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A few weeks ago I was talking to someone about the origins of Java, and it
occurred to me that I had big gaps in that part of world history. History had
never been my forte, at school this was my weakest subject at 35% (at my worst
level). Perhaps I should add that I was very weak with South African history,
which at the time of me going to high school supposedly started with the white
settlers arriving on the shores, and consisted almost entirely of remembering
dates. I found such parrotting frivolous, and so my marks were not too hot.
Trying to fill my gaps of Java's history, I started digging around on Sun's
website, and eventually stumbled across the
Oak Language
Specification for Oak version 0.2. Oak was the original name of what is now
commonly known as Java, and this manual is the oldest manual available for Oak
(i.e. Java). For more history on the origins of Java, please have a look at
The Green Project
and Java(TM)
Technology: An Early History. I printed the manual and kept it next to my
bed in case of insomnia (so I thought). When I started reading it, I discovered
answers to ancient questions: Why can we have only one public class per .java
file? Why are protected members also accessible from the same package? Why do
short fields use as much memory
as int fields (at least pre-JDK
In this newsletter I want to highlight the differences between Java 0.2 (i.e.
Oak 0.2) and what we have now. For your reference, I will include the section
numbers in the Oak 0.2 specification.
This is a question that I have frequently been asked during my courses. Up to
now I have not had a good answer to this question. In section 1, we read:
"Although each Oak compilation unit can contain multiple classes or interfaces,
at most one class or interface per compilation unit can be public".
In the sidebar it explains why: "This restriction is not yet enforced by the
compiler, although it's necessary for efficient package importation"
It's pretty obvious - like most things are once you know the design reasons -
the compiler would have to make an additional pass through all the compilation
units (.java files) to figure out what classes were where, and that would make
the compilation even slower.
Oak had the ability to write a one-line JavaDoc comment:
public class OneLineJavaDoc {
//* The number of lines allowed in a document.
public int numberOfLines;
This is fortunately not supported in Java as it is quite confusing.
Oak had some additional keywords that are not currently used in Java:
The specification says: "The four integer types of widths of 8, 16, 32 and 64
bits, and are signed unless prefixed by the unsigned modifier.
In the sidebar it says: "unsigned isn't implemented yet; it
might never be." How right you were.
In my newsletter on
Determining Memory
Usage in Java, I noted that when you have a data member of byte or short,
that they still use up at least 4 bytes of memory. This was changed in JDK 1.4,
but the historical reason is found in the Oak spec:
"A variable's type does not directly affect its storage allocation. Type only
determines the variable's properties and legal range of values. If a value is
assigned to a variable that is outside the legal range of the variable, the
value is reduced modulo the range."
I wish I had known that when I wrote my first Java program. I spent a lot of
time deciding which data types I wanted to use in order to save memory, but I
was actually wasting my time. Please note that this has changed as of JDK 1.4,
so now it does help to use bytes and shorts to reduce
the memory footprint.
In Oak, you were able to declare arrays as follows:
int a[10];
a[5] = 1;
However, we were also able to declare an array in the current Java fashion,
with new. I think having two
ways of doing the same thing causes confusion, so I am very pleased that this
way of making new arrays has been removed.
It appears that final was initially only meant to be used for
classes and methods, and that const was used for making fields
This is the most surprising part of Oak 0.2. There were only three access
levels as opposed to our current four. There was private which did not
require a keyword, and which equated to our current "package private" or
"friendly" or "package access" type of access level. All classes in a particular
package could use all variables and methods declared in the classes in that
package, regardless of public, protected and private
declarations. I am very glad that they introduced a more private version of
private, one that was only accessible within the class.
The lack of private as we know it today explains why when a member is
protected, it is also accessible from within the same package. When Oak was
written, protected was obviously accessible within the package because their
private (our "package access") was the most restrictive access level. I seem to
remember that in JDK 1.0 we had a fifth access level called "private protected",
which meant that only subclasses could access the member.
This piece of surprising history also explains why fields are not private by
default - they actually were "private" originally when private meant different
I don't need to emphasize how pleased I am that we now have the more
restrictive "private" modifier. Without that, our industry would be in even more
Abstract methods were defined as in C++:
public interface Storing {
void freezeDry(Stream s) = 0;
Unfortunately the assertions in Oak 0.2 were not implemented in time, so they
were thrown out to satisfy the release deadline. In case you think that
assertions are back in JDK 1.4, have a look at the power that "those" assertions
gave you:
class Calender {
static int lastDay[12]=
int month assert(month>=1 && month<=12);
int date assert(date>=1 && date<=lastDay[month]);
While objects are not required to obey the legality constraints within
methods, the constraints are enforced at the entry and exit of every public and
protected method.
I wish that James Gosling had worked a few extra weekends (if that were
possible) to finish the implementation of assert
as it appeared in the original Oak spec. Preconditions and Postconditions were
also loosely defined, but were also kicked out due to time pressure. Pity.
In Oak, you were able to post-increment a String. You could literally say
s1++;, which was equivalent to s1 = s1 + 1;. The
post-increment statement is often (if not always) implemented as +=1
so it seems that this also was true for Strings. Fortunately this is not allowed
in Java anymore.
s1 = s1 + 1;
Of course, being based on C, Oak included the infamous
goto statement. Fortunately this is not
in Java.
Where does the name RuntimeException come from? Aren't all
exceptions thrown at runtime? These are exceptions which are thrown by the
runtime system.
