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Thanks to the recession, prices of private aircraft are down 25 percent or more. This, of course, spells bargains for private-jet travelers intent on stayingaloft. In his special article for this week's Barron's Penta supplement, which targets people with $5 million or more in assets, Business Jet Traveler's Jeff Burger explores ways you can save.
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To many people, the words "private jet" conjure up images of wealthy socialites sipping champagne from crystal flutes while reposed in supple leather seats. The reality, however, is usually far from this romanticized ideal, as legions of workaday business jet travelers can attest.
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Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback-both Kansas Republicans who have held their jobs since 1996-sent a letter to President Obama earlier this year [see box] to express concern over what they called "misguided and reckless statements and policy suggestions affecting the general aviation industry." In separate interviews, we recently asked both senators about the letter and the President.
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So starts our 4-game season
I'm stuck between two very strong, conflicting feelings right now. On one side is Yogi Berra's most famous quote, said about the 1973 Mets before they went on to top their division with only 82 wins. Say it with me now:
It ain't over 'til it's over.
And literally, it's not over. The Mets have 4 games left to get us in the postseason. They just need to do something with those 4 games. And…somehow…the upcoming monsoon this weekend has to not be upcoming.
But then there's last night's broadcast, which captured the other side:
Keith: I am at a loss for words, and it's my job to talk.
Ron: That's a first.
What else can we say at this point? There's not getting it done, and there's not getting it done. Let's hope our team was involved in the first one, and they'll snap out of it now. As in now.
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I completely agree. At this point, it seems as if there is no point at blogging, as we are all saying the same thing over and over again.
Since my Yankees are out of it, I watched your game tonight. Great win! Really exciting comeback, especially in that rain. You must be feeling relieved.
Last night was the most nerve recking yet,, they are pulling us on for the ride, now with the rain i dont think they are going to play tonight,, so we will pro long the stress.
whew, yes, the tightrope team has us on an emotional roller coaster! throw in the weather too and it's going to be a high-strung weekend, my friends. but as always let's go mets!
this roller coaster is making me sick to my stomach. i'll be at tomorrow's gary, keith and ron day (well, hoping to be, weather permitting) and am hoping it's not the second year in row that i'm at the elimination game.


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I'm having low supply problems. At least I think I do. About a week ago I went into the ER with a sore spot in my left breast and a slight fever. I'm not covered by insurance and so I couldn't just make a doctor's appointment. My mom is a nurse and has had 5 kids, so I called her to ask her what to do about it. She said that I should go to the hospital because if it was mastitis, things could get a lot worse really quick. So I went, and I did have an early form of mastitis, and the doctor wanted to check and make sure that it didn't get any worse that what she though and turned into an absess, so she sent me to get a breast ultrasound. She also told me to stop breastfeeding. Up until then I had been pumping and then giving DS the breast milk in a bottle. Which I was fine with, I mean at least he's getting it. I couldn't just nurse him because he had latching problems and my nipples were raw and cracked and bleeding and I cried every time I even THOUGHT about having to nurse him.
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Federal deficits. Both political parties would rather posture than compromise, but we truly need a "grand bargain," one far in excess of the $4 trillion number floated last year. Let's see a real effort to address revenues and spending that would lead the nation to a balanced budget in 10 years.
Marijuana. Federal lawmakers should resolve the uncertainty that exists for those states that have legalized marijuana for recreational or medicinal uses.
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Municipalization. The city of Boulder should move rapidly to determine whether it should municipalize its electrical utility or re-engage with Xcel Energy. This is an issue hugely important to the business community.
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Phillies Lose A Legend But Win The Game In His Honor
The Phillies pulled out a win today, although it was with heavy hearts. One of the best Phillies pitchers of all time, Robin Roberts, passed away today at age 83 of natural causes. Roberts played for the Phillies from 1948 – 1961 and in his entire career he had a 3.41 ERA over 676 games which included 305 complete games.
Roberts was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976 and has been a regular around the Phillies for all these years. Roberts returned to Philly every year for annual induction ceremonies, special events and attended Spring Training each year as well.
Actually, Roberts was scheduled to attend a golf and dinner outing in honor of Harry Kalas in just a few weeks, along with many other Hall of Famers. I have been invited to the event and was very much looking forward to seeing him and having the opportunity to chat with him. But more than being very saddened by this news for that reason, I am terribly sorry for his family and the entire Phillies organization. My heart goes out to everyone who knew him. He was a very special individual.
But the game went on today despite the sad news and the Phillies won it for him. With the 1950 pennant hung at half mast and a black drape around Robert's Wall of Fame plaque, Roy Halladay took the mound and was a true professional, as usual. Against the Cardinals, he pitched 7 innings and allowing only 1 earned run, Halladay was not super sharp, but still extremely effective.
Halladay walked 3 batters and had a lot of base runners; in the 7th inning with two outs and 2 men on, it even looked like manager Charlie Manuel may pull him from the game. Manuel went out to the mound but with a stern look on his face, Halladay convinced him that he could finish the inning. And with that, it only took one pitch to Matt Holliday to end it. This guy is amazing.
Jayson Werth had a special connection to Roberts as they grew up in the same town and spoke about that often; Werth channeled his grief into a huge game at the plate. He hit 2 doubles and a 3-run homer in the game. Werth did commit an error in right field when the wind and sun helped him drop a fly ball, but no one was complaining after his offensive output.
Carlos Ruiz had a 3-hit day as well with Raul Ibanez and Ryan Howard collecting 2 hits each. Ibanez hit a solo homer in the 5th for the 900th RBI of his career. The opposing pitcher, Kyle Loshe, lasted only 4 innings and allowed 5 of the Phillies 7 runs, although 2 were unearned due to errors. Actually, it was a sloppy game all around defensively with each team committing 2 errors a piece.
The umpires did not have a clean game either. Andy Fletcher, who played the villain in Game 1 of this series, had another blooper today. While trying to turn a double play, the Cards Albert Pujols had to jump off first base to catch the ball for the 3rd out of the inning. Replay showed that as Wilson Valdez crossed the bag, Pujols was in mid-air and not on the bag. Valdez was called out by Fletcher who refused to argue with Manuel after the play and walked away. The home plate umpire had some questionable calls as well, but Halladay handled him with a quick chat after the 5th inning.
So the Phillies walk away with a 3 games to 1 series victory over the Cardinals, the best team in the National League. Although now, the Phillies have just 1 less win than the Cards and hold a 2 game lead for first place in the NL East. Tomorrow at 7:05pm, they will begin a 3-game series with the Braves and Jamie Moyer will pitch. The Phillies will begin wearing #36 patches on their jersey's tomorrow as well in honor of Robin Roberts.
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Was telling someone today Harry Kalas met him at the Pearly Gates with a cold Budweiser and asked if he wanted to hit the Old Timer's baseball game today up there.
I remember just February at the Rays Fan Fest I chatted with Robin Roberts for a ferw moments and he seemed to be loving life that day.
