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Oh, sure -- you've got at least 893.1 options (at last count, anyway) when it comes to noise cancelling headphones for your iDevice, but do any of those plug directly into the dock connector instead of requiring a separate battery? Exactly. That's the claim to fame for Blackbox's i10, a new set of earbuds that rely on power from your iPod or iPhone in order to achieve that active...
Brainwavz B2 Dual Balanced Armature Earphones
"Summary of my experience with these: Build: Feels cheap and plasticky. In fact the box appears better made than the earphones. :) Treble: Very detailed, forward and sharp. No real sibilance BUT is very fatiguing after even after short listening sessions Mids: Again very detailed but there appears to be some forward and some recessed elements depending on the track you are listening to. The..." --Krisman
Brainwavz Beta (V2)
"Very nicely balanced overall. Bass very slightly lacking, but this is a matter of taste. Lots of tips to choose from, and came with foamies! Cheaply put together though. Loads of microphonics. Clip is useless. Thought I heard some imbalance but it went away with burn-in. Questionable quality? After further burn-in, my Betas became very bass..." --inline79
Brainwavz BLU-200
"Brainwavz Intro ABOUT US Brainwavz provides high-end earphones specifically designed for high-quality sound and tailor-made to provide the user with a solution that can be used across a wide range of audio genres and styles at affordable prices. Brainwavz believes in the idea that sound is a deeply personal experience, and strives to provide users with earphones that match their personal..." --Wokei
Brainwavz Delta
" Introduction I first got to know the company few months ago, when I was looking for a portable amplifier. They were about to release or they have just released the Brainwavz AP001 portable amp, so this was my starting point. I then visited their website http://www.yourbrainwavz.com/index.php, became interested with their products and decided to buy some and try them. The..." --Danihell
Brainwavz Jive
"At the time of the review, the Brainwavz Jive earphone was was on sale at Amazon's website for $25.00 USD. Here is a link to Their listing of the product: http://www.amazon.com/Brainwavz-Isolating-Earphones-Android-Blue-Android/dp/B013OKX8II/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441323708&sr=8-1&keywords=brainwavz+jive Introduction I like Brainwavz because they offer a diverse range..." --Hisoundfi
Brainwavz Jive In Ear Earbuds Noise Isolating Earphones Remote & Mic Headset Stereo Headphones Apple iPhone & Android (Black)
"This is my review of the Brainwavz Jive (Black) http://www.brainwavzaudio.com/collections/earphones/products/jive-noise-isolating-iem-earphones-w-3-button-remote-microphone-black Brainwavz have been on the market for some time now, and producing great earphones (Brainwavz M1 is still a reference in the 40-50$ range). They released the..." --DynamikeB
Brainwavz M100 IEM Noise Isolating Earphones with Remote & Microphone Headset For iPhone iPad, iPod & Android Devices
"Brainwavz Intro ABOUT US Brainwavz provides high-end earphones specifically designed for high-quality sound and tailor-made to provide the user with a solution that can be used across a wide range of audio genres and styles at affordable prices. Brainwavz believes in the idea that sound is a deeply personal experience, and strives to provide users with earphones that match their personal..." --Wokei
Brainwavz M2 In-Ear Headphones
"i'm not sure what brainwavz trying to do with their M series. if they already can do things like beta, R1 or S1 what they're trying to do with their M series ? are they trying to sell some cheap drivers to newbies ? if so, i'm not sure if this is a proper way to make money, really... whatever. i'm happy that mp4nation accepts used product returns. i'm still losing money for the shipping but at..." --vaziyetu
Brainwavz M3
"Preamble: Before I start with my actual review, I'd like to thank Pandora from GPGSHK and Brainwavz for providing me with a sample of the Brainwavz M3 in exchange for my honest in-depth review. Brainwavz is a Chinese company that is known for making inexpensive headphones with a good price-performance ratio. The M3 that has nothing to do with the same-named German car (J) except for the name..." --HiFiChris


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The field of public health deals with maintaining and monitoring the health of communities, and with the detection, cure, and prevention of health risks and diseases. Although public health is generally seen as a community-oriented service, it actually starts with the individual. From a single individual to the family unit to the smallest isolated rural town to the worldwide global community, one person can influence the health of many.
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In this age of burgeoning LGBTQ rights and marriage equality, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" can't have the emotional impact it did 15 years ago when it was new.But the East Berlin immigrant with the botched sex change operation still sings one of the more inventive rock musical scores this side of The Who.
In this Short North Stage production at the Garden Theatre, director Edward Carignan has chosen to emphasize Hedwig's demeaning relationship to Yitzhak, the East European Jewish refugee Hedwig has rescued and taken on as her "husband." In de-emphasizing Hedwig's love-hate toward Tommy Gnosis, rock idol she built only to be betrayed JJ Parkey's Hedwig seethes with anger in Act One, saving the vulnerability for Act Two
As the put-upon Yitzhak, Ruthie Stephens remains stoic and unbroken throughout, with a voice that would crack open the ceiling. If The Garden Theatre had a ceiling. Guitarist Derrick Walter, bassist Alexander W.C. Fiete, keyboardist Dane Terry, and percussionist Britta DeVore, under the musical direction of P. Tim Valentine, contribute the instrumental excellence.
The original Hedwig, John Cameron Mitchell, and composer and lyricist Stephen Trask wrote a musical that sings about the price we pay to think, act and live free. They also dug back to Plato's "Symposium" for central image of the search for love as the quest for one's lost other self in the song "The Origin of Love
Although Yitzhak proclaims at the start, "Whether you like it or not," this "Hedwig" is one to like.


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"Freedom" by Andy Slatter, is an emotional, positive, and inspiring track featuring delay laden electric guitar, bass, drums, and dreamy synth pads and choirs.
With influences of U2 and Coldplay, this uplifting, motivational and powerful Irish rock style anthem is perfect for advertising, corporate videos, sports, wedding and slideshows, or anywhere where you want to convey a feeling of euphoria, triumph, winning against all odds, or strong emotion.
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text: My daughter Madison is 3 months old (12/29/07) and weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. at birth and was 19 3/4 inches. At her two week well check she was 9 lbs. 1 oz., so I felt like everything was going well. She was and is latching on great and eats about every two hours. She nurses about 8-10 minutes on each side, and until about a week ago would spit up puddles after each meal. Even with the spit up she was and is very happy after every feeding and has more than 6 wet diapers a day and usually one giant BM every 24 hours. She eats about 9-10 times in a 24 hours period. At her two month well check she weighed 12 lbs. 2 oz. dropping her to the 75% for weight (her height was 23 34 inches and in the 90%). I weighed her about five days ago and she weighed 13 lbs. I realize that the 75 percentile is still pretty high, but her two older siblings never left the 90% their whole first year. Since her 2 week well check she seems to be growing slower and slower. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do differently.Over the last month she and I both have had two colds and the stomach flu, so I'm not sure if that has something to do with anything. Madison usually goes to sleep around 8 and sleeps till 2 or 3 in the a.m. so I usually pump before bed around 10 p.m. and the most I ever get from either side is 1 1/2 oz. Is that normal? Should I change something in our routine? Do breast fed babies gain slower and fewer pounds than bottle fed? Could she be failing to thrive? Am worried her doctor will want me to start supplementing with formula. (For the last five days I've been giving her pumped milk in a bottle after each nursing and usually she just smiles at me and won't take it). Need any and all advice....thanks!!!


