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Major U.S. stock indexes rose in afternoon trading Thursday as investors reacted to quarterly results from a batch of U.S, companies. Google, IBM and insurer UnitedHealth were among the biggest decliners, while General Electric and Morgan Stanley were among the largest gainers.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose four points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,866 as of 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 10 points, or 0.1 to 16,435. The Nasdaq composite added 14 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,100. U.S. markets will be closed for Good Friday.
EARNINGS, THE GOOD: General Electric described the economic situation as "positive" and said its industrial division was doing well. PepsiCo reported higher income as the company slashed costs and sold more snacks around the world. GE gained 57 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $26.70, while PepsiCo added 63 cents to $85.40.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley each reported higher income than financial analysts had forecast. Goldman rose 73 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $157.95. Morgan Stanley added 98 cents, or 3.3 percent, to $30.87.
EARNINGS, THE NOT SO GOOD: Google and IBM each posted steep declines after reporting results late Thursday that disappointed investors. Google lost $18.40, or 3.3 percent, to $545.49, and IBM fell $6.44, or 3.3 percent, to $189.99. Mattel fell 59 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $37.29 after the toy maker said weak sales of Barbie dolls and markdowns to clear out inventory from a sluggish holiday season led to an unexpected loss in the first three months of the year.
UNHEALTHY RESULTS: Several large health insurance stocks fell after UnitedHealth Group said its income slid 8 percent in the first quarter as fees and funding cuts from the health care overhaul dented its performance. UnitedHealth shed $2.56, or 3.3 percent, to $75.63. WellPoint slid $3.29, or 3.4 percent to $92.36, while Humana fell $2.72, or 2.5 percent to $106.06. Aetna dropped $1.64, or 2.4 percent to $68.17.
TAKEAWAY: Despite Google, UnitedHealth and other high-profile stocks trading lower on earnings Thursday, the latest wave of quarterly results has been positive, said John Fox, director of research at Fenimore Asset Management.
"The overall read across five or 10 or 15 earnings reports is positive," Fox said, noting that many companies have reaffirmed their earnings forecasts for the year. "The fundamental underpinnings are good, and I'm not hearing anything from management that changes that."
THE ECONOMY: The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits last week rose 2,000 to 304,000. That was less than analysts were expecting and a sign that layoffs aren't increasing rapidly. The number of weekly claims continues to be near pre-recession levels despite the slight increase.
BOND TRADING: Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.73 percent after reaching 2.63 percent late Wednesday.


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A SERIOUS collision involving a lorry and a pedestrian at The Clink in Bridgwater has been cleared.
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, March 17th, 1-4 pm: Barnes & Noble, 2999 Pearl St., Boulder
Sunday, March 18th, (Time: to be announced): Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder
Thursday, March 22nd, 7-8:30 pm: Denver Shambhala Center, 2305 S. Syracuse Way, #214, Denver 80231
Saturday, March 24th, 11 am—2 pm: Barnes & Noble, 960 S. Colorado Blvd., Glendale 80246
Paul M. Kendel Interview: Walking the Tiger's Path:
A Soldier's Spiritual Journey in Iraq
KGNU's Hemispheres w/ host Joe Richey
While serving in Iraq with the Georgia National Guard, a fill-unit between the 10th Mountain Division and the 101st Airborne Division, Staff Sergeant Paul M. Kendel became a student of the Shambhala Teachings, presumed to have been handed down from an ancient Himalayan kingdom.
His correspondence with Buddhist teachers and Shambhala practitioners in Boulder, Colorado, proved as transformative as formative. The letters and his account of his Iraq experience have resulted in both a unique war story and spiritual memoir. Walking the Tiger's Path: A Soldier's Spiritual Journey in Iraq will be released in September 2011, from Tendril Press.
Paul has a variety of events in the coming months. Check below to see if he is visiting a city near you or listen to one of his interviews directly on the web.
- Radio interview with Joe Ritchie of KGNU will be broadcast on August 30th at 6:00 MT/8:00 EST. See www.kgnu.org/hemispheres to listen in.
- Radio interview scheduled with Book Talk with Lawrence J. King on September 7th at 10:A.M. MT/12:00 EST. See www.blogtalkradio.com
- Paul will be attending a local author's work shop hosted by Book Loft and Books Plus on Amelia Island with 40 other local authors doing book signings on September 24th from 9 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. It's a fundraiser that is free to the public with lunch provided.
- Paul will be attending a talk at the St. Petersburgh Shambhala Center on Sunday, September 25th from 8:00 A.M. to 4 P.M. I will be available for book signings.
- He will also be giving a talk at the Boston Shambhala center on November 5th from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Book signings will occur before and after the talk.


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2. How do you say, "I will run happily."?
3. How do you say, "The sleepy girl didn't eat."?
4. Conjugate every verb I mentioned.
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Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building (UCSF)
Rafael Viñoly
San Francisco, California, USA
A beautifully sinuous, serpentine building that makes use of every foot of available space.
The Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building is designed to foster intensive collaboration and a cross-pollination of ideas among scientists representing a broad spectrum of labs and disciplines. Located on a steeply sloping urban hillside, the building presented the design team a unique challenge: executing a horizontal structure on an uneven site.
The main floor functions as one continuous laboratory divided
into four split levels, each stepping down a half-story as the
building descends the forested hillside slope, and each level is
topped by an office cluster and a grass roof with wildflowers and
plants. Exterior ramps and stairs, taking advantage of the
temperate climate, provide continuous circulation between all
levels, and the facility connects to three nearby research
buildings and UCSF Medical Center via a pedestrian bridge.
The building structure, clad in corrugated steel, is supported
by steel space trusses springing from concrete piers, minimizing
site excavation and incorporating seismic base isolation to absorb
earthquake forces.
Inside the building, the transitions between the split levels
are designed as hubs of activity. Break rooms and stairs located at
these interfaces increase the potential for chance interaction, a
goal for promoting a cross-pollination of ideas among the
scientists, and interior glazing maximizes visual connectivity
between the lower labs and the upper offices.
To further promote collaboration, the laboratories occupy a
horizontal open-floor plan, with a flexible, custom-designed
casework system that enables the rapid reconfiguration of the
research program. Abundant south-facing glazing fills the open
laboratories and offices with natural light and views of the wooded
slope of Mount Sutro nearby.
Green roof terraces impart environmental benefits and an outdoor
amenity for building occupants and campus community. Visible from
surrounding campus buildings' upper floors, the terraces create a
welcoming transitional space where the dense campus meets the
The Center encompasses 125 labs made up of scientists exploring the earliest stages of animal and human development. The goal of these studies is to understand how disorders and diseases develop and how they could be treated based on the knowledge of, and use of, stem cells and other early-stage cells.
