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McCulloch Rob R600: Perfect for gardens up to 600 m2
The robotic lawn mower is equipped with an easy-care Lithium ion battery and is suitable for gardens up to 600 m2 and gradients of up to ±25 % (14°). With only 59 dB the robot lawn mower is very quiet during mowing.
Mulching function: Mowing and fertilizing
The McCulloch Rob R600 cuts the grass with three rotating blades and a cutting width of 17 cm. The cutting height can be adjusted between 20 and 50 mm. The fine grass cuttings fall down on the ground where it serves the grass as a natural fertilizer and moisturizer.
Fully automatic robot lawn mower
With the user-friendly operating display, you can set up an individual weekly schedule for the robot mower. It follows the programmed plan fully automatically and reliably – even in the rain. It crosses the garden randomly and returns autonomously to its docking station, to recharge its battery.
Useful remote start function
The automatic lawn mower has a remote start function. Thus, it regularly finds its way into remote areas of the garden, which can be reached only through narrow passages. This ensure an even mowing result all-over the garden.
A safe device: McCulloch R600
Collision, lift and tilt sensors ensure a maximum of safety. If the automatic lawn mower is hitting an obstacle, it stops and changes its direction. When lifted or tilted the robot's blades stop immediately. Furthermore, it is equipped with an anti-theft system and a PIN code.
Easy installation of the McCulloch Rob R600
All accessories needed for the installation of the McCulloch Rob R600, are included in the scope of delivery: perimeter wire, peg, cable connectors and a detailed guide. Thus, your robot lawn mower is ready to mow after just a few steps. A weight of only 7 kg makes the robotic lawn mower especially handy.
- Included in delivery
Included in delivery
McCulloch ROB R600 - 2018 Model
• Charging station
• Boundary wire (150 m)
• Pegs (200 pcs.)
• Replacement blades (3 pcs.)
• Connectors (5 pcs.)
• Connecting terminals (3 pcs.)
- Technical details
Technical details
Manufacturer: McCulloch Model description: McCulloch ROB R600 - 2018 Model Recommended up to (approx.): 600 m² Weight (approx.): 7,0 kg Programming/controlling the app: No Height of cut: 20 - 50 mm Cut width: 17 cm Incline: ±25 % Mowing in the rain: yes Mowing settings: Three rotating blades Navigation: - IFTTT: No Charging time (approx.): 50 min Rechargeable battery life (approx.): 60 min Guarantee on the product: 5 years Guarantee on the rechargeable battery: 1 year Type of rechargeable battery: Lithium ion battery (18 V / 2,1 Ah) Boundary: Boundary wire Volume (approx.): 59 dB (A) Safety: Collision, lift and tilt sensors, PIN code, anti-theft, alarm function Special features:
• Remot starte function (1/ fixed)
• Mows especially quiet
- Payment and delivery
Payment and delivery
In addition to the indicated prices we charge EUR 10 per order for the delivery and handling, within Europe.
Deliveries in Europe will be made by GLS or a haulage firm (from 31.5 kg) within following International Delivery Times after the order is placed.
International Delivery Times:
Belgium 2 working days Bulgaria 5 to 6 working days Croatia 2 to 3 working days Czech Republic 2 working days Denmark 2 working days Estonia 4 to 5 working days Finland 4 to 6 working days Hungary 2 working days Ireland 4 working days Italy 2 to 3 working days Latvia 4 to 5 working days Lithuania 4 to 5 working days Luxembourg 2 working days Netherlands 2 working days Poland 3 working days Portugal 4 to 6 working days Romania 2 working days Slovakia 2 working days Slovenia 2 working days Spain 4 to 6 working days Sweden 3 to 5 working days
DHL Express delivery option
During the checkout process, you will have the opportunity to select DHL Express. Orders which are placed untill 12.00 p.m. and are in stock, will be shipped on the same day. The additional fee depends on your delivery address and cart.
Payment methods
myRobotcenter offers a number of payment methods.
Do you have any questions about the various payment methods? Our customer service team will be happy to advise you; Please use our contact form.
- Downloads
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- Product Questions
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Customer Reviews
for McCulloch Rob R600 Robot Lawn Mower - 2018 Model - With Free 5-Year Guarantee - Guarantee Period Starts on 01/03/2019
A few days after your order you will receive an email through which you can submit your personal review.
Running for the 5 weeks in my garden. Happy with the purchase.
Superb and easy to use, with clear instructions and an excellent you tube tutorial.


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Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai
Date Read: March 27th 2018
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
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Being bad never felt so good, in the third novel in Alisha Rai's sexy Forbidden Hearts series!
Well-behaved women don't lust after men who love to misbehave.
Heiress Evangeline Chandler knows how to keep a secret . . . like her life-long crush on the tattooed hottie who just happens to be her big brother's friend. She's a Chandler, after all, and Chandlers don't hook up with the help. Then again, they also don't disobey their fathers and quit their respectable jobs, so good-girl rules may no longer apply.
Gabriel Hunter hides the pain of his past behind a smile, but he can't hide his sudden attraction to his friend's sheltered little sister. Eve is far too sweet to accept anything less than forever and there's no chance of a future between the son of a housekeeper and the town's resident princess.
When a wedding party forces Eve and Gabe into tight quarters, keeping their hands off each other will be as hard as keeping their clothes on. The need that draws them together is stronger than the forces that should shove them apart . . . but their sparks may not survive the explosion when long-buried secrets are finally unearthed.
Publisher: Avon
Series: Forbidden Hearts #3
Also by this author: Hate to Want You, Wrong to Need You br> br>
Also in this series: Hate to Want You, Wrong to Need You
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Overall Rating: 5.00
Hurts to Love You wraps up the Forbidden Hearts series with: a wedding (or two!), the revelation of even more Kane/Chandler family secrets, and a lovely romance between Eve and Gabe. While it is definitely possible to read and enjoy Eve and Gabe's relationship as a standalone, I really feel like you need to read the first two books in the series to get the full impact of the revelations and events in this book. Family by blood, family by chance, and family by choice are key themes and the cast of characters is large.
The relationship between Eve and Gabe progresses beautifully from infatuation to casual fling to love. I appreciated the maturity-levels of both characters. Due to situations related to their upbringings, each of them have erected barriers to intimacy that must be overcome through personal journeys of self-discovery. Watching them assist each other in those journeys is truly heartwarming. I found Gabe's awareness and understanding of Eve's behaviors that were rooted in past emotional abuse by a parent to be particular moving.
From the resolution of the series conflict arc to the complex characters to witnessing the HEAs of the previous couples continue to play out, I loved absolutely everything about this book.
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TYLER COWEN: The Real Import Of The Gruber Fracas. I like this from the comments: "All I can say is, if you're going to pass a law with zero bipartisan support, you should be very careful in the drafting, since they aren't likely to help you out if you muck it up. In this case, haste and arrogance is biting them in the ass."


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"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles." - Thomas Edison
Derrick's advice to get a Raspberry Pi was inspired. Or, depending on your level of technical knowledge, utterly obvious. I could attach the Pi's output pins to some sort of valve, set the thing up as a web client or server, and put it outside in a waterproof box.
To start off with I needed power. As I can't run any cables from the house to the garden, I expect it will have to run on batteries, or some sort of battery/solar combination.
I did some back-of-the-envelope calculations. The most efficient Raspberry Pi, the model A+, uses 1 watt. Let's assume a wi-fi dongle uses 200mW (I have no idea what it actually uses). So the whole setup would draw 1.2W. That's 28.8Wh per day.
