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As a Java programmer, knowing the performance characteristics of different Java environments running on different operating systems is crucial. Having this information at hand can prepare you for potential bottlenecks, and it can save you from building bottlenecks into your apps accidentally. This article tests six different Java environments -- some with a just-in-time (JIT) compiler, some without -- running on four OSs and provides valuable benchmarks that can help you out with your Java development efforts.
The testing process
To understand performance characteristics and therefore where to expect bottlenecks, I ran benchmark tests on the following typical Java language constructs: method call, try/catch set-up, object creation, array creation, and array accessing. I didn't run tests of network I/O, disk I/O, or AWT performance -- the focus was purely on Java language performance. The tests were designed to avoid paging to disk.
Most of the tests required no garbage collection, so general system performance cannot be inferred by simply adding the results from the various tests together. I ran no general computation tests like "Tower of Hanoi" or "Sieve of Erastothenes." I omitted general computational tests because they're dedicated to showing relative speeds on differing platforms, and rarely show where bottlenecks are.
Target systems and environments
The benchmark tests I ran for this article were performed on a range of hardware systems and Java environments. The Java environments were:
Description | JIT |
Netscape Navigator 4.05 for Windows NT/95 | Symantec Java! ByteCode Compiler Version 210.065 |
Netscape Navigator 4.05 for Power Macintosh | Yes |
Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT/95 | Yes |
Symantec Visual Cafe PDE 2.1a for Windows NT/95 JDK 1.1.4 | Symantec Java! ByteCode Compiler Version i300.009 |
Netscape Navigator 4.05 for SPARC | No |
Netscape Navigator 4.05 for Linux | No |
The hardware/OS platforms were:
OS | CPU (MegaHertz = MHz) | RAM (megabytes = MB) |
Windows NT SP3 | Pentium Pro 200 MHz | 128 MB |
Macintosh 7.6.1 | PowerPC 604e 180 MHz | |
Solaris 2.5.1 | UltraSPARC-1 167 MHz | 128 MB |
Red Hat Linux 5.1 | Pentium-II 266 MHz | 128 MB |
Windows NT | Dual Pentium Pro 180 MHz | 32 MB |
To compare the various systems, I converted the time it took to perform the various operations into clock cycles. Why? This conversion makes it possible to compare machines running CPUs at different speeds. In general, comparing different CPUs to each other in such a crude way can be dangerous, because the amount of work that can be done in a single clock cycle can vary a lot from CPU to CPU. The 80486, for example, averages about 2 clock cycles per instruction, while the Pentium executes closer to 1. Fortunately, the PowerPC 604e, UltraSPARC, Pentium Pro, and Pentium-II are roughly comparable. While cache behavior could be different between the various systems, this seems not to affect the performance much. All the tests ran without paging to disk.
Special resources
For information relating to the benchmark testing, I've provided the following links:
An HTML page with an applet that runs the tests
The source code for the applet
The source code for the C/C++
- An Excel 95 spreadsheet with all the data
Method calls
The ability to write and call methods (or functions) is a critical tool for building and maintaining large systems. Methods allow programs to be broken into smaller, more easily handled chunks. However, if method calls slow down a running program, programmers will design systems with bigger parts and fewer method calls.
Object-oriented programming increases the number of method calls when compared to equivalent procedural programs because it encourages more data encapsulation (among other things). Compare these two lines of code and notice the extra method call in the line showing encapsulation:
Without encapsulation: | int x = someObject.x; |
With encapsulation: | int x = someObject.getX(); |
Encapsulation increases the number of method calls in a program, so it is essential that those method calls execute quickly. If method calls don't execute quickly, programmers often attempt to speed up their programs by avoiding encapsulating the data in their programs. Examples of this lack of encapsulation can be seen in some of the standard Java classes. The class java.awt.Dimension
, for example, is written with both of its data members public. A better design would have hidden the data members by making them private and providing public accessor methods:
private int height; private int width; public int getHeight() { return height; } public int getWidth() { return width; }
Because the early Java environments shipped without JIT compilers, method calls were much slower than current Java environments. The encapsulation shown above may have been unacceptably slow to run in those early environments, with the result that the data is public.
Fortunately, today's JIT-enabled Java environments perform method calls much faster than earlier non-JIT-enabled environments. There is less of a need to make speed-versus-encapsulation tradeoffs in these environments. With the best JIT, static methods returning nothing and taking no arguments execute in 2 clock cycles. Non-static method calls returning integer quantities execute in 7 clock cycles. Non-static method calls returning floating-point numbers execute in 8 clock cycles.
