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OAuth Support in NetBeans IDE 6.9
OAuth is a security protocol that enables users to authorize client applications to access their web resources. OAuth has quickly become the industry standard for web-based access delegation. There are many well known (REST) service providers, like Yahoo services, Delicious, Twitter and SmugMug, that have already applied the OAuth protocol.
NetBeans IDE provides a mechanism where an OAuth protected REST resource can be registered in the IDE, and an application client can be generated for such a resource. The IDE, by default, registers OAuth REST resources for Twiter and Delicious services.
See the screenshot for details:
In this article, I demonstrate how the Twitter client, using the OAuth protocol, can be created in a web application:
Create the Twitter Client Class
Take the following steps to create a Twitter Client class in the IDE:
- Choose File > New Project. Under Categories, select Java Web. Under Projects, select Web Application and click Next.
- In the Project Name field, type TwitterWebApp. Choose a location for the project. Click Next.
- Select the GlassFish and Java EE 6 or EE 5. Accept the default setting of the other options and click Finish.
- In the Projects window, right-click the TwitterWebApp node and select New > Other. The New File wizard opens, select the Web Services category. Select the RESTful Java Client file type, click Next...
- In the Class Name field, type TwitterClient. In the Package field, type twitter.
- In the Select the REST Resource section, select the IDE Registered radio button and click Browse:
The Available REST Resources dialog opens. Browse for Twitter > Twitter OAuth > statuses > [friends_timeline.{format}] and click OK.
The New RESTful Java Client dialog is now complete. Note that the Authentication field is automatically filled in with OAuth, which is an option for OAuth protocol. Click Finish.
A dialog opens asking if you want to generate Java artifacts from XML Schema references in the WADL. Click Yes.
The TwitterClient class is generated and opens in editor. TheTwitterClient class is pretty complex and contain the followith fields, methods or inner classes:
- CONSUMER_KEY : Consumer Key string
- CONSUMER_SECRET : Consumer Sectret string
- initOAuth(): method for OAuh intitialization
- getFriendsTimeline(): method corresponding to HTTP method: getFriendsTimeline (from the REST resource)
- makeOAuthRequestUnique(): useful for multiple API calls in one session
- OAuthLoginServlet: used to login to the Twitter Application (forces the authorization)
- OAuthCallbackServlet:used by callback mechannism to redirect back the application flow after authorization
Register the New Twitter Application
If you want the web application to access Twitter data, you need to register the application in Twitter:
- Go to the Twitter > Applications page and click Register a new application » link to register a new Twitter Application.
- Type My First Web Application for Application Name text field.
- Type http://netbeans.org/OAuthCallback.php?callback_url=http://localhost:8080/TwitterWebApp/OAuthCallback for Callback URL field.
- Type this URL: http://netbeans.org/OAuthCallback.php?callback_url=http://localhost:8080/TwitterWebApp for Application Website field.
- Make sure that the Browser radio button is selected for the Application Type option
- Leave other options default and press Save
Note: The http://netbeans.org/OAuthCallback.php is a workaround for the Twitter limitation, where the callback page can not be located at localhost. (http://localhost:8080/TwitterWebApp/OAuthCallback). The php simply redirects the output, together with all query parameters, to the URL specified by callback_url parameter. In real world you can setup the Callback URL to a real callback page (the page where the application flow should be redirected after authorization).
Copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret to your Application
After you successfully register your Twitter application you need to copy the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret keys from the Application Details page to your TwitterClient class. Edit the TwitterClient class and replace the CONSUMER_KEY and CONSUMER_SECRET fields with the values assigned for your Twitter application.
* Please, specify the consumer_key string obtained from service API pages
private static final String CONSUMER_KEY = "ABCDKPPOEOFMSrtB1r1kxQ";
* Please, specify the consumer_secret string obtained from service API pages
private static final String CONSUMER_SECRET = "ABCDi9Rf1JRwxeGnjPt6mo4UMoQESUUYjyukx58";
Write the Client Code
This is the client code written in index.jsp file :
<%@page contentType="text/html" pageEncoding="UTF-8"Note: The client code takes the oauth_token string from HTTP session, and checks it on null.
com.sun.jersey.api.client.UniformInterfaceException" %>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JSP Page</title>

Friends Statuses

if (session.getAttribute("oauth_token") == null) {
} else {
TwitterClient twitter = new TwitterClient("xml");
twitter.initOAuth(request, response);
try {
Statuses resp =
Statuses.class, null, null, null, 100);
int i=0;
for (StatusType status : resp.getStatus()) {
out.println("
author: "+status.getUser().getName()+
} catch (UniformInterfaceException ex) {
"Error = "+ex.getResponse().getEntity(String.class));
If null the response is redirected to OAuthLogin servlet, that forces the authorization. If not the oauth_token string is used to send the authorized request to Twitter API to get last 100 statuses (of your friends) from Twitter.
You may also modify the TwitterClient$OAuthCallbackServlet and append a link to the application root (index.jsp), when the application is successfully authorized:
if (uiEx == null) {
out.println("Now, you have successfully authorized this application to access your data.

