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Over the last few years, refactoring -- the process of gradually improving a code base by renaming methods and classes, extracting common functionality into new methods and classes, and generally cleaning up the mess inherent in most 1.0 systems -- has gained a lot of adherents. Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Eclipse and IDEA can now automatically refactor code.
But what if it's not just your code that needs refactoring? What if the language itself has inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and just plain idiocies that need to be corrected? When you get right down to it, the entirety of Java is really just like any other large code base. It has some brilliant parts, some functional parts, and some parts that make just about everyone scratch their heads and ask, "What the hell were they thinking?"
It's now a little more than 11 years after James Gosling began working on OAK, the language that would eventually become Java, and seven years since Sun posted the first public release of Java. The language, class library, and virtual machine collectively known as "Java" are all showing their age. There are many parts of Java that everyone agrees should be fixed but can't be, for reasons of backwards compatibility. Until now, revisions of Java have attempted to maintain "upwards compatibility;" that is, all earlier code should continue to run unchanged in later versions of Java. This has limited the changes that can be made to Java, and prevented Sun from fixing many obvious problems.
This article imagines a "Java 3" that jettisons the baggage of the last decade, and proposes numerous changes to the core language, virtual machine, and class libraries. The focus here is on those changes that many people (including the Java developers at Sun) would really like to make, but can't -- primarily for reasons of backwards compatibility.
I am specifically not focusing on new features that could be added to Java 2 today, useful as they might be. These can be addressed through the Java Community Process. Instead, I want to look at how we could do the same things Java does today, only better. For instance, while I'd love to see a complex number data type as a standard part of the Java language, this could be added to Java 1.5 without breaking existing code. On the other hand, changing the existing char type to use four bytes rather than two would be radically incompatible with most existing code.
Similarly, I am only looking at changes that will leave Java as the same language we know and love today. I want to talk about refactoring the language, not reinventing it. I am not interested in purely syntactic changes, such as eliminating the semicolons at the ends of lines or making indentation significant. These sorts of changes could readily be implemented as byte code compilers for other languages like Python and F. Indeed, such compilers already exist. The changes I want to address are much more fundamental, and often lay across the boundaries between language, library, and virtual machine. With that in mind, let's look at my top 10 list of possible refactorizations for Java 3. (See Gosling's "Design Principles" slide for a justification for simplicity and lack of redundancy.
This one's a no-brainer. Java 1.4.0 ships with 22 deprecated classes, 8 deprecated interfaces, 50
deprecated fields, and over 300 deprecated methods and constructors. Some, like
List.preferredSize() and
Date.parseDate(), are deprecated because there are now equivalent or better methods to do the same thing. Others like
Thread.stop() and
Thread.resume() are deprecated because they were a bad idea in the first place and could be actively dangerous. Whatever the reason a method has been deprecated, the fact is, we're not supposed to be using it.
Sun's official line is, "It is recommended that programs be modified to eliminate the use of deprecated methods and classes, though there are no current plans to remove such methods and classes entirely from the system." It's time to cut the umbilical cord. Ditch them all now. This can only make Java simpler, cleaner, and safer.
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One of Java's contributions to code readability has been consistent naming conventions, even though they aren't enforced by the compiler. Class names are nouns that begin with capital letters. Fields, variables, and methods begin with lowercase letters. All use camel case. Named constants are written in all caps with underscores separating the words. I can pick up the code of any experienced Java programmer on the planet and expect that their naming conventions will match mine.
When Java 1.0 was being written, however, not all the programmers had internalized Java's naming
conventions yet. There are numerous minor but annoying inconsistencies throughout the API. For instance, the color constants are
Color.green, etc., instead of
Color.GREEN, etc. Java 1.4 finally added the capitalized versions, but still retains the incorrect lowercase versions, doubling the number of fields in this class. These inconsistencies should be cataloged and corrected.
Another beneficial coding convention Java thrust upon an occasionally resistant world was using full names with no abbreviations. However, some of the most basic Java methods are abbreviated. Why, for instance, do we type
System.gc() instead of
System.collectGarbage()? It's not as if this method is called so frequently that the time saved typing twelve fewer letters is important. Similarly the
InetAddress class should really be named
Along the way, let's move JDBC into the
javax packages. JDBC is important, but it's hardly a core language feature. The only reason it isn't already in
javax is because the
javax naming convention for standard extensions hadn't been invented when JDBC was first added to the JDK back in Java 1.1. Programmers working with JDBC can still use it. The rest of us can safely ignore it.
This will undoubtedly be my most controversial proposal, but bear with me. I am not talking about removing
char, and other types completely. I simply want to make them full objects with classes, methods, inheritance, and so forth. This would make Java's type system much cleaner. We'd no longer need to use type-wrapper classes to add primitives to lists and hash tables. We could write methods that operated on all variables and data. All types would be classes and all classes would be types. Every variable, field, and argument would be an instance of
Object. Java would finally become a pure object-oriented language.
The reason Java used primitive data types in the first place was speed. The claim was that pure object-oriented languages like Smalltalk were too slow for production code. But after seven years of Moore's law, computers are a lot faster and have a lot more memory than they used to. Even more importantly, compiler technology has advanced to the point where it's really not so hard to replace object-based source code with primitive-based byte code where appropriate. Modern Eiffel, C#, and Smalltalk compilers already do this. In essence, a good compiler should be able to figure out when to use
ints and when to use
BigIntegers and transparently swap between the two.
The new
float, and
char classes would still have the literal forms they have today. Just as the statement
String s ="Hello" creates a new
String object, so too would
int i = 23 create a new
int object. Similarly, the compiler would recognize all of the customary operators like
-, and
*, and map them to the appropriate methods in the classes. This is no more complicated than the compiler's native understanding of the plus sign for string concatenation today. Most existing arithmetic code would work exactly as it works today. The
int/char/double/float/boolean objects would be immutable, so these objects would be thread-safe and could be interned to save memory. The classes would probably be final for reasons of both safety and performance.
I'd also like to consider whether Java's arithmetic rules are correct. The floating point operations are defined by IEEE 754 and, for compatibility with other languages and hardware, it's important to keep that. The integer types offer real room for improvement, however. It is mathematically incorrect for two billion plus two billion to equal -294,967,296, yet it does in Java today.
There should be at least one integer type that is not bounded in size, and perhaps it should be the default type. If so, it could easily subsume the
int, and
long types. The
byte type still seems necessary for I/O, and it could also remain for those rare cases like image filters where bitwise manipulation is really necessary; however, using bitwise operators like
<< and
& on integers confuses implementation with interface and thus violates a fundamental principle of object orientation. The various bitwise constants, such as
Font.BOLD and
SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT, used throughout the Java API should be replaced with type-safe
enums and/or getter and setter methods.
The basic story would be that integers are for arithmetic and bytes are for memory manipulation.
Thus, in reverse, we might choose to ban arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction on bytes. Even today, adding two bytes automatically promotes them to
ints because the virtual machine doesn't support these operations on any type narrower than an
There's substantial evidence from other pure OO languages that this scheme can be implemented efficiently. Nonetheless, I anticipate resistance to these ideas from the performance-at-any-cost crowd. Naive implementations will require more memory than existing Java code (which is already not particularly stingy with the megabytes). This is likely to be a special problem in J2ME and smaller environments. J2ME might choose to take a different path than J2SE and J2EE.
J2ME can continue development-based Java 2 with its dichotomy between primitive and object types, its 2+2=-1 arithmetic, and all of the problems that entails. In this environment, the benefits of moving may not outweigh the cost. But Java is no longer a language just for cheap set-top boxes (and really it never was). The needs of the desktop and the server are not the same as the needs of the cell phone and the digital watch. Programmers in each environment need a language tailored for them. One size does not fit all.
