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Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
I'm currently on the inpatient consult service and just saw a guy who fits the typical profile of many hospitalized HIV patients in 2012:
The medical specifics are otherwise unimportant -- he didn't have an HIV-related reason for being in the hospital. Instead, I want to focus on a question from the resident caring for him as she prepared his discharge papers:
Hi Dr. Sax, question on Smith -- you mentioned he should restart HAART [ugh, I didn't say HAART], but not Bactrim for PCP prophylaxis. Should we add that to his discharge meds?
Now the textbook answer is clearly yes, anyone with a CD4 < 200 should receive PCP prophylaxis, and that's what these fine guidelines would say.
But I deliberately didn't include it, for two key reasons. First, what this man needs to do is take HIV therapy, and I wanted the regimen to be a simple as possible. Why clutter it with that giant Bactrim tablet?
Second, assuming we can actually get him on ART, do we have any evidence whatsoever that primary prophylaxis for PCP is still necessary? All the studies of PCP prophylaxis were done way before we had effective HIV therapy -- in fact, this one (for you history buffs) was done in the mid-1980s, before we had any antiretrovirals at all.
I posed this question to OI Guidelines guru John Brooks, who answered the following:
A randomized trial to address the question (i.e., PCP incidence among persons starting ART at CD4 <200 with vs. without Bactrim) would be ideal, but I would bet the number of participants required to demonstrate no difference in risk would be enormous, especially since (we hope!) folks would remain "at risk" for only a short period of time ... As you probably know, cohort studies have tried to address the issue; I think only the Swiss Cohort has been able to successfully complete an analysis. We have tried with HOPS data, but incidence of the key prophylaxed OIs (PCP and MAC) was so low recently that we can't get enough endpoints!
And that bolded statement right there is exactly my point. (The emphasis is mine, but John included his own exclamation point.) Effective HIV therapy drops OI incidence so sharply that prophylaxis is probably not necessary, and certainly is much less important than ART.
So if you get the question on the ID boards -- should someone with a CD4 of 120 be on PCP prophylaxis? -- the answer is yes.
In real life, however, I'm not so sure it's still the right thing to do.
Paul Sax is Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His blog HIV and ID Observations is part of Journal Watch, where he is Editor-in-Chief of Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care.
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Tuckasee King Boat Ramp and Landing Area Dedicated Today
By Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
Published: September 20, 2011
Anticipating thousands of users each year, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Effingham County dedicated the Tuckasee King Boat Ramp and Landing, giving boaters and anglers improved access to the Savannah River.
This new landing improvements consists of new floating docks, truck and boat trailer parking for 50 users, new service pavilion with restrooms, new playground, and other site improvements. The area will be accessible to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
This ramp area is one of more than 17 ramps being constructed around the state as part of the Go Fish Georgia Initiative. This initiative seeks to establish Georgia as a national fishing destination through a three-tiered approach: 1) improving the quality of fishing in Georgia waters; 2) improving access to water bodies for fishing in Georgia; and 3) increasing participation through active promotion and marketing of Georgia's exceptional fishing resources.
There have been several participating people and agencies involved with the development of this area, including the Facility Design Team (Effingham County personnel and Georgia DNR staff members); Effingham County Public Works Department, especially Project Manager Adam Kobek; Effingham County Recreation Department's Clarence Morgan; Alpha Construction and Colbert Construction.
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There have been some truly ludicrous claims that Juan Mata will depart from the Blues as the reappointed 'Special One' looks to strengthen the current Chelsea squad.
Removing a two-time Chelsea Player of the Year to strengthen the squad is like a motoring enthusiast removing the 750 horsepower engine to make his Mustang faster.
Juan Mata has been the most consistent player in the Premier League this season (alongside Gareth Bale).
Scoring twelve goals and assisting in seventeen.
He will undoubtedly create a frenzy for other clubs hoping to land his signature, but it is unlikely that he will leave Stamford Bridge anytime soon.
In time, he may leave, and he will possibly transfer to another top-class team. He can astonish Real Madrid supporters, charm Barcelona fans and become worshiped in Bayern Munich. But for now, and hopefully until he retires, Mata will have blue blood running through is veins.
Blue blood runs through the veins of many Chelsea heroes', Didier Drogba, John Terry, newly crowned Chelsea top-scorer Frank Lampard and the returned Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho will most probably provide a world-class goal scorer for Mata to deliver his crisp and clean passes.
With the amount of goals that "could have been scored" by Fernando Torres after countless beautiful assists from his fellow Española teammate, Chelsea, in turn, could have won the Barclays Premier League.
Mata's form is very propitious, and with a striker in the likes of Edison Cavani and Hulk, Chelsea will be the most feared team in Europe.
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Apart from the time when the sexual body of a guy was still getting matured, there have been umpteen encounters of women who have faced the wrath of them being developed completely. In other words, ever since their development was complete, they have been raring to get themselves to charge at any time, so as to speak. Part of the problem has always been the fact that guys have posed as light bulbs at any given time, much to the chagrin of a female's hormonal imbalances. The issue of getting turned on by the male side is not any issue with them really. Its with women who suffer most pangs of a lowered sex drive. While males would love to have sex almost 6 times in a week with a restful day for them and their counter parts most women would not agree for the same. Its probably not the same for the woman. There are many times when certain amount of medication that affects their systems, or even putting on weight that causes a hindrance for them to take part in sexual activities.
There are a few possibilities that we might need to examine before we really conclude reasons for this lowered sexual drive. There are some who are fed up with the same sexual position, but perhaps don't know for sure that this may be the reason for boredom in the bedroom. There are some who are probably medically unfit for having a healthy sex life. Hypothyroidism is another great reason for low sex drive. Hormonal imbalances may not always look all that severe but the fact is that they are known to be doses of slow poison that seep through our lives without we being completely involved in the process.
Domestic problems and improper understanding amongst both partners can also be another reason for their worry as the mind, especially the sub conscious mind never forgets. It slowly deprives your vagina to get all that heated up and lubricated, so much so that even if you want to change the situation and get there, its rather difficult as you've already frozen your system.
Certain amount of prolonged illness may also provide to this problem. But most importantly, this occurs after the birth of a child, especially after the first child. The trauma of child birth as it were and the boon of breast feeding is a feeling so orgasmic that the need for sex is thrown out of the window. Its always a case with men feeling left out after a baby is born. First the woman needs to get back on track with her body and the new entrant in life and secondly, the joy of holding the little bundle of joy in one's arms is so great that all other joys that seem momentary are eluded.
For fathers, its quite a different case altogether. Men need to feel loved and unlike women, their need for this sort of love is through sex. Women tend to draw in closer after their new life gets set after the baby and its is perhaps nothing short of boredom, that brings them closer to their man again. For men too, erection problems and their pot bellies can pose a threat to their sexual life. To pump your lady with your stream of love can only be possible to your satisfaction if you have a normal, and less bloated tummy. Sure your libido might be high but if your body isn't in your hands then its quite depressing for a man to fulfil his lover's needs. It is in this scenario that a man often loses hi erection, causing a lowered sexual drive in him. He may be turned on by a sexy lady by his side, but if he cannot perform, something that's absolutely essential for him as a man, then he's already lost the battle even before he began!
An interesting feature of this sort of a problem is that out of the many cases reported, its almost always women who suffer from a low sex drive. Sexologists have tried understanding the real reason, but none of them have even the remotest idea for this problem. Although there may be millions of reasons why men and women suffer from this, the only way to put back the zing in your life would be to bring in large doses of variation, from ideas, to places to positions, to even spells of abstinence, the punch line is to remain fit, with gymnastic levels of stretching your body, to even keeping your self busy.
