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Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen for Acute Pain Following Third Molar Tooth Extraction
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00935311
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 9, 2009
Results First Posted : March 7, 2014
Last Update Posted : April 8, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Drug: ABT-712 Extended-release Drug: Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen Immediate-release Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|122 participants
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|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Multicenter, Single-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Hydrocodone/ Acetaminophen Extended-release Tablets and Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (NORCO) to Placebo in Subjects With Acute Pain Following Third Molar Tooth Extraction
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|June 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|August 2009
Experimental: ABT-712
1 dose of 1 ABT-712 extended-release tablet plus 1 placebo tablet, followed by 1 dose of 2 placebo tablets, administered once every 6 hours for 12 hours (for a total of 2 doses).
Drug: ABT-712 Extended-release
ABT-712 extended-release tablet
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Active Comparator: Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
2 doses of 1 hydrocodone/acetaminophen immediate-release tablet plus 1 placebo tablet, administered once every 6 hours for 12 hours (for a total of 2 doses).
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2 doses of 2 placebo tablets, administered once every 6 hours for 12 hours (for a total of 2 doses).
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- Sum of Pain Intensity Difference (SPID) Using the Pain Intensity Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: From time of first study drug administration to 12 hours following first study drug administration ]Participants assessed pain intensity on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) with 0 meaning "no pain" and 100 meaning the "worst pain imaginable". The SPID VAS score for 0 to 12 hours following initial study drug dose measured the cumulative pain intensity difference during treatment with higher mean SPID VAS scores indicating greater improvement from Baseline. The SPID score is a measure of the cumulative pain intensity difference during treatment and the area under the curve was estimated using the linear trapezoidal rule.
- TOTPAR (Total Pain Relief) [ Time Frame: From time of first study drug administration to 12 hours following first study drug administration ]TOTPAR was the time-interval weighted sum of pain relief. Pain relief was assessed by participants' responses to how their pain relief was compared with the pain they had just before receiving the first dose of study drug: no relief, a little relief, some relief, a lot of relief, or complete relief. Higher mean TOTPAR scores indicate better pain relief. The TOTPAR score is a measure of the cumulative pain intensity difference during treatment and the area under the curve was estimated using the linear trapezoidal rule.
- Time to First Rescue Medication [ Time Frame: From time of first study drug administration to 12 hours following first study drug administration ]The median time (minutes) from first dose of study drug to first use of analgesic rescue medication.
- Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: AEs were recorded from study drug administration until 30 days following discontinuation of study drug (total 30 days); SAEs were recorded from the time informed consent was obtained until 30 days following discontinuation of study drug (total 51 days). ]An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with treatment. If an adverse event meets any of the following criteria, it is considered a serious adverse event (SAE): results in death or is life-threatening, results in admission or prolongation of hospitalization, results in congenital anomaly or persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or is an important medical event requiring medical or surgical intervention to prevent serious outcome. AEs were categorized by severity (mild, moderate, severe) and relationship to treatment (probably, possibly, probably not, not related). Please see Adverse Events section below for more details.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who are in general good health, experiencing moderate to severe pain after surgical extraction of 2 or more third molars and who are willing to remain confined until the morning after surgery for study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergies to study medications
- History of multiple drug allergies
- Unable to stop excluded medications
- Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities at Screening
- Significant medical condition at Screening
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00935311
|United States, Texas
|Site Reference ID/Investigator# 20745
|Austin, Texas, United States, 78705
|Site Reference ID/Investigator# 20743
|San Marcos, Texas, United States, 78666
|United States, Utah
|Site Reference ID/Investigator# 20744
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84117
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|Pedro Quintana Diez, MD
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|AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
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|First Posted:
|July 9, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|March 7, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|April 8, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
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Hi friends!
I like to try new things in our library centers. A few weeks ago, I saw this pin on Pinterest.
What a cool science center for autumn! Sprouting Indian corn in water.
I began the search for Indian corn. I looked in the grocery store, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Central Market. I could not find a single ear of Indian corn.