Whether the
char type is primitive or an object, the truth is that Unicode is not a two-byte character set. This was perhaps not so important in the last millennium when Unicode characters outside the basic multilingual plane were just a theoretical possibility. As of version 3.2, however, Unicode has about 30,000 more characters than can be squeezed into two bytes. Four-byte characters include many mathematical and most musical symbols. In the future it's also likely to encompass fictional scripts like Tolkien's Tengwar and dead languages like Linear B. Currently, Java tries to work around the problem by using surrogate pairs, but the acrobatics required to properly handle these is truly ugly, and already causing major problems for systems like XML parsers that need to deal with this ugliness.
Whether Java promotes the
char type to an object or not, it needs to adopt a model in which characters are a full four bytes. If Java does go to fully object-oriented types, it could still use UTF-16 or UTF-8 internally for
chars and
strings to save space. Externally, all characters should be created equal. Using one
char to represent most characters but two
chars to represent some is too confusing. You shouldn't have to be a Unicode
expert just to include a little music or math in your strings.
Java was the first major language to integrate multithreading as a fundamental feature rather than a special purpose add-on library. Thus, it's not surprising that its designers made a few mistakes and missteps in this area. All of these need to be fixed:
As Sun's Joshua Bloch wrote, "Thread groups are best viewed as an unsuccessful experiment, and you may simply ignore their existence." (Effective Java, Addison-Wesley, 2001) They don't provide the security they were intended to provide, and the minor functionality they do provide can easily be moved into the
Thread class itself.
suspend(), and
resume() methods are all rightly deprecated because they have the potential to leave objects in inconsistent states. They should be removed from the
Thread class completely.
destroy() method isn't implemented. It just clutters the API. Get rid of it.
It's become widely known that the Java memory model is broken with respect to "the semantics of threads, locks, volatile variables, and data races." Indeed, an expert group has been formed within the JCP to fix this, but not a lot has been heard from it since it was constituted a year ago. Without doubt, this is a hard problem; but maybe removing concern for upwards compatibility can help fix it.
The non-atomic nature of
doubles and
longs is a sop thrown to architectures that can't efficiently do 64-bit operations. That's not nearly as much an issue today as it used to be, however, and few VMs ever took advantage of it. If these types aren't made into objects, then they need to be as atomic as the other single-byte types.
Finally, we should seriously consider the possibility that monitors can be decoupled from objects so that an object can have multiple monitors for different operations. I'm not a thread expert (and I generally embarrass myself whenever I pretend to be one), but I've heard a lot of arguments from both sides on this point, most of which have gone right over my head. If we're redesigning Java threads, maybe we can move this discussion from boozy barroom chats to a serious discussion and figure out if there's some way to reconcile the two sides.
These changes are going to be tricky, and they're going to require changes at all three levels -- the API, the language specification, and the virtual machine. But they are important, if Java is to remain efficient and reliable on the multiprocessor systems of tomorrow.
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The Java community is already using XML for latter-day file formats like Servlet config files and Ant build files. XML is clean, easy to edit, easy to parse, and easy to debug. It is rightly the first choice of most programmers when designing new file formats. Of course, XML wasn't invented until a couple of years after Java was released. Thus, Java has a number of non-XML file formats that should be ported to XML. Among others, these include JAR manifest files, properties files, and serialized objects. All of these can and should be replaced with well-formed XML.
Serializing objects with XML is perhaps the most surprising suggestion, since serialized objects are binary data and XML is text; however, most data inside objects are just text and numbers at the lowest level; and all of this is well-supported by XML. The limited true binary data inside Java objects can easily be Base-64 encoded. Perhaps most surprisingly, the resulting format should be both smaller and faster than today's binary serialization. Numerous developers have already invented custom XML formats for object serialization, and pretty much all of them have proved more efficient than Java's binary format. The fact is, contrary to popular belief, binary formats are not necessarily smaller or faster than the corresponding text formats, and serialized Java objects are a
particularly poorly-optimized binary format. Sun has already implemented an XML-based serialization format for JavaBeans in Java 1.4 in the
java.beans.XMLEncoder and
java.beans.XMLDecoder classes. Now it just needs to go a step further to cover all serializable objects.
Two GUI APIs is one too many. Most Java developers have chosen to standardize their work on Swing. I agree with them. It's time to merge the
Component and
JComponent classes, the
Frame and
JFrame classes, the
Menu and
JMenu classes, and so forth. In some cases, the classes would come from Swing (
JTable). In others, from the AWT (
Color, etc.) Still others (
JFrame) would be merged, typically pulling in most of the code from Swing but retaining the more obvious AWT name. Overall, this would be a huge simplification for GUI development in Java and noticeably cut down on Java's bulk.
As long as we're at it, it's time to get rid of the legacies of the Java 1.0 event model. There's no reason for every component to have a series of confusing
action(), and similar methods. If they're still being used behind the scenes as part of the infrastructure, at least make them non-public; but I suspect they can be eliminated completely without too much effort.
Java's current collections API is a hodgepodge of different designs implemented at different times. Some classes are thread-safe (
Vector). Some aren't (
HashMap). Some collections return null when a missing element is requested. Others throw an exception. Let's settle on some standard idioms and metaphors, and
design all the classes to fit them, rather the other way around. Probably the easiest way to do this would be to eliminate
Vector and
Hashtable completely. An
ArrayList can do anything a
Vector can do and a
HashMap can replace a
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Java I/O
The original Java developers were Unix programmers, Windows users, and Mac dilettantes. The I/O APIs they invented were more than a little Unix-centric in both obvious and not-so-obvious ways, and really didn't port very well. For instance, initially they assumed that the file system had a single root. This is true on Unix, but false on Windows and the Mac. Both the new and old I/O APIs still assume that the complete contents of a file can be accessed as a stream (true on Windows and Unix but false on the Mac).
Some of the problems, especially with regard to internationalization, were fixed in Java 1.1, with the introduction of the
Reader and
Writer classes and their subclasses. Java 1.2 fixed some of the more glaring inadequacies in the file system API. Still more were fixed in Java 1.4 with the new I/O APIs.
The job isn't done yet. For instance, even in Java 1.4 there still isn't a reliable means to copy or move a file -- pretty basic operations, I think you'll agree. To date, attempts to design a better file-system API have foundered on the need to be upwards-compatible with the atrocious Java 1.0 I/O classes. The time has come to reconsider everything in
java.io. Some of the more urgently needed changes are:
File class needs to represent a real file on the file system rather than a file name. It should provide full access to the file's metadata, support various naming conventions, allow for operations on the file itself, such as copying, moving, and deleting, and in general, recognize that a file is more than just a bucket of bytes.
PrintStream class is a disaster. It should be removed.
System.out and
System.err can be
PrintWriters instead. (Sun originally planned to make this change in Java 1.1, but decided it would break too much existing code.)
readUTF() and
writeUTF() methods in
DataInputStream and
DataOutputStream don't actually support UTF-8. What they support is 90% real UTF, 10% meat-byproduct. There's nothing actually wrong with the formats they support, except that this causes problems for inexperienced users who use them to read and write UTF-8, and then wonder why their code breaks when exchanging data with conformant software from other languages. These methods should be renamed
readString() and
Reader and
Writer classes desperately need a
getCharacterSet() method that can help determine which characters the writer can safely output.
Encodings should be identified with IANA-registered names like ISO-8859-1 and UTF-16 instead of Java class names like 8859_1 and UTF16.