Its quite another thing if you have a physical impediment like thyroid hampering yourself to sexual freedom and quite another when you be a loner. The former still has miles to go in allowing people to reach their sexual gratification, the latter, however, can be dealt with, with the methods mentioned, with a dash of creativity thrown in, after all if you really wanna live a fulfilling life, along with right eating and exercise, its also huge doses of gratifying sex that can do the trick


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Freedmen's Bureau records are a good example of "needle in a haystack" records for those doing African-American genealogical research. They are voluminous and rich, but they are notoriously difficult to approach. Most aren't indexed; heck, most aren't even paginated. That they were governed by the military, and arranged as such— is itself another obstacle. The National Archives won a congressional grant years ago to microfilm the originals, which was long overdue, but they still remain an uphill challenge to navigate.
Because of this, I usually recommend to my students that these be one of the last record types to search. They are an important resource, but most of the time you will be forced to read each page of the microfilm and that is not for the feint of heart. If you find something, it's usually something really worthwhile. I myself have never found anything about my ancestors directly, although I've searched hundreds of pages in many different states. I offer here a process for those of you just starting to tiptoe into the murky waters of Freedmens Bureau records.
1. Start with the Field office records. You can download a copy of the descriptive pamphlet for your state on the lower right hand column of this page at the National Archives website. Each pamphlet will tell you exactly what each roll of film contains. These booklets also provide excellent condensed histories about the Freedmen's Bureau operations in that state and they also contain great pointers to other relevant books and articles. Pay close attention to the descriptions of what happened in that state. This period of time is very important in the lives of our ancestors, so we want to mine this resource for as much information as possible.
2. Next, print a copy of a map of your research state—you'll need to find one online that has major cities identified. Using the Freedmen's Bureau pamphlet for your state, find the sections that identify the locations of the field offices. On the map you printed out, mark each city that had a field office. For example, I've marked field office sites for Alabama on the image below.
The tricky part is finding those cities that no longer exist today; Google searches enabled me to find locations for those former cities that are now ghost towns. Also, realize that the closest office to your ancestor might be in the next state over if they lived close to the border. My ancestors from Hardin County, TN often got married in Corinth, MS, because it was closest to where they lived.
3. Now you can start with the place where your ancestor lived, and start looking at records in the nearest field offices. For example, my ancestors lived in Lawrence and Colbert Counties, Alabama—so I have focused first on field office records in Tuscumbia, Athens and Huntsville.
4. Every field office had a different set of records. Use the descriptive pamphlet and read the descriptions of the type of records available for those field offices. Look first for any labor contracts. You can see examples of these at the wonderful Freedmens Bureau online website. Former slaves often had contracts with former slaveowners. Beware that there was no "standard" contract, so some were clear and detailed, identifying entire families, while others looked more like chickenscratch on a napkin.
4. After labor contracts, check to see if there are any local marriage records. Many of those were sent to the headquarters office in Washington D.C. Read this article to find out more details about Freedmens Bureau marriages. Many of those are starting to pop up online, like this one indexing marriages in Mississippi, and here's an index that I transcribed for freedmen in Wayne County, TN:
5. I next check letters received and/or sent, but only *if* they are indexed by surname. If not, I save them for last and instead like to look for any rations or provisions issued to freedmen or transportation or employment records. After these, look for any hospital records, school records, or census records taken. For example, the Huntsville office took a census of blacks there in 1865, that includes their name, age, sex, former residence and former slaveowner!
6. After researching these types of records, look through the murders and outrages. Reading of the horror that the freedmen experienced really humbles me. Some areas were worse than others, but imagine having to feel the wrath of the Southerners who had just lost this war. There were so many stories of freedmen who were killed, whipped, raped, those who worked until the crop came in and then were kicked off the farm without pay, those who couldn't get their children out of the slaveowner's house…just on and on. I read story once in an Arkansas record that told of a slave having his penis cut off by the owner—in fact he made another slave actually do it! Horrendous stuff. I read these records to get a feel for the level of violence in the local area. The Freedmen's Bureau tried to do what they could to adjudicate, but many times the crimes were committed by "persons unknown". The Freedmens Bureau online site contains some of what you can expect to find in outrages. Put this together with the zeal of the freedmen for education and land ownership, and I believe I can make a case that these former slaves were truly the Greatest Generation.
7. If my head is not spinning yet and my eyes crossed, I may go back and search more diligently through the letters. I rarely check the general or special orders, and/ or circulars.
8. Once I thoroughly examine all the field office records, I work my way up and check any of interest at the State Level (i.e., the Office of the Assistant Commissioners, Quartermaster, Disbursement Officer, etc.), and then lastly I check the Commissioner records at the Washington Headquarters for that state.
Its all an exercise in extreme patience. Some of these records are starting to get transcribed and indexed, but it's going to be some time before their accessibility is improved to any great extent. I do believe Virginia has their entire series of Freedmens Bureau Field Office records online at Ancestry. I also want to point you to the terrific Powerpoint slides that David Paterson created about searching through Freedmens Bureau records. You can download it at Afrigeneas, under the heading "Resource Guides".
One final point–don't neglect to read some of the monthly reports about the local area from the local leadership. Although they are summaries and don't often list individuals, they are invaluable in helping us better understand the climate in terms of education, violence, and finding work.
I continue my search through these records and dream about the day I find something for my family directly. Tell me—what kinds of genealogical discoveries have you made in Freedmens Bureau records?


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I've been reading the set of papers Oxfam recently published on local governance and community action (see previous blog) and was struck by how central the issue of 'implementation gaps' is in our work.
An implementation gap is where a set of institutions (often created via decentralization), policies or budgets (or all three) exist on paper, but are absent on the ground. Such a situation provides a particularly good entry point for an INGO like Oxfam because it reduces political risk (you are supporting the implementation of what the state has already agreed) and the benefits are likely to be easier to achieve and can have a galvanizing effect – plucking low-hanging fruit is great for morale and motivation. In terms of power analysis, this is about making the most of 'invited spaces' rather than creating new ones.
If the state is particularly effective, then a lot can be achieved through evidence and reason, perhaps facilitating dialogue with excluded minorities, as we did in Vietnam. Or through helping poor people gain access to their legal rights, for example through legal aid – I'm often struck how much of this kind of work we do, and yet it features fairly low down in our wider communications.
If the state is more chaotic, then a greater level of activism and confrontation may be required to get official attention, as in our campaign on access to medicines in Malawi. In South Africa, I have seen our partners organizing 'toyi toyis'– a very musical form of war dance - outside the courtroom to pressure the judges to act.
In either case, though, as Jo Rowlands points out in her overview paper on the country case studies, there is a need to balance both the supply and demand side of the accountability equation, supporting officials to respond to growing citizens demands, and working to prevent conflicts and breakdowns breaking out between the two sides. Always recognizing, of course, that many activists cross the border between supply and demand, moving between jobs in the state to activism in their communities.
The time horizon for such work is relatively short – this is about lots of mini-victories through which poor people and their communities begin to make the most of their invited spaces and legal rights. It's not about maximalist demands for total revolution that, to be honest, hardly ever prosper.
In most cases, the right place for an INGO is behind the scenes, supporting local civil society with funding, capacity building, access to information etc. Where civil society is particularly weak, INGOs may have to be more of an actor (as in the Vietnam case). I guess this is an example of what I meant when I wrote recently about the potential progressive interpretation of the political economists' insistence on 'going with the grain' of local contexts, rather than seeking to impose outside blueprints.
