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In a perfect world, there would be no such thing as software rework. We would get the object model right the first time. The waterfall approach to development would work just fine. But alas, we don't live in a perfect world. That's why we continue to seek better ways to build our software systems.
As realists, we acknowledge that no one process, technique, language, or platform is good for all situations. We increase the number of tools in our repertoire so that when we need that special tool or technique, we are well-prepared to use it. The history of our industry is rife with examples of improvements in our approach to building software, from the introduction of high-level languages, structured programming, and the object-oriented approach, to the development of spiral and iterative methods, and so on. One of the latest entrants in this lineup is aspect-oriented programming (AOP), which represents one facet of aspect-oriented software development (AOSD). In this month's column, I'll provide an overview of AOP and offer some observations on its promise, what we need to do to realize that promise, and some issues and obstacles along the way. We'll learn a little bit about AOSD, too.
What is AOP?
Aspect-oriented programming is one of those ideas that seems new but has actually been around for quite a while. Many people contributed to the body of knowledge available today, and many can lay claim to being a founder. The person most commonly associated with AOP is Gregor Kiczales, currently at the University of British Columbia, where he works on software modularity research. From 1984 to 1999, Kiczales worked on AOP at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and was a leader in developing implementations of it.
The best way to describe AOP is by example. Suppose you were responsible for maintaining a large software system that managed the payroll and personnel functions for your organization. What if management issued a new requirement that you create a log of all changes to an employee's data? This would include payroll changes, such as a change in the number of deductions, raises, overtime, and so on. It would also include any changes to the employee's title, personal data, and any other information associated with an employee. How would you go about meeting this requirement?
Most people, in the absence of a better way, would search through the code and insert calls to a logging method in appropriate places. If the system were well-designed and constructed, the code might require changes in only a few places. For most systems, though, insertions would be necessary in many places. If the system were object-oriented, we might build a logging class and then use an instance of it to handle the logging. We might need a hierarchy of classes to handle different files and databases. Attempting to fulfill the requirement in this way would not be a trivial job, and it would not be easy to ensure that we'd made all of the necessary insertions, either.
Even if we had a superior, object-oriented system implementation, we would encounter some problems. In their book, Mastering AspectJ,⢠Joseph Gradecki and Nicholas Lesiecki note that OO systems often produce classes that are difficult to change, and code that can't be reused and is difficult to trace through (i.e., numerous inter-object messages make it difficult to follow a logical thread for the code).1
Cross-cutting concerns
The type of logging required in our example is a cross-cutting concern. It cannot be isolated or encapsulated in one or two specific classes; the logging involves changes in many places across the system. Our desire is to keep the system maintainable, and therefore we want our logging approach to keep the code as clean and simple as possible. We would also like to avoid significant structural changes to the system's architecture. So how do we implement a cross-cutting concern such as logging? We could refactor all of the code by creating a logging class and performing the appropriate insertions. However, in a large system, this would be a time-consuming, error-prone job.
AOP is designed to handle cross-cutting concerns by providing a mechanism, the aspect, for expressing these concerns and automatically incorporating them into a system. AOP does not replace existing programming paradigms and languages; instead, it works with them to improve their expressiveness and utility. It enhances our ability to express the separation of concerns necessary for a well-designed, maintainable software system. Some concerns are appropriately expressed as encapsulated objects, or components. Others are best expressed as cross-cutting concerns.
The logging example in AspectJ
Let's continue looking at the logging problem and see how it might be solved using AspectJ, an AOP implementation that extends the Java language. AspectJ is perhaps the best known and most widely used AOP implementation. Even if you are not familiar with Java, you should be able to understand the major ideas I will present below.
Figure 1 depicts one way we might structure our modification of the system. The Finance system has an interface and several methods for updating an employee's financial data. The names of the methods all begin with the word
update (e.g.,
updateFederalTaxInfo), and each financial update takes an Employee object as an argument. Employees' personnel information is also updated through an Employee object, using the methods shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Classes involved in updating employee information
We can describe, in prose, what we need to do. Every time we call any of the updating functions and the update succeeds, we write a logging message. For simplicity, we will say that we print a logging message to the standard output. In the real system we would write to a log file. We would take three steps to implement our solution in AspectJ:
- Identify places in the code where we want to insert the logging code. This is called defining join points in AspectJ.
- Write the logging code.
- Compile the new code and integrate it into the system.
I will describe each of these steps in the next three sections.
Define the join points
A join point is a well-defined point in the code at which our concerns crosscut the application. Typically, there are many join points for each concern. If there were just one or two, we could manually change the code with little effort.
