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Design Time View Handlers
Note: this document is provisional and subject to change.
- 1 Overview
- 2 View Root Construction
- 3 Component Tree Construction
- 4 View Definition Adaptation
- 5 View Rendering Control
- 6 Calculate locale
- 7 Mapping viewId's to url's
- 8 Impact on current JSF Implementation
- 9 Key external dependencies
- 10 Meta-data Extensions to CMNode
The JSF specification allows users to configure custom view handlers for their web applications. The custom view handler can change the following aspects of an application:
- The construction and initialization of the view root.
- The construction and initialization of the component tree.
- Adaptation of the component tree to one or more view definition formats (i.e. JSP, XHTML, XML).
- Rendering of the component tree to the target (i.e. typically rendering to HTML).
- Store and retrieve view state between requests.
- Calculate locale and character encoding information for the target.
- Map viewId's to url's (action URL) that when invoked on a request, will restore the corresponding view.
The wide range of capabilities means that assumptions made by the JSF design time can be seriously invalidated by the introduction of a custom view handler. This document covers the significant design time implications of custom view handlers and outlines the requirements for a Design Time View Handler extension mechanism to allow adopters to handle them.
View Root Construction
The view is the basic addressable unit for creating and rendering responses to servlet page requests. A view consists of a tree of UIComponent objects that represent the logical structure of a JSF user interface. Each component tree is rooted at a UIViewRoot, which is a special UI component that is defined by the JSF API framework. It is the responsibility of the view handler to create, and optionally populate, the UIViewRoot upon request for a particular view. (188.8.131.52).
The createView method on the ViewHandler interface is used at runtime to delegate construction of the UIViewRoot to the view handler. The design time view handler needs a parallel method:
abstract DTUIViewRoot createView(DTFacesContext facesContext, String viewId);
Component Tree Construction
The view handler may optionally populate the component tree for a view in createView (220.127.116.11). It must also re-initialize the component tree for a view on a postback through the restoreView API interface (2.2.1). Although the component tree may be modified at any time prior to (or even during) rendering, the view handler is the primary actor in tree creation. Therefore, the design time must provide a mechanism through which the DTUIRoot can be populated with component information:
abstract populateView(DTUIViewRoot viewRoot, DTFacesContext context, String viewId)
Note a key difference between the design time and run time here. The tree creation functions of createView and restoreView are folded into this method since the request vs. postback lifecycle stages that they demark at runtime, hold no meaning at design time (since the design time is simulating and not actually emulating the application).
View Definition Adaptation
The view handler, as part of its responsibility to create and restore view, normally acts as the adapter to view definition formats. It may do this in one of several ways. In the default case, JSF uses the servlet container's resource handling mechanism to build (and render) its component tree using the RequestDispatcher.forward method. The most common configuration of JSF forward requests to the JSP dispatch handler and uses JSP tags as the view definition format.
Custom view handlers may choose to also dispatch view construction and rendering and rely on the web application to be configured correctly to handle the supported definition format. Or (as in the case of Facelets) the view handler may choose to define its own definition format. Several design time issues arise as a result.
The design time view handler must provide support for the editing of its view definition format. This in itself raises several issues since the two most common view handlers (JSP and Facelets) use meta-data formats which are not specific to JSF (JSP and XHTML respectively). Therefore, in many cases the design time view handler need only provide an adaptation between the UI definition artifacts in the meta-data (typically these are XML tags) and the UIComponent tree will be built from them at runtime.
The design time view handler can be queried for the meta-data definition types it supports via a metadata factory:
JSFViewMetadataAdapterFactory getViewMetadataAdapter(DTFacesContext context)
The JSFViewDefinitionAdapterFactory can be provided view ids in the current project's DTFacesContext and can return a JSFViewDefinitionAdapter for that view:
JSFViewDefinitionAdapter createJSFViewDefinitionAdapter(DTFacesContext context, String viewId)
JSF View Definition Adapter
Because the view meta-data is generally the artifact that the end user wants to use to construct their UI (i.e. the JSP or XHTML pages), the adapter must support common design time view and editing functions. The JSFViewDefinitionAdapter is a value adapter so that it can adapt generically between metadata artifacts and component artifacts (here component artifacts include non-component classes that are often included in view definitions such as validators and converters). For example, given a design time component artifact called ComponentTypeInfo that describes a UIComponent and the WTP-defined TLDElementDeclaration used to describe the corresponding JSP tag, the adapter could be queried:
ComponentTypeInfo componentType = viewAdapter.getAdapter(someTldDecl, ComponentTypeInfo.class);
or conversely, to map back to a tag definition from a component type:
TLDElementDeclaration tagDecl = viewAdapter.getAdapter(componentType, TLDElementDeclaration.class);
This basic adaptability supports view construction at design time since a client can traverse a meta-data document and adapt, for example, TLD-defined tags into components to derive the design-time component tree. Indeed, a design time view handler would likely use its adapter to perform its populateView contract.
To fulfill editing of meta-data, the adapter requires the ability to enumerate the available meta-data artifacts for the framework to support features like content assist. TODO: how to generically provide the available features? Use the JSF meta-data framework's domain/entity key system?
Meta-data based composition
Since components can be added to the view at any time (220.127.116.11), view definition artifacts can be used to create new components by composing existing components (a real life example is seen with the ui:composition tag in Facelets). TODO:
Sub-view inclusion
Expression Language Discovery
A JSF view meta-data language may define ways to construct EL ValueExpression (ValueBinding) and MethodExpression (MethodBinding) expressions and embed them in the view definition for different purposes. In the default case, the well-defined JSP construct "#{}" is used to embed such expressions in attributes and (in JSF 1.2) regular template text. The meta-data adapter must identify EL expression types in a view definition. We use the IModelContext to describe the position in a view definition model:
String getELExpression(IModelContext context)
View Rendering Control
Calculate locale
The locale is used by the view to customize its resources. The most common usage is to use it to localize loadBundle text. The locale is determined by calling the calculateLocale method on the ViewHandler at runtime. The Design Time View Handler has a parallel interface:
String calculateLocale(DTFacesContext context)
Mapping viewId's to url's
The getActionURL on the ViewHandler is used to map a view id to an action url that when invoked on the web application will trigger the request lifecycle for that view (7.5.1). At design time, similar mappings are required to determine:
- what url would be invoked to retrieve a particular source (view definition) file (i.e. a JSP).
