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In this article you will discover how Aspect Oriented Programming with AspectJ can apply Lazy Loading to areas within an application. By using the simple example provided here to control when an object is loaded, you can apply lazy loading to your own applications wherever you feel it is required.
Lazy loading is a characteristic of an application when the actual loading and instantiation of a class is delayed until the point just before the instance is actually used. The goal is to only dedicate memory resources when necessary by only loading and instantiating an object at the point when it is absolutely needed.
Tools such as Eclipse have popularized the lazy-loading approach as they use the facility to control the load and initialization of heavyweight plug-ins. This gives the double bonus of speeding up the initial load time for the application, as not all plug-ins are loaded straightaway; ensuring efficiency as only the plug-ins that are used are loaded at all. This article will demonstrate how lazy loading can be achieved in your application where certain features of the design do not need to be loaded up front but rather on demand.
Traditional Object Oriented (OO) methods for providing lazy loading usually lead to business logic being interleaved with the lazy loading code. Figure 1 shows a traditional object interaction sequence where lazy loading is applied.
Figure 1. Lazy loading using traditional Object Oriented techniques.
The main class in this simple example invokes the proxy objects directly. The proxy objects (of class
LazyFeature) each encapsulate how the lazy loading takes place and load and initialize the implementation objects (of class
FeatureA) that they are providing a proxy for.
The main problem with this approach is that the lazy-loading architecture is interleaved with the business logic encapsulated within the individual implementation classes and the main class. Although the architecture is simple, the lazy-loading capability is closely coupled to the classes involved and it could prove difficult to remove the lazy loading or even to apply new lazy-loading techniques, at a later point in time.
Lazy loading is really an overall policy that should be adopted for the loading and initialization of declared types of objects, and therefore it is not directly related to the business logic of the application. For this reason lazy loading is actually a crosscutting concern. Aspect Orientation (AO) is an ideal candidate for improving the modularity of the implementation by de-coupling the crosscutting concern, in this case lazy loading, from the business logic. Figure 2 shows how an AO approach could modularize lazy loading in the same example application.
Figure 2. Lazy loading using Aspect Oriented techniques.
In the AO example the main program is not closely coupled to the lazy-loading classes. In fact, it has no knowledge of the lazy loading taking place beyond the
initializeFeature(String) call that is used to create a new
Feature object. The aspect itself controls all lazy-loading policies by capturing join points on calls to the
Feature objects and delegating those calls where necessary to newly created or existing implementation class instances.
All lazy loading is controlled by the Aspect, modularizing the concern and providing a single place for lazy-loading policy enforcement. This is achieved without the main program, the proxy, or individual implementation classes having any knowledge of the lazy-loading policy.
The following example gives a flavor of how lazy loading could be applied using Java and AspectJ. The full code for this example is available as a compressed .zip file and it is highly recommend that you download and compile the example in Eclipse with the AspectJ Development Tool plug-in installed. As well, any AspectJ development environment should work with some tweaking.
First a simple application is declared as shown in the following code sample. The
MainApplication class simply loads the features according to their configurations (in this case String representations of the class names) and then sends example calls to the various features that it holds. The lazy-loading policy is simply that the classes that implement the
Feature interface will not be loaded and initialized until the first calls to the methods on the feature, but this is not of concern to the main class.
public class MainApplication
private Feature[] features;
* Overriding the default constructor to
* show an example usage of the Lazy Loading
* capability.
public MainApplication()
features = new Feature[2];
features[0] =
features[1] =
features[0].doSomething("Hello there");
features[0].doSomething("Hello again");
features[1].doSomething("Hi to you too");
features[1].doSomething("Hi again");
* The main program that runs this example.
* @param args The arguments passed from the
* command line
public static void main(String[] args)
MainApplication mainApplication =
new MainApplication();
The rest of the example architecture includes the
Feature interface shown in the next code snippet. The
Feature interface declares the methods that any feature, lazy loaded or not, must fulfill. Also an example
FeatureA class is provided that implements the
Feature interface and could be provided by a third party. Once again, neither the interface nor the specialized implementation classes need to have any knowledge of the proposed lazy-loading policy.
public interface Feature
* A simple example method on the feature.
* @param message Some data being sent to
* the feature.
public void doSomething(String message);
public class FeatureA implements Feature
public void doSomething(String message)
"doSomething called in "
+ this
+ ", with: "
+ message);
A proxy, the
LazyFeatureProxy class, is declared to encapsulate the creation calls to the distinct feature implementation classes as shown in the next code snippet. This simple proxy also adds the behavior necessary for the lazy-loading policy to complete its function.
public class LazyFeatureProxy implements Feature
private String featureClass;
private Feature delegate;
* The constructor for the LazyFeatureProxy
* class. This example simply sets up the
* proxy with the class that is to be used
* when instantiating objects as needed.
* This could also be configured in a more
* application specific way, such as using XML
* configuration information for example.
* @param featureClass The string class name
* of the class being
* proxied.
public LazyFeatureProxy(String featureClass)
this.featureClass = featureClass;
* This method initializes the feature
* when the implementation is actually
* needed.
* @return Feature the initialized concrete
* feature.
* @throws IllegalAccessException
* @throws InstantiationException
public Feature getFeature()
if (this.delegate == null)
return this.delegate =
(Feature) Class
return this.delegate;
Finally, four aspects are declared to encapsulate lazy loading in the example application. The
LazyLoading, and
TraceLazyInitialization aspects.
ProxyPattern aspect and its derived
DelegatingProxyPattern aspect are not shown here, but can be found in the full source for this example. Both of these aspects provide a hierarchy that supports a generic reusable abstract foundation that encapsulates the GoF Proxy Design Pattern, in particular the delegation characteristics of the pattern.
The Proxy Pattern, particularly in its delegation mode as the
DelegatingProxyPattern that specializes the pattern to, is an ideal base for a lazy-loading system, as it provides a means by which control can be gained to any and all calls to an object. The original Proxy Pattern AspectJ implementation adapted for this example came from the research completed by Gregor Kiczales and Jan Hannemann.