Suck as I get older I see friends and athletes you admire or meet go down right before your eyes.
He was a fixture at Rays MLBPA Alumni functions….Always loved seeing him and Don Zimmer laugh about old times.
Prayers to his family in Temple Terrace, Florida.
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Time is ruthless. Whatever your team alliegances, loosing R.Roberts is a loss for our entire family. We've lost some of the Titans. Harwell, and HOF'r Roberts. Sorry Philly. Good night Mr. Roberts.


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My LO is 9.5 weeks old and sleeps pretty well at night, but she is a terrible napper. She only naps when in the stroller outside (but with the weather getting worse by the day this is becoming increasingly difficult) or on me.
When I say "on me" I don't just mean that I have to hold her, she wants to have the nipple in her mouth the whole time, comfort sucking here and there, drifting off, having a quick snack, drifting off again. If I try to remove the nipple, she starts fussing and looking for it, sometimes crying. If I put her down into the crib/swing/bassinet, she might stay asleep for 10-15 minutes if I'm lucky, but never longer.
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Getting Started
1. Install the required software:
Oracle VM Server for SPARC PCIe Direct I/O and SR-IOV Features (Doc ID 1325454.1)
NOTE: Both Qlogic and Emulex cards are supported now, but only Ganymede class(16G) adapters support this feature.
Ensure the required Firmware installed in your platform. You can find the Firmware support information in the release notes at the following URL:
Ensure that the LDoms manager 3.1.1 software installed in the control domain. Note, the LDoms manager 3.1.1 software is automatically installed if the Solaris11.1 SRU17 or later installed in the control domain. You can verify this with "ldm -V" command.
NOTE: If you are using Qlogic adapter, then you need S11.2 installed in the Root domain that owns the corresponding PCIe bus.
Support for Solaris10 for both Root domain and IO domains is also available, please check with your support contact on this information. Using different OS versions(either S11+ or S10) in Root domain and in IO domains(either S11+ or S10) is supported as well. A very common config that we expect is the Root domain is installed with an S11 version(that supports the adapter you are using) and S10 in an IO domain with patches that support the VF driver for the adapter that you are using.
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It is important to power cycle the system(actually the HBA that needs the power cycle) after updating the Firmware.
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Ensure that the FC SR-IOV HBA is connected to a compatible FC Switch that supports NPIV. It is very important ensure that this condition is met. This feature is not supported if the FC port is directly connected to the storage.
4. Verify FC Physical Functions
Each FC HBA port shows up as one Physical Function. The FC PFs are named with "IOVFC.PFx" name, you can identify them in the output of "ldm list-io" command. The following is an example output:
# ldm ls-io NAME TYPE BUS DOMAIN STATUS ---- ---- --- ------ ------ pci_0 BUS pci_0 primary IOV pci_1 BUS pci_1 primary IOV niu_0 NIU niu_0 primary niu_1 NIU niu_1 primary /SYS/MB/PCIE0 PCIE pci_0 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE2 PCIE pci_0 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE4 PCIE pci_0 primary EMP /SYS/MB/PCIE6 PCIE pci_0 primary EMP /SYS/MB/PCIE8 PCIE pci_0 primary EMP /SYS/MB/SASHBA PCIE pci_0 primary OCC /SYS/MB/NET0 PCIE pci_0 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE1 PCIE pci_1 primary EMP /SYS/MB/PCIE3 PCIE pci_1 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE5 PCIE pci_1 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE7 PCIE pci_1 primary OCC /SYS/MB/PCIE9 PCIE pci_1 primary OCC /SYS/MB/NET2 PCIE pci_1 primary OCC /SYS/MB/NET0/IOVNET.PF0 PF pci_0 primary /SYS/MB/NET0/IOVNET.PF1 PF pci_0 primary /SYS/MB/PCIE5/IOVNET.PF0 PF pci_1 primary /SYS/MB/PCIE5/IOVNET.PF1 PF pci_1 primary /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0 PF pci_1 primary /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF1 PF pci_1 primary /SYS/MB/NET2/IOVNET.PF0 PF pci_1 primary /SYS/MB/NET2/IOVNET.PF1 PF pci_1 primary
5. Understand the capabilities of each FC Physical Function
FC Physical functions have only one detail that is, the maximum number of VFs supported by it. You can use the "ldm list -l <pf-name>" to find this information. For example:
# ldm list-io -l /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0 /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0 PF pci_1 primary [pci@500/pci@1/pci@0/pci@6/SUNW,emlxs@0] maxvfs = 8
6. Create the Virtual Functions(VFs)
We recommend to create all VFs in one step, this is an optimized method of creating the VFs and use them as needed. There is no performance penalty if some VFs are not used. You can use "ldm create-vf" command to accomplish this. For example:
# ldm create-vf -n max /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF0 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF1 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF2 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF3 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF4 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF5 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF6 Created new vf: /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF7
# ldm start-reconf <root domain> # ldm set-io iov=on pci_X # ldm create-vf -n max <PF-name> # <reboot the root domain to effect the changes>
7. Understand VF WWNs assignment
The LDoms manager assigns a Port-WWN and a Node-WWN automatically to each FC VF. The auto-allocated WWNs are unique only if all of SPARC systems connected to a given SAN fabric are also connected in the same ethernet multicast domain. If not, they won't be unique. Also, if you ever destroy and recreate the VFs, theymay not get the same WWNs. As you may use these WWNs for Zoning or Lun masking, we would recommend using manual WWN allocation. See the following from admin guide for more details.
# ldm set-io port-wwn=<Port WWN> node-wwn=<Node WWN> <vf-name>
8. Configuration of SAN Storage
Configure your SAN storage to assign LUNs to each VFs. It is highly recommend to use LUN masking such that the LUNs are visible only the VF to which they are assigned. This is no different from how LUNs are assigned to different HBAs on different systems. NOTE: One important point to notice here is that you can assign LUNs IO domains such that they are not even visible in the Root domain. This produces equally same level of secure access that you get with different set of HBAs. This is not possible with virtual I/O methods.
9. Assigning VFs to Logical Domains
You can now assign VFs to Logical domains using the "add-io" command. For example, the following commands assign VFs to three different domain.
# ldm add-io /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF0 ldg0 # ldm add-io /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF1 ldg1 # ldm add-io /SYS/MB/PCIE7/IOVFC.PF0.VF2 ldg2
Make sure to setup the failure-policy settings to handle any unexpected Root domain reboot/crash cases. The following failure-policy will cause the IO domains(here ldg0, ldg1, ldg2) to be reset along with the Root domain.