- 4 x AA NiMH (2000 mAH) batteries = 10Wh
Life: 8h 20 minutes
- 4 x D NiMH (10,000 mAh) batteries = 50Wh
Life: 1 day 17h 40 minutes
- 1 x lead acid golf battery (12V / 22Ah) = 264Wh
Life: 9 days 4 hours
- Massive lead acid battery (12V / 220Ah) = 2640Wh
Life: 3 months 1 day 16 hours
- Solar power (summer's day = 4h sunshine equivalent average). Need at least a 7.2W solar panel, ideally much more. This costs £30-£70. I'd also need a large amount of battery storage for nights and cloudy days.
How, then, can I use less? This article describes a system called the "sleepy pi". It uses a second device, an Arduino, to periodically wake up the Pi to perform a task, and then put it back to sleep. The Arduino uses less power to begin with, and unlike the Pi, has its own sleep mode.
So the Pi could wake up, poll a web server for instructions, and then decide whether to turn on the hose, and for how long. Perhaps it only needs to wake up every hour. You don't need hair-trigger response times on a hosepipe, except to spray an enemy cat.


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Jiří, from the Czech Republic, and A Qin, from Guangxi province of China, are both painters living in the new art community of Songzhuang, Beijing. They sat next to each other in art school, and one fateful Chinese New Year in A Qin's hometown, their two worlds became one. In fluent Chinese, Jiří talks about how his child and wife has helped challenged his previous concept of freedom. Their love is not a typical love story.
I think one of the requirements for an intercultural relationship to work out over the long term is their desire to immerse themselves into each other's culture. Jiří and A Qin are a great example of this. But they are different in their approach to love, as recluse artists they see it more as a partnership above all else.
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We start by applying the expertise of our Van Drie Carpet One Floor & Home sales professionals with the added help of Carpet One's SelectAFloor™ system to streamline the selection process and pinpoint the perfect flooring for you. Whether you prefer lush wall-to-wall carpeting, sleek ceramic tile for a modern look and texture, the rich shades and textures of hardwood, or the dependability and style of materials like vinyl and luxury laminate flooring, you can trust Van Drie Carpet One Floor & Home to bring you the very best. Once you've decided, we're even able to install your flooring. Our installation experts are backed by the same quality and care that all Van Drie Carpet One Floor & Home Carpet One customers have come to expect, making for a great, hassle-free experience. And to top it all off, you can choose from one of our many warranties to make sure your floors stay beautiful over time.
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Kim Zolciak and her husband Kroy have been married for a year and a half now and have two sons of their own — Kroy Jagger and Kash Kade. Kim also has two daughters from previous relationships. Although Brielle and Ariana's fathers have been out of the picture for a while now, they are still legally theirs but soon, Kroy hopes to legally take over as the girls' father.
TMZ reports that Kroy is ready to file the documents necessary to legally become the father of 15-year-old Brielle and 11-year-old Ariana. Kroy already considers the girls his own and they feel that he's their dad as well. Now, all that's left to do is make it official.
Kroy will appear in court next month where a judge will need to give his approval on the adoption. Once that's done, Kroy will be a daddy of four!
Brielle's father Daniel Toce was recently released from prison for sexually assaulting a minor. The whereabouts of Ariana's father are less clear. Typically, the father's rights need to either be stripped or signed over. In Daniel's case, they will likely be stripped, but since not much is known about Ariana's dad, that may be more complicated for Kroy.
Last year, Brielle opened up about the possible adoption on Twitter. "Kroys in the process of adopting me and I'll call him 'dad' until the day I die because that's what he is to me," she said.
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Building on Struts for Java 5 Users
Struts is undoubtedly the most successful Java web development framework. It is the first widely adopted Model View Controller (MVC) framework, and has proven itself in thousands of projects. Struts was ground-breaking when it was introduced, but the Web development landscape has changed a lot in the last few years.
Struts is undoubtedly the most successful Java web development framework. It is the first widely adopted Model View Controller (MVC) framework, and has proven itself in thousands of projects. Struts was ground-breaking when it was introduced, but the web development landscape has changed a lot in the last few years. It is also fair to say that Struts is not universally popular, and has in many ways been overtaken by other frameworks.
Developers not satisfied with Struts have tended to embrace other frameworks, or even create their own. This is even the case within the Struts community. The two major initiatives - the integration with WebWork and the JSF-based Shale - are producing frameworks quite different from the Struts to which most users are accustomed.
A less well known fact is that the increasing adoption of Java 5 has brought in a third way forward for Struts. In this article I introduce Strecks, a set of Java 5 based extensions which offer a greatly streamlined programming model for Struts applications, without introducing any new compatibility issues. If you're confused about the name, think of it as a shortened, misspelled version of "Struts Extensions for Java 5".
Strecks is built on the existing Struts 1.2 code base, adding a range of productivity enhancing features, including:
- pure POJO actions
- action dependency injection
- action controllers encapsulating request workflow
- action interceptors
- form validation using annotations
- data conversion and binding using annotations
- pluggable navigation
These are discussed in more detail in the rest of the article.
Strecks aims to simplify, not replace, the existing Struts programming model. Familiar artifacts such as
Actions and
ActionForms are still present, in an enhanced form. Strecks actions and forms can be used seamlessly within existing applications. The user interface or view layer of the framework has not been altered, and neither has configuration; there are no new custom tag libraries to speak of, with only a couple of useful tags added.
Strecks enhancements chiefly affect Struts's controller layer, which consists of
Actions and a controlling RequestProcessor. Let's look at form-handling enhancements first, starting with form validation.
Form Validation
A requirement for virtually any application which accepts user input is form validation. Few would argue that programmatic validation code is tedious to write. An example of Struts 1.2 programatic validation, taken from our example application, is shown below:
public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) { ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); if (days == null) { ActionMessage error = new ActionMessage("holidaybookingform.days.null"); errors.add("days", error); hasError = true; } else { if (!GenericValidator.isInt(days)) { ActionMessage error = new ActionMessage("holidaybookingform.days.number"); errors.add("days", error); hasError = true; } } //validation for other fields omitted if (!hasError) return null; return errors; }
All of the above code is required simply to validate a single field, that is, to determine that the number of days supplied in our holiday booking entry form has been supplied in the correct Integer format.
Struts offers an alternative XML-based validation mechanism in the form of Jakarta Commons Validator. However, the format is regarded by many as verbose, and there has been a shift in recent years away from the use of XML in this way.
Strecks offers a concise annotation-based alternative, which we see in action below:
private String days; @ValidateRequired(order = 3, key = "holidaybookingform.days.null") @ValidateInteger(key = "holidaybookingform.days.number") public void setDays(String days) { this.days = days; }
Your form class is still a subclass of
ActionForm; it is not exposed to the framework's mechanism for implementing the validation. This all takes place behind the scenes. Also, you can also implement programmatic validation logic in the form's
validate() method.
Type Conversion and Data Binding
One problem when working with domain models in Struts applications is the need to write data binding and type conversion code - the framework provides very limited support for this. A practical limitation with Struts 1.2 is that action forms generally need to use String properties. Consider a form field in which the user is expected to enter a number. If a user enters "one", conversion will fail. The problem is when the form is redisplayed, the value 0 will be displayed, and not "one", an unacceptable usability scenario. The workaround is to use String-based form properties, at the price of having to do type conversion and data binding programmatically.
An example of a type conversion code and form property to domain model in Struts 1.2 is shown below, for just the Date field in the example application's form:
public void readFrom(HolidayBooking booking) { if (booking != null) { if (booking.getStartDate() != null) this.startDate = new java.sql.Date(booking.getStartDate().getTime()).toString(); } } public void writeTo(HolidayBooking booking) { if (this.startDate != null && this.startDate.trim().length() > 0) booking.setStartDate(java.sql.Date.valueOf(startDate)); }
Frameworks with declarative data binding and type conversion generally implement these features in the view to controller boundary. For example, JSF data conversions are defined in the view, with the target being managed bean properties. Strecks, by contrast, uses the
ActionForm itself for type conversion and data binding. This has two benefits. Firstly, it allows the interface between the view and the form bean to remain very simple, no different from existing Struts applications. Also, it also allows type conversion and data binding behaviour to be unit tested very easily.