In AspectJ, we define join points by grouping them into pointcuts. (The AspectJ syntax is rich, and we will not attempt to describe it completely here.) To start, we define two pointcuts, one each for grouping the join points in the Employee class and the IEmployeeFinance component. The following code defines the two pointcuts:
pointcut employeeUpdates(Employee e): call(public void Employee.update*Info()) && target(e);
pointcut employeeFinanceUpdates(Employee e) : call (public void update*Info(Employee)) && args(e);
The first pointcut, named
employeeUpdates, describes all join points where we call an Employee object's method that begins with the string
update and ends with the string
Info, and has no arguments. It also specifically identifies the method as defined in the Employee class through the
target designator. The second pointcut,
employeeFinanceUpdates, describes all join points where there is a call to any method that begins with
update, ends with
Info, and has one argument of type Employee. Together, these two pointcuts define all of the join points with which we are concerned. If we add more updating methods to the Employee class or the IEmployeeFinance component, calls to them will automatically be included in the pointcuts, as long as we maintain the same naming conventions. This means
that we do not have to deliberately include logging code every time we add an updating method.
Write the logging code
The code that implements logging is similar to any method in Java, but it is placed in a new type, called an aspect. The aspect is the mechanism we use to encapsulate code related to a specific concern. The implementation of the aspect for logging employee changes might look like the following:
public aspect EmployeeChangeLogger { pointcut employeeUpdates(Employee e) : call( public void Employee.update*Info()) && target(e);
pointcut employeeFinanceUpdates(Employee e) : call( public void update*Info(Employee)) && args(e);
after(Employee e) returning : employeeUpdates(e) || employeeFinanceUpdates(e) { System.out.println("\t>Employee : " +e.getName() + " has had a change "); System.out.println("\t>Changed by " + thisJoinPoint.getSignature()); } }
First, notice that the aspect structure is similar to a class in Java. The aspect is typically placed in its own file, just like a Java class. Although the usual method is to include the previously defined pointcuts here in the aspect code, as we have done, we could instead include them closer to code containing the join points.
Following the pointcuts, we have a section of code that is similar to a method in regular Java code. This is called advice in AspectJ. There are three different types of advice: before, after, and around. They execute before the join point, after the join point, and instead of the join point, respectively. There are many variations you can use to customize your advice. In our example, we choose to perform the logging immediately after the updating method in the join point returns. Notice also that we combined the two pointcuts by naming each of them immediately after the colon in the advice header and connecting them with a logical (or.) We were able to do this easily because both pointcuts have an Employee parameter.
Two statements in the advice print out the fact that the employee's information was changed, along with the name of the employee. This is easy to arrange, since the affected employee object is passed in as an argument to the advice. The second statement identifies the exact join point where the advice is executed and makes use of the AspectJ
JoinPoint class. Whenever advice executes, it has an associated join point referenced by
Compile and test
Now that we have written the code for logging, we need to compile it and integrate it into the existing system. For our example, we have implemented two classes: Employee and EmployeeFinance. We also have a simple test class with a main method, as shown below:
public static void main(String[] args) {
Employee e = new Employee("Chris Smith");
// Do something to change some of the employee's
// information here.
This code runs just fine without any AOP implementation. For our example, the bodies of all the update methods just contain a print statement. When we run this example we get the following output:
Updating job information
Updating office information
Updating federal tax information
Updating state tax information
In order to incorporate our aspect into the system, we add the aspect source code to the project and build with the AspectJ compiler,
ajc. The compiler takes each aspect and creates class files that contain the advice code. Then, calls to the appropriate methods in these class files are woven into the original application code. With the current release of AspectJ, this weaving takes place at the Java bytecode level, so there are no intermediate source files you can look at to see the final code. However, you can decompile the Java bytecode if you are curious.
I use the Eclipse environment for development, and the AspectJ plug-in takes care of invoking the compiler with the proper arguments. Once we have compiled the project with the AspectJ compiler, we get the following output:
Updating job information
>Employee : Chris Smith has had a change
>Changed by void employee.Employee.updateJobInfo()
Updating office information
>Employee : Chris Smith has had a change
>Changed by void employee.Employee.updateOfficeInfo()
Updating federal tax information
>Employee : Chris Smith has had a change
>Changed by void employee.EmployeeFinance.updateFederalTaxInfo(Employee)
Updating state tax information
>Employee : Chris Smith has had a change
>Changed by void employee.EmployeeFinance.updateStateTaxInfo(Employee)
Now we know which employee had information changed, and where the changes were made. The logging could certainly be much more elaborate, but the basic technique would not change.
What does this all mean to you?
Aspect-oriented technology has many potential benefits. It provides a way of specifying and encapsulating cross-cutting concerns in a system. This might, in turn, allow us to do a better job of maintaining systems as they evolve â and we do know that they will evolve. AOP would let us add new features, in the form of concerns, to existing systems in an organized manner. The improvements in expressiveness and structure might allow us to keep systems running longer, and to incrementally improve them without incurring the expense of a complete rewrite.
AOP may also be a great addition to quality professionals' toolboxes. Using an AOP language, we might be able to test application code automatically without disturbing the code. This would eliminate a possible source of error.
We are in the early stages of understanding the full potential of AOSD. It seems clear that the technology offers enough benefits to warrant further exploration and experimentation. How far are we from everyday usage of AOP languages for application development? It depends on whom you ask.
Now that we've seen some benefits, let's look at some of the risks concerning AOSD as well as what is needed to bring it into the software development mainstream. The next sections discuss these issues.