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Week 13 Pick'em Winners: Doc and RavensShallBurn won spread hitting 11 of 15. TitanT won normal with 13 of 15. Week 14 Pick'em will be up by Wednesday evening.
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"I have been listening to you on EWTN for about a year now. I left the Catholic Church 42 years ago. After many struggles during this last year, I finally went to confession on Sunday. I cannot begin to explain how excited I am to be home. Thank you so much for helping me on my journey home."
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Diversity makes good sense. It increases our skills, competencies and knowledge, improves our morale, broadens our curriculum, and makes us far mor attractive to an increasingly broad pool of students.
Wilfrid Laurier University formally recognized these benefits when it adopted the Employment Equity Policy in 1989 and since then, has demonstrated the university's desire to develop and support a diverse faculty, staff and student body by committing to the Federal Contractors Program. The university is committed to promote employment equity within the university community, and to eliminate any barriers that reduce or prevent employment equity.
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Vt Olympic families to cheer from homeBy Kevin OConnor
Staff Writer | February 07,2014East Montpelier lawyer Mark Stephen still savors the thrill, honor and privilege of his 2010 trip to Vancouver to watch his daughter, Liz, cross-country ski at the Olympics. So when she was named to this years U.S. team for Sochi, Stephen and his wife, Susan, knew theyd again witness history.
This time, on their home television.
Were going to watch it here, he says, like most everyone else.
Stephen is speaking not only for the millions of Americans set to tune in to the 2014 Winter Games starting today but also for a majority of the families of Vermonts 14 Olympians, who, challenged by high airfare, accommodations, tickets and terrorism threats, will cheer from their living rooms.
Back when Shaftsbury cross-country skier Andy Newell traveled to Italy in 2006 for his first Olympics, he took along his parents, David and Carol, as well as his then-81-year-old grandfather, 80-year-old grandmother, aunt, two uncles and two cousins.
Four years later, Newells parents decided to save the rest of the family the stress and flew to Vancouver alone. This year, with their son competing in his third games, theyre staying put entirely.
My wife and I made a decision before all the security stuff, says David Newell, an insurance agent. Even at better venues, its a task for spectators. Russia is a whole other sphere.
The families of Vermonts three other cross-country skiers agree.
It would be great to go, says Peru resident and Stratton Mountain School coach Sverre Caldwell, whose daughter Sophie is a first-time Olympian. But there are too many unknowns.
Teammate Ida Sargent, of Barton, experiencing all the potential turbulence during a trip to Russia last year, gave her parents permission not to travel.
Its nerve-wracking anyway, her father, David, says of such events, and its more so when youre there.
Liz Stephen similarly convinced her family and not just because the games are 5,000 miles away, in a different language and rife with security risks.
Her sense was, Im going there to do a job. If shes going to excel, shes got to focus, her father says. Had she said, I really want you there, theres no question we would have figured out a way. But we dont want her to worry about making time to visit Mom and Dad.
The Stephen and Caldwell families instead reunited with their daughters just after Christmas at a Tour de Ski contest in Italy, while the Newell and Sargent families met their children at a similar competition last month in Poland.
Back home, theyre all ready to watch the games through a combination of network television (the Sargents just upgraded from their usual basic cable) and live Internet broadcasts (although the Caldwell computer may be too old to receive them).
Everyone makes a huge hoopla about the Olympics, Sverre Caldwell says, but theyve raced without us many times before.
You want your kids to be in a safe environment, and that requires lots of restrictions, Mark Stephen adds. We knew we would hardly see her if we went to Sochi. Certainly our hearts will be torn if were not there and shes on the podium. Well regret we took her advice.
Then again, next years Nordic world ski championships are set for more travel-friendly Sweden.
Were all probably going to get together there, David Newell says. Thats the plan, anyway.
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One of the most memorable experiences I've had as a journalist was the Honor Flight trip I took last September to Washington, D.C., with 100-plus World War II veterans from southwest Iowa.
It was a privilege for me to accompany these special men and women to our nation's capital to get a first-hand look at the memorial that's been erected in their honor.
It's been a a year since a team from the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) came to Glenwood to conduct a Downtown Assessment.
The assessment included interviews with dozens of citizens who were asked to share their likes and dislikes about living in Glenwood. Interviews were conducted with Glenwood-area residents of all ages from all walks of life. At the conclusion of their visit, IDED team members presented their analysis of the interviews and their own outsider thoughts on Glenwood.
At last month's Betterment and Beautification Awards dinner, employees at the Mills County Public Health Office were recognized with the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce's award for Outstanding Customer Service. The award is presented annually to the Glenwood-area business or public agency that goes above and beyond when it comes to meeting the needs of its customers.
The recognition is well-deserved.
Let me see a show of hands. How many of you out there can say that you've hosted the vice president of the United States in the living room of your home?
Kelly Johnson and her family will be able to say they did once Joe Biden takes his oath of office as our next vice president on Inauguration Day in January.
Oh poor Steve King.
On a weekend when America was celebrating the historic and inspiring inauguration of its first African-American President, what was the honorable representative from Iowa's Dist. 5 doing?
Sticking his foot in his "provacative" mouth once again and seeking out any media outlet he could to disparage an individual who has achieved the highest office in the land, based not on idealogical or political gamesmanship, but rather, Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein, which King apparently finds offensive.
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And no. Every machine in the world have multimedia capabilities today. That doesn't make ultrabooks anything special for multimedia playback. Forget it.
Ultrabooks are projected to capture a considerable part of the notebook market and redefine it in many ways. Many analysts as well as Intel Corp. believe that ultrabooks will boost the demand towards solid-state drives considerably thanks to higher performance and lower power consumption compared to hard disk drives. But Western Digital is confident that HDDs will continue to be popular even inside ultrabooks thanks to low price and high capacities.
"I expect ultrabooks to have traditional hard drives, hybrid hard drives and SSDs. [...] We think that the SSD penetration profile will be in very low single digits in a mature ultrabook environment. We see an emerging position for hybrids a little early to develop a view on exactly what percentage of penetration, but we see hybrids as a very compelling alternative on the performance side to solid-state on bang for the buck. We anticipate that in large capacity environments, traditional hard drives will continue to be the compelling solution," said John Coyne, chief executive officer of WD, during the most-recent conference call with financial analysts.
Since ultrabooks are supposed to feature the latest and greatest multimediacapabilities, it is not surprising that many of their owners will prefer high-capacity hard disk drives to fast, but low-capacity SSDs. But there will also be a lot of those, who will like the best options and will demand solid-state storage.
It is noteworthy that makers of hard disk drives intentionally downplay importance of SSDs and motivate their decisions for not entering the market of consumer solid-state storage with low demand from the end-user. Meanwhile, companies who have not traditionally participated in the storage business are growing their presence by offering consumers more and more compelling SSDs ad after-market upgrades.
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Whether you have foot pain, fallen arches, hammer toe, or simply a child that walks on their tip toes, bring in the whole family for foot screenings! Dr. Jordanna Baker, of Coastal Podiatry Associates, will screen the families of all ages for possible foot ailments and will discuss treatments. Registration is required. (843)390-8326.