The Institute's mission is to translate basic research findings
to clinical research and on to patient care. Scientists in the
Institute will work closely with clinical researchers at UCSF
Medical Center, located nearby, to translate discoveries into
therapeutic strategies.
Facts about Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building (UCSF)
Total area:
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Rafael Viñoly Architects
Project Designer:
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Project Administrator:
Jay Bargmann, AIA
Project Director:
Chan-li Lin, AIA
Project Manager:
Josh Schroeder, AIA
Project Team:
Changhak Choi
Bethany Lundell Garver, Assoc. AIA
Frank Nan, AIA
Cory Wouk
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Bill Diefenbach, FAIA
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Michael Grage
Jeremy Holen
Jeff Miersch
Dawne David Pierre
Ray Sanchez
Nick Woodard
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Rafael Viñoly Architects & SmithGroup
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ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc (of Record)
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In most cases, cold sores will heal on their own without any treatment. However, there are ways to help manage symptoms, decrease the length of time with an outbreak, and prevent future outbreaks.
Although treatment can help relieve or reduce outbreaks of cold sores, the virus cannot permanently be cured. The herpes simplex virus will persist in the nerve tissue once it is in your body.
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Herpes treatment. American Academy of Family Physicians Family Doctor website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/herpes/treatment.html. Updated December 2010. Accessed February 17, 2014.
Herpes simplex. DermNet NZ website. Available at: http://dermnetnz.org/viral/herpes-simplex.html. Updated February 6, 2013. Accessed February 17, 2014.
Kuehl B. Cold sores: how to prevent and treat them. Skin Care Guide website. Available at: http://www.skincareguide.ca/articles/herpes/to_prevent_cold_sores.html. Accessed February 17, 2014.
Oral herpes. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T115104/Oral-herpes. Updated October 5, 2015. Accessed October 4, 2016.
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Coming up short on ideas for a creative and delicious New Year's Eve menu? You're in luck, literally. We've comprised a mouth-watering menu of dishes from Cooking Channel chefs, each course showcasing foods that are believed bring good fortune for the New Year. Every January we vow to eat better, exercise more, be kinder, or give up whatever our worst vice may be. That all takes work—so a little extra luck can't hurt.
APPETIZER: Brandade Cakes with Caramelized Peppers
Boiled cod is part of the traditional Danish New Year's spread, while salt cod (baccala) is a celebratory food for Italians throughout the holiday season. Kick off your own feast with Laura Calder's crispy brandade cakes. The bite-size appetizers are easy to eat while you mingle and sip your first glass of Champagne.
SOUP: White Gazpacho with Grapes and Toasted Almonds
In Spain and Latin America, eating 12 grapes at midnight is a New Year's tradition believed to bring good luck for the coming year (just make sure you eat all 12 before the clock strikes 12!) We say, eating grapes in Ellie Krieger's white gazpacho works too.
SIDE: Braised Greens
Many cultures eat cooked greens for prosperity on New Year's—the leaves are thought to resemble money. Aida Mollenkamp's version, braised with bacon and sweet onions, is certainly rich.
SIDE: Black Eyed Peas with Rice
Southerners love their black-eyed peas, especially on New Year's, when the dish Hoppin' John is thought to bring luck. Roger Mooking's simple side is a great way to use the lucky peas.
CHOICE OF ENTREE: Crispy Pork Belly with Lentils or Pork Roast with Warm Cabbage (pictured first)
Thanks to its rich fat content, pork symbolizes wealth and prosperity. Roast suckling pig is the centerpiece of the New Year's feast in many countries. It was simply too difficult to choose our favorite pork dish of the year, so we present two options, both paired with other lucky foods. Roger Mooking's pork belly is served with lentils, part of the lucky legume family, while Michael Symon's pork roast goes beautifully with warm cabbage, part of the prosperous greens family. Plus, the Iron Chef finishes the dish with a Champagne-spiked pan sauce—very New Year's Eve appropriate.
PRE-DESSERT: Mocha with Chiacchere
Do we really need an excuse to eat these fried Italian pastries made of pasta dough dusted with powdered sugar? Well, if you don't indulge, it may mean bad luck for the New Year. Nadia G. ups the ante by serving her chiacchere with hot mochas for dipping.
DESSERT: Chocolate Cake
Round desserts like cakes are considered lucky, so why not go with this classic chocolate confection from pastry guru Rachel Allen? Healthy resolutions don't start until tomorrow.


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Guess who went out and bought herself a pair of white sandals? Meeeee! Yes, I've been wanting a pair for a really long time and I finally got one. Now, normally I don't like wearing white, because I always spill something on myself. LOL! But, these are shoes and I know they'll probably be easy to clean. I know I'll wear them out this summer too!
My shopping trip inspired this "Shoe Fever." Lots of white sandals to choose from. And white is a hot! hot! hot! color right now! Are you feeling the heat?


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Prather fuels Florida comeback
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
It was hard to believe that this was happening to a team with so much experience, with so much swagger at home, with so much to play for on a Saturday afternoon. But it was happening.
They were losing, but it was more than just the eight-point deficit with 12:23 to play.
They looked terrible. They looked slow and uninspired. Forget scoring points, they couldn't complete passes on the perimeter. The second half started with an Alabama possession where the Tide had four offensive rebounds before scoring.
"I thought we were going to play the whole second half on defense," UF coach Billy Donovan said.
And he was frustrated. Boy, was he frustrated. That's why after the game he talked about the swing in emotions. Because before he could be proud of the way his team fought back and went on a 27-5 run to beat Alabama, he had to be angry first.
Angry enough to bench Mike Rosario for much of the second half after he tried to showboat a one-handed pass when a simple bounce pass would have meant two points. Angry with himself for not getting his team ready to play amidst all of "the drama" surrounding this game.
"We were emotionally drained," said Donovan. "We were exhausted. We were a step slow. We were distracted."
So much was going on. Two players were returning to action, but they really weren't close to being back. Will Yeguete gave Florida minutes but little else and told Donovan after the game he was "petrified" to be back. Michael Frazier II offered almost nothing after missing two days of practice with back spasms.
So it was the six-man team again for Florida. Except that not all six showed up ready to play.
"Scottie (Wilbekin) wasn't himself. Kenny Boynton wasn't himself," Donovan said. "Patric Young wasn't himself. (Erik) Murphy was a step slow."
Fortunately for the Gators, Casey Prather and a throaty crowd provided the energy to fuel a comeback in the biggest game of the year for this team.
It was big because Alabama came in only a game behind UF. And it got bigger later Saturday when Arkansas beat Kentucky. Florida has now clinched a share of the SEC title and can win it outright Wednesday against Vanderbilt in the O'Connell Center.