Hmmm, well, corn is corn, right? So I bought an ear of corn at the grocery store and set up my corn science center.
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On the plus side, I had some great conversations with students about plant parts. So I can't consider it a complete failure.
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I hope sharing this not-so-successful story will be an encouragement to you, my librarian friends. I love my job because I get to try new things and learn from them. All the time.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Fall Library Center...failure
Posted by Cari Young at 8:44 PM
Labels: fall, science centers
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Indian corn was listed on this weeks "Thanksgiving Hostess" umm ... what do they call it? An "extra" that you can get with your Bountiful Basket. But they said limited quantities, too, and by the time I looked they were already gone. #toobadThanksgivingdinnerReplyDelete
PS I totally thought Indian corn was just one of my favorite fall candies. ;]Replies
I probably would have had just as much luck trying to grow the candy Indian corn as I did with the grocery store corn! Note to self: start looking for Indian corn earlier in October next year, before Christmas has taken over every store!Delete
Could it be that your student may have been trying to spell "YELLOW" (not HELLO)?Delete
Maybe so! That makes more sense. Thanks for your comment!Delete
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Ok so this guy is clearly "main guy." He is also not getting dere, not even a little bit. He is all tsun. But, as Chizuru has noted, he has an undeniable charisma and and an intense aura like falling flower petals or something (?) I can dig a hot, blunt, hard to get sword guy, but I am not completely sold on going for Hijikata yet.
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Harada is rough around the edges and survived an attempt at harakiri when he was younger. That is really all I know about him at this point. Nothing too special here...yet.
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When I arrived at AINS, I was the first UI/UX designer the company had hired full-time in its nearly twenty-year history. It boasted of two flagship software (SaaS and PaaS) products in its portfolio. They needed help crafting better user experiences, and were hoping to modernize their product's user interface. At the same time, they needed a complete redesign of their public website, and they needed help rebranding the entire company, to help it find a better footing in a very competitive marketplace.
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When I joined the company I inherited a seven-year-old Squarespace site with a struggling hierarchy and a message that had become lost amid the plethora of information that was kept on each page.
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The two flagship programs AINS offers is eCase, a Case management platform, and FOIAXpress, a service built on eCase that helps with Freedom of Information Act requests, for the government.
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I chose Google's Raleway for headline font and Open Sans for all paragraph text. I was not permitted to change the corporate AINS logo, so I locked down the color pallet and created new logos for eCase and FOIAXpress that would better compliment the main company identity.
The AINS logo came in about 10 different style variations. None of them had a consistent color palette or shape and every variation was in circulation. In order to bring consistency to the brand, I retired every old logo and updated it to help begin to tie all corporate entities together. I chose the darker font from one of the existing logo variations as well as the best primary colors included in other variations. The result was a simplified logo, that uses contrast and color to stand out. The colors used in the logo helped to shape the color palette for the rest of the brand.
The old eCASE logo used a DINS font that the company did not own and a font that was never used anywhere else in the company. I replaced it with Google's Open Sans. Open Sans was not nearly as compressed as the DINS font, but its readability really makes it stand out. It was for that reason, I made Open Sans the main font for all of AINS online and print material. The alignment of the green background was corrected to be even with the letters that follow, and the color of the CASE text was also changed to the dark blue to match the new corporate logo font color.
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Alexis Sanchez scored the only goal of the game midway through the second-half when he tapped home Neymar's pinpoint cross to score for the third consecutive game yesterday. However, it was another frustrating evening for Lionel Messi as he failed to score for a fourth consecutive La Liga match.
Barca now lead second-placed Atletico Madrid by four points and Real Madrid by nine with both sides from the capital having played a game less. The hosts were almost back to full strength after resting a host of first-team regulars for the 3-0 win over Celta Vigo in midweek as Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Neymar all returned to the side, whilst Martin Montoya deputised for the injured Adriano at left-back.
