Augustine only allows 30 licenses for horse drawn carriages.
One business had 15 of those permits but shut down a short time ago.
Now another business said it wants some of those permits.
CB Hinson Southern Carriages in St. Augustine has two licensed horse-drawn buggies, but driver Ken McAllister said demand is growing, so his company needs more permits.
Each permit costs $1,000.
"If we had 10 licenses, we would be doing way more rides than we are doing now, especially on weekends and holidays," McAllister said. "There are plenty of times where I will have people call for the 7:00 or 8:00 spot, but if I only have two licenses I am already booked up, and I cannot accommodate (them)."
Only a handful of horse carriages in St. Augustine currently operate with one or two permits, which mean those businesses that want more will have a limited number to qualify for, according to Mayor Joseph Boles.
"At this point there are 30 authorized carriage permits (of) which 15 are in active usage, which means that there are 15 available," Boles said. "Anyone who wishes to make a request for one just needs to do so in writing and the city will review it and issue them according to our allotment system."
McAllister said his company has already started the process of requesting more permits, and so far, they are the only ones who have applied.
The mayor said the city will review the requests at a June 9 meeting, but he was not clear on how long it would take the city to approve the permit requests.


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*Now including a few 3D models. A muscle highlighting tool and full description (ORIGIN, INSERTION, NERVE, ACTIONS).* Download and install all 1247 Gray's anatomy images to your devices and a search function for the figure title. OVERVIEW: Visual Anatomy is an interactive reference, and education tool. The full version contains more than 150 high-resolution images and more than 750 feature points which can be interactively selected. Each feature has its own label and short description. The app also has search function which can be used as searching the labels of all feature points. In additional, 6 quizzes with 150 multi-choice questions also are included. USES: This app's primary use is as a learning tool but can also be used for any professional who needs the occasional reminder. Additionally, this app is ideal for physicians, educators or professionals, allowing them to visually show detailed areas to their patients or students - helping to educate or explain conditions, ailments and injuries. FEATURES: •No internet connection is required except for downloading Gray's anatomy images.•Tap and Zoom - Pinch zoom into and identify any region, bone or other feature by tapping on the screen. •Quiz mode - test yourself with an option to switch off the label of the feature point. •Quick Navigation - jump to a different system or organ by selecting the thumbnail. •Multi-choice quiz. •High-resolution images.•Free periodic updates.CONTENTS:1. 3D organ overview. 2. One of main sections - Muscles. It have more than 120 muscles including full description (ORIGIN, INSERTION, NERVE, ACTIONS) and cover all superficial muscles and most of deep muscles. 3D muscle overview.3. One of main sections - Bones. It has all bones in the skeleton system including small bones in the neck region and has ligaments in knee and shoulder joints. 3D skeleton overview.4. Respiratory System, Lung, 5. Digestive System, Liver, 6. Urinary System,7. Nervous System, Brain, Central Nervous System, 8. Reproductive System (Male and female), 9. Senses (Finger, Hand, Ear ,Mouth, Nasal Cavity, Nose, Tongue,Human Denture)10. Circulatory system. (Principle Veins and Arteries, External Heart Anatomy, Internal Heart Anatomy)11. Endocrine SystemHOW TO USE:The user can zoom in to any area by using pinch zoom. The feature point (cross) can be selected by tapping on it. Detail button allows you to switch on/off the short description. For muscle section, detail button only show the description. Pressing the rotation button to allow you to change the view.Quiz mode button allows you to switch on/off the label and short description.SEARCH: When you input more than one characters, the search function automatically gives a list of potential key words. You can just select one of them from the list. The result will be the feature point on the anatomy image, label and short description. ** Re-download **** Also for fixing the corrupted images **Please press menu button in the main activity windows (20 icons). Select 'Download Gray' and select 'yes'.Then press the Gray anatomy icon. It should start download.If download is stopped in the middle, you set 'Download Gray setting' to 'yes' again.For Sony Ericsson xperia users !!!!!!1.Please use menu button on your phone to activate the menu option on your main acitivity windows(20 icons).2. Click the Text Transparent Setting option3. Select the Opaque option.That will solve the description cut-off problem.The setting will be saved so that you do not have to set it everytime you start the program. FEEDBACK: I'm open to suggestions so don't hesitate to send me an e-mail if you find something is missing.