But the programmes go well beyond merely ensuring that governments implement their laws and policies - the trick seems to be to combine working on the implementation gap with something more (to use the buzzword du jour) 'transformational', i.e. helping to unleash the agency and organization of hitherto excluded groups (on the basis of gender, caste or ethnicity) as part of the project. That can combine the benefits of lasting change with the morale-boosting effect of quick (or fairly quick) wins.
As a reminder, the five case studies are:
'Nothing is impossible': Women's rights in Nepal
'Missing medicines in Malawi': campaigning against 'stock-outs' of essential drugs
'Where does the money go?': citizen participation in Turkana, northern Kenya
'No longer sitting quietly': building community participation in Vietnam
'Citizens Wake Up': The Chukua Hatua programme in Tanzania
Photo Credit: flickr user limaoscarjuliet and Adrienne Hopkins/Oxfam. Community discussion class participants in Bardiya village talk about their plans for building a community clinic.


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An insulting term used for english white South African. These South Africans were claimed to have one leg in South Africa and one leg in England, thus dipping their balls in the salty ocean. "Soutie" directly translated means "a salty"
"Listen now Charlize, I can't stand these souties and their stupid language any mores not"
by yahya May 22, 2005
Descendants from rather civilized Englishmen who worshiped the dear Queen of England, supporting her in all her majesty, ensuring that the sun never sets on British soil, therefore securing a position in which their testicles would hang into all the oceans of the world while singing God save the Queen, having faith that they would bring human development to the rest of the world.
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Short for "Soutpiel".Derogatory term for English person. Literally means salt penis. Someone with one foot in England, the other in South Africa and the other bit hanging in the sea!
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Cycling? Tres chic!
October 13, 2008
By now, you may have heard that French people — Parisians in particular — are pretty much the chicest people on Earth. (Sorry, Italians and New Yorkers. Don't worry, though; you're awesome in your own special way.)
Thus, it may not surprise you to hear that the Parisians have spared no expense implementing a city-wide bike sharing program, which launched in summer 2007 and sufficiently upped the City of Lights' green ante.
Inspired by the success of a similar program in Lyon, France, Paris city officials devised a plan through which cyclists can purchase riding credits at any of the 1,450 self-service rental stations, grab a bike, and go. Users then can return their wheels to any station, making one-way trips a breeze (and, incidentally, these short bike jaunts outpace any other form of transport in Paris, according to a city-commissioned study).
The signature bikes, complete with bells and baskets (de rigeur en Paris!), are called Vélib', a portmanteau of velo and liberte (liberty). The cost? About $1.30 USD/day. The first 30 minutes are free; after that, cyclists pay by the hour. In the first year alone, Parisians made 27.5 million Vélib' trips.
With motor traffic congestion and pollution on the rise, a bike sharing program sounds positively brilliante! While approximately 3,000 of the 20,600 bikes have gone missing, the program is nonetheless a good investment in the health of both the city's inhabitants and air quality.
I remember that my former town of Olympia, Wash., once played host to a fleet of shared bikes, which were free to use. And which were hot pink and designed for eight-year-olds. But they were shared, up until they all disappeared. (Likely suspects: a rabid pack of wheel-less eight-year-olds.)
Could a program like this work in your city? Seattle is kinda hilly, so maybe we'd need 21-speeds. Would your hometown people get out and ride, do you think?


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This is the first in a series of weekly blog columns – NavWeek – by naval editor Michael Fabey
U.S. Navy Undersecretary Robert Work created some waves with the recent posting of his draft U.S. Naval War College white paper, "The Littoral Combat Ship: How We Got Here, and Why."
The LCS-1 USS Freedom recovers one on the ship's rigid inflatable boats (RHIBs) during a recent certification trial off the coast of San Diego. Photos: Michael Fabey
"The Navy is getting very nearly the exact ship it asked for—and in some key aspects a better ship than expected," Work asserts in the paper, which was taken off line a few days after being posted. But, the way he writes it, that statement depends somewhat upon who did the asking – and when.
The reason for that, Work says, is because the development of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has gone through so many revisions and the story has changed drastically in the retelling.
Like other LCS vessels, the LCS-1 Freedom's bridge relies on fewer personnel to operate the ship.
Work acknowledges that the Navy made some major mistakes in developing the LCS – so many that a reading of his report could lead one to conclude that the ship might be more aptly called the ACS, or Accidental Combat Ship. But the end result is what counts, he says, and the Navy is on course now.
"The department of the Navy is well aware of the mistakes it made in the early stages of the LCS program," Works says. "While getting the LCS into service quickly may have been a worthy goal, the mistakes made and problems encountered in building the ships, and the department's resulting inability to restrain program costs, tell a cautionary tale to all current and future DoN [Navy] leaders. Simply put, the department should never again repeat the short-cuts or questionable shipbuilding approaches taken in the LCS program. Objective cost targets and imposed cost caps are simply no substitute for reasonable performance requirements, detailed planning, a stable design at the start of production, a well-thought out production schedule, a ruthless attention to change orders and the impacts they have on costs, and good internal controls with strict monitoring of performance."
The LCS fleet will rely on aviation operations such as the MH-60 Seahawk seen here taking off from the LCS-1 USS Freedom.
Navy officials say they were taken completely off-guard by the posting of Work's paper – and its emphasis on the past sins of the LCS program. They say Work's assertions completely ignore the Navy's acknowledgement of the program's shortcomings and its efforts to fix the ships, as well as its attempt to stick to a truer, more cohesive narrative since the latter half of 2012.
The paper also, they say, fails to acknowledge the political victory by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in securing the multiyear dual-block buy for the ships.
Still, if the Navy lacked "detailed planning, a stable design at the start of production, a well-thought out production schedule" – as Work describes – then how can it now have "very nearly the exact ship it asked for"?
Work also notes, "There have been over 270 design changes from LCS-1 to LCS-3 and as many design changes from LCS-2 to LCS-4 … Over 60 more design changes for the first flight versions are anticipated."
Such a vast number of design changes, at a very pragmatic level, does not point to the service receiving the exact ship it asked for or wants. Indications are that there will be no true production-run models for these ships until the end of the first block buys.
As Work notes, the LCS grew out of a need for a type of small surface combatant. This ship at first was considered by some to be expendable, and was an unwelcome concept to many in Congress and perhaps even more in the Navy, especially in the surface-ship community.
"Between November 2001 and February 2003," Work says, "senior Navy leaders developed the key conceptual principles and characteristics that would guide the subsequent development of the LCS program."
About that time, he says, "Admiral Clark had only a strong inkling of what an LCS would look like and how it would ultimately contribute to fleet operations."
It is obvious at that point in time, then, the Navy did not know exactly what ship it was asking for. The Navy had some ideas, though. "The overriding emphasis [was] placed on platform affordability," Works says, touting "the vessel's relatively mature concept of operations" and "the high priority placed on getting the LCS into fleet service as fast as possible."
Let's let Work tackle the affordability issue first.
"OSD expected the DoN to buy no fewer than three missionized LCSs for the price of one Arleigh Burke DDG, equating to a threshold (minimally acceptable) target cost of $400 million per ship," he says. "However, in February 2003, with the program still in its infancy, Admiral [Vern] Clark hoped to do much better. He wanted the threshold cost for an "entire" (i.e., missionized) LCS to be no more than $250 million (all costs in FY 2005 dollars). This would allow the Navy to buy five LCSs per (DDG-51 Arleigh) Burke. As Congressional Budget Office analyst Eric Labs often observes, the cost to build a ship in U.S. shipyards is most closely correlated with its light-ship displacement (that is, without crew, fuel, ordnance stores, etc.)."