Quality and risks
Having looked at AOSD from a quality viewpoint and done a little exploring with AspectJ, I've seen potential risks along with the benefits. I will discuss three issues that illustrate some of the challenges we may face with respect to quality as AOSD becomes more popular.
The first issue is how we will need to modify our process to accommodate AOP. One of the most effective techniques for detecting software defects is through code inspections and reviews. During a review, a team of programmers critiques code to determine if it meets its requirements. With object-oriented programs, we can review classes, or sets of related classes, and reason about them. We can look at the code and determine if it handles unexpected events properly, has logical flaws, and so on. In an OO system, each class completely encapsulates the data and behavior of a specific concept.
With AOP, however, we can no longer reason about a class just by looking at the code for it. We do not know whether the code might be either augmented by advice from some aspect or completely replaced by such advice. To be able to reason about an application's code, we must be able to look at the code from each class as well as the code for any aspects that might affect the class's behavior. However, it is possible that the aspects have not been written yet. If that is so, then how much can we truly understand about the behavior of the application class's code when we consider it in isolation?
In fact, the way to think about correctness in AOP code is the inverse of how we consider it for object-oriented programming (OOP) code. With OOP, we go from inside out: We consider a class, make assumptions about its context, and then reason about its correctness, both in isolation, and in terms of how it will interact with other classes. With AOP, we need to look from the outside in, and determine the effects of each aspect on every possible join point. Determining how to reason correctly about AOP, and developing the appropriate techniques and tools to help us, is a rich research area.
A second, more practical issue regarding the potential widespread adoption of AOP is the development of tools and techniques for testing, especially unit testing. Because code may be changed by an aspect, unit tests that run perfectly on a class may behave quite differently when the class is integrated into an AOP system. The following example illustrates this point.
As you probably know, a stack is a data structure that is used to add and remove items in a last-in, first-out manner. If you push the numbers 2, 4, and 6 onto a stack and then pop the stack twice, you will get 6 and 4, in that order. Writing a unit test for a Stack class is straightforward. We can read the requirements specification and the code and do a very good job of ensuring that the implementation is correct. One of the first things I did when I began to look at AspectJ was to implement a stack and see what I could do with aspects to change the behavior. I implemented a simple change: Increment each item by 1. This is very easy to do. Now, my unit test -- which pushes 2, 4, and 6 onto the stack and pops the top two elements off to verify that they are 6 and 4 -- fails. The code that the unit test is testing did not change, yet the behavior changed. Instead of 6 and 4, the results are now 7 and 5.
This is a trivial example, and one that probably would not occur in a real-life situation. But it shows that a malicious programmer can cause a lot of harm quite easily. Even if we ignore malicious programmers, many defects occur because there are unwanted side effects of changes we make. It might be very difficult to ensure that an aspect implemented for very valid reasons does not have unwanted effects on existing program functionality.
The third issue is the testing process itself. Once we have a set of tools and techniques, how do we modify our testing process to use these effectively and support our overall development goals? Although this issue may not be a major one, I believe it will need to be addressed before we can really do a good job of testing software built with aspects.
Other barriers to AOSD adoption
Quality issues may be the biggest deterrents to adopting AOSD methods, but they are not the only ones.AOSD is a new paradigm. As did other paradigms when they were new (e.g., object-oriented software development), this one will take time to be adopted widely because it involves a learning curve. First we must learn basic techniques and mechanics, then advanced techniques, and then how to best apply the techniques and when they are most appropriate.
Tools will play a major part in industry adoption of AOP. In addition to compilers and editors, we need tools to help us reason about systems, identify potential cross-cutting concerns, and help us test in the presence of aspects. As we find methods to help us represent the systems better, such as representing aspects in UML, our tools must evolve to support these methods.
Although I discussed AspectJ in this article, it is neither the only AOP implementation nor the only one for Java. Furthermore, other paradigms similar to AOP are also emerging. The multi-dimensional separation of concerns paradigm, for example, has been under development at IBM Research, and an implementation is available in the HyperJ tool (http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/hyperj). Using any new paradigm is risky until standard implementations are established for the languages you work with. AspectJ, for instance, is a still-evolving AOP implementation. The danger is that you may develop software that incorporates cross-cutting concerns, and your implementation approach will either cease to be supported or will change significantly.
Moving toward a better way to build software
Clearly, we have a way to go in developing tools and processes to make AOP viable for everyday use. However, I do not believe that any of the issues I have discussed in this article represent insurmountable problems. I do believe that when we have developed a proven set of tools and processes for AOP, we will have a better way to build software than we do today.
As Barry Boehm said about agile processes, 2 we must approach AOP with care. Whether we are early adopters or we wait for this technology to become more mainstream, we need to ensure that our software investment will provide acceptable returns today and in the future. That's just good business sense.
If you are interested in AOSD and AOP, here are some places to start your investigation.
Communications of the ACM, October 2001, has many articles on AOSD.
(Improve Modularity with Aspect-oriented Programming,) by Nicholas Lesiecki provides a good overview: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-aspectj/.