Maybe it was good that it was so difficult. Conference championships aren't supposed to be easy. This team made it look easy earlier in the season, but in the game that earned them a ring and a trophy, of course it had to be hard.
They couldn't have won this game without Prather, and I'm not sure they could have won it anywhere but the O'Dome.
Prather bounced back from a blow to the head at Tennessee that required five stitches to score 10 points and grab nine rebounds. Most importantly, he made all four of his free-throw attempts.
They were momentum free throws, if there is such a thing. The first time he went to the line, Florida trailed by six. The second time, the Gators trailed by one.
He came into the game having made 3 of 11 in SEC play.
"I just had to focus," Prather said. "I shoot 100 a day in practice so there's no reason to miss any free throws."
The free throws were huge, but they were only part of the Casey Prather Supernova that turned this game around. During the eight-minute run that he started with a lob pass to Young for a dunk and ended with a defensive rebound, Prather scored eight of his points, grabbed four of his rebounds and drew a charge.
And on a day when the Gators couldn't make 3s (2 of 13), were being outebounded at one point by eight (they ended up with a 33-31 advantage) and had more turnovers than assists, they found a way to win.
"We knew we had to turn it up," Young said.
That's the mystery with young people. Here was a huge moment in the season, and it seemed to overwhelm them. They were abandoning their formula for winning.
"It's not complicated." Donovan said. "We keep teetering with that formula."
Maybe it was the noon start. Maybe it was the returning players. Maybe it was playing a team that was dangerous and hungry.
Whatever it was, Florida looked slower than an old man with a walker trying to read a text. On the road, this game was probably gone. But at home, it had a chance.
"They really turned their intensity level up," said Alabama coach Anthony Grant, who has seen these kinds of runs from both benches during his career. "When you're a young team, sometimes the moment gets to be a really big moment."
It was almost too big for Florida.
But in the end, it revealed the character of this team.
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A Camp Pendleton Marine killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010 has been approved for a posthumous Navy Cross, the second-highest medal for valor in combat.
Sgt. Matthew Abbate, a 26-year-old scout sniper with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, was fatally wounded on Dec. 2, 2010, in the Sangin district of Helmand Province amid a coalition airstrike and enemy attack.
Two months before he died, Abbate's actions on the battlefield during an ambush that wounded several Marines would eventually garner him the Navy Cross.
On Oct. 14, 2010, just after the battalion arrived in the hard-fought Sangin river valley, Abbate and his sniper section set out on foot patrol with a squad of Marines through the "green zone" of orchards and fields.
Insurgents fired on them from well-prepared positions, trying to lure them into a minefield. Two Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman were blasted by improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.
"With the squad leader incapacitated, and the rest of the squad either wounded or disorientated, Sgt. Abbate took command," said the citation signed by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on behalf of the president.
"With total disregard for his own life, he sprinted forward through the minefield to draw enemy fire and (rally) the dazed survivors. While fearlessly firing at the enemy from his exposed position, he directed the fires of his Marines until they effectively suppressed the enemy, allowing lifesaving aid to be rendered to the casualties."
As Abbate coordinated the medical evacuation and searched for more bombs, the Marines were attacked again. "Realizing that the casualties would die unless rapidly evacuated, Sgt. Abbate once again bravely exposed himself to enemy fire ... and led a counterattack that cleared the enemy from the landing zone, enabling the helicopters to evacuate the wounded," the citation said.
Abbate's family members in his hometowns of Fresno and Oakland were informed of the decision Tuesday, when a Navy representative called to say the posthumous medal would be awarded within the next six months. Details of the presentation are pending, a Navy spokeswoman said Thursday.
During their seven-month tour in Sangin that ended in the spring of 2011, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines suffered heavier casualties than any other combat unit in the Afghanistan War — 25 killed and some 200 wounded.
Abbate was fatally wounded near Patrol Base Fires after a patrol of Marines pinned down by an enemy attack called in a "danger close" airstrike. His death was investigated as a possible "friendly fire" incident to determine whether it was shrapnel from two 500-pound bombs dropped near his position or enemy gunfire that caused his fatal head and shoulder wounds.
An initial inquiry completed last year concluded that it was likely a combination of fragmentation from a coalition bomb and the "sympathetic detonation" of enemy explosives in the area that caused his death. A final determination was pending an Armed Forces Medical Examiner report.
The Marines crouched with Abbate that morning behind a low dirt berm were startled by the second bomb, which seemed to land about 150 meters away, said one who was present.
After yelling at the others to "get down!" Abbate may have put his own head up too soon so he could spot enemy fighters fleeing the impact area, according to investigations presented to the family in December and Marines who were present.
Abbate's stepfather, Jim Binion, said he considers the incident a tragic accident, and one probably befitting of his son's brave and impatient nature.
Sgt. James Finney, 25, served with Abbate in Sangin. When he heard of his friend's death, he had the same reaction as many Marines in the battalion: "How do we win this war without him?"
Abbate was revered as the ultimate Marine: physically unstoppable, relentless, courageous and caring of his brothers-in-arms. He was a born fighter with a magnetic personality and movie star looks.
His voice-mail message said: "Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, but I'm on adventures. With guns."
"He was something else," Finney said. "Some guys they have the heart, but they don't have the ability. Or they have the ability but not the heart. He was the whole package. And he was humble about it."
Jordan Laird, a Marine veteran who was beside him the day he died, said: "The guy had everything going for him. He was strong. He was a good-looking dude. But his sense of duty to his country and to his brothers trumped everything. He was completely selfless when it came down to it."
Abbate wasn't in it for the medals, said Laird, 25, speaking by phone from Afghanistan where he works as a security contractor. "He was just a warrior and a patriot. It didn't matter if he never got an award. ... He was always going to go out and do his best and be completely fearless on the battlefield at all times."
Sgt. Chris Woidt, 25, served with Abbate in Iraq. The Navy Cross: "It's fitting. He was trained by the legacy of these Marines that took Baghdad, that took Fallujah, that were in the epic battles of Iraq. And then he goes to Afghanistan, and he is in the epic battle of Afghanistan."
Abbate's mother, Karen Binion, said her son did not speak much of his combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. It wasn't until after he died that she learned how well-respected he was by his peers.
"I'm incredibly proud of him. I don't know if proud is the word. But I am so impressed to know who he was," she said.
"I think anyone can shoot someone, or many people can. I don't think that requires any incredible courage or sense of self. That can be an incredibly cruel thing. But Matt saved more people than I think he killed. He made things safer for people that were there," she said.
