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Sumer is acumen in..
..and so is the next release of SOCKET. The Java commission has been completed and the amended Rose SOCKET factory now handles infinitely nested datatypes as well as attachments. Thanks to Atif Suleman who carried out the coding. The task was made significantly easier by using some classes from the Spring codebase. I suspect that this might have saved us a couple of weeks during the original project. Shoot the architect!
The new code is now in HEAD in our SourceForge CVS repository. After some prettying up of the XSLT and CSS style sheets I think that we will be ready to take SOCKET out of beta. (Just when the fashion turns to "permanent beta" we emerge from this state. Had to do it.)
Once the stylesheets are fit for looking at (the garish orange is a bit much, I'm told) I think we'll put up a couple of animated screen captures on what SOCKET can do now.
Even as the capabilities of IDEs such as NetBeans and Eclipse make the creation of Java clients for Web services the matter of literally a couple of button clicks, SOCKET has still got its nose in front with a paste-and-click generation of a Web app client for a Web service. As someone that is constantly sniffing around and testing Web services, SOCKET must have saved me hundreds of hours in the last year or so.
Posted at 06:04PM May 06, 2008 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
The SOCKET Roadmap
Some new development work on SOCKET has just commenced to modify the Rose factory so that it will be able to deal with nested complex datatypes in the WSDL. It will also be able to handle file attachments. These additions will greatly increase the range of services that SOCKET will be able to process. The work is scheduled to be completed mid-September.
Completion of this work will signal the start of more development. Firstly, Java Management Extensions (JMX) instrumentation will be added to the SOCKET client in order to provide a monitoring and configuration interface. Service performance metrics will be available to a management application.
Also, users will be able to customise operation and parameter names in the stylesheets, again through a management application.
Having the JMX agent incorporated into the SOCKET client is an important addition in that it will eventually help integration into a SOLA and will also enable configuration of Shibboleth/Guanxi protection of the application.
The final item on the medium distance SOCKET roadmap is to replace the homegrown XSLT handling by the excellent Cocoon framework. This should lead a lot more functionality and flexibility in the view layer.
Posted at 12:46PM Aug 12, 2007 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
SOCKET Case Studies
A new Case Studies page has been added to the SOCKET web site.
The first case study describes how it took no time at all for SOCKET and NetBeans to knock up a Protein Sequence Repository service that facilitates group work in a bioinformatics activity.
Job's a...
Posted at 10:00PM Dec 11, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
How to Build a Hinjun
How to build a SOCKET engine, that is. The SOCKET engine depends on one or more consumer factories. Presently there is one sole factory, codenamed Rose, which itself has a dependency on an XSLT view factory. In order to build the SOCKET engine, therefore, three projects are involved.
Firstly, check out the three projects from sourceforge, http://sourceforge.net/projects/socket. The top directories of the three projects should lie in the same directory for minimal configuration duties. You will need ant to build the projects. If you are using an IDE, ant will normally be included. I am using ant 1.6.5.
1. Check out 'socket-engine' as a project named 'socket-engine'.
2. Check out 'rose-imp' in socket-consumer-factory as a project named 'rose'.
3. Check out 'socket-view' as a project named 'socket-view'.
4. Build socket view: right-click build.xml in an IDE and run the 'all' target.
5. In the rose directory, copy the sample.build.properties into the file build.properties. If the socket-view project is not on the same directory level as rose, then this file should be edited accordingly.
6. Build rose by right-clicking build.xml and choosing the 'all' target.
7. In the socket-engine directory, copy the sample.build.properties into the file build.properties. If the rose project is not on the same directory level as socket-engine, then this file should be edited accordingly.
8. Build socket-engine by right-clicking build.xml and choosing the 'all' target.
You have now built the hinjun socket-engine.war which you will find in the build/wars directory.
Drop the WAR into your friendly neighbourhood Tomcat (5.5.x) and point your SOCKET clients to http://www.myserver.ac.uk/socket-engine/engine/http
Posted at 02:28PM Nov 02, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in Consumer Factory |
Lost Property
You live and blinkin learn. I must have used properties files and ResourceBundles a thousand times. The trouble is - it was always in applets. You just fiddle around in JBuilder and eventually find somewhere to put it so that applet.properties ends up in the jar on the classpath.
For the first time I've just tried to use a ResourceBundle and properties file in a servlet. Well, could I get the darned program to pick up the properties file. I was sure that I was doing everything all right. There was a fully qualified path name to a location on the class path:
ResourceBundle rb = ResourceBundle.getBundle("path.to.my.properties.file");
I left out the .properties, like you're supposed to.
I put the thing everywhere, I put it in the hall, I hung it on the wall, but always the MissingResource Exception. All variations of naming conventions were tried.
As ever, you start thinking of corrupted jars at this point in the proceedings when you think that you've tried everything.
Then the tiniest of lights flickered in the noggin: servlets - classloaders - different classloaders - different datatypes...
Sure enough, a look at the Java specs revealed the presence of the following constructor method:
getBundle(String path, Locale locale, Classloader cl)
This sorted it all out:
getBundle("path.to.my.properties.file", Locale.getDefault(), getClass().getClassLoader())
I'm a chemist, ye know.
Posted at 02:46PM Sep 03, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in Java |
1 Registry Good, 2 Registries Better
Even though the subject matter is registries, this blog is filed under general rather than UDDI. It looks further afield than UDDI and a step beyond SOCKET to what might come after. To the team, SOCKET has always been regarded as an exploratory first step in the progression to a full-blooded Service-Oriented Virtual Learning Environment (SOVLE).
I cast my mind back to The Godfather when Tom Hagen was replaced as the consigliere to Don Corleone. Tom Hagen was a great peace time consigliere, but no good for war time. UDDI is a fine peace time Web services registry, but will not do for the bloody struggle that is runtime. A dynamic SOVLE in which services and components are being constantly deployed, undeployed, configured, reconfigured and monitored is too much of a war zone for UDDI. There is too much fine-grained and dynamic grape-shot flying around to be serviced by SOAP messages shuttling back and forth to the gentle jUDDI. So who is the Michael Corleone of the registry world? Who can save the SOVLE from runtime confusion and defeat? Jimmy X is his name, MBeanServer is his game. The MBeanServer is a runtime Java registry for Managed Beans, or MBeans. Each MBean is associated with a managed resource. In the SOVLE this will be a Web application or a Web service. These MBeans can carry out the full range of management functions: deployment, installation, control and monitoring. The pairing of an MBean with a SOVLE resource creates the basis of a comprehensive plugin architecture. Every resource, including access control and group management, plugs into the MBeanServer registry through its associated MBean.
Although jUDDI has been retired, she still has important words of advice to give to Jimmy X. Which services are dependent on which others? What might a good bootup strategy be? Which services and components are fit to join Jimmy X?
On their own, Jimmy and jUDDI don't have the power to support a SOVLE.. together they can take on the world.
Posted at 07:39PM Aug 22, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
Saturn and Pluto
Atif has just finished off two clients for the SOCKET engine, a command line tool, codenamed "Pluto", and a Web application, named "Saturn". A screenshot of Saturn is given below.
Credit: The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA).
One inputs the absolute URL of the WSDL document and, on submission of the form, a download link is returned for the service consumer war file.
A screen shot of Pluto in action is given below:
The sprint to the line is now on with the major remaining tasks, the most important being the handling of complex types. The grunt work has been done for this: essentially the job is to unravel a JavaBean to simple types where the existing SOCKET code can take over.