By making these accessor methods final
, you can expect to reduce these times by one clock cycle. When running in a Java environment without a JIT, method calls take anywhere between 280 and 500 clock cycles. A good JIT can speed up method calls by a factor of more than 100 -- so in target environments with a good JIT, you can have both encapsulation and speed. In environments without a JIT or with a poor JIT, programmers must decide on a case-by-case basis whether speed or encapsulation is more important. A good JIT can make this decision unnecessary.
The graph below shows the effect adding parameters has on the time a method call takes under various JIT-enabled Java runtimes. While the time a method call takes to execute varies considerably from one runtime to another, adding parameters to a method call frequently increases the time required to execute the method call. Often, adding one parameter does not increase the time required to execute a method call. Only rarely does adding a parameter speed up a method call. Also note that, regardless of the number of parameters, there is some general overhead in setting up a method call. Once a decision has been made to call a method, adding a few parameters will have little impact on the time it takes to make the call.
Notice that the JIT for Netscape Navigator on the Macintosh runs 25 percent as fast as the JITs on Windows. I have no numbers for JIT-enabled runtimes on Solaris. If you expect to support Macintosh and Windows clients, be sure to do your performance benchmarking on Macintoshes as well as on Windows clients.
Several popular environments do not yet come with a JIT. The graph below shows the effects of adding parameters to the time a method call takes under two non-JIT-enabled Java runtimes. You'll see that the cost of adding parameters is still mostly monotonic but that the general overhead of setting up a function call is very high.
Both Linux and Solaris have Java environments with JITs, but not under Navigator. I did not have access to these environments and have no data for them.
Finally, this graph compares the best Java time with C/C++.
Java seems to be only about 1 clock cycle slower than C++.
If you expect to run with a reasonable JIT, method calls are no more expensive in Java than they are in C or C++. If you expect to run on a system without a JIT or without a very good one, this is something you'll have to pay attention to in the speed-critical portions of your application.
Object creation
Modern microprocessors run at speeds of up to 600 MHz. Unfortunately, modern DRAM runs considerably slower. In burst mode, a modern SDRAM runs at about 100 MHz. If programs accessed memory in a truly random fashion, CPUs would spend most of their time waiting for DRAM. Fortunately, programs don't access memory in a random fashion. If a memory location has been accessed recently, it is quite likely to be accessed again soon. This property is called locality of reference.
Unfortunately, the locality of reference for Java programs can be worse than it is in equivalent C or C++ programs. This is due to object creation. Object creation in a Java program is fundamentally different than that in an equivalent C or C++ program. Many of the small temporary objects that C or C++ would create on the stack are created on the heap in Java.
In C and C++, when these objects are discarded at the end of a method call, the space is available for more temporary objects, and the stack area is almost always in the on-board Level 1 cache.
In Java, the objects are discarded, but the space typically is not reclaimed until the next garbage collection -- which usually doesn't happen until the heap memory is exhausted. The space for the next temporary object in a Java program always comes off the heap. The space for the new temporary object is rarely in a cache, and so the initial use of the temporary object should run slower than the initial use of a temporary object in a C or C++ program.
With the current Java runtimes, performance is also affected because creating a new object is roughly as costly as a malloc
in C or a new
operation in C++. Creating a new object in any of these ways takes hundreds or even thousands of clock cycles. In C and C++, creating an object on the stack takes about 20 clock cycles. C and C++ programs create many temporary objects on the stack, but Java programs don't have this option.
The graph below shows the cost of creating objects of various sizes under different JIT-enabled Java runtimes. The fastest time is 1.2 microseconds running under Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0 on a 200-MHz Pentium Pro. The time would likely be cut to about 0.6 microseconds on a 400-MHz Pentium-II.
Netscape Navigator on Macintosh, IE on Windows NT, and Symantec on Windows NT all show reasonable profiles: the time required to create an object increases as the object size increases.
Navigator on Windows, however, shows very different behavior. The time it takes to create objects of different sizes cycles up and down. Objects containing 4 integers ("ints") and objects containing 12 ints are created fastest. A similar profile appears under Navigator for Solaris as well. I have no explanation for this profile, but there is a solution. When running applets under Navigator, padding object sizes should result in a faster-running applet if object creation proves to be a performance bottleneck.
The graph below shows object-creation times for objects of different sizes when running under non-JIT-enabled systems.
One important thing to notice is that a JIT does not speed up object creation time nearly as much as it speeds up method calls. The bottlenecks for the same program running under a JIT-enabled environment and running under a non-JIT-enabled environment might well be different -- if only subtly -- because of this. While profiling a Java application, you should bear in mind whether or not the profiler has performance characteristics similar to the expected runtime environment or environments.
