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Use heavy bridal lace to create a beautiful egg from I Love to Create for Easter decorating. The look is very elegant for a formal Easter meal or a fancy room. For something with color, you can also try dyeing the lace before embellishing the egg!
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- Heavy bridal lace, small piece
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- Foam eggs, 2 13/16" x 3 7/8"
- Ribbon, 2 yds
- Push wide end of egg onto chopstick or skewer.
- For lace egg, cut lace motifs apart to create single flowers and leaves.
- Position pieces to cover egg, securing with straight pins. Remove pins from one motif. Apply Quick Dry Tacky Glue onto back of motif. Press into place. Secure with pins. Repeat procedure to adhere remaining motifs. Let dry. Remove pins.
- For hangers, cut two 12" lengths from desired ribbon. Loop one length back and forth three times to create loopy bow. Tie remaining length around center of bow, tying knot close to bow. Knot ends together to form hanger. Trim end. Apply a dot of Fast Grab Tacky Glue to knot. Press onto small end of egg. Secure with pins until dry. Remove pins.
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From Proteopedia
Structure of the C-terminal PH domain of human pleckstrin
Structural highlights
[PLEK_HUMAN] Major protein kinase C substrate of platelets.
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Pleckstrin is the major target of protein kinase C (PKC) in blood platelets. Its phosphorylation triggers responses that ultimately lead to platelet activation and blood clot formation. Pleckstrin consists of three domains: a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain at both termini and a central DEP (Dishevelled, Egl-1, Pleckstrin) domain. Here, we report the solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structure of the C-terminal PH domain (C-PH) of human pleckstrin-1. We show that this PH domain binds phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4)P2) with high specificity in protein lipid overlay assays. Using NMR titration experiments and mutational analysis, residues involved in binding to PtdIns(3,4)P2 are identified. The binding site is formed by a patch of basic residues from the beta1 and beta2 strands and the beta1-beta2 loop. Since PtdIns(3,4)P2 is an important signaling molecule in platelets, our data suggest a C-PH dependent regulation of pleckstrin function in response to PtdIns(3,4)P2.
Structure and phosphatidylinositol-(3,4)-bisphosphate binding of the C-terminal PH domain of human pleckstrin.,Edlich C, Stier G, Simon B, Sattler M, Muhle-Goll C Structure. 2005 Feb;13(2):277-86. PMID:15698571[1]
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Categories: Human | Edlich, C | Muhle-Goll, C | Sattler, M | Simon, B | Stier, G | C-terminal | Lipid binding protein | Ph | Pleckstrin | Pleckstrin homology

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Hot Coffin thankful for its debut CD
Some advice for bands starting out: If you want to attract a crowd to your first show, offer free turkey.
"Our first show was at Riverwest Fest, and I lived around the block. So I made a turkey and invited a bunch of people over before and afterward," said Sean Williamson, vocalist for Hot Coffin. "I remember the year prior I had made a turkey for the first time, and there was something really rewarding about it." »Read Full Article
Discovery World closes for the day because of snow
The snow made them do it. Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive, is closing at 2 p.m. today because of the weather, according to its Facebook page. They expect to be open at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Just in case, call (414) 765-9966 or see www.discoveryworld.org »Read Full Article
Someone mashed up Nine Inch Nails and Carly Rae Jepsen...and it sounds better than it should
Trent Reznor shocked fans by announcing a new collaboration with cutesy pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen. Not really; someone just mashed up their songs. But maybe they should tour together? No, no they should not. Journal Sentinel photo by Michele Jokinen. »Read Full Blog Post
Registration open for Braise's annual morel hunt
Someday spring will come, and then it will be time for the annual morel mushroom hunt organized by chef David Swanson's Braise. But you'll have to register for it now.
Registration for the event May 11 opened Tuesday morning, and it always sells out early. It's limited to 20 people. »Read Full Blog Post
Japandroids among new Milwaukee concert announcements
Canadian rock duo Japandroids, which released one of 2012's most acclaimed albums, the succinct and aggressive "Celebration Rock," is coming to Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., on May 27.
Milwaukee Music Video: See the visual treatment for Alchemy's 'Creature of Love'
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"Creature of Love" is also the name of the band's latest EP, which the band celebrated with a show at Mad Planet last month. And it has another cause for celebration: after winning a battle of the bands at Marquette Friday, Alchemy will get to open for buzz band Twenty One Pilots at Weasler Auditorium April 5. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Northern Ireland, through photos and music
"Look Behind You!" may be a more appropriate title for a slasher movie than a performance and lecture on Northern Ireland, but tonight's presentation sounds intriguing nevertheless. The event includes candid photos taken by Bobbie Hanvey and snippets of radio interviews with some of Northern Ireland's best-known figures, with Steafan Hanvey providing further context through singing.
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Robert Reich: If Hillary Clinton is to get the mandate she needs for America to get back on track, she will have to be clear with the American people about what is happening and why – and what must be done.
Why Do Political Elites All Hate Democracy?
Heather Gautney: We need to start pressing for things that our politicians did NOT discuss at the conventions. Real solutions–like universal education, debt forgiveness, wealth redistribution, and participatory political structures—that would empower us to decide together what's best. Not who's best.
The Terrible Economy and the Anti-Election of 2012
Robert Reich: The worst economy since the Great Depression and you might think at least one of the candidates would come up with a few big ideas for how to get us out of it. But you'd be wrong.
Can Obama Stop Casino Capitalism?
Shamus Cooke: The banking oligarchy is so intertwined with the political and economic establishment that real regulatory change cannot happen until the system itself is transformed from below, by a powerful social movement. Pleading to politicians to fix so-called Casino Capitalism is increasingly naive.
The Dog That Didn't Bark: Obama on JP Morgan
Robert Reich: Obama can can take on Romney and the system that allows private-equity managers to continue to make huge profits at the expense of average Americans.
JP Morgan's $2 Billion Case for Breaking Up Big Banks
Robert Reich: Let's also stop hoping Wall Street will mend itself. What just happened at J.P. Morgan reveals how fragile and opaque the banking system continues to be.
An Offer to the President
Robert Reich: So here's the deal: We'll reelect you. We'll stand behind you. We'll give you a mandate to do all this – and more – in your second term. As long as you stand behind us.
Why Obama Should Break Up Big Banks
Robert Reich: What better way for Obama to distinguish himself from Romney than to condemn Wall Street's antics since the bailout, and call for real reform?
Willful Deafness to Occupy Wall Street
Tina Dupuy: Politicians won't take personal responsibility for the crisis – and so Occupy Wall Street has no choice but to be nonpartisan. Or just bipartisan in their frustration.
Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and Herbert Hoover
Robert Reich: Both Greenspan and Rubin are deficit hawks. So was Herbert Hoover and so was Hoover's Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. And look what Hoover and Mellon got us into. When we least need him, Hoover is being exhumed.