Posted at 05:47PM Aug 14, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
SOCKET Demo
There is a socketized Bods demo at:
Interested parties are welcome to use the guest account:
username: guest
pw: guest1
The SOCKET links lead to the QMShibb sub-project and the main
sub-project. The QMShibb page has shibbed links to a
QuestionMark Perception test, a list of tests and the admin app (to
which 'guest' will not have access).
We have put up 2 SOCKET web services and a 'SOCKET web
application'. (The create SOCKET service tool will not be visible to a
guest user.)
The web service producers are on an external server, while the
consumer apps are in socket.leeds.ac.uk along with the bodington
Chemical Elements
This is one of our test services. The stylesheets are development
versions - we are making no claims that these are fit for teaching
We have plugged in a Jabber applet which is served out from a remote server in a jsp. (The Jabber server uses an
embedded Hypersonic. Wouldn't want any conflict with
I simply chose what looked like the simplest Jabber applet around:
e4Applet 1.1.1
You can sign on with Jabber account:
username: guest01
password: socket01
You can join the following room:
No pw required.
Although we will sign off with the ability to handle complex data
types, the present socket engine handles simple datatypes only -
strings, ints, floats, doubles, booleans, dates. (Client-side js
validation comes as standard.) However, we have set up the
JISC/Icodeon ASSIS/SSRun web service and passed the wsdl
through the engine. The test data has not been loaded into the
Web service and there are complex data types so the service is
not functional, but this gives a basic impression of what the final
turnkey product will do. As with Chemical Elements, there has
been absolutely no tinkering with the Java, only some stylesheet
tweaks (I added a fetching orange/yellow gradient fill to SSRun, for
example). Two extremely valuable operations are working, though: ping and
createRunId, proving that the service is live.
We will be putting up a SOCKET development release soon, with
perhaps a couple more over the next few weeks leading up to 1.0:
simple types; arrays; complex types included.
For further information: email me, sign into Jabber Bods and I'll be
clayton ( or Brian: b.p.clark at leeds dot ac dot uk )
Posted at 03:04PM Aug 10, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in General |
Location, Location, Location and JAXP
Still on the XSLT theme. The XSLT transformed output contains urls for the hyperlinks, images and stylesheets. To get relative urls to work the same in different browsers after responses are made up on the fly, dispatched and filtered is impossible. Set Content Base header doesn't work.
JAXP comes to the rescue here by allowing us to inject an absolute url into the transform object:
tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
xform = tf.newTransformer(new StreamSource(ctx.getResourceAsStream(xslt)));
xform.setParameter("absolute_url", absoluteUrl);
The XSL transformation picks up this value as a parameter:
<xsl:param name="absolute_url" select="'http://default'"/>
The absolute url can be picked up on the fly with something like:
StringBuffer absoluteUrl = new StringBuffer("http://");
String serverName = request.getServerName();
int serverPort = request.getServerPort();
if (serverPort > 0 && serverPort != 80)
absoluteUrl.append(":" + serverPort);
String contextName = request.getContextPath();
absoluteUrl.append(contextName + "/");
Job's a...
Posted at 06:31AM Jul 30, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in View Factory & XSLT |
XSLT, Servlet Filter and a Squeak on Browser Reload
The SOCKET view layer uses XSLT in a servlet filter to transform XML content to HTML for the browser.
Everything worked fine - until, that is, one clicked the refresh button on the browser when the thing squeaked about a premature end to the file that was being transformed.
The problem went away with Cache-Control = no-store, Pragma = no-store, and Expires = a long time ago set on the response headers. (Firefox doesn't work with 'no-cache' instead of 'no-store', IE is indifferent.) Not quite, though. When the university proxy server was switched on through the browser LAN settings, again the refresh failed.
I've only just stumbled upon an explanation of what's going on in Eric Burke's book, Java & XSLT, out of O'Reilly. Even the expert said that it was a difficult one to track down.
The error arises from the fact that in certain circumstances Tomcat re-uses the same HttpServletResponse object. One of these circumstances is the browser reload. Burke states that the servlet specs are not definitive on this point so that implementation dependent behaviour will be observed. We haven't tested on anything other than Tomcat 5 and 5.5, while Burke referred to version 4.
And so, the problem is finally laid to rest. It put up a good fight. The solution is to test for a zero or null output byte array from the ByteArrayPrintWriter, and, if positive, send back the original unwrapped response with
chain.doFilter(request, response);
instead of the
chain.doFilter(request, wrappedResponse);
which results in the squeak. Job's a good 'un.
Posted at 06:12AM Jul 30, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in View Factory & XSLT |
Punch in jUDDI
This is a brief description of how to set up UDDI4J to communicate with a UDDI registry.
In version 2, UDDI4J brought in a pluggable transport layer that can be set to Apache Soap, Apache Axis or an HP implementation of Soap.
For Axis, the following line of code should be used:
Each transport option introduces its own set of dependencies. For Axis, the following resources should be on the classpath.
the five javamail jars
activation.jar (JAF 1.1)
These are the import statements I have used in my main class:
import org.uddi4j.client.*;
import org.uddi4j.datatype.*;
import org.uddi4j.response.*;
import org.uddi4j.util.*;
import org.uddi4j.transport.*;
import org.uddi4j.*;
import org.uddi4j.datatype.business.*;
import org.uddi4j.datatype.tmodel.*;
import org.apache.axis.transport.*;
import javax.xml.rpc.*;
import javax.xml.soap.*;
import org.apache.commons.logging.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import java.net.*;
Here's a couple of basic Java classes to start playing around with:
* Main class for fiddling around with jUDDI.
* @author Clayton Moore
* @version 0.7.0
public class UddiManager {
UDDIProxy uddiProxy;
SocketBusinessManager socketBusinessManager;
public UddiManager() {
//Sets SOAP transport system to Axis (alternatives are Apache Soap
//and HPSoap.
//Create a new UDDIProxy object on which all the UDDI methods can
//be called.
uddiProxy = new UDDIProxy();
//Class to carry out some basic businessEntity functions
socketBusinessManager = new SocketBusinessManager(uddiProxy);
//Set publish and inquiry URLs: publish should be https, which
//would require the use of JSSE.
//Change localdomain to the domain name and path to the UDDI
public static void main(String[] args) {
UddiManager uddiManager = new UddiManager();
AuthToken token = null;
//All publish operations on a jUDDI must be accompanied by
//an authorisation token, a sort of mini-session object.
token = uddiManager.uddiProxy.get_authToken("juddi", "juddi");
System.out.println("Token received: " + token.getAuthInfoString());
//Tokens will time out, but best create a new one for each task
//or set of related tasks and invalidate the token afterwards.
//This obviously means that no-one else can use it.
//System.out.println("Token invalidated: " + token.getAuthInfoString());
uddiManager.socketBusinessManager.addBusiness("SOCKET-Leeds", token);
System.out.println("New business created.");
catch (TransportException ex)
System.out.println("We have a transport exception.");
catch (UDDIException ex)
System.out.println("We have a UDDI exception.");
Some of the code in the next class is taken from
Doug Tidwell: UDDI4J Matchmaking for Web Services, Jan 2001.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.uddi4j.client.UDDIProxy;
import java.util.Vector;
import org.uddi4j.transport.*;
import org.uddi4j.*;
import org.uddi4j.datatype.business.BusinessEntity;
import org.uddi4j.response.AuthToken;
import org.uddi4j.response.BusinessDetail;
import org.uddi4j.response.BusinessList;
import org.uddi4j.response.BusinessInfo;
import org.uddi4j.response.DispositionReport;
* Class for carrying out basic business entity functions.