- the location in the workspace of view definition source files.
- the location in both the runtime and workspace of files being included by subviews and other templating methods.
Runtime URL
The runtime URL for a view is needed because the WTP server launch profiles need to know what URL to point a browser to when a view definition file (i.e. a JSP) is launched. The J2EE server framework provides JSF with a mechanism to do this through the FileURL interface. To support this interface generically, the design view handler implements a mapping method:
IPath getActionURL(DTFacesContext context, IResource resource, IPath requestPath);
Note that implicit in this method is the fact that the DTFacesContext contains a DTExternalContext through which servlet mapping data may be derived.
Workspace URL
The design time view handler maps viewId's to workspace files, allowing definition files to be loaded by viewers and editors:
IResource getActionDefinition(DTFacesContext context, String viewId);
Inclusion URL
Finally, the design time view handler provides a way to map to a workspace resource relative to another. This is necessary for scenarios such as the f:subview include where a URI relative to the current view is referenced for inclusion:
IPath getRelativeActionPath(DTFacesContext context, String relativeToViewId, String uri);
Impact on current JSF Implementation
Tag Converter Selection
The design time view handler controls the way that the component is rendered. While a change in the Tag Converter framework is probably not required, the design time view handler will need to be queried for what Tag Converter Factory to use as well as (when eventually supported) the conversion decorator. These are aspects that are impacted by the ViewHandler renderView.
Server Launch Profiles
The JSFFileURL needs to be refactored to call getActionURL on the design time view handler.
EL content assist
The EL content assist processor depends on the JSP region parser to detect EL expressions. However, in arbitrary JSF view definition source files, there is no support for EL region parsing. Therefore, calls to the region parser must be changed to call getELExpression on the design time view handler.
EL validation
The EL validation uses the JSP region parser to detect EL expressions to validate. Just as with the content assist, this must be changed to use getELExpression.
Tag Meta-data
Tag meta-data should be acquired through the JSFViewMetadataAdapter rather than directly from the meta-data store to abstract it from the view definition format. Tag meta-data in general may need to move more toward component meta-data to abstract it from the view and rendering technologies in use.
The JSPModelProcessor is presently used to discover EL variables. This processor needs to be changed to use the component tree generated by the design time view handler to eliminate redundant view source parsing and abstract it from the view definition in use.
Design Time Application Manager
The design time application manager will be modified to provide support for assigning custom design time view handlers.
Key external dependencies
CMDocument Namespace Extension
The most common way to define JSF view definition is using some form of XML document. JSPX and XHTML are two formats already in use by the default view handler and facelets respectively. Any future custom view handler technologies will most likely use XML for their view definition format since it has the same tree-based hierarchical definition format as the component tree. Each new component library is generally registered using a unique namespace, with elements in that namespace representing components and component-like artifacts (i.e. validators, converters).
Functionality to support this editing strategy is already present for JSP files in the JSP editor, which allows namespace declaration of JSP tag libraries to add new element namespaces. However, for other XML formats including XHTML, the SSE framework doesn't support the ability to introduce arbitrary element namespaces. For example, the following XHTML file:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Insert title here</title> </head> <body> <f:loadBundle var="x" basename="com.blah.bundle"/> </body> </html>
has no support for the f:loadBundle tag and there is no apparent way to supply it.
The proposed solution is to modify the XMLAssociationProvider to allow an extension point (probably based on CMDocumentFactory) to be queried when a namespace or element name request is not found in the DTD or XSD definition for the target document.
Flexible Region Parsing
The JSP editor region parser has extended behaviour to detect EL regions. The design time view handler is responsible for detecting EL in a view definition file, but in XML documents it would be convenient for it to call the underlying region parser to avoid redundant document parsing. This is already true in JSP documents where the parser does detect EL expressions.
The proposed solution is to provide an extension to the region parser that can register for existing XML region types and further parse them further. So, for example, if the following appeared in an arbitrary (non-JSP) document:
<h:outputText value="#{bean.property}"/>
The XML_ATTRIBUTE region that is returned for "#{bean.property}" could be passed to an EL region parser to detect that what is inside the double quotes is an EL region. The design time view handler could then be populated with the available EL regions for use by getELExpression.
Meta-data Extensions to CMNode
Ideally, tag meta-data would be accessible in XML source documents through the CMNode. For example, the possible values for an attribute would example through the CMAttribute type for that node.


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On April 18, 1906, the US economy could easily have been destroyed in one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the nation. A massive earthquake and subsequent fires ripped through the streets of San Francisco, leaving devastation in their wake. Though the downtown area and local banks were wiped out, the architect who had designed the Second San Francisco Mint—otherwise known as "The Old Mint" or "The Granite Lady"—knew that the Pacific coast was prone to earthquakes. He built the stately edifice to "float" on its foundations instead of shattering. Thanks to his foresight and the valiant efforts of Treasury Department employees who kept the fire at bay, The Old Mint was virtually unscathed and was the only San Francisco financial institution to stay open. The $200 million worth of gold in its vaults remained unharmed, and the country's economic welfare remained safe.
In January 2003, the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society's plan to renovate the unused Old Mint building and create a permanent home for the San Francisco Museum gained approval from the mayor's task force. Today, the society oversees its preservation, renovations, and ongoing activities; visitors can see temporary exhibits against an elegant backdrop of fluted columns, checkered floors, and vintage light fixtures. The society also educates people about Bay Area history through walking tours, monthly programs, and special events including a history expo, holiday tea, special exhibitions, and the Standing Ovations awards gala. It produces two members-only publications: "Panorama," a quarterly newsletter, and the Argonaut, an original journal that tells the city's stories through items such as photographs, articles, and personal musings.


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Hometown-Homegrown Food Expo Saturday, June 23 at History Center
June 5, 2012
The Senator John Heinz History Center and Good Taste! Pittsburgh have partnered to present Hometown–Homegrown®, a fun and flavorful food expo at the History Center to celebrate the region's passion for food on Sat., June 23, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Visitors to Hometown–Homegrown can sample a delicious assortment of foods from nearly 50 local vendors representing the best of the Burgh's neighborhoods, including several Strip District eateries, and swap recipes with the region's culinary experts.
Featured vendors include Pittsburgh staples like Schneider's Dairy, a family-owned business that has served the region since 1935, and the Original Oyster House, the 142-year-old Market Square seafood bar.
