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Reuters: Primary care—the basic medical care that people get when they visit their doctors for routine physicals and minor problems—could fall apart in the United States without immediate reforms, the American College of Physicians said on Monday.
"Primary care is on the verge of collapse," said the organization, a professional group which certifies internists, in a statement. "Very few young physicians are going into primary care and those already in practice are under such stress that they are looking for an exit strategy." | story

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Seriously? $150??? I hate you right now.
So here I am, minding my own business, looking at the guns in the used gun section at Gander Mountain, when all of the sudden I see what looks like a Beretta Cheetah. But the tag says it's a Beretta 948, and it's chambered in 22LR.
So I try to keep my cool and stay out of it. Just walk away. Mind my own business, as I said before... But then...
The dang tag said $149.99. It was then that I had to get involved. I had them hold the gun for a day while I got my Michigan pistol permit squared away.
Today I went in with permit in hand and walked out with my 1951 vintage Beretta 948 22LR pistol.
When I got home I took it apart and cleaned and oiled it well, then took it out back and ran about 45 rounds of CCI Mini Mags through it. This thing shoots really, really well!
Here it is next to it's bigger cousin, my Taurus PT92...
Seriously? $150??? I hate you right now.
Very nice, congratulations.
Took it out yesterday and put about 250 trouble free rounds though it. I shot about 75 CCI Mini Mags, about 100 Golden Bullets, and the rest were 333 Winchester rounds. It didn't seem to matter what I put through it, this little Beretta just ate them up. What a sweet shooter.
I love all those proof marks.What a nice gun that is. Congrats.


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I did it again. My favorite top, a hyacinth blue cotton knit with three-quarter sleeves, now boasts a large white blob in the front, thanks to an errant drop of chlorine bleach.
I did it again. My favorite top, a hyacinth blue cotton knit with three-quarter sleeves, now boasts a large white blob in the front, thanks to an errant drop of chlorine bleach.
I tried all my tricks on it: cold water, toothpaste, baking soda — nothing worked. I tried coloring in the spot with my blue-violet pencil crayon; now I have a large purplish blob. My Google search told me to use a Sharpie on the stain. Unfortunately, they don't make hyacinth blue Sharpies.
The only salvation is to dye it black or (probably a better solution) use it for a dust rag.
My closet is already bulging with garments I have dyed black. Something tells me to be more careful with my chlorine bleach.
There are thousands of household hints to help us hopeless types, and sometimes they even work. Here are a few of my favorites.
Vinegar is great to have around, and not just for salad dressing. It will, they say, clean your windows and your chrome, unclog the drains, get rid of mildew, whiten your piano keys, unglue decals and stickers, polish furniture, eliminate smoke odors, even cure toe fungus. So, bring on the vinegar (not to mention my stipend from the vinegar makers of America).
Your microwave runs on magic, as you know, and can do some magical things around the house. You'll get twice as much juice out of lemon or lime if you zap it for a half a minute or so. Pop your sponges into its mystical environs until steam rises and viola, no germs. Throw some dried beans into a sock and give it a short snap on high for a heating pad. Warm your dinner plates. And, in case you haven't noticed, it makes a great popcorn popper.
Salt is right up there with vinegar in the usefulness department. Oven fire? Douse it with salt. Rub it in perspiration stains; sprinkle it into your smelly old sneakers; it soothes bug bites and poison ivy itch. Aunt Sister's favorite cure for a sore throat was to gargle with warm salt water (I'd rather have the sore throat). Use it to scrub sinks, clean your teeth and de-ice the front steps.
Salt is traditionally considered to be of great value, for it has always been used to preserve foods and to enhance flavors. Roman soldiers were paid in salt; hence the word "salary," which is derived from the same root. Be very careful with your salt, though. If you spill it, be sure to throw a pinch over your left shoulder to keep evil spirits away and never pass it hand to hand; set it down for the other person to pick up or bad luck will surely come your way.
OK, your best friend spilled his red wine on your beautiful new white wall-to-wall carpet. Quick, before you kill him, rush to the rescue with one, soda water; two, salt; three, white wine. No, on second thought, drink the white wine and then you won't care about the silly old carpet.
Garlic around the house is a necessity. Not only does it make anything you cook taste better with the exception of brownies, it keeps vampires away. In addition, it can treat acne, kill insects, ease a cold sore, soothe athlete's foot, clean your skin, prevent baldness and extract splinters from your thumb. Plus, a braid of garlic hanging on the wall above your kitchen door bespeaks of good things being prepared within.
Milk is another handy commodity to have around the house. We all know that a glassful of milk helps the Oreos go down, but it's also good for thawing frozen fish, rehydrating and removing the metallic taste. Buttermilk makes a super facial, sour milk will clean your silver, a paste of dry milk and water will ease sunburn, moo juice helps lift those nasty breast pocket ink stains, polishes patent leather and oh, your, glamorous movie stars of yore used to take baths in warm milk to smooth and pamper their skin.
Here's a good one I just heard. You love pinto beans, but they don't love you. Cook a potato with them, says my friend, and it will absorb all the gas. Then you can eat your fill of pintos, but just be sure not to eat the potato, warns she. It will render you totally unlovable and even your BFF will have to leave the room until you recover.
Your best source of handy household hints, aside from Heloise, is your mother, of course. Mine, who never cooked a green bean without burning it, swore that a spoonful of sugar removed the burnt taste. A raw potato will absorb excess salt, said she. Always stir a cake clockwise and walk lightly on the kitchen floor as it bakes or it will fall.
Chew on a wooden match while you peel an onion and you will not cry. Get up white rings on your furniture with a mixture of toothpaste and cigarette ashes.
Too bad she didn't warn me to wear only white clothing when handling chlorine bleach.
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The systematic changes occurring in health care are impacting how you practice and how you are reimbursed. Changes are happening so quickly; it's difficult to keep things straight, especially as you try to remain focused on what matters most—the patient. Depend on your Academy to lead you through the transitions occurring in the business of health care to ensure you, and ultimately the specialty, are successful.
AAPM&R actively advocates for the specialty to ensure that rehabilitation is preserved in a meaningful way as a part of essential health benefits packages being adopted by each state, as well as access to appropriate rehabilitation through plans participating in state health insurance exchanges.