However, the toll of five games in 13 days appeared to affect the Spanish champions as their build-up play was laboured in the first-half and they caused Espanyol very few problems. Kiko Casilla was forced into an early save from Alexis Sanchez after nice work by Iniesta and Messi. But it was the visitors who had the best chance of the half when Victor Sanchez sneaked in behind Dani Alves and Victor Valdes had to race from his line to turn the midfielder's effort behind.
Barca did come to life just before the break as Iniesta's volley from the edge of the area was parried by Casilla before Alves struck the post from similar range. The pattern continued after the restart with Espanyol happy to sit 10 men behind the ball and wait for Barca. Gerardo Martino's men nearly made the breakthrough on 54 minutes when Casilla produced a fine save to turn away Messi's flicked header.
Neymar then bent a stunning effort inches wide of Casilla's left-hand post as the pressure built from Barca. And it was the Brazilian who finally unlocked the Espanyol defence as his wonderful low cross between the legs of two defenders left Sanchez with the simplest of finishes at the back post to register his seventh goal of the season.
Messi saw a free-kick fly just wide with nine minutes remaining as Barca went in search of the goal that would kill the game off. Substitute Pedro Rodriguez ought to have doubled the advantage when he fired into Casilla's legs two minutes from time, but Barca held on to register their 10th clean sheet in 17 games this season.
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To prohibit the pricing of consumer products and services that are substantially similar if such products or services are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals for whose use the products are intended or marketed or for whom the services are performed or offered.
Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Moore, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Ms. Meng, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Titus, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Haaland, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Dean, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Rush, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Frankel, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To prohibit the pricing of consumer products and services that are substantially similar if such products or services are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals for whose use the products are intended or marketed or for whom the services are performed or offered.
This Act may be cited as the "Pink Tax Repeal Act".
SEC. 2. Prohibition on gender-based pricing of consumer products and services.
(1) CONSUMER PRODUCTS.—It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale in interstate commerce any two consumer products from the same manufacturer that are substantially similar if such products are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals for whose use the products are intended or marketed.
(2) SERVICES.—It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any services that are substantially similar if such services are priced differently based on the gender of the individuals for which the services are performed, offered, or marketed.
(b) Unfair and deceptive act or practice.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting interstate commerce.
(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.—The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this section in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
(A) CIVIL ACTION.—In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of that State has been or is adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a), the attorney general may, as parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in an appropriate district court of the United States—
(i) to enjoin further violation of this Act by the defendant;
(ii) to compel compliance with this Act; or
(iii) obtain damages, restitution, or other compensation on behalf of residents of the State.
(i) NOTICE.—Except as provided in clause (iii), the attorney general of a State shall notify the Commission in writing of any civil action under paragraph (2), prior to initiating such civil action.
(ii) CONTENTS.—The notice required by clause (i) shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate such civil action.
(iii) EXCEPTION.—If it is not feasible for the attorney general of a State to provide the notice required by clause (i), the State shall provide notice immediately upon instituting a civil action under subparagraph (A).
(C) INTERVENTION BY THE FTC.—Upon receiving notice required by subparagraph (B) with respect to a civil action, the Commission may—
(i) intervene in such action; and
(ii) upon intervening, be heard on all matters arising in such civil action and file petitions for appeal of a decision in such action.
(D) PREEMPTIVE ACTION BY THE FTC.—If the Commission institutes a civil action for violation of this Act, no attorney general of a State may bring a civil action under this paragraph against any defendant named in the complaint of the Commission for violation of this Act that is alleged in such complaint.
(1) SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PRODUCTS.—For purposes of this Act, two consumer products are substantially similar if there are no substantial differences in the materials used in the product, the intended uses of the product, and the functional design and features of the product. A difference in coloring among any consumer products shall not be construed as a substantial difference for purposes of this paragraph.
(2) SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR SERVICES.—For purposes of this Act, two services are substantially similar if there is no substantial difference in the amount of time to provide the services, the difficulty in providing the services, or the cost of providing the services.
(e) Definition of consumer product.—The term "consumer product" has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) and includes a device or cosmetics, as such terms are defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). Such term includes a child restraint system, as such term is defined in section 571.213 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.