# ldm set-domain failure-policy=reset primary # ldm set-domain master=primary ldg0 # ldm set-domain master=primary ldg1 # ldm set-domain master=primary ldg2
NOTE: You can dynamically assign VFs too. That is, if the given Logical domain is running the required OS version, you can simply run the same commands to dynamically add the VFs. The IO domain OS requirements are same as what is mentioned for the Root domains, which you can find at:
10. Using the VFs in IO domains
If you statically added the VFs, then you can now start the IO domains and use the VFs like any FC HBA. For example, at OBP prompt of the IO domain, you can perform the "probe-scsi-all" to see all LUNs visible to that VF. Installing the OS and booting from a LUN is fully supported. Features like MPxIO are full supported. For example, you can assign VFs from different Root Domains and configure MPxIO.
You can find the detailed documentation in the OVM Server for SPARC 3.1.1 Admin Guide.
FC SR-IOV Limitations
There are a few limitations that needs to be understood. These are:
- No support when the HBA is connected to the storage directly.
- No NPIV support on top of Virtual functions. NPIV on the physical function is supported as usual.


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It takes a long time for the Java community to fully absorb a major new JDK release; it seems to take about two more releases after a brand new version of the JDK before everything settles down. Application server vendors don't always fully support dot-zero releases right away; IDE, profiler, and other tool support can lag; many new bugs have to be fixed; and businesses are leery of building on anything so new. Those of us on MacOS X who have not snagged a beta DVD have to wait until Tiger comes out in the first half of 2005 to use Java 5.0. The latter obstacle got me interested in how to co-opt some J2SE 5.0 features earlier rather than later.
In the interim, we have time to learn and experiment--probably about a year, depending on how conservative you are about new technology. This article talks about strategies to bridge yourself to one new 5.0 feature without making the full leap: annotations.
JSR-175, part of the 5.0 specification in the Java Community Process, describes a proposed "metadata facility" for Java. Perhaps a more apt description would be metacoding: annotations are code fragments that elaborate upon and describe Java classes, methods, and fields. They're implemented as a special kind of interface and can be packaged, compiled, and imported like any other class.
A marker annotation is a short-form where the presence of the
annotation provides all the information you'd
need. For example, we'll
consider how a hypothetical OODBMS might use annotations to mark
code. Let's say the designers decided they
wanted to make their persistence mechanism totally independent of
Java serializability, and thus wanted to avoid using
Serializable interface and the
reserved word. Two examples of markers might be having one to
indicate that a class is persistent and another to mark a field as
import oodbms.annotation.Persistable;
import oodbms.annotation.Transient;
@Persistable public class Foo {
private String field;
@Transient private String tmpField;
The OODBMS could then recognize a class used in the context of
a transaction as a persistent one and store and update it
accordingly. It might also respect the class's
wishes by ignoring a temporary field value marked as
Most annotations need to take parameters, but for the special case of a single value, the annotation spec provides a shorthand. Let's say we want to declare a version number for our persistent class. Here's one way:
Import oodbms.annotation.Persistable;
Import oodbms.annotation.Version;
@Version ("1.0.0")
public class Foo { }
In general, a single-parameter annotation takes the form,
@Annotation(param-value). It's
a slightly more compact rendering of
Most of the time, you want to provide more structured
information about a piece of code, more than just a single
attribute. In this case, annotations let you specify one or more
name-value pairs. The values can be Java primitives (
values, etc.) or other annotations.
This lets you create quite complex structures while maintaining
type safety, one of the benefits of the new
annotations specification over traditional Doclet tags.
Revisiting our version number, we might want to enforce a
structure to it:
@Version(major=1, minor=0, micro=0)
public class Foo { }
The compiler and a syntax-aware IDE with support for 5.0, like
IntelliJ IDEA 4.0 or
Eclipse 3.1 (in beta),
can recognize proper use of our new
Version annotation
immediately, for instance, recognizing a misspelling of one of the fields.
Annotations can have multi-valued fields by using the array syntax. For instance, let's say we wanted to replace the Javadoc author fields, which allow multiple values:
@Author("Jane Doe")
@Author("John Doe")
You can nest arrays inside arrays and complex annotations inside arrays. If you can't represent your metacode as an annotation, you probably are trying to do too much with it. The syntax is quite powerful.
An annotation is declared in a struct-like form with named and typed fields, nested enumerations, if needed, and—like interfaces—no code. They're pure data structures that can ultimately get boiled down to extra JVM bytecode attributes for the methods, fields, and types they annotate.
public @interface HelloAnno {
enum Scope { LOCAL, WORLD }
String name();
Scope scope();
In the declaration, an annotation can refer to another annotation as well:
import oodbms.annotation.Version;
public @interface HelloAnno {
enum Scope { LOCAL, WORLD }
String name();
Scope scope();
Version version();
And they can have default values:
import oodbms.annotation.Version;
public @interface HelloAnno {
enum Scope { LOCAL, WORLD }
String name() default "Foo";
Scope scope() default Scope.LOCAL;
Version version();
The above definition could thus be defined in two ways:
which takes advantage of the default values, and the following, which sets explicit values:
@HelloAnno(name="Bar", scope=Scope.WORLD,
One more declaration trick: For a single-valued annotation, the compiler assumes the single-field name will be
value, like so:
public @interface HelloAnno {
String value() default "world";
// usage: value gets assigned "world"
// also valid
// and this works too, thanks to the default!
Annotation declarations can have their own annotations, which
I guess would be meta-metacoding. The specification calls them
"Meta Attributes." For instance,
@Target annotation specifies what kinds of Java language
elements your application is allowed to modify:
@Target(ElementType.TYPE) would restrict it to modifying
enumerations, classes, or interfaces;
@Target(ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR) limits it to constructors; and
so on.
@RetentionPolicy annotation tells the compiler what to do
with the annotation:
SOURCE discards it,
CLASS embeds it in the
classfile (the default), and
RUNTIME makes it available via
Let's say our OODBMS has a very smart
class-loader that can look at bytecodes as they enter the JVM, so that we don't really need reflection. Our
annotation might look like the following:
package oodbms.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
public @interface Version {
int major();
int minor() default 0;
int micro() default 0;
In some ways, JSR-175 does not go as far as it might have gone
in changing Java. Marker interfaces like
Serializable and
Cloneable, the
transient attribute
for fields, all of Javadoc,
and probably more could have been redone as
attributes. Documentation, details of serialization, assertions,
and more are all examples of metacode, but such a radical change
would have been even harder to absorb. I believe this restraint
was wise.
With that covered, you're probably pretty interested in using this feature. But if we don't have 5.0, how can we use part or all of the annotations facility for use in our programs?
XDoclet and its implementation of attribute-oriented programming has been the subject of whole books and many articles, so I won't do much more than a sketch here for comparison purposes.
XDoclet is a Javadoc tag-based approach to annotating code. Plugins for the Xdoclet tool support new features. The metadata structure is more flat and less object-oriented than 5.0 annotations. You have to tell your IDE about new tags if it recognizes Javadoc tags and highlights unknown ones (like IntelliJ), and if you, say, pass an integer argument rather than a string, you're out of luck until you run XDoclet on your project, and there's no guarantee your problem will even be caught then.