LazyLoading aspect as shown in the following code snippet encapsulates the specific application of the proxy pattern to the lazy-loading policies. It defines the logic to capture messages for the concrete target objects so that they can be initialized if necessary and then the message passed on. If the object already exists then the message is simply passed on without any additional instantiation.
public aspect LazyLoading
extends DelegatingProxyPattern
* Assigns the Subject role to Feature.
declare parents : Feature implements Subject;
* Provides a default implementation of the
* doSomething(String) method to
* stop implementations within this application
* from having to implement this method. This
* will deliberately not include features
* developed by third parties that must still
* implement the Feature interface fully).
public void Feature.doSomething(
String message)
* Provides a means by which Features can
* be made available.
public Feature initializeFeature(
String featureClass)
Feature feature =
new LazyFeatureProxy(featureClass);
return feature;
* Captures all accesses to the subject that
* should be protected by this pattern
* instance. In this case all calls to
* RealSubject.write(..).
protected pointcut requestTriggered() :
call(* features.Feature.* (..)) &&
!within(feature_management.LazyLoading +);
* Delegates the call to a newly initialised
* object if not previously initialised.
protected Object delegateRequest(
Object caller,
Subject subject,
JoinPoint joinPoint)
if (subject instanceof LazyFeatureProxy)
LazyFeatureProxy feature =
(LazyFeatureProxy) subject;
Feature implementedFeature =
(String) joinPoint.getArgs()[0]);
catch (Exception e)
"Exception when attempting to "
+ "lazy load"
+ " a particular class,"
+ " aborting the call");
"Feature already loaded so "
+ "passing the "
+ "request on to it");
/* Call doSomething on the feature,
* examining the args first to know
* how to pass it on
((Feature) subject).doSomething(
(String) joinPoint.getArgs()[0]);
return null;
Finally, the
TraceLazyInitialization aspect, as shown in the final code snippet below, merely provides a testing capability for the application to produce the output analyzed for the Summary and Conclusion to this article. This aspect merely examines each of the applications join points to provide an effective trace of when and where particular loading and initializations occurred to provide proof that lazy loading is indeed happening.
public aspect TraceLazyInstantiation
public pointcut lazyClassInitialized() :
features.FeatureA.new (..))
|| initialization(
features.FeatureB.new (..));
public pointcut cflowLazyInitialization() :
cflow(execution(MainApplication.new (..)))
&& !within(TraceLazyInstantiation);
after() : lazyClassInitialized()
"*** Implementation class initialised: "
+ thisJoinPoint
+ " ***");
before() : cflowLazyInitialization()
The example has shown that although the AspectJ version is certainly more complicated, it does have some significant advantages over the more traditional OO implementation of lazy loading. The most powerful advantage is that the lazy-loading logic is modularized and encapsulated within the
LazyLoading aspect, rather than spread throughout the business logic classes. Therefore it can be amended and managed in a central location rather than the maintenance nightmare that could occur if changes had to be made to the mechanism in more traditional implementations.
An additional benefit is that to remove lazy loading would simply involve changing the initialization calls in the main method to initialize the concrete class instances directly. This would effectively remove the lazy-loading behavior should it not be needed with only a very simple change, rather than the fundamental architecture change that would be necessary in an OO-only system.
It is worth pointing out that there are several interesting features of AspectJ that have been included in this example that may confuse the beginner. AspectJ allows you to define default behavior on interfaces and this has been done in this case as part of the
LazyLoading aspect affecting the
Feature interface.
The default behavior leaves the interface as still being an interface, but also provides default behavior for specific areas of the interface to give the implementing classes the option of implementing that behavior or not.
In this example the
LazyFeature did not need to implement the behavior for the
doSomething(String) method since the message was only being used for interception by the lazy-loading aspect and so a default empty implementation was provided. However, the external feature developers would still be forced to implement the method since they would not be applying the
LazyLoading aspect as part of their development, and therefore would only see the interface definition.
The apparent disparity between the default implementation of the
doSomething(String) method being declared in the
LazyLoading aspect could have been alleviated to some degree by declaring a static inner aspect in the
Feature interface. However, this would have forced the implementers of the concrete features using the source code for the interface to use AspectJ to compile against the
Feature interface. This constraint was avoided by placing the lazy-loading aspect specific extensions to the
Feature interface in the aspect only.
In conclusion, although lazy loading can certainly be implemented effectively using traditional Object-Oriented methods only, the crosscutting nature of lazy loading is an ideal candidate for using an Aspect-Oriented approach, improving modularization in various fundamental ways.
Russell Miles is a senior consultant for SpringSource in the UK and contributes to various open source projects while working on books for O'Reilly.
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A few posts back, I had YouTubed that hilarious moment when Reyes and Green headbopped away in the Mets dugout. Fox must have been patrolling YouTube with fine-toothed combs, however, and the video was forced to go bye-bye. But back to give you a smile, here are Reyes and Greenie having a laugh.
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How's it going girl?
I'm around… I will be coming back and forth to see the latest on the offseason buzz and biz.
I already started my countdown to spring training on the site LOL
Next year I will be there!!!
Baby just went to sleep and now I'm having the champagne I had saved for the night we won the NLCS… not what I had in mind but still a great year!
I love the Greenie video! Thanx much for posting!
Mets in '07
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I have been struggling to get VRDP from Virtual Box working on my home network, of which more maybe later, but I took a break to install one of the greatest games ever on the home machines with the help of my younger son. We finally found a copy of Little Big Adventure that'll run on modern machines. This is hosted at LBA HQ. It runs native but recommends running under DosBox. So that is what I did...
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Born Aug. 12, 1953, to Rose Hall Bilanzich and Pete Morgan, he was blessed with two children, Bill Morgan and Jo Morgan-Kim and two grandchildren, Jaden K. Kim and Kodi M. Kim. He is survived by his family, Pete, Sandy and Russell Morgan, Todd and Tommy Earl. His sisters are Robyn Bradley and Shelly Patterson, and his longtime friends, Rick Hopkins and Sherri Morgan. He was preceded in death by Bill and Rose Bilanzich, and his loyal companion Donald Dog.