In Oak 0.2, all exceptions were unchecked, meaning that there was no
throws clause. My guess is that
checked exceptions were only added once the whole exception hierarchy had
already been set in wet concrete. I would have had a separate branch for checked
exceptions, something like:
public class Throwable { }
/** Serious errors in the virtual machine */
public class Error extends Throwable { }
public class CheckedException extends Throwable { }
public class IOException extends CheckedException { }
public class UncheckedException extends Throwable { }
public class NullPointerException extends UncheckedException { }
This way you would avoid catching unchecked exceptions when you catch
CheckedException. However, as it appears, the exception class hierarchy
was developed before the idea of checked vs. unchecked exceptions, so we are
stuck with an exception mechanism that will cause headaches for generations to
If your program gets an asynchronous exception, you are dead. A few weeks ago
I was looking at a program that was throwing OutOfMemoryError. This can happen
at any time really, which is why it is called an asynchronous exception.
Another place where this can happen is with Thread.stop(). As you
can imagine, this is inherently dangerous, that is why it is deprecated. In Oak,
life was even more dangerous. You could cause an asynchronous exception in
another thread using Thread's postException() method. Now that
was dangerous! Imagine if other threads could cause asynchronous exceptions at
any place in your code!
In order to safeguard your code, you could "protect" it. If you wanted to
indicate that you had some critical code which could not handle asynchronous
exceptions, you did the following:
protect {
/* critical section goes here */
And code that was quite happy with asynchronous exceptions did the following:
unprotect {
/* code that can afford asynchronous exceptions */
There was a note in the sidebar saying that the default would probably be
changed to not allow asynchronous exceptions except in explicitely
unprotected sections of code.
I'm very glad that this feature was binned. I cannot imagine how complex our
Java programs would have become with it in place.
That's it. The rest of the manual was filled with a Glossary and an Index, to
push the manual to 38 pages.
Even though this manual was written way back in 1994, it provided for
fascinating reading, even late at night
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Microsoft has been hard at work again, releasing SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Builder 3.0. Like its predecessors, Report Builder 3.0's goal is to provide end users with an easy-to-use alternative to the report-authoring tools in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS). This is a laudable goal, because the BIDS tools can be a bit daunting at first, especially for paradevelopers not used to dealing with sophisticated application development tools. (Paradeveloper is a term I coined to refer to those professionals who are tasked with creating reports but lack significant database, SQL, or report authoring training or experience, such as doctors, lawyers, and receptionists.)
Does Report Builder 3.0 meet its goal? The easiest way to answer this question is to walk you through the steps in Report Builder 3.0's report creation process and discuss whether the tool's features make it easy to accomplish these steps without involving the IT department for help. Along the way, I'll point out some of the new features. If you're new to Report Builder, this walkthrough will also give you a general idea of what the report creation process entails. Before I get started, though, I need to cover a few important details about Report Builder 3.0.
Details You Need to Know
Report Builder 3.0 is designed to work with (and only with) SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services (SSRS 2008 R2). That's because Report Builder 3.0 builds fourth-generation (2010 Report Definition Language—RDL) reports, which can be saved to or fetched from an SSRS 2008 R2 catalog. Report Builder 3.0 won't open older SSRS catalogs, so if you have third-generation (2008 RDL) reports in an SSRS 2008 catalog, you have several options:
- Continue to use Report Builder 2.0 to access the reports in SSRS 2008 catalogs.
- Use the BIDS tools to import the reports into an SSRS 2008 R2 catalog and use Report Builder 3.0 to access them.
- Use a tool such as Reporting Services Scripter to create scripts that will import the reports into an SSRS 2008 R2 catalog and use Report Builder 3.0 to access them.
Report Builder 3.0 installs on the client system by default when you select it from the SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Manager. You can also download it for free (provided you have a SQL Server license) from the Microsoft Download Center.
Getting Started
After Report Builder 3.0 is installed, users need to open it. Typically, I wouldn't even mention this step, but Report Builder 3.0's opening page has changed significantly so I want to spend some time discussing it.
When Report Builder 2.0 is started, it opens with a blank report design surface that has two launcher icons—one launches the Table or Matrix Wizard and the other launches the Chart Wizard. Report Builder 3.0 opens with a new Getting Started page. However, this page isn't displayed until Report Builder 3.0 establishes a connection to the last-used SSRS catalog. This can take 30 seconds or longer if SSRS hasn't been accessed in the past 20 minutes. If you're running the desktop version of Report Builder 3.0, it displays a Connecting to message box, in which you have the option of canceling the connection attempt.
The new Getting Started page has several new entry points:
- From the New Report tab, you can launch the Table or Matrix Wizard, the Chart Wizard, and the new Map Wizard for map-based reports, as Figure 1 shows. The Blank Report link closes the Getting Started page and opens the blank report design surface.
- The New Dataset tab opens the door to an entirely new and very important feature: shared datasets. Users are walked through the process of creating a dataset that can be shared by several reports at once. I'll discuss the new shared datasets feature later.
- The Open tab takes you to a brutally simple SSRS catalog folder list. This catalog file finder looks like a dialog box leveraged from a very early version of Windows. Although it can navigate the selected SSRS catalog (or system files), it has no ability to manage the catalog despite doing double-duty as the dialog box used to save reports. You can't create new folders or delete or rename existing folders, even in the My Reports directory in the catalog. In addition, you can't delete or rename reports from here—or anywhere within Report Builder 3.0. All of these tasks are relegated to the report DBA.
- The Recent tab is torn right out of the Microsoft Office 2010 playbook. It displays a handy list of reports accessed since Report Builder was started. However, there's no way to sort the list or filter it based on the SSRS catalog (or anything else). It shows which SSRS catalog was referenced, but it leaves off the most significant part of the name when the path is long—and there's no horizontal scroll bar. Thankfully, you can hover over it and get the complete pathname. The list of recent reports is also displayed in the Home menu but in an even narrower format.