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I have a question about nursing beyone one since I will be at that point with my twins in about a month.
I currently pump 2x a work (about 20 ounces) and my freezer is full of EBM. When I am at work the girlies each take 0-8 ounces of EBM daily. We co-sleep if they wake up (they usually do several times each, but every now and then I get lucky and a little friend sleeps through the night) and they nurse back to sleep. I would like to pump once or even "nonce" once we hit the year mark. I am not really worried about the days I work since I have plenty of EBM in the freezer, but when I am home with them, how will I know whether I need to give bottles of EBM or cow's milk? Or will I have enough on my days off to just keep nursing?
Oh, and in case it is important, I work every other day (ie M, W, F, then T, Th the next week).
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text: vodafone contest Archive 14 Jan 2010 ZooZoo Face Contest On Vodafone By HRMehrotra Advertisement World 0 Comment ZOOZOO is the #1 advertisement of the year 2009 in Indian Advertisement Market. This ad concept was given by Vodafone Advertisement Agency called "Ogilvy & Mather". ZooZoos are characters for promoting Vodafone Mobile. ZooZoos looks like ballooned bodies and egg heads and it specially attract children in all over India. This advertisement was promoted by Read More


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Four Reasons to Give 'The Mob Doctor' A Second Chance
One of the biggest things I've learned in life is never to give much weight to first impressions. If I did, I wouldn't have ever hung out with a girl who came to be my best friend in high school, and a pretty good one today as I thought she was a tree-hugging weirdo and she thought I was stuck up. Both judgments couldn't be further from the truth. This is the same reason why I give new television shows three chances to hook me. I'm so grateful that I have, otherwise I would have given up on some pretty spectacular shows, the most recent being Fox's "The Mob Doctor" before the freshman drama ever had the chance to find its voice.
After watching the brilliant trailer about a young thoracic surgeon at a prominent Chicago hospital forced to work off her brother's debt to a mobster, I was thoroughly disappointed by the pilot that seemed to ignore the more enticing mob-based storyline for the clichéd trappings of a standard medical procedural. In a nutshell, it needed more taking of lives and less saving them.
Two episodes later, "The Mob Doctor" has been miraculously cured of most of its failings, growing into an engaging, suspenseful crime drama with some juicy medical gore tossed in for extra drama.
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I could well be wrong here but I thought Rochdale had never won a trophy? And even if so, there's been plenty of time since the 1920's to develop.(not a dig at Rochdale this)
Batleys success came in a different world practically, although they had some recent silverware in the NRC.
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Often heard during Chanukah, this lilting melody is memorable and loved by all. Its simplicity will capture you and linger on.
With its dark harmonies, contagious melodies and bright tempo, this work is enjoyable for all sections. It captures the essence of the glowing and flickering candles of the menorah.


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Movies at the Mud Box
It's no secret that American University students are among the most engaged and active college students around. AU always makes (and often tops) lists of politically active student bodies. 88% of undergraduates participate in an internship and 58% study abroad. Students' daily calendars are packed with exciting speakers, meetings, and events, not to mention classes and homework. Yet even such busy students need some time to unwind!
Unfortunately, as the number of undergraduate students living on-campus has grown, opportunities for on-campus fun and entertainment have not. For the last several years, the University College (UC) Critical Approach to Cinema program has hosted a spring film series in the Mud Box, a popular café space located on the library's Lower Level. In considering students' needs for on-campus entertainment, we quickly realized that the UC program could be expanded to offer a wider range of films over a longer period of time and thus the Movies at the Mud Box idea was born.
Movies at the Mud Box will feature popular movies, including recent releases, to be screened on select Fridays, supplementing the offerings already available from UC. By providing popcorn and free movie screenings, students will have an opportunity for a relaxing study break without ever leaving campus. However, since the initiative is an addition to our planned programming, we need your help to make it a reality.
We have partnered with the American University UFUND to launch this program. The initiatives and projects in the new UFUND program have the potential to make a big impact on the quality of students' experience at AU—and the fundraising goals are achievable.
For the price of a movie ticket, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of AU can help provide a fun, free, safe, on-campus study break for students. We only have until January 27, 2014 to make our UFUND goal—so consider giving a gift to Movies at the Mud Box today! Gifts of any amount are appreciated.
Follow the progress of our campaign on social media using #AmericanUFUND and #MoviesattheMudBox.


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"Snowden" star Timothy Olyphant and Conan have a tradition where, after the show, they go drink whiskey together. It's possible that Timothy might also have a little whiskey before that, too.
"Snowden" star Timothy Olyphant and Conan have a tradition where, after the show, they go drink whiskey together. It's possible that Timothy might also have a little whiskey before that, too.
Busy Phillips character on "Cougar Town" might be our favorite-dim-but-hilarious BFF ever. She had us at her inexplicable hatred of Canadians.
Rockers Coheed and Cambria base all their albums on a trippy sci-fi storyline. We should introduce them to the boys from "The Big Bang Theory." Their album is The Afterman: Descension
Julia Stiles stars in "Silver Linings Playbook," a great film nominated for eight Oscars. Out of respect, we're shelving our "Gangnam Stiles" joke we had ready. You're welcome, America.
Our pal DJ Qualls stars in FX's new series, "Legit" We're waiting for MC Hammer to star in the companion show, "2 Quit."
The Lone Bellow has been described as if The Civil Wars & Ray Montaigne had a music baby. Sounds about right to us. Their new album is Then Came The Morning.
Kathy Griffin has a new talk show on Bravo called "Kathy." We're a little sad that it doesn't have a 70's-style exclamation point at the end of it, like "Kathy!" It worked for Dinah Shore!
Blake Anderson stars in the new movie "Dope," which we're sure is this first time Blake's been connected to that word before.
Indie popsters Electric Guest have an awesome name; in the 1800s, they probably would've been called "Steam-Powered Visitant." Their album, Mondo is out now.
"Todd Margaret" star Jack McBrayer is so friendly and nice, we're incredibly suspicious of his intentions.
Gemma Arterton stars in "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," an updated version of the fairy tale. Look for our "Miss Muffet: Spider Slayer" to hit theaters next summer.
Mo Mandel hosts "Barmegeddon," a competition that pits two bar owners against each other. In the old days in New York, they just would've tried to burn the other bar to ground.


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Currently, residents of a small village in Ecuador lack a sanitary place to bathe, wash clothes and dishes and collect water, leading to the recurrent bacterial and viral infections that are a result of bathing in, drinking and preparing food with the contaminated river water and the lack of an enclosed area for human waste. The town center is located on a hill slope and the open area above is the designated area for defecation. Babies, children and mothers repeatedly suffer from diarrhea due to this lack of sanitation, leading to malnutrition and dehydration which inevitably effects school attendance and performance.
This project aims to provide two small, but densely populated barrios, with a small facility of dry compost toilets and rainwater showers that are cost-effective and environmentally sustainable. These facilities will serve as replicable models for this community and potentially 15 surrounding communities.
Because this community lacks a consistent supply of running water, dry compost toilets are the most environmentally effective model, as no water is necessary to function. The water for the showers will come from a rainwater system that will also provide a safe storage for drinking water. Water from the showers and washing clothes and dishes will be directed to soak pits in an effort to avoid further destruction of the terrain, and eliminate this gray water and potential black water from flowing into the river. Additionally it would prevent the formation of standing water that encourages mosquito breeding.