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Eric Pearl "Reconnects" with Hands-Off Healing
I first became aware of chiropractor Eric Pearl through the reprehensible movie The Living Matrix. Several months ago I reviewed that movie and described its segment featuring Pearl as follows:
A 5 year old with cerebral palsy was allegedly healed by "reconnective healing" by a chiropractor who is shown waving his hands a few inches away from the child's body. Problem: There was no medical evaluation before and after to determine whether anything had objectively changed, and video of the child after treatment shows that his gait is not normal.
I have since learned that Pearl is far more than an eccentric oddball. He is a whole industry. He is teaching his "reconnective healing" methods to others worldwide through seminars in several languages, he engages in aggressive marketing, he offers practice-building advice to his many disciples, and he even foists his beliefs on groups of impressionable young children. I use the word disciples intentionally because there are strong religious overtones to this healing method.
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"The Reconnection" is similar to therapeutic touch, but goes much farther. He does not need to physically touch patients because they can feel his touch without any contact. They close their eyes and he moves his hands around their bodies but several inches away. They feel a presence, see colors unknown on Earth, and often see angels (one particular angel is George, a multicolored parrot). Afterwards, they report miraculous healings of "cancers, AIDS-related diseases, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, birth disfigurements, cerebral palsy and other serious afflictions." (more…)
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — As it turns out, the shelf life of many New Year's Resolutions is far shorter than their authors' pronouncements might have anticipated. Though 2013 is only in its nascent stage, by now many of those uttered promises of change are already consigned to the "Oh well" bin. But when it comes to the resolve of several local athletes and teams, words truly serve as a preamble to deeds that transform wispy hopes for change into definitive accomplishments. Not even two weeks into the New Year, stories already illustrate how actions can speak louder than words across the spectrum of the winter sports milieu.
In boys basketball, Sullivan West (4-1) held on for a 54-50 gritty non-league win over Class A Monticello (4-5). Though the Bulldogs never trailed and enjoyed a lead that burgeoned to 10, the game was decided in the final seconds as the Monties closed within two points with 17 seconds remaining. A key bucket by Matt Cardona and two made free throws in the game's climatic closing minutes helped ice the victory, as did the Westies' stellar 9 for 11 (90.9%) free-throw shooting, as compared to the Panthers' lackluster nine for 22 (40.9%) from the stripe. Dawg sophomore Ronj Padu, returning from a concussion he suffered against Livingston Manor before the holidays, led his team with 14 points that included a pair of timely treys. Patrick Pierce posted 11 points and Kyle Manzi had 10 in the uplifting victory that also featured two of his patented downtowners. The Bulldogs hoped this game would provide a positive foreshadowing for their road rematch against Division IV rival James I. O'Neill on January 10, the only team to beat them this year. Monticello turns its attention to league rival Goshen as it looks to live up to its stated goal of making it back to sectionals and creating a stir in the Class A hunt. Montie senior Rob Reilly and junior Daeshawn Thompson led the Panthers' attack with 17 points apiece in the loss. It was the second straight year that the Bulldogs bested their eastern county foes, penning another chapter in the rivalry that has featured some incredible hardwood drama over the years.
Strong resolve fueled a fine week of wrestling by Tri-Valley junior Kevin Palko (152), who won both of his matches in a meet against Division II-B rivals Chester and Liberty and was named as one of the outstanding wrestlers following his success at the Monticello Wrestling Tournament. Eldred/Fallsburg's Adam Hurwitz (138) received similar recognition at the tourney.


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WILDOAK LIVING Program Recording Posted: Climate Change, Part 8: FEVERED - Why a Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health -- And How We Can Save Ourselves
In case you missed the live program on August 19 or want to listen again or share this program with others, you can listen or download a recording of the program here:
Part 8 of Changing Climate - Changing World: Climate Change and Impact on Health
I talk Linda Marsa, award-winning health and science journalist and the author of a new book:
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In Fevered, just released this month, Linda Marsa reveals how some of today's most pressing public health issues are related to climate change -- and are only going to get worse in coming years:
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- Increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, and drought
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Why minorities are most affected by pollution and poor urban planning, including being isolated in urban heat islands
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Solving the Nation's Budget Woes
Huge deficits were not caused by the Bush tax cuts and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2007, with both fully burdening the Treasury, the federal deficit was only $161 billion -- now it exceeds $1 trillion.
Spending on health care, social security and other public pensions is up $666 billion -- more than total spending for either defense or other civilian activities. Without systemic reforms, annual entitlement spending will increase another $1.1 trillion by 2020.
No tax increase on the wealthy -- short of driving offshore everyone who can provide services via the Internet -- can tackle that bill.
Yet, President Obama in his February budget and proposals since only asks for additional taxes on the wealthy, few net savings in spending and no additional taxes for anyone else.
Raising top rates would hit the wrong people. In jurisdictions like New York and Maryland, adding in payroll, state and local income taxes, business property taxes and the like, marginal rates on many small businesses already approach 50%.
Anyone who even casually studies economics knows taxing an activity reduces it. That's why progressives want a carbon tax to reduce fossil fuels use. Sadly, that reasoning applies to new investment too, and boosting marginal tax rates on small businesses above 50% will surely hurt expansion and jobs creation.
That said, wake up Republicans! Taxes are way too low on financial engineering and many forms of compensation to the richest Americans. Capital gains rates of 15% on investments held merely a year, and permitting many corporate executives and private equity engineers to pay similar rates on their compensation, adds little to real investment or employment -- more likely, it ships jobs overseas.
Closing loopholes and adjusting capital gains to inflation by the length of time those are held would boost tax revenues and make the system fairer.
The most sacred cow -- the mortgage interest deduction -- is simply not needed to support homeownership. Canada doesn't have it and enjoys similarly high rates of ownership. Both countries are land-intensive with more room to spread populations around major cities than Europe.