The Getting Started page is handy, but once it's gone, it's gone. You have to restart Report Builder to reopen the Getting Started page. However, most (but not all) of the functionality can be found through other menus. Copying Office 2007, you can access a significant amount of functionality by clicking the red icon in the upper left corner. You'll find options for creating new reports (which opens a subset of the Getting Started page), saving reports, publishing report parts, checking for updates on shared datasets, and more. However, the functionality provided by Report Builder isn't a substitute for the functionality provided by Report Manager. Report Builder isn't a tool for report DBAs—it's not intended to be.
Creating Reports
To create a new report in Report Builder 3.0, users need to take the following steps:
Step 1. Users need to decide what information they want to show in their reports. Report Builder isn't much help here, because the conceptual design is up to the users and their managers, or the reports' consumers. If users want to leverage an existing cataloged report, all they need to do is browse the catalog and choose a report to clone. (Users won't be able to browse catalogs or save reports to folders to which they haven't been granted rights by the report DBA.) After that, it's just a matter of making appropriate changes and saving the report back to the catalog.
Step 2. Users need to choose or enter an SSRS catalog URL, which tells Report Builder where the reports can be downloaded for editing and saved. The catalog URL needs to be entered by hand or copied from those documented by the report DBA unless Report Builder is launched from Report Manager. Although Report Builder can remember past SSRS ReportServer virtual directory connections, it has no mechanism for browsing for new SSRS catalogs on the network. This means users must know how to enter a proper URL, including how to reference the correct ReportServer instance name, and possibly know how to access a local instance of SQL Server Express hosting a ReportServer virtual directory. To make this more difficult, the examples given don't show how to reference a named instance. For example, to reference the ReportServer instance named George on a system named Fred, you need to use the URL http://fred/ReportServer_George.
Step 3. Users need to determine where the data for the report is located. For example, if they want a report about widget sales, they would look for places where sales data is kept. Typically, this is a spreadsheet or database. Again, Report Builder isn't much help here, so the report DBA needs to provide documentation on the data repositories that a user can access. Typically, the report DBA would create and document a set of shared data sources with role-appropriate credentials. That is, these credentials would grant the domain group to which a user belongs sufficient rights to access (but not update) the needed data. Note that starting with SSRS 2008 R2, report DBAs can publish shared datasets as well—even through SharePoint data connection libraries.
Step 4. Users must select the data source for the report. In Report Builder, the data source is simply a cataloged connection string or a pointer to a shared dataset. As a result, Report Builder can leverage data from almost anywhere, except that pile of papers on the user's desk. In disciplined shops, cataloged data sources expose database views, stored procedures, shared datasets, and canned report models. Although it's possible to expose base tables, most diligent report DBAs don't do so, especially those concerned with data security. If necessary, users can create new data sources, assuming they know how to create a connection string and have sufficient rights to do so (most don't). However, it's best if they choose an existing data source or shared dataset.
Step 5. Users need to build a query against the selected data source or shared dataset. In this case, Report Builder's new graphical query designer can make it easier for users to build a query because the designer constructs the SQL query behind the scenes. The graphical query designer exposes a list of available database objects available to a user based on the rights assigned by the report DBA. These objects are organized by schema. As Figure 2 shows, the user drags and drops one or more of these objects to create a query.
Although the graphical query designer is easy to use, it has a few drawbacks:
- It's too constrained for even moderately complex queries. It's impossible to rename columns, create composite columns, or easily establish relationships when the column names don't match. I suspect that users might quickly outgrow Report Builder's graphical query designer.
- Too many users might simply select the table object in the designer, thus selecting all of the table's columns, instead of building a focused query for their report. Thankfully, this might be a moot point, as most shops don't expose base tables.
Alternatively, users can enter a SQL query (assuming they know how to write one) directly in the text-based query designer, which they can access by clicking the Edit as Text button. Again, permissions play a critical role here. Users must be restricted to read-only access to the database so that they don't run a query that accidentally or intentionally destroys data in it. In addition, users need know enough about SQL so that they don't run inefficient queries that slow down the production server. Users also need to know that if they use the text-based query designer, they can't return to the graphical query designer without starting over.
Step 6. After users run the query they created in step 5, they need to link the columns (fields) extracted from the data source to the column, row, grouping, and details areas in the report. Report Builder combines the tools for designing a report's table or matrix into what's called the Tablix layout tool. Report Builder 3.0's Tablix tool is the same as that in Report Builder 2.0. However, Report Builder's Tablix tool is missing some functionality compared with the equivalent tool used in BIDS. The Tablix tool doesn't include the concept of a page-break field, which makes it more difficult to know which fields have been added. It also assumes that every numeric value placed in the details section is to be summed—even identity columns and numerical part numbers. These unwanted aggregations should be corrected manually at this point so that there aren't needless Sum expressions in the report. Thankfully, all the user has to do is reset the aggregate operation on each detail field that doesn't need it.
Step 7. After the fields are laid out, the users need to choose the overall report layout and colors. They also need to perform several other tasks, including:
- Inspecting each Tablix column for any unnecessary Sum expressions, removing them if found.
- Making sure the groupings are correct.
- Setting the correct format for numerical (especially currency) columns.
- Adjusting the column widths after the report is rendered for the first time. Unlike DataGrid controls, column widths aren't set by data inspection.
- Titling the report. Unlike the BIDS wizard, the Report Builder wizards don't prompt for a report "name" (its title), so users have to manually enter it and set its typeface, size, background color, and text color.
Step 8. After the report is fully tuned, polished, and tested, the final step is to save the report in the SSRS catalog or file system, assuming the users have sufficient rights to do so. This might not be the case if users' security, roles, and rights aren't configured correctly by the report DBA.