");
out.println("Usage:

");
out.println(" TwitterClient client = new TwitterClient(...);");
out.println(" client.initOAuth(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);");
out.println(" // call any method");
out.println(" client.close();");
out.println("Go Home");
} else {
out.println("Problem to get access token: " + uiEx.getResponse() + ": " + uiEx.getResponse().getEntity(String.class));
Run the Project
To run the project:
- Right-click the project's node in the Projects window. Select Deploy from the context menu. The IDE builds your project, starts the application server, and deploys the project to the application server.
- Right-click the project's node again and select Run, which should result in the following:
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Milan Kuchtiak replied on Tue, 2010/06/01 - 5:22am in response to: Umer Farooq
Toni Epple replied on Wed, 2010/10/13 - 11:00am
I'm trying to write a NB Platform based client. Registered it as an aplication with read/write access.
ReadingTimelines works fine, but when I'm trying tosend a status update I get through sometimes (twice so far, but most of the time the Basic authenticator pops up asking for my credentials. Any idea why that happens, or what I can do about it?
My calls look like this:
UpdateStatusClient client = new UpdateStatusClient("xml");
client.updateStatus(Object.class, "Testing my NetBeans based Twitter client", null);
Dan Becker replied on Thu, 2010/12/09 - 3:30am
One tip - line 11 in TwitterClient$OAuthCallbackServlet needs to have the two double quotes in the a href tag escaped out by preceding them with a \ (backslash).
Instead of a href="/TwitterWebApp/" it needs to be a href=\"/TwitterWebApp/\"
Username Koko replied on Sat, 2011/01/01 - 10:20pm
I have a problem in using statuses/friends
My code is the same as in the tutorial but using the statuses/friends resource:
Statuses statuses = twitter.getFriendsStatuses(Statuses.class, null, null);
for (StatusType statusType : statuses.getStatus()) {
UserType userType = statusType.getUser();
out.println("
" + userType.getName() + "
");
but i get this error :
javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"", local:"users").
Expected elements are <{}statuses>
Username Koko replied on Sun, 2011/01/02 - 4:19am
there is a mistake in the statuses/friends in the twitter restful class client:
String resourcePath = java.text.MessageFormat.format("statuses/friends.{0}", new Object[]{format});
The format should be something like :
String resourcePath = java.text.MessageFormat.format("users/friends.{0}", new Object[]{format});
because the default return type of this method in twitter returns an array of users
So you will always get this error:
javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:"", local:"user"). Expected elements are <{}statuses>
Any suggestions?
Carla Brian replied on Sun, 2012/04/08 - 6:14pm
Carla Brian replied on Sun, 2012/04/08 - 6:16pm
Matt Coleman replied on Thu, 2012/04/26 - 12:45am
Mateo Gomez replied on Fri, 2012/04/27 - 2:01am in response to: Carla Brian
Chege Kinuthia replied on Thu, 2013/03/14 - 2:13pm
Am getting the following error
OAuth Login Servlet at /twitterwebapp
Problem to get request token: GET http://twitter.com/oauth/request_token returned a response status of 301 Moved Permanently:
what could be the problem?
Cata Nic replied on Tue, 2013/09/03 - 3:26am
Is it safe enough this application? I mean... I have some doubts that my twitter account can be accessed by a hacker via this authentication access.


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1 large tomato, cut into 8 slices
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup roasted red pepper strips, drained
1. Preheat grill or broiler.
2. Place mushrooms in a baking dish or pie plate. Whisk together the vinegar, oil, salt, and pepper until blended. Brush mushrooms with the vinegar mixture; let stand 15 minutes.
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Images from the first shoot I've had with a medium format camera in a few years with the beautiful Polina at my place. A couple of good ones and a joy again to work in this format. I also shot with the Leica MP and a Nikon F5. My comfort zone is definitely the 35mm rangefinder.
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Every new racing season sees much interest focused on the new batch of first-season sires. While the principal table is judged on prize money, almost as much attention is focused on the numerical tables, those judged on individual winners and races won. Remarkably, the first month of the new season in Britain and Ireland has ended with all three tables topped by a stallion whose claims to siring early two-year-olds would have been far from obvious: the 2006 St Leger winner Sixties Icon, writes John Berry.
While it wasn't easy to predict that the offspring of Sixties Icon would shine so early in proceedings, it was easy to conclude that he would be a good stallion, despite the fact that he would not have been at the top of many (any) pundits' lists of potential stars. The problem was - and this, I am afraid, is a refrain that continues to crop up in this column - that, while Sixties Icon had turned out to be the excellent racehorse which he had been bred to be, the durability which he had shown by racing until five weeks short of his sixth birthday (not to mention the fact that he had been good enough to stay well) seemed to act as more of a deterrent than an attraction in the eyes of many breeders. Now that he is making such a good start to his stud career, he might be on the verge of proving how wrong it was that he should have been so scantily patronised at the outset.