Then, using established pricing measures, he says, "One might thus expect an LCS of 2,700 tons (the light-ship displacement of LCS-1, the USS Freedom), built to commercial standards to come in around $310.5 million; one to NSC [U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter] standards to cost around $445.5 million; and one with FFG [frigate] standards to cost $529 million. Conversely, achieving the $250 million objective target for a missionized LCS would infer a 2,174-ton warship built to commercial standards, a 1,515-ton warship built to NSC standards, and a 1,275-ton warship built to frigate standards (again, all prices in fiscal 2005 dollars).
"Such small vessels might not have the space and payload to handle the manned or unmanned off-board systems expected to provide the ship's 'Sunday punch.' As these simple calculations suggest, building a missionized LCS for $400 million would be challenging enough; nailing the desired target of $250 million would be an amazing achievement. Needless to say, and as will soon be evident, hitting either of these aggressive cost targets would force extremely difficult trade-offs during the ship's design process."
The Navy estimates the Freedom's cost to be about $537 million, which includes "ship construction, government-furnished equipment, change orders and other costs." That estimate comes with some expensive caveats, however. As the Congressional Research Service (CRS) notes, the cost rises to $670.4 million when expenses associated with the Final Systems Design Mission Systems and Ship Integration Team (FSD MSSIT), outfitting and post-delivery (OF/PD) work are added. And the Navy's estimate does not include the post-shakedown availability (PSA) funding, which the service says is "not typically included in ship construction costs for any ship class."
While many defense analysts say those additional costs more accurately reflect the true cost of a ship, according to CRS, "The Navy's fiscal 2011 budget submission states that OF/PD and FSD MSSIT costs are non-end cost items, and that FSD MSSIT costs for LCS-1 … 'are not true construction costs and are [instead] costs associated with design completion.'"
By way of comparison, the Navy signed a contract in June 2011 to build a new DDG-113 destroyer — a Flight IIA DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class ship — for $773.6 million.
In his paper, Work estimates the average cost for a "missionized" LCS to be a bit more than $500 million, about the price of what the LCS should have been if the early figures had been more realistic. This is in part because while the Navy may have undercut the cost of the ship, it overestimated the cost for mission modules, which have changed in volume and scope through the years.
As for "mature" concept of operations (conops), Work and other Navy officials have made it clear time and again that those conops are still under development. Even rather simple things like manning, or core LCS mission priorities like aviation are described by Work as going through long and winding roads of change.
He cites "difficult design trade-offs forced by the driving requirement for platform affordability," saying "there was great uncertainty over exactly how far a first step the LCS would be able to take."
There also is the continued debate about the ship's combat potential and survivability.
"Although LCS does not have the more extensive internal subdivision necessary to allow the ship to continue fighting after taking a hit, because of its greatly improved structural strength, component hardening, and advanced damage control features, it is far tougher and more resilient than originally envisioned,"
He also says program managers now feel the LCS design has "the ability to take a hit, recover, and return home under its own power (think the Israeli corvette Hanit)."
Interestingly, the Hanit, which was struck by an anti-ship missile during the past decade, has been cited in arguments against the LCS.
"With a .30-mm pop gun, a limited electronic support system – some would call it a 'fuzz buster' – and a proposed missile system that will only have a maximum range of four miles, the ships of this class have nowhere near the firepower of the missile-guided class of frigates they are due to replace," says retired Rear Admiral Terry McKnight in his 2012 book, "Pirate Alley, Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia."
As commander of Task Force 151, McKnight was in charge of anti-piracy efforts off Somalia, which are touted as future priority missions for the LCS.
"Yes, I know [LCS vessels] will also replace our aging mine-sweeping force with the state-of-the art mission modules, but this concept has never been proven and is years into cost overruns and delays," McKnight writes. "It is hard to believe that we have not war-gamed the lessons learned from the attack on the Israeli SAAR V-class corvette INS Hanit off the coast of Lebanon in 2006 by a C-802 missile."
In his paper, Works says many in the Navy surface fleet just do not understand or accept the LCS fleet and its potential. He faults Navy leadership for failing to tell a better and more consistent story about the ships.
"These communities are still skeptical of small combatants of any kind," Work writes. "While senior Navy leaders since Admiral Clark have steadfastly defended LCS since its conception over a decade ago, it is one thing to fight hard for the LCS program in the halls of the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, and quite another to fight hard for the ship within the fleet itself."
He says, "While surface warfare officers might grudgingly accept a guided missile frigate's less capable multi-warfare combat capabilities if forced to do so, it would take a lot to convince them that a ship only three-quarters the size of an FFG, and one so dependent on 'the network,' would be wise addition to the battle force. And, in hindsight, there was never a concerted effort to sway them, one way or the other. As a result, the general lack of emphasis on socializing the LCS concept and design gradually had a pernicious influence on the fleet's view and acceptance of the ship."
He also acknowledges, "The LCS's struggle for acceptance was only compounded by the constantly changing nature of the program's "narrative," or declared vision and justification …Indeed, much of today's confusion and misunderstanding over LCS can be explained by the fact that Navy leadership did not simply stick to these early, straightforward principles when explaining the program. Leaders instead constantly tinkered with the LCS story when selling it."
But some simply do not buy Work's argument. "Compared to what the Danish navy built in its Absolon-class flexible support ships, [we] have fallen well short of our objective to offer the combatant commander the firepower to deal with the threats of the future," McKnight writes in his book. "I think over the next few years our leadership will be confronted by the famous line from the I Love Lucy show: 'Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do.'"


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Co-Defendant in Cannibal Plot Case Wants Freedom
A co-defendant of the New York City police officer dubbed the "cannibal cop" wants to be freed from jail too.
The Daily News reports that one of the alleged co-conspirators of former officer Gilberto Valle has filed papers asking that his conviction be overturned.
A Manhattan federal judge overturned Valle's conspiracy conviction in July, saying his plans to kidnap, kill and eat women were all fantasy.
Twenty-three-year-old Michael Van Hise was initially charged with conspiring with Valle, but those charges were dropped.
He was convicted of conspiring with two other men he had met online to kidnap, rape, torture and murder women. Van Hise's lawyer tells the Daily News that it would be inconsistent to let Van Hise's conviction stand after Valle's was overturned.


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Changing the subject entirely.
Part of my Sunday routine involves a trip to the farmers' market in Campbell. Yesterday, as I'm wandering around from one vendor to another, I hear one of the street musicians playing a familiar Neil Young number, "Unknown Legend" from Harvest Moon. I'm an easy mark if it's a song I like and it's not being butchered, so I decide to open up the wallet and drop a dollar into the open guitar case.
And as I walk over to do that, I look up and the guy singing and strumming is former Sharks forward Mark Smith. After we made eye contact, I jokingly put the dollar bill back in my wallet, then dropped it in the case anyway.
His earned $487,000 with Calgary in his final NHL season, but Smith's hockey career was ended by neck injuries suffered when he was crushed into the boards by Minnesota giant Derek Boogaard on March 22, 2008.
The silver lining to that unfortunate development was that Smith has more time for his music and gigs with his band, the Vinyl Trees. This coming Sunday, for example, they'll be playing the Poster Room at the Fillmore in San Francisco with Tragically Hip occupying the main stage. The Trees also have four or five more dates this summer at The BLVD Tavern in Los Gatos.
Smith, 31, was born in Edmonton and grew up in Eyebrow, Saskatchewan, but he left no doubt that San Jose, where he played for six seasons after being a ninth-round draft pick, is now home.
It turns out that the downtown Campbell store in front of which Smith was playing is a women's clothing boutique that he and his fiancee, Andrea, operate. The store — Ayla — reflects Andrea's Peruvian roots.