The Academy also works with the Department of Health and Human Services to give feedback on proposed rules of critical relevance and uniqueness to physiatrists and the patients they serve. The Academy will continue to advocate for our priorities as the health care landscape is transitioning on a number of fronts, including: quality improvement, health care delivery, payment reform and accountability, and a capacity for disability and rehabilitation research.
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As human beings, we sometimes find ourselves in a place devoid of light, filled with sharp edges and sorrow. As we walk forward in this fearsome inner landscape, an abyss opens up before us, and we are helpless not to tumble into it—unless grace extends its gentle hand to save us. We do not always know how we arrived at such a precarious point; but once there, we know we need healing, meaning, love, peace, hope, and happiness. We know that we are seeking something to fulfill us and take away our angst and our sadness. What we do not always know is that we are seeking God.
The true life stories in this book reveal people who have teetered on the edge, in seemingly hopeless situations, and arrived at the other side of grace. As diverse as they are, these individuals—a homeless drug addict, a lonely youth, a nightclub stripper, a cocaine abuser, and a confused atheist, and a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee—all possess two vital elements in common: they have discovered hope and healing in a loving God, and they received help in their journeys of faith through the Blessed Virgin Mary's presence and messages in Medjugorje.
Following each story is a message that Mary has given to the world, a message that speaks to the storyteller's life, and perhaps to our own. And for those eager to probe the deeper, reflective waters of discipleship—either alone or within a prayer group—a Scripture passage, prayerful reflection questions, and a spiritual exercise at the end of each chapter offer an opportunity to enliven our faith. These explorations can show us where we are on our spiritual journey, as we peer into the places in our lives where God can touch us more deeply, bringing us healing and wholeness, and molding us into the likeness of his Son.
I have had the privilege of meeting each of the protagonists in this book. They came my way providentially, and shared their remarkable tales with me, true in every detail. While on pilgrimage in Medjugorje, I encountered the man nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the former stripper, and the former homeless drug addict-turned happy family man. I was the confused atheist, brought back to life. The onetime cocaine abuser joined my prayer group and became a friend of mine, and the lonely youth became my husband.
Because I wanted the raw candor and the breadth and depth of each person's journey to remain as accessible and immediate to the reader as they were to me when I first heard them, I transcribed and edited the tellers' own words from our lengthy interviews, shaping them into first-person narrative form. In telling their stories, these ordinary people opened the door to their extraordinary lives—to a view more fantastic than fiction—and showed how God lifted them into his loving arms, often out of a living hell, and raised them up to the heights.
"Are these people telling the truth?" one might ask. Can God do such things in people's lives, or are miracles and dramatic transformations relegated to the pages of the Bible? These questions only the reader can answer, for they lie in the heart, in the delicate balance between empiricism and faith.
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wood with many steel and iron parts, wood-spoked wheels with steel bands, all original. Original green and red paint with yellow lettering. This miniature child`s riding pull toy is nearly an exact copy of the full-sized farm wagons of the late 19th-early 20th centuries, with both sides and seat marked `Studebaker Junior.` Wagon is 24` w. x 47` long excluding handle.


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a piece of finger jewelry worn in memory of a deceased person
Again, in the Letter she says that she sends the mourning ring by Paris.
To her brother—or, in case of his death, to his heirs; and five pounds to Natty to buy a mourning ring.
In return Mary would send her mourning ring; the stone I compare to my heart.
One morning he showed to a friend the mourning ring which the author of Christabelle had left him.
Dalhousie put on his hat, and, taking the mourning ring from the table, was about to enfold it in a bit of paper.
Not one penny; not a mourning ring; not a single sign or token of affection to one of them.
Five hundred guineas to each of my executors; and to each of these four a mourning ring.'
The favorite testimonial of affection to survivors was the mourning ring or seal.
It was a mourning ring, with the deaths-head and cross-bones.
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Here's what I plan on doing this summer...mainly Pinterest inspired.
(1) Organize my office/extra bedroom. It's a complete mess. I'm loving these colors!
(5) Organize my classroom library. I love the colors of these libraries!
I agree with reading the books on my shelf! I feel as if I bought them for decoration...
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I have to check out that owl theme!
Do it!! :)
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I love that green and black library; the colors are amazing. I just came across your blog through the linky party. It's great to find another 2nd grade blog to follow :)
Dirty Hands and Lesson Plans
I love that office inspiration!! Thank you for joining the party! ;)
A Cupcake for the Teacher
Great list! I'm obsessed with owls...but I have like 4 other themes ahead of it in line...lol!
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I would KILL to have a couch in my room!!! I'm lucky I get to keep the cushion on my rocking chair though :-/ReplyDelete
Love the office pic and your bucket list! I am a new follower.
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Love the inspiration colors for your office! Have fun at Ikea! There is one minutes from my house and I love going there just to browse! :)
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oooo...I love the colors in everything you shared!! The owl theme would be so cool! Have a wonderful week Courtney :)ReplyDelete
Love the black and green library!!!
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I love those library colors too! So cool. I popped over to say hi from A Teacher's Treasure. I already follow you.
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I love the Schoolgirl Style too!! I love your bucket list! I'm popping over to say hello from A Teacher's Treasure!
I love the owl theme and your classroom library inspiration. I'm using some owls in my theme for next year. I've already started planning but having a hard time finding things I want. I just started blogging and love how yours is set up.
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I'm going to incorporate owls into my black/bright colored room! See you later candy theme!:)ReplyDelete


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Cambridge, MA — Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership (CPL) is launching the CPL Leadership Forumto highlight leadership issues relating to the 2008 elections. The Forum will take the form of a web blog, which is now accessible at: www.hks.harvard.edu/leadership/blog
The blog launched May 12th as CPL hosted a one-day program, "Leadership and the Next Presidency."On the day of the event a blogging station was available for attendees to comment on posts by guest bloggers such as Warren Bennis, a legendary figure in the world of leadership studies, and Col. Thomas Kolditz, Professor and Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The program is being hosted by CPL in partnership with The Ken Blanchard Companies.