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Source: Piper Jaffray
As noted by Fortune, Piper Jaffray's 25th bi-annual teen survey (PDF link) found Apple's iOS devices to be the most desirable telecom products, outperforming offerings from manufacturers using Google's Android operating system.
The wide-ranging survey, which includes metrics on everything from dining preferences to fashion, polled 1,600 teens from high-income and 3,600 teens from average-income families in classroom visits and electronic surveys.
Key findings:
- 59% of teens say they are likely to buy an iOS device (unchanged from fall) and 21% are likely to buy an Android device (was 20%)
- 48% of teens already own an iPhone, compared with 40% last fall
- 62% of teens plan on making an iPhone their next mobile device (flat vs. fall 2012)
- 23% expect to buy an Android phone, up from from 22% last fall
According to the study, 91 percent of teens said they plan on buying a smartphone for their next high-tech device, a number up from 86 percent last spring and 90 percent last fall.
As for tablets, 51 percent of respondents said they already own one, up from 44 percent last fall. Apple's iPad saw a decrease in marketshare, dropping from 72 percent to 68 percent, though 68 percent of teens said they plan to buy the device.
Apple appears to have a firm hold on the teen community, and while Android made some slight sequential gains, the overall market appears to be skewed toward iOS.


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Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was charged with violent conduct by the FA on Friday after this week's bizarre clash with a ballboy who prevented him from retrieving the ball.
The Belgian international was sent off in Wednesday's League Cup semi-final second leg at Swansea City after kicking the teenager while trying to get the ball as the ballboy laid on top of it. The player subsequently apologised.
Hazard received an automatic three-match ban for his 78th-minute red card but could now face a longer suspension. He has until Tuesday to respond to the charge.
The game ended in a 0-0 draw, sending Swansea through to next month's final 2-0 on aggregate. – Reuters
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For a heavy JavaScript web application, one of the most important things you should do before making it public is to obfuscate and compress JavaScript and CSS. The reason to do that is obvious: your app will be faster and safer.
When the web code is not optimized, it makes your visitors waste bandwidth and wait longer for the page to load. Besides, it makes your hard work easy to steal and reverse engineer.
I've tried some solutions for obfuscating and compressing JavaScript/CSS from both commercial vendor and open-source community. Here are my 2 cents about the tools.
This was the first tool I used to compress JavaScript. Claimed as the "safe" tool, it does very little in term of obfuscating codes but just replace variable, argument names with numbers as example below.
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function MyClass(){ this.foo = function(argument1, argument2){ var addedArgs = parseInt(argument1)+parseInt(argument2); return addedArgs; } var anonymousInnerFunction = function(){ // do stuff here! } } function MyFunc(){ // this is a top-level function } // we've got multiple lines of whitespace here
Run the tool with command line:
java -jar custom_rhino.jar -c infile.js > outfile.js 2>&1
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function MyClass(){ this.foo=function(_1,_2){ var _3=parseInt(_1)+parseInt(_2); return _3; }; var _4=function(){ }; } function MyFunc(){ }
You'll get about 50% reduction in code length — not too bad. I like Dojo ShrinkSafe because I've never run into trouble with codes shrunk by the tool and in most of cases I can still debug JavaScript codes after compressed (but some smart people can read your codes too).
Read more and download Dojo ShrinkSafe here or try online tool here.
YUI Compressor is a part of YUI library and in active development now. The latest version (2.3.5) was just released a few weeks ago.