Along with the construction of improved sanitation, the children and parents will complete a series of classes taught by recently trained high school students on the necessity of proper sanitation that will cover topics, including but not limited to, the importance of containing human waste and eliminating standing water and how this can improve the quality of life. Furthermore, this project will allow the community to serve as a model for surrounding communities in an effort to show the importance of proper sanitary conditions that would benefit thousands.
The community will offer all of the manual labor and when possible, will use local materials, but the Peace Corps Partnership Funding will contribute to the bulk of material costs and transportation to this remote location.


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'Hand it' to your guests this Halloween
If you were ever a kid, you can't help but like Halloween (and especially if you are still one at heart).If you're throwing a party this year for Halloween, don't just rely on the old standby beverages. Give your party some, well ... punch.
One of my favorite tricks is to make a hand-shaped piece of ice to throw in your grog. All you have to do is fill a non-powdered, non-latex surgical glove with water and freeze it. Important note: Make sure the glove is not latex; some people have latex allergies -- that would really make your party scary. You can get them at local pharmacies and drug stores.
The best way to make an eerie, icy floating hand is to fill the clean glove with water, tie the open end with a rubber band and place on a baking sheet in the freezer. When it's fully frozen, just "unglove" the hand, and plop it in your punch. You can also use juice instead of water -- just make sure to use a color that contrasts with the color of your punch but compliments the flavors. Or you can add some food coloring to your water before freezing. Green, purple or black are ultra-icky!
Another way to chill the punch while sending a chill down your guests' spines is to add "floaters" to ice cubes. Some people suggest adding cleaned plastic toy bugs and spiders to either water or one of the juices you will be using in the punch into your ice-cube trays. It's a great effect, but I have a major fear of someone getting choked on those little plastic pieces. Having to perform the Heimlich maneuver at a party takes away from the festivities.
What I like to do instead is add Gummi candies into the punch. Besides Gummi worms, which are icky-looking enough, you can usually find other Gummi bugs, rats, mice, etc., at most candy stores. Hey, at least you can eat them -- and they're more pliable than their plastic cousins. It is a good idea to freeze the Gummi candies first, then freeze them again in the ice. Otherwise, you might wind up with Gummi sugar water. For an extra-gory effect, cut the bigger Gummi candies into pieces. There's nothing like a severed rat's head to add some "eww" to your brew.
If you don't have enough ice-cube trays to make enough ice for your punch, you can use other household items to make larger pieces of ice while still adding the creepy crawlers. A Bundt or Angel Food cake pan filled with water and your Gummi "goodies" makes a spooky Halloween "ring" for your punch bowl.
Oh, and as for the punch? Well, there is a batload of Halloween punch recipes on the Internet. They come in a rainbow of colors -- from acid green to alien orange -- that will coordinate with any spooky theme and quench the thirsts of even the most wicked witches.
Here's one I've enjoyed before to get you started. I like it because it's red, which goes with just about any Halloween theme:
Bloody Red Halloween Punch
10 c. cranberry cocktail
3 c. orange juice
1 c. lime juice
Sugar to taste (optional)
Vodka, tequila or rum to taste (optional)
Mix all of the ingredients in a large punch bowl, hollowed-out pumpkin or kettle. Serve chilled (make ice cubes from one of the juices or apple juice.)
Most of all, have a ghoulishly grand time!


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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart. As Anna questions her happiness and marriage, change comes to all around her. Anna Karenina is in theaters now. (Source: Photo by Focus Features)
Taken 2 Scene from Taken 2 when Bryan Mills takes out the kidnappers, one by one to get his family to safety. Taken 2 comes out October 5, 2012 (Source: Photo by Magali Bragard – © 2012 - EUROPACORP M6 FILMS - GRIVE PRODUCTIONS.)
Seven Psychopaths Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell appear as a struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. Seven Psychopaths comes out October 12, 2012 (Source: Photo by CBS Films)
Wreck-It Ralph Ralph is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix, the "good guy" star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he's tired of playing the role of a bad guy. Wreck-It Ralph comes out November 2, 2012 (Source: Photo by Walt Disney Pictures)
Flight Dezel Washington plays Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more questions are learned than answers. Flight comes out in theaters on November 2, 2012. (Source: Photo by Paramount Pictures)
Skyfall Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Skyfall comes out November 9, 2012 (Source: Photo by Columbia Pictures)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 The epic love story between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen concludes in this final installment of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 comes out November 16, 2012 (Source: Photo by Summit Entertainment)
Life of Pi A 16 year-old Indian boy whose passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, hyena and Bengal tiger. Life of Pi comes out November 21, 2012 (Source: Photo by 20th Century Fox)
Hyde Park on Hudson The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. Hyde Park on Hudson comes on December 7, 2012. (Source: Photo by Nicola Dove – © 2012 - Focus Features/IMDb)
Zero Dark Thirty Based on the true story of a Black Ops mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty comes out December 19, 2012 (Source: Photo by 2012 - Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.)
This Is 40 The film expands upon the story of Pete and Debbie from the movie "Knocked Up" as we see first-hand how they are dealing with their current state of life. This Is 40 comes out December 21, 2012 (Source: Photo by Universal Pictures)
Django Unchained Django is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Django Unchained comes out in theaters on December 25, 2012. (Source: Photo by Weinstein Company)
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Clearly an evolution of the award winning 3000 Series, the new KHT3005SE is the latest version of the iconic 'egg' home theatre system, updated to provide an even stronger audio performance with improved clarity and detail yet maintaining the beauty and style that helped make its predecessor a reviewer's favourite.
The revolutionary Uni-Q driver of the satellite and centre speaker has been enhanced by the addition of the ingenious 'Tangerine' waveguide, for improved sensitivity and sound dispersion and have been comprehensively engineered for an even cleaner, smoother response.The cast aluminium enclosures are shaped to minimise internal resonance with KEF's Sealed Suspension Technology - SSTTM (patent applied for) dramatically improves sound quality and at higher volumes filling the room with incredibly detailed 3D sound.
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During fall term, several student-athletes have been profiled in featured articles in Cardinal Close-Up, a weekly online series about North Central College student-athletes at northcentralcardinals.com.
To date, Cardinal Close-Up has featured six student-athletes involved in fall sports: men's soccer forward T.J. Simmons '13, women's cross country runner Amanda Marek '13, women's tennis player Katie Hatch '13, women's golfer Mary Kate Rohn '14, women's soccer forward Hope Stayer '14 and men's cross country distance runner John Crain '14.
Additional profiles will be published before all fall sports conclude, so check the feature page again.
Each entry is authored by student sports information assistant Jeremy Rushing '14, majoring in English print journalism. Click here to view archives of previous years' Cardinal Close-Up features or select the "Cardinal Close-Up" button on the front page of northcentralcardinals.com.