On the other hand, XDoclet has been applied to enough projects that there's at least some body of knowledge regarding how best to use it. It also has the great advantage of being orthogonal to the Java language rather than part of it; the two could evolve separately and at different speeds. And if Sun had adopted XDoclet, existing libraries and UI tools that deal with Java code could have stayed the same.
The fine folks at Apache's Jakarta project offer Commons Attributes. This package provides a
very close approximation of 5.0 annotations for users of earlier
JDKs. The only syntactical differences are that they start with a
@@ instead of @ and are embedded in Javadoc instead of part of
the language. Attributes are implemented as classes, just as in
5.0, so you get a strong degree of type-safety at post-processing
time. Our
Version attribute from 5.0 would look like this:
public class Version {
public Version() { }
public int getMajor() {
return major;
public void setMajor(int major) {
this.major = major;
public int getMinor() {
return minor;
public void setMinor(int minor) {
this.minor = minor;
public int getMicro() {
return micro;
public void setMicro(int micro) {
this.micro = micro;
private int major;
private int minor;
private int micro;
And would be used this way:
* @Persistable
* @@Version(major=1,minor=0,micro=0)
public class Foo { }
Commons Attributes provides an attribute compiler, integrated with both Ant and Maven, that you can use to generate the final Java class files including your annotations. It also provides a runtime interface for reading annotations from classes.
It's the most well-developed alternative out there, and the easy transition to 5.0 is a big plus.
Jboss AOP has another annotation implementation in JDK 1.4.x. Its compiler, based on Commons Attributes, generates code that is bytecode-compatible with 5.0 Annotations but recognizable to a 1.4 VM. Bill Burke covers this and a lot more in the article Aspect Oriented Annotations.
Cedric Beust at BEA has another Javadoc-based tool called SGen.
Unfortunately, there's not much documentation out there for this package, and it's less mature than Xdoclet (that's both good and bad--it doesn't have legacy issues, but it's gotten less of a workout from developers to shake out bugs and design issues). Its strength over and above 5.0 annotations and alternatives, though, is integration of metadata and code generation. It's very easy to write code generators that are driven by either Javadoc-based or 5.0 annotation-based metadata.
I wrote the P.Anno ("piano") library to parse 5.0 annotations as a standalone language. I was interested in seeing whether there might be value in adding annotations to scripting languages supported by Apache's BSF (Bean Scripting Framework). Since annotations have their own grammar, it made sense to create a 100% standalone library just to handle them, a library that could be plugged into editors, Javadoc processors, and other programmer-oriented tools. It's also a good learning tool for playing with the full annotations specification (as opposed to alternate dialects based on plain Javadoc) without using 5.0.
The parser/lexer itself uses SableCC to implement the grammar.
Here's how you might read our version attribute using P.Anno:
Reader r = new StringReader("@Version(major=1,minor=0,micro=0");
AnnotationParser parser = new AnnotationParser();
Collection annos = parser.parse(r);
Iterator annoIter = annos.iterator();
Annotation anno = (Annotation)annoIter.next();
System.out.println("Version: " + anno.getValue("major") + "." +
anno.getValue("minor") + "." + anno.getValue("micro"));
The impact of annotations, whatever it ends up being, is maybe best viewed through the lens of the platform's evolution. We're now on the fifth major revision of the JDK. Looking back further, Java is also a branch of a family of C-like languages, so even JDK 1.0 introduced new ideas, on top of an existing body of knowledge, about what constituted good programming.
Some introductions since then, like Collections and logging, certainly triggered conflicts. In those examples, it was because they solved problems already solved by fairly well-accepted packages (JGL and log4j), and some people naturally questioned why Sun was reinventing those particular wheels. But notably, no one questioned their utility or how to use them; the best practices had been worked out already, in a sense.
To take one example, I expect this will be how the
util.concurrent features being migrated into J2SE 5.0 will evolve:
relatively easy acceptance and adoption where needed. People who
needed those features were probably already using Doug
Lea's util.concurrent
library. Generics may or may not go so easily--there's a huge body
of knowledge from C++ templates, but it is new to Java. Plus, the
implementations are sufficiently different that there may be a
good bit of experimentation before we get it right.
Features like Reflection and standardized, integrated threading support, from the very beginning, have been different sorts of beasts. Reflection has been abused and put to creative uses, and it has taken a long time to establish how best to use it. Perhaps this is because the closest analog to it was RTTI in C++, which at the time was still fairly new and not very well accepted. It takes time for the community to develop a body of knowledge about new ways of solving problems. As to threading, well, let's just say I know of one disastrous project which constantly crashed when it spawned multiple server threads--from a scrollbar event handler.
I predict annotations will have the same teething pains. This is not to say no one knows what to do with it, or that there are no clear antecedents (XDoclet is probably the closest in wide use) to look to for guidance. Certainly, other languages had threading support and metaprogramming facilities before Java as well, and attribute-oriented programming is not entirely new either. But if the disputes over how to apply annotations in EJB 3.0 on The Server Side's forums are any guide, it's not clear to everyone what constitutes elegant versus abusive.
The transitional attribute-oriented programming tools discussed in this article can give you a workbench for playing with these ideas before the widespread adoption of J2SE 5.0. And if you're feeling adventurous, by all means, grab J2SE SDK 5.0 and start building new designs enhanced by annotation support. The successes and failures from our experiments will help everyone learn how to use this new and powerful language feature.
Kyle Downey is a part-time Java consultant and founder of Amber Archer Consulting
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Minnesota hosts Michigan State in conference opener
The Minnesota Golden Gophers have been here before.
They've steamrolled through cushy non-conference schedules to crack the AP Top 25 and raise some optimism for the season. Then the Big Ten comes along and roughs them up.
This year, they say they're different. Well, they're about to find out.
The 11th-ranked Gophers host No. 19 Michigan State in the Big Ten opener Monday, with a chance to set a new tone.
The Gophers have had just two winning records in conference play in the last 15 years.
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Okay this is just a quick question. Me and DD (7 weeks old) have been nursing almost exclusively since birth (some bad advice given from a nurse to suppliment with formula kinda messed things up for me) Now we are working on completely getting her off the formula. During her cranky time of the day she has no patience for my milk to flow so she fusses and screams until we give her a bottle. Now I want to pump some breastmilk for the next night when she gets fussy so I don't have to use formula. I notice my hand pump doesn't get much milk, maybe an ounce and a half from each breast (I know that pumping doesn't determine how much milk I have).
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A judge has dismissed two sex abuse claims against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
The archdiocese argued that it should not have to compensate claims that are beyond the six-year statute of limitations for fraud and those that are not tied directly to an archdiocese employee.
Abuse victims and their attorneys said the effort to have some claims dismissed is "legally and morally" wrong. The clergy abuse victims represent the largest number of creditors in the archdiocese's bankruptcy case.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported federal bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley threw out one case because it failed to show fraud and the other case because there was reason to suspect fraud years ago, but no action was taken.