More than 200 leaders from the public and social sectors, corporate world, academia, and the media gathered, with support from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and The Charles Hotel, for a program whose focus was markedly different from many of the public discussions held so far in this presidential campaign season.
"A crisis is a defining moment of any presidency," noted CPL director David Gergen. "When you look at the daunting challenges that must be addressed in the next four years, and the equally daunting impediments to taking meaningful action—the weakening economy and the increasing volatility in global affairs not least among them—then it becomes clear that the next administration will not lack for defining moments."
The Center for Public Leadership is committed to continuing this conversation up to and beyond the coming election through the web blog.


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Whenever I'm working with images found in nature, I like to do a little research so that my coloring is more realistic. The Camellia is a a beautiful little flower, and this set lives up to that beauty!
Now, do you remember my little gift bag and lotion from yesterday? How about an addition?
This is just a nice bar of soap wrapped with a floral patterned paper from SEI and one of the tags from Opera Tags. And guess what makes these tags so much fun to use?! A very special, very new addition to the Waltzingmouse Stamps line up...coordinating dies! That's right! I'm so excited to be working with these new dies and can't wait to learn what other dies we can expect to see in the future!
Again, the stamping on this tag was simple and my coloring took a different turn. This time I wanted the flower to be very soft and vintage-y to match the tag. I stamped the words of the sentiment on top of each other, to better fit my tag. And I layered my bloom again with foam dimensionals:
I hope you've enjoyed today's projects. Don't forget to come back tomorrow for another fun filled day of sneak peeks! And don't miss visiting the other design team members for their peeks:
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You don't have to order a friendly smile and welcoming comment when you stop in to enjoy a breakfast or lunch special at Cedar Rock Cafe, 4615 14 Mile Road, Rockford, in the Cedar Rock business district.
Partners Joe and Diane Seyfert and Karri Creveling are uniquely qualified in their roles at the restaurant they opened June 15 of this year. The three have worked together in the past and Creveling was the person who first introduced Joe and Diane to each other. Today the pair are newlyweds and consider Creveling as family. "Collectively we decided to bring our friendship and teamwork to service the Cedar Rock community," said Diane.
Cedar Rock Cafe offers traditional fare with some unique items such as cheesecake-stuffed French toast and "Cedar Fries" as an alternative to French fries. Diners will be wonderfully pleased and have Joe's 30 years as chef to thank.
Joe's extensive experience in the field of food began with his studies toward his associate's degree in culinary arts. He also completed a bachelor's degree in hotel/restaurant management.
Diane has over 10 years of experience in accounting and serves as the businesses administrative manager. Karri is front-of-house manager and brings over a decade of experience as service manager.
"Diane and Karri have a specialized talent of creating a warm experience for our customers," said Joe. "They have set a high standard of cleanliness, attention to detail, and speed of service."
All three are strongly motivated by their love of satisfying their "friends, who are also our customers," said Joe. "We enjoy developing those relationships. We would like the community to know that this is more their restaurant than ours, and would like them to enjoy it by expressing their needs."
Diners can find daily breakfast and lunch specials at the cafe's Facebook page. In addition to regular menu items and specials, the eatery features made-from-scratch soups. Cedar Rock Cafe also offers a "mug club." Leave your mug at the restaurant and enjoy 99-cent refills or bottomless cups for $1.35. Karri jokes, however, "Don't bring a mug that if I break it we can't be friends anymore."
The three are very proud of the quality of the breakfasts and lunches the cafe serves, and believe the menu items are trendsetting ones diners greatly enjoy. "Our product is the overall experience at Cedar Rock Cafe," said Diane. "We feel that there is no place closer to home in a restaurant atmosphere where you are greeted with the warmest welcome when you walk in. We are proud to offer a quality and diverse meal selection at a fair price."
Cedar Rock Cafe is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. seven days a week. Their website is cedarrockcafe.com and the phone number is (616) 696-0150.


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LeeAnn Smith, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian with DaVita Inc. In addition, she has a private practice where she provides nutrition counseling and consulting services to individuals, families, and businesses. Her areas of expertise include kidney disease, diabetes, and weight management. She received her Bachelor's in Dietetics from James Madison University and a Master's in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Russell Dazzio is the Chairman and founder of R&R Hotel Group and co-founder of R&R Global Hospitality. During a prolific career within the hospitality industry that spans over five decades and started with his first job as a busboy, Dazzio has worked on the front lines of many the worlds' most vibrant centers of commerce and leisure in such cities as; Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Upon graduating from UNLV's Harrah Hotel College in 1972, Dazzio joined the Stardust Hotel & Casino, at the time, the largest hotel & casino in Las Vegas. Early in his career he showed a knack for innovation, earning him the honor of being one of Las Vegas' youngest casino executives. He quickly made a name for himself in gaming circles by successfully coordinating the installation of the first ever Sports Book and fully integrated casino marketing department in a full gaming Nevada casino.
Dazzio left a promising career in gaming after learning the ins and outs of casino operations for the opportunity to join one of the world's leading international hotel companies, ITT Sheraton. Over the next ten years he rapidly advanced and captured numerous "ITT" and "Sheraton" performance recognition awards. During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he orchestrated and oversaw the largest booking in ITT Sheraton's history with the Coca Cola Company while simultaneously serving with the Olympic Organizing Committee and acting as special advisor for LAPD's Chief of Police.
By the late 80's he decided the time had come to test his entrepreneurial skills and founded R&R Hotel Group, the forerunner to R&R Global Hospitality. The practical experience Dazzio acquired at ITT Sheraton proved invaluable, especially in the sphere of hotel marketing and management. As R&R Hotel Group's Chairman, Dazzio was responsible for negotiating third party management agreements and directing the operation for almost every type of hospitality venture conceivable. His duties also required him to interface regularly with Hotel; owners, lenders, financial institutions and senior development representatives of major hotel brands.
In spite of being only one tenth the size of its key competitors, R&R Hotel Group was rated in the 90's by Hotel Business Magazine the #1 Hotel Management Company in America. Dazzio gives credit to this high praise to his property management teams, who artfully adapted from conventional operating methods to the "special forces" unconventional style of sales and marketing tactics he created to keep hotels R&R went up against off balance.