In history, there have been some glaring examples of top-class fillies who have not proved good broodmares. Sheikh Mohammed's first true champion Pebbles springs immediately to mind. Similarly there have been a few phenomenally successful broodmares who did nothing on the track. One such example was arguably the great Kiwi mare Dulcie, who never raced and whose owner Ralph Stuart observed: "She was as mad as a March hare. And small. I only kept her because of her breeding." In time, Dulcie rewarded Mr Stuart's faith in her lineage many times over. She bred 11 individual winners of 115 races, including the international champion Balmerino, Brisbane and Adelaide Cups winner Fulmen, Toorak Handicap winner Gay Filou, and the high-class filly Micheline, who became the dam of the only three-year-old filly (to date) to win the Cox Plate, Surround. Incidences such as these have led some misguided souls to conclude that there is not much of a correlation between racing ability and breeding ability. This is, of course, a serious misconception, and such names as Mumtaz Mahal, Selene, Windmill Girl, Dahlia, Personal Ensign, Shadea and Urban Sea spring immediately to mind as top fillies who became legendary broodmares. Even the likes of the outstanding matrons Set Free, Hasili and Kind, if not quite Group One gallopers, were still stakes performers in their racing days.
On this basis, it was hardly surprising that Sixties Icon's dam Love Divine, a daughter of the high-class US-based sire Diesis, should have produced a high-class horse. She retired to Lordship Stud in 2001 as a mouth-watering breeding prospect. Not only did she hail from a lovely family, but she was also a Classic winner, having won the Oaks in 2000. Love Divine's dam La Sky had been a good filly when trained by Henry Cecil (winning two races and finishing second to her lesser-fancied stablemate Patricia in the Lancashire Oaks) while her very close relative Legal Case had won the Champion Stakes when trained by Luca Cumani. (La Sky and Legal Case were both from the winning Northern Dancer mare Maryinsky, with Legal Case being a son of Alleged and La Sky being a daughter of Alleged's Irish Derby-winning son Law Society). Lordship Stud had bought La Sky to be one of the stalwarts of its broodmare band, and now she was being joined by her Classic-winning daughter, who had raced for the stud from Cecil's stable.
Love Divine visited Sadler's Wells in her first year at stud in 2001. The result was a colt named Love Me Well, who was sold and raced in France, where he showed above-average ability before dying as a four-year-old. Love Divine's second mate (in 2002) was Sadler's Wells' top-class son Galileo, who was in his first season at Coolmore Stud, having won the English and Irish Derbys the previous year. This mouth-watering mating (a Derby winner covering an Oaks winner) was clearly designed to breed a Derby candidate. It must have been very tempting for Lordship Stud to keep the resultant foal, but its policy remained to sell the colts; so, having been prepared at Watership Down Stud, the colt headed to the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2004, where he was bought by John Warren on behalf of the subsequent BHA chief Paul Roy and his wife Susan for 230,000 gns. His new owners named him Sixties Icon, and he went on to prove that the 230,000 gns had been money very well spent.
(Lordship Stud, incidentally, was not able to resist forever the temptation to keep a colt out of Love Divine: in 2007 it owned a Cape Cross yearling out of her who was entered in Tattersalls' Yearling Sale. However, the colt was withdrawn from the sale and ended up racing for the stud. Named Native Ruler, he put up a string of good performances during an injury-interrupted career, his best run coming when he failed by only a nose against Dandino in last year's Jockey Club Cup. He is now midway through his first season as a stallion at Louella Stud).
Sixties Icon wasn't a particularly big two-year-old, but even so he took a bit of time to come to hand. Consequently his trainer Jeremy Noseda elected not to run him at two, but to get him out early in the spring as a three-year-old. He duly made his debut at Newmarket's first meeting of 2006, contesting the Museum Maiden Stakes over a mile and a quarter. He attracted no support in the market, drifting from 16/1 to 20/1, but shaped with promise in finishing a never-nearer sixth. It was a different story when he went to Windsor three weeks later: well backed into 6/4 favouritism, he was prominent throughout before running on strongly to beat the Queen's colt Fleeting Memory by three quarters of a length, with the third-placed Pigeon Island (a subsequent Grade Two winner over hurdles who ended up landing a Grade Three steeplechase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2010) seven lengths further back.
Sixties Icon was clearly a very progressive young stayer. Going straight from his second-up maiden victory to the Derby understandably proved too stiff an assignment (although he still ran well at Epsom, finishing seventh of the 18 runners, beaten less than six lengths by the winner Sir Percy) but he basically did everything right through the season. Having finished third behind Papal Bull in the 'Ascot Derby' (the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot), he justified favouritism in one of the principal St Leger trials, the Group Three Gordon Stakes over a mile and a half at Goodwood. That victory ensured that he started favourite for the St Leger (run that year at York, while Doncaster was closed for renovations) and he did not let his supporters down: he won impressively by two and a half lengths under a confident Frankie Dettori. This race not only confirmed Sixties Icon as a top-class young stayer, but also confirmed Galileo as a top-class young sire: he was responsible for the trifecta, with his first crop sons Sixties Icon, The Last Drop and Red Rocks (who won the Breeders' Cup Turf on his next start) filling the first three places. To emphasise the merit of the form, the admirable Ask (subsequently winner of six Group races, including the Coronation Cup and Prix Royal-Oak at Group One level) finished fourth.