Abbate, who is survived by his 4-year-old son Carson, was known by family and friends as a "wild child" with a restless, kinetic spirit. As a Marine he was meritoriously promoted several times and also punished several times for brawling and other indiscretions.
"He was the worst teenager I have ever known and he was the best man I've ever known," his stepfather said. His parents tried to talk him out of re-enlisting, but Abbate's attitude was "if I die, I die."
Being a Marine, "that's the only thing I've ever been good at," he said.


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Talking to the Experts: The Fuelin' Roadie Wendy Jo Petersonby Toby Amidor in Food & Nutrition Experts, February 9, 2012
With the Grammy's right around the corner we sought to answer questions like how do musicians keep their voice in tip-top shape, or what do musicians eat on the road? I had the pleasure of speaking with registered dietitian Wendy Jo Peterson, who provides nutrition counseling for musicians including the guys from Reckless Kelly who are up for a Grammy this year.
Q: What's your role as a dietitian for musicians?
When working with musicians I take on the role of a nutrition coach, culinary expert and sports nutritionist. I work with musicians on the road but also music festivals, catering companies and event coordinators. Besides working with some of the guys from Reckless Kelly, I have also worked with musicians from last year's Grammy-winning group, Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses.
Q: You counsel your musicians to eat like athletes. Do musicians really burn that many calories? Does this philosophy apply to the entire band (i.e. drummer, guitarist)?
Interestingly the current data is quite outdated in regards to calories burned by musicians, but I have measured calories burned with many of the artists I work with and yes, they burn like athletes. Whether they are banging drums, bouncing around with a fiddle, or doing a choreographed dance while singing they are all burning calories that require nutrition and sport performance considerations. In addition to calories they have major sweat losses on stage, and until they see the evidence they don't quite get it. I employ similar principles with my athletes as I do with my musicians. The results are impressive!
Q: When you work with musicians at venues, what do they usually like to have in their dressing room before and after the show? Do they have any unusual requests?
Generally, they are given whatever the venue has to offer or gets catered. Most often I see sandwiches, chips and drinks. Personally I haven't experienced anything wacky, but I do have clients who are vegans, vegetarians or have food allergies. Those musicians are quite relieved to have someone help navigate what they can and cannot eat. That's where my expertise as a dietitian really stands out.
Q: Congratulations on being invited to the National Singer-Songwriter Music Conference this year. I understand you're working on bringing awareness of certain nutritional and medical issues. Could you tell me about that? What are some nutritional issues that are more common in artists that they should be aware of?
Thank you, it's really exciting to be able to speak to a large group of musicians at one time and help bring awareness to nutritional concerns they have due to their profession. Generally speaking musicians don't have medical coverage, so they struggle even having baseline knowledge of their health. Given their work schedules and rock-star lifestyles they are clearly at risk for liver issues (hard drinking), low Vitamin D (negligible food sources and work at night; thus, rarely get outside much to get sun), sleep deprivation which leads to all sorts of medical concerns, and a diet that revolves around fast food and truck stop fare.
Q: Musicians are frequently on the road—where do you find they eat most often and what do you typically recommend?
Fast food, fast food, fast food . . . oh and throw in truck stops, too! Educating them on food choices at truck stops and fast food restaurants is key. I have my favorite stops and top picks, plus I teach them on what to add and what to skip when eating out. I always opt for the balanced approach knowing that they are going to eat there regardless.
Q: Many musicians are worried about their voices. What are foods you specifically recommend to keep their voices in check?
Hydration is essential for vocal performance, so I always inquire about their beverage choices. Alcohol can hurt the vocal chords, so it's a balance to keep them filling up on water in between cocktails. Colds can wreck vocals; thus, I do a lot to prevent the onset of a cold through foods high in probiotics. Although folks think dairy ruins vocals the evidence is weak; however, if a musicians feels as though it truly alters their sound then we skip it. Coffee or caffeine can actually help open the vocals, so sometimes I recommend it. I also have a tea with ginger, rosemary and lemon that we use to soothe throats. I have a lot of tricks to the trade!
Q: What do you recommend when an artist or member of the crew drinks too much?
Ha! Balance! I don't pick on their drinking; however, I do recommend taking actions to help their liver heal. I focus on limiting fatty or fried foods, increasing water consumption, limiting caffeine and increasing fruits and vegetables. In addition to all that I teach them how to mix a darn good, and healthy cocktail. My favorite is a tart cherry twister: lime, tart cherry juice, ginger and vodka.
Q: Could you share with us your favorite "on the road" recipe? Where would musicians prepare this dish?
Absolutely, my most requested recipe is for my Kale Salad. I teach them to make this partly at home and toss it on the road. They prep the kale at home (or can buy it already cut at the store) and make the miso vinaigrette at home, then on the road they simply toss. Another key recipe I teach them is how to make a darn good scrambled egg on the road in their microwave.
Roadie's Kale Salad
6 cups kale (wash, remove tough stems, and chop)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup almonds, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 tablespoon miso (gold or red paste)
1 teaspoon Bragg Amino Acids or low sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 lemon or lime, juiced
In a large bowl, toss together kale with apple cider vinegar. Using your hands squeeze the kale and mix well with the vinegar, this breaks down the tough fibers.
Add in almonds and celery and mix.
In a small bowl whisk together miso, olive oil and citrus juice. Pour over kale mixture, toss, and store or serve!
Travel Additions:
- Serve with grilled or rotisserie chicken
- Toss with canned salmon, grated carrots, or orange segments
- Mix with cooked couscous, quinoa, or pasta
- Serve it along side your favorite fast food sandwich…it's a lot better than fries!
I served it up Southern-Style tonight with some fried chicken tenders! I enjoyed a cold Shiner Blond Lite with it and it made me miss home. It's all about balance, y'all! Enjoy!
Wendy Jo Peterson, MS RD CSSD is a sports dietitian, nutritionist, chef and co-author of the 2011 book Mediterranean Diet Cookbook For Dummies. For more information, visit her website.


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Budweiser Sharelunker Program Draws 15 Entries
ATHENS, Texas — The Budweiser ShareLunker season ended April 30 with a total of 15 largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more entered into the program.
One fish was a repeat catch and was entered into the program for the second time. And another angler likely released his chance to become the first to submit four fish to the program in the same year.
Work continues with the fish at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center here. "We have not spawned the lunkers yet but we are trying," said program manager David Campbell.
Details about the fish entered into the program this year follow, in chronological order.
Jan. 14. Frank Hardy of Mineola was after a few crappie for the dinner table when he went fishing on Lake Fork. What he caught in addition to a half-dozen slabs was the first entry in the 2004 Budweiser ShareLunker program: a 13.32-pound largemouth bass.