Better than Dojo SS, YUI Compressor supports both JavaScript and CSS compression and I'm quite satisfied with the compression ratio (about 10% smaller than Dojo SS or JSMin).
Using this tool is much similar to Dojo SS – it's a Java command-line tool and I often write Ant scripts (see the excerpt below) in my projects to automate all concatenating/compressing tasks.
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<!--– Create feedready-all.js –--> <concat destfile="${basedir}/scripts/feedready-all.js" fixlastline=""yes"" append="no"> <filelist dir="${basedir}/scripts" files="fr_common.js, fr_feedsnap.js, fr_mod_feedreader.js, fr_mod_save.js, fr_viewer.js"/> <!--– Minify feedready-all.js into feedready-min.js–--> <java fork='true' jar="C:\yuicompressor-2.2.4\build\yuicompressor-2.2.4.jar"> <arg line="-o"></arg> </java> </concat>
I think this tool is the best one among other open-source solutions like Douglas Crockford's JSMIN, Dean Edwards' Packer and Dojo SS mentioned above.
Please go to official home page of YUI Compression for detail usage instruction.
Jasob Obfuscator offers a desktop GUI (for Windows only) that helps you easily creating "Project" for obfuscation.
This is a commercial tool used by many companies including Cisco Systems, Autodesk, Saxo Bank A/S, Swisscom AG/ Innovations etc. so you can trust the reliability of the product.
The killer feature of Jasob Obfuscator is capable of reading JavaScript/CSS code embedded in HTML, ASP, JSP, PHP, XML… pages and do obfuscation. It can also modify server-side code to match up with changes made by the obfuscation.
I haven't used this tool in a real project (I don't want the above features because I've hardly embedded long JavaScript code into server-side pages)
but my trial to compress a script file for SHA-1 hash generator resulted in a slight bigger file in comparison with the one compressed by YUI Compressor (2,945 over 2,596 bytes). However, I suppose it's not too large different.
Find more about Jasob JS/CSS Obfuscator here.
Personally, I prefer open-source solutions and find YUI Compressor is the best one in both terms of compression ratio and features it provides. It's especially convenient when used in Java-based development environment (like Eclipse, NetBeans) for I can create automated tasks with Ant.
However you may want commercial solution like Jasob Obfuscator if your project contains many JavaScript codes scattered in HTML or server pages.
I've tried to compress a script file (for SHA-1 hash) with original size of 5,752 bytes using above tools, and here is result for your consideration.
|Size (bytes)
|Compression ratio
|Original (sha1.js)
|Dojo SS compressed
|YUI Compressor compressed
|Jasob Obfuscator compressed
Of course, compression efficiency is just one factor you should consider when selecting a tool for your project.
Please download compressed script files and a test page to validate all scripts working properly after being compressed.
Update: Following guides by Jasob Support, I did a new test with the tool: generating new (shorter) names for all variables and private functions. Result is the obfuscated file of only 2,310 bytes, nearly 60% reduction in size, that makes Jasob WINNER!
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Lack of GUI shouldn't be considered a con, especially when these utilities will only be run when exe'ing your RC build or Final build ant script. If you run these against development, you destroy any ability to maintain the code. The real con here is price.
Well, is lacking of GUI a feature?
Another option is to use Include. We've been using it to make compressing and including scripts ridiculously easy. It determines which files to compress at runtime and automatically compresses them using Dean Edwards' Packer. You'll never have to write another one-time server-side compression script again.
Check it out at http://javascriptmvc.com/include. I hope you find it as useful as we have.
@Brian: Your project looks very impressive but I still concern about Dean Edwards' Packer for potential security risk, JS safety and execution performance.
How do you think?
@Jimmy: Very valid concerns. However, we turn off the use of eval in Packer. The compression is due to variable name shrinking, whitespace reduction, and combining all your separate scripts into one. So the security and safety concerns aren't an issue. I'm not totally sure what you mean by execution performance. As far as compression rate, Packer is up there with the best compressors.