Note that the report wizards aren't re-entrant. That is, after you finished using a wizard, there's no way to restart it for an existing report. This means that if a report's groupings need to be changed, for example, the changes need to be made using Report Builder's grouping UI—yet another challenge for the novice user.
Creating Shared Datasets
One of the most important new features exposed in SSRS 2008 R2 is shared datasets. Consider that in a production system, SQL Server already knows how to optimize queries based on the fact that most of the time the same set of queries is executed many times a second. Optimization in this case is accomplished through use of the procedure cache. Similarly, frequently used data pages are cached to eliminate the need to refetch data from the disk. In SSRS, many reports share the same (or similar) queries. The procedure cache can help, but if you include queries that are nearly the same (e.g., two identical queries, except one fetches more columns), you'll find that the bulk of your reports could potentially share the same rowset product. What if these datasets were persisted in the SSRS catalog so they could be reused by several reports? That's what the idea of shared datasets is all about.
Report Builder 3.0 has added functionality that lets you create reusable datasets that persist in the SSRS catalog and select shared datasets from the SSRS catalog. BIDS supports most of this functionality as well. However, you aren't able to browse the catalog for a shared dataset to add to your BIDS project, which in my opinion is a serious shortcoming. In BIDS, you have to manually import the shared dataset from the catalog and add it to your report project.
When it comes time to choose a data source in the report creation process (step 4), you can choose to create a new dataset from the results of a query or use a cataloged shared dataset. You can imagine the performance difference when choosing a shared dataset. Consider that some datasets can take hours or days to create; having the results persisted in the catalog for reuse can dramatically improve performance.
When building a shared dataset, you have to use a cataloged data source. You can't use one that's built into the dataset. Good candidates for shared datasets include the following:
- Pick lists of valid countries, part numbers, part colors, or other data that doesn't change frequently
- Rowsets used by more than one report
- Datasets constructed with a proprietary mechanism
Shared datasets can be customized by report DBAs to take advantage of evolving table statistics, additional indexes, data availability, and query performance tuning.
SSRS 2008 R2 supports a number of mechanisms to refresh cataloged shared datasets so reports can work with the latest data. In Report Builder, you make sure a report uses the latest version of a shared dataset by clicking the Check for Updates button. Report Builder will then inspect the SSRS catalog for changes to any published shared datasets or shared report parts.
Like shared datasets, shared report parts are new to SSRS 2008 R2 and supported by Report Builder 3.0. Shared report parts provide a way to preconfigure a report to contain a preconfigured table, matrix, map, or chart. Although interesting, their addition isn't nearly as important as shared datasets.
Report Builder 3.0 vs. BIDS
Which tool should your organization use for building reports: Report Builder 3.0 or BIDS? It's a matter of personal preference and who will be using the tool. BIDS is a bit more difficult to grasp initially, but once users get the hang of it, they become more proficient report developers far more quickly. And for users who often write reports, BIDS has features that make them more efficient at it. For example, unlike Report Builder, BIDS lets you create a report solution in which you can visually see dozens or hundreds of reports at a glance and manage the folders where they'll be deployed. Plus, BIDS is a project-based design tool, whereas Report Builder is a single-report design tool. This means that, in Report Builder, you have to close one report before you can begin working on another. This makes working on subreports difficult because you constantly have to step back and forth between report designers.
With that said, there are situations in which using Report Builder makes sense (assuming the report DBAs do their job). For example, paradevelopers who occasionally need to create a simple report or clone an existing report are better off with Report Builder, especially if they're working with SharePoint-hosted reports, because SSRS 2008 R2 supports SharePoint lists as a data source. Another good fit might be analysts who occasionally need to build reports based on SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cubes because SSAS data sources expose a user-friendly semantic layer.
No matter whether your company uses Report Builder, BIDS, or another reporting tool, you need to keep the following in mind:
- Is your database locked down to prevent users from accessing (and possibly broadcasting) proprietary or confidential data?
- Even if the report DBA creates a bank of debugged and documented views and stored procedures, what prevents a user from adding filters that (intentionally or otherwise) alter what the reports portray?
Any company that cares about its data and livelihood needs to carefully consider how that data is exposed to the people who generate the reports and how those people, in turn, expose that data in their reports.


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Over the past decade, most pro touring musicians have switched to personal monitor systems to hear themselves clearly and in real time. The final and most personal element of these systems is the earphones, a pair of small, hi-fidelity speakers that are fitted directly into the performer\'s ears. By isolating the performer from unwanted sounds, earphones allow musicians to hear themselves more clearly, and at lower (and thus safer) volume levels. E Series earphones were originally developed as the in-ear component of Shure\'s PSM series of personal monitoring systems for touring musicians. Their outstanding sound, personalized fit, durability, and low-profile design all match Shure\'s exacting standards and support our history — over 78 years of delivering the highest quality professional audio gear.
The E Series goes offstage
The latest evolution of the E Series began when musicians and sound engineers who were using the earphones professionally (on stage and on tour) started taking them offstage — on tour buses, on planes, literally \"wherever their music took them.\" The superior quality and the natural sound isolation of the E Series made them exceptional traveling companions on noisy road trips, lending studio-quality sound and subtlety to everyday listening experiences. CD players, MP3 players, MiniDiscs, DAT, DVD, cassettes — the E Series makes them all sound better — more real, more present. At Shure, we\'re committed to delivering your sound with its full richness, nuance and detail, no matter what the environment. That\'s why we\'re now delivering the E Series directly to you…the same technology and design, the same earphones, the same experience.
The musicians who use them
Shure has an extensive list of musicians and sound engineers who use our products daily. They act as our ambassadors and our sounding board. We use this feedback to help us design products that answer needs and exceed expectations. Since 1995, Shure has been the world leader in personal monitor systems through our PSM Series wireless systems and E Series earphones. Some of our PSM Series and E Series endorsers include artists like John Mayer, Five for Fighting, Phantom Planet, Alice Peacock, Queens of the Stone Age, and Pete Yorn.