Obama's Regulatory Brain
Robert Reich: The most important thing to know about the 1,500 page financial reform bill passed by the Senate last week — now on the way to being reconciled with the House bill — is that it's regulatory. It does nothing to change the structure of Wall Street.
Lincoln to the Rescue
Robert Reich: Blanche Lincoln wants to force the banks to put their derivatives into separate entities that aren't subsidized by you and me. This is just common sense. Her move would also end the big banks' monopoly over derivatives, thereby reducing their risk to the financial system. It would also cut dramatically into the big banks' profits.
Break Up the Banks
Robert Reich: As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big. By all means, give regulators resolution authority and also impose the tightest regulations possible. But Congress and the White House shouldn't stop there. Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.


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Listen: Incubus drops new single 'Adolescents' ahead of new album release
'If Not Now, When?' due in July
There are people in the world whose favorite band ever is still Incubus.
This is for them.
"Adolescents" will be available for purchase on April 19; it arrives ahead of the July 12 release of the rock act's new album "If Not Now, When?"
It will be the follow-up to "Light Grenades," which blew up at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 in 2006.
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The New Orleans Saints have fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo after one season - a record-setting year in the wrong way.
New Orleans ranked last in the NFL in total defense and run defense, yielding the most yards (7,042) ever in a single season. The Saints went 7-9 this season and allowed 454 points; only Tennessee gave up more.
Coach Sean Payton, who returned to work this week after a season-long suspension, announced Thursday that Spagnuolo, a former Eagles assistant and Rams head coach, was being released.


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The soccer gods went crazy at the weekend with an unprecedented 41 goals in 10 Serie A fixtures. In the game of the weekend, Juventus beat Milan 4-2 in a cracking encounter, while Inter retained its six-point lead at the top by beating last-place Chievo by the same score. Elsewhere, Udinese and Lazio also shared six goals in a 3-3 thriller, while Roma topped Cagliari 3-2 with a last-minute winner. Bologna went wild on Torino with a 5-2 rampage.
Alessandro del Piero started off the Juventus rout of Milan with a penalty kick on the quarter hour, but Alexandre Pato leveled after taking a Ronaldinho pass 15 minutes later. Textbook headers from Giorgio Chiellini and Brazilian striker Amauri put Juve 3-1 up at halftime, but after getting back into the game through a deflected Massimo Ambrosini goal, Milan lost Gianluca Zambrotta to a red card for a violent foul. A second Amauri goal then finished things off to leave Juve second, three points ahead of Napoli which beat Lecce, 3-0. Milan dropped to fourth.
"We gave away too much," said Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti. "We were trailing from the start, we could have completed the comeback, probably without Zambrotta's sending off. Too bad because we played and they took the shots. We did suffer on their counterattacks, that must be said." Juve's Claudio Ranierisaid he didn't know "if it was the best match played by Juve this season, but I'm very happy because to beat Milan we needed to play very well. We knew we would have to run a lot. With players like they have it is never easy."
After taking a 2-0 lead against lowly Chievo on goals from Maxwelland Dejan Stankovic, Inter had a scare when the visitors leveled through a fine strike from Sergio Pellissierand a tap-in from Simone Bentivoglio. But two late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the second a crushing strike from 15 yards, sealed all the points for Inter.
"The whole team won," said Inter coach Jose Mourinho. "The coach... has responsibilities, but I remain hidden on the bench, which is a nice warm place, and the players are on the pitch with the pressure of the fans. Luckily the fans were our twelfth man and we played the last twenty minutes with great intensity and we didn't fear the situation." Not that you see many coaches nowadays sitting on the warm bench rather than jumping up and down gesticulating at the players and the referee.
Lazio scored three times in the final half hour to rescue a point at Udinese, who shot into a 3-0 lead on a brace from Antonio di Natale (taking his total to seven this season) and one from Fabio Quagliarella (who has six). But goals from highly rated Argentine striker Mauro Zarate (his eighth of the campaign), Mobido Diakite, and a bullet six minutes from the end courtesy of Cristian Ledesma gave Lazio a share of the points. At least Udinese broke its five-game streak of defeats.
Roma left it later still to beat Cagliari, coming from 2-1 down to win the game on a superb bicycle kick from Simone Perrotta and a last-minute winner from Mirko Vucinic. Francesco Tottihad got the first goal for Roma, who moved up to 10th. One of the teams it leapfrogged, Catania, lost 2-0 at fifth-placed Fiorentina, where Adrian Mutuscored his sixth of the season and Alberto Gilardinohis 12th.
Gilardino drew level at the top of the scoring chart with Genoa's Diego Milito, who failed to score as his side could only tie nine-man Atalante Bergamo 1-1 at home. They were joined by Marco di Vaio, who hit a hat-trick for Bologna in its 5-2 win over Torino. Sampdoria won, 2-0, at Reggina, while Palermo topped Siena by the same margin.
Goals scored Dec. 13-14:41 in 10 games (4.1 per game)
Goals scored in season 2008-09:393 in 159 games (2.47 per game)


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starwars212 posted on Aug 31, 2008 4:37:02 PM - Report post
I bought it today at best buy. It is awesome, i got it for 360 though. you will most likely really like it, nice graphics, good gameplay, good story, and is really really uber pwnage. also completely destructable environment, u can blow up and entire city!
[Edited by starwars212, 8/31/2008 4:37:19 PM]
Im bored, feed me! PWizard and Caliber pwn. im bored help me!
ryderx posted on Sep 01, 2008 3:03:24 AM - Report post
too bad that u have it for the 360 cause i wanted to test how it works on coop on the ps3
but i got a question for u how many missions does it have that u know i mean how many hours do u thing atleast it would take me to play the game out
starwars212 posted on Sep 04, 2008 11:47:59 AM - Report post
well all in all, you will have prob atleast 5 hrs of storyline gameplay, and by that i mean there are missions that you need to do to continue the story, and there are missions that are part of the main story
Im bored, feed me! PWizard and Caliber pwn. im bored help me!
tony300 posted on Nov 19, 2008 12:03:45 PM - Report post
Sounds like a sweet game. I like to blow stuff up, But hey who dosent right? Well i am hopeing to get this game soon so i can play with my friends that have the game.
j-dawggie221 posted on Aug 02, 2009 5:43:21 PM - Report post
i have that game 4 the ps3, too. that game rocks!!! IDK what 2 do after killing Salano...
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• We examined 11 children with infective endocarditis initially and serially by two-dimensional echocardiography. Nine (82%) of the 11 patients had echocardiographic findings at initial examination compatible with infective endocarditis. These results provided strong evidence in support of the diagnosis before bacteriologic confirmation was available. Congestive heart failure, major emboli, and/or the need for surgical intervention occurred in seven of the nine patients with positive two-dimensional echocardiograms. Echocardiographic evidence of vegetations persisted during antibiotic therapy and resolved slowly during many months. Serial echocardiograms were useful in cases in which obvious valve destruction or marked increase in vegetation size imaged echocardiographically could be combined with clinical evidence of progressive heart failure to support a decision for early surgical intervention. Two-dimensional echocardiography can make important contributions to the diagnosis and management of children with infective endocarditis.