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DS is getting harder and harder to nurse. Seems like the only relaxed nursing sessions we have anymore is when he's really tired. This started as a gradual thing but now it's multiple times a day and I'm tired. I will never force him to nurse or eat whenever he doesn't need to, but when I see him gnawing and sucking his hands off and he won't nurse I get concerned. Mild episodes of this started 2/3 weeks ago. Also, the past few nights he's been waking up every few hours to nurse. I got tired of walking back and forth to his room during the night so he's been staying in my bed with me and DH. Dh doesn't think that it's a good idea to have him in bed with us anymore, and honestly I agree. I know some moms feel otherwise, but personally it was working really well for us when DS slept thru the night in his room (until 430/5, then came into my bed to nurse and sleep until 9ish). It gave me and DH time alone, and being SAHM and a military spouse, it hard to make time to actually enjoy each other's company. Anyway, he starts off in his crib every night but after a few hours eventually "migrates" into our bed.
I'm feeling like the difficult nursing sessions and active night must be related. When I try to get him to nurse, he arches his back, squirms, squeals--no discreet NIP sessions anymore!!! Then when he DOES nurse he grabs onto my breast with both hands and tries to pull as far away from me as possible. Like he's trying to take his meal to go! Is this a sign of a strike? If so, what do I do??
He's 5 1/2 months and I was going to wait until 6 mo to start solids and definitely wait on sippy cups. But he was so ready to start solids that I started to give him a few pieces of banana about 1x/wk. I'm waiting a few more weeks before offering anything else. But what about offering a sippy? I wouldn't want to give it to him more than 1x/day AT MOST! I'd prefer a few times a week, if it must be done. I don't know what to do??
What would I put IN the cup? I would assume juice (since putting BM would just encourage this lack of good nursing, I think). I heard only a few tablespoons of really diluted juice, so does anyone know a measurement I should go by? Like 1 teaspoon of juice to 3 teaspoons water or something? Is it safe to give him water at 5 1/2 mo?
I don't want him to get a preference for juice or for sippies, but as with the banana it seemed to satiate his need to do it himself enough to cooperate later. I hope it would work with a cup, too, but I'm so confused as to how to do this or if this is even a good idea.


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Deals of the Day: Microsoft Joins Dell Buyout Talks
Deals of the Day compiles this morning's biggest news about mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and more. Catch us on Twitter, @WSJDealJournal.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Microsoft Joins Dell Buyout Talks:Microsoft is in discussions about helping to finance a buyout of computer maker Dell, according to a person familiar with the deal deliberations, reflecting an advance in talks. [WSJ]
Dell Doesn't Herald Return of Mega-LBOs: Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman says Dell's move toward a leveraged buyout doesn't signal the return of multi-billion dollar private equity deals. [Bloomberg]
Cisco to Buy Israeli Software Maker: Cisco Systems agreed to buy Israeli software maker Intucell for $475 million, as the technology heavyweight looks to address the challenges brought about by increased network traffic. [WSJ]
Thai billionaire Charoen builds empire: For self-made Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, the takeover of Singapore's Fraser and Neave will add legions of assets to his drinks and real estate empire that already stretches from Southeast Asia to the U.S. [Reuters]
Financial Institutions
Banks Wield Buyback Mops: Shareholders are eagerly awaiting word this spring on how much capital big banks will be able to return to them this year. One avenue, share buybacks, don't always work as expected. [WSJ]
Banker's Latest Bet — Teamwork on Bonds: Texas banking tycoon Andrew Beal is making a novel attempt to get aggrieved bondholders to band together to investigate possible claims against the banks that sold them the debt. [WSJ]
Legal & Regulatory
SEC Reins In Ratings Firm: In an unprecedented step, the small ratings firm is prohibited by the SEC of issuing grades on a wide range of bonds and other securities. [WSJ]
High-Speed Dustup Hits a Clubby Corner: Hedge fund GSA Capital Partners has accused Thomson Reuters of being too lenient in sanctioning a rival high-speed trader in the currencies market. [WSJ]
Capital Markets
Citi Takes Top Spot in REIT Equity Deals: Citigroup became the top equity underwriter for real-estate investment trusts in 2012, grabbing the No. 1 spot from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the longtime leader of the business. [WSJ]
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Apollo, Metropoulos May Make Hostess Cakes Bid: A team of private-equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos, has emerged as a leading contender to make an opening bid for most of Hostess Brands' cakes business, said people familiar with the negotiations. [WSJ]
Companies & Industries
Michael Dell's Hawaiian hotel restructures debt: The loan on the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, a Hawaiian vacation area co-owned by Michael Dell's MSD Capital LP, is close to a restructuring as the property benefits from higher room rates and rising luxury-home demand, said Patrick Fitzgerald, chief executive officer of the resort. [Bloomberg]
Dish to Close More Blockbuster Stores: Dish Networkid it is closing a further 300 Blockbuster stores in the U.S. in coming weeks. The closures will result in the layoffs of 3,000 employees, or about 40% of Blockbuster's workforce. [WSJ]
Dimon apologizes, but is feisty: James Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase was prepared in Davos to apologize for the more than $6 billion of trading losses racked up by the so-called London Whale, but he certainly wasn't prepared to abase himself. [WSJ]
Weinberg says More M&A coming: Mergers and acquisitions will rebound this year after a strong finish to 2012, led by U.S. acquirers, according to Perella Weinberg Partners LP partner Peter Weinberg. [Bloomberg]


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The latest version of the JSP specification, JSP 1.2, was released on September 17, 2001. In part one of this article, I described a number of new features that have been added to the specification. In this article, I focus on the details concerning the custom tag handler API.
Custom tag developers now have two new interfaces to play with:
IterationTag and
IterationTag interface is implemented by a tag handler that repeatedly evaluates its element body. It is located between the
Tag and the
BodyTag interfaces in the inheritance hierarchy:
IterationTag extends
Tag and
BodyTag extends
IterationTag. A tag handler that needs full control over error conditions may implement the
TryCatchFinally interface.
The following sections describe both interfaces in detail.
IterationTag interface contains only one method:
public int doAfterBody(): Called by the container after it has processed the action element's body.
If you think this method looks familiar, you're right. It used to be part of
BodyTag interface. By moving this method to the new
IterationTag interface, iterators that do not need access
to the element body can be implemented without the overhead associated
with maintaining a
BodyContent instance.
doAfterBody() method can return either
EVAL_BODY_AGAIN (to iterate over the body) or
SKIP_BODY (to stop the iteration). The
EVAL_BODY_AGAIN constant is new, replacing the
EVAL_BODY_TAG constant used in JSP 1.1.
Here's an example of a tag handler class that implements the
IterationTag interface:
package com.foo;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.*;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.*;
public class MyLoopTag extends TagSupport {
private Iterator iterator;
private String items;
private String var;
public void setItems(String items) {
this.items = items;
public void setVar(String var) {
this.var = var;
public int doStartTag() throws JspTagException {
Collection coll = (Collection)
if (coll == null) {
throw new JspTagException("No collection with name "
+ items + " found");
iterator = coll.iterator();
if (iterator.hasNext()) {
pageContext.setAttribute(var, iterator.next());
return EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE;
else {
return SKIP_BODY;
public int doAfterBody() {
if (iterator.hasNext()) {
pageContext.setAttribute(var, iterator.next());
return EVAL_BODY_AGAIN;
else {
return SKIP_BODY;
MyLoopTag extends
TagSupport. The
TagSupport class in JSP 1.2 implements the
IterationTag interface instead of the
Tag interface and provides default implementations for the methods in both interfaces. To implement an iteration tag, you must override the
doStartTag() and the
doAfterBody() methods.