(Test Flexibility with AspectJ and Mock Objects,) by Nicholas Lesiecki shows how AOP can be used to help with unit testing: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-aspectj2/?open&l=007,t=gr
Mastering AspectJ, by Joseph D. Gradecki and Nicholas Lesiecki, is a book published by John Wiley, 2003.
For a more detailed list of resources, visit my Web page at WPI: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~gpollice/Interests/AOSD.html
1 Mastering AspectJ, by Joseph D. Gradecki and Nicholas Lesiecki, John Wiley, 2003, p. 8.
2 "Get Ready for Agile Methods, with Care", Barry Boehm, IEEE Computer, January, 2002.
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Another good one last night that had a bit of action, a bit of sex, coke on tits and everything. Unbelievable.
It kicks off right away with Derryn Hinch asking Carl if he's worried about being a prime target for a hit. He just says 'Don't miss'. I loved it.
But with all the coppers hearing all these conversations, it mystifies me why they didn't move on Carl sooner. Jesus it took a long time. They'll probably say 'oh we were getting lawyer's advice' and what not. But they must have been hearing about drug deals. They could have at least conspiracy to supply drugs.
The Kim Gyngell character is perfect. He's got a rubbery face, he's shaking like a junkie with a rough looking tatt on his hand. He's playing a perfect part. We don't know who he is because the courts won't release his name yet, but he's no doubt been a witness against Carl at some point.
He probably got a reduced sentence for giving evidence against Carl. I think what they've done, and it's just conjecture, is they've got all these guys lined up to give evidence on Carl. Carl's then pleaded guilty on four murders and got 38 years. So all these guys would have gotten a discount for testifying for pleading guilty and assisting the police. You get a 25 per cent discount for pleading guilty and another 25 per cent for assisting police. So Gyngell would get 50 per cent off, which is not bad for a junkie rat.
Benji's wake is a typical one. They're all half full of piss and saying Benji was a true friend and you could get a drink and go for a root with him. That scene seemed pretty close to the truth about how they treat death.
In fact, I rang Mick Gatto yesterday and he said same thing about Benji. He liked the little fella. He spoke very highly of him and said Benji was friendly and nice and the type of bloke you'd be attracted to.
On the show Carl says Gatto drew Benji to himself with the offer of girls, money and drugs. This would be wrong because Mick's always been there as a problem solver to keep them under control. And it was with Carl that Benji was lured to sex, money and girls so we see Carl was just losing the plot.
Every scene Carl is in we see him getting more rathouse. He's bloated and red. He's a coke freak. He's yelling at Roberta. He's turning into a completely depraved rat.
And the worse he gets, the less control police have. The female cop says they can't control the crime, while Carl talks about getting reinforcements and to kill Lewis Moran and Condello — who he says are living on borrowed time.
The coke and tits scene is a big one. One of the best scenes in the episode last night. Tits would have been good enough without having to pour coke on them. Carl must have had a fair bit of the stuff, pouring it out like that. He'd have gotten it everywhere.
Not even an animal would do that. It was pure decadence. It shows the money they were producing from the eccy and coke business. Unbelievable how much money it was generating.
It was interesting that Lewis Kane offers his services to Carl to kill Condello, but Carl wanted someone more experienced. Obviously he doesn't think much of him. But then maybe he just doesn't know him well enough because he hadn't been out of jail that long. Kane did that 12 year stretch for murder, so he and Carl aren't close enough yet.
When you get people to kill for you, you put your life in their hands. If they get caught, they'll have a huge carrot dropped in front of them to avoid getting life in prison.
Lewis Kane was certainly training like mad, though. He was going berserk with those Nunchakus. Like he was flagellating himself.
Then Condello calls and asks why he's biting the hand that feeds him. We see Kane's state of mind if unravelling. He hasn't been the same since Benji's death.
Condello tells him that Benji was a drug riddled idiot. Kane pulls a gun to show how tough he is and Condello tells him they're all animals.
Lewis Moran is killed shortly after and it was a bit underwhelming. Hinch just gets the scoop and announces it. Not much was made of it.
Judith Moran gives Butterworth a gobfull over it. It must have affected Butterworth because the female cops says he nearly resigned. He was just fed up with it all. The media accuse him of not trying hard enough and just letting them kill themselves.
To me I'd describe Buterworth as out of his depth. He always says 'woo, hang on, have a biscuit', or 'we don't have budget'. He's just got no real drive.
And that other senior cop, we have no idea who he is and it's a bit confusing. Why is he even there, he doesn't do anything. Is he a Superintendent? Butterworth is the Detective Inspector in charge of the task force. The other bloke is just an oxygen thief.
I wonder if the older bloke is meant to be Simon Overland. Overlan got all the credit for Parahna. They call him the latern — not very bright and needs to be carried. He was the Assistant Commissioner with AFP and put there to help Vic Pol.
If it is Overland, then I don't know why they'd make him look so different. There's no similarity in appearance because Overland is a young bloke. He'll probably take over as Commissioner when Nixon and her tent move on.