Buffering I/O is one of the most important performance optimizations a program can make. It should be turned on by default. The base
Reader, and
Writer classes should have their own internal buffers, rather than requiring them to be chained to a
BufferedWriter. Filters can check whether the stream they're chained to is buffered before deciding whether or not to use their own buffers.
No single topic is as confusing to new users as the class path. I get almost daily e-mail from novice readers asking me to explain the "Exception in thread 'main' java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: HelloWorld" error messages they keep seeing. I've been writing Java for seven years and I'm still occasionally baffled by class loader issues. (Pop quiz: When is class A that implements interface B not an instance of interface B? When A and B are loaded by two different class loaders. I lost half a day to that one just last week, and after I mentioned my problem on a mailing list, one talented programmer friend told me he lost two weeks to the exact same bug.)
I'll freely admit that I don't know how the class loader should be fixed. It's clearly one of the trickier areas of Java. I do know that the current system is far too difficult. There has to be a better way.
This top-ten list is just a beginning. There are lots of other areas where Java could be improved, if we allow ourselves to throw off the straitjacket of upwards compatibility: replacing integer constants with type-safe
enums, removing confusing and unnecessary classes like
StringTokenizer and
StreamTokenizer, making
Cloneable a true mixin interface or perhaps eliminating it completely, renaming the
Math.log() method the
Math.ln() method, adding support for true design by contract, eliminating checked exceptions (as Bruce Eckel has advocated), limiting objects to a single thread as in Eiffel, and much more.
We can argue about exactly which changes are necessary, and which ones may cause more harm than good. But one thing's for sure: if Java fails to change, if it refuses to correct its well-known problems, there are other languages waiting in the wings written by some very sharp programmers who have learned from Java's mistakes and are eager for the opportunity to replace Java in the same way Java replaced earlier flawed languages. Java must not be forever handicapped by mistakes made seven years ago in Java 1.0. There comes a point where we need to throw off the chains of backwards compatibility and move boldly into the future.
Elliotte Rusty Harold is a noted writer and programmer, both on and off the Internet. His previous books include "Java Network Programming", Third Edition, "XML in a Nutshell", Third Edition, and "Java I/O", all from O'Reilly.
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Thu, 01/21/2016
This PERC Policy Series explores the underlying issues fueling conflicts such as the Masher standoff, as well as what might be done to resolve them. Battles such as this are the result of federal land policies that encourage conflict instead of negotiation.
Gregg Simonds
Tue, 11/24/2015
Ranchers navigate ecosystems of perpetual change.
Shawn Regan
Fri, 06/05/2015
Sorry to be a buzzkill, but U.S. honeybee colonies are at a 20-year high.
Terry Anderson,
Mon, 05/18/2015
Terry Anderson and Henry Miller explain why taxing California's organic agricultural production would enable us to get more "crop for the the drop."
Holly Fretwell
Mon, 02/02/2015
Rancher and enviropreneur Jeff Lazslo forged partnerships with public and private funders to restore a huge wetland that now flourishes with fish, wildlife, and plants.
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Thu, 10/23/2014
In the Wall Street Journal, Gary Libecap and Robert Glennon discuss the West's outdated water laws. A policy overhaul, they argue, would allow efficient water markets and reward conservation.
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Meet Danielle Nicholas, 2013 Enviropreneur Institute alumni. In a video and Q&A, she introduces herself and her product and proposes to producers and consumers alike that variability is no longer a liability, it is an asset.
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Enviropreneur Danielle Nicholas (Alumni 2013) is the owner and founder of Crazy Mountain Grass Fed Beef, LLC in Bozeman, Montana. She came to PERC with the aim to market grass fed beef as the sum of all its parts with the concept: "terroir of beef." In this video she introduces herself and her...
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2nd Annual
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TPC of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 21-24, 2004
NEW ORLEANS â The TPC of Louisiana continued to claim victims in Wednesdayâs second round, but Matt Fast of Hattiesburg, Miss., tamed the beast with a 2-under-par 70 to force a tie at even par with Morgan Landry of Lafayette, La., heading into the final round of the Fore!Kids Junior at TPC of Louisiana. In the Girls Division, Christie Reed of Oak Ridge, Tenn., continued her solid play with a 1-over-par 73 to take a four-stroke lead.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Fore!Kids Junior at TPC of Louisiana is being held at TPC of Louisiana in New Orleans. The 54-hole stroke-play event features 84 of the nationâs premier golfers, ages 12-18, from 13 states and Paraguay.
Landry, who shot a 2-under-par 70 in Tuesdayâs first round, started on No. 10 and struggled to a 39 on his first nine, but rallied with birdies at Nos. 2 and 8 to get back to even par for the tournament.
âAfter that start I was nervous that I was going to shoot an 80 or something,â Landry said. âI just had to regroup and start hitting my driver in the fairway.â
On a day when the second-round Boys Division scoring average was 78.5, Landry said control off the tee was key to course management.
âFor the first time, the driver or 3-wood is the most important club â youâve got to hit it in the fairway,â Landry said.
Fast, who shot the low round of the day, sunk a 25-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole to get to even par and vault himself into the final pairing.
âIf you told me at the beginning of the day that Iâd come out and shoot 2-under, Iâd take it because the course is playing pretty tough,â Fast said. âIâm not a big fan of having the lead on the last day, but I feel pretty good about being tied.â
Timothy Byrd of Laplace, La., is one stroke back with a two-day total of 145, and Thomas Hugghins of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., trails by three strokes at 147. Mark Odenthal of Beaumont, Texas, Weldon Martin of Houston, Texas, Freddie Janneck of Madison, Miss., and Jeff Howard of Plano, Texas, are tied for fifth place at 149.
Reed had difficulties of her own on her first nine, shooting a 4-over-par 40, but birdied three of her last six holes to give herself a four-shot cushion heading into the final round.
âI made a lot of really clutch putts from four and five feet, and thatâs really important if you want to win this tournament,â Reed said. âIâm really excited to play tomorrow. I feel like Iâve gotten all of the badness out.â
Caney Hines of San Antonio, Texas, shot a 4-over-par 76 and trails Reed by four strokes, and Jessica Hamilton of Rockville, Md., carded a 75 for a two-day total of 152.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
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He was born April 22, 1956, in Beeville to Jose De Jesus and Paula Posada.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jose De Jesus Posada; his wife, Janie Cuevas Posada; a sister; Mary Helen Flores; and a brother, Jaime Posada.
Survivors include his mother, Paula Posada of Beeville; a son, Eric Greg Posada of Beeville; two daughters; Melissa Posada Rodriguez of McKinney and Nora Lynn Posada of Beeville; five brothers, Joe Posada, Jerry Posada, John Posada and Ruben Posada, all of Beeville, and Paul Posada of Harlingen; four sisters, Susie Gomez, Janie Molina, Norma Posada and Rosalinda Posada, all of Beeville; and five grandchildren.
Visitation was held Sunday, June 16, from 1 to 9 p.m. at Treviño Funeral Home, with a rosary that evening at 7 o'clock.
The funeral procession departed Trevino Funeral Home Chapel at 9:15 a.m. Monday, June 17, for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. George Catholic Church in George West.
Burial followed at the George West Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joey Farias III, Joe Farias Jr., David Farias, Juan Farias, Joshua Posada, Antonio Cuevas III, Robert Lee Gonzales and Wally Rivas.