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Evaluation of PMIP coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the Mid-Holocene
In this paper, we will present preliminary results from the working group on coupled experiments. We first describe the boundary conditions and the models (section 2) and some aspects of the simulated mid-Holocene changes (section 3) as shown by both the basic PMIP experiments and the coupled OAGCM experiments. In sections 4 and 5, we present the data-sets and the methodology used for the model-data comparisons. We then focus on the evaluation of the coupled simulations over Northern Africa (section 6) and compare them with the basic PMIPAGCMsimulations. Finally we discuss the implications of these results for the future.
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Now that Java is doing more and more in the field, improving its speed and efficiency is crucial for many working developers. Written by two Sun insiders, Java Platform Performance gives the experienced Java programmer plenty of useful strategies and tips for getting the most out of Java code.
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If anything, this book will convince you that good performance in Java isn't accidental; it takes planning, expertise, and plenty of testing. Also, it will get you thinking about performance in new ways with excellent strategies and tips that can help you write faster and more efficient Java code. --Richard Dragan
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Direct from Sun's Java⢠Performance Team, this is a comprehensive field manual full of battle-tested strategies and tactics for developing high-performance applications and applets with Java technology. It covers every aspect of Java performance, including speed, scalability, RAM footprint, startup time, and user-perceived performance factors. Part I covers the crucial process issues associated with Java optimization, outlining how performance tuning fits into the software development process, showing how to use benchmarks and profiling tools to identify hot spots and bottlenecks, and presenting general strategies for enhancing the performance of Java technology-based systems. In Part II, the authors present a wide array of concrete optimization techniques. The book contains detailed appendices on garbage collection and the Java HotSpot⢠Virtual Machine, written to address key performance questions.
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(Pearson Education) Highlights the importance of integrating performance evaluation into application development process. Presents practical tactics for enhancing application performance in the areas of I/O, RAM footprint, small object management, algorithms, and more. Softcover.
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Author's Note In 1997, I was hired as a contractor to work on the Java(TM) Foundation Classes (JFC) Swing toolkit (Swing). This was an ambitious endeavor--Swing was slated to become the new standard for developing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) with the Java programming language. Prior to the release of Swing, the only GUI toolkit available with the Java platform was the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), a fairly primitive GUI toolkit by 1990s standards. While AWT was hobbled by a "lowest common denominator" design, Swing was designed to be a state-of-the-art toolkit. Written entirely in the Java programming language, it offered a powerful Model-View architecture, an advanced widget set, and a revolutionary pluggable look-and-feel (PLAF) system. When JFC was released in mid-1998, it was quickly adopted by thousands of eager developers.
As with any successful new product, along with stories of success came some bitter complaints. Some developers complained about architectural and philosophical issues. Others complained about bugs or the lack of a particular feature. However, the complaints I personally found most troubling were that programs written with Swing were slow.
I convinced my manager to let me spend a week looking into Swing's performance issues, downloaded a trial copy of a profiling package, and started poking at different parts of the toolkit.
It turned out that there were several areas where performance improvements could be made relatively easily. At the end of the week, I wrote a report on my findings and sent it to the rest of the Swing engineering team. Other members of the team got caught up in the spirit of performance tuning and began doing their own analyses. Over the next few months, I spent more and more of my time working on analysis and tuning and the Swing team made numerous performance enhancements. Many of the techniques described in this book are based on the knowledge gained while we were tuning Swing.
In late 1998, we shipped a new version of Swing that was more than twice as fast for typical tasks than the previous release. However, while many developers were pleased with the improvements, we were troubled to see that we still received numerous complaints about performance. Clearly the problem was more complex than we first thought.
I joined the performance team in Sun's Java Software unit in late 1998 and worrying about performance issues became my full-time job. In an effort to better understand the performance issues we and our developers face, I spend a lot of time talking with developers who are working on serious, real-world Java technology-based systems. Developers sometimes point out areas where changes in the libraries or VM could improve the performance of their programs. Part of my group's charter is to help make sure those changes, when appropriate, make their way into the runtime environment.