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Today, portal users are accustomed to having multiple portlets on a page, and to seeing each portlet's content embedded within a window frame that provides control icons or links to change the portlet mode or window state. WebSphere Application Server V6.1 provides a set of extended features that you can use to customize portlets using URL Addressability and to create a simple portal framework.
To design a customized portal framework, you create a JSP. You reference a new JSP tag library to easily aggregate your portlets. This aggregation tag library enables you to render the portlet content within a window frame or to aggregate multiple portlets onto a page.
To manage portlets, a portal framework needs to know which portlets are available in the system. WebSphere Application Server V6.1 provides new Managed Beans (MBeans) for portlets and portlet applications. You can use these MBeans to access information from the deployment descriptor of any deployed portlet.
Portlet URL Addressablity supports HTML out-of-the-box. If you want to support other markups, you can use
PortletDocumentFilters which enable you to easily add different markup support. Like servlet filters, they are called prior to a portlet to change its behavior or default output.
This article shows how to use the aggregation tag library to build your own portal framework, how to use the MBean API, and how to customize portlets to support additional markups. This article also covers how these features compare to similar functionality in WebSphere Portal so you know the differences and how to achieve the same result in either product.
About the sample
You can download the sample code for the examples described in this article so that you can refer to it as you read the article. The examples are based on the WorldClock portlet application that was discussed in Part 1 of this article series; it is included in the download section below for your convenience. For a detailed description of the WorldClock portlet, see this article "Converting the WorldClock portlet from the IBM Portlet API to the JSR 168 portlet API" (see Resources).
Aggregating multiple portlets
Portal frameworks can manage, organize, and arrange portlet content on portal pages. With URL Addressability, WebSphere Application Server provides the simplest way for a portal page to display a single portlet, without any icons or menu links. You can easily extend this functionality using a new Java Server Page tag library. This aggregation library provides a way to create a simple, customized portal framework that processes a portlet action and renders multiple portlets into window frames, providing portlet title and control links to change the portlet mode or window state.
The library contains two categories of tags:
- Portal tags define the portal context in which the portlets run.
For example, this context defines the URL format for portlet URLs and how to handle portlet preferences. In contrast to servlets, portlets must always be rendered within the context of a portal framework.
inittag specifies the URL of the portal framework so that the portlet's URLs refer to the portal. You can also use additonal request parameters with the portal JSP to control the flow.
<init portletURLPrefix="<portal URL>" portletURLSuffix="<portal specific URL suffix>" portletURLQueryParams="<portal specific query parameters">
- Portlet tags consist of a URL creation tag to create portlet links and a portlet invocation tag to retrieve the portlet content.
Because portlets require a portal context, you must imbed these portlet tags into the portal
- The
statetag creates a URL string referencing a portlet with a specified state. The portal framework can use the returned URL to provide control links for the portlet. Each URL can reference a new portlet state by defining another portlet mode or window state.
<state url="<portlet URL>" windowId="<portlet window identifier>" action="<whether this is an action URL: true|false>" portletMode="<portlet mode>" portletWindowState="<window state" var="<variable name for this portlet URL>" scope="<scope for var: page|request|session|application>"> <urlParam name="<parameter name>" value="<parameter value>"/> </state>
- The
inserttag invokes a portlet and retrieves the portlet content for a portlet state. You can use this tag to retrieve the portlet title that a portlet can dynamically specify during rendering.
<insert url="<portlet URL>" windowId="<portlet window identifier>" contentVar="<variable name for this portlet content>" contentScope="<scope for contentVar: page|request|session|application>"> titleVar="<variable name for the dynamic portlet title"/> titleScope="<scope for titleVar: page|request|session|application>">
All portlet tags provide a
portlet URLattribute that specifies the portlet context and portlet name. You can use additional attributes to specify more details, such as the window identifier.
Some attributes of the portlet tags let you write the result into variables instead of writing directly to the output stream, which causes buffering because the content is stored temporarily into a string. Because buffering has an impact on performance, the use of this functionality is generally not recommended.
- The
Portal frameworks often specify variables for portlet content to display dynamic portlet titles above the actual portlet output. Instead, you should Javascript as shown in the following example.
Let's step through an example portal JSP to see how to use the aggregation tag library. If you have not already done so, you might want to download the sample code so you can view it as you read through this description.
This example renders two portlets into window frames with control links for each portlet to change the portlet mode.
First, in the JSP header, reference the aggregation tag library and define a namespacing prefix.
<%@ taglib uri="http://ibm.com/portlet/aggregation" prefix="portlet" %>
This declaration makes the tag library known to the JSP so you can use all the aggregation tags.
Next, define the portal context of the aggregation framework using the
init tag. Declare the URL used to access the portal JSP in the attribute
<portlet:init portletURLPrefix="/sample/portal/">
A portal framework usually consists of a servlet, including a portal JSP; however, this example only uses a JSP. Therefore, in this case, you must define the JSP in the web.xml to have a valid portal URL that references the portal JSP. Portal URLs should not have endings such as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app id="WebApp" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"> <display-name>SamplePortal</display-name> … <servlet> <servlet-name>SamplePortal</servlet-name> <jsp-file>portal.jsp</jsp-file> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>SamplePortal</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/portal/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app>
You can now use several portlet tags within the
init tag that specifies the portal context.
You can use normal JSP or HTML handling to get the portlet links and portlet content into a good looking design.
Wherever you place a portlet link on the page, you can create the corresponding portlet URL using the aggregation tag library
state tag. The following JSP snippet shows how to create a link to the VIEW mode of the WorldClock Portlet.
<a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='birga' portletMode='view'/>">view
windowId provides an identifier which makes this portlet unique. Then, you can put the same WorldClock Portlet on the page again using another
windowId. The above link does not have any effect on portlets defining different window identifiers. Each portlet window must provide its own links.
<a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='stephan' portletMode='view'/>">view
After designing the page layout with window frames and portlet control links for each portlet, insert the portlet content into the page, using the
insert tag referencing the portlet URL and window identifier.
<portlet:insert url="worldclock/StdWorldClock" windowId="birga" titleVar="portlettitle_1"/>
By defining a variable for the dynamic title that is set by the portlet, you can use Javascript to embed the title into the window frame.
Listing 1 shows how the completed portal.jsp.