* @author Clayton Moore
* @version 0.7.0
public class SocketBusinessManager
private UDDIProxy uddiProxy;
public SocketBusinessManager()
public SocketBusinessManager(UDDIProxy uddiProxy)
this.uddiProxy = uddiProxy;
public void addBusiness(String businessName, AuthToken token)
Vector entities = new Vector();
BusinessEntity be = new BusinessEntity();
Vector businessNames = new Vector();
Name name = new Name(businessName);
BusinessDetail bd = uddiProxy.save_business(token.getAuthInfoString(),
Vector businessEntities = bd.getBusinessEntityVector();
BusinessEntity returnedBusinessEntity = (BusinessEntity)(businessEntities.elementAt(0));
System.out.println("Returned businessKey:" + returnedBusinessEntity.getBusinessKey());
catch (TransportException ex)
catch (UDDIException ex)
Posted at 06:16AM Jul 09, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in UDDI & jUDDI |
The Industrial Estate Design Pattern
Atif, SOCKET lead developer, always shakes his head in a disapproving manner whenever I refer to the SOCKET view application (code: Sun, Rob & I; XSLT: Rob) as the "View Factory". "It's not a factory. It's a servlet filter that calls an XSLT transformation". Atif is, indeed, correct. As it stands, the View won't fit in with the elegance of the design of the rest of the project. Atif has seen to it that the core functionality of SOCKET is highly modular and pluggable. Even the plugs have plugs. So the View must become a true View Factory. (Sink me, a hacker such as meself straying into Gang of Four territory feels most odd.) Not that this is an unreasonable development: the Abstract Factory Pattern is often applied in affairs of the View. Swing abounds with factories.
There is a 2-dimensional structure at the heart of the implementation of the Abstract Factory Pattern. For example, one dimension could be the platform, such as Windows, Motif or MacOS, and the other could be a range of view widgets. A program might be charged with producing widgets so that the program can easily be configured for each particular platform.
In SOCKET, one dimension can be looked on as View Technology and the other as User Agent. The pluggable consumer software module that is in place at the moment happens to feed out an xml file, an abstract Graphical User Interface Descriptor (GUID), to be posh. The natural view technology is therefore an XSLT transformation. However, another implementation of the consumer module (OK, the consumer factory) might send out a bean, in which case a more natural view technology might be a JSP page or a pojo beanhandler.
So what is required is a Factory architecture that will facilitate the production of the View for a range of technologies and a range of User Agents - browsers, PDAs, WAP and so on. And so, we start with an interface. (By the way, I refuse to put Impl on the end of everything that derives from an interface. It's damned ugly - for a start, Impl is too close to pimple.)
public interface ISocketViewFactory
//For PC browsers.
public abstract XhtmlView createXhtmlView();
//For range of mobile devices.
public abstract XhtmlBasicView createXhtmlBasicView();
//For WAP browsers.
public abstract WmlView createWmlView();
I might even add a special one for my pride and joy, my Nokia 770
We can then have an XSLT factory, say.
public class XsltSocketViewFactory implements ISocketViewFactory
public XhtmlView createXhtmlView()
return new XsltXhtmlView();
public XhtmlBasicView createXhtmlBasicView()
return new XsltXhtmlBasicView();
public WmlView createWmlView()
return new XsltWmlView();
Each returned view object will have a transform method to carry out the actual data transformation.
Now the good bit - the SocketViewFactoryFactory - a factory to create the factory. Depending on an input parameter, a different implementation of the view factory can be returned.
public class SocketViewFactoryFactory
private static SocketViewFactoryFactory soleInstance = new SocketViewFactoryFactory();
//XSLT-based view factory.
public final static int XSLT = 1;
//View factory processes Java bean containing view data.
public final static int BEANHANDLER = 2;
* Private constructor brings about singleton status.
private SocketViewFactoryFactory()
* Returns the one and only instance of the SocketViewFactoryFactory.
* @return soleInstance
public static SocketViewFactoryFactory getInstance()
return soleInstance;
* Returns a SocketViewFactory whose type is determined by the
* technology integer.
* technology = 1 => XSLT factory
* technology = 2 => BeanHandler factory
* @param int technology
* @return ISocketViewFactory
public ISocketViewFactory createSocketViewFactory(int technology)
switch (technology)
case XSLT:
return new XsltSocketViewFactory();
case BEANHANDLER:
return new BeanHandlerSocketViewFactory();
return new XsltSocketViewFactory();
Is that OK, Atif? I need what now? A message queue???
Some factory classes are completely populated by factory methods. A good name for this might be the Industrial Estate Design Pattern. Might not internationalize well.
ps The Pojo BeanHandlers is actually the name of a Tennessee mountain jug band.
Posted at 03:00PM Jun 18, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in View Factory & XSLT |
Writing new tools for Bodington
I've written a couple of tools for Bodington - the Peer Marker and the SOCKET Link. I thought it might be useful to document how this is done because as far as I'm aware it is not documented anywhere else. The easiest way to write a new tool is to download the latest Bodington code from Sourceforge and copy/edit the code for an existing tool. Each tool has the following components:
- A unique tool ID number.
- A tool class that extends org.bodington.server.resources.Resource.
This class contains get/set methods for the tool's properties and also methods that allow the tool object to be retrieved from the database using various keys.
- A session interface that extends org.bodington.server.BuildingSession. This interface specifies methods that represent a user's session with a specific tool.
- A session class that implements the session interface.
- A facility class that extends org.bodington.servlet.facilities.Facility.
This class implements the user interface using the tool's templates. All input/output code is confined to this class.
- An SQL script that is used to create the table and fields needed to store persistent information about the tool.
- A set of resources that contain the localised strings for the code and templates
- A set of HTML and/or XHTML templates containing tags which will be replaced by interactive content generated by the methods in the facility class.
- Add the sql script to the String[] array tables_sql_in_order in org.bodington.installation.Installer.java. The first entry should be the name of the tool's table and the second should be the full path to the SQL script.
- Add the tool ID to the list at the beginning of Resource.java
- Add the tool ID to the list in the method Resource.mapHttpFacilityNoToResourceType()
- Add the tool ID to the list in the method Resource.getResourceTypeName()
- Add the tool's nickname to the comma-separated list in bodington-defaults.properties. The nickname should be the same as the name of the directory containing the tool's templates.
- Add an entry to bodington-defaults.properties of the form:
bodington.facility.<tool nickname> = <tool facility class>
- Add an entry to org.bodington.server.resources.ResourceTypeNames.properties
- Create create_tool.html and confirmcreate_tool.html templates in the style_default/default directory
- Add a section to the creationmenu.html in the appropriate template directories so that the option to create your tool appears in the list of tools.
Posted at 11:57AM Jun 04, 2006 by Andrew G. Booth in Bodington | Comments[1]
The Bodington VLE does SOCKET
There is now a Bodington tool for putting links to SOCKET services onto Bodington resource pages. Basically, it's a modified quick link that takes its title, description and URL from the SocketService selected from the list of services provided by the SocketJuddiToolkit. In due course this will be contributed to the Bodington CVS on Sourceforge.