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The new flights will add approximately 8,800 new air seats on the three routes during a peak travel period for Australian and Kiwi travelers.
Peter Ingram, Hawaiian's executive vice president and chief commercial officer, said, "Demand for our services in Australia and New Zealand is particularly strong during this period when schools are out and families are on holiday. These extra flights also offer travelers in Hawai'i and North America more options for visiting Australia and New Zealand at a beautiful time of year."
Hawaiian is increasing its Sydney-Honolulu service from daily to 10 flights per week from Sept. 11 to Oct. 19, adding 17 extra flights to the schedule.
Between Brisbane and Honolulu, Hawaiian is increasing from three to five flights per week from Sept. 13 to Oct. 14, adding 10 extra flights to the schedule.
For its service connecting Auckland and Honolulu, Hawaiian is increasing from three to four flights per week from Sept. 19 to Oct. 11, adding four extra flights to the schedule.
Travelers flying on Hawaiian between North America and any of its international destinations can take advantage of free stopovers in Hawaii, giving them added flexibility in planning trips.


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In addition to tachycardia, bradycardia, premature contraction and fibrillation, rhythm disorders include:
ADAMS-STOKES DISEASE (also called Stokes-Adams or Morgangni)
- The normal heartbeat passing from the heart's upper to lower chambers is interrupted, causing a heart block.
- When a heart block occurs, the heart rate usually slows considerably.
- This can result in inadequate blood flow to the brain and fainting (syncope).
- Patients may also have convulsions.
If you have atrial flutter, rapidly fired signals cause the muscles in the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) to contract quickly.
This leads to a very fast, steady heartbeat. Atrial Flutter can also occur in someone who has atrial fibrillation (or AFib), or it can be its own arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat rhythm in someone with a usually normal heartbeat). If you feel your heart is beating faster or irregularly when taking your own pulse rate or if you sense a feeling in your chest that your heart is not beating at a regular pace (palpitations), do not delay in calling your healthcare provider.
Atrial Flutter is usually found in patients with:
- Heart failure
- Previous heart attack
- Valve abnormalities or congenital defects
- High blood pressure
- Recent surgery
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Alcoholism (especially binge drinking)
- Chronic lung disease
- Acute (serious) illness
- Diabetes
- Or after open-heart surgery (bypass surgery)
- Can be found concurrently in people with atrial fibrillation
- Fast, steady pulse
- Angina (chest pain)
- Shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Lightheadedness
- Fainting (syncope)
- Heart palpitations
Please follow the links above and elsewhere on this page to further explore diagnosis, treatment options, and other information about conditions associated with atrial flutter.
When the sinus node doesn't fire its signals properly, the heart rate slows down. This is called "sick sinus syndrome." In this condition, the rate sometimes changes back and forth between a slow rate (bradycardia) and a fast rate (tachycardia).
Cyclic changes in the heart rate during breathing, common in children and often found in adults.
Abnormal pathways between the atria and ventricles cause the electrical signal to arrive at the ventricles too soon and to be transmitted back into the atria. Very fast heart rates may develop as the electrical signal ricochets between the atria and ventricles. Some people with WPW syndrome don't have symptoms but they still have an increased risk for sudden death.
What is the heart's normal condition?
A heart that beats properly receives an electrical signal that moves from the upper chambers (atria) to the lower chambers (ventricles). The timing of this signal is important, as is the path, which is known as the atrio-ventricular node (A-V node). Learn more about normal heart rate.
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
Some hearts have an extra pathway that allows the electrical signal to arrive at the ventricles too soon. Think of it as an unwanted shortcut from the atria to the ventricles. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is part of a category of electrical abnormalities called "pre-excitation syndromes."
Many people with this syndrome will have a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), and may have dizziness, chest palpitations, fainting (syncope) or, rarely, cardiac arrest . However, some people with WPW never have tachycardia or other symptoms.
Doctors can detect WPW through a routine exam known as an electrocardiogram, or ECG . Electrodes placed on the chest will pick up the heart's electrical activity and chart it on a graph. That graph will show any irregularities.
How is this syndrome treated?
If the condition is treated – and, if so, how – depends on several factors, such as the severity and frequency of symptoms, risk for future arrhythmias and patient preference.
People who don't have symptoms usually don't need treatment. For those who feel rapid heartbeats, medicine can help get that under control.
If medication doesn't work, a therapy known as cardioversion (shock) may be used to return the heart rate to normal. An "ablation" procedure is the usual way used to block the unwanted shortcut. A flexible tube called a catheter is guided to the site of the problem. A mild, painless zap of radiofrequency energy destroys the problem-causing tissue. This procedure is done under mild sedation with local anesthesia. There is little to no discomfort, a high success rate and a low risk of complications. Patients usually resume normal activities within a few days.
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One way to take actionApril 22,2014
One way to take action
Excellent article by Robin Chesnut-Tangerman on the urgency of climate change. We dont have enough time to fight it one person at a time. Moreover, the efforts of each individual person are tiny compared with the magnitude of the problem. What we need is a policy solution from Washington. He makes a fine point when he says that it may seem like Washington politics are rigged, but nonetheless there are plenty of variables that can help us win the battle for climate change legislation. The biggest, most important variable is us, we, the people.
This is the principle behind Citizens Climate Lobby, an organization of volunteers lobbying Congress for a carbon fee to be paid by fossil fuel producers and to be rebated to the public. CCL aims to have chapters in every congressional district in the U.S. so that every representative will hear from his/her constituents how much we want climate change legislation.
Readers should please join our chapter in Burlington. Readers should also encourage friends and relatives in red states to join CCL chapters in their states because legislation will only be passed if it has bipartisan support.
Judy Weiss
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How To Get Squeaky Clean Makeup Brushes With The Daiso Detergent For Puff And Sponge!
Makeup brushes harbor plenty of bacteria from product residue, skin oils, dust, and old, oxidized colors. Imagine all that bacteria vacationing in the deep, dark ravines of the bristles, waiting to contaminate your skin!
It is therefore a good habit to deep clean your brushes at least once a week. I deep clean my brushes every weekend, which is considered normal for brushes used on your own skin.
I have professed my newfound adoration for the Daiso Detergent for Puff and Sponge in the previous article. Let's continue with how exactly to get your makeup brushes from dirty to spotless in mere minutes!
Here are the steps for washing your gunk-filled makeup brushes with the Daiso Detergent!


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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney conceded the presidential election to President Barack Obama just before midnight.
Romney said he called President Obama to congratulate him shortly before his speech to supporters.
"This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray that the President will be successful in guiding our nation," Romney said.
"I want to thank Paul Ryan for all that he has done for our campaign and for our country," Romney continued. "Besides my wife Ann, Paul Ryan is the best choice I have ever made."