Renting among the middle class is highest in North America where land is most expensive, even though high incomes make the value of the mortgage interest deduction the greatest -- for example, in New York City.
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Today was suspended good mornings. WORK
Going to be going through PSL for my journey to the XPC Arnold Bench Qualifier... Excited. PSL and I have communicated quite a few times over recent months and I find him to be a stand up guy. I hope this log works out and our adventure together proves to be pleasurable for all the followers.
This journey will be rough, making it to the Arnold Classic will be one hell of an achievement and one that I for sure can accomplish. I will get to compete with the best. I am not too happy that it will be bench only, but I must be patient. The rest will come with time, dedication, and hard work.
Speaking of time. Remember that OLD ASS LOG I had in the training section entitled my quest for a 450+lbs bench? It took me 4 years... that is right 4 years to accomplish that... Now I am 470lbs+ bencher.
Dedicate yourself, find your passion, and WORK.
Today was suspended good mornings. WORK
After good mornings, we hit the rest
Good mornings
Squats 225lbs 5x5
2sets of lunges (light)
Bands for Leg Curls.
Got a nice one in today posting soon
Sunday is either speed or volume, decided to do some "heavy" volume today!
After speed work hit the triceps
Tate presses
then pushdowns (drop sets)
3 sets chest supported rows
3 sets bicep curls.
Good afternoon everyone,
Today was that max effort squat with 100lbs chains. I made it to 385lbs without wraps. From there I jumped to 425lbs with wraps (that is 525lbs at the top).
Took me two attempts to smash this weight, but I got it. Had to get my head and technique correct !
just remember these videos guys. because this is BEFORE i start my PSL gear...
Bench night against bands ahhh gonna be tough
Today got some nice lifts in.
Hit max effort on the bands for bench. used the black mini bands.
Stopped a bit shy of my max--not allowed to risk missing the set!
After this I did 3 sets with hanging kettlebells to work on stabilizers
Then I jumped in on some Push Press.
Got some nice lift
After push press did some dips and a few band push-downs
I was honestly just dead.
Wait until I start up that psl gear
Whoops smiley face lol
Ckcrown thank you for this amazing log!
Very dissapointing deadlift day failed to make my pr and got my ass kicked all around
Thank you everyone.
Soon will be starting that PSL Sauce and will see how that goes. I expect big things... always do. And like I tell anyone who questions my authenticity. Logs lie... videos don't. You see my starting numbers so you will surely see where I end up.
Bare in mind not ALL gains are made from gear, my training, dedication, and diet matter as well. But, it will be evident if the gear sucks or not. I have no reason to doubt, if I did I wouldn't be staking my Arnold Classic Qualifier on them....
You look very solid brother, its a pleasure to have you video logging.
465 two board. Not a bad baseline for about 3 months out (depending)
After this we did 4-5 sets off a 3 board against bands for triceps.
Followed by Dumbbell shoulder press (3 sets light)
Then some rope push downs.
Heavy weight takes it out of you!
Started PSL gear last night
500mg EQ
Today I took 10mg M1T.
Time to lift Going to give the M1T a trial run at 20mg/day for 25 days. Then we will do more serious dosage once the contest draws near.
Not much to report from todays workout. Just did a lot of accessory work to bring up lagging parts
Weighted extensions off the GHR Max Effort
Weighted extensions for reps
Walking Lunges
GHR 10 sets of 5 (still new at these I suck at them)
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My first encounter with flying planes was during World War II. Dad moved us from the farm to the village when he went off to fight the enemy so we would be safe. We became involved with the blackouts and the associated air raid drills. The eerie sound of the wailing sirens signaled the turning off of the lights so the enemy would not see our town and bomb us. Some of my pre-teen friends developed a fear of airplanes and when an occasional plane was heard in the sky, they would drop everything and run for the house, possibly on instructions from their nervous parents. It was wartime. We also knew that airplane spotters were always watching the sky for enemy planes. Later, we did get to see a giant B24 when Walker LaRowe brought one to the Edinburgh Plateau Airport.
The four-motor B19 used during the war, known as the "Flying Fortress," went through five improved models. It was the world's largest bomber, weighing 82 tons, and flying 7,000 miles at a time. When tested on the flying field at Santa Monica, Calif., it flew the 65 miles to March Field at 150 mph, with Stanley Umstead as pilot. It was a major accomplishment at that time which took $3.5 million and four years to build. Boeing then made Flying Fortresses -- B17, D, C, and E, that could fly 3,500 miles at 300 mph. The U.S. was in the airplane business, big time.
In my boyhood airplane scrapbooks, I have a list of the early bombers. In 1935 the Boeing 299 had four engines and was one of the first Flying Fortresses. The D15 in 1937 was a long-range bomber. The 1938 Boeing 314 became transoceanic and the Boeing 307 joined the fleet as a high-altitude plane in 1939. Whenever I see four motors on the wings of a plane fly over the Adirondacks, I wonder if it is one of these wartime planes.
My favorite planes are the Flying Tigers used in China before U.S. involvement (that's another story), and the Lockheed P38s with their twin fuselages. They were used by our U.S. Air Corps as well as the British RAF. Their claim to fame was going a mile high in less than a minute as well as flying over 400 mph. The nacelle in the center of the P38 held the pilot in a cockpit with his armaments on the nose. It must have been a big thrill to pilot such an exciting plane.
Today, smaller planes are seen throughout the Adirondacks along with the occasional military plane on maneuvers flying over the rugged mountains. Municipal airports include the Fulton County Airport near Johnstown, the airport at Piseco, one in Keene Valley, and at Saranac Lake, among others. Dozens of smaller airstrips are scattered throughout the Adirondacks; in today's economy it appears that airports are an asset to all who, for business or pleasure, use air travel. In my estimation, the day is not too far away when greater use will be made of air travel for the public to get where it's going. The day has gone when we say, "run for the house; there comes an airplane."