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Hi all. I bought Osborne's "Teach Yourself Java" book about 5 weeks ago and I have run into an issue with one of the exercises and wanted to get some input from you guys. Here is the exercise:
A set of ten mice continually enter and exit a box. Each mouse spends between 10 and 20 seconds out of the box, enters, spends between 5 and 8 seconds in the box, and exits. A maximum of four mice may be in the box at any time. If the box is full when another mouse wishes to enter, that animal must wait. Write a multithreaded program to simulate the behavior of this system. Establish a separate thread to manage the behavior of each mouse. Display the number of mice inside the box each time a mouse enters or exits.
Here is my code:
class Box {
static int count = 0;
synchronized int enter(String s) {
try {
while(count==4) {
catch(InterruptedException e) {
int timein = (int)(Math.random()*3000+5000);
System.out.println(s + ": enters, " + (timein/1000) + " secs. " + (++count) + " mice in.");
return timein;
synchronized int exit(String s) {
int timeout = (int)(Math.random()*10000+10000);
System.out.println("Mouse exits. " + (--count) + " mice in.");
return timeout;
class Mouse extends Thread {
String s;
Box b = new Box();
Mouse(String s) {
this.s = s;
public void run() {
while(true) {
try {
catch(InterruptedException e) {
class MiceInBox {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Mouse m[] = new Mouse[10];
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
new Mouse(args[i]).start();
Here is sample output from the program:
java MiceInBox Harold Jason George Henry Mickey Bernie Milhouse Jack Jill Minnie
Jason: enters, 6 secs. 2 mice in.
Henry enters, 7 secs. 3 mice in.
Harold: enters, 5 secs. 1 mice in.
Bernie: enters, 7 secs. 4 mice in.
Mouse exits. 3 mice in.
Mouse exits. 2 mice in.
Mouse exits. 1 mice in.
Mouse exits. 0 mice in.
Jason: enters, 5 secs. 1 mice in.
Harold: enters, 6 secs. 2 mice in.
Bernie: enters, 5 secs. 3 mice in.
Mouse exits. 2 mice in.
Henry: enters, 7 secs. 3 mice in.
Mouse exits. 2 mice in.
Mouse exits. 1 mice in.
Mouse exits. 0 mice in.
Bernie: enters, 5 secs. 1 mice in.
Jason: enters, 6 secs. 2 mice in.
Henry: enters, 5 secs. 3 mice in.
Harold: enters, 5 secs. 4 mice in.
Mouse exits. 3 mice in.
Now, the program compiles and encounters no errors while running. It allows only 4 mice to be "in the box" at any given time. However, it never lets any mice but the first four in. And as you can see from the beginning of the sample output, it doesn't display the mice going in for the first time in the right order - "2 mice in, 3 mice in, 1 mice in, 4 mice in". Can anyone explain to me what my code is missing or what is happening behind the scenes that I am unaware of that would cause these 2 problems? Thanks in advance.
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Seasoned with just the right amount of ginger, this colorful and classic stir-fry is a quick favorite of Tracy Youngman in Post Falls, Idaho. "I got the recipe from my best friend after she made it for me years ago," Tracy recalls. "I loved it then…and still do!"
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- 1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 beef flank steak (1 pound), cut into thin strips
- 1 each large green and sweet red pepper, julienned
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- Hot cooked rice, optional
- In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and ginger. In another small bowl, combine the cornstarch and half of the soy sauce mixture until smooth; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining soy sauce mixture into a large resealable plastic bag; add flank steak. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- In a large nonstick skillet or wok coated with cooking spray, stir-fry peppers for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender; remove and keep warm.
- Drain and discard marinade. In the same pan, stir-fry beef in hot oil for 3-4 minutes or until no longer pink. Stir reserved soy sauce mixture and stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Return peppers to the pan; heat through. Serve with rice if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Gingered Pepper Steak in Light & Tasty August/September 2006, p39
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Prisoner Swap Ignites Political Firestorm On The Hill
By Tom Bowman • Jun 4, 2014
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Everything the Obama administration touches seems to set off a political firestorm. The latest involves Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the prisoner exchange that led to his release by the Taliban.


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Kim here is Melissa's friend, if you don't recognize her. (They're not super tight, obviously, or she would see Becky a little more often, but they go out clubbin' now and then, as we've seen on a couple of occasions. I put two of them in the Related Strips.)
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In Multiplex: Chapter 14, Jason reads a book while the Flickhead and Multiplex crews play more video games. This is some heavy shit here, broh! This volume collects strips #287–310 from the Multiplex archives, plus five bonus comics not found online!
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Police seek clues in missing-girl mystery
RUTLAND Vermont State Police said Friday they are scaling back their efforts to locate a girl who reportedly vanished Thursday afternoon in Center Rutland.
Twenty-four hours after the start of a massive operation involving 70 ground searchers plus air support, Vermont State Police Capt. Donald Patch said at 6 p.m. Friday that they had not found any trace of the girl who reportedly had a brief encounter with a motorist before running into the woods on the west edge of West Proctor Road near Route 4A.
Because of the amount of area the searchers covered today, compared with the statistical models for someone that age and how far they would have traveled since the time of the missing person report, we believe the chance of success for further searches in that area is small, Patch said in an interview at the Center Rutland fire station.
He said searchers including up to 70 police, firefighters from several towns, state Fish and Wildlife officials and a Vermont National Guard helicopter, combed a 2½-mile radius centered on the spot where the girl reportedly went into the woods.
The maximum distance that could be covered by a 6-year-old the estimated age of the girl in search models was no more than two miles in a 24-hour span, Patch said.
But the search for the girl isnt ending, and neither is an investigation conducted by state police detectives. They continue to look for clues related to the only evidence in the case: the account of a 911 caller who told police she stopped to speak with the girl.
During that brief exchange, the girl reportedly told the woman she was hurt. Police said the motorist whose identity they have not released saw evidence the girl was injured.
Police also said Friday night that someone else may have seen the girl a man apparently stopped on the side of Route 4A eating dinner in a car with Oregon plates.
The man was described as being in his late 20s to early 30s with shoulder-length dreadlocks. He was driving a white truck with a white cap.
Police said none of the residents interviewed in the area knew the man.
No trace of the girl, who reportedly identified herself as Angel or Angela, has been found, police said. Neighbors on the road have told police they have no knowledge of a girl with that name, or of a girl matching the description: shoulder-length dark brown hair and missing a left front tooth.
The girl was reportedly wearing a red skirt, white T-shirt, white flip-flops and a mood ring.
Police said they checked with local school resource officers, law enforcement agencies throughout the Northeast and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, but found no matches for the girl.
No one in the area has reported a missing child, police said.
Despite the lack of a missing-person complaint, Patch said police decided the motorists account of her encounter with the girl was sufficient to organize a large-scale search.
We acted on the side of caution, he said. A lot of things play into the way it goes, but when we have a report of a missing child we take it seriously.
State police Capt. David Covell, who oversaw search operations for most of Friday, added: Our department takes all reports of endangered juveniles seriously and have taken significant steps in locating this potential victim. We encourage anyone in the community who may have information about this case to please come forward to law enforcement.
While the intensive search has ended in the woods, ridges and lowlands that make up the area, Patch said police will continue patrolling the area in vehicles and the investigation by detectives will continue.
Its more investigative than ground-pounding now, he said. Investigators will be working throughout the weekend following up on leads and taking tips.
Along with the search teams, neighbors in the area pitched in to help find the girl.
West Proctor resident Bill Rounds said he offered his all-terrain vehicles to searchers and that he checked every shed, garage and barn on his property to make sure the girl wasnt hiding or trapped inside.
Its scary to think about it, even, he said. The neighbors here have all been doing the same thing, checking their outbuildings up and down the road.