Sixties Icon's first season of racing ended with a slightly disappointing (bearing in mind that his connections had paid 60,000 euros to supplement him into the race) unplaced run in Rail Link's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, although he still fared fairly well against some top-class horses, finishing not far behind Pride, Deep Impact and Hurricane Run and in front of Shirocco. He was back to form first up at four, however, when he easily landed the Jockey Club Stakes over 12 furlongs at Newmarket on his reappearance in April 2007. That impressive Group Two victory, however, proved to be misleading: his connections suffered a very disappointing year thereafter as he only ran twice more that season, running badly both times.
Happily, whatever ailed Sixties Icon during 2007 seemed to be a thing of a past come 2008. The horse enjoyed a terrific campaign in which, although unplaced on the three occasions when he contested Group/Grade One races, he dominated his rivals in lesser stakes races. During the year, he won a 10-furlong Listed race at Goodwood and three Group Three events: the Glorious Stakes at the same track over 12 furlongs, the Geoffrey Freer Stakes over 13 furlongs at Newbury and the Cumberland Lodge Stakes over 12 furlongs at Ascot. He finally retired, sound, after finishing unplaced in the Japan Cup at the end of November, passing the post six and a half lengths behind the winner Screen Hero (but one place ahead of his old rival Papal Bull).
Admirable a horse though Sixties Icon was, it was clear that he was not going to be well supported at stud. For a start, he had raced too often and for too long. Furthermore, he stayed too well. Added to the sins of having proved his toughness, soundness, courage, stamina and durability, there was an extra black mark against his name: he had reportedly had a wind operation when out of form as a four-year-old.
Wind operations are nowadays as fashionable in Britain as premiership soccer. They are, however, probably less well understood. Many horses when not fully fit, or otherwise not at their best, or even just racing on ground which they don't like, will 'make a noise', which is caused by lack of muscular control of the horse's soft palate allowing it to become displaced and thus to interfere with the flow of air through the horse's wind pipe. Generally, this can be cured by nothing more complicated than getting the horse fitter, healthier, running him on better ground, perhaps tying his tongue down, or even riding him more patiently. However, it is now the fashion at the first opportunity to subject the horse's soft palate to a minor surgical procedure believed likely to reduce the chances of it becoming detached. This scenario is vastly different to a horse having a wind problem (ie suffering partial or total paralysis of one side of the larynx). It appears to be the case that Sixties Icon endured treatment to his soft palate while out of form (for whatever reason) as a four-year-old - but he showed (by winning several good races) the following year when back on the top of his game that his wind functioned perfectly satisfactorily. There is no evidence that Sixties Icon had any laryngeal malfunction whatsoever - and yet the shadow of his supposed wind operation came back to haunt him when he retired to stud.
Thankfully, while the quidnuncs opined that Sixties Icon wasn't what one was looking for in a stallion, the proprietors of Norman Court Stud in Wiltshire took a more rational view. He has stood there from the outset and he has now got his stud career off to a flying start. It is, of course, almost certain that the current impression of him as a sire of early two-year-old sprinters will prove to have been grossly misleading. His stock will surely show their best form given both time and distance, but the initial impression is that, like their sire, they are sound, hardy horses who can gallop. West Ilsley trainer Mick Channon is very closely involved with the stud and hence trains many of Sixties Icon's two-year-olds - and as Channon is a master at getting horses ready to run fast and early, some of the two-year-olds have already run, and most of those who have run have won. As of the first day of May, Sixties Icon has had five runners. Four of these are trained by Mick Channon, all of whom have won.
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A Sumter man arrested late last week for allegedly
stealing more than $150,000 from an area church is out of jail and denies the
"I didn't do anything wrong," said Richard Todd Newman,
49, of 420 Winter Creek Road.
Newman was arrested Thursday and charged with breach of
trust with fraudulent intent after he supposedly stole $155,869 from Plaza
Church of Christ in Sumter. He was given a $100,000 surety bond Friday and was
released from the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center on Monday.
Newman, who said he was "shocked" Monday with the charge,
did not wish to comment further until he speaks with his attorney because the
investigation is ongoing.
According to a Sumter Police Department incident report,
the investigation into missing money started in 2008 when a senior elder of
Plaza Church of Christ said the church staff was contacted by a local bank
concerning a delinquent mortgage payment on the church building. Following a
church audit, it was discovered that about $400,000 was either misappropriated
or was missing during a seven-year period when Newman was a finance director at
the church.
"The investigation has been ongoing since 2008, and we
received additional information in the case," said Sumter Police Chief Russell
Roark. "The information we have is relevant to make a probable charge in the
case. We are still working the case and additional charges may be forth
The police report said unauthorized checks made payable
to Newman or business associated with him was discovered during the church's
WIS-TV found Monday that this is not Newman's first legal
encounter with Plaza Church of Christ.