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MyLoopTag, the
doStartTag() method first retrieves the
Collection specified by the
items attribute and creates an
Iterator for it. If the
Iterator contains at least one element, the method makes the first element in the
Collection available as a page scope object, with the name specified by the
var attribute and returns
EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE. This tells the container to add the contents of the loop element's body to the response and call
doAfterBody() does the same as
doStartTag(), except that it doesn't initialize the
Iterator. As long as the
Iterator contains at least one more element,
doAfterBody() returns
EVAL_BODY_AGAIN. When all elements have been processed, it returns
SKIP_BODY to stop the iteration.
You can use the loop tag with a
Collection that contains beans with
firstName and
lastName properties like this:
<%@ taglib uri="/demolib" prefix="demo" %>
<demo:myLoopTag items="myCollection" var="current">
<jsp:getProperty name="current" property="lastName" />,
<jsp:getProperty name="current" property="firstName" />
TryCatchFinally interface is a so-called "mix in interface," which means that it is intended to be implemented by a tag handler in addition to one of the other tag interfaces. It has two methods:
public void doCatch(Throwable): Called by the container if the element's body or any of
doInitBody(), or
doAfterBody()throws a
Throwable. The method can rethrow the
Throwable, or a different exception, after handling the problem.
public void doFinally(): Always called by the container, after
doEndTag()in case of normal execution or after
doCatch()in the exception case.
This new interface lets you develop tag handlers that are more robust than what is possible with just the main interfaces. For instance, a tag handler that uses a pooled resource (like a
Connection from a connection pool) must have a failsafe way of returning the resource to the pool. JSP 1.1 did not guarantee that any of the tag interface methods was called in case of an exception in the element's body.
With the
TryCatchFinally interface, you can return the resource to the pool in the
doFinally() method and be assured that no resources fall through the cracks. For an example of how to use this interface, see the Reset per-invocation state section.
A subtle, but interesting, addition in JSP 1.2 is found in the set of rules for automatic conversion of string attribute values into other data types. These rules apply to standard actions and custom actions alike. The automatic conversion lets you to implement an attribute setter method in your tag handler with an appropriate Java data type, such as
int for a numeric attribute, while still allowing the page author to set the value as a static string. The same attribute value can also be set as a request-time statement that evaluates to the same type as used by the attribute setter method:
<demo:myAction aNumber="10" />
<demo:myAction aNumber="<%= 5 + 5 %>" />
JSP 1.1 defined rules for converting a string value to any numeric
data type as well as boolean and byte types, but a notable omission
was a rule for converting a string value to an
JSP 1.2 adds this rule. One way to take advantage of this addition
is to allow the same custom action attribute to be used to specify
input either as the data itself or as a string that describes where
the data can be found.
Say that you want to make the loop action described in the
IterationTag Interface section more flexible. If you change
the data type for the
items attribute to
Object, a request-time statement can be used to set
it to either a
Collection or an array.
Thanks to the new conversion rule, the
items attribute
value can also be set as a static string that the tag handler
interprets as the name of a
Collection or array saved
in one of the JSP scopes (the only option in the previous version
of the action). The new version of the loop action can be used like
<%-- With the name of a Collection or array --%>
<demo:myLoopTag items="myCollection" var="current">
<%-- With a Collection or array scripting variable --%>
<demo:myLoopTag items="<%= aScriptingVar %>" var="current">
To make this work, you first need to change the data type for
the items attribute in the
MyLoopTag tag handler class:
private Object items;
public void setItems(Object items) {
this.items = items;
Instead of a
String attribute,
items is
now of type
doStartTag() method must be modified to handle the
different types of objects that can be used as the value of the
items attribute. Here I use a new method,
toIterator(), that converts whatever was passed in as
items value into the
Iterator we need:
public int doStartTag() throws JspTagException {
iterator = toIterator(items);
if (iterator.hasNext()) {
pageContext.setAttribute(var, iterator.next());
return EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE;
else {
return SKIP_BODY;
Finally, the
toIterator() method looks like this:
private Iterator toIterator(Object items)
throws JspTagException {
Iterator i = null;
Object dataStructure = items;
if (items instanceof String) {
dataStructure =
pageContext.findAttribute((String) items);
if (dataStructure == null) {
throw new JspTagException("No collection with name "
+ items + " found");
if (dataStructure.getClass().isArray()) {
dataStructure = Arrays.asList((Object[])
if (dataStructure instanceof Collection) {
i = ((Collection) dataStructure).iterator();
else {
throw new JspTagException("Invalid data type
for 'items'");
return i;
If the
items attribute value is a
the method first retrieves the object from one of the JSP scopes.
The type of the retrieved object is then analyzed. If it's an array,
it's turned into a
List (which is a type of
Collection). An
Iterator is then created
for the
Collection and returned.
An even more powerful addition to the attribute conversion
mechanism is the ability to use a bean
to convert a literal string value to any Java data type. If an
action attribute value is specified as a literal string for an
attribute of a type other than
String, the container
looks for a
PropertyEditor that can convert the string
to the attribute's data type.
Say you have an attribute of type
java.util.Date. To
let the page author specify it as a string, you need a
PropertyEditor that converts a
String to
Date. Here's how it's done.
First you implement the
package com.foo;
import java.beans.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MyDatePE extends PropertyEditorSupport
implements PropertyEditor {
private SimpleDateFormat sdf =
new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
private Date value;
public Object getValue() {
return value;
public void setAsText(String text)
throws IllegalArgumentException {
try {
value = sdf.parse(text);
catch (ParseException e) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage());
The container calls the
setAsText() method with the
String value. This method creates a
Date object from the string and saves it in the
instance variable named
value. The container then
calls the
getValue() method, which returns the new
Date object, and uses the value to set the action's
attribute value.
Simple enough, but you must also tell the container to use your
PropertyEditor for this action. You can do that by
creating a
BeanInfo class for the action's tag handler:
package com.foo;
import java.beans.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MyTagBeanInfo extends SimpleBeanInfo {
public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() {
PropertyDescriptor[] pds = new PropertyDescriptor[4];
try {
pds[0] =
new PropertyDescriptor("anInt", MyTag.class,
null, "setAnInt");
pds[1] =
new PropertyDescriptor("aString", MyTag.class,
null, "setAString");
pds[2] =
new PropertyDescriptor("firstDate", MyTag.class,
null, "setFirstDate");
pds[3] =
new PropertyDescriptor("secondDate", MyTag.class,
null, "setSecondDate");
catch (Exception e) {}
return pds;
BeanInfo class is for a tag handler with four
attributes, named
firstDate and
secondDate. The
getPropertyDescriptors() method first creates an array
with one
PropertyDescriptor for each attribute and
then sets the property editors for the two
attributes to the
PropertyEditor class described
BeanInfo class is automatically bound to its bean
class (in this case, the tag handler class is considered to be a bean) through a class naming convention: the name of the
BeanInfo class for a bean simply has the same name as
the bean class plus "BeanInfo." So in this example,
MyTagBeanInfo is the
BeanInfo class for
MyTag class. The
MyTag class is a
regular tag handler class. You don't need to do anything special in
the tag handler class itself in order to use a
PropertyEditor to convert string values to other types.