The Strecks type conversion and data binding features allow the previous example to be reduced as shown below:
private String startDate; private HolidayBooking booking; @BindSimple(expression = "booking.startDate") @ConvertDate(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd") public String getStartDate() { return startDate; } //getters and setters omitted
The value of the form property is converted using the
Converter identified using the
@ConvertDate annotation, then bound the the startDate property in the domain object
HolidayBooking. No extra code is needed. Specifying a converter explicitly is not necessary for most basic types, such as
Long and
Boolean. Also, the converter class can be set explicitly as a
@BindSimple attribute, in which case the separate
@ConvertDate would not be necessary.
Both converter annotations and binding mechanisms can be added without additional configuration by using the Annotation Factory pattern. The table below describes the additional artifacts required for each:
|Binding Mechanism
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Dependency Injection
In the web tier of a J2EE application, dependencies take many forms, ranging from application-scoped business tier services to request-scoped parameters and attributes. Effective dependency management is about getting to just the data and services your application needs, in a simple and robust manner. The recognition of the value of Dependency Injection in achieving this is among the most important developments in Java programming practice in the last few years.
Dependency management in a typical Struts 1.2 application is somewhat out of step with these developments, for a number of reasons:
- There is no built-in support for dependency injection. Access to services either needs to take place via programmatic lookups or superclass hooks (such as Spring's
ActionSupportclass, which is used to simplify access to a Spring
- The requirement for thread-safe Actions which cannot hold request-specific state in instance variables is an obstacle to effective dependency management. This is because request-specific state must be held in request or session attributes or passed to other methods as arguments.
- Struts
Actionsare closely bound to the Servlet API, which makes unit testing harder than for actions with no framework or Servlet API dependencies.
- There is no support for declarative type conversion for request parameters.
Consider the example below, which uses a Spring bean to retrieve
HolidayBooking data for a given ID.
public class RetrieveBookingAction extends ActionSupport { public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception { HolidayBookingService holidayBookingService = (HolidayBookingService) getWebApplicationContext().getBean( "holidayBookingService"); long id = Long.parseLong(request.getParameter("holidayBookingId")); HolidayBooking holidayBookings = holidayBookingService.getHolidayBooking(id); request.setAttribute("holidayBooking", holidayBookings); return mapping.findForward("success"); } }
Notice how the service bean is obtained using a programmatic hook. The request parameter ID is converted programmatically using
Strecks has a simple mechanism for dependency injection, also based on Java 5 annotations. Action beans (the replacement for Actions which discussed in more detail later) are instantiated on a per-request basis, allowing dependencies to be injected via setter method annotations.
The Strecks equivalent to our previous example is shown below. Notice how the
execute() method no longer has multiple method arguments, and is much shorter than the Struts example.
@Controller(name = BasicController.class) public class RetrieveBookingAction implements BasicAction { private HolidayBookingService holidayBookingService; private WebHelper webHelper; private long holidayBookingId;public String execute() { HolidayBooking holidayBookings = holidayBookingService.getHolidayBooking(holidayBookingId); webHelper.setRequestAttribute("holidayBooking", holidayBookings); return "success"; }@InjectSpringBean(name = "holidayBookingService") public void setService(HolidayBookingService service) { this.holidayBookingService = service; } @InjectWebHelper public void setWebHelper(WebHelper webHelper) { this.webHelper = webHelper; } @InjectRequestParameter(required = true) public void setHolidayBookingId(long holidayBookingId) { this.holidayBookingId = holidayBookingId; } }
Dependency Injection in Strecks is supported through the
InjectionHandler interface, which has the following form:
public interface InjectionHandler { public Object getValue(ActionContext actionContext); }
ActionContext is simply an interface which simply wraps the
ActionForm and
ActionMapping. In other words,
InjectionHandler supports retrieving data or services accessible via any one of these objects. In addition to the injectors shown in the example above, injectors are available for request, session and application context attributes, the
MessageResources, the
ActionForm, the
ActionMapping, as well as other objects.
Adding your own injection handlers is simple, again using the Annotation Factory pattern:
- create an
InjectionHandlerimplementation which returns the object you wish to inject.
- define an annotation which can be used to identify and configure the
- create an
InjectionHandlerFactorywhich can be used to read the annotation and create an
Actions are the key artifacts in a Struts application because they are the primary home for service tier invocations as well as the application's presentation logic. In the previous section, we discussed briefly the need for thread-safety in actions. This, together with the presence of a fairly predefined inheritance hierarchy, makes reuse of request processing logic quite difficult.
Strecks offers a simple solution to these problems. The responsibility of a traditional Struts action is divided between two objects, an action controller and an action bean.
The idea behind the action controller is that common request processing logic can be abstracted and reused across many actions. For example, simple CRUD web applications typically use three types of request handling logic:
- read-only actions whose job is simply to retrieve data from a service tier object and make it available to the view for display.
- form rendering actions, which may additionally need to populate a form with data from a previously persisted domain object.
- form submission actions, which need to receive data submitted via a form and invoke the relevant service tier operations.
With request processing logic abstracted into a controller, all that remains is to implement the domain-specific aspects of each operation. This is the job of the action bean.
In Strecks, the action bean is registered in struts-config.xml exactly as if it were a regular
Action. When used for the first time, an annotation on the action bean's class definition is used to identify the controller. An instance of the controller is created. The controller, which extends
Action, is held in the action cache for subsequent requests. Each time a request is received, the controller creates a new instance of the action bean. The action controller itself holds no state, and is shared among multiple requests.
Lets take a look at an action bean implementation.
SubmitEditBookingAction, shown below, is invoked when submitting an update from the "Edit Holiday Booking" form.
@Controller(name = BasicSubmitController.class) public class SubmitEditBookingAction implements BasicSubmitAction { private HolidayBookingForm form; private HolidayBookingService holidayBookingService; private WebHelper webHelper; public void preBind() { } public String cancel() { webHelper.setRequestAttribute("displayMessage", "Cancelled operation"); webHelper.removeSessionAttribute("holidayBookingForm"); return "success"; } public String execute() { HolidayBooking holidayBooking = form.getBooking(); holidayBookingService.updateHolidayBooking(holidayBooking); webHelper.setRequestAttribute("displayMessage", "Successfully updated entry: " + holidayBooking.getTitle()); webHelper.removeSessionAttribute("holidayBookingForm"); return "success"; } //dependency injection setters omitted }
The action bean uses
BasicSubmitController, which itself mandates that its action beans implement the
BasicSubmitAction interface.
SubmitEditBookingAction does so by implementing the
cancel() and
execute() methods. Lets consider
cancel(), which is invoked when a user clicks on a button rendered using the
<html:cancel/>; tag.
The key point here is that the logic for determining whether a form has been cancelled is implemented in the controller, not the action bean. We see how this happens by looking at the controller implementation below:
@ActionInterface(name = BasicSubmitAction.class) public class BasicSubmitController extends BaseBasicController { @Override protected ViewAdapter executeAction(Object actionBean, ActionContext context) { BasicSubmitAction action = (BasicSubmitAction) actionBean; ActionForm form = context.getForm(); HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest(); boolean cancelled = false; if (request.getAttribute(Globals.CANCEL_KEY) != null) { cancelled = true; } if (form instanceof BindingForm && !cancelled) { action.preBind(); BindingForm bindingForm = (BindingForm) form; bindingForm.bindInwards(); } String result = cancelled ? action.cancel() : action.execute(); return getActionForward(context, result); } }
In a traditional Struts application, code for identifying a cancel event would need to be present in the
Action class.