Anyone with information about the missing girl or the man who may have witnessed the encounter is asked to call state police at 773-9101.
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Springs Memorial Hospital has issued flu season visitation restrictions.
The hospital implemented the temporary restrictions in response to a surge in influenza cases, according to a press release sent out Feb. 24.
As part of the restrictions:
u Hand sanitization is required at all times by staff and visitors.
u Children under the age of 18 and anyone with flu-like illness are asked not to visit.
u Masks are available to any patients or visitors presenting flu-like symptoms.
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An automobile accident Tuesday morning near Spring Hill Baptist Church in the Tradesville community killed a Heath Springs man and seriously injured his wife. Lancaster County Coronor Mike Morris identified the man as James "Jamie" Morgan Phillips, 41, of the 5100 block of Stoneboro Road, Heath Springs. The driver of the vehicle, Phillips' wife, Heidi Marie Phillips, 37, was taken to Springs Memorial Hospital. A hospital spokesman said Tuesday afternoon Heidi Phillips was in stable condition.
Publix plans back on track
Plans for a new Indian Land supermarket are back on track after Lancaster County Council moved forward Tuesday with an ordinance it tabled only a week before.
Progress on a proposed Publix grocery store halted briefly at the end of January after council tabled an ordinance to rezone several acres of land where it would be built. The store is planned to become the first tenant at the former site of Roy Hardin Park, at 8357 Collins Rd in Indian Land.
National Board Certification for teachers is said to be no easy task.
Among the words and phrases used to describe the arduous year – to three-year long process of earning the highest credentials in the teaching profession are sacrifice, long nights, tied-up weekends, hard work, challenging and rewarding.
The Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. is searching for a new home, and county officials have an idea where it should go.
Faced with water leaks and mold issues, the staff of the LCEDC has been looking to relocate its office on West Gay Street for years. That's where Lancaster County Council comes in.
At its Feb. 22 meeting, council members discussed a plan to move the LCEDC from its current office to a space in the County Administration Building.
Imagine walking into school on your first day of first grade and already being at a disadvantage just because of your race, gender and economic background.
Of course you don't realize it, since you're only a 6-year-old boy, but according to statistics you're already behind in your vocabulary.
By the time you're in the fourth grade, you're already nearly three years, on average, behind your white peers academically, according to some experts.
If you had a chance to gaze into The Lancaster News building, I think you'd be surprised at what it takes to produce your newspaper.
It's been said that it's nothing short of a miracle to see a newspaper come together. It's sort of like making sausage sometimes; the process is not always pretty.
The Lancaster County Fire Service canceled the ban Friday afternoon, only days after it began. The ban was originally issued Feb. 22.
According to a fire service press release, citizens are still cautioned even though the weather outlook has improved.
The county received a small amount of rainfall early Friday but there is still a potential for outdoor fires to spread rapidly due to relatively dry surface conditions.
Christopher Sardelli
Just one week after a series of dog bite incidents were reported throughout the county, Lancaster County Council discussed ways to enhance its dangerous dog ordinance Tuesday night.
Council members, along with with County Administrator Steve Willis and deputy administrator Jeff Naftal, debated how to fine-tune the ordinance to protect citizens and place more responsibility on dog owners. The discussion came only days after three people reported separate dog bites or attacks to law enforcement.
Jesef Williams
The state of public housing in the city of Lancaster received much attention Tuesday night.
Jerry Witherspoon, executive director of the Lancaster Housing Authority, gave City Council a report of the authority's activity over the past year.
The local housing authority, which oversees the Caroline Court and Frank L. Roddey neighborhoods, provides housing for low-income families. Caroline Court has 100 units and Roddey has 40.
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A state proposal for a new 2013 to 2015 contract is off the table. The state claims the teachers union rejected the offer while the HSTA says the state allowed the offer to expire.
The state's proposed contract included $49 million in new compensation which included a two percent pay raises each year, but the HSTA says that won't make up for the $100 million teachers saw in wage losses over the past three-and-a-half years.
The state offer would restore the five percent reduction in teacher pay that was instituted in 2011 and included an advisory committee to review the controversial new teacher evaluation system.
The HSTA said teachers are not being fairly treated and are being offered less money than other state workers. The HSTA said agreeing to the state's offer of teacher evaluations would be like taking "a blind leap of faith" on an undefined and undeveloped system.
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Five activist strategies for 3i Group
3i Group, the UK listed private equity firm, has found itself in the sights of an activist investor for the second time in as many years.
Last year, activist investor Laxey Partners took a stake in 3i Group and put forward a list of demands at the group's annual general meeting in June – including a halt to new investments and a return of capital to shareholders. The firm subsequently withdrew its demands and sold its stake following the replacement of Michael Queen as chief executive with Simon Borrows in May.
However a year later another activist group has 3i in its sights: Sherborne Investors, which managed to take control of F&C Investments in early 2011 and subsequently began a vigorous cost-cutting regime.
Sherborne, led by Edward Bramson, has yet to provide any information on its plans for its 3i Group stake. But speculation has increased on its intentions, particularly after it raised £200m in capital on Alternative Investment Market in November. However, an outright takeover appears to off the cards, as the placing documents said the capital was to be used to buy up to 30% of a business that it judges to be "undervalued as a result of operational deficiencies".
But Sherborne could be likely to agitate for change with proposals that it believes are more likely to generate value than 3i's current strategy and attempt to win over fellow investors either behind the scenes or through a public vote.
Here we provide some of the possible strategies Sherborne could pursue and respective strengths and weaknesses. 3i declined to comment, Sherborne did not respond to requests for comment.
1) Value play
Sherborne could be simply supportive of 3i's current direction and see value in the shares. When current chief executive Simon Borrows was bought in to replace Michael Queen in May last year he immediately set about taking costs out of the business by closing a third of its offices and cutting staff.
Shareholders have responded warmly while the difference between the company's share price and value of its portfolio has narrowed sharply to around 10%, compared with closer to 20% during Queen's tenure.
However such a strategy was not detailed in the investment prospectus Sherborne made at the time of its capital raising on Aim. Also, if this was Sherborne's strategy, then why pass shares onto an adviser - Jefferies - or not simply come clean to 3i management at the outset?
2) Further and Faster
While Borrows wasted no time in closing offices that had not carried out recent deals and taking away investment capabilities from a number more, he has yet to make significant headway in selling the larger assets in 3i's portfolio after selling off a glut of smaller positions last summer.
When asked why progress had slowed, one European financial sponsors banker with knowledge of the portfolio said that "almost everything left in there has a distressed angle, which results in a valuation they don't like".
3i executives still hoping for carried interest may be content to wait for an improvement in the business but perhaps shareholders could be convinced that faster realisations executed by a new team unencumbered by such concerns are the best chance at getting any return on their investment.
The difficulty with such a "fire-sale" proposal is that it was remarkably similar to that proposed by Laxey Partners last year, which was roundly dismissed by investors. Given the rising share price it is difficult to forsee such a plan gaining much traction this time around.
3) Portfolio sell-off
3i has a sprawling portfolio of mid-market companies across the globe – its 2006 Eurofund V fund alone completed about 50 investments – in sectors ranging from retail to industrials. Rather than simply selling these ad hoc quickly, the group could consider selling off a bundle of assets to another party in a secondaries direct deal.
These deals, while complex, may allow 3i to negotiate a narrower loss on the assets than it could in individual sales and may also involve the transfer of employees thus reducing costs and providing a cash uplift simultaneously.