Court documents show that Brotherhood Mutual Insurance
Co. paid the church $10,000 on Nov. 10, 2008, as the policy limit for employee
dishonesty. The plaintiff stated that Newman, on or near Dec. 21, 2007, took
funds from the church without permission. The civil lawsuit was later dismissed
after Newman said the statute of limitations passed since the action was filed
in court in December 2010.
At that same time, Newman said in his defense response,
"I had authority to conduct business for the church, including loans, mortgages
and any other accounts necessary. … This made it necessary at times to make
personal loans to the church."
Newman also blamed church leaders in the civil lawsuit
for negligence in overseeing church business, which he said was the reason for
the accounting issue in 2008.
Newman has not been a church member at Plaza Church of
Christ for about five years, according to the church's current preacher Stewart
Schnur. The recent arrest, Schnur said, has not affected church attendance.
"The contribution was normal, and our attendance was up
just a little bit (on Sunday)," Schnur said.
Police are also checking into Newman's involvement as a
volunteer firefighter and as a member on the Sumter Crimestoppers board since
he had access to fundraising money in both organizations.
Newman is listed as a petition candidate for Sumter
County Council District 5. According to his campaign finance report, he did not
list income and benefits; however, he listed himself as an owner of Mid-State
Prosthetics, a realtor with ERA-Wilder Realty and a partner with Triple N
Farms. To date, he loaned himself about $1,000 to his campaign and has received
$375 in contributions.
Newman's first court date is set for Nov. 9. If
convicted, he could serve up to 10 years in prison.
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Yuri Cowan's post-doctoral research concentrates on nineteenth-century poetry, historiography, medievalism, and the history of the book. In his doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto (2008), entitled William Morris and Medieval Material Culture, he traced Morris's relationship to a Victorian historiography of everyday life as it is revealed in the artefacts of the past (particularly in the text and material forms of books from romances to cookbooks and wills, but also in descriptions of cups, candles, garments, and tools). He has published articles on Morris's adaptation of the fourteenth-century dream-vision form; on George MacDonald and the Aesthetic Movement; on the ways in which the material form and paratexts of William Allingham's Ballad Book reveal its probable intended readerships; and (forthcoming) on the colourful history of Victorian fantasy reprints in the 1970s. He is currently researching the relationship of editorship to authorship, especially with regard to the history of nineteenth-century editions of ballads and medieval texts; he has also submitted an article theorizing the relationship of material bibliography to digital editions and archives to a forthcoming refereed essay collection on the social dynamics of scholarly editing, and is revising another article that describes the compilation and publication history of a Victorian manual of rural sports by the sporting writer William Hamilton Maxwell.


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The OpenAirplane universal rental system was launched in June with six airplane rental companies participating in the program. "The response to our launch has been amazing," co-founder Rod Rakic told AIN. "More than 2,500 pilots have signed into our app, creating pilot profiles to fly with OpenAirplane in the first two weeks."
The French union of airline pilots, SNPL France ALPA, is now defending two pilots who were in the cockpit of a Falcon 50 involved in a major drug bust in the Dominican Republic. Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, jailed in Higüey for 77 days and counting, are "collateral damage," the union said in a statement released today.
An old French proverb reminds us "the more things change, the more they stay the same." For international flight departments, planning a trip outside the U.S. means focusing on many of the same topics crews consider for a flight inside the U.S.: weather, navigation, customs and immigration, air traffic contro
Opening to a packed room at the NBAA Convention on Halloween eve is a feat in itself; to keep attendees' attention for a full hour on such a busy day takes some meat. Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International (API), moderated a panel of industry leaders who postulated their own theories for why we are currently forced to recruit aggressively to increase the pool of talented people from which to choose our next generation of aviators and aviation support staff throughout the world.
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I remember being at a friend's birthday party a few years ago. My wife and I surveyed the guests and, as is sometimes the case, we knew about half the people there. The rest were friends of our friend Chuck. As we mingled and chatted with people, we bumped into a former co-worker whom I hadn't seen in years. Frank was as surprised to see me as I was him, because he lives out of the area.
It turns out that Frank had known Chuck for many years.
Was it just a coincidence that we had a common friend and never knew? Probably not. They say that there are six degrees of separation between any two people on the planet, meaning there are six friends of friends to connect any person with another, anywhere in the world.
Take people in similar locations and socio-economic circumstances, with similar interests, and I believe that there are far fewer degrees of separation, because we all more or less travel in the same circles. How many times have you run into someone you know at a concert at which there are 15,000 people? Probably more often than not, right?
LinkedIn Connects Business People
I'm a huge fan of LinkedIn as a professional networking tool. It operates on the connectedness of your friends and colleagues. So if I'm connected to someone I know, that's a first-level connection. Their friends are my second-level connections, and so on.
Let's say that someone I know wants to meet one of my friends. "Hey Tom, would you mind introducing me to Anthony?" I'd be happy to make the introduction of course. Anthony would trust my other friend, and vice versa, because they're both friends of mine. That's how it works, right?