Chris Fennimore, host of "WQED Cooks," and other local chefs will reveal their culinary secrets with visitors as part of special cooking demonstrations throughout the day in the History Center's new Weisbrod Kitchen Classroom. WQED's Rick Sebak will join Mr. Fennimore for three sessions and show visitors his favorite cookie recipe.
Hometown–Homegrown will feature activities throughout five floors at the History Center, including scavenger hunts, fun historical facts about Pittsburgh food, fitness activities in the SmartSteps exhibition, and much more.
Throughout the day, History Center docents positioned in the Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation exhibition will discuss how food was prepared and consumed throughout Pittsburgh history, from the French & Indian War through the post-WWII era.
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary George Greig will also be on hand during the Hometown-Homegrown event to assist with cooking demonstrations and promote the "PA Preferred" initiative.
Admission to Hometown–Homegrown is included as part of regular History Center admission ($10 for adults, $9 for visitors age 62 plus, and $5 for students and children ages 6-17, History Center members and children age 5 and under are admitted free). Several thousand visitors are expected for this first annual event.
Pittsburgh has many culinary traditions – from sandwiches topped with French fries to "chip-chopped" ham – but none of these customs are sweeter than the cookie table. Often set out at weddings or other local celebrations, traditional cookie tables are stacked with hundreds or even thousands of homemade treats.
As part of the
Hometown–Homegrown event, fans are encouraged to visit the History Center's Facebook page and "like" their favorite cookie recipes as part of a Virtual Cookie Table competition.
The top five finalists will have their recipes baked by The Common Plea and then judged by a team of expert panelists at the
Hometown–Homegrown event. Judges include WQED's Chris Fennimore and Rick Sebak along with Table Magazine Executive Editor Victoria Bradley.
The Virtual Cookie Table competition winner will be featured on a special television episode of Fennimore's "WQED Cooks" on Oct. 13 that will focus on the cookie table phenomenon in Western Pa. Additional prizes will also be awarded to the finalists and competition winner.


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Careers Slideshow: IT Job Market to Improve in 2012
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 12-16-2011
While it might be premature to say that happy days are here again, the job market for tech professionals is looking sunnier for the first half of 2012, according to a recent survey of IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters by Dice.com. The majority of respondents said they plan to hire more IT talent during the first half of 2012, and that those IT pros are likely to command higher salaries. This is good news for CIOs and other senior tech managers, many of whom have struggled to balance having fewer employees and increasing organizational demands. Yet finding the right kind of highly skilled job candidate continues to be a challenge as proven performers may choose to remain in their current jobs. "The pace of improvement has been impacted by broader economic concerns," says Alice Hill, managing director of Dice.com. "Many companies are chasing mid-career talent. But the elevated economic uncertainty makes it tougher for hiring managers to lure tech professionals into leaving their current positions." Nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters took part in the research. Dice.com is a leading hub for IT professionals. Here are highlights from the survey:
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Rolltide.com - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday that University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, who has led the Crimson Tide to a pair of national championships in the past three years, has been selected for induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Joining Saban in the 2013 class is former Alabama player and defensive coordinator Bill Oliver, who was a member of head coach Paul Bryant's first national championship team in 1961 and coordinated the 1992 Crimson Tide defense en route to the national title.
Saban, from Fairmont, W.Va., is in his sixth year as the head coach at Alabama and will lead his team in its third BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7, 2013. He led the Crimson Tide to the 2009 and 2011 BCS national championships and the 2009 and 2012 SEC championships.
Saban has posted a 62-13 record (67-13 actual record) at Alabama and an astounding 60-7 mark over the past five years. His teams have featured 19 first-team All-Americans since 2008 and posted a 4-1 record in bowl games. He also guided LSU to the 2003 BCS national championship and won the SEC twice with the Tigers. Saban won the Associated Press National Coach of the Year on two occasions (2003 and 2008) and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2003. He has been named the SEC Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2008 and 2009).
Oliver hails from Epes, Ala., and spent more than 30 years in the coaching profession as a renowned defensive coach. He was a member of Bryant's staff that won three national championships (1973, 1978 and 1979) and one as a member of head coach Gene Stallings' staff in 1992. Oliver was the head coach at Chattanooga from 1980-83 and was the interim head coach at Auburn in 1998. He also coordinated the defense for the Memphis Showboats (USFL) in 1983 and 1984.
Saban and Oliver will join Ronnie Baynes, Forrest Blue Jr., Eric Davis, Bill Jones, Vickie Orr and Dannette Young Stone in the Class of 2013. The 2013 Induction Banquet will take place in the Birmingham Ballroom at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The eight inductees will bring the total of all inductees since 1969 to 313.
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On February 26th, 2010 Leila Clark sold her 777 S. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach home to John Tungate and Yvette Bonnevaux. John and Yvette purchased the new home for approximately $200,000, which is located in Broward County.
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Much has been written in recent times on consumer attitudes towards investing in energy efficiency retrofits, a recent GTM article http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Can-Home-Energy-Efficie... does hit the nail on the head.
Share your own experiences; is differentiating between investing in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy a perception problem and a communication issue. in your experience do customers receive real financial benefits post their Energy Efficiency investments.
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The greentechmedia article seems to indicate that customers' attitudes are lukewarm towards energy efficiency improvements, which sounds right - there's proven awareness, but maybe because it's not as crucial to them day to day as having a phone or eating dinner, it's not a priority.
I get the feeling that the perception problem of energy efficiency investment is that customers come to it from a wide variety of reasons, from improving comfort to improving indoor health, to smart investing, to peer pressure, to conservation (and more)? It seems like the communication issue is that, because of the wide variety of motivators, an upgrade mostly comes out of person to person interactions, whether it comes in the form of calling an efficiency organization, talking to a professional at a trade show, discussing an assessment report with an assessor, or talking to a contractor during equipment maintenance/repair?
Our customers typically receive 25-30% in bill savings financial benefits - here's some personal-information-removed case studies from upgrades to a Cincinnati neighborhood showing typical results (http://greatercea.org/resource-center/reports-and-case-studies/) and some overall impact figures (http://greatercea.org/wp-content/uploads/GCEA_annual_report_web_02_...), but from most messaging information I've read, the financial side is a secondary motivator, and is subordinate to the comfort/health/investing/conservation/peer aspects.
Does this help to answer your questions?