In 2005 Dazzio foresaw third party management assignments would be monopolized by owner operator groups and began looking for alternate revenue producing avenues for the Company to pursue. He had the good fortune then to become acquainted with the founders of the world's preeminent Vacation Ownership consulting firm, Global Resorts. The principals of each Company's recognized the potential of creating a Las Vegas based Joint Venture and R&R Global Hospitality's was born.
Dazzio took the role of lead architect in the new venture and drew up plans that fashioned the Company to be a one stop shop that delivered a wide array of development, management and advisory services - all under one umbrella. R&R Global Hospitality quickly amassed a client list made up of international hotel magnates, Hollywood "A" list celebrities and even a few members of royalty. One of the new courses the Company was chartering required Dazzio to act in the capacity of an asset manager. While wearing this hat Dazzio w as required to sit on the opposite side of the table with the same third party management companies he had competed with for many years. This reversal of roles windfall placed Dazzio in a position to leverage his considerable insider knowledge negotiating management and branding agreements in a way R&R Global's clients always ended up with highly favorable terms.
Since its inception, R&R Global has become a highly respected consulting, management and development services company who has represented assets in 34 countries and 47 states, which have an estimated combined value placed at over $12 billion. After taking a few years to get R&R Global Hospitality off the ground Dazzio began searching in 2006 for a partner who would be able to act as the Company's investor arm and take advantage of "off market" deal flow that regularly came across his desk. In early 2007 opportunity came knocking in the form of Don Harty, Chairman of ADF Companies, one of the world's largest fast food franchisors. Harty was introduced to Dazzio by a mutual friend who was aware Harty was seeking a partner who could help him do in the hotel industry what he had accomplished in fast food franchising. They quickly bonded and made arrangements to from a partnership between Harty's Strategic Lodging Capital Investments, and R&R Global Hospitality. They named it Connoisseur Hotels. Before long they had a $200 million credit line commitment from Prudential and Dazzio was moving the new Company forward at full throttle searching for the "right" deals. A promising future for Connoisseur Hotels was unfortunately cut short when investment platforms collapsed once the scope of the unfolding recession became apparent. Dazzio and Harty have remained close friends and have not ruled out re-entering the market with Connoisseur Hotels once market conditions stabilize.
In spite of the severe economic downturn that hit America in 2007, R&R Hotel & Global Hospitality Group has survived, prospered and recently celebrated their combined 25th Anniversary. As the sun rises on a new era for the Company, Dazzio recently formed an off shore business partnership seeking to invest equity in one of Las Vegas's many "distressed" gaming assets. Dazzio holds a B.S. Degree in Hotel Administration from UNLV where he was a member of the hotel college's inaugural class and has attended UCLA's Film School. He also maintains a close alumnus relationship with UNLV's Hotel College where he has taught under grad students on and off since the 1980's and who's International Advisory Board he has served for nearly a decade.
Dazzio is a popular guest speaker and the recipient of numerous industry and local, state and federal honors and awards. He served as California's delegate at the first ever "White House Conference on Tourism", was published in the Cornell Quarterly, sits on the Steering Committee for the prestigious JMBM Law Firm's Developer's Conference, regularly authors articles for Hospitality Technology Magazine - who's Advisory Board he is a member. Dazzio honorably served in the United Sates Army - Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.


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I am not the final word but have sailed around Morehead City. The inlet from the Atlantic is treacherous with the wrong tide. The ICW is wide between the mainland and Bogue''s Sound but very shallow outside the narrow ICW channel. I have grounded a Hobie in there! If you can get out the inlet and behind Cape Lookout there is some water but not much. The other side of Morehead City on the west side of the bridges is the ICW heading North. Looks inviting but have never seen a sailboat outside the markers. It would be over an hour to get to Pamlico Sound, actually the Neuse River I guess, for great sailing close to Oriental. We are thinking about a one year stopover at Matthew''s Point marina - www.matthewspoint.com
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On board MS BREMEN from Bali to Shanghai
Expedition to Java, Borneo and the Philippines – South East Asia: island realm of natural wonders
A route like a lifeline that reveals much about the character of exotic island worlds. Study the behaviour of the orangutans in the rainforest, learn how the native peoples live and retrace cultural developments. An island realm ideal for the small BREMEN.
from Bali to Shanghai
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| Fri, 21.04.2017
Scheduled flight Frankfurt – Denpasar
| Sat, 22.04.2017
Benoa/Bali/Indonesia, departure 18.00 hrs
| Sun, 23.04.2017
Relaxation at sea
| Mon, 24.04.2017
Where a thirst for discovery finds fertile ground
Coffee, sugar, tobacco and rubber – when it comes to exporting Java's local treasures, the port of Semarang is extremely important. With its fascinating mix of colonial heritage and Javanese culture, it is the starting point for exploring the idyllic countryside. Passing plantations and elaborate rice fields, you will approach the Borobudur Temple*, one of the world's largest Buddhist complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the religious heritage of Java on the hill of the 1,000 Buddhas.
| Tue, 25.04.2017
Relaxation at sea
| Wed, 26.04.2017
- Thu, 27.04.2017
Badas Islands and Natuna Islands
Led by your expeditionary spirit, the BREMEN then heads for the South China Sea. Even for the captain and crew, the Badas Islands and Natuna Islands are truly new territory. Together, you will explore secluded beaches and exotic snorkelling sites, subject to official approval. New destinations ideal for the BREMEN!