LinkedIn makes that electronic connection request easy. If you've set up your account (it's free), and are connected to some people, you'll automatically have second- and third-level connections.
Making LinkedIn Work For Business
If I want to meet someone at a certain company, I may see that I'm connected to that person through a friend, and can request an introduction with a click of the mouse. Hopefully my friend would be happy to pass that along to his or her friend, too.
Recently I was doing some research on Bay Area companies, and decided I wanted to get an introduction to someone at a company. I looked through LinkedIn, and discovered that I had one connection to the technical director through my friend Mark, who lives in Chicago.
I sent Mark a note, and said, "Hey, I see you're connected to this person, would you mind introducing me?" He said that he'd been working with the CEO, too, and would love to pitch me.
Within a couple weeks, I was sitting in the CEO's office having a business conversation, all because Mark introduced me to him. Had I called the company and asked for a meeting, I likely would have been refused. But because Mark is trusted, the introduction was easy.
Making LinkedIn Work For Job Seekers
The economy is making noises about starting to come back. If you've been laid off, or are still employed but thinking of switching jobs, LinkedIn is a fantastic online resume tool. Make sure your profile is complete with a professional headshot and all your job experiences. You can request former bosses, co-workers or clients to give you reviews, which become part of your resume.
Once you've completed your profile, at the bottom of the blue box with your basic information is a "PDF" button. Click that button and it creates an instant Adobe Acrobat® file of your online resume. It's a fantastic way to produce a resume for business or employment prospects right away, complete with testimonials from people with whom you've worked.
I spoke with someone just last week who mentioned she is looking for a job. She said she wanted office work, but when I looked at her LinkedIn profile, I saw she had lots of experience as a legal assistant. That made it easy for me to think of three companies she should approach for a job.
LinkedIn also has an online job listing system that allows you to search for employment opportunities all over the world. You never know if you're connected to someone who could help you get in the door.
LinkedIn is a free tool, or you can upgrade to their paid account to get some additional features. But in these days of online inter- and über-connectedness, having your LinkedIn profile complete, with all your professional and job experience listed, is crucial. Potential employers are going to be checking you out, as will potential business partners.
Besides, it's really hard to beat free.
So get your LinkedIn profile set up, whether you think you'll need it soon or some day. You never know who you might want to meet, and you may be surprised who can introduce you.
If you'd like to connect with me, my LinkedIn profile is www.linkedin.com/in/thomaspetty.


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SAN DIEGO - Edinson Volquez struck out 10 and Will Venable drove in two runs to lift the San Diego Padres to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
The loss comes on the heels of Pittsburgh's 19-inning 6-3 victory at St. Louis on Sunday afternoon.
San Diego, which snapped a five-game losing streak Sunday, has won 16 of 19 against the Pirates. Pittsburgh is a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the final wild-card berth.
Volquez (8-9), who had a 13.83 ERA in his previous four starts, allowed one run and five hits. The right-hander walked three and hit a batter.
It was the first time Volquez has pitched past the fourth inning in four starts this month.
Dale Thayer pitched the ninth for his seventh save in nine chances.
Kevin Correia (9-8) started in place of scheduled starter Wandy Rodriguez despite throwing 24 pitches in two shutout innings on Sunday.
Correia, who went into the game with a 75-pitch limit, gave up three runs - two earned - and seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. Correia was pulled with runners on first and second after walking Yasmani Grandal with one out in the fifth on his 72nd pitch.
Rodriguez, the eighth pitcher used by the Pirates on Sunday, threw two scoreless innings to earn the win.
Correia became the first Pirate since Pascual Perez in 1981 to pitch in relief one day and then start the next day's game.
The Padres reached Correia, a former teammate, for two runs in the first inning.
Everth Cabrera led off with a double and scored on Venable's single. After a passed ball and groundout, Venable scored on Grandal's infield out.


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Stephanie Alpert - B2
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I am so excited to call Live Oak Elementary my home! It is wonderful being part of this dedicated family. I grew up in San Ramon and graduated from California High School. I am very happy to return to my home community and continue to give back through a valuable educational experience. I graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Education. I received my Multiple Subjects credential from Sacramento State.
Teaching has been my life long passion. My desire and goal is that my students will become confident learners and critical thinkers. I believe in creating a safe and supportive classroom environment where students feel comfortable taking on challenges.
In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family and friends. My family and I are big fans of the San Francisco Giants and love to go to a few games each year. I enjoy traveling to visit friends and family far and near. One of my favorite places to visit is New Zealand! I traveled there twice and really enjoyed the scenery, people, and adventures. My ideal day of relaxation would include a large cup of coffee, a beach and a book!
I look forward to working together to make this a memorable year for your student. In the words of Dr. Seuss, "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose."