Listing 1.Portal.jsp using the aggregation tag library
<%@ taglib uri="http://ibm.com/portlet/aggregation" prefix="portlet" %> <%@ page isELIgnored ="false"%> <portlet:init portletURLPrefix="/sample/portal/">

  Portlet 1 	  <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='birga' portletMode='view'/>">view <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='birga' portletMode='edit'/>">edit <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='birga' portletMode='help'/>">help

  Portlet 2 	  <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='stephan' portletMode='view'/>">view <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='stephan' portletMode='edit'/>">edit <a href="<portlet:state url='worldclock/StdWorldClock' windowId='stephan' portletMode='help'/>">help

   <portlet:insert url="worldclock/StdWorldClock" windowId="birga" titleVar="portlettitle_1"/> 	   <portlet:insert url="worldclock/StdWorldClock" windowId="stephan" titleVar="portlettitle_2"/>

   </portlet:init>
To see the example portal page (as shown in Figure 1):
- Package and install the portal.jsp within a Web application.
- Then, access the portal aggregation by opening this URL in your browser:
Figure 1. Example output of the portal aggregation JSP
Comparing to WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Portal provides a sophisticated aggregation framework which you can customize with your own themes and skins. For example, in WebSphere Portal, you can apply fine-grained access control within the aggregation framework.
There is no functionality in WebSphere Portal corresponding to the aggregation tag library provided by the WebSphere Application Server V6.1 portlet container. The aggregation tag library lets you create a very simple portal framework to aggregate multiple portlets on a page; it is intended to be used by portlet development systems.
Accessing portlet information
A portal framework that creates a window frame around the portlet content often provides additional icons to support changes of portlet modes or window states. In order to display the correct icons, the portal framework must know which modes or states the portlet supports. For example, the portal needs to know if the portlet supports the edit mode before it can display an icon with a link to the edit mode of the portlet. Each portlet application provides such information through the portlet deployment descriptor. This information is accessible to MBeans.
Generally, all MBeans are made accessible to the AdminClient of the WebSphere Application Server. See the Developing an administrative client program section of the WebSphere Application InfoCenter (listed in Resources) to learn how to retrieve the AdminClient and how to use MBeans in general.
With the startup of a portlet application, the following portlet-specific MBeans are created:
- One MBean of type
PortletApplicationfor the portlet application defined within the portlet deployment descriptor.
Its name consists of the name of the portlet application file concatenated with the suffix _portletapplication. For example:
- One MBean of type
Portletfor each portlet defined in the portlet application.
Its name consists of the above PortletApplication MBean name concatenated with the portlet name as suffix. For example:
See the Mbean interfaces section of the WebSphere Application Server InfoCenter (listed in Resources) for the Javadoc describing the
Portlet and
MBeans .
There are several uses for the MBean API. A few examples are:
- Retrieving access to all portlet applications and portlets available in the system so that a portal can list them and provide navigation or portlet management features.
- Retrieving portlet titles so that a portal can display the title above the portlet content in a window frame which surrounds the portlet content.
- Retrieving custom window states defined by the portlet so a portal can support them.
- Retrieving all supported portlet modes by the portlet so that a portal might display only the appropriate control links.
A portal framework that wants to find out which control icons or links to provide for a portlet can retrieve a list of supported portlet modes for a specific content type. See the following code snippet on how this can be done for the StdWorldClock portlet and the content type
ObjectName on = new ObjectName("WebSphere:name=StdWorldClock.war_portletapplication.StdWorldClock,*"); on = (ObjectName) adminService.queryNames(on, null).iterator().next(); HashMap contentTypes = (HashMap) adminService.getAttribute(on, "contentTypes"); List list = (List) contentTypes.get("text/html");
In addition to all the information provided by the portlet deployment descriptor, the PortletApplication MBean defines notification constants a portal can listen for by registering a NotificationListener. See the Developing an administrative client program section of the WebSphere Application InfoCenter (listed in Resources) to learn how to register and handle notification events.
This example shows one of several scenarios for which the portlet-specific MBeans can be used. It gathers information about all deployed portlets to provide a list of them on top of the portal aggregation. The user can select a portlet from this list which will then be displayed in the aggregation.
To gain general access to all MBeans in the system, retrieve the AdminClient:
Properties p = new Properties(); p.put("port", "8880"); p.put("host", "localhost"); p.put("type", "SOAP"); AdminClient adminService = AdminClientFactory.createAdminClient(p);
All portlet applications have MBeans registered of type
PortletApplication. Therefore, you create an ObjectName pattern specifying the MBean type, which returns a list of all available
PortletApplication MBeans in the system.
ObjectName paons = new ObjectName("WebSphere:type=PortletApplication,*"); Iterator iter = adminService.queryNames(paons, null) .iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { ObjectName paon = (ObjectName) iter.next(); … }
Each portlet application provides access to a list of its portlets using the MBean attribute
portletMBeanNames. To retrieve access to the MBeans, create an ObjectName pattern specifying the
Portlet MBean name. It returns a list of all available MBeans of that name. (Although a list is returned, this list will never contain more than one entry.)
Iterator innerIter = ((List) adminService.getAttribute(paon, "portletMBeanNames")).iterator(); while (innerIter.hasNext()) { String name = (String)innerIter.next(); ObjectName pons = new ObjectName("WebSphere:name=" + name + ",*"); ObjectName pon = (ObjectName) adminService.queryNames(pons, null).iterator().next(); … }
Now that you have access to all portlet applications and portlets in the system, you can look for the information required to provide a drop-down list from which to select a portlet. This list contains portlet URLs for each available portlet.
When the portal uses the aggregation tag library to display a portlet, it needs to know the corresponding portlet URL. This URL consists of the web application context and the portlet name, such as
The web application context is common for all portlets within one application, so you can retrieve it as an attribute of the
PortletApplication MBean.
String context = (String) adminService.getAttribute(paon, "webApplicationContextRoot");
For the portlet name, access the attribute
name of the
Portlet MBean.
String portletName = (String) adminService.getAttribute(on, "name");
Finally, you need to adapt the portal aggregation to provide a list with all the portlet URLs so that the user can select a portlet. The portal.jsp then uses this selection to invoke the portlet in its aggregation.
Listing 2 shows the code to store all portlet urls into a bean gathered using Mbeans.
Listing 2. Storing the portlet URLS into the list
PortletListBean bean = new PortletListBean(); // add all available portlet URLs to PortletListBean try { Iterator iter = adminService.queryNames(paons, null).iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { ObjectName paon = (ObjectName) iter.next(); String context = (String) adminService.getAttribute(paon, "webApplicationContextRoot"); Iterator innerIter = ((List) adminService.getAttribute(paon, "portletMBeanNames")).iterator(); while (innerIter.hasNext()) { String name = (String)innerIter.next(); ObjectName on = new ObjectName("WebSphere:name=" + name + ",*"); on = (ObjectName) adminService.queryNames(on, null).iterator().next(); String portletName = (String) adminService.getAttribute(on, "name"); bean.addURL(context + "/" + portletName); } } } catch (Exception e) { … }
Based on this bean, we create a selection list for all available portlets. After updating the portal.jsp, you can install and access the portal aggregation by using:
Figure 2. Portal aggregation providing a selection for all available portlets
Comparing to WebSphere Portal
The MBean API to access portlet information is unique to WebSphere Application Server. In WebSphere Portal, there is no corresponding access to the portlet model publically available.