My experience has taught me a couple of things regarding Energy Efficiency projects:
Note this is not a refection on all contractors - but a general consensus on tracking EE efficiency gains to justify investment ROI.
Comfort trumping all makes sense.
After asking around, from our post-retrofit data from a 200+ home sample, the average energy savings for multi-measure improvements was @18%. The 25-30% referred to above was what I inferred from our case studies, which were more full-workscope oriented (which does not accurately describe the typical customer, as far as I can tell) - apologies. Dollar savings is probably too murky to be specific, so it makes sense that it plays a subordinate role to the other motivators.
Do you see any other significant motivating forces besides comfort?
Thank-you Joshua, there is a majority of customers who seek replacement/upgrades when the air-temp inside their home gets to feel 'uncomfortable'.
There is a very small but growing minority who are conscious about environmental/efficiency gains and monitor their carbon footprint who are preemptive in their approach and make use of the many incentive programs out there to better their infrastructure.
Well that's my experience, I am sure we have our own stories to tell.
I wonder how often dissatisfaction or confusion has to do with overselling products rather than stopping with just performance improvements?
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When mapping GSIM to our information model we got a bit confused about the difference between Code - CodeItem and Category - CategoryItem.
A CodeItem combines the meaing of the Category with a representation, like in "F-female", where female is the Category. What then is the code? "F"?
We have the same confusion for Category, above the Category is female, CategoryItem is defined as an element of a category set, would that not also be "female?
So my question is what is the difference between Category and CategoryItem and between Code and CodeItem?
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Hi All,
I've attached a document that hopefully will help at our next meeting.
The first part of it will hopefully help with what we were discussing at the last meeting, to describe the relationships between category - category item - category set; code - code item - code list; level - classification item - classification scheme.
The second are two suggestions for consideration - mostly to start discussions at the meeting!
Thanks all, talk soon!
I missed the discussion about this issue in the last meeting as I had to leave but I kind of agree with the document Helen posted and I wanted to add an example of how I understand it following how these objects are defined in GSIM 1.0.
From the original post by Klas the question has arisen of whether we need them all objects or could we do without the "Item" ones. For me it looks as if Category and Code Items are naming conventions or identifiers while Category and Code contain the meaning. Could we have it all in the same object?. Here's my example:
Category vs Category Item:
Let's consider the Concept System: "Geographical entities in Spain". Then take the following two Category Sets:
Category Set 1: Spanish Provinces (Albacete, Asturias, ...) has:
Category Item: Albacete
Category: Albacete (as a province of Spain)
Category Set 2: Spanish Capitals of Provinces (Albacete (Cap. Of Albacete), Oviedo (Cap. Of Asturias),...) has:
Category Item: Albacete
Category: Albacete (as the Capital of the Province of Albacete)
Both contain the Category Item "Albacete" but their respective Categories are different, one refers to the province and the other one is the capital of the province.
Code vs Code Item:
Using this same example, we would then have 2 different Codes for the same Category Item:
Category Set 1 has:
Category Item: Albacete ; Code Item: 01
Category: Albacete (as Province) ; Code: 01 (as province of Spain)
Category Set 2 has:
Category Item: Albacete ; Code Item: 01001
Category: Albacete (as Capital) ; Code: 01001 (as Capital of Albacete Province)
Let's consider a new Category Set: "Sex". Then we can have:
Category Item: Male ; Code Item: 01
Category: Male (As the Sex of a person) ; Code: 01 (as the Spanish codification of Male Sex)
Both ("Male" and "Albacete") use the same Code Item in one of the instances but the actual Codes mean a different thing as they take their meaning from their respective Category.
Note: This is not exactly like this ("Male" is assigned the Code: "1" instead of "01") but for the purpose of the example I cheated a bit to show that the same Code Item can have different Code meaning depending on the Category.
Hope this makes sense.
Code vs Code Item – Part 1
Dan made the point at the previous meeting that Code is a designation. Therefore the definition of a Code (as per the UML for the Specification layer) might be "F (Female)" where this definition of the Code might be read as "F designates the category 'Female'". The code in this definition is not just "The letter F", the definition includes what is designated by "F".
In Section II of the Specification Layer (the plain English documentation) para 83 says.
A Code List is also a type of Concept System. It is used for creating a group of Codes and their associated Categories. It can consist of one or more Code Items. A Code designates a Category providing representation to the meaning from the Category. For example in "F - female", the Code is F and the Category is Female.
The example here reads to me as saying the Code is "F" and not "F (Female)".
I interpret Dan as saying the UML is correct and the example in Para 83, technically, is not.
So, let's assume the UML is correct.
I still want to be clear from a business perspective whether I would want to manage Code separately from Code Item.
I can't think of a particularly "official statistics" example off the top of my head, so let's take "F (Ford)" as a Code. (F is the New York Stock Exchange for Ford).
I could have a number of different Code Lists with "F (Ford)" as a Code Item, eg
• Code List: US Fortune 500 companies
• Code List: Manufacturers of Pick-Up Trucks (worldwide)
• Code List: Companies that sell automobiles in the USA
"F (Ford)" might be a Code Item in all three Code Lists. Each instance would be a different Code Item but would be the same Code. (In the case of the Motor Vehicle Census in Australia it is both a different Code, 1999999 (Ford) and a different Code Item.)
Other Codes might be used in a Code Item in only one, or two, of the three Code Lists.
I care about Ford as a Category, and I care about "F (Ford)" as a Code Item when I need to include it in a Code List but I am still not sure why I want to manage the Code "F (Ford)" as a separate business object.
If I particularly wanted to have recommended designations for categories then that could be an attribute of the Category itself, eg
• if you want to designate "Ford" by a code then "F" is recommended based on the NYSE designation
In general, I see managing attributes as "cheaper" than managing additional objects.
(I am not convinced there is even a business reason for this to be captured as an attribute - but if there is a business reason to capture it at all then capturing it as an attribute would be my preference at the moment.)
Code vs Code Item 2
OK, so here is an example of an edge case that comes up from time to time.
211 Retail and wholesale trade buildings
220 Transport Buildings
221 Passenger Transport Buildings
222 Non-passenger transport buildings
223 Commercial carparks
224 Transport buildings n.e.c.
231 Offices
291 Commercial buildings n.e.c.
We could say 211, 220, 231 & 291 comprise "Level 1". We could also say that the indented entries comprise "Level 2".