If you'd prefer YUICompressor, we do support a solution for that also. You use Include to produce the ordered list of files for compression, put this in a text file on your server, and run the Ruby compression script we've made, which uses YUI Compressor by default. Since the YUI Compressor is written in Java, it doesn't work in the client like Packer does. You can substitute YUI Compressor for any compressor you fancy. There's more info on that, as well as a download link, at the main page: http://javascriptmvc.com/include.
Good questions! If you have any more, let me know.
Thanks for your insightful explanation. I'll try to integrate "include" into one of my projects for in-depth knowledge of how it works. Probably, I'll have a review on it soon.
Jasob has the BEST compression efficiency. The size of the obfuscated file (sha1.js) of 2,945 bytes is WRONG. The correct file size after obfuscating it with Jasob is 2.243 bytes which clearly makes Jasob a winner in this comparison. To achieve best compression ratio, names from both name lists should be first marked for obfuscation and then new names should be generated from the main menu (Obfuscate -> Generate New Names) or obfuscation process should be started (Obfuscate -> Obfuscate). Please update comparison table with correct obfuscated file size (2.243 bytes) for Jasob obfuscator.
Thanks for pointing out the functionality. I did a new test: generating new names for all variables and private functions. My result is the obfuscated file size of 2,310 bytes. Jasob is WINNER!
Thank you for updating test results. In the given example (index.html and sha1.js files) you can simply mark ALL names for obfuscation which would give you even better results (2,243 bytes for the obfuscated sha1.js file). Please remove or modify the following in your Jasob review as it is simply not correct: "…but my trial to compress a script file for SHA-1 hash generator resulted in a slight bigger file in comparison with the one compressed by YUI Compressor (2,945 over 2,596 bytes). However, I suppose it's not too large different." and in the Cons section "…NOT the best compression ratio".
I don't think selecting everything for obfuscation is wise choice. You may want keep public function names as original, especially in case of SHA-1 lib. Of course, I know that if we use Jasob for a project, all other pages will "know" obfuscated function names so we can choose to obfuscate all. Correct me if I'm wrong.
That depends on your project and your preferences. By obfuscating all names (or as much as you can) you will not only make obfuscated file size smaller but overall obfuscation will also be better. Sure, if you have JavaScript library that you want to distribute to other developers then you may choose not to obfuscate certain public functions or global variables which at the same time doesn't mean that end user (developer) cannot obfuscate those public functions and variables as well. Regarding the summary in your review, part of the sentence "…and find YUI Compressor is the best one in both terms of compression ratio" is not correct. Thanks.
The point is that YUICompressor can automatically detect what to obfuscate while Jasob requires you to do it manually. That's why the results could be the worst (2,945 bytes) or the most-optimized (of 2,243 bytes – but not the best for public variable and function names would be lost.)
That's not true, Dave. In Jasob you can use various criteria to automatically mark or unmark certain names for obfuscation, including automatically unmarking global names (variables and functions) for obfuscation. There's no way an application could automatically detect which global variables or functions can be obfuscated and which cannot because there's simply no such information inside a single .js file as you are saying YUICompressor is doing. What do you mean by "worst results"? We don't know how the author of this review initially came up with obfuscated file size of 2,945 bytes. Worst results could be without obfuscating any name and without removing comments and whitespaces. At the end, any given .js file will be part of an application and then this distinction between pubic and private variable and function names would be irrelevant in the terms of the obfuscation process which will give you the opportunity to obfuscate all those public names as well and with Jasob you can do that.
Very good article. It would be great if the author can include dean edwards packer also as part of the benchmark.
i think you missed dean packer, it's good enough to teach script kiddies not to steal someone's javascript files (only js), you can find it here: http://dean.edwards.name/packer/
Better than YUI or closure it is javaencrypt try it ! is Free http://javaencrypt.com/javascript-obfuscator/index.php?lang=en
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For Tomcat4.0, I made the security zone(directoriers) using
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