Posted at 09:10AM Jun 03, 2006 by Andrew G. Booth in Bodington |
Running in the Derby
The Derby database, of course. Going on general reports, recommendations from a colleague, and mutterings from my Auntie Fanny, the decision has been made to use Apache Derby as the back end for the jUDDI registry. The most obvious advantage is ease of deployment and portability. The whole of SOCKET can be wrapped up in a WAR with the derby.jar file nicely stowed away inside.
Derby is ridiculously straightforward to crank up, especially with the aid of the book, Apache Derby - Off to the Races - Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape, by Paul C. Zikopoulos, Dan Scott and George Baklarz out of IBM Press, Pearson (2006). This book is a real pleasure to fondle. Beautiful crisp, black, blue and white IBM theme with a blurred hossie on the front. A sturdy hardback, well laid out and good quality paper.
I provide below some jottings on how to start experimenting with the database under Java on Windows XP.
Get the latest stable release from http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html. This is presently 10.1.2.1. The lib download is fine: db-derby-10.1.2.1-lib.zip.
Unzipping this download reveals a few derby jars plus some internationalization jars. For the moment, the two important ones here are derby.jar and derbytools.jar. derby.jar contains the database files while derbytools.jar has inside it 'ij', the Apache Derby JDBC scripting tool, using which you can execute SQL scripts against Derby databases.
Add these two files to your Java classpath by first opening the My Computer window, right-clicking and selecting Properties to summon the System Properties window. Select the Advanced tab and then the Environment Variables button. Make a new user variable called CLASSPATH. My value for this was
If there are already entries in the CLASSPATH variable, just tack these two soldiers on the end with semi-colon separators.
Now you can use the ij tool to create a database as shown below.
There is now a directory D:/JUDDI containing the Derby files for the JUDDI database. You can add a path to the directory when you create it.
Add dataEncryption=true;bootPassword=myBootPassword to encrypt the newly created database. In this case the bootPassword property of the connection object must be set to myBootPassword to gain access.
Now you can write a little Java program to access the database:
package derbytest;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class DerbyCranker {
public DerbyCranker() {
public static void main(String[] args) {
DerbyCranker derbyCranker1 = new DerbyCranker();
String DerbyDriver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver";
try {
System.out.println("Driver located and loaded.");
catch (Exception NoDriver) {
System.out.println("No driver: " + DerbyDriver);
String url = "jdbc:derby:D:/JUDDI";
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.put("retrieveMessagesFromServerOnGetMessage", "true");
try {
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, properties);
catch (SQLException se) {
String SQLState = se.getSQLState();
String SQLMessage = se.getMessage();
System.out.println("Error: " + SQLState);
Hours of fun.
Posted at 05:06PM May 19, 2006 by Brian Peter Clark in Misc technical |


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From Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record (via RAB):
David Cone: Say YES. It appears Cone's short but brilliant run in the YES broadcast booth may be over. Sources say Cone is out after a heated disagreement with network executives.A spokesman confirmed via e-mail: "David's contract is up. We'd love to have him back, but he's in the process of evaluating his various options. … He may not be back based on what he decides."
Cone's skill and confidence grew appreciably in the past year. Like former-Met teammate Ron Darling, he had a graceful way of explaining baseball to casual fans, but also was immersed in cutting edge sabermetrics.
Michael Kay said, "I'd come into the booth five hours before a game and Coney would already be there, buried in the computer, looking up stats. He took it very seriously."
Cone was a great personality in the booth. I'm not sure if this can actually do anything, but if you'd like to call (or even write a letter to) YES and encourage them to try and bring back Cone for 2010, here's their contact information:
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10174-3699
Phone: 646-487-3600
Fax: 646-487-3612
Sending an email and asking about Cone's situation probably can't hurt.
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Steel Burkhardt and Paris Remillard began as understudies in the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair, and have worked their way up to the lead roles of Berger and Claude in the show's national tour, which is now playing Broadway's St. James Theatre for a 10-week run. TheaterMania spoke with Burkhardt and Remillard about their experiences with the show.
THEATERMANIA: This production has played a lot of places over the past few years. Are you still amazed by some of the audience reactions?
STEEL BURKHARDT: In a couple of cities, people stay the first act, see us get naked, and when we come back for Act II, we see empty seats.… Read the rest


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Discover the true nature of Van Gogh this summer at the National Gallery of Canada, the only Canadian venue for this unique exhibition.
From May 25 to September 3, 2012, the National Gallery of Canada will present Van Gogh: Up Close, the first major exhibition of the famous Dutch artist's works in over 25 years! For more details about the exhibit, and to purchase tickets, visit: www.gallery.ca/vangogh.
The National Gallery of Canada is located in one of the most spectacular sites in Ottawa - along Ottawa's historic ByWard Market, overlooking the Ottawa River and the Canadian Parliament Buildings. Its award-winning architecture, featuring the luminous Great Hall, spacious galleries, and interior gardens and courtyards, is itself worth the visit.
Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, and opened in 1988 at its current location on Sussex Drive, the National Gallery is the home of Canada's most extensive collection of Canadian art. From the religious themes of the past to the avant-garde of today, the Gallery offers a journey of exploration through the collective imagination of Canadian artists.
Over 1,200 works from the permanent collection are on view. Special exhibitions highlight the work of Canadian and international artists.
Follow a tour, explore the Gallery as a family, make art at the Artissimo kiosk, or stay for lunch and enjoy the spectacular views both inside and out! The Gallery makes art accessible, meaningful, and vital to diverse audiences of all ages. In one stop, you and your family will learn and have fun doing it, all while experiencing the best in Canadian and worldwide visual arts.
1 May to 30 September: Daily from 10 am to 5 pm; 8 pm on Thursday
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Open Ontario Family Day, Spring Break in Ontario and Québec, Thanksgiving Day, and Remembrance Day from 12-5pm.
Closed 25 December, 1st January and Good Friday.
Permanent collection: Adults $9, Seniors and students (with ID) $7, Youths (12-19 years) $4, Family (2 adults, 3 youths) $18. Free for children under 12 and Friends of the National Gallery of Canada. Free for everyone on Thursdays after 5 pm.
Special exhibitions* (excluding Van Gogh): Adults $15, Seniors and students (with ID) $12, Youths (12-19 years) $7, Family (2 adults, 3 youths) $30. Free for children under 12 and Friends of the National Gallery of Canada.
* Includes admission to the NGC Collection
A fine bookstore, an extensive library, a choice of restaurants and paid parking. Wheelchair accessible.
Call (613) 990-4888 three weeks in advance for reservations.
Canada's Art in the Capital
As a national museum, the National Gallery of Canada cooperates with a vast network of art museums in all regions of this country and abroad. It fosters the interplay of artist, public, critic, educator, and curator in Canada and the world.
The National Gallery of Canada exemplifies the place of art in the life of Canadians, and the place of Canadians in the world of art.
Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, Alfred Pellan, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Frances Loring, Michael Snow, Guido Molinari, Ozias Leduc, Jack Shadbolt, L.L. FitzGerald, Jean-Paul Lemieux: these are but a few of the many artists represented in the large rooms devoted to Canadian art. The arrangement respects both chronology and regional characteristics which reflect the many facets of the Canadian creative spirit.
The collection of contemporary Inuit art attests to the vitality of the fine arts in the Arctic and in particular to the imagination and talent of its artists, as expressed in stone, bone, drawings, prints and textiles. The works in this collection are on display in the Inuit Galleries.