The requirement to retrieve information about available portlets in the system is mainly motivated by a portal framework. WebSphere Portal provides its own portlet deployment and object model to save and access all information about the portlets installed. Therefore, there is no need for WebSphere Portal to provide a public API based on this motivation.
Filtering portlets to modify output
When a portlet is directly addressed by a URL, the portlet output can be modified by filters, called
PortletDocumentFilters, embedded into a filter chain. A pre-defined, default filter converts the portlet fragment output of the portlet into a valid document. In this way, portlets can be displayed in the browser as full documents like servlets.
DefaultFilter, provided out-of-the-box, converts the portlet content into a simple valid HTML document. You can replace or extend it using customized
PortletDocumentFilters are a normal servlet filters which implement
javax.servlet.Filter and follow the servlet filter chain mechanism. The difference lies within the way you declare and deploying them.
Instead of specifying the filter directly in the web.xml, you register
PortletDocumentFilters by an extension point in the plugin.xml, located in the root directory of the JAR file containing the
PortletDocumentFilter .
<extension point= "com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.portlet-document-filter-config"> <portlet-document-filter class-name="sample.WindowFrameFilter" order="1200" /> </extension>
You can deploy a
PortletDocumentFilter in two different ways:
- Add the filter JAR file to the
libdirectory of the Application Server. The JAR file has the following structure:
- A plugin.xml in the root directory
- The filter class file in the appropriate package directory within the JAR file
- Provide the filter as osgi bundle within the plugins directory of the Application Server. The JAR file has the following structure:
- A plugin.xml in the root directory
- The filter class file in the appropriate package directory within the JAR file
- A MANIFEST.MF file that specifies bundle details in the META-INF directory.
The normal servlet filter concept does not provide any portlet support to developers who wish to create a PortletDocumentFilter. Therefore, there are two helpers provided for
PortletDocumentFilters to implement portlet specific needs:
FilterRequestHelper provides easy access to control the filter flow. Behind the scene, request attributes transfer flow information. For example, the
isDocument method verifies if an earlier filter has already converted the fragment into a document. Accordingly, each filter can specify special needs using the
setRedirect and
Important: The system does not useg these properties. Each filter must check for these properties before converting the markup so that a filter does not convert an already-converted document again into a document.
PortletURLHelper analyzes a servlet request URL to identify portlet information according to the URL Addressability pattern. This way, the helper enables the filter to easily determine if a portlet action URL is requested or which portlet mode is called.
To support additional markups, such as WML, create new PortletDocumentFilter, register it, and then call it prior to the default HTML filter. The new filter must mark the document conversion by calling the
setDocument method on the FilterRequestHelper. This marker prevents the DefaultFilter from converting the fragment into an HTML document. This way, you can use
PortletDocumentFilters to add markup support, or to modify document output.
Portals usually render portlet content into window frames, providing links to different portlet modes and window states. When using URL Addressability, no window frame displays around the portlet content. In this example, you see how to add a simple window frame using a custom PortletDocumentFilter.
- First, create a new filter class, which implements
javax.servlet.Filter,and name it
WindowFrameFilter. The main method is the
public class WindowFrameFilter implements Filter { public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException {} public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException { … } public void destroy() {} }
- In
doFilter, analyze the URL to determine if the request meets the corresponding pre-requisites to add a window frame:
- Verify whether the request is marked to indicate it has completed a document conversion. A valid document is required to add a window frame surrounding the portlet content. Therefore, you need to ignore the request if this is not the case.
// do nothing if document cannot be found if (!FilterRequestHelper.isDocument(request)) { chain.doFilter(request, response); return; }
- Depending on the diverse document filters in the system, it might be necessary to also add a check to see if the request document is an HTML document.
- Check if the request url is an action URL to determine if you need to ignore this request as well. Use the PortletURLHelper for this check. If an InvalidURLException occurs, the filter must transfer this information to the HttpServletResponse, as shown below.
// analyze request url HttpServletRequest servletRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request; HttpServletResponse servletResponse = (HttpServletResponse) response; String portleturl = null; try { PortletURLHelper urlHelper = new PortletURLHelper("","",servletRequest.getPathInfo()); // do nothing if action called if (urlHelper.isAction()) { chain.doFilter(request, response); return; } portleturl = createPortletURL(servletRequest, urlHelper); } catch (InvalidURLException e) { servletResponse.sendError( e.getStatusCode(), e.getMessage()); return; }
- Verify whether the request is marked to indicate it has completed a document conversion. A valid document is required to add a window frame surrounding the portlet content. Therefore, you need to ignore the request if this is not the case.
- If the request meets these prerequisites, you can embed the portlet content into a window frame. Create a simple HTML table to add a row of links above the portlet content.
PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter(); writer.println("
"); writer.println("
"); writer.println("
"); writer.println("
"); writer.println("Portlet"); writer.println("	"); writer.println(""); writer.println("normal"); writer.println("maximized"); writer.println("minimized"); writer.println("
"); writer.println("
"); writer.println("

"); chain.doFilter(request, response); writer.println("

");
- These links reference the different portlet window states. To create the portlet url links, you can use a base URL
Stringreferring to the portlet containing all required information according to the URL addressability pattern, so that only the varying window state information is missing.
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); buffer.append(servletRequest.getScheme()); buffer.append("://"); buffer.append(servletRequest.getServerName()); buffer.append(":"); buffer.append(servletRequest.getServerPort()); buffer.append(servletRequest.getContextPath()); buffer.append(servletRequest.getServletPath()); buffer.append("/"); buffer.append(urlHelper.getPortletWindowId()); buffer.append("/ver="); buffer.append(urlHelper.getVersion()); String portleturl = buffer.toString();
- Before seeing this window frame surrounding the portlet content, create a JAR file with plugin.xml for this WindowFrameFilter. This xml defines the filter location as well as the filter order. For this example, the filter order must have a value higher than 1000 to be called after the DefaultFilter because the window frame can only be created after the HTML document conversion is complete.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?eclipse version="3.0"?> <plugin id="portletwindowfilter" name="WS_Server" provider-name="IBM" version="1.0.0"> <extension point="com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.portlet-document-filter-config"> <portlet-document-filter class-name="sample.WindowFrameFilter" order="1200" /> </extension> </plugin>
- To deploy the filter, place the filter JAR file into the
libdirectory of the Application Server, and restart the server.
- To accessing the WorldClock Portlet with this filter applied open this URL in a browser:
You see the results in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Portlet filtered to provide a portlet window frame
Comparing to WebSphere Portal
Portlet fragments can be modified by
PortletDocumentFilters of the WebSphere Application Server. The corresponding feature provided by the WebSphere Portal is the
PortletFilter concept.