Use of an action controller in this way simplifies development of actions and allows for effective reuse of request processing logic. A number of action controllers are available out of the box, including form handling controllers as well as dispatch controllers which mimic the behaviour of
MappingDispatchAction and
LookupDispatchAction. Creating controllers customised for AJAX operations, for example, would not be difficult.
Action Bean annotations
One of the most powerful Strecks features is the ability to add custom annotations to action beans. This feature allows the contract between the action bean and the controller action to be extended without changing the interface that the action bean must implement.
The mechanisms behind custom action bean annotations are already used by the framework for a number of purposes:
- reading action bean dependency injectors
- allowing pluggable navigation
- support for dispatch method lookup for Streck's
- configuring the action bean source, that is, the mechanism used to instantiate an action bean
The same mechanism could be used to features currently not present, such as action bean-specific interceptors and action bean
validate() methods.
Lets consider action bean source configuration. Using a single annotation class level annotation, it is possible to identify an action bean as "Spring-managed", as shown in the example below:
@Controller(name = BasicController.class)
@SpringBean(name = "springActionBean")
public class SpringControlledAction implements BasicAction
private String message;
private SpringService springService;
public String execute()
int count = springService.getCount();
message = "Executed Spring controlled action, count result obtained: " + count;
return "success";
public String getMessage()
return message;
//Don't need dependency injection annotation, because
public void setSpringService(SpringService service)
this.springService = service;
Its hard to imagine how providing this level of integration with Spring could be more simple. In the example, the action bean is instantiated per request by obtaining the bean named
springActionBean from the Spring application context. Note the absense of the
@InjectSpringBean annotation - the service dependency injection is handled within the Spring startup process.
A second example, shown below, involves an action bean handling submission of a form with multiple submit buttons. It in turn uses
BasicLookupDispatchController, which supports the
@DispatchMethod annotation for determining which method to execute.
@Controller(name = BasicLookupDispatchController.class)
public class ExampleBasicLookupSubmitAction implements BasicSubmitAction
private String message;
private MessageResources resources;
public void preBind()
public String execute()
message = "Ran execute() method in " + ExampleBasicLookupSubmitAction.class;
return "success";
@DispatchMethod(key = "button.add")
public String insert()
message = "Ran insert() method linked to key '" + resources.getMessage("button.add") + "' from "
+ ExampleBasicLookupSubmitAction.class;
return "success";
public String cancel()
message = "Ran cancel() method";
return "success";
public void setResources(MessageResources resources)
this.resources = resources;
The plain Struts equivalent would require implementation of a method returning a
java.util.Map containing the message key to method name mappings.
Custom action bean annotations are supported through the use of the Annotation Decorator pattern, which works in a similar way to the Annotation Factory pattern.
Specifically, the controller must include a class level annotation which can be used to identify an
ActionBeanAnnotationReader implementation. For example,
BasicLookupDispatchController has the class definition which includes the
@ActionInterface(name = BasicSubmitAction.class)
public class BasicLookupDispatchController
extends BasicDispatchController
implements LookupDispatchActionController
// rest of class definition
@ReadDispatchLookups identifies the
DispatchMethodLookupReader as the annotation reader, which in turn simply looks for
@DispatchMethod annotations in order to populate the message key to method name map. The implementation of
ActionBeanAnnotationReader for handling pluggable navigation is more complex but uses the same basic mechanism.
As with validators, converters and dependency injectors, no XML is required to add custom annotations. All that is required are controller annotations to identify the
ActionBeanAnnotationReaders, and the necessary annotations in the action bean implementation itself.
Most web applications require operations which are common to many actions, such logging, authentication and customized state management. In Struts 1.2 it is relatively difficult to accomodate these requirements in an elegant way. A Struts developer typically has two choices:
- implement the common behaviour in
- create a common base
Actionsuperclass which all of the application's actions should extend
While allowing duplication to be factored out, both solutions interfere with an inheritance hierarchy. Adding behaviour typically requires changing existing classes rather than simply adding a new class and appropriate configuration entry.
The solution, evident in frameworks such as WebWork and Spring MVC and also Strecks, is interceptors. Strecks defines two interceptor interfaces,
BeforeInterceptor, and
AfterInterceptor. A class which provides a simple implementation of both is shown below:
public class ActionLoggingInterceptor implements BeforeInterceptor, AfterInterceptor { private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ActionLoggingInterceptor.class); public void beforeExecute(Object actionBean, ActionContext context) { HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest(); log.info("Starting process action perform " + request.getRequestURI()); log.info("Using " + context.getMapping().getType()); } public void afterExecute(Object actionBean, ActionContext context, Exception e) { HttpServletRequest request = context.getRequest(); log.info("Ended action perform of " + request.getRequestURI() + StringUtils.LINE_SEPARATOR); } }
Interceptors have access to the
ActionContextand the same injected state as the action bean itself.
BeforeInterceptors are run before any of the action bean methods execute but after action bean dependency injection has occurred. Neither
BeforeInterceptors nor
AfterInterceptor can affect navigation - this is the responsibility of the action bean and controller.
BeforeInterceptors can interrupt action execution by throwing an exception. In this case, the neither the action bean methods nor the
beforeExecute() method of remaining
BeforeInterceptors will be executed.
By contrast, the
afterExecute() of each
AfterInterceptor is always executed. If an exception has been thrown during execution, this will be passed in to the
afterExecute() method.
Each interceptor operates across all actions in a given Struts module. Action-specific interceptors are not present, although adding them is planned.
Navigation and View Rendering
Navigation and view rendering is another area in which Strecks provides subtle but powerful improvements over traditional Struts capabilities.
In Struts 1.2, the mechanism for navigation involves the action returning an
ActionForward instance from the
execute() method. This works fine for simple JSP-based views.
Rendering using alternative view technologies (e.g. outputting of binary data, use of Velocity, etc.) is typically done in one of two ways in a Struts 1.2 application:
- within the action itself, using calls to the
PrintWriter. In this case the action returns
nullto indicate that the response is complete.
- by setting up a separate servlet to handle view rendering. This technique is used, for example, for rendering with Velocity or Freemarker.
In the former case, the mechanism is arguably rather crude, while the latter requires extra configuration, since the solution is not "built-in".
Instead of returning
ActionForward, Strecks controller actions return a
ViewAdapter instance. This is the starting point for more flexible navigation, because it allows for alternative view rendering implementations. For
ActionForward-based navigation, the controller simply returns an
ActionForwardViewAdapter, which wraps an
ActionForward instance.
Strecks makes it particularly easy to handle what Craig McLanahan terms "outcome-based navigation", which is implemented in Struts using navigation mapping entries in struts-config.xml, retrieved using
ActionMapping.findForward(result). In the action bean example below,
ActionMapping.findForward() will automatically be called with the
success passed in as the argument.
@Controller(name = BasicController.class) public class ExampleOutcomeAction implements BasicAction { public String execute() { //add processing here return "success"; } }
The same result can also be achieved with the
@NavigateForward annotation:
@Controller(name = NavigableController.class) public class ExampleOutcomeAction implements NavigableAction { public void execute() { //add processing here } @NavigateForward public String getResult() { return "success"; } }
So why there are two navigation mechanisms available for the same end result? The answer is the first gives you convenience if you want to use outcome-based navigation and are happy for this to be built into the action bean's interface. The second gives you flexibility. The second example could be changed to handle navigation by returning an
ActionForward from the action bean itself:
@Controller(name = NavigableController.class) public class ExampleOutcomeAction implements NavigableAction { public void execute() { //add processing here }@NavigateForward public ActionForward getResult() { return new ActionForward("/result.jsp"); }}
In other words, the navigation mechanism is independent of the
NavigableAction interface which the controller uses to talk to the action bean. A different navigation reader and annotation could easily be used, again with the help of the Annotation Factory pattern, to plug in a completely different view rendering mechanism.