If we wanted "Level 2" to be complete (provide coverage for all commercial buildings) we could say that 211, 231 & 291 are also valid for Level 2.
The modelling of GSIM currently suggests that a Node (and a Code Item is a form of Node) can belong to 0..1 Levels. Would we therefore be saying for this Code List that "211 (Retail and wholesale trade buildings)" is one Code that forms the basis of two Code Items in this Code List?
You can arbitrarily have, eg, "210 (Retail and wholesale trade buildings)" at Level 1 and "211 (Retail and wholesale trade buildings)" at Level 2 but this may cause you to store the same data twice, once coded to 210 and once coded to 211. Both 210 and 211 would be associated with the same Category.
Even if you just run with "Retail and wholesale trade buildings", however, if it exists at two different Levels then it needs to be two different Category Items even though it is one Category?
A code value is just the M by itself.
A code is a designation (the code value?) and its underlying meaning. May exist in multiple codelists. You want to know if a code is being used many times so you can rationalise the use. Do we need the distinction between code and code item when implementing? What is the business value for managing code separately? Should we have an attribute on category which is the default code?
A code item is a code as an element of a set. The idea is to have a bin to keep off the stuff that as it resides in a code list?
A code list is sets of code items
Isn't it more important that we know that the same category is being used, not the code. We should reuse categories
Do we need the distinction between code and code item when implementing? What is the business value for managing code separately?
Propose to have an attribute on category which is the default code.
1) I agreed a bit too quickly to the idea of an attribute on a category. In Statistics Norway we manage standard classification versions/variants and codelists. We don't manage standard catgories. However, all the categories in a standard are themselves standard.
2) Managing codes seperately from categories imposes an extra burden when linking the categories to the codes rather than just managing code items. Is this burden worthwhile if we keep in mind that most of us need to manage our categories in several languages, reusing the codes for each language, or is that just an implementation issue and not a business issue?
In terms of the recommendation on code vs code item, it seems the consensus remains that the focus should be on code item.
Your (1), however, seems to raise a question about whether the second part of the proposal - adding an attribute on category which allows you to specify a default code - is actually appropriate.
I still think it is, but maybe we need the group to clarify (eg add some likes or dislikes to the recommendation as it currently stands).
The reason I think it is fine is that just because the attribute is added, you only populate it if desired. It sounds like Statistics Norwary probably don't currently manage categories in their own right - only as part of standard sets/lists/schemes. This would make adding a new attribute for Category even more moot from Statistics Norway's point of view - but not from the view of some other agencies.
Propose to keep both Category and CategoryItem
13/8: Regarding the clarification on whether the code object should be removed:
It was agreed that the Code object is not something that is implemented (it is not on the physical level).
It is information that exists on the logical level, so it is valuable to keep the object.
We need to keep our eyes open to the fact that keeping the objects in does make the model more complicated and how do we communicate that complexity to users


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Blues 'n' groove keyboard MVP and producer Ron Levy has spent more than 40 years on the road and in the studio, leading his own bands — including his exploratory, long-running outfit Wild Kingdom — and working with a cavalcade of influential artists. That extraordinarily long list includes B.B. King, the band Roomful of Blues, Muddy Waters and Magic Sam disciple Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, and funk-jazz saxist Karl Denson among others. All of that and more is chronicled in Levy's first book, Tales Of A Road Dog, now available in both web-book and e-book formats.
The volume is a treat for blues guitar fans, who get a close-up look at Levy's legendary employers in its pages. The closest vantage is on Albert King, who was just inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame under the "Influences" category and whose birthday, April 25, just passed.
Although King died in 1992 his powerful playing was a major part of the foundation of the styles of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan and remains a touchstone for any roots informed electric string-bender. And King's association with the Gibson Flying V he named "Lucy" has played a considerable role in immortalizing the model.
Levy's first road gig, when he was just 17, was with King, who hired Levy as his keyboardist one night at a Massachusetts club just after firing the band he'd arrived at the gig with. No wonder Levy's time with King remains indelible even after working on more than 200 albums and garnering nine Grammy nominations.
In the following interview, Levy provides a deep look at King as a man and as an artist. Levy's earliest musical experiences with King prove a good starting point for his recollections.
Q: You'd heard Albert's recordings before the initial time you played with him, but what surprised you about actually being on stage with him in performance the first few times?
A: Well, the very first time my band was hired to back him up was after he'd abruptly fired his band — or they quit, I never asked — so I didn't have much time to think or absorb what happened at age 17. It was what I'd call a "rush job" and quite overwhelming.
One thing that confounded me was Albert played mostly in the keys of Ab, Db, Gb and Eb. Previously backing up artists like John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, "Big Mama" Thornton and playing mostly Chicago style blues, I was mostly familiar with the relatively "easy" folk keys of E, A, D, G and C. That threw me for a loop. B.B. was the same. Today, however, I count those flat keys among my favorites. Although once you reach a certain point in mastering your instrument, a little bit of all of them is utilized simultaneously.
The main thing that surprised me was the beauty of Albert's voice. He was really a great communicator and had a soothingly rich baritone voice. When he sang, we always had to drop way down in volume, but still maintain a solid groove. I always loved his Southern almost "Brooklynese" accent and the clarity of his impeccably delivered lyrics. He usually let "Lucy" command the more powerful parts of his songs, although she could whisper sweetly as well. Albert was a total master of effective dynamics and phrasing. Playing next to him was a jaw opening experience. He was the best blues guitar player I ever heard before or since.
Q: Since, as you recount in your book, Albert actually produced a machine gun to set things straight at one gig, did you ever feel any danger and, if so, did it color your perspective on the roots and perhaps emotional origins of blues?
A: One gig? There were never any false pretenses about our playing, living or traveling anywhere we did, or playing for ballerinas or la-la sing-a-longs... hootenanny type folk music. His audience was not expecting any of that at all, especially at the "chitlin' circuit" gigs we did. Even the "hippie joints" were in the sketchiest parts of town. We played and stayed at some pretty rough places and got "hit" by people stealing our equipment. They tried more times than we ever knew about, I'm sure.
Albert was an honorary deputy sheriff in Lovejoy, Illinois, which explained his permit to be armed so heavily. He always had his own private armory easily within reach. I had full confidence in his ability to know when, where and how to show force. He never showed off his weapons in public or even around us. He always kept them close to his vest, literally. I never saw or heard him fire a shot. With his demeanor and presence, he never really had to. He was a force not to be trifled with, with or without weapons. Albert used to refer to the blues as the "reals." Each minute of everyday was real and viscerally immediate.