WebSphere Portal provides its own filter mechanism for its
PortletFilter mechanism; the
PortletDocumentFilter is based on servlet filters.
PortletFilters are embedded into a proprietary filter chain and implement a
PortletFilter interface, which provides easy access to portlet specific needs. These filters are more flexible compared to
PortletDocumentFilters. They do not require a server restart so that they can be dynamically enabled per portlet.
In this part of the article series, you looked deeper into the portlet container in WebSphere Application Server. You learned about the aggregation feature which helps create a simple portal framework. Then, you saw how to modify the portlet output when addressed by a URL, and how to locate and access portlet information. You saw how these features compare to features in WebSphere Portal and the differences in addressing portlets.
In the next part, you see more advanced features of the JSR 168 portlet container in WebSphere Application Server. You will learn how to manage the portlet container and portlets using
wsadmin and the Admin Console, and how to retrieve information about portlet performance measurements.
|Code samples
|World clock portlet
- All aritlces in this series.
- Best practices: Developing portlets using JSR 168 and WebSphere Portal V5.02
- Comparing the Java Portlet Specification JSR 168 with the IBM Portlet API
- Converting the WorldClock portlet from the IBM Portlet API to the JSR 168 portlet API
- Developing an administrative client program section of the WebSphere Application Server InfoCenter. Describes how to retrieve the AdminClient and how to use MBeans.
- Java Portlet Specification V 1.0, JSR 168
- MBean interfaces section of the WebSphere Application Server InfoCenter. This is the MBean API documentation (Javadoc).
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- Portlet development guide
- WebSphere Application Server Information Center
- WebSphere Application Server Zone
- WebSphere Portal product documentation, including the Information Center
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David Park (1911 – 1960), ground-breaking West Coast painter, was a leader in what became known as Bay Area Figurative Art—a daring move during the post-World War II years when Abstract Expressionism held sway. Bay Area Figurative Art became the first movement of national importance to originate in California; its brilliant evocation of the region's color, light, and spaciousness and its integration of figures and the natural world remain relevant for painters today. In her definitive biography of Park and her illustrated talk, Boas traces Park's resolute search for a new kind of figuration, one that would penetrate Abstract Expressionism's thickly layered surfaces and infuse them with human presence. Boas also highlights Park's strong influence on Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, and other artists who taught at the California School of Fine Arts and the University of California, Berkeley. She plunges us into the lively Bay Area art scene in the 1940s and 1950s, pointing to Park's work as a bold alternative to the abstractions of painter Clyfford Still.
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Eli Young Band gets up to speed for Kenny Chesney opener
Opening up stadiums for Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Nation tour was a bit of an adjustment, said James Young, guitarist for the Texas-based Eli Young Band.
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Medical Kush Doctor, Kush DR LLC, High Profit!
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Double Whammy: School Reform Amidst Austerity
Mark Naison: the most tragic thing about this kind of austerity is that school districts have shown they are far more willing to use increasingly scarce funds on testing and evaluation rather than art, music, sports, gym, and school counselors and librarians.
Are Our Best Teachers an Endangered Species?
Mark Naison: Given the fault lines that have been revealed in our society by Hurricane Sandy, the last election, and the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, do we really want to make our schools so impersonal and bureaucratic that the best teachers leave
Teach for America Leaders: This Generation's Robert McNamara's and McGeorge Bundy's?
Mark Naison: Policies which claim to be in the "public interest" that only affect other people's children and affirm race and class privilege, should be subject to the most careful kind of scrutiny.
Why Iowans Doubled-Down on Obama
Mark Naison: Some people are astonished that a 92 percent white state, which is heavily agricultural, voted for President Obama in two straight elections.
Sorry, Occupy
Mark Naison: The transformative role that Occupy activists have played in coordinating relief to the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Sandy has shown me that the Occupy networks that survived the evictions were much stronger than I realized.
Defending Teachers and Teaching
Mark Naison: Every time I walk into a classroom, I am trying to do for my students what the best teachers I had did for me; to capture my imagination to such a degree that what went on in that class would be etched in my memory for life.
The Ryan Nomination, The Obama Re-Election Campaign, and the Left
Mark Naison: Obama supporters who want progressives to take precious energies away from grass roots movements to re-elect the president are, whether intentionally or not, sabotaging long term possibilities of democratic change.
The Hypocrisy of Current Initiatives to "Improve Teacher Quality"
Mark Naison: Teach For America has done NOTHING to improve the quality of the teaching profession. And their policies are symptomatic of an ideological trap that all Education Reformers have fallen into.
Top 10 Most Read Led by "Blaming Schools and Teachers"
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This chick blew my mind; we were lumberjacking all night!
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The highly disciplined art of simultaneously defecating and masturbating.
One thing Cliff really enjoys is a good lumber-jacking.
by Douglas Thorneloe January 20, 2008
The act of masturbating whilst watching someone else take a shit, or the act of taking a shit whilst someone watching masturbates
Man, my wife is a dirty bitch - we did some serious lumberjacking last night! She squatted over a glass coffee table & took a shit while I was underneath, masturbating furiously!!
by Jack Shit II March 31, 2007
Taking a shit while at work and getting paid for it
phone txt ** sup bro? reply: nm bro just lumber jacking
no shit? reply: exactly!
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by bigbonza August 04, 2012
Whilst Double Penetrating a girl, The dick in the ass goes in as the dick in the pussy comes out. Like the old school saws that the lumberjacks used back in the day.
Dude, last night, me and my homeboy were totally lumberjacking that bitch. We had her screaming everything with our perfect form!
by Spcmmr January 03, 2011
This is when a man masturbates over someone's sleeping face, and, after ejaculating on his/her face, he would proceed to trim his pubic hair over his/her face, now sticky with drying semen. Therefore, the falling pubic hair, freshly trimmed from the man's genitalia, would stick to the person's face, hence giving the person a "beard", of sorts, similar to a lumberjack's.
Person 1: Man I tried lumberjacking my girlfriend, and she filed a restraining order against me.
Person 2: That slut. Don't worry about it, she's not worthy of a beard anyway.
Person 2: That slut. Don't worry about it, she's not worthy of a beard anyway.
by MadCow789 April 05, 2015
lumberjacking is a taking a poop. cutting butt logs.
"yo we got to go!"
hang on I am lumberjacking.
hang on I am lumberjacking.
by Ryck Dalvengyr August 05, 2014
When you're in a public transit, like a bus or train or plane, you pull out your penis before the person next to you sits down and you put it under them with out them knowing.
Marc: Hey Nathan, do you remember that time i lumber jacked that chick on the bus?
Nathan: Yeah, lumber jacking is totaly awesome!
Marc: Haha that was hilarious, why don't you come sit beside me nate?
Nathan: Sure, i don't see any harm in th...awww why's my seat so hard?