JSP 1.2 clarifies a number of details related to how tag handler classes must be handled by the container. JSP 1.1 was a bit sketchy on the subject, and in fact contradicted itself in a few places. The clarifications were therefore greatly needed, and will result in better portability for custom tag libraries between containers and allow container vendors to improve performance by reusing tag handler instances.
The first area that has been clarified is what constitutes an empty custom action element and how a container must deal with it. An action element is considered to be empty if it's:
Note that if the body contains anything, even so-called whitespace characters (blank, tab, line feed) or scripting elements, the element is not considered to be empty.
For an empty custom action element with a tag handler that
implements the
BodyTag interface, the container does
not call the following methods:
doInitBody(), and
doAfterBody(). This allows the container to generate
more efficient code for an empty
BodyTag element than
for a
BodyTag element with a body, since it doesn't
have to create a
BodyContent instance.
Some JSP 1.1 containers already deal with empty action elements this
way, but others treat empty and non-empty elements the same. If you
have only tested your custom action in a JSP 1.1 container that
always calls the
BodyContent-related methods, you may
run into problems when you use it in a JSP 1.2 container. A
typical mistake is to assume that the tag handler always has
access to a
BodyContent instance and use code like this
to get hold of the proper
JspWriter out = bodyContent.getEnlosingWriter();
With the clarified rules, this code will throw a
NullPointerException if the custom action is used
without a body. You should always check for
null with
code like this, instead:
JspWriter out = null;
if (bodyContent != null) {
out = bodyContent.getEnclosingWriter();
else {
out = pageContext.getOut();
Another area that's been clarified is the tag handler life cycle. This allows vendors to implement reuse strategies for tag handler instances, resulting in better performance without sacrificing portability.
The tag handler life cycle details are pretty complex, and mostly of
interest to container developers. But briefly, for a tag handler
that implements just the
Tag interface, all setter
methods (
setParent(), and
all setters for attributes) are called first. Then the
doStartTag() method is called. The
doEndTag() method is called if no exception is thrown
doStartTag() or while processing the element's body.
The tag handler instance may then be reused for another occurrence
of the custom action that uses the same set of attributes, with the
same or different values, in the same or a different page. If an
attribute for the other occurrence has a different value, the
corresponding setter method is called, followed by the
doEndTag() calls as before.
Eventually, the container is ready to get rid of the tag handler
instance. At this point, it calls the
release() method
to let the tag handler release internal resources it may have used.
Let's look at what this means from a tag developer's perspective. There are a number of things you may need to do in your tag handler, for instance:
The following sections describe the requirements the tag handler life cycle places on you to get this right.
If some attributes are optional, you must provide default values for the attributes. You can do so in a number of ways; for instance, in the variable declaration, or through a getter method used by other tag handler methods:
private int optionalInt = 5;
private java.util.Date optionalDate;
private java.util.Date getOptionalDate() {
if (optionalDate == null) {
return new java.utl.Date();
else {
return optionalDate;
Given that the tag handler instance may be reused for another occurrence of the custom action, you may think that you need to reset the attributes to their defaults before this happens. But that is not the case. Look at the description of the life cycle again. A tag handler instance can only be reused for an occurrence with the same set of attributes. Put another way, if a tag handler instance is used for an occurrence that does not use an optional attribute, it can only be reused for other occurrences that also omit this attribute. The default value will never need to be reset; it's never set for any of the occurrences that use the instance in the first place.
A tag handler may create or collect data that is only valid for one invocation. One example is a list of values set by custom actions nested in the body of the main action:
<demo:param name="foo" value="bar" />
<demo:param name="fee" value="baz" />
In this example, the nested
param actions call a method
in the tag handler for the parent
redirect action to
add the parameter to a list that is then used in the redirection
private ArrayList params;
public void addParam(Param param) {
if (params == null) {
params = new ArrayList();
If the container decides to reuse this tag handler, the list will
grow for each invocation unless you reset it at some point. There's
no guarantee that the
doEndTag() method is called (in
case of an exception in the body), so the best place to reset the
list is in the
doStartTag() method:
public int doStartTag() throws JspException {
// Reset per-invocation state
params = null;
This approach works fine for objects that can hang around until the
tag handler is used again. But what if you need to use an expensive
resource, such as a database connection, that must be released (or
returned to a pool) as soon as possible? That's when the new
TryCatchFinally interface comes in handy. Say you have
a custom action that provides a database connection for a set of
nested custom actions that performs database operations
that must be executed as part of the same database transaction:
<demo:sqlTransaction dataSource="myDataSource">
UPDATE Account SET Balance = Balance - 1000
WHERE AccountNumber = 1234
UPDATE Account SET Balance = Balance + 1000
WHERE AccountNumber = 5678
Here the tag handler for the
sqlTransaction action gets
Connection from the specified
and makes it available to the nested actions through a getter method.
If any exception occurs while processing a nested action, the
sqlTransaction tag handler must roll back the
transaction. No matter what happens, the tag handler must
always close the
Connection (returning it to the pool,
if it's a pooled
By implementing the
TryCatchFinally interface for the
sqlTransaction tag handler, this is easy to accomplish:
public class SqlTransactionTag extends TagSupport,
implements TryCatchFinally {
private java.sql.Connection conn;
public void doCatch(Throwable t) throws Throwable {
throw t;
public void doFinally() {
// Close or return to pool if pooled
doCatch() method rolls back the transaction and
doFinally() closes the
no matter if an exception was thrown or not.
Some objects used by a tag handler can be expensive to create, such
as a
java.text.SimpleDateFormat instance or an XML
parser. Instead of creating objects like this every time the tag
handler is invoked, it's better to create them once when the tag
handler itself is created or the first time it's used. The place to
get rid of objects like this is in the
release() method:
private java.text.SimpleDateFormat dateFormat =
new java.text.SimpleDateFormat();
public void release() {
dateFormat = null;
release() method is only called just before the
container gets rid of the tag handler, to let it do this kind of
cleanup. It is never called between invocations.
Besides the new elements for validators and listeners described earlier, JSP 1.2 introduces a number of other changes and additions to the TLD.
First of all, some elements have been renamed for consistency with
the naming conventions used in other J2EE descriptor files. More
precisely, hyphens are now used to separate words in element names,
and the
<info> element has been replaced with an
element used for the same purpose in other descriptors. The
following table summarizes these name changes:
A number of new elements have also been added to allow more descriptive information in the TLD. This information may be used by page-authoring tools and also by tools that generate user documentation from the TLD:
|New element
Used to specify a short name displayed by tools. This
element can be used as a subelement of the
<taglib> and
<tag> elements.
<small-icon> and
Used to specify icons displayed by tools. The values are
paths to files containing either GIF or JPEG images.
Both elements can be used as subelements of the
<taglib> and
<tag> elements.
Used to include an example of how a tag can be used. This
element can only be used as a subelement of the
<tag> element.
Used to specify the type of a request-time attribute value.
This element can only be used as a subelement of the
<attribute> element.
Finally, the new
<variable> element can be used to
declare scripting variables introduced by a tag. In JSP 1.1, you
had to create a
TagExtraInfo class for the tag and let
getVariableInfo() method return information about
the variables. By using the new
<variable> element,
you can avoid creating a
TagExtraInfo class for this
purpose in most cases:
<description>This variable contains ...</description>
In this example, the
myTag custom action introduces a
scripting variable named
foo of type
String. The container is asked to create a variable
declaration (declare is
true) for this variable after
the end tag (scope is
AT_END). The other valid values
for the
<scope> element are
NESTED, exactly the same as in a
TagExtraInfo class.