"She actually designs and makes a lot of our stuff as well as getting it from South America," said Smith, who plans to be performing in front of Ayla "off and on" this summer.
I didn't want to keep the man from his music so we didn't talk Sharks, figuring it was better to save those questions for another day, maybe after we all get a better idea of what the future is going to look like. Smith made his debut as a TV commentator on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area during the playoffs, so maybe we can add his voice to the mix here, too.
If you're interested in club dates and other information about the Vinyl Trees, the best web site I could find was www.myspace.com/thevinyltrees.


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I liked this book. It is interesting because it is for learning. The pictures are very detailed. You can learn a lot just by looking at the pictures. My favorite part of this book is the dragsters because they are loud.
I recommend this book to anybody who likes cars. This book shows you how to make a car. It is an interesting book to read. I especially liked the part about dragsters.


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SuicideGirl of the Day: Gallows
Meet Gallows, a 20-year-old SuicideGirl from Ohio who says seeing dead turtles on the road makes her sad and that she enjoys a good mustache.
Name: Gallows
Age: 20
Location: Ohio
Into: Choonimals clothing, Drop dead clothing, Victorias Secret, animals and animal rights, stars and galaxies, music, tattoos and whatnot, candles, honeysuckle, glitter, stamps, my amazing boyfriend, family, friends, wax seals
Not into: Animal cruelty, Sarah Palin and pretty much all Republicans, drugs, smoking, bad or slow and show offish drivers, drama
Makes me happy: Hanging out with my boyfriend, family and friends, stepping outside and smelling honeysuckle and air, mustaches, reading, pen pals, candles, animals
Makes me sad: Death, people crying and being sad, animals being hurt, not getting any mail, seeing people fall down, animals on the side of the road, dead turtles on the road, how much I miss my dog and other family members
Hobbies: Pen pals, reading
Five things I can't live without: Animals, family, Joshua, friends, books
Vices: Biting my fingernails
I spend most of my free time: Reading and hanging with my boy and friends
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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Developing with POJOs
Long before the EJB 3 specification was written, some developers disillusioned with EJB started to look for alternative frameworks. POJOs are an especially compelling alternative to EJBs. A POJO is simply a Java object that does not implement any special interfaces such as those defined by the EJB framework. The name was coined by Fowler, Rebbecca Parsons, and Josh MacKenzie [Fowler POJO] to give regular Java objects an exciting-sounding name. Later in this section you will see how this simple idea has some surprisingly important benefits.
However, POJOs by themselves are insufficient. In an enterprise application you need services such as transaction management, security, and persistence, which were previously provided by the EJB container. The solution is to use the increasingly popular so-called "lightweight" frameworks that replace some "heavyweight" parts of the J2EE stack. They do not completely replace the J2EE stack but can be used in combination with some parts of it to provide important enterprise services.
The four lightweight frameworks that I describe in this book are Hibernate, JDO, iBATIS, and Spring. Except for JDO, which is a specification, they are open source projects, which have helped drive the adoption of POJOs and lightweight frameworks by the community. Hibernate and JDO are persistence frameworks, which map POJOs to a relational database. They are layered on top of JDBC and significantly increase developer productivity. iBATIS is also layered on top of JDBC, but it maps POJOs to SQL statements and is a very convenient way to execute SQL statements. The Spring framework has a wide range of features that make it easier to use than EJB, including the equivalent of container-managed transactions for POJOs.
An important feature of these technologies is that they are nonintrusive. Unlike EJBs, they provide transactions and persistence without requiring the application classes to implement any special interfaces. Even when your application's classes are transactional or persistent, they are still POJOs, which means that you continue to experience the benefits of POJOs that I describe in this article.
Some excellent books are available that describe these frameworks in depth: Hibernate in Action [Bauer 2005], Spring in Action [Walls 2005], iBATIS in Action [Begin, forthcoming], and Java Data Objects [Russell 2003]. You do not need to read these books to understand and benefit from this book. But to apply what you learn here you do need to read them to learn the details.
In this section I will provide an overview of how to use POJOs and lightweight frameworks to redesign the money transfer service and make it easier to develop, test, and maintain. This new design is object-oriented POJO-based instead of a procedural EJB-based. It accesses the database using a persistence framework that is layered on top of JDBC instead of using JDBC directly. The business logic is encapsulated by a POJO façade instead of a session bean, and transactions are managed by the Spring framework instead of the EJB container. The business logic returns real business objects to the presentation tier instead of DTOs. The application is assembled by passing a component's dependencies as setter or constructor arguments instead of the component using Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) lookups. Because the design is object-oriented and uses these lightweight technologies, it is much more developer-friendly than the EJB version we saw earlier.
Table 1.1 summarizes the differences between the two designs.
Table 1.1 Comparing classic EJB and POJO approaches
|Classic EJB approach
|POJO approach
|Procedural-style business logic
|Object-oriented design
|Database access
|JDBC/SQL or Entity beans
|Persistence framework
|Returning data to the presentation tier
|Business objects
|Transaction management
|EJB container-managed transactions
|Spring framework
|Application assembly
|Explicit JNDI lookups
|Dependency injection
Don't worry if you are not familiar with all of these terms. In this section, I'll examine each difference and explain and justify the POJO approach. You will see how to develop business logic using the POJO approach. I use the money transfer application from section 1.1.2 as an example.
Using an object-oriented design
Rather than structuring the money transfer example around methods such as transfer() and its helper methods, the code should be structured around an object model, which is a collection of classes that typically corresponds to realworld concepts. For example, in the money transfer application, the object model consists of classes such as Account, OverdraftPolicy, and BankingTransaction. In addition, there is a TransferService that coordinates the transfer of money from one account to another. Figure 1.1 shows the design.
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Figure 1.1 An object model for the money transfer application
An Account maintains its balance and has an OverdraftPolicy, which determines what happens when the account is about to become overdrawn. OverdraftPolicy is an example of a Strategy pattern [Gang of Four] and there are two implementations of OverdraftPolicy: one for each type of real-world policy. Better yet, an OverdraftPolicy could encapsulate a rules engine and thereby enable the business rules for overdrafts to be changed dynamically. TransferTransaction, which is a subclass of BankingTransaction, records the transfer of money between two accounts.
Using an object-oriented design has a number of benefits. First, the design is easier to understand and maintain. Instead of consisting of one big class that does everything, it consists of a number of small classes that each have a small number of responsibilities. In addition, classes such as Account, BankingTransaction, and OverdraftPolicy closely mirror the real world, which makes their role in the design easier to understand.
Second, our object-oriented design is easier to test: each class can and should be tested independently. For example, we could write unit tests for Account and for each implementations of OverdraftPolicy. In comparison, an EJB can only be tested by calling its public methods, for example, transfer(), which is a lot more difficult. You can only test the complex functionality exposed by the public methods rather than test the simpler pieces of the design.
Finally, the object-oriented design in figure 1.2 is easier to extend because it can use well-known design patterns, such as the Strategy pattern and the Template Method pattern [Gang of Four]. Adding a new type of overdraft policy simply requires defining a new subclass of OverdraftPolicy. By contrast, extending an EJB-style procedural design usually requires changing the core code, and rewriting or chaining procedure calls together.
As you can see, our object-oriented design has some important benefits. But it is essential to know when it is not a good choice.
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SWINDON Town remain in discussions with defender Troy Archibald-Henville regarding the defender's future, with no deal agreed yet.