Nathan: Yeah, lumber jacking is totaly awesome!
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This summer New York City Ballet will return to Paris, France for the first time since 2008, for three weeks of performances at the The?a?tre du Cha?telet -- June 28 through July 16, 2016. The engagement will mark the 12th edition of Les Ete?s de la Danse, the annual summer dance festival that since... (more...)
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The legendary Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) will kick off its 90th Anniversary year in a seven-show engagement at Jacob's Pillow's historic Ted Shawn Theatre, August 26-30. Celebrating the company's pioneering past and trail-blazing reputation, MGDC's program features a diverse set of works inc... (more...)
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Citizens for Safe Technology
Empowering the public to protect children
and nature from unsafe wireless technologies.
These websites originate from countries outside Canadian borders: USA, UK, Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, South America, the Middle East and Asia. However, they deal with global issues and challenges, as the problems are basically the same worldwide.
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National Association for Children and Safe Technology (NACST)
Child centred USA: includes links to other websites
Mission Statement
To Advance policies regarding technology that safeguard children's health and well being in order to ensure a strong future for the United States of America
Who We Are
The National Association for Children and Safe Technology was founded by three parents, each located at great distances from one another: California , Alaska and the Northeast. Our stories and viewpoints may be different, but we all share a strong dedication and commitment to ensuring the health and safety of our children when it comes to technology.
We are here because we recognize the critical need to share this information until it becomes common knowledge.
Concerns and Aware Choices
"This website is published by EMR Aware, a community action group based in Byron Shire on the Northcoast of NSW Australia. We offer free technical support to residents and public authorities in our region, and worldwide, regarding the health, social and environmental impacts of technologies that emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR).
"We are not anti-technology, anti-corporation or anti-government. Our premise is simply this. In instances where products or services carry a documented risk, consumers have a right to unbiased information so as to enable a factual assessment of the benefits vs. negative side-effects. This enables both a change in habits, as well as motivation to demand safer products and/or legislation where appropriate. To facilitate a fair and balanced discussion, we invite content, including corrections and updates, from all interested parties.
Information on the Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (current updates)
The EMF-Portal is a web-based information platform regarding the effects of electromagnetic fields on humans and on interaction with biological systems . . .
It is provided for scientists, politicians, lawyers, physicians and interested citizens who want to be able make their own informed decisions.
THE BEST WEBSITE TO FIND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF EMFs (Electro-Magnetic Fields) - This is a website/database that was created by a German hospital, which collects all scientific papers on Biological effects of EMFs - both low-frequency (house electricity) and radio-frequencies (wireless). It has both papers that find effects, and those that do not. For some of the papers it provides a summary and for others it just provides the abstract or a link to PubMed. This is the best search engine on the topic.
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IEMFA is the International Electromagnetic Fields Alliance, supported by an independent and growing global body of empirically-based scientific experts on living processes, with a multilevel, multidisciplinary health focus. The Experts cover a wide range of Biological, Physics, Medical and Epidemiologic disciplines, ranging from electron and molecular level to the level of living cells, tissues and the functioning of different organ systems.
They cooperate worldwide to supply a coherent, multilevel insight into the chaotic multitude of observed biological disruptions when exposed to non-ionizing radiation, addressing important long-term degradation threats for pubic health. IEMFA collaborates with leading life-science institutions and non-governmental organizations worldwide.
Safe Schools Information Technology Alliance (U.K.)
SSITA is concerned about the teachers who are approaching us either after having to leave the teaching profession through growing electrosensitivity to Wi-Fi in their school, or who are reporting severe symptoms, either since its installation or its upgrade. One of our members has now set up a support group for these teachers and other school/college/university personnel similarly affected:
ES teachers and lecturers, (and others)
We are starting a group for teachers at schools and lecturers at colleges and universities who are suffering from ES or have lost their job because of ES, often through the introduction of Wi-Fi into their school or college. The aim is to provide mutual support, assess the numbers suffering and geographical spread and inform relevant groups like education providers and unions. All other ES sufferers also welcome.
BioInitiative 2012 Report: new urgent warnings on wireless and EMF public health risks
EMF Safety Network
A new updated BioInitiative 2012 Report says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The report reviews over 1800 new scientific studies and includes 29 independent science and medical experts from around the world. Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant women are at particular risk.Summary of Key Scientific Evidence:
Cell and cordless phones linked to cancer
Lennart Hardell, MD at Orebro University, Sweden says, "There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones." He further states:"Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be classified as a human carcinogen. The existing FCC/IEE and ICNIRP public safety limits and reference levels are not adequate to protect public health."
A dozen new studies link cell phone radiation to sperm damage. Even a cell phone in the pocket or on a belt may harm sperm DNA, result in misshapen sperm, and impair fertility in men. Laptop computers with wireless internet connections can damage DNA in sperm.
Based on strong evidence for vulnerable biology in autism, EMF/RFR can plausibly increase autism risk and symptoms. " While we aggressively investigate the links between autism disorders and wireless technologies, we should minimize wireless and EMF exposures for people with autism disorders, children of all ages, people planning a baby, and during pregnancy," says Martha Herbert, MD, PhD.
Wireless devices such as phones and laptops used by pregnant women may alter brain development of the fetus. This has been linked in both animal and human studies to hyperactivity, learning and behavior problems.
There is more evidence than we need
"The last five years worth of new scientific studies tell us the situation is much worse than in 2007 and yet people around the world have so much more daily exposure than even five years ago. Exposures are linked to a variety of adverse health outcomes that may have significant public health consequences." (Editor's notes)"There is now much more evidence of risks to health affecting billions of people world-wide. The status quo is not acceptable in light of the evidence for harm." David O. Carpenter, MD, co-editor Bioinitiative 2012 Report.
This study covers EMF from powerlines, electrical wiring, appliances and hand-held devices; and from wireless technologies (cell and cordless phones, cell towers, 'smart meters', WI-FI, wireless laptops, wireless routers, baby monitors, and other electronic devices). Health topics include damage to DNA and genes, effects on memory, learning, behavior, attention, sleep disruption, cancer and neurological diseases like Alzheimer's disease. New safety standards are urgently needed for protection against EMF and wireless exposures that now appear everywhere in daily life.
And on smart meters:
An urgent example for the need to address the lack of adequate public protection from inadequate safety standards for pulsed RFR exposures is the rapid, global rollout of wireless utility meters ('smart' meters for electricity, gas and water meters). Current safety standard calculations that rely on time-averaging of RFR almost entirely dilute out the power density of RFR levels that are delivered in millisecond bursts, but occur at intervals of every second, or multiple times per second when in use within a wireless mesh network. Said differently, the RFR power density levels are usually legal. While there have been no long term studies of adverse effects of smart meters on human health (primarily because they are so new), there are increasing reports from electrosensitive individuals of harm. Added together, these RFR pulses that now appear to be a highly bioactive agent but are essentially erased or made energetically invisible by time-averaging the pulses as current FCC safety rules mandate.