This brings us back to why the controller returns
ViewAdapter, and not
ActionForward. Instead of returning an
ActionForwardViewAdapter, the controller could return a
RenderingViewAdapter instance.
RenderingViewAdapter extends
ViewAdapter and defines the method:
public void render(ActionContext actionContext);
Of course,
render() could be implemented in lots of different ways. One rather tempting option (not implemented yet) is to use this interface as an adapter for the Spring MVC
View and
ViewResolver interfaces. In a simple stroke, we could tap in the full functionality of Spring MVC's support for alternative view technologies, probably the most powerful feature of this framework.
Strecks also provides additional navigation handling utilities in two areas:
- it provides extra APIs which makes it very easy to implement the Redirect After Post pattern
- it explicitly supports the use of a page class. A page class in Strecks is a Java class which is directly coupled to a JSP. Its sole purpose is in assisting with the rendering of the page. Using a page class can make JSPs much more maintainable, because markup which would otherwise need to be generated using nested and conditional tags can be generated more simply in a Java class and accessed via simple JavaBean properties.
Who Should Use Strecks?
The article has hopefully shown you that Strecks is a powerful framework which can transform the way you write Struts applications. It has potential to be an excellent solution for organisations which have:
- invested in Struts, either in existing applications and developer training
- have moved to Java 5 and want to take advantage of its powerful features
- want a framework which supports modern software development best practices, such as ease of testability, use of design patterns, good OOP and dependency injection
- want these features now, without the pain of a major migration
Strecks's aim has been to:
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- match the flexibility of Spring MVC and WebWork
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Exersaucers and Jumparoos
Definitions: Exersaucers are big round plastic playgrounds. The baby sits in a seat, can swivel around to different activity centers, can rock, bounce, and spin, and can activate lots of annoying lights and noises. Jumperoos either hang from a door or from two ends of a metal frame and provide lots of bounce for the baby, lots of good leg and core exercise, and often also have lots of toys and lights and noise (but usually less than the exersaucer).
So how to choose? Well, I'm not really sure. At first glance, I like the jumparoos better. They seem less....creaky. All that plastic on the exersaucer makes the whole experience seem a bit clunky, whereas the ride on the jumperoo seems smoother and quieter.
All that being said, I've still pulled out a few of each that have caught my eye.
1. Evenflo SmartSteps Exersaucer Entertainer - This is your classic saucer with lots of music options, removable and replaceable toys, and a compact fold.
2. Baby Einstein Musical Motion Activity Jumper - This jumperoo has a little mini piano on this. Of course, all the reviews on Amazon say that it breaks, but that Baby Einstein is good about replacing parts. And while I don't usually like overly musical and busy baby things, this one seems cute and if the baby is actually "making" music and not just hitting buttons that do all the work, then it actually seems productive. Swivels 360 degrees, just like in an exersaucer. This is a jumparoo that is set in a frame, not on the door. That seems like a safer, more secure option.
3. Fisher-Price Galloping Fun Jumparoo - This one has none of the bells and whistles of the other jumparoo/exersaucers, but is definitely the cutest. It's a jumping rocking horse! Also, in a frame, not for the door.
4. Johnny Jump Up - The old-fashioned, door-hanging jumparoo. I had one of these when I was a kid. There's a picture of me somewhere. I look pretty happy. This one is by far the cheapest ($20) and has no added toys or electronics.
Do you have one? Do you recommend it? Why or why not?
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Hello, me again.ReplyDelete
No, I don't have either. I considered them at the time too, but considered for so long that I no longer needed one. You see, they are useful for such a small period of time (in the grand scheme of things) that unless you are mega wealthy or have loads and loads of floor space (and storage space for later), then I wouldn't really bother. They are hugely bulky. In fact, none of my friends got one, so I can't really argue the other side of the coin - sorry! Although one of my friends did have one of those door bouncers, and she used it while she was on the computer that happened to be next to the door, but you can't use them for more than about 20mins I think because they are bad for their backs.
You just need to get by in this interim period before your baby is sitting by themselves. Because let's face it, as soon as they are sitting by around 7 months, you can just put them on the floor with all their toys around them. And give them lots of tummy time cos that gets them crawling and then the world is their oyster and they have lots to do.
When my daughter was around 4 months, I was fortunate enough to be able to borrow a Bumbo seat from one of my friends and that was fab. e.g. see http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000GX31F2/ref=dp_otherviews_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby&img=1
It keeps them sitting upright before they can themselves and they can't escape either (till they are a bit more mobile and then they lean backwards out of them, but anyway...) What I did was sit her in one and put a couple of her toys on the floor next to her leaning up against the Bumbo so she could reach them. Also I had a really large playmat with a toy arch above it and I would lie her so she could reach the toys hanging closer to the floor.
And I wouldn't worry about their legs needing exercising. They get plenty of that when they are learning to crawl and my daughter did at about 8-9 months perfectly efficiently, then she cruised round the room, then she was walking at 12-13 months without needing a jumparoo at all.
But it's up to you. Every child is different and some just need that extra level of entertainment so maybe it would be worthwhile for your little one. I do recommend Bumbos though - they look a bit odd, like a giant potty!! But will def get one of those for my next child!
Liz x
We have one of those exersaucer things - similar to the classic one you listed first, and you are welcome to borrow it :). Liz is right, it IS bulky, and "compact fold" is relative. I also don't remember Eden being that entertained by it, and Ben was never too thrilled about tripping over it in the living room. But then, we have all sorts of things like that..ReplyDelete
- Naomi GMay 7, 2009 at 2:57 AM
never used one. plonked yonah on a huge playmat for ages from 3 months with loads of toys, and he started crawling before 5months. We used a pack and play filled with toys when he had to be confined. He went to gan at 7 months anyway, so not worth buying if she is going to start in September.ReplyDelete
So Bethami lent us her Evenflo exersaucer and it's not one with bells and whistles and Hila IS a little too small, but looks like it'll be fun once she grows into it a bit!ReplyDelete
And Naomi, Hila is never going to gan; she's going to stay home with her mommy forever and ever. (Um, don't tell Menachem.)
Liz, I love that bumbo chair. Email me (firstname.lastname@example.com) -- I'd love for you to post!
- NetanyaJune 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM
We don't have room for an exersaucer in this apartment. Maybe in the new house, but then we'd have no room to store it. I'd consider borrowing one, I guess, if anyone in Jerusalem has room for one.ReplyDelete
We have a Johnny Jump-up. The kids liked it (or at least one of them did), but not for long stretches of time, and not for more than a couple of months. I had a cousin who could play in it forever, she loved it more than anything. But personally, unless you can get it really cheap, I don't know if I would bother. Ours was a gift from my in-laws, and it doesn't take up much space, so I don't mind keeping it.


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When I was in college, I messed around from time to time with the school's low-power FM radio station. I had a third class commercial license, which allowed me to turn knobs, I guess. I had a great radio slot, too; 6-9 AM on Sundays. Maybe six people listened in at any given time.
The radio station had a phone with both inside lines (college PBX) and outside lines. You could tell whether the incoming call was from a college line or outside. Like most PBX systems back in the day, you could either dial the internal number or dial 9 for an outside line. [1]
So one night, I was listening to the station. The DJ put on a record track that, at one point, had the lyrics "fa-fa-fa-fa fuck youuuu."