Ironically, Hardy almost threw the fish back because he thought it was too small. "I didn't think it was long enough to weigh 13 pounds," he said. However, the 24-inch-long fish was what anglers call a "football," with a girth-22 1/8 inches-almost equal to its length.
Jan. 29. Richard Mims of Laredo landed the second Budweiser ShareLunker of the 2004 season, a 13.08-pound largemouth bass pulled from Lake Casa Blanca. Mims' fish easily surpassed the current lake record of 9.38 pounds, which was caught in 1989. The big fish was 25 inches long and measured 21.5 inches in girth.
Jan. 31. Richard Mims boasted his second Budweiser ShareLunker from Lake Casa Blanca in three days. Mims became the first person in the history of the ShareLunker program to land two fish bigger than 13 pounds so close together. His new lake record fish weighed 14.64 pounds and measured 26 inches long and 22 inches in girth.
Feb. 19. Jason Reyes of Humble landed a 15.1-pound largemouth bass while fishing in Quantum Lake, a private lake north of Houston. The fish was 25.75 inches long with a girth of 22.25 inches.
Feb. 20. Leroy Crawley, Sr., of Forsyth, Missouri, caught ShareLunker number five from Lake Fork. The 13.11-pound fish measured 24.25 inches long and 22.75 inches in girth.
Feb. 21. Alvin Helms of Wills Point landed a 13.02-pound lunker from Lake Fork. The fish was 24.5 inches long and 21.5 inches in girth.
March 2. Ross Allcorn of Burleson became the latest angler to prove that March is big bass month on Lake Fork when he caught Budweiser ShareLunker seven. Allcorn was fishing on the edge of a creek channel in eight feet of water with a 3/8-oz. black/blue Realistic jig when a 13.41-bass measuring 25.75 inches long and 20.75 inches around took the bait.
March 16. Budweiser ShareLunkers number eight and nine were caught the same day. Jeff Bassinger of Alvarado caught number eight from Lake Fork. Toby McDonald of Porter landed number nine from Lake Conroe.
Bassinger's Lake Fork lunker weighed 13.125 pounds and was 25.5 inches long and 21.5 inches in girth. It was the fifth entry from Lake Fork this season. McDonald's 13.2-pound Lake Conroe fish was 24.75 inches long and 21 inches around.
March 22. Tony Hill of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, tied last year's tally of 10 ShareLunkers when he landed a 13.08-pound largemouth bass on Lake Fork. The lunker measures 25 inches long and 21.5 inches in girth.
March 29. A 13.63-pound Toledo Bend largemouth bass caught by John Martin of Buna, became Budweiser ShareLunker eleven. The fish is the second ShareLunker to come from the reservoir on the Texas-Louisiana border. It measured 24 inches long and 21.25 inches in girth.
April 2. Bruce Butler of Canyon brought in ShareLunker 12 from Lake Alan Henry near Lubbock. It was 25 inches long and 22 inches in girth and weighed 14.8 pounds. Butler caught the fish in three feet of water on a jig. This was the fourth ShareLunker to come from Lake Alan Henry and the first since 2002.
April 3. Lake Fork contributed 13, a 13.19-pound fish caught by Jeffrey Erpelding of Plainview. It was 25.5 inches long and 21 inches in girth. The fish hit a Wiggle Wort in three to four feet of water in Little Caney Creek. More than 200 Budweiser ShareLunkers have come from Lake Fork.
April 8. Lake Fork produced ShareLunker 14, but the fish wasn't caught from the lake. On Nov. 23, 2002 Roy Greer of Alba caught a 14.17-pound fish from Lake Fork and entered it into the Budweiser ShareLunker program. The fish was injected with a passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag when it arrived at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. Greer later released the fish into a private lake in Wood County.
On April 8 Greer caught a 13.43-pound lunker from the private lake and entered it into the ShareLunker program. When the fish was scanned, the PIT tag identified it as the fish Greer had originally caught in 2002.
April 13. T. J. Taylor of Lubbock caught Budweiser ShareLunker 15 from Lake Alan Henry. His personal scale showed the 13.85-pound bass to weigh 13.3 pounds.
That got Taylor thinking. "I've released three fish this year that my scales showed weighed 12.9 pounds," he said. "Since Jan. 1, I've caught 22 fish over 10 pounds."
If those three 12.9-pound fish did weigh more than 13 pounds, Taylor failed to set the hook on the chance to be the first person to catch four ShareLunkers in the same year.
Anglers who caught ShareLunkers will be invited to attend an invitation-only banquet in their honor at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center on May 29. Each will receive ShareLunker clothing and a fiberglass replica of their fish prepared by Lake Fork Taxidermy.
Jason Reyes of Humble will receive Angler of the Year honors and a lifetime fishing license for catching the largest fish entered into the program by a Texas resident.
Information on the ShareLunker program, including pictures of anglers with their fish, can be found at (http://tpwd.texas.gov/fish/infish/hatchery/tffc/sharelunker.htm).
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Director Stephen Bound said: "The Malvern Hills are a great place to walk, with or without a dog. However, what many dog owners don't realise is that even the gentlest family pet may attack sheep given the opportunity.
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Obama's implication is clear: disagree with him, and you are fine with what happened in Sandy Hook.
That's a vile, despicable Maury Povich tactic. It's daytime talk show material, not honest political discussion about how to solve the problem of murder by guns in the United States. Not one of the solutions Obama proposes would have stopped what happened in Sandy Hook. Adam Lanza would have passed a background check. Lanza was armed with two handguns, not just an AR-15. Limiting the number of rounds per magazine accomplishes nothing, since it takes less than three seconds for a relative amateur to change magazines.


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MARTYN Underhill is to hold a public meeting in Boscombe for residents to raise policing and crime issues.
The session is intended to give people from all over Bournemouth the chance to put their concerns directly to the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Issues expected to be raised at the meeting include calls to 101, anti-social behaviour, shoplifting, criminal damage and substance abuse.
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I have a checkbox with value "tipo". I would like to check if it's checked or not. This is the script, which is not working:
$(function() {
if($('input[value=tipo]').is(':checked]')) {
Where is the error?
The script will check only once, when the page is loaded. Is that what you're after?
Also, on the attribute equals selector documentation page, you'll see that the value is contained within double quotes. That might have something to do with the problem you're facing.
No, I want to check it constantly.
I've always used it without quotes, I thought it was correct this way...
Then you will want to attach a click event to the checkbox. Something like this should do the trick:
$(function() {
$(':checkbox[value="tipo"]').click(function () {
if ($(this).is(':checked')) {
Not officially, no.