The E Series Sound Isolating Earphones line includes:
- The E2c: Lightweight, sound isolating earphones
- The E3c: Lightweight, sound isolating earphones with extended frequency response
- The E5c: Lightweight, sound isolating, dual micro-speaker earphones offering the richest possible listening experience


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Red and Bleu: Quick Tips for Wine & Cheese Pairing
Whether it's good old-fashioned American-style Macaroni and Cheese, a hearty bowl of Parmigiano Vacche Rosso or a Swiss fondue featuring pungent cheese cousins Gruyere and Raclette, almost every one of my favorite dishes to cook and share with others features some type of world-class cheese. From mild to rich to pungent, runny to silky smooth to granular, the beauty—and challenge—of cooking with cheese is its almost unlimited variety. Even within the same kinds of cheeses, there are wide variations in taste, texture and personality relating to the age of the cheese and the method of its creation.
Some cheese when melted becomes grainy. Others grow noticeably stronger or refuse to melt evenly or fully. Substituting different types of cheese in recipes can be a tricky business, so before striking out on your own, follow the advice of chefs and experts and profit from their understanding of the cheese's history, taste, personality and behavior in the kitchen.
Selecting wine pairings for cheese dishes or individual cheeses can be a dizzying exercise. Simplify the search by identifying the cheese's country of origin and let it guide your selection of wine.
Remember that not all individual pairings you select will be ideal, but with thousands of wine and cheese possibilities out there, a little experimentation and taste for adventure is sure to reward you with some extraordinary taste experiences.
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Bunk Beds vs Loft Beds – Both great for small spaces
With so many styles of bed on the market today, it can sometimes seem a daunting task to choose just one. When choosing a bed you should address what it is that you actually need from the piece of furniture in question.
For example, are you looking for a luxury bed to create a centrepiece in a large room? Do you wish to invest in a bed that utilizes space efficiently? Alternatively do you wish to make a fashion statement with the likes of futon loungers or something? Or is your bed there simply to provide you with a comfortable, supportive night's sleep? Whichever option you choose, you can guarantee that there is a style to suit your every need.
The classic two-person bunk bed is probably the best space saving option as it encapsulates two people in one area. The bunk bed utilises height rather than width, which means you have the rest of the room to play with. There are now several variations of the bunk bed available; these include the likes of futon styles and also loft versions.
Loft beds are a great option for a smaller room, as you are able to utilise the space underneath the bed to your advantage. This space could be used for the likes of a seating area, a cupboard or storage. Many children's rooms contain the above option and parents tend to place a desk beneath the bed. This space is a great option for a child, as he or she will feel like she has her own grown-up space to do her homework in!
Bunk beds are available in a huge range of different styles and materials. Many of the modern versions are available in metal, whilst the more traditional styles come in the form of pine or other painted or varnished wood.
As long as you team the style of the bed to the rest of the room, everything will generally tie in stylishly together.


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A pair of Grand Island High School alumni are lending their expertise to the ongoing Grand Island Mural Project.
The project, to paint a giant mural on the back of the Grand Island Plaza facing Baseline Road, has received commitments from Grand Island High School Class of 1969 alumni Terry Klaaren and Stan Clifford that the organizer of the project Corey McGowan believes will make the concept a reality.
Clifford, CEO of DecoArt Paints Inc. in Danville, Ky, has promised to donate all of the paint necessary for the 2,500-square-foot mural. Klaaren, an award-winning artist, "is clearing his schedule to be on the Island to work on the project and direct volunteers," according to McGowan.
Both Klaaren and Clifford spent time together at their class reunion in 2009 and discovered they ended up at opposite ends of the same art world. Since then they have worked on various projects, including presenting a portrait to Maestro Gustavo Dudamel after a performance of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, which Klaaren created on-site using the DecoArt professional acrylic paint line.
Klaaren is designing the mural based on a survey of residents who want the historical facts and icons of Grand Island incorporated into the wall design.
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In other words, the North Carolina Tar Heels are feeling great about themselves while the N.C. State Wolfpack is in a panic that even the best spin doctors cannot cure. While UNC enjoyed a much-needed weekend off, State followed its fourth-quarter collapse in Chapel Hill with a one-sided Homecoming horror show against last-place Virginia that could be the beginning of the end for Coach Tom O'Brien.
Even before the State-Carolina kick-off on October 27, an undercurrent among the media was that new Wolfpack Athletic Director Debbie Yow is not TOB's biggest supporter. And, supposedly, she gave her incumbent coach a preseason ultimatum that he had to beat the Tar Heels for the sixth straight year and win the Atlantic Division of the ACC.
Neither happened, and then State showed up against Virginia with a major hangover, trailing 26-0 on the way to a 33-6 loss to a 2-6 team coming into the game. Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News & Observer wrote afterward that O'Brien may be in hot water but should survive because he has three years left on his contract and has a spotless record with the NCAA.
That won't hold much political capital with the tough-minded Yow, who before coming to State fired Ralph Friedgen at Maryland with millions left on his contract. And having a clean slate with the NCAA is what coaches are supposed to do, as O'Brien led the laugh track over UNC's troubles for two years.
His infamous "triple play" comment last season about Carolina's NCAA woes – impermissible benefits, an agent on staff and academic fraud – made him the unofficial mayor of Raleigh, if not the Governor in a Republican state, but his support has since abated big time.