Condello is extremely worried about the safety of himself and his family. He tells his wife and kids that they're safer if he doesn't come home.
You see when Condello and the others are drinking and he says the Jacks are sitting back and Carl is knocking them off one by one. He's the only one who seems to notice, so he tells the big bald bloke 'find someone who can kill Carl Williams'.
They're all running around panicking. It goes to show you can't just ring up and say 'I need a bloke killed'. Only blokes like Carl knew these types of rats because he's running with them and they're all snorting like mad and he can get people to kill.
But the Carlton crew are different style of crook. They don't run with that type of scum.
Carl eventually decides Kane can go ahead and kill Condello, so he sizes up the joint when he goes there with Sara. Then he decides he needs back up. That's when Gyngell comes into the picture and another bloke with a hood. A hood with a hood.
They plan it and then there's a double cross. Gyngell tells Mario that Kane is gunna kill him. But then Gyngell says he'll kill Kane. What a mess. Rats everywhere. You don't know who you can trust anymore at this point because they're all fkn mad.
When Kane is getting ready to do the Mario hit, he talks to Sara and tells her that he loves her. I though that was sweet. Then he flicks his gun open and checks his cartridges. He's ready. It's leading up to him getting knocked. We see Mario scared everytime he's in the carpark. It's like he knows Kane is coming.
But then Kane and Gyngell have a fight. No doubt Kane is fit. Gyngell looks a bit shakey. He gets beaten so Gyngell gets that double barrel shotgun and gives it to Kane at pointblank range. There was no missing. He gives him a big gobful too.
I wish I could read my notes on what he says to Kane because it was a good spray. I used to write 130 words a minute of shorthand and still think I can. Except I can't read any of it. We used to have to go to the Domain where the soapboxes are to take notes on what the Commies were saying. I'd be sent down with a couple from Special Branch in their trenchcoats and they'd all know who we were. They'd say 'Hey stupid, are you getting all this down or should I go slower?'. Then they'd talk really fast.
At the crime scene for Kane, Detective Owen realises Kane is the guy Carl's been calling. It's another piece of the puzzle but it doesn't matter because he's dead. But it shows he couldn't have been killed by Carl because he's been talking to him.
Then Gyngell admits it was self defence. He's obviously a junkie. Hands are shaking. A bloody hopeless case.
Carl rings Sara and says he's sorry Kane is dead. He wouldn't know it was Gyngell. He told Kane about Gyngell. Gyngell was obvious desperate. He wanted all the money himself so he thinks he'll do all Carl's work and take the money.
Carl's then jumping on a trampoline and it's basically the end. Gyngell and his mate are found guilty of murdering Lewis Kane.
Next week they want to try and prove the cops are corrupt and Butterworth looks a bit crook and needs an ambulance.
We wait with baited breath for next week. And then we can watch the DVD set from May 8.
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Gday rog,hows it going?
Just wondering(and I'm not having a lend of u here)if you have seen the film called No Country for Old Men?If so,did you rate it?Me thinks you would of liked that type of action going on with those crazy Mexicans?
Wed 30 Apr 08 (06:47pm)
Roger can you discuss the involvement of the bikie gangs. Initially they were all over the screen and now they are nowhere to be seen. If I was Karl wouldn't I get the bikie gangs involved or was that just the Moran side of things. I once saw a very long convoy ride down to Long Bay that took ages to drive by. What is the deal there. How do the guards put up with them? How many would get to go inside? Is it my imagination but every 2nd car is a cop car wanting to pull me over around there.
Thu 01 May 08 (10:03am)
Do you belive if the police had acted faster they would have saved more lives
Thu 01 May 08 (11:38am)
One more on Lewis Moran! Why is so much time spent on Lewis Moran throughout the series and in the media and when it comes to the shooting, they spend little time on it? All the shooting happens from the security footage. It was such a disappointment.
One whole episode of Condello hiding. The eery silence, nobody around and still he didn't get shot. You are cruel Underbelly!
Onto Mick and Fat Boys assets. I know a guy who spent time in jail because of dealing of drugs and they took all his assets because he couldn't prove he earnt that money through working. When did these all laws occur and why didn't they hit Mick and Fat boy and take all their assets. YOu know, really come down on them. Police FORCE - I don't think so. Yet they follow me in their car...I'm just a good old WRX driver!
Thu 01 May 08 (12:03pm)
Hi Roger, earlier in the series Carl Williams was charged with possessing a pill press and a heap of drugs. Surely he was done for manufacturing a commercial amount of drugs which normally carries a lengthy gaol sentences. Do you know how long he did in gaol for this?
It appears he got a very soft sentence which allowed him to come out and get straight back into drug dealing. Surely some blame should go towards the Judges who were responsible for his sentence?
I am sure during your career you would have been faced with the same circumstances where crooks who should have been still locked up got out early and committed further serious crimes?
Thu 01 May 08 (12:49pm)
G'day Roger,
Thanks for taking the time to commentate on this show, as its really interesting hearing your point of view as apposed to the actual show itself.