Finally, the following graph shows the Java object-creation time in the best environment, compared to C/C++ object creation on the stack. The speed difference is about 10 to 12 times. Certain shortcuts can speed up C/C++ object creation on the stack slightly more than these already-fast times, but the shortcuts can reduce the maintainability of the C/C++ code. Java doesn't give you the option of taking these shortcuts.
In all Java runtime environments, object creation can become a performance bottleneck. Here JITs don't help very much! Object creation is something you must pay attention to for all Java programs. This doesn't mean you should avoid object creation at all cost -- simply be aware of where you are creating lots of objects, and watch for bottlenecks there.
Correct, nontrivial, multithreaded environments require some degree of synchronization. The chart below shows the times required for various monitor operations in clock cycles.
System | Object synch w/o monitor | Object synch w/ monitor | Class synch w/o monitor | Class synch w/ monitor |
Navigator 4 under Windows NT | 589 | 259 | 571 | 289 |
Navigator 4 under MacOS | 1209 | 1116 | 1195 | 1193 |
Internet Explorer 4 under Windows NT | 39 | 41 | 255 | 236 |
Symantec with JIT under Windows NT | 92 | 36 | 88 | 32 |
Navigator 4 under Solaris | 371 | 258 | 465 | 352 |
Navigator 4 under Linux | 488 | 417 | 519 | 429 |
Several things are worth noting:
First, synchronizing on an already-acquired monitor is usually, but not always, cheaper than acquiring and releasing the monitor.
Second, the time required for the same operation when executed by different Java runtimes can vary by a ratio of almost 40 to 1! The bottlenecks on various systems may well be different if there is a significant amount of synchronization. Profiling for performance bottlenecks should, if at all possible, be achieved on a runtime similar to the target runtime.
Third, on some systems the cost of synchronizing a class is significantly higher than the cost of synchronizing an object. This suggests using a single global object instead of static class methods.
Fourth, the overhead of synchronization makes the cost of calling a synchronized method significantly more expensive than calling a nonsynchronized method. This can make synchronization prohibitive for accessor functions. A nonsynchronized accessor that takes 7 to 10 clock cycles could take 500 clock cycles if it is synchronized. This does not suggest writing thread-unsafe code, but does suggest that designing the program to require little or no synchronization might be a good strategy for speed-critical portions of the program.
With a good Java runtime environment, synchronizing is more expensive than method calls but much less expensive than object creation. In this case, the only thing to worry about is synchronization operations in tight inner loops. When running in a poor Java runtime, synchronization can become more of a bottleneck in general.
Exception overhead
Since exceptions are the chosen mechanism for handling errors in Java, it makes sense to ask how expensive setting up a try/catch
block is. The answer is: 0 to 3 clock cycles on JIT-enabled systems, and 30 to 40 on non-JIT-enabled systems. The runtime cost of try/catch
blocks is close to zero. If try/catch
blocks don't appear inside speed-critical inner loops, they should have no impact on application performance.
The primary alternative to exceptions is to use status-return codes. Because using exceptions reduces the number of parameters needed in method calls, using exceptions in Java programs can actually speed up the program when compared to an equivalent program using status codes.
The cost of throwing an exception is higher than the cost of setting up a try/catch
block. Since exception handling shouldn't be done on a speed-critical path, this doesn't bother me and I haven't benchmarked it.
The use of exceptions to handle error conditions in a Java program should run the non-error case faster than using status return codes! Setting up try/catch
blocks is fast.
Arrays (updated 9/3/98)
Java, unlike C and C++, implements arrays as true objects with defined behavior, including range checking. This language difference imposes overhead on a Java application using arrays that is missing in equivalent C and C++ programs. Creating an array is object creation. Further, using an array involves the overhead of checking the array object for null and then range-checking the array index. C and C++ omit the checks for null and the range checks, and thus should run faster.
The benchmark program measures the cost of accessing array elements for various sized arrays. Unfortunately, a bug in the benchmark program reports the results for short arrays incorrectly, so only the results for the largest array size should be considered valid. (The bug also affects the other results, but only a few percentage points at most, and this is as accurate as I expect for tests as simple as these). Because I don't have easy access to the most of the systems on which the test were run, I can't rerun the tests with the bug fixed.
This table shows the cost of accessing each array element for the largest array size, which is relatively uneffected by the error.
The times in clock cycles are:
Runtime | Member variable | int[512000] |
Navigator 4 on NT | 6 | 16 |
Navigator 4 on Macintosh | 25 | 40 |
Symantec 2.1 JIT on NT | 2 | 2 |
In general, array access is 2 or 3 times as expensive as accessing non-array elements, even for large arrays when the range checking can be amortized over many accesses. Only the Symantec JIT compiler is successful in optimizing most of this overhead, and this may occur only in the case of large arrays.