Sarah Clancy - C5 Mrs. Clancy's Website
Nahjeen Deurloo - B5
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Lisa Freels - B9
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I have been in the field of education for many years, twenty of them at the elementary level. I have been teaching at Live Oak since we opened seven years ago. My philosophy of education is that students learn effectively when they have choices and are active participants in building a strong classroom and school community. As a Student Council advisor, I am able to help build leadership skills as well as a sense of collaboration among the student body. Having recently earned my Master's Degree in Arts Integration in the Curriculum, I am looking forward to expanding my student's minds and expectations-of themselves, and the world around them.
I am married, with two freshmen children: my daughter at Las Positas College, and my son at Cal High. I consider my classroom family an extension of my personal family, and anticipate facilitating our relationship throughout the school year.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Lisa Freels
Erin O'Donoghue - B5
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I am thrilled to be joining the 5th grade team at Live Oak. I grew up in this district, graduating from San Ramon High, and am overjoyed to be now able to teach in the same district. For my undergraduate degree, I graduated from State University of New York at Purchase where I studied Theatre Arts and Literature. I went on to earn my Teaching Credential and Masters in Education from Cal State East Bay.
Mrs. Vaughns - B3 Mrs. Vaughns' Website
I am excited to be returning to Live Oak and joining the fifth grade team. This is my second year at Live Oak but I have been a teacher for 10 years. My teaching career started after completing my BA degree from U.C. Berkeley. From there I worked as a teaching intern at The Hamlin School in San Francisco, CA and then a head teacher at Redwood Day School in Oakland, CA. During this time I received my teaching credential and MA from San Francisco State.
When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time with my husband, three children and dog, Buddy. I also enjoy reading, cooking, dancing and listening to music. We are San Ramon locals so don't be surprised if you see me at Safeway or Peet's Coffee.
Charlotte Vaughns
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My name is Mrs. Kasey Wright and I am delighted to be part of the Live Oak Elementary School for a 8th year.
I attended Saint Mary's College in Moraga where I received my degree in Liberal Studies with a minor in music. I then went on to earn my teaching credential at the Saint Mary's School of Education. I earned my Master's Degree in Education, specializing in Arts Integrated Curriculum through Lesley University in Boston, Massachusetts.
I love traveling! I was an exchange student to Japan, backpacked through Europe twice, spent a summer in Hong Kong and China, visited the beautiful island nation of Bali and spent Christmas in Australia. More recently, I went to the Dominican Republic, and enjoyed another trip to Bali for my honeymoon. I also enjoy watching movies, singing, spending time with my friends, doing anything that involves animals and nature, and snuggling with my cats. After teaching in Oakland for six years, I moved across the ocean to live and work in Sapporo, Japan. I taught English to middle and high school students for a year. I spent my free time eating a lot of sushi, playing in the snow and learning to speak Japanese, while experiencing some of the most beautiful cultural traditions I have ever known.
Now, I'm happy to bring my experiences in both teaching and traveling to my classroom at Live Oak, where I hope everyone can find their own success. I hope to teach my students about different cultures and help them open their eyes to the HUGE world they can explore.
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To start off with, let's do a little exercise. I want you to go and scour the internet for me. I want you to find a college basketball program in the western United States that is more historically successful than the University of Utah Runnin' Utes. Also, UCLA and Arizona are a given. They don't count.
Go ahead…..i'll wait right here for you…….
How is it coming? Found anything? Heck, have you found anyone who is even remotely close? I doubt it…….because no such program exists. Stanford maybe, but I doubt you really find anyone else.
This program has been one of the best in the country over its history. In fact, I have seen it ranked as high as #11 all time when it comes to tournament success and appearances. Not bad.
Now, to continue the exercise, look at this year's schedule of how the team has done. Wow. Quite the contrast. And it's not just the losing, its losing badly to bad teams. This team is on pace for a historically bad season. I don't feel like I am being overly negative when I say that there is a real chance that this team won't win again this year.
And yet, for the first time in nearly a decade, I feel like this team is moving in the right direction.
Say What?
Let me start at the beginning…….
How did we get to this point?
Rewind to 2004. The big man in the sweater stepped down for a variety of reasons. The guy could win games, but was a slob of a human being.
At this time, I was a freshman on campus. I, like most students, was caught up in Urban Meyer mania. We had just completed the most exciting football season in my memory and the team only looked to be better the next year. Basketball became a background thought as opposed to the dominant program on campus.
When it came time to find a replacement for Majerus, Dr. Chris Hill thought he would catch Lightning in a bottle twice by doing what he did when he found Meyer; find a coach at a no-name school who is up and coming.
Enter Ray Giacoletti from Eastern Washington.
Giac had had a decent season or two with EWU and seemed like a coach on the rise. And the Utes didn't really need a good coach. They had "Run DMC", two guys who had been studs as freshman in Andrew Bogut and Justin Hawkins, and Giac had even convinced Mark Jackson to come back to the team. Basically, the team needed someone to give them the ball and let them do their thing.
It worked. In 2005, the Utes returned to the Sweet 16 for the first time since the magical 1998 run. Bogut was the national player of the year.
And then things fell apart…….