In the European and American Galleries you will find masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the Middle Ages to the present.
The works in the Contemporary Art Galleries prompt surprise, humour and reflection. The emphasis of the collection is on Canadian art and includes films, sound recordings, videos, multi-media installations and works on paper, produced from the early 1960s to the present
Intimate spaces complement the Gallery's collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs made by international artists.
Winter, Summer and Fall exhibitions are presented in the Special Exhibition Galleries. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada, and with museums around the world, these exhibitions highlight the work of Canadian and international artists.
Public Programs
Excellent education and performing arts programs stimulate the appreciation and enjoyment of art. Visitors of all ages can participate in studio activities, workshops, lectures, films, "Meet the Artist" and "Meet the Curator" talks, gallery tours, and concerts.
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- The Great Hall's soaring glass ceiling and walls echo the contours of the Library of Parliament, just to the southwest.
- At the heart of the Canadian Galleries lies a unique treasure, the reconstructed 19th century Rideau Street Chapel. The girls' school convent was demolished in 1972, but a group of citizens saved the chapel. More than one thousand pieces were put in storage and painstakingly restored and reassembled in time for the opening of the National Gallery's permanent home in May 1988.
- Electronically-controlled blinds and diffusing lenses protect the art from too much sunlight. The lower galleries are partly lit by daylight through an ingenious system of skylights and mirrored light shafts.
- Many of the paintings in the Gallery's collection of Canadian art have been reproduced on Canadian postage stamps.
- Voice of Fire, the controversial 18-foot painting by Barnett Newman which dominates the gallery dedicated to American Expressionism, was first exhibited at Expo '67 in Montreal
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Photos: Affordable housing demonstration in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Women's groups and housing advocates walked through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Saturday (September 17) to call for more safe and affordable housing in the neighbourhood.
The 5th annual women's housing march, which was organized by The Power of Women Group at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, was also intended as a protest against condo development and gentrification in the area. A group of organizations recently launched a boycott of a proposed development in the 100-block of East Hastings.
"We want to see affordable housing, we don't want these condominiums coming in, and we don't want the rich pushing out the poor," said Stella August, a member of the Power of Women group who has lived in the area for 40 years.
"We need safe housing for our women especially."
The march came a day after the body of 50-year-old Verna Simard was found on the sidewalk below her sixth-floor suite at the Regent Hotel. Vancouver police are investigating her death.
Demonstrators paid tribute to the Downtown Eastside resident during the march Saturday. Members of the Power of Women group described Simard as very friendly, and said the aboriginal woman had worked in the community for years and was well-known among residents.
Recently a guy approached me in my neighbourhood asking for money. I asked him where he lived and he said he's homeless. I asked him why he doesn't go to a homeless shelter and he said he's scared to go there because there are dangerous people there.
I'm tired of the many powerful women's groups that continue to take ownership on victimhood. Powerful women and feminists can keep marching on the streets for media attention and creating one-sided false perceptions, but until we start focusing on helping troubled and emotionally disturbed men, we will start making progress towards making women safer.
The province took out the only 'organized' group capable of putting up any determined & organized or meaningful resistance, DERA.
The community allowed DERA to become bloated & corrupt, leaving it an easy target.
This project is the quid pro quo for many of the things that VV wanted to accomplish. The DTES as it has come to be known since the 70's will cease to exist in under 5 years.
W2TV: Solidarity Notes Choir - Women's Housing March and GentriFUCation Tour - September 17, 2011
The performances by Solidarity Notes Choir directed by Earle Peach quite inspiring. The singing and subject made it perfect for music track for a quick edit for Women's Housing March and GentriFUCation Tour. Consider this the first of several pieces I hope to cut on this.
Let's keep it the way it is...
Maybe if some of these protesters funneled their energies into actually changing things for better in the DTES instead of making anti-gentrification stickers and marionettes, we would see some real change.
But then again, the poverty pimps would be out of a job. What a JOKE.
So all you right,self righteous and pompous asses stop judging people by your stanards and help with a real solution then you have nothing to say,remember Judge not lest you be judged.
Regarding your comment about mainly seeing men on the street; there are a lot of homeless women as well, but they may not roam the streets as much due to the fact that it is even less safe for them to do so.
To Christbel. I disagree. The problem is that we don't hear about violence towards men to the extent that we hear about violence towards women in most media outlets. A woman victimized is headline news. A man victimized most likely won't make it into the news that day. Sometimes media reports are misleadingly framed to show women as victims. For example, 50-year-old Verna Simard was found on the sidewalk below her sixth-floor suite at the Regent Hotel and we don't know yet if there was foul play, yet media reports like this one http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Marchers+pause+site+deaths/5423340/... leave an impression in the mind that she was victimized - even though this very well may not have been the case.
I'm constantly amazed at how many vocal and powerful women's advocacy groups we have in the lower mainland and this also creates the perception that there's more need to help women than men. Women have voice and are more willing to seek help, but men are socialized to remain silent in their suffering and there are few resources available for their specialized needs.
I've been speaking up as an advocate for men, but I think this is something new that people are not used to nor understand. I think that's unfortunate because we've become conditioned not to care about their welfare.


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SAMANTHA Stosur has continued her horror run in elite level tennis finals, the top seed going down to third seed Caroline Wozniacki in the WTA's Kremlin decider in Moscow.
Danish former world number one Wozniacki won 6-2 4-6 7-5 for her 20th career title and second this year to level her head-to-head record with ninth-ranked Stosur at 3-3.
Wozniacki, currently 11th in the world, broke early for a comfortable 3-0 lead.
The Australian broke back in the fifth game but failed to level as the Dane produced two more breaks to take the opening set in 37 minutes.
Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, fought back in the second set to level at one set all after one hour 20 minutes on court.
The 28-year-old Stosur started the deciding set with an immediate break to grab the 2-0 lead but Wozniacki broke back in the sixth to level at three games all.
In the 12th game Wozniacki made the deciding break to win the set and the match in 2hr 13min when Stosur, who survived two match points, sent the ball off the court with a forehand cross.
"It was a tough match and it could have gone either ways," Wozniacki said in Russian after the match.
"You win some, I win some but that's sport," she said to Stosur.
Caroline Wozniacki
Wozniacki received a silver Cartier trophy and a $US122,000 ($A118,250) cheque, while runner-up Stosur pocketed $US66,250 ($A64,250).
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Our standard fares are shown here and fares for our special events here. Please note the tickets booked in advance online will incur a booking fee.
The GWR is committed to making everyone's visit to the railway as enjoyable as possible. You can find details of disabled access and facilities on this page.
Unfortunately the yard at Toddington is currently not accessible to the public. The yard is a hazardous area not only with locomotives and other vehicles moving around but often welding, grinding and compressed air tools are in use. Guided tours can be organised for enthusiast groups with sufficient notice. There is a pedestrian walkway down the western side of the yard, past the diesel shed which allows visitors to see what is happening in the yard.
Yes you can. We publish the operating locomotives, both steam and diesel, on the loco roster page. We keep this page as up to date as possible however we can never guarantee a particular locomotive will be running. Some of the locomotives are 100+ years old and sometimes things go wrong and they have to be replaced on the roster. Whenever this happens we endeavour to update the roster as soon as possible.
Yes, join us as a volunteer and work through the grades in the steam or diesel department until you reach driver. Alternatively we run steam firing and driving days and diesel driving experiences. Details of these can be found here.