I am also currently reading the Underbelly book & it seems as though there are plenty of differences between the 2.
Do you feel that this is due to the uncertainty around some things that did & didnt happen - ie, dead mean cant tell stories & a deliberate attempt to 'sex up'the show - not that it would be a bad thing, as I reckon this is about the best show on TV for ages.
Also, whilst you couldnt really describe any of the parties as innocent or clean, it would appear that Mick Gatto was/is probably 1 of the cleanest of the entire group & was genuinly upset when Benji was killed. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks again for your input.
Thu 01 May 08 (04:21pm)
Just a couple of Q's
1) Do you keep in contact with Bill Duff? What's he upto?
2) Do you intend to keep doing your show with Chopper Read and co.? When is the next show?
3) Are you available as an MC for private functions? How do I get in contact with you?
4) You've always maintained your innocence at those allegations of corruption. Yet since leaving the cops you still knock around with some pretty dodgy characters. Why? Do you still maintain that you were a good cop treated badly?
5) If you could re-live your life what would you do differently?
Thu 01 May 08 (04:30pm)
Dodger - I've been trying for weeks to ask you a question but they won't let me, so I'll see how this goes. Anyway, Were there any blokes you genuinely feared when you were patrolling the streets? Rent-a-Kill sounded mad, particularly when he was on the gear, but did you fear him? Lanfranchi seems as though he was scared of you. It seems to me that some blokes were scary because they were unpredictable, whilst some blokes thought they were tough, 'plastic gangsters' as Chopper calls them. Do you think you would have been scared of Chopper if you busted him in the 70's?
Thanks mate
Thu 01 May 08 (04:34pm)
Hey Roger thought I would stop in and say hello along with dad (cliff) passing on his regards. Mate things weren't like this when the late frank hakim was around the good days; dad thought very highly of him and also respects you. Should catch up soon for mums short black coffee.
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I'm reading all these posts and I can't find anything interesting posted on the drug itself XL184
All I can see is a sea of pathetic hope and encouragements.
Mothra, I'm sorry, I've just read that you're long from 5.85 and since then you're the most arduous long I've ever seen without giving any support to your hypothesis. I sure hope you lose all your gains.
No, i don't have any position in the stock, long or short, good luck.
Why would you wish that for someone.
I think there is a Phd thesis for anybody who wants to study this.
appreciate your wise remark.
finally someone makes sense on this board
Biotech runner,
You are absolutely entitled to your opinions (as are others on the board). Given the anonymous nature of posting you are correct that short of providing name and credentials, its hard for anyone to claim to be mroe right than anyone else (one of the interesting aspects of the internet, credibility comes over time rather than based on a diploma or time served in a particular capacity). It is also true that everyone has possible conflicts when discussing an investigational agent: 1) the company stands to make a profit if a drug is approved and can raise money with less dilution if the stock price is higher, hence the reason to take company PR with a grain of salt.
2) Academics have an interest in being in on "the next big thing". Being lead author on a pivotal study can make a career.
With that said, academics serve as a bit of a balance because to some extent they are endorsing the results when they speak on behalf of a company. The risk of course is that they may not have seen the totality of the data but a small amount they are being asked to comment upon. Even so, having seen the nature of these industry/academic presentations, and having spoken to at least one of the investigators at the meeting in Berlin, there is a sense that there is something real going on with XL184 in these prostate patients. How this will translate into success for XL is a tougher question and not really the realm for the panel they assembled to address.
From my perspective, all on the board are free to interpret the public information in anyway they want and make investing decisions accordingly as you apparently have done. I would caution any biotech investor (XL bulls and bears) from believing they have a sure thing as both handicapping clinical trials and the market can prove rather humbling.
Good luck with your position, personally I've given my thoughts about what will happen with this company and why though what it means for the stock price is a challenge to say.
So, in an answer to your earlier post, as best as I can tell, Ernie has been a long term consistent and informative poster. You will take more time and better denmeanor to achieve that status in my opinion.
The "Wiz"
and if you're really 60, go have yourself checked in an adult home and play checkers instead of getting burned for some cash, let others play with the stock market.
Really? And you are? who are you exactly? Can you give us your name and address?
What do you expect on a message board? Did you want to talk to real people or just talk to made up and hidden names.
Again, clarify it to all of us, how is that 'options' conspiracy theory work? or you're just not making any sense.
"So did the researchers. When they started seeing the reversion of the bone mets, they started trying to figure out what they were doing wrong. After all, there are no drugs that reverse bone mets. So they did a series of things to test the results."---zipjet
Yes they did, and I was questioning how we could get false negatives myself. I happened to overlook the obvious arthritic changes in the feet of these bone scans, while bone mets are disappearing. I think that is some pretty conclusive evidence myself that the drug just isn't disrupting phosphate uptake in of itself. This was mentioned on the conference call, and certainly makes sense.
Yes I'm a pretty big bull here, but this is pretty phenomenal, and something I didn't expect to this degree. Mostly just hoping for some resolutions after the initial anecdotal bone scan finding.
