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Using XML in Java
Using XML in Java
By Masoud Kalali
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The Essential XML in Java Cheat Sheet
Using XML in Java
XML is a general-purpose specification for creating custom mark-up languages. It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own elements. Its primary purpose is to help information systems share structured data, particularly via the Internet, and it is used both to encode documents and to serialize data. In the latter context, it is comparable with other text-based serialization languages such as JSON and YAML.
As a diverse platform, Java has several solutions for working with XML. This refcard provides developers a concise overview of the different xml processing technologies in Java, and a use case of each technology.
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE publications SYSTEM "publications.dtd">
3 <publications
4 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
5 xsi:schemaLocation="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications
6 publications.xsd"
7 xmlns="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications"
8 xmlns:extras="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications">
9 <book id="_001">
10 <title>Beginning XML, 4th Edition </title>
11 <author>David Hunter</author>
12 <copyright>2007</copyright>
13 <publisher>Wrox</publisher>
14 <isbn kind="10">0470114878</isbn>
15 </book>
16 <book id="_002">
17 <title>XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition</title>
18 <author>O'Reilly Media, Inc</author>
19 <copyright>2004</copyright>
20 <publisher>O'Reilly Media, Inc.</publisher>
21 <isbn kind="10">0596007647</isbn>
22 </book>
23 <extras:book id="_003" image="erik_xml.jpg">
24 <title>Learning XML, Second Edition</title>
25 <author>Erik Ray</author>
26 <copyright>2003</copyright>
27 <publisher>O'Reilly Media, Inc.</publisher>
28 <isbn kind="10">0596004206</isbn>
29 </extras:book>
30 </publications>
|Line 1: An XML document always starts with a prolog which describes the XML file. This prolog can be minimal, e.g. <?xml version="1.0"?> or can contain other information. For example, the encoding: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
|Line 2: DOCTYPE : DTD definitions can either be embedded in the XML document or referenced from a DTD file. Using the System keyword means that the DTD file should be in the same folder our XML file resides.
|Line 3: ROOT ELEMENT: Every well-formed document should have one and only one root element. All other elements reside inside the root element.
|Lines 4 – 8: namespace declaration: Line 4 defines the XSI prefix, lines 5 & 6 defines the current URL and XSD file location, line 7 defines the current document default namespace, and line 8 defines a prefix for an XML schema.
|Line 20: Element: An element is composed of its start tag, end tag and the possible content which can be text or other nested elements.
XML File Sample, continued
|Line 23: namespace prefixed tag: a start tag prefixed by a namespace. End tag must be namespace prefixed in order to get a document, the end tag is line 29.
|Line 28: Attribute: an attribute is part of an element, consisting of an attribute name and its value.
Capabilities of Element and Attribute
Capabilities of Element and Attribute
|No – flat
|No – undefined
|Complex types
|No – string only
|Less – usually
|More – usually
XML Use Cases
|Suitable XML Features
|XML can be used independent of the target language or platform or target device. Use XML when you need to support or interact with multiple platforms.
|Multiple output format for multiple devices
|XML Transformation can help you get a required format from plain XML files. Use XML as the preferred output format when multiple output formats are required.
|Content size
|Use XML when messaging and processing efficiency is
less important than interoperability and availability of
standard tools.
Large content can create a big XML document. Use compression for XML documents or use other industry standards like ASN.1.
|Project size
|For Using XML you need at least XML parsing libraries
and helper classes to measure the project size and XML
related required man/ hour before using XML.
For small projects with simple requirements, you might not want to incur the overhead of XML.
|There are some technologies for searching in a XML document like XPath (www.w3schools.com/XPath/default. asp) and Xquery (http://www.xquery.com/) but they are relatively young and immature. Don't use XML documents when searching is important. Instead, store the content in a traditional database, use XML databases or use XML-aware databases.
In order to use a XML file or a XML document inside an application,it will be required to read it and tokenize it. For the XML files, this is called XML Parsing and the piece of software which performs this task is called a Parser.
There are two general parsing techniques:
- In Memory Tree: The entire document is read into memory as a tree structure which allows random access to any part of the document by the calling application.
- Streaming (Event processing): A Parser reads the document and fires corresponding event when it encounters XML entities.
Two types of parsers use streaming techniques:
- Push parsers: Parsers are in control of the parsing and the parser client has no control over the parsing flow.
- Pull parsers: The Parser client is in control of the parsing and the parser goes forward to the next infoset element when it is asked to.
Following are parsers generally available in the industry:
- DOM: DOM is a tree-based parsing technique that builds up an entire parse tree in memory. It allows complete dynamic access to a whole XML document.