The attribute selector page says:
Attribute values in selector expressions must be surrounded by quotation marks.
And yes, the bold piece is straight from their page too.
This worked, thank you
You know how this selects the checkbox with a value of tipo?
What change do you think you would need to make to it?
Dumb question, that's why I've deleted it immediately.
My questions actually meant how i could go through all the checkboxes and do different things based on the name of the checkbox. I've done it like this:
$(function() {
$(':checkbox').click(function() {
if ($(this).is(':checked')) {
var colonna = $(this).attr("value");
} else {
var colonna = $(this).attr("value");
A question that came up to my mind right now: is there an event that I can use to see if a checkbox is checked or unchecked by another javascript file and not by a user?
What sort of things would you want to do?
Here's a way to condense the code you had up there. Whether the code is easier to understand though, is doubtful.
$(function() {
$(':checkbox').click(function() {
var colonna = this.value,
action = ($(this).is(':checked')) ? 'show' : 'hide';
$('#' + colonna + ', .' + colonna)[action]();
This is easier to understand than my previous code though:
$(function() {
function triggerAction(name, action) {
$('#' + name + ', .' + name)[action]();
$(':checkbox').click(function() {
($(this).is(':checked')) ? 'show' : 'hide'
Thanks for the suggestions, although I must say that I find the first version of the code easier to understand
Do you have an answer for my last question too?
The elements' click event will trigger no matter where the change is coming from.
I must have a problem with my scripts though. I have a script that checks or unchecks all the checkboxes (after clicking on a link) and another script that shows the correspondent column if the checkbox is checked, or hides it otherwise.
If I uncheck a checbox manually, the column is hidden. If I make the script check all the checkboxes (clicking on the link), all the checkboxes become checked but the one I had unchecked previously remains hidden, even if it's now checked.
I don't know if I've made my point clear here thanks for all your help, by the way
Perhaps not, and perhaps I wasn't being clear enough in my response.
What I was meaning to say is that it doesn't matter where the click event comes from. A person can click on the checkbox, or a script can trigger the click event on the checkbox. Whether by user or scripted command, it is the same event that is run.
If you are directly editing the checked property of the checkbox, then that won't trigger the click event. Instead of directly editing that value, first investigate to find out if it is checked or not. If it's not in the correct state, trigger the click event on that checkbox and that should get you closer to a solution.
I don't understand what you mean with the part in bold.
You can see an example on the jQuery trigger documentation page.
Ok, now I'm not editing the property value but I'm using trigger to launch the click event, but it still isn't working.
I mean, the checkbox becomes checked but the script that should run after a click event is not executed.
I have difficulty interpreting what that means in terms of the code. Can you show it, along with how you're using the trigger event to fire off a command to run on page load the event that updates the counter?
So, at the beginning I changed the checked property like this:
$('input[type="checkbox"]').each(function() {
$(this).attr('checked', true);
Now I'm doing it as you suggested:
The code that should be run after a click event is the one I have posted before:
for which you also suggested some improvements which I still have to implement
.trigger() correctly triggers the click event on the checkboxes, but the code inside the third box is not executed.
Let me know if you need further explanations.
I have an inkling of a suspicion that one of the possible causes might be that the trigger is occurring before the click event has a chance to exist, but I'm also puzzled about just what this third box is that you refer to?
It would help if you could linked to a test page where the problem can be experienced, and the code can be examined with greater thoroughness.


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In June of 2006, I received a fellowship to sail from the Lake
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Some early cloud Wednesday, clearing to sunny spells and isolated showers. Turning fresher Thursday with scattered showers and sunny spells. Likely drier, brighter Friday, but further showers still possible.
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UK forecast for the next 5 days
Rain in the north, cloudy and humid in the south.
This Evening and Tonight:
Rain in the north of England and western Scotland will slowly move further north and east. Some heavy bursts are likely in the Highlands. Further south, it will be mostly cloudy and humid with widespread hill and coastal fog.
Rain across Scotland will fizzle out, before more heavy rain spreads into Northern Ireland and then western Scotland. Further south will be brighter and significantly warmer with a few showers.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Wednesday and Thursday will be fresher but mainly dry in England and Wales. Showers are likely further north. Friday's showers will be heavier across northern England and Wales.
Updated at: 1602 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
Outlook for the UK over the next 6-30 days
UK Outlook for Saturday 26 Aug 2017 to Monday 4 Sep 2017:
Saturday is likely to be dry for most of us and warm in the east. One or two showers remain possible. Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday will probably become changeable again, with heavy showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the north and west. However, parts of the southeast may stay mainly dry with some sunny spells. It will be windy at times, especially in the north, with a risk of gales here. Into the following week, there remains a lot of uncertainty, although we may continue to see spells of wet and windy weather, particularly in the northwest, with drier spells, mainly in the south. Temperatures will probably be near normal, though perhaps rather warm at times in the south.
Updated at: 1300 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
UK Outlook for Tuesday 5 Sep 2017 to Tuesday 19 Sep 2017:
During this period, we are most likely to see changeable weather conditions featuring across the United Kingdom. However, there will be some dry and fine weather at times too. On balance spells of rain and strong winds are likely to dominate in the north and west, with drier and brighter weather more common in the south and east. Temperatures will probably remain close to normal for the time of year in most parts, though they may become warm or very warm at times in the south.
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Eyebeam fellow Nova Jiang, along with artist Jacob Tonski, recently hosted the first in a series of workshop events intended to motivate (and expedite) the creative process, condensing the period of creation that would under most circumstances span a few months into just 10 hours. By distilling the creative process into a mechanized effort, the Creatomatic tries to demystify the process through which innovative ideas occur, and to some degree disassemble the myth of the creative artist, while simultaneously affirming the human capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and generate meaning from seemingly unrelated signs.
The workshops use customized software to randomly juxtapose drawings of two everyday objects. Participants were then challenged with the task of combining them in novel ways. In the initial phase of the workshop, the group brainstormed potential inventions together. Later, each participant was instructed to individually come up with as many ideas as possible under a variety of conditions. The Creatomatic methodology's chief function is to aid workshop participants in overcoming self-censorship. By requiring them to think within a particular framework—in this case, randomized dualities— participants were able to get creative quickly. The first 5 hours of the workshop were spent conceptualizing ideas -- both in the presence of artistic stimuli like pictures and music— and without them. The artists also led an animated discussion on the use of chance to forge new connections between previously unrelated ideas. Our discussion ranged from art historical examples such as Surrealist games to the cut-up technique and finally to our own techniques for generating new ideas. During the second 5-hour workshop, these ideas were put into the fabrication phase. 10 hours later, the proof was in the prototypes.