The group has gone down this road before, selling its venture portfolio to a Coller Capital-led consortium in 2009 for £130m as it looked to refocus on its mid-market business. However that portfolio was widely believed to contain a number of strong assets, helping negotiations. Further a bulk sale is likely to raise questions from lenders, many of whom have agreed to refinancing assets on the basis of an exit rather than handing over to a new manager.
4) Divest a division
While the buyout team has been bereft of new investment opportunities, 3i has continued to invest across its other business lines, in particular its debt division which has expanded rapidly in the US through last November's acquisition of WCAS Fraser Sullivan Investment Management.
However while these businesses provide a useful and steady source of fees, they provide little meaningful profit for the combined group and operate relatively independently from the buyout arm.
The sale of either could be completed relatively quickly given that 3i Infrastructure is separately listed – with the parent holding around a third of the shares – and established debt operations are in demand among 3i's diversification hungry peers. Again a sale would provide a quick capital injection and could be presented as letting management focus on their core concern of getting value from the private equity portfolio.
On the downside such a strategy would leave a private equity division that by its nature produces infrequent returns and is struggling to pay-down debt leaving its future viability in question.
5) Split up and run-off
The nuclear option, 3i divests both its infrastructure and debt arms using the proceeds to reduce debt and boost dividends. Meanwhile, the buyout team is spun out from the listed parent – most likely for a fee and an interest in the portfolio – leaving a listed investment trust that receives payments from the legacy portfolio until all positions are sold off and then is wound up.
There is a precedent for such a scenario with Candover Investments buyout arm spinning off its buyout team – now Arle Capital Partners – alongside a strip of its portfolio. The deal has so far proved fruitful with the Arle team selling a number of legacy Candover assets for a profit including Capital Safety which generated a 2.7x return.
Such a strategy is certainly radical and would provide new motivation to a team that is unlikely to receive carried interest under current arrangements, with Borrows publicly admitting the fund to be valued below cost. But it would involve finding backers – as Arle did with fund of funds Pantheon – to support the scheme and in the short term would provide considerable uncertainty to the company, which could destroy the shareholder value created in the past year under Borrows.
The past five years have not been kind to 3i Group with two changes of senior management, a rights issue and a chronically underperforming portfolio among its difficulties. However the group has survived – and in the main prospered – since 1945, it would be brave to write them off just yet.
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2011 Gest Fellow: Aaron JervissWednesday, July 13th, 2011
From time to time, we will be posting profiles of our Gest Fellows. Aaron Jerviss is a Ph.D. candidate in History at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research is on "Testimony through Sufferings: The Civil War in Pacifist Memory, 1865-1914."
My dissertation focuses on how Friends, Mennonites, and Brethren (the three "historic peace churches") remembered their Civil War experiences throughout the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. For me, the great research question has been: How does a group document the role it played during a war when its members refused to fight or contribute directly to the military effort? I argue that these religious bodies did so by seeking to redefine the concepts of "suffering" and "heroism" in distinctly non-militaristic terms.
During my months' stay as a Gest fellow, I have primarily been diving into Haverford's rich collection of Quaker serials. Two topics have jumped out at me after reviewing these periodicals. First, I am interested in how Quakers explicitly linked the perceived social, economic and moral evils of the last three decades of the nineteenth century back to the Civil War. National "sins" as diverse as increased intemperance, the "militarization" of school textbooks, and the corporate corruption of the Gilded Age all found their roots in the great American internal conflict, according to Quaker authors and thinkers. Second, I am fascinated by the way peace churches memorialized Abraham Lincoln. The Quakers contributed to the construction of an image of Lincoln as "Pacifist Friend," even though he took unprecedented actions in the areas of conscription and military mobilization.
My time spent at Haverford Quaker and Special Collections has been highly profitable. The wealth of source material and the helpful suggestions of the knowledgeable staff have given my dissertation structure and opened up exiting new fields of inquiry. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to spend part of my summer as a Gest fellow and would strongly encourage anyone interested in researching Quaker-related topics to come investigate the extensive holdings at Haverford.
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Topnotch Teacher for September
Wirth handles educational programs for the Madison Fire Department
Published On: Sep 17 2012 07:49:37 AM CDT
You'll often find her on the frontlines of big stories in Madison. But she's also a fixture in classrooms teaching kids how to stay safe. It's time to meet this month's Topnotch Teacher, Lori Wirth.
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April 12, 2012 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — When it comes to spring sports, baseball and softball are diamonds in the rough and golf played on the emerald greens is another priceless gem. But for its multi-faceted glittering movement, track and field is considered by many to be the crown jewel. While the aforementioned sports feature compelling moments and drama, they are also prone to periods of stasis. Not so with track and field, which is a non-stop cavalcade of action as runners, jumpers and throwers compete simultaneously in what amounts to an athletic cirque du soleil.
As a former marathoner who discovered running at age 30 to be a life-altering experience, I have never hid my unflinching affinity for the sport that owns my heart, and consequently I wasted no time in pouncing on the season's first track meet, a Division III clash between Liberty and James I. O'Neill. Liberty moved up from Division IV, where it competed with Sullivan West and Tri-Valley to wrangle instead with O'Neill, Monticello, Goshen and Port Jervis. Monticello's boys team, which eked out a pair of storied division championships against Cornwall the past two seasons, no longer has to worry about the daunting Dragons, who moved up to Division II. When it comes to sectionals, though, nothing has changed. Liberty remains in Class C where it will vie against Sullivan West, O'Neill, Tri-Valley, Burke, Pine Plains, Fallsburg, Millbrook and Rhinebeck.
For the purpose of the state meet, there are only two classes. Schools with 600 students or above comprise Division I. Monticello is the only Sullivan County school in that category. All the rest compete in Division II. When push comes to shove, the meets that matter most are the Section 9 meet and the state qualifier. Along the way, there are compelling invitationals, like the one to be staged at Tri-Valley on April 21. This year's invitees include powerful Bronxville and its iconic national standout Mary Cain. The Monticello games follow a week later and, of course, there will be the OCIAA league meet staged at Warwick, which functions as another barometer for the elite athletes to test their mettle against schools large and small.
But on this gusty April 4, Liberty looked to establish a baseline from which to progress as its boys and girls handily beat O'Neill. In the boys meet, won by the Indians 96-35, the following locals prevailed: 110-meter hurdles, Kane Sauchuck, 17.1; 400 hurdles, Sauchuck, 64.4; 400, Raiquan Molloy, 58.9; 3200, Tom Papp 1,25.9; 3200 relay, Sauchuck, Luis Campos, Nery Campos, Molloy, time not provided; 400 relay, Erick Cuellar, Campos, Kenny Jaycox, Andy Hazelnis, 46.7; 1600 relay, Sauchuck, Cuellar, N. Campos, Molloy, 3,57.7; discus, Mike Hinton, 123.2; pole vault, Vinny Webb, 11-0; shot put Andy Martinez, 34-4.
The Liberty girls prevailed 95-26. The following Lady Indians were triumphant: 110-meter hurdles, Rebeccah Harman, 17.3; 1,000, Sierra Thomas, 6,39.6; 400 hurdles, Harman, 1,14.9; 200, Lara Heslop, 27.8; 800, Thomas, 2,58.1; 400 relay, Harmon, Amanda Bertholf, Heslop and Nikole Snyder, 53.5; 1600 relay, Myra McConnell, Mariah Brickhouse, Magali Ramirez, Katarina Manzi 5,21.1; long jump, Snyder, 13-6 1/2; discus, Britany Roa, 64-9; high jump, Snyder, 4-6; pole vault, Bertholf, 9-6; shot put, Claudia Reyes, 21-2.