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#167261 - 03/29/07 04:44 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: BranShea]
Registered: 05/25/02
Posts: 1529
Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...
A deathbed whisper of Orson Wells as Citizen Kane that
we moviegoers eventually understood to be an encapsulated
word symbol representing a childhood trauma which sublimated into a compelling edee force that directed the strange driven life of Orson Wells or Citizen Kane.
Thank you, Branshea, but for you my whispered word on my
death bed might have been buttercup.
Let me tell you why
Maybe I was five years old, maybe six, but not seven, when I was
abruptly introduced to buttercups.
Hey, new boy a boy on the playground shouted.
Would you like to smell some pretty flowers? They smell good; they
are buttercups.
I looked at the flowers bunched up in his hand.
They were the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen.
Come on smell - they wont hurt you he said, coming over and positioning
the buttercups just below my face. As I bent to smell he slammed the bouquet
with his fist into my face.
Ha, ha, he laughed, pointing at me, Hey, everybody look at the new boy,
Hes got yellow stuff all over his face
None of the other kids laughed.
I was humiliated. My nose was bleeding but what I learned hurt even more.
I learned that there are two kinds of people on this Earth
the good, and the bad. Sure, I had even as a child seen hot anger and even violence, but never had I ever seen a human with a visceral need to intentionally hurt another of his own kind. Maybe because of this Ive become a better man (I promised that day I would never, ever, hurt another person) but even so I didnt think much of them damn buttercups.
Until Bransheas postings.
Today I sit at the computer looking at four buttercups I just picked. These are the Alabama buttercups of my yesteryear. Not at all like the flowers that are called buttercups in the Netherlands or among the Googles Images. These are more like the crepe paper looking yellow petals of the buttercup that belmarduk posted, but not creped and not yellow, instead smoothly curved with white petals that have a tinge of pink at the top that grades infinitely into a perfect ivory white at the bottom where spreads upwards five golden anthers heavily coated with bright pollen.
These are simply the most beautiful flowers in the World.
Edited by themilum (03/29/07 05:03 PM)
#167264 - 03/29/07 06:37 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: themilum]
old hand
Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 956
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
Thank you for sharing that story with us themilum.
As a youngster we would hold a buttercup under our chins. If the reflection was yellow, you were healthy. If it were bright yellow, you were very healthy. It was only later in life that I associated the tone of skin with the brightness of reflection, darker seemed brighter.
#167272 - 03/30/07 03:30 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: olly]
Registered: 05/25/02
Posts: 1529
Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...
What an interesting and poignant custom, olly, and I'll bet that the Maori think that darker is brighter too.
Edited by themilum (03/30/07 03:33 PM)
#167276 - 03/31/07 02:39 AM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: themilum]
old hand
Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 956
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
Not quite a custom, more of a childhood frivolity. Children I think find flowers fascinating.
#167277 - 03/31/07 04:15 AM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: olly]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
in the U.S., there is a more pedestrian childhood custom..
Like the buttercup a dandelion in bloom held under the chin tells whether you like butter if there is a yellow reflection.
-joe (and a bouquet of dandelions, for mom) friday
#167356 - 04/05/07 03:26 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: tsuwm]
Registered: 08/27/02
Posts: 2154
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
And on the floral note our cherry blossoms are out. Hopefully our colder than usual weather will let them last longer before the pink snowstorms begin.
#167357 - 04/05/07 04:05 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: Zed]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/24/02
Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
we just got a foot of snow. :¬ (_________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
#167361 - 04/06/07 07:00 AM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
Registered: 05/25/02
Posts: 1529
Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s...
Which, I'm sure, etaoin, you so richly deserve.
#167385 - 04/06/07 06:53 PM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: themilum]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 13803
Did wonders for the skiing industry.
#167404 - 04/07/07 11:07 AM Re: Jonquils,daffodils. [Re: Faldage]
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York
We got a dusting o' snow & ice, probly enough to scare away the budding flowers. :¬ (
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Home List of Titles Backcalculation of resilient modulus of lightly stabilised granular base materials from a cyclic load testing facility
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- Title
- Backcalculation of resilient modulus of lightly stabilised granular base materials from a cyclic load testing facility
- Author(s)
- Piratheepan, J.; Gnanendran, C. T.
- Abstract
- Resilient moduli of pavement layers are the basic input parameters for the design of pavements with multilayers in the current mechanistic-empirical pavement design guides. Field measurements are generally believed to provide accurate values to backcalculate pavement layer moduli, but the tests to measure the relevant parameters are difficult to perform, expensive and causes disturbance to the public. Therefore, backcalculation of pavement layer moduli from laboratory scale model testing has been a focus of recent pavement research. This paper presents a backcalculation analysis to evaluate pavement layer moduli using a 3D numerical model developed using the FLAC3D finite difference software. The pertinent measurements that are required for the backcalculation analysis were collected from a cyclic load testing facility under traffic type cyclic loading conditions with a typical pavement structure consisting of a granular road base lightly stabilised with cement-flyash over an expansive soft clay subgrade. This study indicates that the stabilised base material had cross-anisotropic resilient properties with an average vertical resilient modulus of 2875 MPa and an average horizontal resilient modulus of 1598 MPa. From this investigation, the resilient moduli of the stabilized granular base layer and subgrade clay were backcalculated reliably from the analysis using FLAC3D numerical model.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 25, no. 8 (Aug 2013), pp. 1068-1076
- Publication year
- 2013
- FOR Code(s)
- 0905 Civil Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Backcalculation; Cyclic loading; Numerical model; Pavement model testing; Resilient moduli; Stabilised granular materials
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- 0899-1561
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Nashville, Tenn., enjoys its own winter wonderland thanks to an ice storm that hit the middle of the country last week.
A flower is looking pretty sad in Dallas thanks to rain and freezing temperatures.
Even 20 minutes with the defroster running didn't help CNN iReporter Debra Knight to get her car out from under the snow.
Roads in the Dallas-Forth Worth area went through the thaw-freeze cycle, making the early morning commute treacherous.