I really don't care if you listed the entire Medical Society in this post, lol
<<My claim with EXEL is that they cooked up the results to pump up the price. I question those bone scans. I question their promising results. that's all. If you agree with me or not, I don't care. take it or leave it.>>
Two of the clinicians reporting those "falsified" bone scans are former ODAC board members. You can't be serious or at the very least you can't expect to be taken seriously. We should believe you instead of these guys???
Jose Baselga, MD, PhD
Chief of the Division of Hematology / Oncology
Associate Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Philip Kantoff, MD
Chief, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Chief Clinical Research Officer Director
Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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>> I question those bone scans.
So did the researchers. When they started seeing the reversion of the bone mets, they started trying to figure out what they were doing wrong. After all, there are no drugs that reverse bone mets. So they did a series of things to test the results.
But the bone mets were reversing and they could NOT find some mistake that was causing a false signal.
maybe I generalize, but sometimes simplicity is what works
Let's forget about ARNA for a second. As I said, you can't warn anyone of a future event, like monthra, who claims EURO futures will be soon 1.4 ( I think she gave it a week...lol). My warning was to them: don't put all money in one basket. Anyway, I'm talking around 8k that they lost.
My claim with EXEL is that they cooked up the results to pump up the price. I question those bone scans. I question their promising results. that's all. If you agree with me or not, I don't care. take it or leave it.
What I can't stand is attacks which all made against. How can everyone believe one PR statement?
From personal experience I know you can cure cancer through surgery and heavy preventive medication/cure/ change of life style, etc. Once cancer takes over you, it'll be hard to reverse tumor, that I also know by seeing from real life situations.
If XL could reverse tumor, it would have been discovered by now; just think how long they have been researching this compound.
Again, I don't want to warn anyone, so leave me alone already and let's kill this thread, it's getting ridiculous. All I asked for is more scientific talk, not buy-out gibberish, not it's going to 100 . Do whatever you want to do, your few shares won't influence pps in either way. I could care less for your money. I only care for mine.


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Watch the video from the 2014 Board of Governors Dinner, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Young Leaders Program
The Young Leaders Program was established in 2004 to enhance cross-cultural opportunities for young scholars and foreign policy professionals to improve their policy analysis skills at an early juncture in their careers. Participation in the program affords Young Leaders an unparalleled opportunity to build networks, observe the foreign-policy making process, and voice their generation's viewpoints within elite circles of policy specialists. They also gain a deeper understanding of serious conflicts and issues in the Asia-Pacific region, learn how experts and leaders deal with these problems, and develop their own perspectives. Our network of Young Leaders who specialize in political and international affairs in Asia continues to grow and now includes nearly 1,000 Young Leaders from 56 countries.
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Once selected, Young Leaders will have access to the 25+ conferences and events that Pacific Forum CSIS conducts each year. There is no obligation to attend programs, but we encourage Young Leaders to take the time to interact with one another and the senior experts in these meetings. In addition, Young Leaders will have the chance to publish with their peers and senior experts to Pacific Forum's distribution list of more than 8000 key policymakers and thought-leaders around the world. Conference applications will open up usually 2-3 months in advance. Once Young Leaders are interested to attend a meeting, they fill out a short application. Pacific Forum CSIS assembles a group of Young Leaders to participate in a particular meeting based on their potential to contribute substantively to the discussion and their demonstrated ability to serve as an ambassador for themselves and our Pacific Forum Young Leaders brand. Attendance at a meeting often requires advance preparation and a group conference project afterward.
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'Jersey Shore' cancellation means bright future for TV
No matter how you look at it, the "Jersey Shore" cast is having an interesting week.
In case you missed the news (and all of the subsequent criticism), Snooki gave birth this week, to a precious little guido named Lorenzo Dominic LaValle. He weighed in at 6 lbs, 5 oz. and promises to be a spiky-haired fist-pumper in just a few short years.
But for every celebration, there is a disappointment: also this week, "Jersey Shore" was canceled.
...I mean, that is a disappointment, right?
To some people, sure. "Jersey Shore" gave MTV its highest ratings since… well, since the network stopped playing actual music videos. That's a long time for the network execs to wait for a gem like "Jersey Shore," and I can only imagine the tears they're shedding over the lost ratings and advertising dollars. (Fortunately, Snooki and JWoww got their own successful spinoff show, so there is hope yet for the GTL community.)
But for the rest of us, the cancellation of this show should also be a celebration. When taken at face value, there are a lot of logistical reasons for "Jersey Shore" to be taken off the air. For one thing, Snooki, JWoww and DJ Pauly D are all moving onto other TV programs, rendering "Jersey Shore" almost pointless – assuming there was a point to the show to begin with. And the fact that Snooki is now a mom should obviously take precedence over whatever rager is going down in Seaside Heights, N.J.
When we look deeper, though, it seems there could be a greater significance to "Jersey Shore"'s cancellation. Could we finally be seeing an end to pointless, trashy television?
If we look at it too closely, the answer is likely no. The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills/Orange County/New Jersey/Atlanta" franchise is, in itself, powerful enough to take over all of television. And who doesn't like a good episode of "Toddlers and Tiaras"? The list of mindless reality TV series is endless, and a little frightening at that.