Array access for non-JIT-enabled environments is about one-tenth as fast as JIT-enabled environments.
Finally, because Java doesn't have arrays of objects but only arrays of object references, the relative cost of creating a Java array of objects compared to a C or C++ array of objects goes up as the array gets longer.
Array access is slower than accessing atomic variables. If you expect to access a few elements in an array many times each, copying them to atomic variables can speed things up.
The Java programming language does not have templates. Because of this, Java collection classes -- queues, stacks, dictionaries, and so on -- typically store references to type java.lang.Object
. Before using a reference retrieved from a collection class, the reference must be converted from a reference to a java.lang.Object
into a reference to the underlying object's type. Converting a reference to a Java object from one type to another is called casting. Casting from a type at the top of an inheritance hierarchy (java.lang.Object
is at the very top) to a type further down the inheritance hierarchy is called downcasting.Casting is more necessary in Java programs than in equivalent C++ programs, and therefore the speed of casting is more important, too.
Another major use of casting is for accessing interfaces. Using interfaces in function signatures makes for more flexible program architectures, but applications using interfaces generally run slightly slower than applications using classes in function signatures.
The times for various cast operations are shown below.
System | Shallow downcast | Deep downcast | Accessing 1st interface | Accessing 18th interface |
Navigator 4 under Windows NT | 46 | 45 | 160 | 84 |
Navigator 4 under MacOS | 603 | 658 | 779 | 803 |
Internet Explorer 4 under Windows NT | 14 | 14 | 305 | 152 |
Symantec with JIT under Windows NT | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Navigator 4 under Solaris | 56 | 39 | 91 | 61 |
Navigator 4 under Linux | 79 | 75 | 230 | 111 |
Symantec has the best cast performance and has reduced the cost of casts to almost nothing. The Macintosh executes casts especially slowly. Finally, for most environments, casting an object reference to the last declared interface is faster than casting to the first declared interface. Declaring the most commonly used interface last will speed things up marginally with little or no loss of program clarity.
With a good Java runtime, casting runs very fast. If you expect to run in an environment with a good Java runtime, you can use interfaces with almost no performance penalty. You can also use collection classes with almost no performance penalty.
The results of the benchmarking tests discussed above do not lead to any grand, unifying conclusion. But it is instructive to list a number of unrelated conclusions.
Object creation time is quite a bit more expensive in Java than it is in C or C++. With a good JIT and runtime, it is 10 to 12 times as expensive; with a poor runtime, it is about 25 times as expensive. JITs improve this situation, but not nearly as much as they improve things like method-call speed. For performance in Java programming, the most important thing to pay attention to -- but not panic over -- usually is the amount of object creation. Netscape Navigator has very strange object-creation behavior on some platforms.
blocks are cheap -- a lot cheaper than I expected.Declaring the most commonly-used interface for a class last will result in a small speed increase. Symantec, which doesn't care, and Navigator under the Macintosh, which is already very slow anyway, are exceptions to this rule.
With a JIT, method calls are about as fast in Java as in C or C++.
Synchronization is several times more expensive than a method call, but still not as expensive as object creation. The cost of synchronization varies a lot between the various Java runtimes.
Array access is 2 or 3 times as expensive as member variable access. A good JIT can almost eliminate this overhead for large arrays.
- The relative speed of different activities varies a lot from platform to platform and between JIT-enabled and non-JIT-enabled systems. To find the bottlenecks in your program you must profile your application on a system with performance characteristics similar to the systems on which you expect your application to run. The bottlenecks when running on a Macintosh may differ from the bottlenecks when running on Linux.
Generating and analyzing the data in this article involved valuable effort on the part of many people. I would like to thank:
Forrest Bennett, Stanford University, who contributed conjectures for some of the odd things I found.
Greg Dougherty, Molecular Software, who helped find a Macintosh environment that would run all the tests without crashing.
Eric Enders, Netscape, who provided Solaris data.
Dara Golden, my favorite wife, who provided Windows data.
Dee and Rayna Golden, T-Square Design, who provided more Macintosh support
Eric Roulo, who contributed Windows data.
Bob Scott, Broderbund, who contributed the Linux numbers.
Bernie Su, UC San Diego, who provided Windows data.
- Sal Zaragoza, who provided Solaris data.