Yes we welcome all well behaved dogs to the railway.
The line is currently 12 miles long from Laverton, through Toddington and Winchcombe to Cheltenham Race Course. When the northern extension to Broadway is completed the line will be 15 miles long.
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Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair.
A federal judge on Friday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking an Arkansas law that would ban abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, a court official told CNN on Friday.
A new study shows that more than half of public pools contain bacterial evidence of human fecal matter.
When Angelina Jolie revealed she'd had a double mastectomy, she probably had a pretty good idea that her bravery would empower other women to tell their breast cancer stories.
Less cancer treatment may be better, and being in good physical shape may help keep cancer away, according to the latest research being presented at the largest convergence of cancer experts worldwide.
Ramin Bastani believed he was about to get lucky. A woman he'd met earlier that night was making her way toward his bedroom.
Suddenly, he hesitated. It didn't go unnoticed.
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Women who discover they carry a hereditary gene mutation that dramatically increases their risk of breast and ovarian cancers face big decisions and the possibility of tens of thousands of dollars in medical costs.
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From the 8th to the 10th of May Italian producers will attend Glass South America , an international fair that will take place in Sao Paulo. ItŌĆÖs a well established event dedicated to flat and curved glass technology, to be used in the automotive, construction, architecture and furniture sectors. The steady growth of the interest of this business niche is confirmed by the fact that 95% of exhibition space available has already been booked. In its last edition, Glass South America has attracted over 12,600 visitors, an overwhelming majority (91%) coming from Brazil.
These figures suggest that the fair is very much oriented towards the local market. It is not surprising, given the boom period that producers of glass processing machines are experiencing in Brazil: in 2007 the three leading players in the sector that supplies the construction industry - Cebrace, Guardian e Ubv ŌĆō closed their annual balance sheet with an increase in earnings of over 10%. And estimates indicate that demand will keep on growing steadily in the next years. In 2006 (the latest year for which sectorial statistics were available) there was a 6% increase in production capacity, that reached 1.240 thousand tonnes.
Italy has a lot to offer to a country that is hungry for glass processing technology. The 75 firms affiliated to Gimav, the Italian glass processing machinery and accessories association are one of the leading sectors of Italian exports and even in this first glimpse of 2008 are enjoying a positive trend.
GimavŌĆÖs statistics, which represent around 90% of the industryŌĆÖs total turnover, indicated that in earnings increased by around 10% to almost 1.4 billion euros in 2007, with an export quota of 75%. The growth figures, albeit on a smaller scale, should be replicated in 2008: signals coming from international markets in the first three months of the year indicate that there has been progress in Easter Europe and Asia. In Western Europe the outlook is stable, while the US market is in decline. The main export destination for Gimav affiliated companies should be Russia, China and France, as it was in 2007.
Given that ŌĆō as in all markets ŌĆō the construction industry tends to be a bellwether for future trends, Gimav is focusing particularly on China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, markets which showing tangible and significant growth potentials. Bearing in mind the objective to support the Italian glass processing industry all over the world, the trade association has decided to organise official delegations in these five countries, where the main international trade fairs take place.
Thanks therefore to the support of Gimav and ICE, the Italian Trade Commission, Italian firms will have a busy international schedule in 2008, starting from
China Glass in Beijing (10th-13th April) and of course Glass South America, to be followed by Mir Stekla in Moscow (9th-12th June) and Glass Expo Africa in Johannesburg (23rd-26th July).
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Being rejected was one thing; but being ignored and having his existence denied entirely was NOT going to happen. A short, somewhat cliched drabble based on my 'Here's the Day...' devArt picture. Not entirely serious and almost completely angst-free.
Rated: Fiction K - English - Humor - Words: 367 - Reviews: 33 - Favs: 43 - Follows: 9 - Published: 01-13-08 - Status: Complete - id: 4008942
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A/N. Nothing very original here - but dashed off in response to someone sending me a drabble that was lovely take on the "Here's the Day you Hoped Would Never Come" picture but done rather bleak and hopeless. Jareth-in-my-mind snorted and said, no, that's not how it goes.
Title from the Blink 182 song. which gives you some idea of how serious and emo this is...
For L.Baker
He'd expected her to be stubborn about things, but this was getting beyond a joke.
For three nights running, Sarah had gawked at the crystals he'd sent through her mirror to rest, softly luminous and enticing, on her desk; three nights running she'd left the room wide-eyed and muttering about medication and stress of her finals. And he could tell Sarah was, again, trying to rationalise away what was glowing on top of her Spanish homework in front of her, plain as anything.
Did the girl have no sense of magic and adventure anymore? Hell, didn't she have any curiosity, plain and simple?
Of course she knew who was sending them. He'd seen the instant recognition and wonder and - he'd smirked in vindication - worry play over her face at the first crystal, before she closed her eyes and started reciting Zen mantras.
He'd lost the smirk when she burnt the feather, though.
All right, so maybe they hadn't parted on the best of terms - and whose fault was that? ...Well, hers, obviously - and he hadn't really expected a warm welcome. He'd been quite prepared for temper tantrums, bitter recriminations, flying cushions... But there was no way in the seven hells and either world that Jareth was going to have his existence denied outright.
Well. The barn owl glared though the window at the girl hurrying from the room. He'd tried the magic number three, and then one more time in deference to her bloody-mindedness; but if she was refusing to acknowledge the silent, tactful, patient crystals - he was just going to have to make his message clearer, wasn't he?


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of the water. Wearing a swim hat will also help keep you higher in the water for a more efficient stroke.Week fourThis is the week to work on your kick. If you have come to triathlon from cycling, your legs are likely to be heavier and more muscular than if you
Photo by: Bakke-Svensson/Ironman An Ironman triathlon is an emotional experience. The physical and mental challenge presented by the event (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run) slowly removes the layers
-neutral triathlon. Afterwards they commissioned a report on their efforts that said 95 per cent of the race's carbon imprint came from transport.Next time you're planning to race, ask yourself whether you could do an event close to home, cycle to the venue, use
"Don't worry too much about being aerodynamic if you are new to triathlon, but you should make sure that your bike fits. A good bike shop should be able to help you find a comfortable cycling position by adjusting the saddle height and reach to the handle bars
Winter brings icy roads and even icier open waters to the UK, which means triathlon is really only suited to our self-styled summer. But that doesn't mean your competitive juices have to dry up when the cold settles in - the UK hosts a growing
.The ScheduleThis schedule is designed for triathletes who have completed at least a sprint-distance triathlon. The training sessions feature various paces: Talking Pace (TP) - while jogging or cycling you could have a conversation with another person; Pause
to just one discipline. Triathlon's great because it's a new sport and I'm growing with it."Goddard, who also races hand cycles in Europe, and in 2006 climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in his wheelchair, has big ambitions in triathlon. "Short term, I'm aiming
that you really enjoy but can't do in the summer because of races: mountain biking, long rides and cross-country runs. A mountain-bike ride will keep you much warmer than road cycling, as well as giving variation in your speed." - Jonny Brownlee How to kit
from cutting back to a single workout each day, alternating between swimming, cycling and running sessions, instead of packing two (or three) workouts into each day. These lengthy layoffs work. Chris Tremonte, who has completed more than 100 triathlons
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Perry Hall Man's Christmas Display Lights Up Neighborhood
David Eberhardt said his holiday decorations are inspiring others.
David Eberhardt is leading a revolution along Silver Farm Court—a Christmas revolution.