| Fri, 28.04.2017
Relaxation at sea
| Sat, 29.04.2017
- Tue, 02.05.2017
Borneo (Muara/Brunei, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah)/Malaysia, Mantanani Islands , Sandakan)
Kingdom of the orangutans
With its natural diversity and magical culture, the island of Borneo exceeds all expectations. Unspoilt rainforests and tropical mangrove swamps are home to fascinating flora and fauna. This is one of the last habitats for orangutans and rare proboscis monkeys. On the north coast, the Sultanate of Brunei, with the coastal city of Muara, is a kingdom for explorers. If weather conditions are favourable, take a boat trip through Temburong National Park*, one of the oldest rainforests on earth. Immerse yourself in river life in a water taxi and a traditional long boat. Alternatively, the Brunei Museum and a boat trip through the mangroves* come together in Bandar Seri Begawan for intensive insights into culture and nature. Unforgettable: the water village of around 3,000 stilt buildings with schools, mosques and businesses that houses around 30,000 people, while proboscis monkeys and exotic birds reside in the mangrove forests. Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) was shaped by rubber, rattan, honey and wax trading during British colonial times. Today, the region is primarily known for its numerous species of orchids and butterflies. On a nature trail through Kinabalu National Park*, you will explore the jungle up-close. Alternatively, you can deepen your impressions of Borneo* on a ride in typical boats past mangroves and a floating village of sea nomads. The BREMEN will head for unknown shores in the Mantanani Islands. Subject to official approval, two islands in the group will become your expeditionary territory. This will increase your chance of spotting some rare manatees. Multicultural contrasts abound in Sandakan with colonial-style buildings, mosques, Christian churches and Chinese temples. In the conservation area in the middle of the jungle, apes previously kept illegally are cared for and prepared for life in the wild. Look forward to intensive encounters with Borneo's exotic wildlife on an excursion to see orangutans and proboscis monkeys on a visit to the wildlife park*. Watch the primates as they play and feed. Or set out on the search for apes and numerous species of bird on the Kinabatangan River through Borneo's natural world*.
| Wed, 03.05.2017
- Fri, 05.05.2017
Philippines (Puerto Princesa, Busuanga, Malcapuya Island , Subic)
Island gems off the beaten path
Your sea route through the magical world of the Philippines takes you to Puerto Princesa on Palawan, one of the region's most beautiful islands. Dense tropical forests grow right to the coasts with their fine sandy beaches. A scenic journey on Palawan* allows you to explore the natural surroundings, including a visit to a crocodile and butterfly farm. Only a few adventurers before you have let their yearning draw them to the islands of the Calamian Group. With its shallow draught, the manoeuvrable BREMEN is in its element, taking you past shallow lagoons and towering limestone cliffs to the island of Busuanga. Here, a trip on an outrigger boat will take you to Lake Kayangan*, a hidden, bright turquoise crater lake. Bathing and snorkelling in the clear waters, you can see down to the bottom of the sea and marvel at shimmering stalactites. Known for its powder-white beaches, Malcapuya Island provides plenty of room for relaxation. On a hike with a guide to the jungle*, locals will tell you which medicinal plants and sources of food can be found in the forest of Subic.
| Sat, 06.05.2017
Relaxation at sea
| Sun, 07.05.2017
Batan Island
Batan Island, part of the island group of the same name, will introduce you to a surprisingly different world. This spot of earth hidden in the Philippine Sea might remind you of Ireland: rugged coastline and lush green hills, thatched stone houses and a white lighthouse. An extraordinary destination that will earn the same description as the other natural wonders on your expedition: unforgettable!
| Mon, 08.05.2017
- Tue, 09.05.2017
Relaxation at sea
| Wed, 10.05.2017
Shanghai/China, arrival 7.00 hrs (subject to the tides)
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:53pm
Adrenaline Lacrosse's second annual Sin City Showdown kicked off today at the Silver Bowl Fields and the adjacent Star Nursery Fields next to UNLV's Sam Boyd Football Stadium.
The Showdown is just one stop on the Adrenaline Tournament Series tour and provides programs of any talent level the opportunity to come out and compete in a fantastic atmosphere. The Tournament Series, which brings events to Casa Grande (AZ), Austin, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, and an undetermined location in Utah, is paired with the highly regarded Fighting Irish Coaching Clinic Series.
The clinic series, which is exclusive to the ATS, features members of the University of Notre Dame coaching staff, and is complimentary to all team coaches in attendance. The clinics include full presentations on offensive, defensive, and position-specific coaching concepts, and provide a unique opportunity for coaches to get a jump on the newest and most advanced techniques and strategies in the world of lacrosse.
This year's Showdown features 52 teams across 4 divisions: Elite (13 total), High School (15 total), Middle School (14 total), and Youth (10 total). The official sponsors of the 2011 Sin City Showdown include: Maverik Lacrosse, Inside Lacrosse, South Swell Sports, Starz Lacrosse, Adrenaline Movement, Vitamin Water, and Smart Water. The breakdown of all 52 teams in attendance at this year's event is as follows:
Golden Gate (San Francisco, CA)
Golden Gate U-19 (San Francisco, CA)
GOON (Los Angeles, CA)
LaxDawgs Brown (San Diego, CA; primarily Coronado High School)
LaxDawgs Royal (San Diego, CA; primarily Coronado High School)
Mavericks Blue (San Diego, CA; primarily La Costa Canyon High School)
OC Kings Purple (Orange County, CA)
QC Select (San Diego, CA; primarily Rancho Bernardo High School)
RC Silver (San Diego, CA; primarily Torrey Pines High School)
Utah Starz (Salt Lake City, UT)
Vegas Starz (Las Vegas, NV)
Zip It (Las Vegas, NV)
ADRLN Black (Free Agent Squad)
ADRLN White (Free Agent Squad)
Gaels LC (Las Vegas, NV)
Golden Gate U-17 (San Francisco, CA)
Golden State Titans (San Francisco, CA)
Mavericks Green (San Diego, CA)
OC Force (Orange County, CA)
OC Kings Yellow (Orange County, CA)
Orangemen (Orange County, CA)
RC Starz (San Diego, CA)
Silverfin (Los Angeles, CA)
Utah Starz (Salt Lake City, UT)
Vegas Starz (Las Vegas, NV)
WOLF (Salt Lake City, UT)
Zip It (Las Vegas, NV)
ADRLN Select (Free Agent Squad)
Burnaby Mountain (British Columbia, CAN)
Golden Gate U-15 (San Francisco, CA)
Golden State Titans (San Francisco, CA)
Iron Horse (Dallas, TX)
LaxDawgs (San Diego, CA)
Lions Lax (Los Angeles, CA)
OC Kings (Orange County, CA)
RC Starz (San Diego, CA)
Seattle Starz (Seattle, WA)
Utah Starz (Salt Lake City, UT)
Utah Starz Blue (Salt Lake City, UT)
VC Elite (Ventura, CA)
Zip It (Las Vegas, NV)
Burnaby Mountain (British Columbia, CAN)
Golden State (San Francisco, CA)
Iron Horse (Dallas, TX)
LA Lazers (Los Angeles, CA)
LaxDawgs (San Diego, CA)
Mad Dog Lax (San Diego, CA)
RC Starz (San Diego, CA)
Seattle Starz (Seattle, WA)
Silverfin (Los Angeles, CA)
Utah Starz (Salt Lake City, UT)
In the Adrenaline Elite Division, 3 groups of a total of 13 teams competed in the first round of preliminary seeding games throughout the day on Saturday. In Group 1, RC Silver, out of San Diego, went 3-0 on the day with victories over QC Select, Team GOON, and Utah Starz Elite. In Group 2, the OC Kings Purple also achieved a perfect record with victories over the LaxDawgs, Mavericks Blue, and the Golden Gate boys. In Group 3, LaxDawgs Brown, are fresh off winning the Sun Devil Sizzler, went 2-1 on the day. The San Diego based squad, outscored their first two opponents 21-8, but lost a close match (9-6) to the local Zip It team. Also in Group 3, Zip It went 2-0-1 on the day and outscored opponents by a margin of 20 goals.