Players and coaches from Sullivan County Community College, Sullivan West, Tri-Valley, Monticello and Liberty presented a check for $3,480.33 to the Catskill Regional Oncology Department as the proceeds from this year's Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic, staged at Sullivan County Community College on February 11. Monticello's boys and Tri-Valley's girls prevailed in the high school segment of the tournament as did Sullivan County Community College's men's and women's teams.
In opening week baseball action this week, Fallsburg swept Eldred 3-0 in a Division V league series, while Tri-Valley held sway two games to one in its opening-league encounter with Tuxedo. Monticello fell to Burke 8-6 on a late-inning comeback rally by the Eagles in a non-league opener. In softball, Liberty lost its two opening games as it fell to Livingston Manor 7-4 and then to Port Jervis 15-0. Sullivan West also began its season at 0-2 with a 5-0 loss to Port Jervis and 15-0 defeat to Goshen. Fallsburg was the victim of a perfect game hurled by Tuxedo's Kelly Ross as the Lady Tornadoes beat the Lady Comets 17-0. Schools are on spring break, but action will resume on April 14 with the Benny Chesnick Softball tournament staged in Tri-Valley and Liberty. Monticello baseball will host Saugerties as well.
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Fun at the Library
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Sunday Special: Til Dawn a cappellaSunday, May 19 at 11:00 amJoin us for a concert with award-winning 'Til Dawn, the teen singing group sensation from Youth in Arts. They'll perform energetic, inspirational pop and original music for all ages in the library's Main Reading Room.
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June 9, 2010--Jazz vocalists and recording artists Janice Borla, Jay Clayton and Madeline Eastman will combine their talents with noted jazz instrumentalists for the "Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites" concert series in July at North Central College.
Performances will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 17, and Monday through Friday, July 19-23, in North Central's Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Tickets are $20/adults and $15/students and senior citizens for the first five performances Saturday through Thursday. A four-night concert pass is available for $60/adults or $45/students and senior citizens. For more information and to purchase tickets, contact the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.
The concert series is presented in conjunction with the 22nd annual Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp and features eight jazz artists who comprise its faculty roster for the weeklong educational workshop. Each evening of the series will feature a different combination of artists and musical selections. The camp and concert series, recognized for presenting the most innovative vocalists on the contemporary jazz scene, has been featured on the national PBS news program "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," WGN-TV and WTTW Channel 11 Chicago.
The series will conclude at 7 p.m. Friday, July 23, with a concert featuring student performers from the camp. Tickets are $10/adults and $5/students and senior citizens; call 630-637-SHOW (7469).
Featured vocalists
Blujazz recording artist Janice Borla's recordings and performances have earned her consistently high praise for her beautiful sound, superb technique, adventurous repertoire and imaginative vocal improvisations. She has been described as "a one-woman jazz tornado" by Jazz Times and "a stunning singer with a lustrous voice and the technique, imagination and daring of the best improvising instrumentalists" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Her CD "From Every Angle" was named one of the Best CDs of the Year by DownBeat Magazine and hailed by JazzWeek as "another fine effort from a singer who seems to do everything right." Borla's previous CD "Agents of Change" was named No. 1 Jazz CD of the Year by WBEZ-FM Chicago Public Radio and praised by Jazz Times as "Genius. Pure genius."
One of the founding members of the camp's artist roster, Jay Clayton has worked with such jazz luminaries as Bobby McFerrin, Fred Hersch, Steve Reich and the internationally acclaimed improvisatory vocal group Vocal Summit. Based in New York City, she has been described as "one of the most phenomenal vocalists in creative improvised music" by All Music Guide. Her current CD release "The Peace of Wild Things" (Sunnyside) has garnered her wide critical praise. Francis Davis of Downbeat Magazine writes, "Clayton is an important singer ... one who proposed dramatic change in style and roles ... Her musicianship is impeccable." Debra Bresnan of Woodstock Times says, "Clayton can swing, percolate, lay down a blues, soar in ethereal realms, avant you, romance you, and generally spin your concept of jazz singing a full 360 ...."
Also returning this year after a three-year hiatus is Madeline Eastman, who has been twice voted one of the top female vocalists in the DownBeat Readers Poll. Based in San Francisco, she has recorded with Cedar Walton, Tony Williams, Kenny Barron and Matt Wilson. She has long been heralded for her vocal gifts, interpretive savvy and irrepressible sense of adventure. Her current CD "Can You Hear Me Now?" (Mad-Kat Records) has garnered her wide critical praise. The Los Angeles Times writes, she's "a consummate, inventive, endlessly entertaining artist at work"; the San Francisco Weekly says, "An exceptional singer ... crisp and polished singing, graceful phrasing-a captivating listen"; and Jazz Times says, "One of the most technically accomplished and soulful vocalists in jazz."
In-residence instrumentalists
Trumpeter Art Davis is a former featured soloist with the Ray Charles Orchestra. Based in Chicago, he has performed and/or recorded with such notable artists as Louis Bellson, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Sinatra, and is a member of the Janice Borla Group.
Guitarist John McLean is widely considered to be among the most accomplished and distinctive guitarists in Chicago. He has performed with such jazz talents as Randy Brecker, Jane Ira Bloom, Patricia Barber and Jerry Granelli and is a member of the Janice Borla Group. His own current CD "Better Angels" is available on the Origin record label.
Pianist Dan Haerle is an alumnus of the Clark Terry Group and has performed with Al Jarreau, Joe Henderson, Pat Metheny and Mel Torme. He is leader of the Dan Haerle Trio, whose current CD "Standard Procedure" (Blujazz) was selected by Downbeat Magazine as among the best CD releases of 2005.
Bassist Bob Bowman has played with such jazz greats as Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Toshiko Akyoshi, Carmen McRae and Karrin Allyson. Based in Kansas City, he is the leader of Interstring, as well as a member of the Dan Haerle Trio and the Janice Borla Group.
Drummer Jack Mouse is a member of the Janice Borla Group and the Dan Haerle Trio. A staff artist for Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Aquarian Drum Heads and Vic Firth Drum Sticks, he has performed with James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green, Randy Brecker and Stan Kenton.
In honor of the camp and concert series, Mayor A. George Pradel of Naperville has proclaimed July 17-23 Vocal Jazz Week. The proclamation recognizes the camp, "which has gained an international reputation as one of vocal jazz's most prestigious and unique events" and "urges all residents to support this assemblage of world-famous jazz vocalists and instrumentalists who will be performing in Naperville, Illinois, this week."
Media sponsorship is provided by Naperville Magazine, Sun Publications and WDCB-FM 90.9 Public Radio at College of DuPage. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Community Arts Access Regranting Program, which is funded by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and Hinsdale Center for the Arts. Equipment and services are provided by Yamaha Corporation of America and Shure Brothers, Inc.


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They come in all shapes and sizes but the stars all have the same meaning.
"It's a non-violent way to show your support for the families who lost children and adults in those killings." said Maunawili resident Barbara Locricchio.
A group of Windward Oahu residents are putting lit stars in front of their homes in honor of the Newtown shooting victims. They also say the stars represent their wish for tougher gun control laws. The group of women will leave the lit stars in front of their homes until Congress passes stricter regulations.
"I think with the gun control we want to get some place we haven't gotten to yet. If we use this symbol of the star, it will remind us it has guidance around us and we will persevere," said Betsy Conners.
These neighbors say they support President Obama's decision to launch a gun violence task force. The group led by vice president Joe Biden will look at mental health resources as well as reinstating a ban on semi-automatic weapons.
"I am not against guns totally, but I am against semi-automatics that aren't appropriate for home protection." said Locricchio.