The wireless meters transmit RF signals like a mini-cell tower antennas in the cell phone radiation frequencies. Currently, they are being deployed in the US and are on the drawing boards around the world including many European countries. The 'smart meter' infrastructure represents the largest single commercial saturation of living space with pulsed RFR yet rolled out by industry. This program places a wireless device (like a mini-mobile phone base station) on the wall, replacing the electromechanical (spinning dial) meter. They will be installed on every home and classroom (every building with an electric meter). Utilities from California to Maine have installed tens of millions already, despite health concerns of experts who already are seeing thousands of health complaints. The wireless meters produce spikes of pulsed radiofrequency radiation on a continuous basis (24/7), and in typical operation, will saturate living space at levels that can be much higher than already reported to cause bioeffects and adverse health effects for some people. These meters, depending on where they are placed relative to occupied space in the home or classroom, can produce RFR exposure levels similar to that within the first 100 feet to 600 feet of a mobile phone base station (cell tower). In the not-so-distant future the plan is to have a wireless device implanted in every household appliance, which will communicate with the smart meter whenever electricity is being used. This will likely make the kitchen a major source of exposure to RFR.
The cumulative RFR burden within any community is largely unknown. Both involuntary sources (like cell towers, smart meters and second-hand radiation from the use of wireless devices by others) plus voluntary exposures from ones' personal use of cell and cordless phones, wireless routers, electronic baby surveillance monitors, wireless security systems, wireless hearing aids, and wireless medical devices like implanted insulin pumps all add up. No one is tallying up the combined exposure levels. Billions of new RFR transmitters from a global smart meter rollout will significantly add to the existing RFR body-burden of pulsed RFR for millions of people. The health concerns are the same as with all other sources of EMF/RF. Cancer is the most serious adverse effect, but alteration of male reproduction and central nervous system effects may results from even lower levels of exposure. The work by Strogatz (2001, 2003) and Bezsaki (2006) on weak-field effects on non-linear biological oscillators (brain waves and synchronization of neural activities that regulate body processes) is directly relevant to an understanding of the profound biological disruptions and health symptoms that continued exposures of pulsed RFR may produce . . .
"Welcome. I have a master's degree in engineering and had a successful career in Silicon Valley before I began to experience negative health effects from wireless technology and electrical pollution.
"My wife is a medical doctor and we created this website to help you quickly and easily reduce the electro-magnetic field (EMF) pollution in your life. We also provide solutions if you are already experiencing the effects of EMF pollution. . . .
The Smart Meter Education Network educates people about the health and privacy hazards of smart meters and fights for the rights of everyone to have a safe, analog meter.
policies for a safer environment
Powerwatch is a small non-profit independent organization with a central role in the UK Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Radiation health debate. We work closely with decision-makers in government and business, and with other like-minded groups, promoting policies for a safer environment. We have been researching electromagnetic field effects on health for over 20 years, and provide a range of information to help the general public try to understand this complex issue.
Website with opportunities to participate in solutions
This website informs about the health impacts of wireless technologies and provides tools to help you take immediate action for change! It has excellent scientific links and much more.
Who is Tracking Health Impacts?
Some scientists believe a mass-experiment is going on with the explosion of so many untested wireless technologies. More people are experiencing an unexplained decline in health but are not connecting their symptoms to the newly installed wireless technologies like WiFi, smart meters, or cell towers nearby.
Make the Connection: When new wireless technologies are expected, or deployed you may experience changes in health. What can you do?
TRACK-IT A form to document and rate your health against a group of symptoms, which have been associated with wireless technologies.
"We the people of the United States of America respectfully ask the President to immediately issue an executive order staying the deployments of all new public wireless technologies."
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Meetings and events on the issue of wireless technologies in homes and communities throughout North America.
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Citizens for Safe Technology is a not-for-profit educational society made up of parents, grandparents, teachers, business professionals, scientists, politicians and lawyers concerned about the exponential increase in public exposure to harmful wireless technologies.
We believe a profound urgency exists to protect the unsuspecting public, especially children, youth and pregnant mothers from unsafe wireless technologies.
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Published Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Jewel Gladys Bush, 93, of Denton, died Sunday Sept. 7, 2014.
Published Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Jewel Gladys Bush, 93, of Denton, died Sunday Sept. 7, 2014.
Published Saturday, August 23, 2014
By Richard Greene
The Northwest Lady Texans couldn't stay with Arlington Lamar Tuesday.
Published Saturday, August 23, 2014
Cory and Jabrielle Troup of Denton announce the birth of a son, Logan Richard
Published Saturday, July 26, 2014
Courtney Massie of Rhome, daughter of Andrea Davis of Rhome and Greg Massie of Denton, will marry Brandon Ford of Rhome
Published Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Doris Ann Crawley Culpepper, 83, a retired administrative assistant, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in Denton.
Published Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Billy John McDonald, 64, of Denton died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at home, surrounded by loved ones.
Published Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Bobbylea Fortenberry Lindley, 86, of Denton died Saturday, May 17, 2014, in Denton.
Published Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Billy John Fain, 72, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Denton.
Published Saturday, January 11, 2014
Amy Erica Eison of Decatur, daughter of Ronnie Eison of Denton, will marry David Earl Frazier, son of Cindy and Melvin Kimble, all of Denton, on Jan. 18, 2014, in Galveston.
Published Saturday, January 4, 2014
Alicia Dawn McElroy of Denton, daughter of Fordham and Kimberly McElroy of Bridgeport, will marry Derek James Froidl of Denton
Published Wednesday, May 15, 2013
By Catherine Simpson
On April 27 at approximately 6:30 p.m. our pastor, Roger Ferguson, and his wife, Marla, where headed back home from Decatur and a woman in a truck with two children in the backseat came across the highway.
Published Saturday, April 27, 2013
By Lydia Moreno
Though Kristen Tribe's reporting on the illegal immigrants' stories in "Out of the Shadows" is touching, I think she and the women in this story are forgetting one key, important point.
Published Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Ronald (Ronnie) Burton Roberts, 78, of Denton died Saturday, March 9, 2013, at his home.
Published Saturday, January 19, 2013
Crystal DeSantiago and Miguel Angel Tovar Jr. of Denton announce the birth of a daughter, Milayna Celeste Tovar
Published Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Lara Geneva Cearley, 95, of Denton, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012.
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SERVICE for Elvena Gayler, 100, of Denton is pending at Coker-Hawkins.
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Funeral for Gordon E. Taylor, 87, of Denton was Aug. 2 at the First Baptist Church in Bridgeport.
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Memorial service for Eddie Roland Culpepper, 85, of Denton was April 6 at Hawkins Funeral Home.
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David and Keri (Pritchard) Willerton of Denton announce the birth of a daughter, Piper Elizabeth.
Published Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Funeral for Rita Dempsey Bishop, 81, of Denton is 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home in Denton.