- SAX: SAX is an event-driven push model for processing XML. It is not a W3C standard, but it's a very wellrecognized API that most SAX parsers implement in a compliant way. Rather than building a tree representation of an entire document as DOM does, a SAX parser fires off a series of events as it reads through the document.
- StAX (JSR 173): StAX was designed as a median between DOM and SAX. In StAX, the application moves the cursor forward 'pulling' the information from the parser as it needs. So there is no event firing by the parser or huge memory consumption. You can use 3rd party libraries for Java SE 5 and older or bundled StAX parser of Java SE 6 and above.
|API Type
|Pull, streaming
|Push, streaming
|In memory tree
|Ease of Use
|XPath Capability
|CPU and Memory
|Forward Only
|Read XML
|Write XML
|Create, Read,
Update or Delete
Parsing Techniques, continued
|Best for
Applications in
need of:
All of these parsers fall under JAXP implementation. The following sample codes show how we can utilize Java SE 6 XML processing capabilities for XML parsing.
14 DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.
15 newInstance();
16 factory.setValidating(true);
17 factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
18 factory.setAttribute("http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties
19 /schemaLanguage", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
20 DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
21 builder.setErrorHandler(new SimpleErrorHandler());
22 Document doc = builder.parse("src/books.xml");
23 NodeList list = doc.getElementsByTagName("*");
24 for (int i = 0; i < list.getLength(); i++) {
25 Element element = (Element) list.item(i);
26 System.out.println(element.getNodeName() + " " +
27 element.getTextContent());
28 if (element.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase("book")) {
29 System.out.println("Book ID= " + element
30 getAttribute("id"));
31 }
32 if (element.getNodeName().equalsIgnoreCase("isbn")) {
33 System.out.println("ISBN Kind=" + element
34 getAttribute("kind"));
35 }
|Line 16: In order to validate the XML using internal DTD we need only to setValidation(true). To validate a document using DOM, ensure that there is no schema in the document, and no element prefix for our start and end tags.
|Line 17: The created parser is namespace aware (the namespace prefix will be dealt with as a prefix, and not a part of the element).
|Lines 18 – 19: The created parser uses internal XSD to validate the document Dom BuilderFactory instances accept several features which let developers enable or disable a functionality, one of them is validating against the internal XSD.
For using SAX, we need the parser and an event handler that should respond to the parsing events. Events can be a start element event, end element event, and so forth.
A simple event handler might be:
public class SimpleHandler extends DefaultHandler {
public void startElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
String qName, Attributes atts)
throws SAXException {
if ("book".equals(localName)) {
System.out.print("Book details: Book ID: " + atts
} else {
System.out.print(localName + ": ");
public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
throws SAXException {
System.out.print(new String(ch, start, length));
public void endElement(String namespaceURI, String localName,
String qName)
throws SAXException {
if ("book".equals(localName)) {
The parser code that uses the event handler to parse the book. xml document might be:
SAXParser saxParser;
SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
saxParser = factory.newSAXParser();
XMLReader reader = saxParser.getXMLReader();
reader.setErrorHandler(new SimpleErrorHandler());
reader.setContentHandler(new SimpleHandler());
PARSING XML USING StAX
StAX is a streaming pull parser. It means that the parser client can ask the parser to go forward in the document when it needs. StAX provides two sets of APIs:
- The cursor API methods return XML information as strings,which minimizes object allocation requirements.
- Iterator-based API which represents the current state of the parser as an Object. The parser client can get all the required information about the element underlying the event from the object.
Differences and features of StAX APIs
|Cursor API: Best in frameworks and libraries
|Iterator API: Best in applications
|More memory efficient
|XMLEvent subclasses are immutable(Direct
use in other part of the application)
|Better overall performance
|New subclass of XMLEvent can be
developed and used when required
|Forward only
|Applying event filters to reduce event
processing costs
A SAMPLE USING StAX PARSER
XMLInputFactory inputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
InputStream in = new FileInputStream("src/books.xml");
XMLEventReader eventReader = inputFactory.createXMLEventReader(in);
while (eventReader.hasNext()) {
XMLEvent event = eventReader.nextEvent();
if (event.isEndElement()) {
if (event.asEndElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("book")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
if (event.isStartElement()) {
if (event.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("title")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
System.out.println("title: " + event.asCharacters()
if (event.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("author")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
System.out.println("author: " + event.asCharacters()
if (event.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("copyright")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
System.out.println("copyright: " + event
if (event.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("publisher")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
System.out.println("publisher: " + event.asCharacters()
if (event.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart()
equals("isbn")) {
event = eventReader.nextEvent();
System.out.println("isbn: " + event.asCharacters()
There are two levels of correctness of an XML document:
- Well-formed-ness. A well-formed document conforms to all of XML's syntax rules. For example, if a start-tag appears without a corresponding end-tag, it is not well-formed. A document that is not well-formed is not considered to be XML.