As an alternative to declaring a hard-coded variable name, like
foo in this example, you can let the variable name be
specified by the page author through an action element attribute.
To do so, replace the
<name-given> element with the
<name-from-attribute> element:
With this declaration, the container uses the value of the
id attribute as the variable name instead.
Related Reading
JavaServer Pages
In this article I have described JSP 1.2's most important new features, fine-tuning, and clarifications. I have also showed you examples of how to use the new stuff and what to watch out for. You're now ready to try it out on your own. I suggest you download Tomcat 4.0 and play around with it to see how you can best take advantage of JSP 1.2 in your own application.
Hans Bergsten is the founder of Gefion Software and author of O'Reilly's JavaServer Pages, 3rd Edition.
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Anyone here a fan of HP Lovecraft's works?
Me...I also watched the movies and played video games based on his work.
Originally Posted by Cloudbuster
Me...I also watched the movies and played video games based on his work.
Who is your favorite character in the Lovecraft universe?
"The collapse occurred about 10.20 A.M., while I was conducting a class in Political Economy VI - history and present tendencies of economics - for juniors and a few sophomores. I began to see strange shapes before my eyes, and to feel that I was in a grotesque room other than the classroom.
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I like some songs based on his work..does that count? I plan on reading his work sometime in the future.
I've heard of his work, I know more about his life than his books. I looked him up after reading a book published by Steven King who found his inspiration by reading Lovecraft's books.
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#41209 - 09/10/01 04:56 PM whinge vs. whine Anonymous
Whence the divergence of these two words (which both claim roots from OE "hwinsian")? I've never heard an American say "whinge", nor conversely a UKer utter "whine". Is "whine" exclusive to the US? Are there regions of the US that favor "whinge"?
Also, I believe "whinge" is aspirated when used in the UK; do Zildians/Australians pronounce it similarly (or is "whine" in use as well)? The H is quite clear when I pronounce "whine", but then I tend to similarly aspirate the Hs in "what", "which", "whether", etc. Is the more common USn approach to pronounce it exactly the same as "wine"?
#41210 - 09/10/01 05:33 PM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Posts: 13858
Recently I have seen "whinge" in magazine ads, but could not tell where copy was written. I have never heard it spoken. My dictionary gives it, says it is British, pronounced "winj" I do not plan to use it.
I wonder if in UK dogs "whinge". I never heard one make the "j" sound.
#41211 - 09/10/01 05:50 PM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Posts: 3439
Loc: New England, USA
Whence the divergence of these two words (which both claim roots from OE "hwinsian")?
Interesting post Ghost. Welcome to the Board.
I thought whine was a sort of high pitched tone of voice that grates on one's nerves where someone goes on and on about something -- children are very good at it!
And whinge brought an image of someone flinching from doing something.
I hear whine in US and never hear whinge, but do see the word in Brit-locale books.
so now I know better ... or ??
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#41213 - 09/10/01 07:57 PM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Posts: 866
Loc: Perth, Western Australia
Darn it Max!!! I was hoping to use the planeload of Poms joke!!
For the record, Ozzies tend to use "winj" (adj.) and "winja" (noun). I thought we'd regard "wine" as somewhat British - so was surprised to find it's the preferred form in the US. No aspiration used in OzEnglish - the shortest way to the end of the word/sentence is the best way!!
#41214 - 09/10/01 09:19 PM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Posts: 618
Loc: Australia
We do have a tendency to(wards the use of) whinge here in Oz, but to my mind they have subtlely different meanings. To whinge implies to complain, usually about a specific circumstance, with the intent of causing something or someone to change because of your actions. To whine suggests making annoying complaints for the sake of complaining.
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#41215 - 09/11/01 06:13 AM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Posts: 609
Loc: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
To whinge implies to complain, usually about a specific circumstance, with the intent of causing something or someone to change because of your actions. To whine suggests making annoying complaints for the sake of complaining.
I agree with the good doc, but would add that whinging* is usually about trivial matters and often with no real expectation of change though the possibility is there - "Mum, why does my brother ALWAYS get the window seat?" - "Oh, stop whinging!".
It is usually only small kids (or adults behaving like them) that whine as doc says in a continous stream "I'm cold, aren't we there yet? How much longer are we shopping? I don't like this sweet, I want that sweet".
And dogs whine not whinge.
* or whingeing, to cross threads.
#41216 - 09/11/01 06:47 AM Re: whinge vs. whine
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* or whingeing, to cross threads.
Now, this is interesting. I had never heard of the word whinge before meeting people on this board, and in truth I'm still not sure how to pronounce it. But: when I first saw 'whingeing', my first response was, "No! The g before i can be soft". Then I immediately thought of the word
winging, in which, unless I have pronounced it wrong all my life, the two g's are pronounced the same.
#41217 - 09/11/01 06:57 AM Re: whinge vs. whine
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Yes, I would largely agree with others so far. But there is a key difference, surely: whine specifically describes making a high-pitched sound, whereas whinge is to complain in a rather pathetic manner. So though a whinge may be uttered in a whining tone, a whining tone is not the same as a whinge: it is used synecdochally. Personally I would pronounce them as winj and wine.
I will be interested to hear more detail about the roots of the words, since an initial check also suggests that they are not quite so identical as originally suggested:
whine (hwîn, wîn)
v., whined, whin·ing, whines.
1. To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.
2. To complain or protest in a childish fashion.
3. To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.
To utter with a whine.
1. The act of whining.
2. A whining sound.
3. A complaint uttered in a plaintive tone.
[Middle English whinen, from Old English hwînan, to make a whizzing sound.]
whinge (hwĭnj, wĭnj)
intr.v. Chiefly British., whinged, whing·ing, whing·es.
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
#41218 - 09/11/01 07:08 AM Re: whinge vs. whine
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I had never heard of the word whinge before meeting people on this board, and in truth I'm still not sure how to pronounce it.
but heard a lot of whinging from the board as well.. Jackie
winj and winj-ing (like sponge is spunj) as opposed to wing and wing-ing. No modification of the soft or hard g by the addition of the -ing in either case.
Both whinging and whingeing are given in my POD.
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NARROWSBURG, NY — Written by award-winning Canadian playwright, Vern Thiessen, the full length one-act solo performance "Shakespeare's Will" will be performed at the Tusten Theatre on Saturday, October 19 at 8 p.m. The play sheds light on William Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway. Performed by NACL Theatre's Tannis Kowalchuk, with music by Kurt Knuth, costumes by Karen Flood, and directed by NACL resident director Mimi McGurl, the play looks through the eyes and heart of a woman and mother who spent a lifetime with and without the great playwright.
The drama begins with Hathaway arriving home after the funeral, holding a copy of Shakespeare's will. Kowalchuk premiered "Shakespeare's Will" in Sullivan County last season at NACL Theatre, and will travel to Pontine Theatre in Portsmouth, NH in 2014 to perform the play. Kowalchuk is co-founder, actress, and artistic director of NACL Theatre and has created and performed in over 18 original NACL productions.
Tickets cost $20 ($18 advanced sales for DVAA members). For tickets or information call 845/252-7272 or visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org [1].


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