Learn more about this topic
- There isn't much information about HotSpot available (as of mid-July 1998), but one Web page with some data claims "Short lived object benchmark18 secs classic VM, 8 sec's on Jview, 6 secs malloc/free C, 2 secs HotSpot". If these numbers are representative, we should expect to see object creation time drop to about 3 times greater than C/C++ stack allocation, down from 10 to 12 times greater. http://java.sun.com/javaone/javaone98/keynotes/panel/bullets.htm
- An interesting theoretical paper on object creation is "Garbage collection can be faster than stack allocation" by Andrew Appel. The paper is about object creation in Lisp, not Java, but still is relevant. It provides some ammunition for the position that in theory, Java object allocation on the heap can be faster than C/C++ object creation on the stack. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/fac/appel/papers/45.ps
- A really good book on garbage collection is Garbage CollectionAlgorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management by Richard Jones and Rafael Lins. I recommend this book to all serious Java programmers. http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/staff/rej/gcbook/gcbook.html
- The article "Optimizing NET Compilers for Improved Java Performance" in the June 1997 issue of Computer compares some actual programs under various Java environments and also under C/C++. It provides a good starting point for answering the question, How fast is Java compared to C++? (as of mid-1997).
- SPEC announced its JVM98 benchmark suite August 19 (just after we published this article) http://www.spec.org/osg/jvm98/
- A "FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) About the Multimedia Benchmarking Committee (MBC)" document notes in part"SPECjava will benchmark Java performance, which means essentially benchmarking the computing platform, as well as the Java virtual machine, the browser, and perhaps the just-in-time compiler." http://www.specbench.org/gpc/Dec97/mbc.static/mbcfaq~1.html
- See JavaWorld's article "HotSpotA new breed of virtual machine" http://www.javaworld.com/jw-03-1998/jw-03-hotspot.html


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ProsReliability, gas mileage, handles great, plenty of room Consnothing
Great Performance, Fun To Drive — I like everything about this car. It is easy and fun to drive and it gets good gas mileage. This car is also very comfortable to sit in while driving. I haven't noticed any blind spots. This car has been very reliable. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
2004 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 2.7L
ProsRuns great, very comfortable, decent gas for an SUV ConsBecareful of the dealer you buy from... I have talked to other people with the same car but bougt at different dealers and they have never had a prob with their cars!
Don't Buy A Car From Millenimum! — The dealer has more excuses then anyone I know and nothing ever gets fixed! The car is very comfortable and rides great. The gas isn't great but it's not horrible. I have had many problems with the car so I have talked to other people with Hyundai. People who have bought their cars at Millenium have all had problems and people who have bought them at other dealers have never had a problem! |
2004 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS 3.5L
ProsExcellent vehicle, maintenance only, nothing breaks ConsNone noted
Very Good Car! — Really liked the look, the options, the performance and handling. All makes for a comfortable and fun drive! No repairs and usual maintenance makes it very affordable. Can handle quite a bit of cargo with folding seats and the rear cargo area. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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Good Vehicle For A Small Family! By JohnMohr
Great size for a small family. Love the look and the interior is very comfortable. The main issue is the roof rack is not very practical. This is my third Santa Fe, I just really like these vehicles ... Read More
Good Family Sport Ute. By Marlow212
Car has a nice ride, but throttle response is delayed from a stop. It is equipped with the panoramic roof and I don't like that if you tilt the roof open, when you close it, the sun shade slides all t... Read More
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The Best Suv I Ever Owned By pizzadoc
free oil changes, washes. Henderson Hyundai is the best. Service is prompt ,knowledgeable , can you believe it HONEST. every thing about this car is enjoyable, from the comfy seat to the HEATED STEERI... Read More
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Love!!!! Great On Gas. By Jmurphy77
I absolutely LOVE this vehicle. It is great on gas and is very reliable and awesome features. Hyundai has one of the best warranties and their customer service is amazing. I would recommend this the S... Read More
Sad That The One Bad Thing Outweighs All The Good. Update! By cagib
In general I love the (2012) car, but the fact that it is seriously underpowered is making me trade it in. There simply is no power!! I have the 2.4L AWD automatic transmission model and there is sim... Read More
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2011 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited Fwd By mulalleyc
We have enjoyed this car. It has been reliable with low maintenance costs and good gas mileage (averaging ~24mpg) with primarily 'in town' driving. It has good interior room for our family of 4 with a... Read More
Great Car - Inside And Out By rseiwald
I just love this car and would recommend it to anyone looking for a mid-priced crossover SUV. The warranty is great and has had no major mechanical issues. I've driven this car across the country to... Read More
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe Reviews
A Great Vehicle To Own And Drive -- Comfortable, Good Fuel Economy And No Service Related Issues By lexmed
Despite that the vehicle had one minor accident, which I checked out well prior to my purchase, this car has proven just as reliable as the three Honda Odyssey vans I have owned...would definitely buy... Read More
The All Arounder By hoppy71
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- An appearance in the Under Armour All-America Game and announcing which SEC school he'll play for on national TV will not highlight this week for John Fulton.