Q: How loud did Albert play on stage? And how did that affect the overall mix and performances of the band?
A: He was always way out front in the mix. That Gibson Flying V guitar gave me goose bumps and shivers on a regular basis mostly because of his intensity and clarity. I often referred to it as sounding like crystal glass. What amazed me even more was whenever he picked up Miss Lucy on the bus or backstage to warm up or tune, he sounded exactly the same except it wasn't as loud. He could sustain a note as long as he wanted to, even without an amplifier! He was always perfectly in tune — and rhythm/time as well — no matter how much he bent those strings, unlike most others. He could hit a note that would let everyone know where the "one" was, all night long.
Q: Albert and his band jammed with a lot of the day's guitar stars: Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Michael Bloomfield. Were any of those experiences particularly memorable?
A: Mostly, I'm trying to forget them! In Tales of a Road Dog I talk about this and how much we — the band — hated these jams, although we realized these "stars" were trying to further Albert's career. Musically, it just wasn't fair. No matter how loud or how much they played, they always sounded little and out of tune when trying to play like Albert. Stevie Ray, much later, was the only one that ever came close. Albert loved him. We'd always smile at these guitarists trying to sound like Albert, but laugh about them later. Albert just whupped them country style so bad, it was funny, or wasn't even.
Albert was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame posthumously and way too late. I've often quipped that if they ever disqualified all the guitarists that have become rich — or not — copying Albert, there would be only a handful left. I'd be willing to bet there are many kids today that are learning to play the guitar who believe they're learning Stevie Ray, Clapton or Hendrix licks, when in fact, they're learning second or third generation copies of the one and only ever, original Albert King.
Q: Albert set his guitar in unconventional turnings. Did he ever explain how he came to use any of them?
A: A few times Albert gave me his guitar to hold for him briefly while he needed to do something else. One time, I tried to play a simple E chord and it sounded all wrong. I panicked that I had somehow de-tuned it. When I confessed this to Albert, he just laughed and "tole" me, "Rown, I got my own special way to tune Lucy. She's my special 'goil' and no one else knows how to play with her 'cept me! Can you dig it?" I believed him.
Q: What were the main musical lessons you learned from Albert?
A: He taught me exactly how he wanted me to play chords behind him. While setting up my B-3 at the Burning Spear club in Chicago, Brother Jack McDuff showed me some awesome, sophisticated jazzy chords. I began to use them so I wouldn't forget them and Albert went berserk! That's when he came over and showed me his preferred chords. This taught me to always play in context, or else! I wrote the full story about this in my book, which is pretty hilarious now, but wasn't so much at the time. Although my bandmates humorously teased me about it back then, like siblings do when their father yells at one of them.
Albert had a very exacting discipline and was always incredibly effective in everything he played. Although his patience waned from time to time, he told me to be patient when learning something new and not to, "be effin' fooling around" guessing what I was going to play. "Don't play a G-damned MF'n thing until you know what you're doing son. Nobody wants to 'heyah' nothin' until you get it together and play that shit right. If it don't mean a MF'n thing, don't do nothin'!" Trust me, this is the sugar coated short version.
Q: And what did he teach you or show you about survival on the road?
A: When Albert first asked me and my drummer Richie Ponte — rest in peace — to tour with him, I felt like I was escaping from a harsh and strict parental prison and I'd be free to do whatever I wanted to, while away from home on my own. I was only 17 at the time and still in school. My parents made Albert sign some legal guardian papers before they let me run away with the circus. He took his stewardship of me very seriously and by conservative estimates was at least 1,000 times stricter than my once "evil" parents back home ever were. Around him, I learned to be even more careful and discreet regarding any of my forays into the lands of forbidden fun.
He made sure I always saved my money and sent some of it to my mother. We all did. He'd bring us to the Western Union office himself every week. He never advanced us any money at all. I can't remember anyone ever being brave enough to even ask. We always had to live strictly within our means. Besides that and cussing, we all had to keep our noses clean and "behave"… or else!
Q: How long were you with Albert on the road altogether?
A: While I was still in high school we mostly played out doing long weekends. I flew back and forth from Boston to St. Louis each week —$78 round-trip with a student pass. Once I graduated we were pretty much on the road here or overseas. Altogether, it was around a year or so. I joined B.B. King's band soon after I left Albert. Albert was pretty sore about that for a good while. When we later did shows together, I avoided Albert and his anticipated wrath as much as possible. Much later he told me that bothered him more than me joining up with B.B. He understood it was a career move, but was actually hurt by my avoidance of him personally. Now, I understand, but at the time I was more afraid of him and unaware of his feelings.
We became very good friends later on, when I was producing records for Bullseye Blues. He introduced and had me sign up [singer-guitarist] Little Jimmy King. We also hung out and ate together frequently. Before Albert passed, we went to his doctor together, which I arranged at his request. He was living in Memphis and I was working there frequently. We made up for lost time and always enjoyed each other's company, had many laughs and some great talks. He was a very smart, sensitive and kind man beneath that tough intimidating exterior. Albert also had really great sense of humor. He was a huge practical joker! Sometimes we'd cry, we laughed so hard. Anytime you see a photo of Albert with B.B., Bobby Bland, Little Milton or the many rock guitar heroes that surrounded him, you'll notice they're always laughing. Albert had such a colorful and unique way of expressing his "life's observations" that were so direct and honest, you couldn't help but laugh with him whenever he shared them.
Q: What songs were particular favorites for you to play with him and why?
We had a solid, tight little band consisting of organ, tenor sax, bass and drums. B.B.'s and Bobby "Blue" Bland's bands always took notice of us whenever we did shows together. That's how I got Sonny Freeman's — B.B.'s bandleader and drummer — attention. Being younger than those bands, we played a more contemporary style, which included our own arrangements of Herbie Hancock, Sly Stone, Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder type tunes. As long as we were smokin', Albert would let us play whatever we wanted to. That made us work all the harder for him, again… or else! We'd then bring him on with "Cold Sweat" and when Lucy hit that first super sonic Albert note, we all went into another stratosphere. Everyone else there did, too.