I went to the phone in the hall (there weren't phones in the rooms, this was the old days), dialed 9 and then dialed the number for the station's outside line. [2]
When the kid working the board answered the phone, I pitched my voice low, gave him a name and said that I was a frequency compliance inspector with the Federal Communications Commission and that I was in town because we had to recertify the instrument approach systems at the local airport. I said that I had been listening to the station and kid, did you know that deliberately broadcasting obscene and profane material was a violation of FCC regulations and Federal law? I was throwing regulation part numbers and Federal Code numbers at him like a fucking boss and the kid was just eating that shit up-- especially when I started in on the criminal penalty for willful violation of the law.
The kid was almost crying as he promised never to to do it again. I ended by saying "see that you don't" and hung up.
Three weeks later, the radio station held a routine staff meeting in a lecture hall. Since most people who worked at the station had one two or three hour slot a week, not to mention the ones who had a ten-minute news program in the evening, there were a lot of people at the meeting. The general manager told everyone not to broadcast obscene material, as somebody had and a FCC guy, who had been passing through, heard it and had called in to ream out the offending DJ. [3]
A few people expressed skepticism. The kid stood up and said something along the lines of: "It was me that did it and this was no shit, the guy who called in was a real Fed, he called on an outside line, he knew all the laws and regulations and told me what they were and not to do it again or I'd be in real trouble."
At this point, I was trying so hard not to laugh. I had put my head in my arms on the desk and my shoulders were shaking. I never told anyone there about it.
I never tried another phone prank, for I couldn't see ever topping that one.
[1] Incoming calls to the PDX system went through a switchboard, which was a patch-cord affair.
[2] Caller ID hadn't yet been invented.
[3] The next time that I was in the station, I pulled out the album which had that track on it. Somebody had deliberately scored the track with a nail (or something) to ensure that nobody could ever play it again on the air.
Friday, February 3, 2017
Radio Daze
Posted by Comrade Misfit on or about 09:15
Labels: humor, personal drama, the past is so over
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As Hidden Track points out, Napa Valley, California will soon play host to its very own three-day music festival. The inaugural Bottle Rock Music & Arts Festival is set for May 10th-12th and boasts a preliminary lineup of The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Cake, Ben Harper, Mavis Staples, and Rodrigo y Gabriella. The final lineup will be announced in February and promises over 40 of "today's greatest bands."
Aside from the music, Bottle Rock will feature a comedy lineup, along with food and beverage options from over 100 venders, 300 wineries, and a local brewery. Additional info is available at the festival's website.


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PixPix RIAA Secret Agent Honeypot?
Another link from the Scobleizer about a new site called PixPix, which lets you bookmark all sort of things on the web including music mp3s, video and images. All this is wrapped in a digg-like 'social network' interface for rating and whatnot.
While I think that sites like this are fun and reveal loads of things out there on the web you might not find otherwise, they have made the job of the RIAA etc very very easy indeed. The urls to the copyrighted files and material are there for all to see.
Some bright spark at the RIAA needs to write a script which monitors their RSS feeds (here's the one for audio) and notes down the value of the 'guid' element. This will harvest a huge list of hosts of potentially infringing content.
It wouldn't surprise me if one day the folks at the RIAA, MPAA, PRS etc create a site just like this and thus create a huge honeypot for their investigations. It just takes one smart cookie in the bag.


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Categories: Crossovers > General Characters: John Sheppard
Col. Sheppard is on Earth and his Iratus DNA has been reactivated/has returned. He could have had a relapse, had an accident or been experimented on. He comes into contact with characters from the Buffy universe and is mistaken as a demon.
Rodney McKay's Wife isn't everything that she seems, and is only with him for the money, the notoriety, and the prestige that comes with being Married to him. Her Husband is a Nobel Prize Winner, and with Rodney busy in the Lab, she gets to go to every Social Event by herself, and sleep with whoever she wants, but Rodney doesn't know any of this. John Sheppard is in Love with Rodney, he's his Best Friend, and he's always hated Rodney's Wife, so when he finds out the truth about her, he doesn't hesitate in telling Rodney, and although he does feel guilty for being the one to tell him, has a moment of weakness, and being deeply manipulative, convinces Rodney to move in with him. Rodney's vulnerable, he's falling apart, and John takes advantage of that, admitting his feelings, and making a pass at Rodney, who is no position to rebuff it, but what could have been a natural coming together has been forced, Rodney turns away from him, and John knows what a terrible mistake he's made.
John Sheppard is a rich, old man's, trophy boyfriend, and his Life consists of being paraded around social events, being the only boyfriend, in a room filled with wives and girlfriends, the only people that he has to talk to, but that won't actually talk to him. John can't exactly complain, he has everything that he could want, more planes than he knows what to do with, and the finest clothes to wear, and it's not that he doesn't care about the old man; he does, although he could do without the old man sex, it's just that this Life feels so hollow. What he wasn't expecting was for the old man to die, and even more so, for him to have left all of his money to John; he's now become one of the richest men in the world, but still feels just as hollow. It's now John that attends these social events as a guest, not just the plus one, and is person that everyone wants to talk to, even the wives and girlfriends. It's now the people that don't want to talk to John that interest him, and at one of these social events, there's such a person, Rodney McKay. Not only does Rodney not know who John is, something that is now a rarity, but he's not interested in fawning all over him after he finds out, John likes him, Rodney makes him feel, something that he done in a long time.
McKay as Beatrice, Beckett as Hero, Sheppard as Benedick and whoever you'd like as Claudio....
Categories: Slash Pairings > McKay/Sheppard Characters: None
This challenge is to explain what I am looking for in the stories that I hope will be coming in for my series. Eventually it will hold two different timelines one that is in cannon through the very beginning of 'The Return' and the other will be in cannon up through 'Brain Storm', though I am looking for stories from Atlantis' POV during the episodes for both these timelines. I would also like it if it didn't outright contridict anything that has already been published as part of the series. Thirdly this sereis will end up being McShep though other pairings for both obviously have to be used. Also if you hav an idea for a story but don't want to write it send it along, I'll make sure you get the credit for the idea.
Categories: Slash Pairings > McKay/Sheppard, General Characters: Aiden Ford, Cameron Mitchell, Carson Beckett, Daniel Jackson, Elizabeth Weir, Jack O'Neill, Jennifer Keller, John Sheppard, Major Lorne, Original Character, Other, Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Samantha Carter, Steven Caldwell, Teal'c, Teyla Emmagan, Vala Mal Doran
Rodney McKay loves his Job, he's an Astrophysicist, respected in his field, and working at Area 51. After a night with Friends, and while heading home, Rodney's mugged, or at least someone tries to mug him, a man comes to his rescue, fighting off the Muggers, and that man is John Sheppard. Shaken but okay, Rodney goes Home, but can't get John out of his head. He sets about finding more, or anything about him, learning that he's an Ex Air Force Major, and then sets about tracking him down.
Thought of this while listening Evanescence's My Immortal so that's a good point of reference for emotional motivation etc. John and Rodney have been in a very passionate, secret relationship for years and no one suspects them. Theyve had ups and downs but together they are stronger. Rodney is the only one who knows the true John Sheppard and how deeply things do actually affect him. Theyve been each others coping mechanism through all the horrors that Pegasus has dealt them. When a mission goes horrifically wrong John is left in a comatose like state in the Atlantis infirmary (much like John Crichton at the end of Farscape) and left to deal with his grief alone while trying to still protect the true nature of their relationship. Rodney struggles with this to the point of breakdown. Carson is the one who discovers their relationship and desperately tries to keep their secret but the genetic evidence provided by the birth of Rodney and Johns child make it impossible. John is dishonorably discharged from American military. Must show depth of John and Rodneys relationship before accident. Must show accident, immediate aftermath and how Rodney copes/doesnt cope Must be NC-17 Must be LONG Fic! 20,000 + at least. MPreg/ John- with Rodney not wanting to have anything to do with the kid to begin with. The whole gang can be in it but not bothered if Keller gets left out.