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Pull out your biggest hat and get ready to gamble, because this weekend is the 138th annual Kentucky Derby. And while most people associate the "Run For the Roses" with a day filled with mint juleps and Southern style, it's actually a great occasion to throw a party for adults and kids alike. Kids will love the idea of joining their parents to watch an old-fashioned horse race!
Deanna from Kentucky-based Mirabelle Creations created this beautiful Derby party celebrating the first leg of the Triple Crown. She designed red, pale blue, and chocolate brown printables (all downloadable for free!) featuring a modern rose graphic (a nod to the blanket of 554 red roses awarded to the winner of the race each year), horseshoes, and silhouettes of the state of Kentucky. Add in some big hats, a few Southern-style sweets, some hobby horses for the kids to play around with, and a big-screen TV for the actual race and you'll have yourself one great Derby afternoon! Check out all of the details!
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Isometric exercise: Exercise involving muscular contractions without movement of the involved parts of the body. Isometric exercise is one method of muscular exercise. In contrast, isotonic exercise occurs when a contracting muscle shortens against a constant load, as when lifting a weight.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli government representatives tried to shut down the investigation into the death in custody of Ben Zygier, the Australian suspected of spying for Mossad, arguing there was no indication of a criminal action or negligence in the matter.
But his family - once they were allowed to view the evidence - successfully fought for the investigation to continue, a report from the judge who led the inquiry into his death reveals.
''The state concluded its arguments in the deliberation on [September 13, 2011], even before the family was permitted to peruse the evidentiary material and then claimed … the case must be closed after it was not learned from the investigation that the death of the deceased was brought about by means of a criminal action,'' Judge Daphna Blatman-Kedrai's report reads.
After viewing the evidence, the family submitted ''a factual argument and a conclusion according to which the investigation uncovered a series of failures that point to having caused death by negligence''.
The judge handed down her report in secret on December 19 last year, in which she found ''there is alleged evidence that failures on the part of various elements of the Prison Service caused his death''. Her report was only partially released on Tuesday in response to a media application to the Supreme Court to further lift the gag order on the details of Mr Zygier's arrest, detention and death.
Seeking to put an end to speculation that Mr Zygier had been arrested for passing on information to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the office of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied Mr Zygier had had any contact ''with the Australian security agencies''.
Some media reports have suggested that 34-year-old Mr Zygier was arrested by Israeli security services for giving intelligence to ASIO officials about Mossad's practice of using Australian passports to spy in countries hostile to Israel.
It is the first time the Israeli government has mentioned Mr Zygier by name since the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program identified him as ''Prisoner X'' in a report last week.
Fairfax Media revealed Mr Zygier, who had migrated to Israel in 2000 and travelled back to Australia to change his name and passport at least three times, was under ASIO surveillance at the time of his arrest in February 2010 and was suspected of spying for Mossad.
The report into his death found he took a sheet from his bed and went to the shower, where he believed he would be out of the gaze of guards. It was here he was found hanged at 8.19pm on December 15, 2010 - the bed sheet attached to the cell's window.
''The duties placed on the [Israel Prison Service] in connection to the deceased were particularly complex given the cloak of secrecy, gaps in information and compartmentalisation,'' Judge Blatman-Kedrai wrote.
''Nevertheless, orders to prevent suicide were given and the elements entrusted with guarding the prisoner were aware of them. These orders were not upheld and a 'window of opportunity' was used by the deceased to commit suicide.''
Some senior ministers, such as the Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, have publicly criticised the decision to withhold information about Mr Zygier's case from the Knesset foreign affairs and defence committee.
The State Attorney's office is looking into allegations of negligence on behalf of the Prison Service, while a subcommittee of the Knesset is conducting an inquiry. The Australian government is also conducting its own inquiry into the death.


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A GROUP of youngsters are celebrating after cheering their way to two competition successes.
Cheer Valley cheerleaders celebrated after their youth and senior teams won in the Northern Classics Cheerleading competition.
Their junior team came third.
The competition took place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Saturday and featured 30 teams from across the UK.
Coach Sarah Holden said: "We are very proud and the girls have worked really hard."
"The girls all thought it was fantastic and had a really good time.
"A lot of them were new to it but they enjoyed it and are now hooked."
"I think they are looking forward to taking part in the next competition in Blackpool in November. A lot of parents came out to support us as well and were really proud of the children.
"There have been videos popping up all over Facebook. It was like one big family day out."
Sarah has run Cheer Valley for six years and been coaching cheerleading for 12 years.
The cheerleaders range in age from six to 20 years, and train at Darwen Vale High School in Blackburn Road on Thursday nights.
Sarah said anyone was welcome to come down as long as they had spaces available in the age groups.
In the coming weeks, Sarah will be going on maternity leave, and two younger coaches will take over the group in her absence.
The club aims to take part in at least two competitions every year.
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RCVS Council is inviting comments on new proposals for bringing the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 up to date. In 2005, following earlier consultations, Council called for extensive changes in the arrangements for regulating veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses.
Last year, however, the Government made clear that it had no plans to bring forward amending legislation for the time being.
Council has now considered recommendations for more limited changes in the Act.
The report of the Veterinary Legislation Group advises focusing on three priority areas:
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- the composition of the Preliminary Investigation and Disciplinary Committees; and,
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Council would welcome comments on the recommendations from veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses, interested bodies and the public.
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Difference between Singleton Pattern vs Static Class in Java
19 comments :
- Anand Pritam said...
I Disagree with following :
2) One more difference between Singleton and static is, ability to override. Since static methods in Java cannot be overridden, they leads to inflexibility. On the other hand, you can override methods defined in Singleton class by extending it.
Here the author say you can override methods defined in Singleton.Isn't it breaking Singleton.
- March 11, 2013 at 10:48 PM
- SARAL SAXENA said...
Hi Javin Gr8 article , I want to add two things...
1) Singleton class can be extended. Polymorphism can save a lot of repetition.
2) A Singleton class can implement an interface, which can come in handy when you want to separate implementation from API.
3)Singleton can be extended. Static not.
4)Singleton creation may not be threadsafe if it isn't implemented properly. Static not.
5)Singleton can be passed around as an object. Static not.
6)Singleton can be garbage collected. Static not.
7)Singleton object stores in Heap but, static object stores in stack
8)We can clone the object of Singleton but, we can not clone the static class object
9)Singleton class follow the OOP(object oriented principles) but not static class
10)Another advantage of a singleton is that it can easily be serialized, which may be necessary if you need to save its state to disc, or send it somewhere remotely.
The big difference between a singleton and a bunch of static methods is that singletons can implement interfaces (or derive from useful base classes, although that's less common IME), so you can pass around the singleton as if it were "just another" implementation.