It all began to change in the fourth quarter last week and then turned over, in the blink of an eye, with Gio Bernard's dramatic game-winning punt return. State had rallied to take a 10-point lead and likely would have won had it kept attacking the Tar Heels' vulnerable secondary. But, after Carolina forged a 35-35 tie, O'Brien and his staff were guilty of horrible clock management and ultra-conservative play-calling down the stretch, opening the door for much more than a win on the football field.
"It felt cathartic," said Jones Angell, the second-year Voice of the Tar Heels whose call of Bernard's 74-yard gem has already become Carolina lore. He said it was a combination of describing a return that was setting up perfectly from his vantage point and then letting his emotions follow Gio down the State sideline.
"You could see the blocking wall forming on the right side of the field," Angell said, "and all Gio had to do was get around the corner for what would have been, at least, a long return to get Carolina pretty close to field goal range."
But when Tre Boston blocked one State defender into another, essentially wiping out two men, and T.J. Jiles threw another big block, the only man left for Bernard to beat was punter Will Baumann, who had foolishly kicked it right to him.
"No he's not! Yes he is!" Angell shrieked as Gio high-stepped over Baumann and outran State's Brandan Bishop into the end zone "FOR A TOUCHDOWN!"
Then Angell ripped off the words that will live as long as any his predecessor Woody Durham bellowed during his 40 years behind the mike.
Angell said the spectacular finish tapped into his place as a lifelong Carolina fan, just as an insane Kenan Stadium rocked with people yelling their own words of joy and amazement. But he also said the play was like taking the biggest sigh of relief one could imagine.
"It did seem like a cathartic moment," Angell said. "First, we hadn't beaten State for five years and, second, so much had happened to our football program over the last two and half years. It just felt like when Gio turned the corner, Carolina football finally turned the corner with him."
The 43-35 victory for Coach Larry Fedora was something neither Butch Davis nor Everett Withers could accomplish. It also kept Fedora from going 0-3 against Tobacco Road rivals in his first year. With no post-season play, a loss last weekend might have sucked much of the motivation from the last three games.
As it is, the Tar Heels will be favored to win out over Georgia Tech, Virginia and Maryland and finish 9-3, which would be the most regular-season victories since the Mack Brown era ended 15 years ago. And it just might leave Carolina alone in first place (6-2) of the Coastal Division of the ACC, although UNC has been instructed that it cannot officially claim such a championship.
A post-season ban is one thing, but not being able to call yourselves division champs is ridiculous and is without precedent. Two N.C. State basketball teams that were on probation and banned from the NCAA Tournament won the ACC Championship and have banners hanging to prove it.
There are still three weeks to go, but if the Tar Heels turn this state blue in that way, UNC ought to hang the biggest banner possible and declare them the 2012 Unofficial ACC Coastal Division Champions!
They would have won it on the field, if not in the political process.


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Demo 2017 Chrysler 300S RWD
Color: Red
VIN#: 2c3ccabg3hh511718
Odometer reading: 11,121
Opening Bid: $31,182
Warranty 3 yr or 60k basic / powertrain 5yr 100k
Alloy wheels
Dual front impact airbags
Dual front side impact airbags
Front dual zone A/C
Garage door transmitter
Heated door mirrors
Heated front seats
Leather shift knob
Leather upholstery
Power door mirrors
Power steering
Power windows
Rear window defroster
Remote keyless entry
Split folding rear seat
Sport suspension
Steering wheel mounted audio controls
And Much more!
Full Listing : https://www.vaughanchrysler.com/2017-chrysler-300-s-rwd-sedan-new~i577920-7
*Successful bidder is responsible for taxes and registration fees, all other fees/options are included in the MSRP and opening bid amount, all incentives assigned to dealer.
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2018 Wheels Deals Auction
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2. The Auction is open to persons 18 years of age or over who are residents of Ontario. Employees and representatives of Sellers participating in the Auction, their immediate families and those with whom such employees and representatives are domiciled may bid, but not on items that are provided by the Seller with which they are associated. You must first register with the Website before you can bid. Upon registration, a user will receive a user ID and password. Each member is entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of his or her user ID and password. Furthermore, members are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under his or her user ID and password. A member must immediately notify Toronto Star of any unauthorized use of his or her user ID and password.
3.The Auction concludes on Tues. Oct 2nd 2018 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST") (the "Auction Period"), subject to any extension in the event the auto bid extend feature on the Website is activated. The auto bid extend feature works to ensure that bidders will always have a chance to challenge bids placed when an auction is about to close. When indicated on a listing page, if a bid is placed during the last five (5) minutes of an auction, the auction will be automatically extended for an additional five (5) minutes from the time of the latest bid. The auction will close once all bidding activity has stopped for a period of five (5) minutes.
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6. The Auction employs a proxy bidding system operated by Toronto Star's computer system (the "Computer System") administered by employees of Toronto Star (the "Auction Committee"). Through the proxy bidding process, you tell the Auction Committee the maximum amount you are willing to bid for an item (your "Maximum Secret SmartBid"). Only you and the Auction Committee know your Maximum Secret SmartBid. If you are the highest bidder for any given item at the end of the Auction Period, you will be required to pay HST, and any other applicable taxes or fees required to be collected and remitted by the Seller pursuant to applicable law in addition to the amount you bid, plus any administration fees or other charges to the Seller as listed in the description of the item. With respect to motor vehicles, your Drive Clean certificate (if required) is also extra, unless otherwise stated in the item description. In accordance with government regulations, administrative, freight, PDI, green levies and transfer fees are subject to any applicable taxes based on the full Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of the vehicle and not on the amount of the successful bid price.
The Computer System enters your bid into the Computer System. The Computer System then PLACES BIDS ON YOUR BEHALF at the LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE to make you the high bidder for the item. For example, if someone outbids you, the Computer System will automatically place a bid on your behalf that is higher than your previous bid by:
(1) $100.00 for the purpose of this auction.