Spending time with his dad takes that honor.
Fulton's father, Sergeant Major John Fulton Sr., is on leave from serving the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. He arrived at the Walt Disney World Resort earlier this week to be with his son, who will play his final game as a high school player Saturday (ESPN, 11 a.m. ET).
"This is the only high school game my father will see me play in my senior year," said Fulton, who is a four-star cornerback from Manning, S.C. "It's just an honor and a blessing to play in front of my dad one more time."
The elder Fulton's position with the Army requires him to travel, but prior to this season his duties involved domestic assignments.
"It was rough because this was the first time I had ever missed any of his games," Fulton Sr. said. "I used to drive back and forth during his football games and his basketball games and then go back to where I was working at the same night. This year, it was sort of rough because I didn't get the chance to see him play at all. [Manning head coach] Robbie Briggs and my wife did send little pictures and clips and my church family sent stuff all the time."
Still, it wasn't like he could just talk to his son about the game, or school, or recruiting, or life. Communication is not easy from a war zone. But Fulton did the best he could and sometimes they'd communicate through videos.
"I tell him [in the videos] all the time that I am his No. 1 fan," he said. "There is a song out there about No. 1 fan and I tell him to keep playing it over and over. I tell him no matter what happens that I've been blessed. I love sports, but I never thought that one of my kids could do this. He's a good player, plays hard and doesn't want to lose, so I think he will do very well."
Fulton has challenged his son to be competitive at everything he does. An avid runner, he used to take the younger Fulton on long runs with him and time it. If the younger Fulton made a certain time, the run was over. If not, the run was a little bit further. It was these types of activities that allowed the son to become one of the most competitive players in the country.
"Basically, I was 4 years old and playing against 15 year olds in basketball," the younger Fulton said. "The trash talking, I actually learned from him. I was 8 years old and he was playing me as hard as he could. Basically, he hates to lose and is a competitor and put that in me."
The younger Fulton plans to enroll at the college of his choice this coming spring semester, so his father plans to ask for a week-long extension of his leave to be with him while he gets moved into school. Then the elder Fulton would head back to Afghanistan.
"It's going to be real hard because I will be starting college and if I get homesick, I won't have my dad," Fulton Jr. said. "It's going to be hard and I will have to deal with it."
For now, though, he's enjoying the time with his dad and talking about where he'll play football in the fall. He will make a verbal commitment during the game Saturday and has narrowed his choices to Alabama, South Carolina and Florida.
"I love Alabama," Fulton said. "[Tuscaloosa] is just like Manning, so if I do end up going there, I am going to have that."
Crimson Tide assistant coach Burton Burns and head coach Nick Saban had an in-home visit with Fulton shortly after Alabama defeated Florida, 32-13, in the SEC championship game and clinched a berth in the national championship game against Texas on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif. The visit went well and the Tide is considered the front runner heading into Saturday.
"They basically broke down the depth chart again," Fulton said. "They have done the depth chart like 1,000 times, but they did it again. They actually brought the book this time and talked to me about that. They told me that I could play early, but they didn't promise me anything and that's what I liked about it."
The in-state Gamecocks, his dad's favorite team, are also a factor. South Carolina has signed defensive backs Stephon Gilmore, DeVonte Holloman, Damario Jeffery and C.C. Whitlock during the last two recruiting cycles.
"I've loved South Carolina ever since I was a little boy," Fulton said. "My dad brought me up to love South Carolina."
Florida is the third finalist for Fulton.
"I love coach Vance Bedford and coach Kenny Carter from Florida," Fulton said. "Coach Bedford coached my all-time favorite player Charles Woodson when he was at Michigan. We have a great relationship."
Swagger, confidence and competitiveness are all positive traits at the cornerback position. Fulton possesses a high level of all three. He had a solid first few days of work for the Black team and hopes to prove a point this week.
"I know I am underrated, so we are going to see this week," said Fulton, who is No. 42 in the ESPNU 150 and the fourth-ranked cornerback. "That's why I came here, to go against the best of the best. It's great because I can see where I am at. People are ranked up there with me, so it's going to be just like I am in college, so we will see where I am at."
There's that competitive streak. He can thank his old man for that. And this week, he can do it in person.
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From Ashgabat to Istanbul: Oriental Rugs from Canadian Collections
Date | Oct 8, 2014 - Apr 19, 2015 |
Curated by | Natalia Nekrassova |
Exhibition Overview
This exhibition will showcase Canadian society's profound appreciation of different cultural traditions and its deep-rooted interest in faraway countries and cultures. Through the display of rugs from 30 private collections from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, and a selection of rugs from the TMC and other museums, the exhibition will explore the history of rug collecting in Canada as well as the relationship between the country's private collectors and museums.