The final rankings for the Adrenaline Elite Division broke down accordingly:
1.OC Kings
2.RC Silver
3.Zip It
4.Golden Gate
5.LaxDawgs Brown
6.Utah Starz
7.Vegas Starz
8.RC Carolina
10.QC Select
12.Golden Gate U-19
13.LaxDawgs Royal
In the South Swell High School Division, 3 groups of a total of 15 teams competed in the opening round of games on Saturday. In Group 1, OC Force knocked off ADRLN Select, Gaels, and Utah Starz. In Group 2, the OC Kings Yellow went 3-0 with victories over Mavericks Green, Vegas Starz, and the Golden State Titans. Also in Group 2, WOLF (flow spelled backwards), who traveled from Salt Lake City, UT, turned heads after going 3-0 and destroying opponents with a 44/5, goals for/goals against margin. In Group 3, Silverfin, who traveled from Los Angeles, CA, finished with a perfect record after 3 tight games against the Orangemen, Golden Gate U-17, and Mavericks Green.
The final rankings for the South Swell High School Division broke down accordingly:
1.OC Kings
3.ADRLN White
4.OC Force
6.Golden State Titans
7.Zip It
9.Utah Starz
10.ADRLN Black
11.RC Starz
12.Mavericks Green
14.Golden Gate U-17
15.Vegas Starz
In the Maverik Middle School Division, 3 groups of a total of 14 teams faced off in the opening round of seeding games on Saturday. In Group 1, RC Starz, looking to make a run at the Championship after falling short in the Championship of the Sun Devil Sizzler dominated their first round of games against Utah, Burnaby Mountain, and Iron Horse. In Group 2, the LaxDawgs and the Golden State Titans both achieved perfect records by similar margins. Look to see these squads face off in the next round of action. Finally, in Group 3, the offense-heavy, Seattle Starz outscored opponents by an impressive 28-4 margin.
The final rankings for the Maverik Middle School Division broke down accordingly:
1.Seattle Starz
2.Golden State Titans
3.RC Starz
5.OC Kings
7.Iron Horse
8.VC Elite
9.Utah Silver
10.Golden Gate
11.Zip It
12.Burnaby Mountain
14.Utah Blue
In the Powerade Youth Division, 2 groups of a total of 10 teams matched up in the first round of seeding games on Saturday. In Group 1, RC Starz and Silverfin both went 3-0 on the day, elevating them to the top of the bracket. In Group 2, the LA Lazers achieved a perfect record with victories over the LaxDawgs, the Golden State Titans, and Burnaby Mountain.
The finals rankings for the Powerade Youth Division broke down accordingly:
1.RC Starz
2.LA Lazers
4.Golden State
5.Seattle Starz
6.Utah Starz
7.Burnaby Mountain
8.Iron Horse
9.Mad Dog Lax
The first round of the playoffs will commence tomorrow at 9:00 am. For full coverage of the event, be sure to check out Adrenaline's Facebook and the "Schedules and Scores" tab on the tournament site: 2011 Sin City Showdown.


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Irene a test to Vermont's 19th-century charms
By Scott Malone
WOODSTOCK, Vermont (Reuters) - The town of Woodstock, Vermont, boasts all the 19th century charm that draws tourist to New England: white picket fences, steepled country churches and a leafy town square.
But two days after Hurricane Irene dumped heavy rains on the inland state, flooding many low-lying towns and killing at least three people, Woodstock had some other 19th-century qualities that tourists do not prize: no running water or electricity.
"I couldn't believe it when they started directing people to the port-a-potties on the town green. That's sacrosanct, you usually can't do anything there without a permit," said Hasse Halley, a 70-year-old teacher who lives in the town.
Lack of basic services was just one of the many worries facing residents of the mountainous, rural New England state. Another concern was the storm's heavy toll on Vermont's valley roads, some 260 of which were damaged or washed away entirely in the storm, making travel a treacherous and time-consuming affair.
Thirteen towns were entirely cut off as a result of road damage, said Mark Bosma, a spokesman for the Vermont Division of Emergency Management. Five hundred state workers had been deployed to begin clearing and repairing the damage.
The state's death toll is expected to rise to four as one person washed away in Sunday's flood water is still missing, officials said.
All rivers in the state with the exception of Otter Creek in Rutland had receded below flood stage by Tuesday, according to Michael Muccilli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Burlington.
Vermont is the northeastern U.S. state worst hit by the storm, which killed at least 38 people in 11 states. Continued...


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2010-08-08 »
Me: We wouldn't be so *presumptuous* to assume we could just make a product without talking to actual users in the market first. What do you think we would we do, just show up and *tell* you what you want?
Co-worker: You can't actually say that with a straight face, can you?
August 7, 2010 23:58
2010-08-10 »
These three programming environment "features" all have one characteristic in common that makes them bad: non-repeatability. If you run the same program more than once, and it uses any of those three things, then chances are it won't run identically every time. Of course, if your program is written correctly, it ought to produce the same effective results every time, but the steps to produce those results might be different, and the output itself might be different, if effectively identical.