The big centre-half's initial two-year contract with the Robins came to an end following the 2013/14 campaign and, after being blighted by knee injuries during much of his stay at the Country Ground, Archibald-Henville's return to fitness and a string of stellar displays in the final weeks of the season was enough for him to be offered a new contract.
That reduced-terms deal remains on the table but no agreement has been reached between the two parties at this stage.
After joining from Exeter in the summer of 2012 for an initial £200,000 fee, decided by a tribunal, Archibald-Henville has played 23 times for Town and also enjoyed an impressive four-game loan spell with Carlisle at the start of last season.
As well as Archibald-Henville, the County Ground club are also thought to have offered new deals to Jack Barthram, Raphael Rossi Branco and Connor Waldon but there is yet to be an announcement regarding whether these offers have been accepted.
Town released 10 players at the end of last season with the most high profile being Jay McEveley and Dany N'Guessan.


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Honda Civic hatch will debut in Tokyo next month.
Honda introduced the "sports" version of the HR-V crossover for the European market - the HR-V Sport with a 1.5-liter Civic gasoline turbo engine, 18-inch alloy wheels and a Performance Damper system.
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State Rep. Karen Castor Dentel, a Maitland Democrat and veteran teacher, weighed in on the Common Core controversy Thursday, calling for Florida to hit the pause button on testing while transitioning to the new benchmarks.
"We don't have to test that year," Castor Dentel said. "We can pause."
State education officials must choose (or develop) new tests to accompany the new Common Core State Standards. Florida had planned to use exams being created by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. But Gov. Rick Scott ordered the state to withdraw from the multi-state consortium, citing concerns about federal intrusion.
Castor Dentel said she welcomed Scott's decision because the PARCC tests would have required too many days of testing. But she questioned whether Florida could create new tests before the 2014-15 school year.
"I would be suspect of any test they tried to create to make that deadline," she said.
The idea she pitched is similar to what's being done in California. State lawmakers recently voted to eliminate the old state assessments, even though the new Common Core tests aren't ready. That means California could go at least one year without testing data.
The federal government has threatened to withhold some funding if Gov. Jerry Brown approves the measure.
Florida education officials don't expect that to happen here.
State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart has promised to have a plan for testing by March.
"We are on schedule to have an assessment for 2014-15," education department spokeswoman Tiffany Cowie said Thursday. "No one has waivered from that."


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British Go Journal No. 56. June 1982. Page 20.
Matthew Macfadyen
In this article I introduce the idea of "average result" which is a powerful tool for counting the game accurately and for calculating the value of yose plays.
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
Diagram 3
Consider the three positions shown in Dias. 1, 2 and 3. The white plays in these diagrams are all worth one point in the sense that the difference between black playing there and white doing so is one point. Some texts distinguish between them as "one point in gote", "one point in ko", and "one point in gyaku yose", but it can make things much easier to measure them all on the same scale. This is done by calculating the expected result before and after the move. One advantage of this is that, if you're counting the game properly, the value of the move is the amount by which it changes the count.
How to calculate the average result? The simplest way is to consider a game consisting of nothing except a huge number of positions equivalent to the one in question. Doing this to Dia 1 we achieve Dia 4. Playing the "game" out we see that Black gets one point in exactly half the positions. The "average result" is thus that Black gets half a point in each such position.
Diagram 4
The vital intellectual leap is to think of this, not as a position in which Black "might get a point", but as one in which he already has half a point. This way of thinking makes counting easy, and lets positions involving kos and other complications be included in the count without difficulty.
Diagram 5
White 3 fills below 1
White 7 fills below 5
White 11 fills below 9
Applying the same arguments to Dia 2 we get Dia 5, in which White gains one point in just 1/3 of the cases. Thus the value of the position before White 1 in Dia 2 is 1/3 of a point to White. After playing White 1, the value is 2/3 to White (or one prisoner to White and 1/3 to Black, which comes to the same thing).
Diagram 6
In Dia 3 we have an altogether different situation. If Black plays here white will have to answer. The calculation 'game" now looks like Dia 6. The expected result is that Black gets all such points, so white 1 in Dia 3 is worth a whole point, i.e. twice as much as in Dia 1, and three times as much as Dia 2.


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Bank of America Client Service Representative in Hinsdale, Illinois
Job Description:
Financial Center Client Service Representative I s FC CSR I are responsible for providing a positive customer experience that leads to improved satisfaction and sales. FC CSR I s process transactions accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment while simultaneously introducing products and services that meet the customers' needs and encouraging customers to expand their relationship with Bank of America. This position was previously known as the Teller position within the Financial Center. Duties may include, but are not limited to the following;
a) Create a connection and develop rapport with customers to provide outstanding, personalized service,
b) Listen carefully and connect with customers to understand their top financial priorities and to uncover products and solutions that will benefit them,
c) Ensure customers/clients are quickly connected to the appropriate teammate with the expertise to meet their needs,
d) Meet or exceed sales goals by influencing customers to learn about products/services that will benefit them,
e) Build, develop and maintain partnerships with teammates and specialists to maximize effectiveness and serve customers,
f) Accurately and efficiently process transactions such as customer deposits and cashing checks,
g) Assist customers with inquiries and/or problem resolution in a professional and composed manner, and escalate to manager as appropriate,
h) Inform and educate customers on how to conduct simple transactions through self-service technologies,
i) Follow established policies, procedures and guidelines to protect both our customers and Bank of America,
j) May be required to work Saturdays and/or extended hours.
Required skills:
Proven results in exceeding goals in areas of sales and service in a customer-centric, results-driven environment
Minimum of six months customer service experience in financial services, retail sales or a goal-oriented environment
A minimum of six months experience with cross-selling, up-selling and/or referring products
Thrive on engaging with customers; can begin a conversation, build rapport, and handle objections
Ability to identify customer financial needs, goals and objectives; comfortable asking customers about their personal finances
Ability to sell customers on meeting with a sales associate to learn about products/services
Ability to respond and assist customers with inquiries and/or problem resolution
Ability to work effectively as a team member
Strong communication skills (including verbal and non-verbal) and active listening skills
Careful attention to detail and time management
Proficiency in basic computer skills
Pass pre-employment assessment
Desired skills:
- Minimum of six months cash handling experience
Posting Date : 11/28/2018
Location :
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Author Notes: For the briefest of time, sour cherries are here! I've been inundated with them, happily so, and today found myself making jam, freezing them, and on and on. I am also awash in fresh mint, its summertime advance making itself known in my garden. What do I often do when I've got a bunch of several items lazing around my kitchen? Mix them.
First I made a perfect mint simple syrup, always a terrific ingredient to have on hand for summertime drinks. Then, for my little boys, I made a treat of sour cherries poached in the mint syrup, then cooled and frozen. They devoured all but a few which I reclaimed in anticipation of making this cocktail.
It's the perfect aperitif, especially if you can enjoy it al fresco. This recipe makes enough to fill 2 coupes (the smaller more traditional size; not the more modern fishbowls) but is easily doubled or more if you want to serve a crowd! —em-i-lis
Makes: 2 cocktails
For the mint simple syrup and minty cherries
cup water
cup sugar
cup fresh mint leaves
cup sour cherries, pitted
For the cocktail
ounce fresh lemon juice
ounce vodka (I like Tito's)
ounce mint simple syrup
ounce St. Germain liqueur
frozen, minty cherries
For the mint simple syrup and minty cherries
- In a small saucepan, combine the water, sugar and mint leaves and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat and, stirring regularly, cook until the sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat, and after 10-15 minutes, strain out the mint leaves. You should have a scant 3/4 c of simply syrup. Remove 1/4 c of the syrup and set the rest aside to cool (on the counter or in the fridge if you won't use it until later).