Categories: Slash Pairings > McKay/Sheppard Characters: Carson Beckett
Plot bunny for adoption. Product of copious lurking. Does exactly what it says on the tin. I was inspired by a vid that shows Gibbs smacking his team round the head, and a clip of John doing the same to Rodney, but I've never actually seen an episode of NCIS so I'm sending out the challenge. Almost anything goes, but a head smacking scene/referance would be nice. You could try; *Gibbs similarity to Sheppard *Gibbs relationship with Jenny Shepard and the miniscule spelling difference. *Cynthia Sumner and Col. Sumner *NCIS investigations leading them into the Atlantis expedition or "bluebook project" marine corps
Categories: General, Bitextual, Crossovers Characters: Elizabeth Weir, Jack O'Neill, John Sheppard, Other, Rodney McKay
During his first year in the Air Force, the young and naive John Sheppard is propositioned by his C/O, and not feeling able to turn him down, begins sleeping with him. Somehow it's discovered, and John is Outed, despite the fact that he's actually Straight, but that doesn't stop him from being drummed out of the Service. However his C/O's involvement was never discovered, and with nowhere else to go, he takes John in, and for 10 years, John has been kept, as the now General's dirty little secret. He has no Life of his own, no friends, and is expected to cook, clean, and put out, he's always explained away being the General's Nephew, but he's the butt of a lot of jokes, and John hates the General so bitterly for the way that his Life has turned out. John is determined to get away from the General, and has been secretly attending University to get the Doctorates and PhD's, that he was never able to through the Air Force. One Rodney McKay is on a Lecture Tour at John's University, and he makes John laugh, something that he hasn't done that, they begin spending time together; and John gets his first friendship in 10 years. Rodney is working on Government Projects, and what neither of them know is that involves the red tape of having dinner with a certain General, something that is very awkward for them both during the evening, and after Rodney leaves, John and the General get into an argument, and the General tries to force himself on John, who for the first time, fights back, and it's also the first time that the General admits that he Outed John in order to get him thrown out of the Air Force. John leaves, going to the only person that he can of to go to, Rodney.
As Teenagers, John and Rodney were the Best of Friends, but what no one else knew was that they were also Lovers, but John broke Rodney's heart by joining the Air Force and leaving, without even telling Rodney what he was doing. John had 2 choices in how his Life turned out, he wanted to Fly, and Joining the Air Force would let him do that. He was in a unique position, to Marry a General's Daughter, almost through arrangement, a Woman he not only didn't Love, but didn't Like; or even find attractive. Or to admit to his Family that he was Gay, that he wanted to be with Rodney, the man he Loved, but couldn't bring himself to actually be with. John chose the outwardly easy option, something that has torn him apart through years of Marriage, but he's now Lt. Colonel, his Parents are dead, he and his Wife are estranged, and Divorce would be academic. He hasn't seen Rodney since he was a Teenager, but wants to try and find him. John knows that's it too late for them, he still Loves Rodney as much as he ever did, maybe more, but has to at least try to set things right. Rodney McKay works for the US Government, and John sets about trying to track him down.
The IOA pushes Atlantis too far and the expedition cuts themselves off from earth. The Daedalus crew follow's Atlantiss example as have the SGC. Set in seasons 2 or 3. Have everything work better without the IOA or the ties on earth. Asgard must appear.
Categories: Crossovers > General Characters: Cameron Mitchell, Carson Beckett, Daniel Jackson, Elizabeth Weir, Jack O'Neill, John Sheppard, Major Lorne, Radek Zelenka, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Samantha Carter, Steven Caldwell, Teal'c, Teyla Emmagan, Todd
John Sheppard has been escorted back to Earth, under arrest, and is being Court-martialled for having a Homosexual Relationship, the details of which aren't being made public. Despite Dr. Weir's best efforts, and argument that any such relationship should be excused for the good of the Atlantis Mission has been ignored, and John is to be Triad as if any other Officer in the US Military. Atlantis Personnel have travelled to testify for John, Rodney included, and who is absolutely livid that this is happening, he and John are Best Friends, and he doesn't know anything about this supposed Relationship. I mean, if any Guy were going to be with John, then it would be Rodney, but he never has been, and as close as they are, would either of them even want that? If John is found Guilty, he'll face a minimum of a Dishonourable Discharge, and a maximum of Prison, either wouldn't allow him to return to Atlantis, even as a Civilian, as the IOA wouldn't agree to someone with that that history, despite how valuable they might be. Talking to John in Custody, he wonders if there even was a Relationship, but is determined to find out the truth, if there was a Relationship, or is John has been framed, and then do whatever it takes to get John found Not Guilty, even if is means getting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" finally abolished.
I'm not sure if somebody else issued this challenge, but i haven't seen enough of them so I want some kind of Sheppard Larrin pairing. Set up the world around them any way you want, but the two have to end up together, everything else is up to you.
Categories: Ship Pairings > Sheppard/Other Characters: John Sheppard, Other
Sheppard has just seen McKay killed in front of him, he can't believe that it's just happened, and even visiting Rodney's body in the Infirmary doesn't make it real to him. Someone has to sort through Rodney's personal effects, and it's not fair the bring Rodney's sister to Atlantis, just to do that. John decides that it's something that he should do, as well as breaking the news of Rodney's death to Jeanne personally. During the journey to visit Jeannie, John reads Rodney's journal, and although he doesn't come out and say it, the way that Rodney writes about John, and they way that John feels about reading it, he knows that they had been in Love. Talking to Jeannie about Rodney, it's John that breaks down, admitting to himself what he couldn't when Rodney was alive. Now on the journey back to Atlantis, John knows that he can't do this without Rodney, he doesn't want to, and he's desperate to find a way to bring him back. SG-1 have brought people back from edge before, and even changed history, and John is willing to do whatever it takes to get Rodney back.
The worst thing that ever happened to John Sheppard, even taking into account his time in Afghanistan and the Pegasus Galaxy, happened when he was in his 20's, when along with his so-called friends, he participated in a Rape. Maybe that's the reason that even today, John can't commit to a relationship, because either the memory of that time comes back to haunt him, or the fear of what the other person would think of him if they found out. Now he's in a relationship with Rodney McKay, and what was the closest, most compensable Friendship, aspects that should have translated naturally into a Relationship, have made a painful, hate filled experience for John.
Not able to handle his feelings for Rodney McKay, or for their relationship, John Sheppard has an affair, well not an affair exactly because it's just sex, no better than what he's getting from Rodney, in actuality it's worse, but it's with a woman, and that's what John needs, to reassure his Heterosexuality, something that he's not willing to abandon. He doesn't want to be Gay, he isn't Gay, he just happens to have feelings for Rodney, and he likes to have sex with Rodney, but why does it have to be more than that. Maybe it is denial, but John loves women, and he doesn't want to give them up, even for Rodney. The problem is that Rodney catches John's indiscretion, and he's crushed, John does feel bad, and wants to explain that it doesn't mean anything, but also that can't say that it's never going to happen again. John's still not giving in to his feelings, and there's so much to work through, but now with Rodney broken-hearted, and distrustful, is that even anything that either of them want to do?
The worst thing that ever happened to John Sheppard, even taking into account his time in Afghanistan and the Pegasus Galaxy, happened when he was in his 20's, when along with his so-called friends, he participated in a Rape. Maybe that's the reason that even today, John can't commit to a relationship, because either the memory of that time comes back to haunt him, or the fear of what the other person would think of him if they found out. Now Rodney McKay is in that position.
Everyone is Atlantis looses their memory, and are stripped back to the basics of their of their personalities, no one knows who they are, except for John Sheppard, and Rodney McKay, because their immediate attraction to each other is enough proof to them that they're together. They don't hold back, and with nothing but instinct driving them, they jump straight into a relationship, the consequences of which they have to face when they recover their memories.