More and more of Eberhardt's neighbors are decorating their homes for the holidays, this year more than ever, he said.
"One house put up lights for the first time in five years," Eberhardt said from the front yard of his glowing Perry Hall home. "This year, I even decorated the deck. Most people around here who did their decks, they did it because I motivated them."
"I'd like to be like 34th Street [in Baltimore], where people line up to come here," he added.
Eberhardt's display includes several inflatable Peanuts characters, a reindeer, a snowman, thousands of LED lights, light-dripping icicles and a loop of Christmas music.
"Every year I grow more and more. This year I rented a lift and got two guys from work to help," said Eberhardt, who works in heating and air conditioning.
The 60-foot lift cost him $1,000 to rent for a week, on top of the $300 the display adds to his electric bill, he said.
"He's completely obsessed. He can't do anything partially—he goes all out. There can't be just five lights out there, there has to be a million," said his wife, Holly, with a laugh.
David Eberhardt said he decorates because it spreads joy.
"It's about making kids happy, and watching when people drive by and they're happy," he said, adding that his 3-year-old and 5-year-old children are the display's biggest fans.
It was a proud moment, he said, when Santa Claus, riding with White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company firefighters, visited his street this week.
"They stopped and took pictures," he said.
Michelle Chaustit, a nearby resident, drove by to see the display Thursday night.
"We come here almost every night, because [my son, Cole] is obsessed with coming here," Chaustit said.
"I like Frosty," Cole said.
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I'll be driving through tonight! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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We went by last evening. Most of the Court is decorated! Certainly is something to see!
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As a resident on Silver Farm Court, we all love "Mr. Dave's" display. Even though we can see it from our windows, my girls still ask me to drive by - day or night - whenever we're in the car. Now, we just need to get my husband on board to join in next year. 34th Street - here we come!! :o)


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- 06-30-2011, 09:59 AM Thread Author #1
Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
I know there are a lot of post on this already and I have read them however the reason Im writing this post is because my situation appears to be slightly different so a new battery may mot be what I need and I like that powerskin sleeve that was posted from engadget but let me ask this...
I was first looking for a recommendation of an after market extended battery life battery for my Inspire 4G, however after reading the posts and the time people are getting on their Inspires it makes me wonder if I either have a defective battery or phone. The problem is that even with no live wallpapers and no gadgets that run real time I am only getting about 4 hours of battery time with wifi on and that on a very good day as long as Im not using the phone. If Im using the phone, txting ect I may get 1-2 hours out of it I leave the wifi on because I find myself always checking my alerts for mail and FB ect and I dont want to use the ATT data package as they over charge as it is, so with wifi I am sure not to use the data plan bandwidth. So does it sound like I have something defective here, if not can someone recommend a better extended life battery or should I look into the powerskin? Your thoughts as always are highly appreciated.
Thanks!AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note, Stock ROM, So many apps, so little time! - 07-01-2011, 09:52 PM Thread Author #2
Re: Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
Bump, can someone please advise me please? I dont have alot of money so I want to make sure that whatever I choose it will be the right battery for me as I dont have the money to mess around and keep buying things to try. Thanks all!
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note, Stock ROM, So many apps, so little time! - 07-01-2011, 10:10 PM #3
Every "extended" battery for the inspire is not extended. The only one that might be any good is the seidio. My recommendation, carry an extra. Or the powerskin. Not sure why your battery life is so horrible. I get 4 hours of screen on time and usually 14 to 16 hours between charges.
Sent from my Inspire 4G - 07-11-2011, 02:35 PM #4
Re: Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
Re: Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
Another thing you could check is sync. Alot of stuff syncing often is going to kill your battery. HTC sense syncing is a huge battery hog.
Re: Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
That as well as the 5 clocks and weather locations. Delete them! Also FB, Twitter and 4square sync in the background. New as well. Turn sync off for all of those...and set their timers to the max. They will all refresh on launch. Look at the battery widget as it will tell you what is killing your battery.
Re: Recommendations for an Extended life barrery Inspire 4G
I had gotten the Advanced Task Killer when I first got the phone and noticed that this was killing my battery quickly. Once I got rid of that I have been getting on average about 2 hours extra. Then I went through and changed a bunch of the sync options and squeezed a couple more hours.
Another thing you can use is juice defender. It disables data while the screen is off, so emails and suck won't be received until the screen is turned on. Texts and calls are still received normally. With the paid version, you can set a schedule to activate mobile data at set intervals for syncing.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk - 02-04-2012, 11:55 PM #9
I'm thinking you have a defective battery. Under the warrenty, I replaced my battery and it faired better. I get 5-4 hours of constant video streaming and about 8-15 hours of heavy use ( for me which is Modern Combat 3 here and there, a few text, web browsing, and a couple of Skype calls) and I'm rooted.
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Two Artist Series Numbers This Week Students Cite Happiest Moments See Page 3 VOLUME 29 MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1948 Drama Is Not Single Art Form Says Dr. Lembke "To my mind there is not just a form which is comedy, a form which is tragedy, a form which is, indeed, a play," stated Dr. Russell W. Lembke, associate professor of speech, last Wednesday afternoon to a large and enthusiastic audience in his discussion of plays that have appeared on Broadway in the past year. He stated that of the plays which have recently appeared on Broadway;, just about every variety is represented; some that are serious and others that are gay and farcical. Among the latter mentioned were Born Yesterday and Brigadoon, "which tend to 'round qut' the elements, to achieve *an harmonic completeness at* the end of each story." Also included in this category were the musical comedies. Among the serious plays were Medea, Command Decision, and A Street-car Called Desire which "search out the ugliness of life and leave life still ugly when the play ends." "Discordant features in art have always had an appeal," according to Professor Lembke, "and many believe they give a clearer insight into actuality, and ' add the exhilaration of conflict—always elements of aesthetic valuation/** Dr. Lembke believes that in a democracy, we should encourage pioneering in art. "For one thing it may serve to counteract the arbitrary attempt to squeeze all plays into a tight little mould. Throwing 'comedies' See—DRAMA—Page 4 Cost is Named for Royal Family The cast for the summer play, "The Royal Family," has been announced by Assoc. Prof. Fred R. Bush, dramatics coach. The play's plot and humor revolve around the struggles encountered by a family of actors torn by an intense loyalty to their profession and, at the same time, a desire to forsake it. The action of the play takes place in the family's New York City duplex apartment. The cast which will portray members of the family,- their friends and servants are as follows: Delia Joan Ellis Jo George Nesbitt A hallboy Orville Emery McDermott Dan Reed Herbert Dean Wells Cook Kitty Dean Joan Bowne Gwen .