Bogut left for the rich contracts of the NBA. Justin Hawkins decided that the grass would be greener at New Mexico State. The C in Run DMC decided that Utah really wasn't his thing either. You add in Mark Jackson graduating, and things looked bleak going into the 2005-2006 season.
During that season, the D in Run DMC flopped. He had regressed and was not a viable option anymore. The team was forced to rely on freshman Luke Nevill, Lawrence Borha, and Shaun Green, along with Junior college transfer Johnnie Bryant. For the first time in a long time, the team finished with a losing record, 14-15. But hope seemed to be on the horizon as the core of the team was young.
Taking another step backwards…..
The progress that many thought the team would see did not materialize in 2006-2007. It was apparent that Giac was not the right man for this job and he was let go after an 11-19 season. The season baffled fans as the team would beat Washington State and Air Force at home (both teams were ranked in the top 15) but then lose home games to Southern Utah and Albany.
I worked at the "Red Zone" stands during this time selling shirts and other merchandise. It was frustrating as the losses piled up and people would come out of the games wondering what had happened to their team.
A new coach, new enthusiasm, and progress……
Giac was dismissed and Jim Boylen was brought in. Jim reminded many of Rick Majerus with his yelling and enthusiasm while coaching. He seemed to be making strides to as the team improved to 18-15 on the year. They even won a game in the Mountain West tournament and made it to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational tournament, where they also won a game.
2008-2009 brought renewed hope that the program was back. The team finished tied for first in the conference and then went on to win the tournament in Vegas. They achieved a #5 seed in the big dance and things seemed great.
Those freshmen who had gotten a lot of playing time years ago had grown into dominant seniors. Things looked good up on the hill. Luke Nevill had become a dominant low post scorer. Shaun Green was an all around specialist in the mold of Ute favorite Alex Jensen. Lawrence Borha became a lockdown defender and great spot up shooter.
The 2009-2010 team had a lot of hype coming into the year. Though the team had lost five seniors, there were some new and returning faces that made fans believe that this team could make another nice run.
Unfortunately, the guys who had been role players on the prior years teams never developed. Kim Tillie, Luka Drca, and Carlon Brown all remained role players. None of them stepped up to lead.
The newcomers didn't exactly set the world on fire either. Marshall Henderson proved to be a decent shooter at times. But his attitude and his unwillingness to do what was best for the team bought him a one way ticket out of town (by the way, Henderson transferred to Texas Tech, sat out last year, and has been booted from the team. A real winner if you ask me.)
From there, it has been constant turnover. Guys transfer for various reasons and there is virtually no continuity from season to season. New players come in each year with the hope of playing time, only to transfer after the season is over. It's an impossible task to build a program. Jim Boylen was fired and Larry Krystkowiak was brought in. With virtually every impact player leaving, Coach K had to bring in a lot of guys on the fly. But it also brought in players who otherwise wouldn't be playing Division 1 basketball.
So there you have it. That is how we got to this mess. So why in the world, with this seemingly endless loop, am I optimistic about the future?
I believe that there are building blocks on this roster. I have liked what I have seen so far in Anthony Odunsi and Kareem Storey. I have enjoyed seeing Jason Washburn recently find his touch.
Glen Dean and Aaron Dotson are two names to remember. Both have played at other schools and transferred to Utah for a fresh start. If they both stick around past their redshirt years, they will likely be starting next year.
The recruiting class is also the best that Utah has had in quite some time. A variety of needs were addressed and things look to be getting better.
But there is a long way to go. Guys have to realize it's not going to be smooth sailing for a while. There will be a lot of losing along the way. But it will get better if they stick it out. With the right frame of mind, this program can get back on track. Maybe you are laughing at me as you read this. I guarantee that in five years you won't be.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)- Despite the heat we've felt here in mid-Michigan, the East Lansing sidewalk sale kicked-off Thursday.
More than 100 retail stores, businesses and restaurants have been enduring the hot weather and providing sales to customers, but some business owners say they have no choice but to take their sales indoors.
Heather Ferrari, the owner of the Record Lounge, is hoping a lot of customers show up for the East Lansing sidewalk sale. "I don't see a lot of people wandering around. Orientations been going on so those are the people I see out more than anything," said Ferrari.
She moved her merchandise indoors not only to make the shopping experience more comfortable in the heat but also to protect the records.
Some think that the weather will have an effect on how many people come out to shop. "I think the heat will keep people away for today but I think we will see more people downtown Friday and Saturday," said Connie Harper, Manager at the Spartan Bookstore.
Other stores are keeping their items outside and think the deals are good enough to bring people out. "Anytime you can save a dollar, its not going to matter if its extremely hot out or a blizzard coming in. People are still gonna come outside," said Erik Johnston, Manager at Underground Printing.
Businesses are even providing extra refreshments to beat the summer heat. "We'll be serving mango ice tea this year instead of coffee. We typically offer coffee and fair trade chocolate but we're going to switch it up a little," said Gail Catron, Manager At Kirabo Fair Trade.
As for Ferrari, she's hoping the heat wave won't last too long.
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