When working with developers, we also often find areas where changes to their program code can improve performance. We've found that there are a number of common mistakes and misconceptions about the performance characteristics of Java technologies and even about performance tuning in general.
The goal of this book is to share what we've learned about performance tuning Java technology-based systems with a wide audience. We hope that it will prove to be a valuable reference for you. Steve Wilson
Sun Microsystems About This Book The information in this book will help you write high-performance software for the Java platform. It presents both high-level strategies for incorporating performance tuning into your software development process and code-level performance tuning tactics.
The two parts of the book approach performance tuning from different perspectives, providing a holistic view of the performance tuning process.
Part I: Strategies provides a high-level overview of the performance tuning process. It focuses on general strategies that you can incorporate into the development process to improve the performance of Java technology-based systems. Part II: Tactics focuses on specific techniques for improving performance once you've figured out where the hot spots and bottlenecks are.
The higher-level information in the Strategies part is intended for a broad audience, including software engineers, engineering managers, technical leads, and quality assurance specialists involved in the development of Java technology-based solutions. The information in the Tactics part is geared toward intermediate to advanced developers familiar with the Java programming language who are looking for concrete coding techniques they can use to speed up their software.
This book addresses a vital issue for all those developing software for the Java⢠platform: how to achieve maximum performance and scalability for their applications.
Drawing on the authors' knowledge of the Java programming language and their extensive experience working on performance issues, the book reveals common mistakes and misconceptions concerning the performance characteristics of Java technologies. It offers overall development strategies and concrete, battle-tested techniques to dramatically improve the performance of applications constructed with the Java programming language.
Java⢠Platform Performance highlights the importance of integrating performance evaluation into the application development process and discusses measurement techniques. The book then presents practical tactics for enhancing application performance in the areas of I/O, RAM footprint, small object management, algorithms, data structures, Swing, and deployment. Specific topics covered include:
With an understanding of the performance issues and specific techniques for reducing overhead discussed in this book, you will have the information you need to enhance the efficiency, speed, and scalability of your software.
About the Author
Steve Wilson is the Engineering Manager of the Java Performance Team at Sun Microsystems's Java Software unit. There he leads the team that is responsible for performance tuning of the Java⢠2 Standard Edition internals and helps third-party developers improve program code performance. Mr. Wilson previously worked as a member of the Swing team, which developed the Java Foundation Classes toolkit. Prior to joining Sun, he spent several years as an independent consultant specializing in object-oriented technologies.
Jeff Kesselman is an engineer on the Java Performance Team at Sun Microsystems's Java Software unit where he works with various groups to improve Java code performance. Prior to joining Sun, he developed cutting-edge games for several PC and console platforms in the computer game industry.
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In 1997, I was hired as a contractor to work on the Java(TM) Foundation Classes (JFC) Swing toolkit (Swing). This was an ambitious endeavor--Swing was slated to become the new standard for developing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) with the Java programming language. Prior to the release of Swing, the only GUI toolkit available with the Java platform was the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), a fairly primitive GUI toolkit by 1990s standards. While AWT was hobbled by a "lowest common denominator" design, Swing was designed to be a state-of-the-art toolkit. Written entirely in the Java programming language, it offered a powerful Model-View architecture, an advanced widget set, and a revolutionary pluggable look-and-feel (PLAF) system. When JFC was released in mid-1998, it was quickly adopted by thousands of eager developers.
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About This Book
The information in this book will help you write high-performance software for the Java platform. It presents both high-level strategies for incorporating performance tuning into your software development process and code-level performance tuning tactics.
The Strategies chapters are best read as a single piece, but the Tactics part does not need to be read linearly--you can go directly to whatever topic interests you most.
The two appendices at the end of the book provide information about garbage collection and the HotSpot(TM) virtual machine (VM) and how they can impact performance.
Performance Measurements
Unless otherwise noted, all performance measurements described in this book were run on a pre-release build of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) v. 1.3 using the HotSpot Client VM on the Microsoft Windows operating system.