Romney thanked all of his supporters, telling them they inspired him.
Moving forward, Romney said, "We look for the government at all level to put people before politics."


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Live from the Francophone Centre in Iqaluit, Nunavut: Marco Calliari!
Italian-born Quebec musician Marco Calliari is well known on the Canadian music scene, having performed for 15 years as a member of the Montreal metal group Anonymus. A couple of years ago, he revealed a new side of his talent and musicianship with the release of Che la vita, a collection of Italian songs inspired by his culltural folklore and other influences, ranging from jazz to worldbeat.LESS INFO


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Boise Hotel Guide
East End District
Visit the great educational resource of the Morrison-Knudsen Nature Center and enjoy a wildlife experience or streamwalk the Boise River Greenbelt setting. Underwater viewing from windows enables a fishy perspective as well. Find an abundance of hotels in Boise close to the nature center; Boise, ID hotels give you a front door to all the fun and adventure.
Northwest District
Ever changing, this area puts you close to golfing at the Quail Hollow Golf Course and the Plantation Golf Course. Previously farm and pasture, the neighborhood dates back to the late 1800s.
Garden City
If you are going to the Western Idaho Fairgrounds, Boise, Idaho hotels in this area are the best choice.
Southeast District
Hotels near Boise State University can easily be found within this district; technology companies also attract business visitors here. Explore the ParkCenter Boulevard area for shopping and dining and find cheap deals on top hotels. Visit Barber park and enjoy the long time tradition of exciting rafting down the Boise River.
With many flights to Boise available from major cities, airport hotels are easily found, especially if visiting the city between flights. Find car rentals here and discover the abundance of pet friendly hotels in this city, so Rover can come too. Boise hotels, motels and resorts make visiting this city a fun-filled destination. We at Expedia.com can help you find the best hotels in Boise; plan memorable and exciting Boise vacations now.


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County on hook for jail's water, sewer bills
LISBON – New water and sewer service to the Columbiana County Jail has county commissioners on the hook for the monthly bills until they can work something out with the company hired to operate the facility.
Both services became available this year to the County Home Road area of Center Township as part of separate projects undertaken by commissioners. In addition to the jail, the area is home to the county sheriff's office, dog pound, Robert Bycroft School and workshops for the developmentally disabled, and the Louis Tobin juvenile detention facility.
The government agencies were served by wells and mini-sewage treatment plants. The plan was to get them sanitary sewer service by building a single, more efficient sewage treatment plant along County Home Road. Municipal water service came from tapping into a Salem waterline located about a mile north of the area.
The construction loans and operating expenses were to be shared by the various government agencies, based on usage. Commissioners were required to pay for the jail, sheriff's office and dog pound.
Community Education Centers Inc. operates the jail under a contract with commissioners which requires the company to pay all utilities, but that excluded water or sewer service since there was none until this year. The CEC also paid the sheriff's electric bill even though it was not required to do so. The sheriff's office is located in the jail basement.
The question became who was responsible for the jail portion of the water and sewer bills, which total $3,400 per month, and Commissioner Jim Hoppel said they will be for now. He noted the contract extension is up for a renewal in 2014, and this is an issue they can take up in negotiations with CEC.
"Now that we do have water and sewer we have to wait until the end of the year. You just can't change the terms in the middle of contract," he said.
The company has indicated a willingness to discuss the issue, and Hoppel said CEC has been more than fair with them over the years by agreeing to also pay the sheriff's electric bill.
Hoppel said commissioners are willing to continue paying the $2,839 a month that goes towards paying off the construction loans, which is separate from the monthly water and sewer service fee based on usage.
"It's all got to be worked out, and they appear to be willing to discuss it, so we'll go from there," he said.


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An Iowa man learned an expensive lesson about following a judge's orders last week.
The Hawk Eye reports that Des Moines County District Associate Judge Mark Kruse added $5,000 to David Good's bond on Friday after Good failed to stay quiet.
After Kruse, increased the 45-year-old Burlington man's bond to $15,000, he ordered deputies to remove him from the courtroom.
Good had been making an initial appearance on a charge of domestic abuse.
Good tried to discuss details of the fight he had with his wife's son, but Judge Kruse didn't want to get into evidence in the case at Friday's hearing.
Good was arrested early Friday after the altercation with his wife's son.
Good remained in custody Sunday afternoon.


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The National Weather Service says a high surf advisory for the north and west facing shores of Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai, as well as the north facing shores of Maui and the north and east shores of the Big Island, is in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday.
A long-period north-northwest swell arrived overnight, according to forecast. It is somewhat larger than expected.
The elevated surf will take longer to subside below advisory criteria.
Surf is 18-to-24-feet-high along the north and west facing shores of Kauai, and along with the north shores of Oahu, Molokai and Maui.
The surf on the west facing shores of Oahu and Molokai is 12-to-18-feet-high. Surf along the north and east facing shores of the Big Island is is 8-to-12-feet-high.
Everyone at the beach and along shore should heed all advice given by ocean safety officials and exercise caution.


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This is my first time posting, I am desperate to keep breastfeeding...
I have Bipolar, my daughter is 4.5 months old and I have determined that I need to go back onto medication. One of the medications is contraindicted for breastfeeding, however, the other, Lamictal, is considered a class C drug because there has just been so little research done on it with breastfeeding.
I opted to stop breastfeeding and start back on both medications but today was my first day not feeding my daughter and it has been beyond horrible. I want the special time with my daughter back and I want to know she is getting the best possible nourishment from ME! I fought so hard to breastfeed to begin with and I did not want to stop at all but I felt very pressured by the fact that I was having trouble managing my Bipolar symptoms.
Does anyone have any information at all on Lamictal and breastfeeding? I can opt to take just Lamictal and I will do that in a heartbeat if it means I could safely start breastfeeding my daughter again. Any information would be so appreciated, thank you so much.


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Writing Tip of the Day
- Writers on Writing
- Writing for Clarity
- Commonly Misused Words
- Commonly Confused Words
- One Word or Two
Writing Tip of the Day
CATEGORY: Writing for Clarity
concluding sentences
Avoid ending a paragraph with a quotation. End with your own words explaining the significance of the quotation to the paragraph.