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More than six inches of snow hit the Twin Cities last week. Duluth was blasted with several feet of snow.
What some call a snowstorm, people in Minneapolis call Thursday. Temperatures will be well below freezing in the Twin Cities for the next week.
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Katie Burton spent the first three seasons of her college basketball career on the perimeter, playing guard for the Wisconsin-Whitewater women's team.
This winter, the Crystal Lake South graduate is working closer to the basket, and she has the scars to show for it.
"There are a lot more bumps and bruises down low," the 5-foot-10 Burton said. "We're a little bit smaller of a team this year, so I had to step into the [power forward] position. You don't have to be the best player to box out and just be scrappy. It's pretty fun."
Burton's scrappiness has led to career highs in scoring (9 points a game) and rebounding (3.6) for the Warhawks (12-3), who lead the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 6-0 record.
Burton, who has started every game this season and is a team captain for Whitewater, has drawn praise for her selfless play and attitude.
"She is very unselfish," Warhawks coach Keri Carollo said. "She doesn't care how many points or rebounds she gets. She's more concerned with what she can do to help the team win."
Along with moving her game down low, Burton has contributed by hitting a career-best 41.3 percent of her 3-point shots. Her 20 3-pointers rank second on the team.
"That's something that I really wanted to improve on, so I worked on my shot a lot in the offseason," she said.
Burton's shooting prowess also has pulled taller defenders away from the post.
"She's done a really nice job," Carollo said. "[She has improved] in all facets of the game, especially her defensive ability."
Whitewater is coming off a season in which it played in the NCAA Division III national championship game and won the second-most games in school history (26-7).
"This is a different year and a different team," Burton said. "It's just not clicking the way we know it can."
Carollo praised Burton and her teammates for their desire to improve despite their perfect WIAC start and No. 17 national ranking in this week's D3Hoops.com poll.
"We are really working hard to get better every day," Carollo said. "We aren't clicking on all cylinders yet, but hopefully we will be soon."
Despite not being at the top of their game yet, Whitewater has put together an impressive start to the WIAC season.
On Wednesday, the Warhawks won at UW-Platteville, 72-60, earning their 14th consecutive win against the Pioneers. On Jan. 8, Whitewater handed UW-Oshkosh its first loss of the season with a 72-66 decision in which Burton (13 points) was one of four double-digit scorers.
"I wouldn't want to be out there with any other group of girls," Burton said.
Freeman's fast start: Cary-Grove grad Josh Freeman won the shot put in the season-opening Saluki Open last weekend in Carbondale.
Freeman, a sophomore at Southern Illinois, won the event by almost 5 feet. His winning throw of 59 feet, 8Ľ inches ranks as the 13th-best shot put throw nationally this season.
On the first day of the two-day meet, Freeman placed third in the weight throw. His toss of 59-4Ľ was a career-best performance.
Super sprinter: Samantha Nirva, a junior sprinter at D-II St. Joseph's College in Indiana, was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week on Wednesday.
In the season-opening Bob Eubanks Invitational at Grand Valley State, Nirva placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.99 seconds.
The Prairie Ridge grad posted a time of 8.97 in the prelims.
The award was the first of Nirva's career and the first weekly honor in school history for a Saint Joseph's indoor track athlete.
Top Vikings: Cary-Grove grad Eric Chandler, Marian Central's Will Hass and Huntley's Josh Symbal were named football award winners this month for D-III Augustana College.
Chandler, a senior running back, was named the team's Most Valuable Player. He led the Vikings with 757 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. Hass, a senior defensive tackle, won the program's Jerry Frick Award, named for Augustana's late team manager. The honor symbolizes the concept of being a team player. Hass was honored for persevering through injuries this season to play in five games.
Symbal, a sophomore linebacker, was named the Scout Team Defensive MVP for the Vikings (5-5).
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Also, I've read that babies born to moms who have had IV fluids (like moms who have had c-sections) can be born with a lot of extra fluid weight on board. They lose the extra fluid rapidly, making it seem as if they have lost a lot of weight- but that weight is just water.
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It's a Creole phrase that many parents in these poorest areas of Haiti use with their youngest kids. I'm sure you'll hear it often over the next several days as we visit homes. It's a term of endearment … but also a harsh reality that reminds everyone of how devastating each day can be for people living on the brink. Ti Chape means little survivor or one who has escaped deathContinue Reading ›


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February 5, 2010
ISBE DELL e-Broadcast 2010.176 - FY11 eGMS Consolidated Bilingual Program Application
The FY11 Consolidated English Language Learning Programs Application for state TBE/TPI and federal Title III (LIPLEPS and IEP) funding will be completed and submitted electronically online via eGMS this school year. Please join ISBE's Division of English Learning staff for a training webinar that will present information on accessing and completing Submission Part I of the new electronic consolidated application.
The FY11 eGMS Consolidated English Language Learning Application is divided into two (2) submissions, Part I The ELL Enrollment Summary and Ceiling Calculator and Part II The ELL Program Service Plan and Budgets.
- The ELL Enrollment Summary and Ceiling Calculator is scheduled to be available online by February 8, 2010 and data submissions due to ISBE by March 15, 2010. An announcement will go out to districts on IWAS informing them that the system is available for data submission.
- The ELL Program Service Plan and Budgets is scheduled to be posted online by May 2010 and data submissions due to ISBE by June 30th 2010. Only those districts that complete the ELL Enrollment Summary and Ceiling Calculator will be eligible to apply for FY11 funding by submitting the ELL Program Service Plan and Budgets.
The FY11 application submission and approval process will all be done online. The Excel-based consolidated application forms used in previous years will no longer be available on the ISBE website.
To assist school districts with the eGMS application, a technical assistance workshop via webinar for Part I has been scheduled for February 17, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30. A second webinar for the Part II submission is scheduled for May 14. Both sessions will be recorded and posted on the DELL website www.isbe.net/bilingual Being that this is the first year of implementation; we strongly encourage anyone responsible for the submission of the application, including program coordinators and directors, to participate in this training.