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Complete code for the snippets, sample programs, utilities, and benchmarks used in this book is available online at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/performance/
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Omnibus: Fools Rush In
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This 50 minute Omnibus documentary first broadcast in February 1973, follows Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise through the making of one of their BBC shows.
Yes, their name was once so far down the bill they could have been mistaken for the printers, but at the height of their fame, this program follows two weeks of rehearsals leading up to the broadcast of show 5 series 7. *
Once Eric and Ernie arrive the initial meeting begins with the reading of the script written by Eddie Braben. Friendly chat ensues, with Eddie and producer John Ammonds before they get down to their serious task. Eric and Ern offer ideas for improvement as they progress through one of the sketches line by line. It seems strange, but at the same time intriguing, to see Eric and Ern read the lines from the page whilst not in costume or on stage.
The whole program is interspersed with interview clips from John Ammonds, Eddie Braben and of course Eric and Ern themselves. The program also focuses on the work of Braben, who had to produce top class material week after week, and to go through the ordeal of having it scrutinised by Britain's top entertainers.
Eddie tells his own story, growing from his own fruit & veg stall to joke writing, through to his relationship with Eric and Ern. Eric admits how hard a job it is, and I think appreciates Eddie's contribution more than people knew.
Back at rehearsal and the scrip continues to be added to, with Ern coming up with an idea of how to use a World globe for maximum comedy effect, once opened it contains a joint of meat like you would see in a restaurant. The joke being there isn't one. Eric quickly comes up with the killer punchline – you can't see the joint!
Now complete, the real rehearsals can begin, and even at this early stage, you can see the improvements as Eric and Ern settle into their roles. As progress is made, the special guest Anthony Sharp is not present, but he soon arrives and work begins on fine tuning the routines on the fourth day. It is now that the sketch progresses to stage positions and acting. The cast now stand and move whilst delivering the lines, getting actions and timings right.
A song and dance number with Anita Harris, also in the show, is rehearsed out of costume, all participants enjoying themselves despite the seriousness.
It is interesting to see the small, characteristic one-liners and ad-libs being worked on over and over again until they seem to the viewing audience, to be delivered with ease. This is the professionalism of Eric and Ern. They worked hard to perfect everything they did right down to the reply of Arsenal when Ernie coughs.
Dress rehearsal arrives with more hard work, until the day of recording finally looms. Lights are positioned and recording begins as we see the final product. Even at this stage things can be changed, as camera angles and timings need to be tweaked.
John Ammonds takes over and converts everything that has been practiced through the last 14 days, into what we see on the television. Controlling the camera, sound and props, he displays great skill in bringing things together, the result is tight, sharp and very funny.
The guest chat and the Mr. Memory routine is run through before we move on to the sketch that we started with. We now see the finished article in all its glory. We see the changes and how they improved things, the mastery of comedy timing and the skill of producing all come together. Eddie Braben, now working on the next show admits he has forgotten most of the content because his head full of gags for the new show, laughs along with the audience and crew.
This is a real eye opener that shows just how much goes into a 45 minute show, and just how hard Eric, Ern, Eddie and John worked to make the nation laugh. A must watch.
*According to our database it was show 7 but the titles indicate show 5.
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Fold Homemade Paper Fans
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Step 1: Basic Assembly
The type of paper you choose is the most important ingredient in this project. If the paper is too flimsy, it will not be strong enough to retain its shape in order to cool you off. If it is too thick, you run the risk of the paper creasing and ripping as you fold it. For this reason you want to stick with medium-thick paper like construction paper. Sandwich two pieces of paper together with the wooden stick you chose between them. You want to have a longer stick so that the fan has a 2-inch long handle or more. With your scissors you want to carefully cut the paper into a half moon shape that is the length of the Popsicle stick.
Step 2: Folding the Fan
Now that you have the basic fan shape glued together and cut you can now start to fold the paper so that is resembles an actual homemade paper fan. Use the ruler as a guide and fold one end over the ruler on a slight diagonal. Make sure that is creased well enough so that it retains its shape. Continue folding the paper at the same distance apart and on the same angle until you reach the center of the shape. When you reach the center start folding from the other end toward the center. This will get you a fan with even folds and creases.