For example, in a threaded map/reduce operation, the output of each parallelized map() will reach the reduce() phase at different times. Supposedly, the output of reduce() should be the same regardless of the ordering, but it doesn't mean reduce() is performing the same calculations.
Imagine you're running a map/reduce on an original Pentium processor with the infamous FDIV bug, and your reduce() includes a division operation. Depending on the order of inputs, you might or might not trigger the bug, and your result might be different, and you'd be left wondering why. That's the problem with non-repeatability. Even without the FDIV bug, maybe your code is buggy, or maybe you're just introducing rounding errors or int overflows; the ordering can change the result, and debugging it is hard.
A more common problem is well-known to anyone using threads; if you don't put your locks in the right places, then your program won't be "correct", even if it seems to act correctly 99.999% of the time. Sooner or later, one of those race conditions will strike, and you'll get the wrong answer. And heaven help you if you're the poor sap who has to debug it then, because non-reproducible bugs are the very worst kind of bugs.
Garbage collection and non-determinism
But everyone knows that locking is the main problem with threads. What about the others?
Non-reproducible results from garbage collection go hand-in-hand with non-deterministic destructors. Just having a garbage collector thread run at random times can cause your program's GC delays to move around a bit, but those delays aren't too important. (Except in real-time systems, where GC is usually a pretty awful idea. But most of us aren't writing those.)
But non-deterministic destructors are much worse. What's non-deterministic destruction? It's when the destructor (or finalizer) of an object is guaranteed to run at some point - but you don't know what point. Of course, the point when it runs is generally the point when the GC decides to collect the garbage.
And that's when the non-repeatability starts to really become a problem. A destructor can do anything - it can poke at other objects, add or remove things from lists or freelists, send messages on sockets, close database connections. Anything at all, happening at a random time.
Smart people will tell you that, of course, a destructor can do anything, but because you don't know when it'll run, you should do as little in the destructor as possible. In fact, most objects don't even need destructors if you have garbage collection! Those people are right - mostly. Except "as little as possible" is still too much, and as soon as you have anything at all in your destructor, it starts spreading like a cancer.
In the .net world, you can see this problem being hacked around every time you see a "using" statement. Because destructors in .net are non-deterministic, some kinds of objects need to be "disposed" by hand - back to manual memory management. The most common example seems to be database handles, because some rather lame kinds of databases slurp huge amounts of RAM per handle, and your web app will grind to a halt if it produces too many queries in too short a time without explicitly freeing them up.
But no problem, right? You can just get into the habit of using using() everywhere. Well, sort of. Unfortunately, objects tend to get included into other objects (either using inheritance or just by including member objects). What if one of those member objects should be dispose()d explicitly when your container object is destroyed? Well, the containing object now needs to implement its own dispose() that calls its member objects' dispose(). But not all of them; only the members that actually have a dispose(). Which breaks encapsulation, actually, because if someone adds a dispose() to one of those member objects later, you'll have to go through all your containing objects and get them to call it. And if you have a List
2010-08-20 »
- In another dispute, over which province should own what is now the
northwest of Ontario, the [British] Judicial Committee sided with Ontario
against Manitoba and Ottawa. The ruling still makes no sense. The people of
the region still treat Winnipeg at their national capital. Why? Because it
is their geographical capital. Toronto and the rest of Ontario belong to a
distant, different world.
-- John Ralston Saul, A Fair Country (p.162)
That was in the early 1900's, apparently.
I always wondered how the screwy shape of Ontario had come about; it figures. The actual Canadian federal government (Ottawa) thought it would make sense to lump us in with Manitoba, but somehow the British overseers thought otherwise.
If you're from Northwestern Ontario, here's a fun game you can play with your friends from Southern Ontario. First, take a paper map of Ontario. (I know, paper maps? What are those?) They're generally printed with Southern Ontario on one side and Northern Ontario on the other. In Southern Ontario, find two towns that are about an hour apart, and point them out on the map.
Now flip over the map and find two towns that look about the same distance apart, and ask your friend to estimate how far apart they are. See if they remember to check the map scale - most people don't realize that the Northern Ontario side is drawn much smaller, because the land is absolutely huge by comparison and has a much lower population density.
Now imagine you're working for the Ontario government - down in Toronto -
and you still haven't realized this.
August 10, 2010 14:00
2010-08-26 »
- "Look, theory says that a JIT can run as fast as, or maybe faster than, a
statically compiled language. It might be slow right now, but it'll be much
better when we get a real/better JIT. Plus, the new version is already a
lot faster, and I'm looking forward to the next version, which they promise
will have huge speed improvements."
-- Every Java user since 1996
If you've been saying the above about your Android phone (or Blackberry), then you, too, have become part of the decade-and-a-half-long train wreck of computer science that is Java.
I'm often mystified at the rejection of reality displayed by the proponents of Java-like virtual machines. It seems a simple statement of fact: even after 14 years, Java is still much slower than native code, and you can see it clearly just by looking at any app for 10 seconds. And yet the excuses above keep coming. 14 years.
But then I think, I know how this delusion works. I've been guilty of it myself. At my first company, I pushed to have all our data interchange sent through an API that I designed - UniConf - which was unfortunately slower in almost all cases than not using it. The idea was that if only all our code could be 100% pure UniConf then we'd suddenly be able to realize tons of wonderful advantages.
But despite herculean efforts, the advantages never materialized. What materialized was a lot of slowness, a lot of excessive memory usage, and a lot of weird bugs that forced us to backtrack through seven layers of overly-generalized code to diagnose.
Luckily for me, lack of resources prevented my own madness from spreading too far. I'm much better now.1
But what would it be like if the madness had been successful? What if I had been responsible for a system that spread to millions of users worldwide, which in nearly every case made things visibly and obviously worse? What would that do to my psyche? I think it would be unbearable.
Which brings us to Java-like VMs on cell phones. I have a lot of sympathy here, because:
Java used to be a good idea. Really.
Java on cell phones has not always been obviously a bad idea. To see why, you have to understand a bit about how these systems evolved.