- In the same saucepan, pour the 1/4 c of syrup and the 1 cup of cherries. Heat to a simmer and cook just a few minutes, until cherries are soft but still hold their shape. Cool, strain the cherries and freeze them in a single layer. Reserve the minty cherry juice for another purpose!
For the cocktail
- In a cocktail shaker, pour the lemon juice, vodka, mint simple syrup and St. Germain. Add about 8 ice cubes, put the shaker top on and shake vigorously, about 20 times. Strain into two coupe glasses, and garnish with two frozen minty cherries and a mint sprig.
- Go outside! Relax! Enjoy!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Mint
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- 1 JavaScript Development Tools
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Description
- 1.3 Features
- 1.4 Design
- 1.5 Development
JavaScript Development Tools
JSDT has graduated from AFT and is now part of the base WTP.
The JavaScript Development Toolkit (JSDT) is a JavaScript development framework for Eclipse based on the Java Development Toolkit (JDT). The JSDT differs from other JavaScript IDEs as it accurately models JavaScript in real-time. This allows smart error detection and correction, flow analysis and content completion that's actually relevant to the user.
Not only is the JSDT more accurate then other JavaScript IDEs but in most instances its much faster too. And since the JSDT's foundation is in the JDT many of the rich editing features of the JDT carry over. The end result is a fast, feature packed JavaScript IDE and framework that's well suited for AJAX and other JavaScript development needs.
JSDT is part of the Web Tools Source Editors project
With the advent of Web 2.0, JavaScript have become central in the creation of a richer user experience on the Web. Its use has shifted from the creation of simple functions and handlers to events, to the creation of complex Web Application frameworks. Such complexity makes it crucial that more sophisticated set of tool become available on Eclipse.
The JavaScript Development Tools's goal is to develop a framework for development of JavaScript applications, with full support for editing, refactoring, and searching. The JavaScript editor is designed such that is can be plugged in to the Web Tools. The JavaScript Development Tools is also be extensible such that new language features can easily be added.
The functionality of the JavaScript Development Tools is heavily based on the functionality of the JDT. Because JavaScript is not a fully typed or class-based language, it is not possible to provide 100% of the JDT functionality. An inference engine is used to infer type and class structure from the JavaScript code, so as much JDT functionality as possible is available.
Pure JavaScript Source
- Syntax Highlighting
- Folding / Line Numbers
- Full Outlining showing Classes, Functions and Fields
- Highlight and check of matching bracket / parenthesis
- Auto-complete of brackets, parenthesies and indentation
- Mark Occurance
- Comment Toggle (line and block)
- Generate Element JsDoc
- Smart Code Completion based on real-time Javascript Model
- Hover Help that display element declaration and JsDoc or Error message
- Configurable Error/Warning checking includes full language syntax and type/class structure resolution
- Flow analysis shows unreachable code, unused variables and variable hiding.
- Quick-fix for unresolved fields and types.
- Surround with do, for, try/catch, while
- Completion Templates
- Extract Function/Change function signature
- Indentation Correction
- Open Declaration
- Open Type Hierarchy
- Open Call Hierarchy
- Extensibly customizable Code Formating
- Full Search
- Refactor/Rename/Move
- Support for Breakpoint marker display if debugger is present
- Browswer libraries with JsDoc for FireFox, Internet Explorer and ECMA 3
- Support for user defined libraries using JsDoc + Javascript prototype structure definitions
- Full extension support for Library UI and core
- Library Image Support
- Breakpoint and ATF Project Support for easy AJAX Integration and debug
HTML/JSP Embedded JavaScript
- Syntax Highlighting
- Folding / Line Numbers
- Full Outlining showing Classes, Functions and Fields
- Highlight and check of matching bracket / parenthesis
- Auto-complete of brackets, parenthesies and indentation
- Mark Occurrence
- Generate Element JsDoc (From outline)
- Smart Code Completion based on real-time Javascript Model
- Hover Help that display element declaration and JsDoc or Error message
- Configurable Error/Warning checking includes full language syntax and type/class structure resolution
- Flow analysis shows unreachable code, unused variables and variable hiding.
- Completion Templates
- Indentation Correction
- Open Declaration (From outline)
- Open Type Hierarchy (From outline)
- Open Call Hierarchy (From outline)
- Extensibly customizable Code Formating
- Full Search
- Breakpoint Support
- Browswer libraries with JsDoc for FireFox, Internet Explorer and ECMA 3
- Support for user defined libraries using JsDoc + Javascript prototype structure definitions
- Full extension support for Library UI and core
- Library Image Support
- Breakpoint and ATF Project Support for easy AJAX Integration and debug
The JavaScript Development Tools design would use the JDT design with the necessary adjustments made for JavaScript.
As far as the JavaScript Development Tools design is concerned, the major differences between Java and JavaScript are:
- Javascript has no explicit typing support, whereas in Java everything is typed.
- At the top level, a JavaScript file can contain any program statement, whereas a Java file only contains a class.
- JavaScript has no classpath/jar file concept.
Other areas where the java/JavaScript differences will necessitate changes:
- syntax differences - parse definitions
- additional program elements with no correspondence in java
- object literal
- for (var in collection)
Inferred Types
In order for some JDT functionality (such as code completion) to work correctly, class type information needs to be available. This information is not available in JavaScript, but it can be inferred in many cases. A type inferring framework will be put in place to support this functionality. The type inferring will examine the JavaScript abstract syntax tree (AST), and generate "virtual" class information.
The type inferring will run off of a configuration will provide many options for how to infer the types/classes. The type inferring will also be extensible, so the unique conventions among various JavaScript toolkits can be handled. The type inferring will be configurable on a project basis, and possible on a file by file basis.
The type inferring configuration will also be used by the refactoring function.
Javascript file handling
Java files have a very top down structure, where files only contain classes, which only contain fields, methods, and classes, and program statements only contained within methods. Because of this, some JDT functionality will not work for JavaScript, because a program statement can be directly at the top of a JavaScript file. This will be handled by refactoring the relevant JDT code.
Variable/function resolution
In Java, everything is resolvable because of the classpath, package structure, and import statements. This has no correspondence in JavaScript.
The JSDT changed the classpath and classpath container mechanism to offer JavaScript library support. JSDT libraries are collections of JavaScript source files that have prototyped object/class definitions and JsDoc. The inference engine then models these libraries and places each object/field/function in the projects Global Scope. Then every JavaScript file in the project has access to these objects/fields/functions.
Libraries aren't limited to browser objects. AJAX runtimes fit nicely in libraries as do a websites standard set of utility functions. Really the possibilities are limitless. And the library mechanism is extremely easy to expand both by the end-user or through extension points.
Functionality mapping
This table shows how the JDT functionality corresponds to the JavaScript functionality. It does not include anything where there is a direct one to one correspondence.
|JDT function
|JSDT function
|Build path
|Libraries + Global Scope
|JDK level (1.4 vs 1.5)
|ECMA script level 3 vs 4 (v. 3 supported now)
|validation & flow analysis
Extension Points
The JSDT functionality is embedded. This means, for instance, that the JavaScript editing capabilities is embeddable within HTML and JSP Editors, both within script tags, and script attribute values. The JSDT is flexible so script support in other languages is possible.
The following JSDT extension points are supported :
- Global Scope variable initializer
- Global Scope container initializer core
- Code formatter
- Validation participant
In addition, the JavaScript syntax tree will be presented as an XML dom (future), so that various XML processors can be run against it for a variety of reasons, for instance, a Schematron processor could be used to do validation. Currently the JSDT is represented in an AST.