The Computer System will continue to process bids in this fashion unless/until one of three things happens:
(1) No other bids are higher than yours;
(2) Your Maximum Secret SmartBid is reached; or
(3) You are declared the successful bidder at the end of the Auction Period.
In the event that another bidder exceeds your Maximum Secret SmartBid, you will have to submit another bid with a higher maximum in order to continue your participation in the Auction. You can determine your bid standing and whether your Maximum Secret SmartBid has been exceeded by monitoring your status on the Website.
For most items, the Seller will set and the Auction Committee will show online on the Website the lowest permissible opening bid (the "Opening Bid Amount") for each item. In the event that your Maximum Secret SmartBid is the first to equal or exceed the Opening Bid Amount, the Computer System will automatically adjust your opening bid to the Opening Bid Amount. In the event that there are no bids for an item equal to or greater than the Opening Bid Amount when the Auction ends, the item will not be sold. The Opening Bid Amounts will be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar. The Opening Bid Amounts have been set by the seller. The Opening Bid Amounts are fixed values that have been set by the Sellers and will not be altered after bidding is under way.
The starting price status update may indicate one of two values:
(1) NOT YET MET: The value of the current high bid is less than the Opening Bid Amount; or
(2) MET: The value of the current high bid is at least the Opening Bid Amount. The item will be sold to the highest bidder at Auction Close.
This proxy procedure relieves you of the hassle of submitting new bids whenever you are outbid and of constantly monitoring the Auction. It also applies to items which are being sold with a reserve price ("Reserve Price"). The Seller has the option of setting a Reserve Price, which is a price below which the item will not sell. The Reserve Price is higher than the opening value. An item sold with a Reserve Price allows the Seller to start the auction of an item with an opening value below the Reserve Price to initiate bidder interest. If the Seller has set a Reserve Price, you will see either a "Reserve Price NOT Met" or "Reserve Price Met" message on the listing page depending on whether the current bid is below, at or above this price.
· Reserve Price NOT Met – means that the current amount of the highest bid is below the reserve price and the item will not sell by the close of the Auction.
· Reserve Price Met – means that the current amount of the highest bid is equal to or greater than the Reserve Price and the item will be sold.
Note: The Maximum Secret SmartBid that you submit may not necessarily be the price you pay if you are the successful bidder – you may pay less, but never more. Choose your maximum carefully, as you will be legally required to pay that price (plus any applicable taxes, fees and additional charges) if it is the final highest bid. The advantage of the Maximum Secret SmartBid system is that the system will bid on your behalf, all the way up to your Maximum Secret SmartBid price if necessary. Once the lowest successful bid price rises above your Maximum Secret Smartbid Price, you are out of the running for the items offered and will be required to go back into the system to raise your Maximum Secret SmartBid if you still choose to continue bidding on the item(s).
7. All bid amounts must be in Canadian dollars. Bid increments are $100, or higher.
8. Bidding is internet only and done exclusively through the Website at www.starauctions.ca. Bidding on-line is as easy as…
a) Review and accept the Official Rules and Conditions of Sale for the Auction;
b) Select the item you want to bid on;
c) Ensure that you know and understand all details and financing related to the item(s) prior to bidding;
d) Click on "Bid On This Item";
e) If you are a First Time Bidder, click on "Register" (where you must enter your real name, telephone number, address, age category, place of residence and credit card information);
f) Follow on-screen instructions;
g) Click "Submit";
h) You now have a user name and password and won't have to put in your personal information again. You can just get right to bidding!
i) Now enter your Maximum Secret SmartBid on your chosen item; and
j) Click "Submit".
Be sure you know your Maximum Secret SmartBid prior to submission. If you submit a Maximum Secret SmartBid against yourself, both bids will be considered valid regardless of the fact that you submitted both bids.
9. The Computer System will administer the proxy bidding process based on the Maximum Secret SmartBids, Opening Bid Amounts, starting prices and incremental bidding amounts, and determine the highest bid for each item.
10. In order to allow bidders to monitor high bids on each item on the Website, a bidder identification code will be associated with each published bid.
11. In the event that the highest bidders for an item are tied during the Auction Period, all bids will be valid and considered tied. However, if a tie occurs at the close of the Auction, the first Maximum Secret SmartBid received for that item will take precedence.
12. In the event of a dispute between bidders or in the event of doubt as to the validity of any bid, the Auction Committee will have the final discretion to determine the successful bidder.
13. If you are the highest bidder and otherwise meet any Reserve Price thresholds, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the Seller and to pay the price you bid for the item, together with all applicable taxes, shipping fees and any other fees associated with the item. The acceptable mode of payment shall be at the sole discretion of the seller. The Sellers set the shipping charges and terms of shipping. Toronto Star bears no responsibility for late, lost, misdirected or undelivered items or items which are damaged before, during or after shipping.
You should also know that bidding on an item is an irrevocable offer to buy the item at the price bid and your confirmed price can only be retracted if you have submitted your formal bid retraction request to our customer service not less than 24 hours before the Auction closes and only under one or more of the following circumstances:
- You made a typographical error when placing a bid amount.
- New item information added by the Seller during the Auction changed your understanding of the item for which your bid was placed.
- You cannot reach the Seller via email or your question to the Seller is returned as undeliverable or the Seller responds with a request to sell to you directly offline.
Please see our FAQS for an explanation of how to retract a confirmed bid.
You cannot retract a bid if:
- You have placed bids on a similar item.
- You have placed a bid on a Dutch Auction (please see FAQs for an explanation of a Dutch Auction).
- You have changed your mind.
- You state that you cannot pay for the item.
- You submit a bid retraction less than 24 hours before the close of the Auction.