■ Martha Foltz Perry Stewart Charles Harrow Fanny Cavendish Joan Bush Oscar Wolfe .. Randall Robertson Julie Cavendish Meegan Kelly Anthony Cavendish .. John Gregory Another hallboy Bill Figg Gilbert Marshall William Doehring Gunga Allen Robertson Miss Peake Jean SUtter Chauffeur Robert Hoxie Although the authors, George Kaufman and Edna Ferber, strongly deny it, many people who have seen the Broadway presentation of "The Royal Family" insist that the theater's "First Family," the Barry- mores, John, Ethel and Diana, is the subject of the presentation. Next on Summer Artist Series NUMBER 34 Donald Scott-Morrison Grace Wolpert Keene Pianist and Dramatist to Appear This Week Hey, Look, Girls— He Wiggles Ears and Feet, Too To serve the students and faculty of Central is LIFE'S job. Occas- sionally we find one person who we believe merits our utmost help. This notice was found on the Bulletin board in Warriner Hall: we are printing it in the hope that our "Casanova" will get an answer to his earnest plea. "My name is Randy Robertson, and I live in Keeler 105. I am blonde, husky, handsome — can wiggle my ears and soft-shoe dance with both feet. I also brush my teeth twice a month." "If any young lady would like to date me—please call 105 Keeler after 4 p. m." "Conversation Concerts," present- d by Donald Scott-Morrison, American pianist, will appear in the auditorium next Monday night at :15 o'clock. As he presents the works of Bach, Handel, Brahms, Beethoven, Listz, DeBussy, and others, Mr. Scott- Morrison will recount their lives and in make-up and authentic costume impersonate them . The recital is lecture, concert, and theatre all in one. Mr. Scott-Morrison, a pupil of Guy Maier and Tobias Matthay, has studied in both Europe and America. The College Sing scheduled for tonight has been cancelled. Dancing on the Green, therefore, will begin at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. Dr. Wills Discusses Poets of Tragedy "Two Modern Poets of Tragedy" will be the topie of the third book hour meeting of the current summer school session. Dr. Mary Wills, associate professor of English, Will be the speaker today at 4 p. m., W107. Thomas Stearns Eliot and Robinson Jeffers are the two modern poets whom Dr. Wills wili discuss. These writers are prominent examples of the tragic spirit as it u in evidence in modern times, she declares. Her lecture is designed not only for students of English but for anyone who reads and likes poetry. Dr. Wills professes to be a west- ener, having received her A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She has also done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and the University of California. Grace Keene, dramatic star and next Artist Course- entertainer will present, "The Lightwood Tree," tomorrow at 8:15 p. m. in the auditorium. Mrs. Keene who has appeared from Texas to the Eastern coast has studied as a special student with Hope Summers and Maude Shearer, famous dramatic artists, While doing college work at Bradley Tech in Peoria. She is a keen student of repertoire and can please audiences of all age levels. School Heads Invited to Clinic In connection with the workshop for school lunch cooks and managers a school administrators clinic will take place Wednesday, July 21 at 1 p. m. Discussions pertaining to the school lunch program of special interest to administrators will be held. The superintendents and principals are invited to a Type A lunch, which the class will prepare and serve at cost prior to the meetings. Mr. Ralph J. Budd, director State Commodities Distribution Division, will discuss the part his bureau plays in the school lunch program. A short period will be devoted to the problems of sanitation, and the latter part of the session will be given over to special questions asked by the administrators. Officials Approve New Ordinances for Student Gov't Proposed ordinances were discussed at a meeting held recently by Pres. Charles L. Anspach and Asst to the Pres. Judson W. Foust with Warren Cleary, president-elect of the new student governing body. Both President Anspach and Dr. Foust thought the proposed ordinances were sound and representative of good student government. All ordinances will go before the newly-formed student Senate for adoption in the fall semester except the ordinance concerning the Judiciary. A meeting of the administration of the college and the administration of the student governing body will take place early in the fall to discuss, investigate and advise the new student government on the judiciary, so that their policies and actions will coordinate with those of the school administration and the State Board of Education. Also discussed was the proposed Student Self-Insured Health Program which will be referred to the President's Cabinet and the State Board of Education for further investigation before any action is taken. Son of Former Coach Dies in Cycle Crash Paul D. Lodewyk, 22, son of former Central coach Bourke W. Lodewyk, was killed Saturday near Rose City while riding a friend's motorcycle. The younger Lodewyk was associated with his father in a Bay City insurance agency. Prof. Claude Love Heads Commerce Department Claude D. Love has been appointed the new head of the commerce department as of July l, 1948, President Charles L. Anspach discosed recently. Love is filling the vacancy left by Frank E. Robinson, who retired from the teaching profession in June. After teaching in Clare one year, Gladwin one year, and Manistee for 12 years. Love came to Central as an instructor in 1939 and was promoted to assistant professor in 1943. He is Circuit Court Commis- ioner for Isabella County, the position he has held for the past six years, treasurer of the local Kiwanis Club, and a member ofi Phi Delta Kappa. Mr. Love received his A3, from Central in 1927, and A.M. from the University of Michigan. He has done graduate work at Colorado State College and at Michigan State College. He studied law under Judge Max Hamlen of Manistee, and Le- land W. Carr, who is now a member of the Supreme Court. Mr. Love was admitted to the bar is December, 1942. "I started out to study law as a sort of hobby," stated Professor Love, "but I also like to go deer hunting." Mr. Love will teach commerce 102, 314, and 315 and Business Law 202 and 303 in the fall semester. Love is the fourth graduate of Central Michigan who has returned here to teach and has risen to become head of his department. His predecessor, Professor Robinson was also a Central grad. Others are: George F. DePuy, industrial arts; and Ronald W. Finch, health and Prof. Claude D. Love physical education. Prof. J. P, Carey, head of the aeronautics department, attended Central for two years, tout took his degree at Chi cago. Cleary, Larson Go to NSA Congress Warren Cleary, president-elect of the new student government, announced recently that plans are well under way for the National Student Association (NSA) National Congress, to be held in Madison,. Wisconsin, August 23-28. Cleary and John Larson, Muskegon sophomore, will be sent to the Congress as delegates; and Margaret Cardinal, Cadillac junior, and. Allen Grossman, Detroit sophomore, as alternate delegates. Grossman is now in Detroit work ing with delegates from various- Michigan colleges on preparation of the Michigan Regional contribution to the Congress. Central affiliated with the NSA. because of an all-college election held last spring in which the heaviest ballot ever registered at Central was cast. The students voted for affiliation by an overwhelming majority. Mimeo Demonstration Teachers and administrators are invited to a special demonstration and discussion of mimeographing processes and equipment, to be shown Monday, July 19, in Grawn Hall 103. Mr. Forrester Baldwin of Grand Rapids will be in charge of the demonstration, which will take place from 11 to 12 a. m. and from 3 to 5 p. m. ! Speech Clinic Pupils j to Present Talent Show A talent show will be presented!. Monday, July 19, at 4 p. m., at a- general meeting of Kiwanis Inter-- national by the students in the- summer speech clinic, under the- direction of Prof. Wilbur E. Moore*, head of the speech department. Kiwanis clubs who have con-* tributed $125 or more for scholarships for students in the clinic this* summer will be represented. Included will be Mt. Pleasant, Midland, Saginaw, Bay City, Clare, Fenton, Tawas City, and Marion clubs. The major topic of business to be discussed at the meeting will be consideration of a permanent Kiwanis speech foundation for speech handicapped people. \»\ ,•/ *i f' Yf }i w , ,' It "• ft *">ty"tf fc A A., 'f ^ ! ' &AV"'§ _LKt^\l; m '41 ♦I...-.., , • i \ f , r3 ;"I *,- v 1 '-j'y, ' :M- r .7 . J 1.i -'■' '>',V v A\ I'r ' ^ f * ' 5 *' V - S1 A». m A ;*' > .ii\'s A i At •i \ '< \ ■ 'y } ; ■' V \ i M
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Date | 1948-07-14 |
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Subject/Keywords | Central Michigan University - Newspapers; Mount Pleasant (Mich.) - Newspapers; Isabella County (Mich.) - Newspapers; College student newspapers and periodicals; |
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