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Note: Firm is out of business. Do not use this product. Please destroy or discard the product.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of product: Fire Engine Pull-Along Toys Units: 323Manufacturer: FAO Schwarz Inc., King of Prussia, Pa.Hazard: Small parts can detach from the toy, posing a choking hazard to small children. Incidents/Injuries: No incidents or injuries have been reported.Description: These fire engine pull-along toys are red with a yellow ladder, and are made of wood. They are about 18-inches long and come with six toy firemen. "Fire Dept." is written on the sides of the toy.Sold at: FAO Schwarz toy stores nationwide from September 2002 through January 2004 for about $20.Manufactured in: The Toy Workshop, Shrewsbury, England.Remedy: Consumers should take the product away from small children immediately and discard or destroy it. The firm is out of business, and a remedy is no longer available.
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thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
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mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
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Prior to taking the COMPASS tests, you can prepare yourself by:
The best way to maximize your score during the COMPASS is: Don't stress out! Remember, the goal of the COMPASS test is to help you succeed in your college classroom. Your scores will help Madisonville Community College decide which classes are best suited to your ability level. The good news is that once you know what your academic weaknesses are, you can get the help you need to improve in these areas.
Additionally, while taking the COMPASS test, you can maximize your score by:
Once you have completed the COMPASS test, you can understand your results by:
If you do not have a current ACT or COMPASS score on file, or if you have taken the ACT and scored below any of the following you will need to take the COMPASS assessment.
Minimum ACT scores for exemption from the COMPASS:
Madisonville Community College is committed to providing you with the greatest chance of success in initial and future coursework. MCC's course placement policy will ensure that you enroll in courses that most accurately reflect your current skills and abilities in English usage, reading and mathematics. Unless your ACT scores exempt you, completing the COMPASS test is a required part of the application process at MCC.
Register for the assessment by emailing Abby McGregor Mullen, Coordinator of Career Services.
Testing is administered in the Enrollment Center of the John H. Gray building on the north campus of Madisonville Community College. Testing is administered in room 202 when testing at MCC's Muhlenberg Campus.
You will be working at your own pace; it is a good idea to set aside 1 hour per section.
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You are also allowed to bring a calculator. A calculator is provided for all test takers. If you would like to bring your own calculator it will need to fall within the ACT/COMPASS calculator guidelines.
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You will receive your COMPASS test results immediately upon completion of testing. Your score report will include placement messages informing you what courses you should take. The Academic Assessment Coordinator will be present to go over your scores and answer any questions you may have.
The COMPASS test is used as a placement tool used to evaluate your skill level in the areas of writing, reading and math. It is used to place you into the proper courses for your level of knowledge and ability.
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text: Ok so i've thought about how BLS work. The baby usually tells you how much they want by showing interest in the food they eat. So that's what we're doing and my baby LOVES his solids... a little too much! My question is why cant we do baby led water too? We do it for solids... why not water? If the baby wants to, why not? I've refrained him from water bc i'm somewhat scared of my supply dwindling but if he desires water, why should i deny it? He still loves the boob. Daddy is not one to deny or restrict unless i'm around Because of this he's had water since he was 8 months. Not too much, but somehow daddy or grandma sneak in an ounce or less a day grrrr...What do you ladies think?


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A student was sent to the principal's office after saying "bless you" to another student who sneezed in class.
Kendra Turner, 17, of Dyersburg, Tennessee claims the phrase was on a list of things students were not allowed to say in that class, including "my bad," ''hang out," ''dumb," ''stupid" and "stuff."
The Associated Press reports that after a fellow classmate sneezed, Turner said "Bless you." The teacher then asked her why she said it.
"I told her I was being courteous, and she asked me who told me that it was courtesy?" Turner said. "I told her my pastor and my parents taught me to say it."
Turner was then told to go to the principal's office, where she was placed in in-school-suspension for the remainder of the period.
Assistant Principal Lynn Garner said teachers can set their own classroom rules, which includes asking their students to avoid distraction in the classroom.
During a news conference outside of a church following the incident, Turner said that she wishes God could be able to be talked about more in school.
Garner stated, "In this case, this was not a religious issue at all, but more of an issue the teacher felt was a distraction in her class."


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2005 Information Memoranda from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).
October 20, 2004
"Fiscal Year 2005 First Semi-Annual Index of Information Memoranda (IMs), Policy Directives (PDs), and Technical Assistance Circulars (TACs)."
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Guns and coffeeSeptember 20,2013It is worth considering the dilemma of Starbucks to see what the nation is up against in trying to confront the culture of guns and the violence it spawns.
Just a few days after yet another spasm of mass murder this time at the Washington Navy Yard, where an apparently disturbed man killed 12 people the president of Starbucks published an open letter to fellow Americans explaining Starbucks policy on guns in its coffee houses.
Who knew it was an issue? Starbucks puts itself forward as a place to kick back and relax. But it turns out that guns are so pervasive in our culture that customers in states with open carry laws have become alarmed to see guns on the persons of other customers. In several instances, firearms have accidentally discharged inside womens purses.
It may surprise gun-toting devotees of the Second Amendment that the presence of guns makes people uncomfortable.
Defenders of gun rights often argue that guns handy for use in self-defense ought to make us more comfortable, not less; that they make us safer; that they allow people to protect themselves from harm. It turns out a lot of people disagree.
They see a gun and they wonder if the owner of the gun is reliable, stable, able to distinguish between real and imagined threats. Recent history has confronted us with all too many instances where guns have been employed by crazed loners or by gang members or are accidentally discharged, killing innocent bystanders. In recent years crazy people have shot up a movie theater, a school, a shopping mall and now the Washington Navy Yard. A bystander with a gun came close to firing on another innocent bystander in the chaos after the shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
So Starbucks has become sensitive to the uncomfortable feelings of some its customers with regard to the presence of firearms in its coffee houses. But the company finds it must also be sensitive to the uncomfortable feelings of people who like to carry guns. Lest they offend these sensitive souls, the company has announced a policy whereby it will ask gun owners not to bring their guns inside their coffee shops, but it will not post signs barring guns, nor will it ask its employees to seek compliance with the policy.