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The history of Canadian collecting practices and cultural context of the Oriental rug production will be visualized in a beautiful display of over 70 distinctive rugs, horse and camel decorations, and tent bands and bags from Central and West Asia – regions well known for the richness of their rug weaving traditions developed by diverse cultures and peoples. With its rich cultural content, From Ashgabat to Istanbul: Oriental Rugs from Canadian Collections will be a window into their complex and ancient traditions, a meaningful access to the diverse and multifaceted Canadian heritage as well as a captivating journey and a rich learning experience for those interested in Canadian history and world cultures, for those familiar with Oriental rugs and those seeing them for the first time.
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TMC 40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES
In conjunction with the exhibition From Ashgabat to Istanbul and the launch of the TMC's 40th anniversary, we are pleased to host Oriental rug specialist Daniel Walker, the former Director of the Textile Museum in Washington and current Chair and Curator of Asian Art and Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Rare Beauty: Thoughts on Oriental Rugs
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Collecting Pattern: Exploring the Origins of Oriental Carpet Design
Thursday October 9 at 6:30 pm
General admission $45, TMC Patrons/Members $35. Tickets available online.
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Wednesday December 3 at 6:30 pm
Join TMC curator Natalia Nekrassova for an introduction to the significant rugs and weaving cultures featured in this exhibition, with insights into how Canadian social history is reflected in rug collecting practices in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Haft Paykar: A Tapestry of Tales from a Twelfth Century Persian Romance
Wednesday December 17 at 6:30 pm
Considered a masterpiece of storytelling, the Haft Paykar is an epic romantic poem that tells the story of Bahram Gur, a king of ancient Persia who marries seven princesses, building for them a palace of seven pavilions. Join storyteller Ariel Belavi, whose repertoire derives from the literary traditions of Iran, Turkey and Central Asia, who will recount the tales Bahram heard in his journey to visit each princess.
TMC Members $12, General $15, Full-time students pay-what-you-can. To purchase, call 416-599-5321 x2228.
Ali Riza Tuna: The Art of the Anatolian Kilim
Tuesday February 17 at 6:30 pm
Join us for a rare opportunity to meet Ali Rıza Tuna, independent researcher, collector and rug specialist, for a talk on the aesthetics of the traditional Anatolian kilim in relation to Western art and artists – Impressionism and Abstraction, Picasso and Matisse. This lecture is organized in partnership with the American Conference of Oriental Rugs (ACOR).
FOR Members $10, TMC Members $15, General $20, Full-time students pay-what-you-can. To purchase, call 416-599-5321 x 2228.
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Wednesday March 11 at 6:30 pm
Join Neil Brochu, Co-ordinator of Collections and Conservation for the City of Toronto, as he traces the Oriental rug trade in Toronto and profiles the personalities and businesses that defined this unique history, shaping the city's cultural landscape.
TMC Members $8, General $12, Full-time students pay-what-you-can. To purchase, call 416-599-5321 x2228.
Talking Points: Collections, Collecting and Collectors
Wednesday April 8 at 6:30 pm
Join us for a gallery walkthrough and reception with curator Natalia Nekrassova and the collectors who have contributed rugs to the exhibition. Discover the motivations that inspire rug collectors and their contributions to enhancing the public appreciation of the cultures associated with these objects.
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Yet Pickering and Mike Mullen, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, authors of this "independent" investigation, admitted they regularly briefed Clinton and her advisers on their probe, an admission made more telling when the parents of two of the Benghazi dead said they never received the information they were promised on how and why their sons died.
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But the grim reality of this "phony" scandal really hit home with the testimony of Patricia Smith and Charles Woods, which apparently threatened more revealed truth than most Democrats on the Oversight panel could handle. With the exception of ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Jackie Speier, D-Calif., 12 other Democrats on the Committee shamefully left the room and refused to listen to the testimony of Smith, mother of Sean Smith, an information management officer killed in the 9/11 Benghazi attack, or Woods, father of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, who was also killed.
Phony scandals don't produce body bags. Mrs. Smith testified how President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary Clinton, among other top administration officials, approached her at the casket ceremony when her son's body was returned to the U.S.
"Every one of them came up to me, gave me a big hug, and I asked them, 'What happened, please tell me?' And every one of them said it was the video. And we all know that it wasn't the video. Even at that time they knew it wasn't the video. So they all lied to me."
Charles Woods, who has given similar testimony, asked a question we also have asked. Noting how he was told of a conversation by Gen. Carter Ham that assets were available to use for a rescue, but that he was not allowed to deploy those assets, Woods wondered: Why not?