Writers on Writing
The glory of language is not simply that it enables us to explain and reason, but that it forges human bonds, and when words and moment come together perfectly, they can take us into a magic realm. — Joan Hinde Stewart, Hamilton College President
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser
I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are and build from them and throw out what doesn't work, or what simply is not alive. — Susan Sontag
No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together. — Wilson Follett
Short paragraphs put air around what you write and make it look inviting, whereas one long chunk of type can discourage the reader from even starting to read. — William Zinsser
Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes. — Jacques Barzun
Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. — John Updike
I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. — Vladimir Nabokov
Excuse this long letter ... I haven't enough energy ... to write a short one. — George Bernard Shaw, in a letter to a friend
To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position of a camera alters the meaning of the object photographed. — Joan Didion
There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting. — Louis Brandeis
I have never thought of myself as a good writer ... But I'm one of the world's great rewriters. — James Michener
A sentence should read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a furrow deep and straight to the end. — Henry David Thoreau
The act of composition is a series of discoveries. — E.L. Doctorow
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good. — William Faulkner
The writers who get my personal award are the ones who show exceptional promise of looking at their lives in this world as candidly and searchingly and feelingly as they know how and then of telling the rest of us what they have found there most worth finding. We need the eyes of writers like that to see through. We need the blood of writers like that in our veins. — Frederick Buechner
I write entirely to find out what is on my mind, what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I'm seeing, and what it means. — Joan Didion
Every piece of honest writing contains this tacit message: "I wrote this because it's important; I want you to read it; I'll stand behind it." — Matthew Grieder
Accuracy is not just a matter of facts; it is also correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, measurement, context, relevance — in a word, precision. I learned this from my first city editor, who taught me that a door is not a doorway; that "no injuries were reported" does not mean that "there were no injuries"; that a man charged with burglary is not necessarily a burglar ... At its best, accuracy is a painstaking, caring, patient and reasonable faculty of mind. — Evan Hill
In a very real sense, the writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratifications, is a curious anticlimax. — Alfred Kazin
If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage. — Cynthia Ozick
Before writing, "I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all." — Jerzy Kosinski
I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend — to make flights, carrying others along if he could manage it. To do this takes courage, even a certain conceit. — E.B. White
Writing for Clarity
avoiding choppy sentences
A string of simple sentences is choppy and monotonous, and it fails to show the relationship between ideas. Consider combining short, related sentences into a more concise construction. Choppy: "Iguanas make nice pets. They take up little space." Better: "Because iguanas take up little space, they make nice pets."
his or her
Although grammatically correct, avoid the use of "his or her": "Everyone should take his or her seat." Instead rewrite: "The students should take their seats."
passive voice
Passive voice produces a sentence in which the subject receives an action. In contrast, active voice produces a sentence in which the subject performs an action. Passive voice often produces unclear, wordy sentences, whereas active voice produces generally clearer, more concise sentences. To change a sentence from passive to active voice, determine who or what performs the action, and use that person or thing as the subject of the sentence. Passive voice: "On April 19, 1775, arms were seized at Concord, precipitating the American Revolution." Active voice: "On April 19, 1775, British soldiers seized arms at Concord, precipitating the American Revolution."
no empty sentences
Every sentence in your paper should be significant. Don't use "fillers" that don't contribute to your argument. If you can remove a sentence and your paper still makes sense, remove it.
opening sentences
Set your paper apart right away. Don't bother with statements of fact that give no direction to your ideas. Who cares what "many scholars" have said "over the years"? I want to know what you have to say right now!
define your terms
Define your terms up front. By define, I mean immediately stating the significance of the term as well as the meaning of the word as used in your paper. If you are using a key term or phrase that could be open to more than one meaning or might be unfamiliar to the reader, failing to define it could hinder the whole paper. Undefined terms can be a problem in almost any type of paper, from an art history essay to a psychology lab report, so be sure to double check.
topic sentences
Topic sentences should make the arguments necessary to support your thesis. If you're not sure about your topic sentences, try this: Isolate your thesis and topic sentences, and put them in the form of an outline. If the outline would allow someone to follow your argument without the rest of the paper, then you've got clear, argumentative topic sentences. If your outline is a list of noncommittal observations, take a stand and argue it in each topic sentence. If your outline is missing an important idea, you've probably hidden a good topic sentence in the middle of a paragraph — good ideas should be up front!
concluding sentences
Avoid ending a paragraph with a quotation. End with your own words explaining the significance of the quotation to the paragraph.
Commonly Misused Words
Do not use "first annual." An event cannot be annual unless it has occurred two or more times.
One of a kind. Do not overuse or describe something as "very unique" or "rather unique."
secondly / thirdly
Do not use - there is no "firstly." Use first, second, third.
Avoid overuse; use only when referring to items truly uncountable or immeasurable. Do not follow by "of": the myriad stars on a clear summer night; the myriad riches of a liberal arts education.
Data is plural: "The data show (not shows) that medication affects ADHD symptoms."
An adjective that describes one who keeps thoughts and feelings private. Do not use to mean "unwilling" or "reluctant." Correct: Because she lived alone and spoke to very few of her neighbors, she was described as shy and reticent. Incorrect: Vactioners were reticent to visit the Florida beaches after the hurricane.
"Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing." Probably a blend of irrespective and regardless, irregardless "has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so."
Commonly Confused Words
Capital refers to a town or city that serves as a seat of government or a place at the center: "Many consider Milan to be the fashion capital of the world." Capital can also describe wealth, an asset or human resources. Capitol is a building in which a state legislature meets or, specifically, the building in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Congress meets.
complement / compliment
Complement means to supplement: "The graphs complement his research paper." Compliment is an expression of courtesy: "The professor complimented students on their hard work in her class."
affect / effect
Affect is a verb meaning "to influence": "His score on the history final will affect his grade." Avoid the use of affect as a noun (except in specialized contexts such as psychology and philosophy). Effect, as a verb, means "to cause": "The new dean will effect many changes in the curriculum." Effect, as a noun, means "result": "Her research measures the effect of global warming on Oneida Lake."
feel / think
In common usage, feel means to sense, to be emotionally affected by something, or to have a general conviction of something. Think means to use reason, to examine with the intellect: "I think that you can write better than you have, but I feel encouraged by the improvements in your writing."
farther / further
Farther refers to physical distance. Further refers to an extension of time or degree: "The walk from the village to campus was farther than they expected." "Further research is necessary to prove his hypothesis."
its / it's
Its is possessive. It's is a contraction of "it is": "Because it's going to rain, the cat ran under its porch."
between / among
Between refers to two items; among refers to more than two: "A debate ensued between the student and his professor." "A debate ensued among students in the class."
since / because
Since is often used to mean because: "Since you asked, I'll tell you." Its primary meaning, however, relates to time: "I've been waiting since Tuesday for the letter." Most people now accept since in place of because; however, when since is ambiguous and may also refer to time ("Since she went to college, he found another girlfriend"), it is better to use because or after, depending on which you mean: "Because you are intelligent and careful, your writing has improved since the beginning of this course."
compose / comprise
Compose means to create or put together: "She composed a symphony for her senior project in music." "The symphony is composed of three movements." Comprise means to contain and is best used only in the active voice. "The symphony comprises three movements." "The class comprises six men and seven women." Avoid "is comprised of."
ensure / insure
Use ensure to mean guarantee: "Use these Writing Tips of the Day to ensure accuracy in your writing." Use insure only when referring to insurance: "The policy insures his life."
fewer / less
Fewer refers to individual items; less refers to bulk or quantity: "Fewer than 10 students received a fellowship." "She had less than $50 in her wallet." (Here, $50 is considered a singular lump sum; however: "She had fewer than 50 $1 bills in her wallet.")
utilize / use
Use refers to the intended job an object was designed to perform: "Please use a pencil to complete the test." Utilize means to make use of an object beyond its intended purpose: "He utilized a paper clip to fix the hinge of his laptop." In almost every case, use is the word to use.
that / which
Use that in restricting (limiting) clauses that provide essential, identifying information: "The rocking chair that creaks is on the porch." You are singling out the chair from two or more chairs. Use which in nonrestrictive clauses -- clauses that provide non-essential, parenthetical information: "The rocking chair, which creaks, is on the porch." You have one rocking chair, and it creaks. If you are unsure whether a clause is restrictive or not, try omitting it. Omitting a restrictive clause will change the core meaning of your sentence. Note: A non-restrictive which clause has commas around it; a restrictive that clause has none.