Forcing the latte specialist behind the counter to confront a customer with a gun either asking him to leave or to put his weapon in the car would be to create an awkward situation for the employee, timid about making the gun owner uncomfortable. But the question remains: Whose discomfort will be catered to? The gun owner or the person made nervous by the gun?
Starbucks is not alone in its timidity about standing up to gun owners on behalf of those aware of the danger caused by the pervasiveness of firearms. Members of Congress have shown similar timidity. Members of state legislatures all across the country are likely to provoke a fierce counterattack if they take steps to regulate guns it has happened in Colorado. In Vermont neither Gov. Peter Shumlin nor the Legislature has been willing to stand up against the gun lobby.
Like the pervasiveness of electronic surveillance, the widespread presence of guns has created a growing sense of unease. The push to allow guns in public places parks, schools, coffee shops has only spread the sense of dread that the management of Starbucks found itself forced to acknowledge.
It has never been shown that returning to the atmosphere of the Wild West is likely to make the nation safer. In fact, as the nations frontiers were settled, the pervasive presence of firearms diminished and civilization advanced. Guns in Starbucks, like guns in schools, are a sign that the norms of civilization are eroding.
The NRA responds that allowing people to carry will help people protect themselves from the violence following from those eroding norms. The customers of Starbucks are apparently convinced that the guns themselves are working to erode even the civilizing effect of a robust cup of coffee.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryA lot of serious long-term national issues simply werent addressed in the recent national election. Full StoryI have written on the anomaly of the separation of the private and public sectors in our society,... Full Story
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GXP1160/1165 is a next generation small-to-medium business IP phone that features single SIP account, up to 2 call appearances, a 128x40 graphical LCD, 3 XML programmable context-sensitive soft keys, dual network ports with integrated PoE (GXP1165 only), 3-way conference, and Electronic Hook Switch (EHS) with Plantronics headsets. The GXP1160/1165 delivers superior audio quality, rich and leading edge telephony features, personalized information and customizable application service, automated provisioning for easy deployment, advanced security protection for privacy, and broad interoperability with most 3rd party SIP devices and leading SIP/NGN/IMS platforms. It is a perfect choice for small-to-medium businesses looking for a high quality, feature rich IP phone with highly affordable cost.
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Lila WestJanuary 22,2013
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WELLS Lila West, 100, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.
She was born Jan. 19, 1913, in Winhall, the daughter of Ernest and Cressie (Carruth) Capen.
Mrs. West worked and raised her family in the local Wells area.
Survivors include six daughters, Jean Carroll of Lodi, Calif., Elizabeth Bernhardt of Ashby, Mass., Winnie Stahlmann of Millville, N.J., Alice Brindise of Granville, N.Y., Marjorie Tarasovich and Janice Jones, both of Wells; two sons, William and Walter West, both of Wells; 21 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her husband, Harry West, in 1963; two children, Patricia in 1972 and Warren in 2010; three siblings, Alice Cody, George and Adelbert Capen; three stepbrothers, Lester, William and Clifford Cody.
The graveside service in North End Cemetery in Peru will be held at the convenience of her family.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, 7 Albert Cree Drive, Rutland, VT 05701; or Granville Rescue Squad, PO Box 153, Granville, NY 12832.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Roberts-Aubin Funeral Home in Poultney.
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One of the most important characteristics of liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) is pixel response time. It is the time interval between the change of the signal in a particular cell and the change of the state of this cell. This parameter is also specified for classic cathode-ray tube displays and gas panels, but it is less crucial for them, as their response time is measured in microseconds. As for LCDs, the response time in them can reach tens of milliseconds, which may be noticeable for the human eye.
Despite some evident visual effects, such as the fuzziness of moving objects, response time cannot be more or less accurately estimated by the eye. One of the reasons is the inertia of the human eye itself (thanks to that, we don't see the flicker of ordinary CRT displays, although every pixel of the screen glows only about 10% of the time).
In fact the problem of measuring response time looks simple at first sight: you could measure the time between the dispatch of the signal for cell state change and the actual change, tracking the pixel glow with the help of a photodiode. But it's not that simple. The point is that you can't pinpoint the time when signal is issued without meddling with the electronics of your display.
Another way: we could follow the vertical synchronization impulse and calculate at what time after it the data for our pixel are transferred, and adjust this time by the line synchronization impulse for the line containing that pixel… But such arithmetic only makes sense when you know exactly all time parameters of the scanning and assume that the display's electronics doesn't bring about any delays. The phenomena that can only be hypothesized upon, but not measured, don't increase the reliability of the results. That's why we put this method off, too.
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After some brainstorming we chose another way of measuring pixel response time: we only need to draw the graph of pixel luminosity with a photodiode and oscilloscope and measure the time between the beginning and end of a luminosity change. There appears one question – how exactly should we measure response time for a display? Unfortunately, most manufacturers of displays and matrices don't specify the measurement conditions and tell just the final result. Only technical documentation on certain TFT-LCD panels (not the off-the-shelf displays based on them) contains a description of the methods used to measure their response time parameter. That's why we chose to stick to the ISO 13406-2 standard, which tells that LCD pixel response time is the total time it takes to turn a pixel on and off. Moreover, not the full time is taken, but the time from 10% to 90% of the total pixel luminance and then back to 10% (the graph is taken from the specs of Samsung Electronics' LTM170E4 panel):
You don't even have to watch a single pixel: it's quite possible to light up the whole line to increase the input signal for the photosensor. In theory, as pixels light up one by one, but not simultaneously, this will blur the signal front, but such a measurement error is too tiny and can be neglected in our case. At 1024x768 resolution and 60Hz frame scan, pixels are output onto the screen at about 50MHz frequency. For example, when ten pixels come into the sensor's window, the delay between the first and the last will be only 0.2 microseconds. It is too small considering we deal with time intervals of several milliseconds and higher.