Sample characteristics:
- XML documents must have a root element
- XML elements must have a closing tag
- XML tags are case sensitive
- XML elements must be properly nested
- XML attribute values must always be quoted
- Validity. A valid document conforms to semantic rules. The rules are included as XML schema, especially DTD. Examples of invalid documents include: if a required attribute or element is not present in the document; if the document contains an undefined element; if an element is meant to be repeated once, and appears more than once; or if the value of an attribute does not conform to the defined pattern or data type.
XML Structure, continued
XML validation mechanisms include using DTD and XML schema like XML Schema and RelaxNG.
Document Type Definition (DTD)
A DTD defines the tags and attributes used in a XML or HTML document. Elements defined in a DTD can be used, along with the predefined tags and attributes of each markup language. DTD support is ubiquitous due to its inclusion in the XML 1.0 standard.
|DTD Advantages:
|DTD Disadvantages:
|Easy to read and write (plain text file with a simple semixml format).
|No type definition system.
|Can be used as an in-line definition inside the XML documents.
|No means of element and attribute content definition and validation.
|Includes #define, #include, and #ifdef; the ability to define shorthand abbreviations, external content, and some conditional parsing.
A sample DTD document
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <!ELEMENT publications (book*)>
3 <!ELEMENT book (title, author+, copyright, publisher, isbn,
4 description?)>
5 <!ELEMENT title (#PCDATA)>
6 <!ELEMENT author (#PCDATA)>
7 <!ELEMENT copyright (#PCDATA)>
8 <!ELEMENT publisher (#PCDATA)>
9 <!ELEMENT isbn (#PCDATA)>
10 <!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA)>
11 <!ATTLIST book id ID #REQUIRED image CDATA #IMPLIED>
12 <!ATTLIST isbn kind (10|13) #REQUIRED >
|Line 2: publications element has 0...unbounded number of book elements inside it.
|Line 3: book element has one or more author elements, 0 or 1 description elements and
exactly one title, copyright, publisher and isbn elements inside it.
|Line 11: book element has two attributes, one named id of type ID which is mandatory,
and an image attribute from type CDATA which is optional.
|Line 12: isbn element has an attribute named kind which can have 10 or 13 as its value.
DTD Attribute Types
|DTD Attribute Type
|Any character string acceptable in XML
|Close to being a XML name; first character is looser
|One or more NMTOKEN tokens separated by white space Enumeration List of the only allowed values for an attribute
|Associates a name with a macro-like replacement
|White-space-separated list of ENTITY names
|XML name unique within the entire document
|Reference to an ID attribute within the document
|White-space-separated list of IDREF tokens
|Associates a name with information used by the client
|What a DTD can validate
|Element nesting
|Element occurrence
|Permitted attributes of an element
|Attribute types and default values
XML Schema Definition (XSD)
XSD provides the syntax and defines a way in which elements and attributes can be represented in a XML document. It also advocates the XML document should be of a specific format and specific data type. XSD is fully recommended by the W3C consortium as a standard for defining a XML Document. XSD documents are written in XML format.
|XSD Advantages:
|XSD Disadvantages:
|XSD has a much richer language for describing what element or attribute content "looks like." This is related to the type system.
|Verbose language, hard to read and write
|XSD Schema supports Inheritance, where one schema can inherit from another schema. This is a great feature because it provides the opportunity for re-usability.
|Provides no mechanism for the user to add more data types.
|It is namespace aware and provides the ability to define its own data type from the existing data type.