In another Dimension, the Ori discovered Pegasus, destroyed the Wraith, and enslaved the People, although they saw it as liberation from Wraith, and embraced Origin gladly. When the Expedition came to Atlantis, they were introduced to Origin, and were also converted, most of them becoming Priors, and heading back to Earth. An accident causes Prior Sheppard to change places with Sheppard from our Dimension. While the Prior sets about trying to convert everyone, McKay tries to get through to him, and in the other Dimension, John tries to get through to Prior Rodney.
Along with Rodney McKay, it was a Wraith that was caught in the Beam, and taken into the Dart, instead of Laura Cadman. What they were able to recover was the body of the Wraith, but with Rodney in control. Everyone is terrified of Rodney, he cant do anything right, especially when he accidentally starts feeding off of someone. John Sheppard is the only one to try and see through Rodneys outward appearance, and he sees his Friend, someone that he Loves; and that maybe only now he realises exactly how much.


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the fledgling field of nano-imprint technology has taken another small step forward. the first "nano-imprint templates" have been designed, just days after motorola claimed that it has made 30 nm structures. the templates are for .25 micron geometries, but templates for 65 nm devices should eventually be available. the next hurdle will be to use nano-imprint technology to make actual working transistors and logic gates. although nano-imprint technology is not yet considered an actual competitor to 157 nm lithography or euv, recent delays in the rollout of both 157 and euv mean that nano-imprint technology will have more time to become a viable competitor. nano-imprint can theoretically print 10 nm features, which is as good as euv. several nano-imprint start-up companies have emerged, and appear to be having little difficulty getting funding. considering how new this technology is, it has made remarkable progress.
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|nano (1:50pm est fri feb 28 2003)
nano imprinting is something i don't understand. i thought they already had the .13 micron stuff. – by charlie baystrom
|re: i thought they already had the .13 micron stuff. (1:53pm est fri feb 28 2003)
0.13 micron = 130 nm – by metricgeek
|here is how nanoimprint differs (8:59pm est fri feb 28 2003)
the way nanoimprint works is this:
instead of using beams of light or electrons as in electron beam lithography, they instead use a physical template and press the dedsign onto the wafer instead!
– by peter
|geek and sponsors (4:18am est sat mar 01 2003)
how much is molecularimptint paying you to work as advertisers? there are a lot of other start-ups whithin the nano-area that should be mentioned before molecular. – by magnus
|nano-progress from sweden (6:27am est sat mar 01 2003)
"considering how new this technology is, it has made remarkable progress". i say, check out sweden's obducat to find out what it means ()… – by bjorn again
|for information (10:18am est sat mar 01 2003)
some information about nanotechnology on
regards. – by alain
|i think bubbles are nearly a show stopper… (10:38am est sat mar 01 2003)
on a smooth surface, bubbles can be eliminated by gently enough dipping a "thing" in a liquid so that the wavefront of wetting is propagated by capillary action alone. the meniscus effect, if you will.
but a chip is extraordinarly rough on the nanoscale. there's just no way in hell that they're going to get trillions (and i'm not exagerating) of potential corners & gullies to be 100.00000000000000% bubble free.
except if they process everything in a deep hard vacuum. you can't have "a bubble" if there's no other fluid (in this case, air) to fill it. its true! there can be voids that look like bubbles (famous experiment: use a blender to 'homogonize' a half filled flask of oil in a hard vacuum. it becomes utterly white & milky with trillions of bubbles. now, release the vacuum, letting air back in. as fast as the speed of sound in the liquid, it collapses in to a totally transparent, bubble-free half-filled flask of oil again. not a one of those trillions of vacuum-filled unbubbles remains.)
but there's other problems with hard vacuums and oils… namely, for the vacuum to be 'hard' enough, the oil will likely begin to boil. darn.
well, since most photolith is going to either argon-atmosphere or vacuum processing, it ought not to be much of a stretch.
if it is not an achilles heal though, the cleaning step ought to be a bear though, since it might be needed many times in the course of processing (only the finest!) features of the chip.
– by goatguy
|hmmmm (5:13pm est sun mar 02 2003)
unbubbles or void bubbles…….voibles
voibles (c) copyrighted–
e-mail me and pay me money and ill give you a license to use it…for say…50 bucks…haha – by marc
|immersion lithography (12:48am est mon mar 03 2003)
i think nanoimprint might get the stake to the heart via immersion lithography if it's as viable as they say.
if it works with 193 nm and 157 nm then nano and euv are both in dire straits. big trouble in little china. – by lv
|huhhhhhhhhhh (1:41am est mon mar 03 2003)
i like poop and dogpoop – by goatguy
|cheap imposter (9:48am est mon mar 03 2003)
do you feel morally 'relieved', crapping thus? scatalogical references aside, having not a whit of opinion to add, you 'cover your tracks' by using my handle. well… so be it. the ripe odor of your imperiousness is self evident. – by goatguy
|nanoimprint award tokyo (9:59am est fri mar 07 2003)
the swedish nanotechnology company obducat has been rewarded with "super small technology award" at a nanotechnology fair in tokyo.
– by aulis
|swedish nanotechnology company obducat (10:04am est fri mar 07 2003)
obducat receives order on three nil-machines
– by aulis
|re:i think bubbles are nearly a show stopper… (2:13pm est tue jul 15 2003)
what's the point of all the zeros after the %100? you can't get any better than %100. maybe you should have put %99.999999999999. – by greenapple
|devil's advocate here.. (9:25pm est thu nov 20 2003)
is aulis an obducat shareholder?
suspicions aside, nanoimprint is an interesting technique, because of its potential to go below 30 nm. but let's imagine trying to do it…
it's still 1x, and that's no small challenge. especially now that the original mask (or master/template) is really hard to make (even by electron beam).
throughput is a big consideration too. what is the imprint cycle time? will the stamp heat up from multiple imprints?
i've heard these imprint masters are self-cleaning. what does that mean? the accumulated residue is distributed over subsequent imprints?
flatness figures oblique approaches are not desired.
could a sloped, pointed protrusion be better than a flat-top? that would mean the imprint profiles are not vertical.
just trying to balance the perspectives here… – by fc
|nanoimprint masks (1:05pm est fri nov 21 2003)
doing some more estimates here..
to do 30 300 mm wph, one needs to imprint one 300 mm wafer in 2 min. this seems only feasible with imprinting the whole wafer at once. this would require a nanoimprint mask that is huge..12 inch diameter or 18 inch square.
that's a pretty big area..today's photomasks are 6 inch square. – by fc
| molecular (5:37pm est tue apr 06 2004)
what other companies are better than molecular imprints…none!!1 – by frank white


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I loaded Gus into the car, called The Reluctant Farmer at work explained he did not look well, and we braced for what we thought was goodbye. When I got to the vet we were rushed back to a treatment area, and it was discovered that Gus had been the victim of a dog fight, and not a small dog fight. Due to the fact Gus' bruising was so severe and only on the bottom of him, it was easy to see he was in a submissive state while he was being attacked. This just makes me sick. It also makes me mad.
Tonight I had to take Gus back to the vet because he now as cellulitis in his groin. He has a fever, and is leaking bloody serum from the would. I found myself again mad all over again at the dog that created this problem. Mad because he injured another one of my dogs and mad because his behavior is making it impossible to have a harmonious household.
I don't think I have ever had a dog fight in all my dog rescuing/owning years. It has never mattered what I have brought in, or what has stayed. I don't baby my dogs or treat them like humans, and I consider myself to be pretty confident in my dog owning abilities. How this happened is beyond me, and what to do about it now leaves me in a mess of tears, but I know the beings in my house can't live like this. It isn't fair to anyone, and rotating dogs in and out of crates makes this house feel less like a home and more like a prison.
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