Step 3: Decorating the Homemade Paper Fan
The most fun you can have with this project is decorating the fan once it is folded. You can start by choosing a bright piece of paper (or two different colors) to be your fan. You could stop here but why not adorn the Popsicle stick handle with plastic jewels, paint or glitter to make the handle really stand out? Since the fan is two pieces of paper glued around the handle you have a visible cut to make it into the half moon shape. This can easily be covered up by using glitter glue along the edge or by gluing in place a piece of lace or other colored paper that can be folded over to hide the cut. The fan itself can be adorned with such things as glitter glue to spell out a name, crayons, and even pictures that would be glued onto the paper.


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We split up the work by the whole class tonight - we did not have very many people in class. Lots of people had flooding damage from the weekend, and some people took the night off.
I made the braised sauerkraut for the Reuben sandwiches. I did a good job! Mince some onions, then saute in bacon fat over low heat. Add the sauerkraut, sugar, stock, salt and pepper. Simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed.
To make a Reuben, butter each slice of rye bread. spread each piece with Thousand Island, lay the slices butter side down on a sheet pan and top with a slice of Swiss cheese. Place two oz of corned beef brisket, sliced thin, on each bread slice. Top sandwich halves with 2 oz sauerkraut. Toast both sides in a skillet.
We also made Turkey Club Sandwiches. Use either white or wheat Pullman bread (named after the Pullman tain car). Toast the bread. Spread mayo on each slice. Arrange lettuce, tomato, and bacon on one slice of toast. Top with a slice of bread, and arrange turkey and 1 piece of lettuce. Top with the last piece of bread. Place frill picks on all four sides. Cut diagonally into four pieces. Plate triangle up, with french fries in the center.
Thousand Island Dressing:
whisk red wine vinegar, sugar, mayo, ketchup, chopped pickles, chopped hard-cooked egg, chopped parsley, salt and pepper, and worcestershire.
I got my quiz back. 20 out of 40. ouch. well, that's not really surprising since I didn't know about it and he wouldn't give me time to review my notes. Good. Times.
Lessons Learned:
Reubens are good! And I need to stop eating. I don't have time to work out anymore, so I really should not be eating in class. Everything is full fat, which is not helping. Ick. I feel gross.


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Haven't been blogging much, just a peak here and there, to see what all my blogging buddies are up to. I've been struggling with life issues of late, parent getting older and needing more of my time, looking for a permanent position in the state agency where I have been working on a "limited term", and some chronic hip/back pain issues. My Mom and the pain issues are ongoing but I was lucky enough to land a permanent position. So I am officially permanently employed!! I no longer have to spent every other free minute revising my resume to fit job descriptions or writing cover letters or working on STAR scenarios to describe my work experience/results in interviews. Thank goodness!!! I was so sick of thinking about all of that!
But through it all, I did find some time to enjoy some stitching (and designing) along the way. Here's a rundown of what I have been working on over the last few months:
Next is Liberty House designed by Ewe & Eye & Friends. (Sorry for the wrinkles, but it is too hot to even think about getting the iron out.) Just had to dig this design out of my stash after seeing Faye's version on her Carolina Stitcher blog. I worked on this while camping a couple of weeks ago. I'm stitching it on Ice Blue 32 ct linen using 1 strand of the recommended fibers. I tried stitching with 2 strands but thought it looked to heavy so frogged out the initial stitching and started over. Unfortunately, the little froggers didn't know enough to go away, so I have had to frog and restitch several areas. And to top it off, I discovered the little amphibean varmits added a horizonal stitch. Arghhh!!! Decided to leave it and finagle the motifs to compensate for my lack of counting ability. (Those of you that know this design, may notice that I took the liberty of replacing the year with the word "Liberty.")
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the world today. Stay cool, if you can, and enjoy the day!