First of all, we have little visibility into the Java's original reason for being. We know what people said, but we don't know if they said that for marketing or retroactive justification. What we do know is that the original sales push behind Java was applets for your web browser. Rich, client-side web applications.
Client-side web applications have exactly one super difficult critical requirement: security. You're downloading random apps from the Internet automatically and you want to run them automatically, and some of these apps will definitely be written by evil people and try to screw you, so you need a defense mechanism. Moreover, most people doing this will be doing it on Windows, which at the time meant Windows 95, which had no actual security whatsoever. Any native code could do anything it wanted. This situation persisted, mostly, up to and including Windows XP. (NT-based kernels have security, but the average person just ran everything as an administrator, negating literally all of it.)
So the typical user's operating system provided no strict memory protection or any other security features. This is where Java made perfect sense: if you can provably enforce security at the application layer, you can make a virtual machine that actually includes these missing security features, thus making it safe to run random applications on the Internet, and propelling us into the Internet Age. Sweet.
Java happened to fail at that, mostly due to slowness and crappiness and licensing, but the idea was sound, and it was a valiant and worthwhile effort that deserves our respect even if it didn't work out. Flash and Javascript won out in the end because they were somewhat better in some ways, but they both use VMs (whether interpreted or JITed), and rightly so.2
Unfortunately, nowadays the vast majority of Java apps never use any of Java's security features; they run as apps with full user rights, either on the client or on the server. So that advantage of the VM is gone... and the Java VM has no other advantages.3 But people, having been fooled once, kept going on the path they were already on.
Now ironically, the real problem was not natively compiled languages, but Windows (or to be generous to Microsoft, "the operating systems at the time"). Anybody who has studied computer science knows that modern processors capable of virtual memory were designed around the idea of keeping untrusted apps under control. Once upon a time, people used to actually share time on Unix machines. Lots of people on a few machines. And they were largely prevented from stomping on each other. The exceptions were security holes - fixable mistakes - and VMs have those too.
It is really not that hard to lock an application into a protected environment when your processor includes security features. Just google for chroot, BSD jail, AppArmor, SELinux. Yes, some of them are a little complex, but security is complex; nobody ever claimed Java's security architecture was simple.
Of course, if I had said that five years ago, you might not have believed me; you might have said those systems weren't secure enough, and that Java was somehow more secure in ways you couldn't quantify, but that application-level VM security is just somehow better somehow, I mean look at the virus situation on Windows. And I wouldn't be able to argue with you, because that's not even a logical argument, but it sounds vaguely convincing. And so the world went.
Then Apple came along and made the iPhone and its App Store and all the apps are native and the thing is still secure and apps can't stomp all over the system. Again, modulo security holes - fixable mistakes - which VMs don't eliminate. Here everybody was, going along with the above illogical argument in favour of VM security because they couldn't argue with it, and Apple just ignored them and showed it was all wrong. You can make native code secure. Of course you can. People did it in the 1980's. What on earth were we thinking?
But I'm getting ahead of the story a bit. Now I've told you why Android's use of a Java-like VM was demonstrably wrong (Apple demonstrated it) from the beginning, but first I wanted to tell you why Blackberries use Java, and lots of old cell phones used Java, and that wasn't obviously wrong.
The reason, of course, is that when Java was first applied to mobile phones, mobile phones didn't have processors capable of protected memory. Those processors were really low powered; security was impossible. Before Java, you could write custom native apps for a Blackberry... as long as you gave your source code to RIM to have them review it. Because native code could do anything, and there was physically no way to stop it once it got onto the device. Other phone manufacturers didn't even bother.
At the time, the first inexpensive embedded processors supporting protected memory were years in the future. If you could have a way to safely load third-party apps onto your phone... well, wow. You'd rule the world. You wouldn't just have a phone, you'd have a platform. This was not silliness, not at all. A Java VM was the first serious possibility of making a mobile phone into a serious, flexible, reconfigurable application platform.
It didn't work out very well, mostly because of Java's slowness and crappiness and licensing and (in the case of Java ME) horrendous lack of standardization. But GMail and Google Maps worked on my Blackberry, and millions of enterprise Blackberries are deployed running thousands of custom legacy enterprise apps you've never heard of that will make transitioning big established companies from Blackberry to iPhone virtually impossible for many years. In this case, pure thickheaded brute force did manage to win the day.
So okay, for the same reason that Java VMs started out as a good idea on Windows - namely, the platform itself lacked any security features - Java VMs made sense on phones. At first.
But embedded processors don't have those limitations anymore. They're serious processors now, with protected memory and everything. Most importantly, these processors were available and being used from the first day the first Google Phone was released. You no longer need a VM for security... but that means the VM doesn't provide any advantage at all.3
The fact that an Android phone has tolerable performance is, again, a triumph of pure thickheaded brute force. If you throw enough geniuses at a difficult technical problem, you might eventually solve that problem, even if the problem was stupid, and in this case, they mostly did.
But every step of the way, they're going to have this giant anchor of
UniConf Dalvik tied around their neck, and Apple won't, and
Apple's native apps will always run faster. It's going to be
Maybe the speed won't matter. Maybe computers will get so fast that you just won't care anymore.
Java users have been saying that, too, since 1996.
1 I hope
3 To pre-emptively refute a few common claims: "Write once run
anywhere" doesn't actually work because the compiler was never the main
problem; differences in OS semantics is the main problem, and you have to
solve those equally for your apps in any language, even Java. Garbage
collection can be and is frequently done in natively compiled languages.
Introspection can be done in natively compiled languages. Digital signing
of shared libraries can be implemented by any native shared library loader.
Cross-language integration can be and is done all the time in native
languages; in fact, VMs make this much harder, not easier, since now you
have to rewrite all your languages. Sensible threading primitives (which
some would say Java lacks anyway) can be implemented in any sensible
language, natively compiled or not. Profile-driven optimization can be done
in compiled languages. Support for multiple hardware architectures is just
a recompile away - just ask any Mac developer. Provable memory protection
(including prevention of all attempted null pointer dereferences) is doable
and has been done in statically compiled languages. And before anyone asks,
no, C/C++ does not do all
these things; you need a good language. My point is that the good
language needn't run in a VM; the VM is a red herring, a distraction.
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