As we have reported, Ham, then head of U.S. Africa Command, was relieved of his post after only a year and a half on the job. According to James S. Robbins in the Washington Times, Ham got the same emails about the terrorist attack by the al-Qaida-linked Ansar al-Sharia and immediately began organizing a rescue attempt.
Ham is said to have told the Pentagon he had a rapid response team ready, but was told to stand down. Ham then reportedly said he was going to send help anyway and was promptly relieved of his command.
Perhaps we can subpoena both Ham and Hillary and get them to do some explaining under oath. But as Mrs. Clinton might say, what difference does it make now? To Patricia Smith and Charles Woods, it matters a lot.
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Sensors 2013, 13(12), 17193-17221; doi:10.3390/s131217193
Sensor Reliability Evaluation Scheme for Target Classification Using Belief Function Theory
Received: 28 October 2013 / Revised: 4 December 2013 / Accepted: 8 December 2013 / Published: 13 December 2013
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Abstract: In the target classification based on belief function theory, sensor reliability evaluation has two basic issues: reasonable dissimilarity measure among evidences, and adaptive combination of static and dynamic discounting. One solution to the two issues has been proposed here. Firstly, an improved dissimilarity measure based on dualistic exponential function has been designed. We assess the static reliability from a training set by the local decision of each sensor and the dissimilarity measure among evidences. The dynamic reliability factors are obtained from each test target using the dissimilarity measure between the output information of each sensor and the consensus. Secondly, an adaptive combination method of static and dynamic discounting has been introduced. We adopt Parzen-window to estimate the matching degree of current performance and static performance for the sensor. Through fuzzy theory, the fusion system can realize self-learning and self-adapting with the sensor performance changing. Experiments conducted on real databases demonstrate that our proposed scheme performs better in target classification under different target conditions compared with other methods.
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Hunger Untamed [1], the 5th book in the Feral Warriors series, features one of the oldest of the Ferals, Kougar. Kougar has always been the one Feral that intrigued me because he was so secretive and haunted; I just [1]knew there was a great story there. Pamela Palmer does not disappoint in revealing all that makes Kougar the Feral he is today. Kougar's mate Ariana is a fascinating character and it was great to learn more about her people the Ilinas. There is a sub story woven into the book with Wulfe and a human they saved from the Daemons in Rapture Untamed; definitely something to look forward to when Wulfe's book comes around. Fans of the Feral Warriors series have a lot to look forward to in this book. Hunger Untamed [1] is packed with almost nonstop action, sexy powerful scenes between Kougar and Ariana, and revelations about the past of the Feral Warriors and the Sacrifice. A spectacular addition to the Feral Warriors series and with the ending comes claws that hook you for the next book Ecstasy Untamed coming in November 2011.
1000 years ago Kougar lost his mate, Ariana, Queen of the Ilinas. When a powerful dark spirit attacked her people she left his side to go to them. The only thing Kougar knows is that when he felt the mating bond break, his life was over. He lived, yes, but a grieved filled existence is not really living. 21 years ago he was shocked to find out that the Ilinas weren't extinct at all. They had faked their extinction when they were infected by a dark spirit. Though Ariana lived he knew she was not the woman he loved 1000 years ago. She was filled with a darkness that would leave her beautiful sparkling blue eyes a dark soulless pit he had no desire to see. Or so he thought.
With only 10 days left to save Tighe and Hawke from the Mage's Spirit Trap, Kougar knows the only person that can help is the Queen of the Ilinas. His long lost wife. What Kougar finds in the Crystal Castle is not a soulless dark spirit, but something even more shattering. Finding out that his mate, his wife Ariana, had not only faked her death, but purposely broke their mating bond, leaving him to suffer for the last millennium…well, that makes for a very pissed off kitty.
Kougar knows something isn't right about the story Ariana is trying to feed him. Why isn't she shifting to mist? Why is she living among the humans, working in a hospital as an RN? If she isn't infected with the dark spirit, why did she choose to break their bond?
Ariana has been fighting to save her people. Attacked by a powerful Mage's poison 1000 years ago Ariana lost several of her maidens before taking the poison into herself and blocking it from the remaining Ilinas. Retreating to the sanctuary of the Crystal Realm she kept herself and her people safe for 1000 years by faking their extinction.
Now Kougar has found her and demands her help to save his friends and demanding answers she can't give him. Saving his friends would cause the death of everyone she's fought so hard to save, including Kougar himself.
Kougar and Ariana must come together to find the answer to save her people as well as Tighe and Hawke before it's too late. With only days left to save the trapped Ferals, the hardest fight they have to face is the love that they once shared; a love that has the power to destroy both the Ilinas and the Ferals if it's allowed to solidify the mating bond between them again.
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