14. At the close of the Auction, Buyers will be notified by email by the Auction Committee. If a Buyer cannot be contacted by telephone or email within two (2) days of contact first being initiated by the Auction Committee, Toronto Star reserves the right to disqualify that Buyer (who shall have no further recourse) and deem the next highest bidder to be the Buyer.
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Hamilton on-song at Spa practice
Lewis Hamilton produced a bruising practice performance that put even Formula One title rival and team-mate Nico Rosberg in the shade.
Hamilton, claiming to be rejuvenated and reinvigorated following the sport's summer break, underlined such remarks by comfortably topping the Friday timesheet ahead of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Hamilton, 11 points adrift of Mercedes team-mate Rosberg with eight races remaining, conjured a time of one minute 49.189 seconds for the seven-kilometre Spa-Francorchamps circuit, finishing a staggering six tenths of a second clear of the German.
Lewis Hamilton was easily the fastest in second practice ahead of Sunday's Belgian GP (AP)
Rosberg had edged Hamilton in FP1 by a mere 0.097secs as Pirelli's medium-compound rubber - the slightly slower tyre this weekend - took centre stage.
But come the soft-tyre runs in FP2, Hamilton crushed Rosberg, who ran wide on one of his final hot-lap attempts, scattering gravel over the renowned track.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third quickest in both sessions, at least suggesting a podium is on the cards on Sunday even if both Mercedes run reliably, which has not been the case of late.
Alonso was three quarters of a second down on Hamilton, and the only other driver to finish within a second of the 29-year-old Briton.
Williams, considerably off the pace in FP1 but suggesting they had far more in the tank as they are expected to be Mercedes' closest rivals this weekend, showed a little more of their hand in FP2.
Felipe Massa was fourth fastest, but 1.138secs in arrears, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas a further two places and 0.340secs adrift.
Sandwiched in between the Williams pair, and suggesting McLaren are edging ever slowly towards respectability, was Jenson Button, albeit with the 34-year-old nearly 1.5secs down.
Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat and the only driver other than Rosberg or Hamilton to win a race this season in Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo were seventh and eighth, the latter 1.8secs back.
As for Ricciardo's four-time champion team-mate Sebastian Vettel, the German suffered more technical misery this season as he sat out the entire second session due to his car requiring a power-unit change, so finishing at the bottom of the standings without a time to his name.
McLaren's Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg in his Force India completed the top 10, both just under two seconds off the pace.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was a lowly 15th, albeit seeming to focus on long-run pace than outright speed as he finished 2.3secs behind team-mate Alonso.
Marussia's Max Chilton, on Thursday out of a drive due to what the team claimed were "contractual issues" but reinstated following a "change of circumstances", was 18th.
Chilton had sat out FP1 in favour of reserve Alexander Rossi, who appeared poised to become the first American for seven years to race in a GP.
Back behind the wheel of his car again, the 23-year-old Briton was five seconds behind Hamilton and 1.3secs off team-mate Jules Bianchi.
The Caterham duo of Marcus Ericsson and Andre Lotterer were 19th and 20th, split by just 0.043secs.
Three-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Lotterer, making his debut at the age of 32 and 12 years after his only previous F1 experience with Jaguar as a reserve, has replaced Kamui Kobayashi, apparently for this race only.
Like Vettel, Lotus' Pastor Maldonado also failed to set a time after an inexplicable crash on his third out lap.
The Venezuelan appeared to lose his bearings as he put a wheel on the grass on a straight part of the circuit, pitching him into a spin and bouncing off one barrier across the track into another, forcing a red flag as his battered car was retrieved.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Three weeks on the field, including two weeks in pads, and the Tennessee Tech football team is going in the right direction, according to head coach Watson Brown. The annual Purple/Gold Spring Scrimmage is coming up Saturday afternoon in Tucker Stadium.
"We're like any team in the spring, we're getting some injuries, but not the serious ones like we did a year ago," Brown said Thursday after the team's spirited workout. "That's letting some other guys get some reps and I'm pleased with where we are. We need to finish this, though. I think the next week, week-and-a-half is very, very important to us."
Brown and his staff have been concentrating on teaching the players on two fronts. They are coaching technique as well as coaxing the team into playing with passion.
"It's just as much the spirit of competing and knowing how to compete as it is in knowing what to do and how to do it," Brown said. "We're trying to develop as many good football players as we can."
With 32 returning starters, a number that is inflated because the team did sustain so many season-ending injuries last year, the Golden Eagles will head into the 2013 campaign with loads of experience.
That doesn't mean, however, that some new faces won't emerge in the fall. And, those new faces will be a combination of incoming players as well as redshirts who sat out the 2012 season.
One of those who was on the sidelines in 2012 is Cody Forbes, a junior runningback from Elizabethton, Tenn. Forbes some limited action in 2010 and 2011, but sustained a shoulder injury in the final game of his second season, Tech's FCS playoff game against Central Arkansas.
He underwent shoulder surgery in December, and was out of action for the entire 2012 season as a redshirt.
Now completely healed, he's ready to take on a bigger role in Tech's deep backfield stable of runningbacks.
"Cody was a good player as a sophomore, and then he had shoulder surgery in the off-season," Brown said. "We held him out last year and redshirted him because we were deep at runningback, and now we've got him for two more years."
Forbes is getting plenty of reps this spring, and showing the power and elusive running skills that were becoming evident in his previous two seasons.
"I've just been doing the things that my coaching staff has asked me to do," Forbes said of his year on the sidelines. "I spent a lot of time in the training room, I have been working real hard in the APC (Athletics Performance Center), so I'm pretty much just doing as I'm told."
His work off the field has put him in a position to spend a lot of time on the field in 2013.
"I feel as close to 100 percent as I ever have," he said.