- March 12, 2013 at 8:50 AM
- Javin @ Must Override Eclipse Error said...
@Saral, Good points. On same note, Static class are good for utility classes, which doesn't maintain state and not required to be extended.
- March 13, 2013 at 4:09 AM
- Octavian Nita said...
I would agree with Anand in that most definitions consider extending a Singleton as breaking the definition... Likewise for cloning and serialization...
Also, since one can use/pass around between threads the Singleton instance, any mutable state it might have makes the object susceptible to race conditions as well...
The fact that "a Singleton follows the OOP principles" is utterly irrelevant since in order to really implement the pattern we have to renounce most of the OOP principles and flexibility anyway...
Moreover, having static classes/methods means less parameters to a method that needs this (static or singleton) functionality, eventually less injection, etc. so basically reduced "interfaces" which is normally good. However, this "lack of dependencies" might tend to hide things, introduce magic behavior and inflexible design. Hence, we get to the only situation and strong point (that Saral made and) that could favor a Singleton: implementing an interface and being passed around as just one of the possible implementations...
- March 16, 2013 at 7:15 AM
- José Cruz said...
I cant understand the discussion. Singleton it is a design pattern with a specific purpose, having just on single instance of a class. You can achieve that with different forms in Java: Enumerator and static classes. Within these forms you can use: Lazy Initialization, Eager Initialization, static block Initialization and the Enum way.
So, its not a question of difference, but when to use one or another or both.
- March 16, 2013 at 3:25 PM
- Javin @ how classloader works said...
@Jose Cruz, Thanks for your comment, yes ultimately it comes down to, when to use Singleton and Static class. There are situations like implementing Interface, being part of a type hierarchy where Singleton fits better than static classes, but if you just have some utility methods, wrapping them in static class is better.
- March 18, 2013 at 6:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
I can think of a situation when many classloaders are around and we wish to make a class singleton, in that case having a static class will not solve the problem as the class may have been loaded by number of classloaders, this happen all the time in web application servers. To protect this behaviour, classloader safe implementation of Singleton class is a must. Just think about a STATIC ConnectionPool object in a web server, if each of the application using its own classloader may potentially create its own connection pool object!!
- April 4, 2013 at 1:04 AM
- Avtar said...
Hello Javin, What is difference between Singleton and Factory pattern? Doesn't Singleton is a kind of factory e.g. getInstance() method returns an instance of Singleton rather than client creating instance using new() operator? doesn't this is similar to Factory method pattern? I would say Singleton is a combination of Factory method + job to keep Singleton as Singleton
- April 29, 2013 at 11:29 PM
- Vaishak said...
How can you extend a singleton class having a private constructor? There is no question of overriding the methods in a Singleton class because INHERITED instance methods can only be overridden. Nevertheless, a singleton class may override methods inherited from some other class.
- June 16, 2013 at 12:58 AM
- Aditya Shanbhag said...
Nice articles.. But In Difference between Singleton vs Static in Java
2nd Point..
How can a class extend Singleton class...if its constructor is private...
Please correct it..
- July 12, 2013 at 5:05 AM
- Raistlic said...
Hi Javin, I disagree with a few points here:
1 - If something maintains states, then making it a singleton is just as bad as maintaining states in static environment. You will face the same complexity if it is accessed in a multi-thread environment.
and when being stateless (or immutable) :
2 - Singleton can be lazy-instantiated: most of the time, this is a 'fake pro', because for most of the singleton classes, the first time you refer to its class name is to call its (static) getInstance() method, which means, most of the time it is instantiated when its class is loaded, which makes whatever 'lazy-instantiation' technic you use inside the getInstance() method pointless.
3 - 2 is true unless the class provides other services via other static methods(in which case you got other reasons to refer to its class name than calling getInstance() method) : but would you do that? most likely no, because why provide half the services via the singleton instance, while the other half via static methods?
4 - Singleton can be overridden: By definition, singleton is one type of 'instantiation control' (it is the one that maintains only one instance), otherwise you cannot enforce it be a singleton, and (other than using enum), the way to achieve instantiation control is to hide its constructor, which means, making its constructor private, ---- which means, you cannot extend the class outside the class itself (you can extend it in its own static member class). Which means, if you want to alter its internal implementation, -- you will need to modify the class itself. If you can modify the class, -- you can just modify the behaviour of a static method as well, the only promise you published when using a static method is its signature.
There is one thing I agree with: singleton is an object, an object is better/more flexible than a static method.
So what exactly makes an object more powerful than static methods? -- It can be passed around.
If you hard code the logic of getting a singleton instance EVERYWHERE in your business logic: Singleton.getInstance().somethod(...), then it is JUST AS EVIL AS XXXUtility.somemethod(...).
The right way of using singleton, I believe, is that you define the services a singleton provides as an interface, and use the interface in your business logic classes; then you define your singleton as to implement the interface, call Singleton.getInstance() in one place, and provide the instance to your business logic objects where it's needed.
In short, you gain the power of an object by DECOUPLE ITS INSTANTIATION LOGIC AND YOUR BUSINESS LOGIC, and this is one main reason frameworks such as Spring exist for. Otherwise it makes no difference whether you use a singleton pattern or use static methods, -- they are just equally bad.
- November 6, 2013 at 3:26 PM
- Vivek Vermani said...
More differences -
Serialization - Static members belong to the class and hence can't be serialized.
b. Though we have made the constructor private, static member variables still will be carried to subclass.
c. We can't do lazy initialization as everything will be loaded upon class loading only.
- November 25, 2013 at 11:42 AM
- Saurabh Gupta said...
I believe that this is not about the static class but class with static method , sometime it's make me confused.
please let me know if i am incorrect.
- July 5, 2014 at 12:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
The "pros" mentioned here I have never encountered in my 10 years of programming. Contrived
- August 3, 2014 at 7:30 AM
- Igor Ganapolsky said...
An important point to note is about garbage collection. If you want to keep memory low and efficient, a singleton can be garbage collected - as it is an object. But a static class or static method can lead to unnecessary memory usage and even memory leaks.
- September 18, 2014 at 12:19 PM
- CoolMagma said...
warning Static Class IS NOT a class having all static methods
- August 11, 2015 at 6:33 AM
- Javin Paul said...
@CoolMagma, could you please elaborate your statement, I think for all practical purpose in Java, a class is said static (not formally but popularly) if it only contains static utility methods.
- August 15, 2015 at 8:45 AM
- VISHWAS TYAGI said...
How can you extend Singleton class as it has private constructor
- August 4, 2016 at 10:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Point number 5 in java 8 functions can be passed as parameter
- July 28, 2017 at 9:06 PM


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