As long as we played Albert's songs perfectly, they were all great. But, if the — weekly or weakly — drummer sped up or slowed down, confused dynamics or made any other faux pas, they were all torture. Even now, I'd much prefer being water-boarded than being around a frustrated Albert. I always enjoyed playing our orchestration of "You're Gonna Need Me." When he got to cranking and feeling good however, it didn't matter what song we did. When things went perfectly, he'd smile at you and say, "Whoo!" then hit some serious ceiling plaster crackers, then a barrage of them. Sometimes, it'd be just one note, but he'd bend it until you thought his guitar neck would snap, and not just the strings. By that time, everyone was saying, "Whoooooooo" too! He was truly un-godly sometimes. Our bass player O'Neal Setzler's eyes would open wide and he'd begin to cackle, laughing out loud, just like little kids do when watching a real scary part in a horror movie.
Q: What was Albert's attitude regarding B.B. King — friend, competitor, both?
A: Both actually, although Albert was undoubtedly jealous of B.B.'s much greater financial success and prestige. However, B.B. did a lot to help Albert whenever he could. He always invited Albert up on stage for a guitar battle whenever they were booked together. Now, those were some serious guitar jams! It was like a heavyweight bout between a finesse boxer and knockout puncher. B.B. was always the slyer of the two. Whenever Albert got cooking and going real good, B.B. would signal for us all to drop way down in volume. B.B. would then smirk a big Cheshire cat grin at Albert, then sing in his highest falsetto voice, "Someday Bay-ay-ay-by" completely changing the conversation.
Albert had his tricks too though. Once in Houston with Albert Collins, Mr. King put somebody's ball-cap on sideways, while Collins was digging in real hard on a solo. He lit his famous pipe, leaned on his amp and acted completely bored like he was waiting for a bus that'd never come. He even checked his watch a few times, wiped his brow, turned away from Collins and started talking to folks standing side-stage, laughing without a care in the world. Albert would then give Collins a "Is you through?" look and proceed to blast him off the stage. That play was hysterical, and pure Albert King.
One of my closest friends and teachers Duke Jethro, a fellow B.B. King alumni, told me that when Albert first came on the scene, at a show in St. Louis, B.B. privately confided in Duke saying, "That man bears watching." That said, while with Stax, Albert put out much better records in my opinion. One last thing, neither B.B. nor Albert, and especially B.B.'s father, ever liked the false rumor that they were brothers, half-brothers or whatever.
Q: Albert was known for being tough and cranky. What made him happy?
A: Really? Albert cranky? Whatever do you mean? Oh, I just checked that word in Webster's. Look, there's Albert's picture! I wrote about many examples of Albert's two moods in my book, spanning some 30-plus years. Well, besides avant-garde or Victorian romantic poetry readings at the library, collecting butterflies or mushroom hunting in the forest, Albert loved shooting craps and when he won big he was very happy. We shared many fine meals together and he enjoyed cakes and pies — even and especially when he was forbidden to by his doctor — at Helen's in Memphis. He'd guiltily take a few bites then have me finish the rest of it. Red velvet cake and sweet potato pie were among his favorites. Ice cream, too. Vanilla.
When he passed, at least half a dozen women besides the real Mrs. King claimed to be Albert's wife and the mother of their children. It gave new meaning for me whenever he had told me he was "busy," upon reflection. I assume he was happy being so industrious! Albert could be very charming with the ladies and had many "fans."
He loved music, including spirituals and hitting a groove. He loved playing guitar and singing. Albert was a killer singer, very underrated by most. He was very proud of Little Jimmy King and of my career in music production and the recording industry. He was never shy about stopping by my mixing sessions, nor correcting them when needed and was happy when I took his direction. He was always right, what else could I do? We became close friends towards the end and that made us both happy. He was a really nice human being and good friend, besides being a total monster in both really good and sometimes hard ways.
Q: What do you think he saw in you as a kid that made him want to take you on the road?
A: I honestly don't know about back then, but much later, Albert knew he could always trust me and I'd always try to do the right thing by him or in the business with Little Jimmy. He was always proud of me. We had a very special relationship and we still do! His best pipe was given to me by Mrs. King after the funeral. I had it specially framed along with a photo of him. It's hung up on my workspace wall, looking over my shoulder everyday. Many times I've looked to him during times of difficulty and distress. I'd even get a little misty as I'd hear his voice saying, "You know Rown, life can be so hard sometimes, but you just need to keep keepin' 'own' and do the best you can. You'll be all right. I'm always heyah for ya son. I have faith in you." Sorry if that sounds like BS, but it's true. It's happening right now as I'm writing this, while he's watching over me.
Q: Did Albert ever mention why he preferred Flying V guitars? And if so, what did he say?
A: Not specifically, other than revering it like a precious jewel. I know when we got hit by banditos in San Francisco, (also in the book) he wasn't happy about losing his 1958 Korina. He did his best work on that guitar and it was his trademark. It was perfectly suited for him and his unique style. He had easier access to all those really high notes better than with any other guitar design, I'd guess. I wasn't there, but I'm positive whenever he first saw Lucy, it was love at "foist" sight. I know the kid in Albert must've loved its modern rocket shape too! Various famous luthiers made custom guitars specially for him and he was proud of those. They always retained that rocket shaped design, but none of them sounded as good to me as those original "Lucy's." I hope now that Albert is finally in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Gibson will make a special "Lucy" in his honor. They are the only ones that'll really get Albert's 100-percent approval!


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Sector Councils on Employment and Skills at EU level
This report presents the results of a study that assessed the feasibility of setting up Sector Councils on employment and skills at the European level (EU level Sector Councils).
Sector councils are platforms at sector level where stakeholders seek to gain insight into the likely developments in employment and skills needs, with the aim of assisting policy making within or for this sector. Transversal councils are similar to sector councils, but cover trends and developments in two or more sectors of the labour market.
The study used a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to obtain information. Five sectors were studied in more depth: construction, textiles and clothing, ICT, horeca, and the hospital sector.
Sector councils for employment and skills exist in approximately half of the Member States. In addition, in many other Member States these issues are being discussed and decided upon from a sector point of view in transversal councils. Positive effects of such councils on sectors, enterprises, employees and employers have been be observed.
Cross country co-operation between sector councils at present is rare, but stakeholders in the Member States expect EU level Sector Councils to boost the effectiveness of national councils and to have a positive impact on the responsiveness of education systems to future labour market needs. More indirect impacts on e.g. the competitiveness of the sector are expected to be smaller and occurring in the long term.