However, gun activists say tougher gun legislation isn't the answer.
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In fact Cooper, says the solution is less gun control. He believes putting trained personnel with guns in public places could help deter future mass shootings.
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According to Cooper Hawaii has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation. In order to get a permit, gun owners must pass a criminal and mental health background check. Last year 15,375 firearm permits were processed, about 230 of them were rejected.


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#148591 - 09/30/05 10:01 PM Tips for Newcomers
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Welcome to AWADtalk; we're glad that you have joined us. Here is information which will help you to learn your way around.
You can find out all kinds of things, like how people chose their nicknames, and how you acquire board titles, and modes of reading the board, by following this link (many thanks to jmh for compiling them):
And this link will take you to a discussion of certain conventions adopted by the board members, and why we've adopted them:
Here are some commonly used linguistics abbreviations:
IE Indo-European (as in the IE lgs)
PIE Proto-Indo-European (as in the hypothetical ancestor of the IE lgs)
OE Old English
ME Middle English
NE / PDE Modern English (New English and Present Day English)
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#167570 - 04/16/07 01:56 AM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: Jackie]
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Much of the information in the Hints file listed above has been OBE in the newer Wordsmith Talk forums. It might be helpful to newcomers for us to cover some of the old FAQs here.
One question or complaint that often comes up regards the inability to add white space to or otherwise format text. This can be accomplished via use of "code" markup tags, which are equivalent to HTML <pre> (preformat) tags. When you "reply" to a post, one of the post options you are given is the # button (Wrap some text in code tags). This inserts a code pair into the reply field and you can then format the text any way you like between the code tags.Code:like this for example.
Edited by tsuwm (04/16/07 02:00 AM)
#167575 - 04/16/07 06:46 AM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: tsuwm]
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Please Tsuwm, I just experienced that something can go really wrong when you wrap up a larger text just like that. I could delete two mishaps through 'threaded mode'but the last out of order one sticks for good (bad, I mean)
#167576 - 04/16/07 06:58 AM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: tsuwm]
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Also, it is possible to put in your text, highlight it and then add the code tagsCode:like this even
This saves trying to squeeze in between the opening and closing tags, which can be a problem for some of us geezers.
#167578 - 04/16/07 08:08 AM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: Faldage]
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Geezer, feminine form: gezeera , definitely from Sanskrit, has restored mishaps and misunderstoods.
#167581 - 04/16/07 09:47 AM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: BranShea]
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just how much code are you trying to do? (notice the scroll bar)Code:i have found what you are like the rain, (Who feathers frightened fields with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields easily the pale club of the wind and swirled justly souls of flower strike the air in utterable coolness deeds of green thrilling light with thinned newfragile yellows lurch and.press -in the woods which stutter and sing And the coolness of your smile is stirringofbirds between my arms;but i should rather than anything have(almost when hugeness will shut quietly)almost, your kiss e.e.cummings
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#167588 - 04/16/07 01:42 PM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: tsuwm]
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The scroll bar is quite essential to use this code well.Missed that part at first.
Thanks you for inf . and e.e. cummings. Now see if this works
. Think I got it. Yes!
Code:THE MAD GARDENERS SONG He thought he saw an elephant That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was a letter from his wife. "At lenght I realise, "he said, The bitterness of life!" He thought he saw a Buffalo Upon the chimney-piece: He looked again, and found it was His Sister's Husband's niece. "Unless you leave this house, "he said, Ï'll send for the police!" He thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in Greek : He looked again, and found it was The Middle of Next Week. "The one thing I regret," he said Ïs that it cannot speak!" From a nonsense rhyme by C.L. Dodgson.
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#172742 - 01/21/08 08:06 PM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: Jackie]
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The links to conventions and how people chose their nicknames gives me a 404 error. Is it me?_________________________
#172747 - 01/21/08 09:06 PM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: Bigwig Rabbit]
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Originally Posted By: Bigwig RabbitThe links to conventions and how people chose their nicknames gives me a 404 error. Is it me?
nope, it's not you. the boardware's been changed since that thread, and the url is wrong now. I'm working on finding it again._________________________
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#172752 - 01/21/08 09:17 PM Re: Tips for Newcomers [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Thanks. I'll monitor the thread. I'll be patient too._________________________
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Since March of 2005, the costs for providing stormwater management have been listed as a separate line item on the City's utility bills. In the past, those costs were included as part of customer's sewer charges.
Minneapolis, like other urban environments, has a significant amount of impervious area (hard structures or surfaces, such as building rooftops, asphalt or concrete), which stops stormwater (rain or melting snow) from naturally absorbing into the ground. In an urban environment, the amount of impervious area on a property is the most significant factor affecting stormwater quality and quantity.
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Matt Supinski is a fly fishing expert from Newaygo, Michigan. He has been fly fishing since the age of seven and was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. Earlier this year, Field and Stream magazine selected Michigan as the top state for fly fishing.
Q: What is different about fly fishing compared to traditional fishing?
A: More books, articles and magazines have been written about flyfishing since 1493 than any other sport. It is an art form of precision, elegant and artistic presentation that differs from traditional fishing. The line and the rod casts the fly. Many think it is very difficult, but it isn't. The flies are tied with natural animal furs and feathers along with synthetic materials to imitate insects, baitfish and everything a fish could feed on.
Q: Why is Michigan considered a great fly fishing location?
A: The state of Michigan has more miles of rivers and lakes to fly fish than anywhere in the United States – no wonder it was voted best fly fishing state by Field and Stream and many other magazines!
Q: Where are the best places in Michigan to fly fish?
A. Trout: The whole state from southern parts to the northern U.P are loaded with brown, brook, rainbow and lake trout. Some of the more historic streams are the Au Sable, Manistee, Pere Marquette, Muskegon, Rogue, Jordan, Sturgeon, Escanaba and thousands more. Virtually every county, even the Detroit area, has trout in their lakes and streams.
Almost every lake imaginable, including Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Grand, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo and the Great Lakes abound with bass, walleye, pike, perch, carp and more.
Salmon/Steelhead: These west coast transplants could be found in virtually all four of Michigan's Great Lakes tributaries all year long.
Q: What items/gear do you need to hit the streams?
A: All you need are waders, some flies, a fly rod, reel and line and some knowledge and you are ready to hit the water!
Q: What types of fish are commonly found it Michigan's streams?
A: As mentioned, Michigan streams are a trout, salmon and steelhead rainbow trout wonderland. We fish 12 months a year and though all seasons- that is the beauty of the Great Lakes vast intertwining systems of streams and tributaries. The first brown trout was brought to America in 1883 and planted in the Pere Marquette. The first rainbow trout were brought to the east coast and Midwest and planted in the Au Sable River in 1876. The brook trout and lake trout, along with Grayling, were indigenous to Michigan.
Michigan currently holds the world record brown trout taken out of the Manistee at 43 pounds, and I and my client caught the world record Landlocked Atlantic Salmon last year in Torch Lake. Michigan, as you see, is a land of records! Its Great Lakes Salmon run as big as 40 pounds.
Q: Where can people learn more about fly fishing?
A: To learn more about Michigan fly fishing, there are lots of books, blogs and web sites out there. Bob Linsenman wrote "Michigan Trout Streams" and "Michigan Blue-Ribbon Fly-Fishing Guide." I wrote "Steelhead Dreams," and "Pere Marquette (River Journal)," and many Web sites have great information. Check out my site: www.graydrake,com and my blog: www.graydrakelodgeandoutfitters.blogspot.com/
For more information, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Web site at www.michigan.gov has a lot of great information.