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2007/10/23

TOKIO(band)

Tokio
Origin: Japan
Genre(s): Hard rock
Power: pop
Years active: 1994–present
Label(s): Sony Records (1994–2001)
              Universal Music Japan (2001–present)
Members:
Tomoya Nagase
Masahiro Matsuoka
Taichi Kokubun
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Shigeru Joshima
Tokio is a popular Japanese pop/rock boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 1994. It is made up of five men who were signed with Sony Records, but now switched to Universal Music Japan. "Tokio" is an old English romanization for Japan's capital, Tokyo.
 
History
They started as a band in 1994 with their debut single, “Love You Only.” Since then, they have produced 14 albums and 37 singles including “Get Your Dream!“ which was Japan's theme song for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany . “Ambitious Japan”, released in 2003, was the theme song for the JR Nozomi bullet train. Masahiro Matsuoka has directed Tokio’s music promotion videos since their December 2002 single 'Ding-Dong'.
Tokio also performed the song "7 O'Clock News," used as the first opening theme for the anime series Kodomo no Omocha. But due to licensing issues, the song does not appear in the North American release of the series. A theme from later in the series was substituted, the Japanese soundtrack on the DVD release was silenced whenever the song played (it was replaced with other music on the English soundtrack), and even a reference to the band in the show's first episode was removed.
Tokio's latest single, "Sorafune", has sold over 400,000 copies and is still charted in the Top 50 4 and a half months after its release.
In addition to their activities as a band, Tokio also act in dramas and host variety programmes, both as a group and individually.
On April 28, 2007, there were rumors that Tomoya Nagase and his girlfriend of six years, Ayumi Hamasaki, will marry in October. But on July, 2007 Ayumi announced on her website that they had broken up.
 
Lineup
Tomoya Nagase (長瀬 智也, Nagase Tomoya?) – vocals
Masahiro Matsuoka (松岡 昌宏 Matsuoka Masahiro) – drums
Taichi Kokubun (国分 太一 Kokubun Taichi) – keyboards
Tatsuya Yamaguchi (山口 達也 Yamaguchi Tatsuya) – bass
Shigeru Joshima (城島 茂 Jōshima Shigeru) – guitar
 
Albums
Tokio (21 November 1994)
Tokio Remix
Bad Boys Bound (3 July 1995)
Blowing (25 March 1996)
Best E.P Selection of Tokio (26 August 1996)
Wild & Mild (26 March 1997)
Graffiti (1 April 1998)
Denko Sekka (5 August 1998)
Yesterday & Today (2 February 2000)
Best EP Selection OF Tokio II (9 May 2001)
5 Ahead (5 December 2001)
glider (19 February 2003)
Tok10 (1 September 2004)
Act II (2 February 2005)
Harvest (18 October 2006)
(From Wikipedia)
TOKIO歌曲可在线收听: http://www.994.cn/html/hits_2254.htm
最新单曲TV版(歌姬主题曲-青春)剪辑: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/eLvJX40-HsI/
 
2007/10/17

Unified Modeling Language (UML)

What is UML?

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standard  language for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software systems, as well as for business modeling and other non-software systems. The UML represents a collection of best engineering practices that have proven successful in the modeling of large and complex systems. The UML is a very important part of developing object oriented software and the software development process.  The UML uses mostly graphical notations to express the design of software projects.  Using the UML helps project teams communicate, explore potential designs, and validate the architectural design of the software.

       Goals of UML

The primary goals in the design of the UML were:

  1. Provide users with a ready-to-use, expressive visual modeling language so they can develop and exchange meaningful models.
  2. Provide extensibility and specialization mechanisms to extend the core concepts.
  3. Be independent of particular programming languages and development processes.
  4. Provide a formal basis for understanding the modeling language.
  5. Encourage the growth of the OO tools market.
  6. Support higher-level development concepts such as collaborations, frameworks, patterns and components.
  7. Integrate best practices.

Why Use UML?

As the strategic value of software increases for many companies, the industry looks for techniques to automate the production of software and to improve quality and reduce cost and time-to-market. These techniques include component technology, visual programming, patterns and frameworks. Businesses also seek techniques to manage the complexity of systems as they increase in scope and scale. In particular, they recognize the need to solve recurring architectural problems, such as physical distribution, concurrency, replication, security, load balancing and fault tolerance. Additionally, the development for the World Wide Web, while making some things simpler, has exacerbated these architectural problems. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) was designed to respond to these needs.

History of UML

The development of UML began in late 1994 when Grady Booch and Jim Rumbaugh of Rational Software Corporation began their work on unifying the Booch and OMT (Object Modeling Technique) methods. In the Fall of 1995, Ivar Jacobson and his Objectory company joined Rational and this unification effort, merging in the OOSE (Object-Oriented Software Engineering) method.

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