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Voice-over artist Hal Douglas, whose gravel-voiced baritone was heard narrating movie trailers, TV commercials and promos for nearly six decades, has died at the age of 89.
Douglas died of complications from pancreatic cancer last Friday at his home in Lovettsville, Va., his daughter Sarah told the New York Times.
Though his face and name were likely unfamiliar to the majority of movie fans, his famous throaty voice was unmistakable — for instance, while uttering classic movie-trailer catchphrases like "in a world..."
Considered in the top tier of voice-over talents, joining the late Don LaFontaine and Don Morrow, Douglas' credits include narrating trailers for such blockbusters as Forrest Gump, Men in Black, Meet the Parents, Con Air and Lethal Weapon.
"To say he was as good as it gets only begins to scratch the surface," Los Angeles-based voice consultant Marice Tobias told the Washington Post.
"He was a storyteller ... whether he was doing Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Terminator 16, he was able to step into that emotional world and convey to the audience what we call the Promise — the promise of the experience you're going to have."
One of his rare onscreen roles was, fittingly, as a voice-over artist spoofing his craft in the trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's 2002 documentary Comedian.
After serving in the Navy during the Second World War, the Connecticut-born Douglas studied acting. He supplemented his acting gigs with voice-over and announcer work, which eventually took over, and also spent time as a producer of commericals. His story was explored in the 2013 short film A Great Voice.
Douglas, who continued working until just a few years ago, is survived by his wife, their daughter, and two sons from a previous marriage.
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A Place to Begin Your Visit to Tubac
Why is Tubac known as the place "where Art and History meet?" To find out, your visit to Tubac must include the Tubac Center of the Arts – preferably as the first stop. You will see highly acclaimed art both from artists in the Santa Cruz Valley as well as artists throughout the U.S. Check the Exhibit Schedule to view the featured exhibitions on display. You will marvel at the exclusive Master Artist Gallery as you view works by the artists that made Tubac famous and learn what brought them to Tubac. The Tubac Center of the Arts is the center of the art scene in Tubac – it is the long-standing heart of the artist community here.
After viewing our outstanding art exhibitions, you will want to shop at our Gift Shop Gallery filled with jewelry, pottery, books, cards, and prints. Admission to the galleries is free thanks to the support of artists and other members plus our many volunteers.
If you are spending the evening in Tubac, check to see if there is an Event that coincides with your trip. Have you been to Tubac Center of the Arts on a previous visit to Tubac? If so, be sure to come again on this visit because our exhibitions are constantly changing and so is the merchandise in our gift shop.
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Natatlia Hernandes, 11, of Rio Rico shows off her paintings created at Tubac Center of the Arts' Summer Arts for youth program. The program, which offered five classes to children ages 5-14, had 104 students register and averaged 70-80 students each week, Education Programs Coordinator Ruth Romano said. A majority of the students are returners. Read More. Image credit: Norma Gonzales
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Check out our 2016-2017 Exhibit Calendar and plan your visits to TCA.
Upcoming Exhibits:
Wish You Were Here
Friday, July 29 – Sunday, August 28, 2016. Opening reception Friday, July 29, 5-7pm.
Wish You Were Here is a national juried exhibition of art and photography of or related to Southern Arizona.
Artists: Deadline to apply: June 24th. Click here for the prospectus to apply.
Image Credit: "Elephant Head Sunset," Joseph Birkett
Summer Concerts:
Gabe Dixon – Nashville Singer Songwriter
Friday, August 5, 2016 – 7:00pm
Nashville Singer-Songwriter Gabe Dixon plays piano-driven rock that has earned him comparisons to Elton John and Ben Folds. Dixon has performed with music greats including Paul McCartnery, O.A.R, and Supertramp. Click here for more information or call TCA at 520.398.2371 for tickets. Limited Seating.
Click here to download the "Destination Tubac – Tumacacori" Brochure. Conde Nast Travel: Tubac is a "not to miss" destination for 2014. Read more by clicking here. Visiting Tubac? Check out all of the local events on the new community calendar, TubacCalendar.com.


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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, a woman displays "The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond," a 33.19 carat ring, which was a gift from Richard Burton, and worn by the actress during a press preview of Taylor's possessions at Christie's London. The piece is part of a collection available for viewing in New York on Saturday, Dec. 3. The collection will be up for auction in person and online, a first for Christie's, from Dec. 13-17. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, file)


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Shepherdstown, W.Va. (AP) -- A program that provides technical assistance to startup businesses in distressed West Virginia counties is getting a $250,000 boost.
The Natural Capital Investment fund said Wednesday it has received a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation for its operating assistance fund.
The pilot program helps ensure new businesses can make good on their debts.
The fund also helps companies develop marketing materials, employee training manuals, market assessments, financial reports and other materials.
Marten Jenkins, president of Natural Capital Investment Fund, says the funding will help get the program off the ground, and he hopes it will eventually expand.
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