The feasibility of establishing and successfully operating EU level Sector Councils can be rated as high, provided the appropriate conditions are respected.
The study recommends that the Commission,
- proceed with promoting EU level Sector Councils for Employment and Skills
- initially focusing on information exchange,
- accompanied by and a more limited support line for policy development
It is proposed to launch the first initiative in a limited number of sectors, evaluate their functioning in the second year and decide on continued support based on this evaluation.


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Faith Fairchild Mysteries; Volume number 13
The Body in the Lighthouse
A Faith Fairchild Mystery
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Something was very wrong on Sanpere this summer . . .
To escape the misery of a sweltering August in Aleford, Massachusetts, caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild and her family head for their cottage on Maine's peaceful Sanpere Island in Penobscot Bay. But things have changed since their last visit. An aggressive developer is moving forward on plans that will destroy the unique ambience of the island, infuriating residents. Tensions are running dangerously high, and soon murder rears its hideous head. Faith discovers a corpse while exploring the grounds of Sanpere's historic lighthouse. With fear running rampant and volatile emotions approaching the detonation point, the intrepid sleuth must track down a killer for the sake of a friend and the island she loves.
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"The author writes with grace and gentle wit, expertly weaving all her material together into a satisfying whole." - Denver Post
"Page's young sleuth is a charmer." - New York Times Book Review
"Page's eye for detail adds to the appeal of a book best read to the sound of the surf." - Boston Herald
"Faith is a gem." - Globe and Mail (Toronto)
"Enchanting. . . . Page's style is entertaining and unpretentiously cultured." - Portland Press Herald
"An expert at the puzzle mystery." - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"This highly entertaining series effectively mixes modern-day moral dilemmas with charm, warmth, and humor." - Booklist
"This whodunit provides fully satisfying fare for a cold winter's night around the fire." - Publishers Weekly
"Faith's fans are sure to be pleased." - Kirkus Reviews
"Page's literary concoction is satisfying and surprisingly delicious." - Los Angeles Times
"As cozy as any hand-knit shawl." - Kirkus Reviews
"Spine-tingling." - Library Journal


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October 24, 1921 - March 14, 2013
Long Eddy, NY
Elizabeth Cathrine Rhodes, 91, of Long Eddy, NY, passed away on March 14, 2013 at home. She was born on October 24, 1921 in Long Eddy, the daughter of George and Cathrine (McTeague) Johnson.
Liz retired from the Long Eddy Post Office after 25 years and was an active parishioner in St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy. She was known as loving, caring, kind-hearted, and was cherished by everyone who knew her.
Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Ronald Sr.; four children: Mike and wife, Amy Rhodes of Jeffersonville, NY, Ronald Rhodes Jr. of Long Eddy, Delores Hauser of Long Eddy, and William Gorham of Astoria, NY; ten grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Liz was predeceased by three daughters: Kathrine Miller, Mary Ricco, and Darlene Peake; two grandsons, Paul Ricco, and Marshall Miller Jr.; three sisters: Isabel, Josephine, and Anna, and two brothers, Bill and Mike.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, March 18th at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church in Long Eddy. Burial will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Long Eddy.
Donations can be made in Liz's memory to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc., 800 Stony Brooke Court, Newburgh, NY 12550 or to the Auxiliary of the Long Eddy Hose Company, Long Eddy, NY 12760.
Arrangements by Henderson-Biedekapp Funeral Chapel, Hancock.


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Located in Historic Downtown Savannah, this hotel is steps from Reynolds Square, Lucas Theatre, and River Street. Johnson Square and Trustees Theater are also within 5 minutes.
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Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, a 24-hour business center, and valet parking.
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Holiday Inn Express Historic District features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Holiday Inn Express Historic District is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
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Basics Of Acoustic
We at Dolphin Music we have tried to explain the basics of how sound behaves. Some examples of concepts we assume you have a basic understanding of include:
Basic Understanding
- When sound strikes a surface, some of it is absorbed, some of it is reflected and some of it is transmitted through the surface. Dense surfaces, for the most part, will isolate sound well, but reflect sound back into the room. Porous surfaces, for the most part, will absorb sound well, but will not isolate.
- The best way to stop sound transmission through a building structure is to isolate the sound source from the structure before the structure has a chance to vibrate.
- Walls need to be isolated from ceilings and floors, usually by means of dense, pliable rubber.
- The main ways to minimize sound transmission from one space to another are adding mass and decoupling.
- Limp mass is most often better than rigid mass (actually, a combination of the two is really what you are after).
- Every object, every construction material has a resonant frequency at which it is virtually an open window to sound - kind of like a tuning fork that "sings" at its particular resonant frequency.
- Different materials have different resonant frequencies.
- Trapped air (a.k.a., air spaces and air gaps) is a very good decoupler.
- Airtight construction is a key concept. Sound, like air and water, will get through any small gap. (Sound can leak through openings as small as 1/32" – in some cases even smaller.)
- Sound bounces back and forth between hard, parallel surfaces.
One of the single biggest concepts to understand and appreciate is that acoustic foam (an example being Auralex), one of our core Acoustic products, is not going to \"soundproof\" your room. It is an extremely effective absorber of ambient, reflected sound and helps make rooms \"sound better.\" Acoustic foam does contribute some sound isolating properties (mostly high frequencies), but is not sufficient by itself to keep sound in or out of a room. Thicker acoustic foam is better at absorbing low frequency sounds. Controlling reflected sound within a room is extremely important in producing good sounding recordings. When you hear voiceovers on television documentaries, you might be surprised to find out that they don\'t always spend a lot of money to get this right. (It is amazing what some good 2\" acoustic foam can do for a glorified, yet well-constructed closet!)
Isolation construction is not inexpensive. A small outlay will considerably improve your studio to make it the best it can be. For example, it is important to realize that empty egg cartons, cork squares and carpet scraps are not going to (a) keep sound from leaving or intruding upon your studio and (b) yield that pleasing, neutral, \"Vocie Over\" sound within your studio.
There are myriad benefits to constructing your control room to be symmetrical geometrically and building using the best materials you can afford. Money well spent now will benefit you for a long time into the future.
One of the keys to getting good, clean sound on tape or hard disk is removing the sound of the room from the equation, to one degree or another.
If you have come to realisation that you need to improve the acoustics of your room you are half way there. We are here to try and help you get the best the room has to offer.
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