One Word or Two
under way
Two words: "The game was already under way by the time the coach arrived."
One word; no hyphen: "Winning an Academy Award was the actor's lifelong dream."
One word: "In order to download the new software, she needed to install more memory on the computer."
One word and no hyphen when referring to use of the Internet. However, use two words when meaning "into service": "The new facilities came on line this month."
plural names ending in s
Add "es": Charleses, Joneses, Gonzalezes. Do not use an apostrophe to form a plural.
compound words
For those terms that include two or more separate words or a hyphenated word, add "s" to the most significant word: attorneys general, daughters-in-law, lieutenant colonels.
Add "s" with no apostrophe: "She was in her 40s when she received tenure."
common nouns that end in s
Add an apostrophe and "s" unless the word that follows also begins with an "s": the class's graduation, the class' senior dinner.
commas between two independent clauses
Use a comma to separate two independent clauses linked by conjunctions such as and, but, or, so or yet: "She smiled as she accepted her diploma, but a tear slid down her cheek when she turned to face her classmates." "She smiled as she accepted her diploma but started to cry when she turned to face her classmates."
Do not hyphenate between adverbs ending in -ly and adjectives they modify: An easily remembered rule; the nationally ranked women's lacrosse team.
semicolon in a series
To clarify in a series, use the semicolon before and: "Among the speakers were Doug Weldon, the Stone Professor of Psychology; Donald Carter, chief diversity officer and professor of Africana studies; and Lydia Hamessley, associate professor of music." Place semicolons outside of quotation marks.
Use a hyphen when forming nouns, adjectives and verbs that show occupation status: co-author, co-chair, co-worker. Omit the hyphen in other combinations: coeducation, coexist, cooperative.
apostrophes in decades
Use an apostrophe to indicate numerals omitted. Show plural by adding "s": "She attended Hamilton in the '80s." "The 1940s marked a change on college campuses."
Generally do not hyphenate when using a prefix with a word starting with a consonant: predecease, reconvene. With the exception of cooperate and coordinate, use a hyphen if the prefix ends in a vowel and the word that follows begins with the same vowel: re-elect, pre-eminent, re-establish.
Use the apostrophe to indicate possession and to mark omitted letters in contractions. Writers often misuse apostrophes when forming plurals and possessives. The basic rule is quite simple: use the apostrophe to indicate possession, not a plural. Yes, the exceptions to the rule may seem confusing: hers has no apostrophe, and it's is not possessive. Nevertheless, with a small amount of attention, you can learn the rules and the exceptions of apostrophe use.
hyphens, compound modifiers
As a general rule, compound modifiers are hyphenated before the noun but not after the noun: "The team scored in the first quarter." "The team scored a first-quarter goal." However, when a modifier that would be hyphenated before a noun comes after a form of the verb "to be," the hyphen is usually retained: "The scholar is well-known." "The child was soft-spoken." Two words that are commonly associated do not require a hyphen: the real estate agent, the health care system. Compounds that end in "ly" are not hyphenated: the newly appointed dean, the nationally ranked hockey team.
Collective Nouns
Nouns that denote a unit take singular verbs and pronouns: "The class graduates in May." "The group made its recommendation." "The committee met to set its agenda." Note that team names take plural verbs: "The Continentals are playing at Sage Rink." Exceptions to this rule are couple, when used to refer to two people, and family, when used to refer to a two or more people. Both of these take plural verbs and pronouns: "The couple were visiting campus to see their daughter on Family Weekend." When referring to a single unit, use a singular verb: "Each couple was asked to contribute $10."
On Writing & Speaking
Of little value are your wisdom and discoveries if you cannot successfully express them and thus impress the public and render a social service. Never let Hamilton's emphasis on composition and delivery be lessened.
Writing is fundamental to learning. Most students read something from beginning to end, highlighting information along the way, but they aren't really processing any of what they read until they analyze, discuss, summarize, synthesize and write.
Expressing yourself clearly and effectively is the single most important tool you can develop, and it carries with you through your life. Today, I'm in the business of communicating at one of the most highly respected communications companies, and what got me here didn't come from Columbia Business School. It came from Hamilton.
The advice I give my clients is what I learned and shared every day in the Writing Center: A good idea is worthy of the time and effort required to communicate it effectively.
A fortune cookie once told me: writing is a craft, not an art. I try to live by this fortune cookie's wisdom. I definitely don't view writing as a talent; my writing is full of practice, hard work, perseverance and diligence.
Hamilton focused on speaking, writing and critical thinking. I do those every day. If you can do those three things, you can do almost anything.
As an attorney, being able to write persuasively and to present effective oral arguments are essential tools. I can honestly say that I apply the skills I learned as a writing tutor literally on a daily basis … As I'm writing I almost have a mini-conference in my head as I ask myself what I'm trying to say and how to best organize my thoughts.
Being in medicine, you think that science is the most important part of your education, but through the course of my career, being able to write well and be a reasonably good public speaker have proven to be tremendously important.
Writing clearly is a prerequisite to being able to think clearly, which in turn is a prerequisite to almost everything else in the real world. One could not escape from Hamilton without mastering those skills.
Hamilton's writing-intensive curriculum and my experience in the Writing Center have been invaluable to me in my professional career. Although I arrived at Hamilton with a general understanding of how to formulate an analytical argument, I truly learned how to write at Hamilton.


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A Simple Solution to Unemployment Cost Management
Simplify claims, minimize costs, and ensure compliance
Unemployment Insurance Integrity - Compliance
Overview of new UI Integrity legislation, state interpretations, and employer UI strategies moving forward
The President has signed into law the Tax Prevention Act of 2014 that extends WOTC retroactively.
Take advantage of a limited time opportunity to retroactively submit certification requests for employees hired in 2014.
Join us as we decode IRS reporting and subsidy management for the ACA. We'll walk through examples of complex employment scenarios and how they play out in terms of 1095-C reporting. We'll also discuss best practices for data collection and management, form 1095-C distribution, and subsidy appeals management.