The following jsdt.ui extension points will be supported :
- Global Scope container initializer ui (Wizzard, content assist images and type/text naming)
- javascript element filter
- javaScriptEditorTextHovers
- javadocCompletionProcessor
- quickFixProcessors
- quickAssistProcessors
- foldingStructureProviders
- queryParticipants
- javaScriptCompletionProposalComputer
- javaScriptCompletionProposalSorters
Contributing to JSDT
The JSDT is driven by a very small development group with limited resources. ANY serious developers or contributors will be enthusiastically welcomed. For more information follow the standard Eclipse process for becoming a project committer (see New Committer Election). For more information contact Bradley Childs or Phil Berkland.
Developing JSDT
JSDT Functional Testing
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs through Eclipse Bugzilla under Webtools catagory, Source Editing product, component wst.jsdt.
Here is a list of open bugs.


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Medal madness for University of Sydney
13 August 2012
University of Sydney Olympians have finished with a total of eight medals - one gold, three silver and four bronze - at the 2012 London Olympic Games following four medals in the final three days of action. It was our second most successful Olympic campaign ever after Sydney 2000.
The medal winners include our very own Nicola Zagame and Brooke Pratley from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Radiation Sciences) Diagnostic Radiography student Nicola Zagame scored one of the goals that helped the women's water polo team beat Hungary 13-11, taking the bronze. While physiotherapy alumna Brooke Pratley took outsilver in the Rowing Women's Double Sculls.
Our congratulations also to alumna Megan Rivers (Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise &Sport Science) (2003) who competed in her second Olympics as a member of the Hockeyroos team and to current Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) student Krystal Weir who competed in the Laser Radial single-handed women's class sailing race.
Overall wrap-up: University of Sydney at London 2012
If it were a country, the University of Sydney's combined total of one gold, three silver and four bronze medals would place the University in equal 38th position on the medal ladder, equal with Colombia.
With Olympic Games now over, all attention now turns to the 2012 London Paralympic Games where the University of Sydney will have a record seven athletes representing the University from 30 August to 9 September.
University of Sydney athletes who won medals at the 2012 London Olympic Games:
- Murray Stewart - Gold - Kayak Sprint Men's K4 1000m
- Jessica Fox - Silver - Kayak Slalom Women's K1
- Brooke Pratley - Silver - Rowing Women's Double Sculls
- Olivia Price - Silver - Sailing Women's Elliott 6m
- Matthew Butturini - Bronze - Hockey Men
- Kaarle McCulloch - Bronze - Track Cycling Women's Team Sprint
- Belinda Snell - Bronze - Basketball Women
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Maritime and Admiralty laws are those laws which govern the life and affairs of the seamen both on water and near water meaning on high sea as well as on ports. Usually these are the laws which are looked at when a seaman is fairing on the sea with his ship and crew. They need these laws to ensure the proper regulations of the shipping industry and also to ensure that justice is done with the crew and seamen when any event occurs.
In 2017, India enacted a law which is now the paragon law in the field of admiralty and maritime laws. The Act is known as 'The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act 2017' whose main aim is to consolidate the laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with vessels, their arrest, detention, sale and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Act says that the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 shall apply in all the proceedings before the High Court to the extent of them not being inconsistent with any of the provisions the Act. The Act also says that notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, an appeal shall lie from any judgement, decree or final order or interim order of a single Judge of the High Court under this Act to a division Bench of the High Court.
What are the applicable laws to Maritime?
The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act 2017 repealed these following laws;
- The Admiralty Court Act, 1840;
- The Admiralty Court Act, 1861;
- The Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890;
- The Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891; and
- The provisions of the Letters Patent, 1865 in so far as they apply to the admiralty jurisdiction of the Bombay, Calcutta and Madras High Courts.
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This touch screen display will be set at the end of a pharmacy aisle. It has Internet and is equipped with a bar code reader. By scanning items customers connect to specific web pages which display product info, as well as suggests other similar products. Please download a PPT presentation which gives screen shots of the actual unit. http://www.pharma-file.com/kiosk_pagespecs.ppt
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Our company designs software solutions for the health care sector.
This project is to create html pages to display product informations on the kiosk.
Display specs: width and height are fixed and will not change.
Browser window will never get resized and screen resolution will always be the same.
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Words by Tim Goldstein. Photos by Josh Hunter and Tim Goldstein.
Last week some of Transworld's sales reps and Transworld Business editors took a road trip in Central Florida and paid a visit to a few skate shops in the area that were down to get some people together for a skate jam. The first stop was Inlet Charley's II in Edgewater. We showed up around 2p.m. and were surprised to see about 30 kids already skating the mini ramp in the back and the obstacles in the driveway. More kids showed up as the day progressed and were stoked to get free T-shirts and DVDs each time they nailed a trick, won a game of SKATE or ate sh-t on the quarter pipe.
The best trick went to the long haired homey who axle stalled his Jeep Cherokee on the edge of the driveway leaving it stuck there teetering for a while before we had to help push it back onto solid ground. Skaters who were holding it down were Matt Dement, Matt Smith, Adam Paleski, Thomas Wood, Seth Wheatley, Seth Keller, Shamon Burton, and Jalin Burton. You guys killed it and made it all worthwhile.
Thanks go out to James and Joe at ILC for hooking all of this up and getting the kids hyped on the event! Be sure to stop by ILC II at 2015 S. Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater, FL 32141 or call (386) 428-9109. We look forward to next year.
Next stop was Disk8 in Melbourne, Florida. Shop owner David Dunlap had a few of his team riders passing out flyers for this event for weeks and it paid off as tons of skaters came from all over. We rolled up to see the entire front lot of the shopping center blocked off with a stage and a few tents set up with food and energy drinks for everyone. Even the cops were there on time to try and ruin the day. There were plenty of obstacles to skate but the favorites were the ramp to picnic table, ramp to old dirty couch or launch ramp over old dirty couch.
On stage, phenom rapper Emcee Phino blew the crowd away with dope ass lyrics about taking hip hop back. Sh-t was epic! I got the single. Also, Simone got the crowd rocking with a few of her songs as well.
About 50-plus kids showed up to skate and everyone was hyped and rocking their new Transworld shirts. Local skater "Limey" was owning every obstacle and landing most of his tricks on the picnic table with buttery bluntslides and boardslide fakies. Other local skaters who held it down were Pat who was stomping big backside 180s over the couch, Barry who was tré flipping his balls off over the old dirty couch, Andrew King's big spin boardslide on the flat bar, Davie Watson's frontside nosegrind 180 out on the couch, B.B.'s kickflip frontside boardslide on the flat bar, Jay's ollie north over the couch, Ryan White's board transfer over the ol' dirty couch and Greg Claxton's 360 flips on demand, just to name a few.
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Dear Ms. Cross and all of the SEC:
I want you to know that I recognize the industry is lobbying you for the weakest possible enforcement of the Dodd-Frank Title XV amendment to the Financial Reform Package.
The reason that I am contacting you is because of the millions of people, like me, that are crying out for the strictest possible enforcement of this law to be put in place. DO NOT give in to pressures made by the industry after the battle that has been fought to stop the conflict mineral trade that is feeding the Bloodbath in DR Congo.
I had the privilege of being part of the Outcry for Congo campaign last week, and was able to see the passion and diversity of people who demand help and a plan for those in Congo. They do not want their products tainted with the blood of innocents.
Our shared humanity is at stake here. It was Hewlett-Packard itself that estimated the cost of the audits required by the bill to be at less than 1 penny per product at an industry group, without a word of protest from anyone else present at that meeting. This is no "burden" on industry. It is the minimum required to maintain our humanity.
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