A sample XSD document
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
3 xmlns:extras="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications"
4 attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="unqualified"
5 xmlns="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications"
6 targetNamespace="http://xml.dzone.org/schema/publications"
7 version="4">
8 <xs:element name="publications">
9 <xs:complexType>
10 <xs:sequence>
11 <xs:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"
12 ref="book"/>
13 </xs:sequence>
14 </xs:complexType>
15 </xs:element>
16 <xs:element name="book">
17 <xs:complexType>
18 <xs:sequence>
19 <xs:element ref="title"/>
20 <xs:element minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"
21 ref="author"/>
22 <xs:element ref="copyright"/>
23 <xs:element ref="publisher"/>
24 <xs:element ref="isbn"/>
25 <xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="description"/>
26 </xs:sequence>
27 <xs:attributeGroup ref="attlist.book"/>
28 </xs:complexType>
29 </xs:element>
30 <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string"/>
31 <xs:element name="author" type="xs:string"/>
32 <xs:element name="copyright" type="xs:string"/>
33 <xs:element name="publisher" type="xs:string"/>
34 <xs:element name="isbn">
35 <xs:complexType mixed="true">
36 <xs:attributeGroup ref="attlist.isbn"/>
37 </xs:complexType>
38 </xs:element>
39 <xs:element name="description" type="xs:string"/>
40 <xs:attributeGroup name="attlist.book">
41 <xs:attribute name="id" use="required" type="xs:ID"/>
42 <xs:attribute name="image"/>
43 </xs:attributeGroup>
44 <xs:attributeGroup name="attlist.isbn">
45 <xs:attribute name="kind" use="required">
46 <xs:simpleType>
47 <xs:restriction base="xs:token">
48 <xs:enumeration value="10"/>
49 <xs:enumeration value="13"/>
50 </xs:restriction>
51 </xs:simpleType>
52 </xs:attribute>
53 </xs:attributeGroup>
54 </xs:schema>
|Lines 2 – 7: Line 2 defines XML Schema namespace. Line 3 defines available schemas where it can use its vocabulary. Line 4 specifies whether locally declared elements and attributes are namespace qualified or not. A locally declared element is an element declared directly inside a complexType (not by reference), Line 5 declares the default namespace for this schema document. Lines 6 and 7 define the namespace that a XML document can use in order to make it possible to validate it with this schema.
XML Schema Definition (XSD), continued
|Lines 9 – 14: An element named publications has a sequence of an unbounded number of books inside it.
|Line 20: the element named book has a sequence of multiple elements inside it including author which at least should appear as 1, and also an element named description with a minimum occurrence of 0. Its maximum occurrence is the default value which is 1.
|Lines 34 – 38: the isbn element has a group of attributes referenced by a attlist.isbn. This attribute group includes one attribute named kind (Lines 46 – 51) with a simple value. The value has a restriction which requires it to be one of the enumerated values included in the definition.
The separation of an element type definition and its use. We declared our types separately from where we referenced them (use them). ref attributes point to a declaration with the same name. Using this technique we can have separate XSD files and each of them contains definition and declarations related to one specific package. We can also import or include them in other XSD documents, if needed.
Import and include. The import and include elements help to construct a schema from multiple documents and namespaces. The import element brings in a schema from a different namespace, while the include element brings in a schema from the same namespace. When include is used, the target namespace of the included schema must be the same as the target namespace of the including schema. In the case of import, the target namespace of the included schema must be different.
To validate XML files using external XSD, replace line 17 – 20 of the DOM sample with:
- factory.setValidating(false);
- factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
- SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance("http:/
- www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
- factory.setSchema(schemaFactory.newSchema(new Source[]{new
- StreamSource("src/publication.xsd"))});
XML Schema validation factors
|Validation factor
|Length, minLength, maxLength, maxExclusive, maxInclusive, minExclusive, minInclusive
|Enforces a length for the string derived value, either its maximum, minimum, maximum or minimum, inclusive and exclusive.
|Restricts values to a member of a defined list
|TotalDigits, fractionDigits
|Enforces total digits in a number; signs and decimal points skipped. Enforces total fractional digits in a fractional number
|Used to preserve, replace, or collapse document white space
XML Schema built-in types
|Uniform Resource Identifier
|base64 encoded binary value
|Boolean; byte; dateTime; integer; string
|True, false or 0, 1; Signed quantity >= 128 and < 127; An absolute date and time; Signed integer; Unicode string
|Used to preserve, replace, or collapse document white space
|Same definitions as those in DTD
|"xml:lang" values from XML 1.0 Recommendation.
|An XML name
DTD and XSD validation capabilities
|W3C XML Schema Features
|DTD Features
|Namespace-qualified element and attribute declarations
|Element nesting
|Simple and complex data types
|Element occurrence
|Type derivation and inheritance
|Permitted attributes of an element
|Element occurrence constraints
|Attribute types and default values
XPath is a declarative language used for referring to sections of XML documents. XPath expressions are used for locating a set of nodes in a given XML document. Many XML technologies, like XSLT and XQuery, use XPath extensively. To use these technologies, you'll need to understand the basics of XPpath. All samples in this section assume we are working on a XML document similar to the XML document on page 1.
Sample XPath Expressions and Output
|XPath Expression
|David Hunter 'Reilly Media, Inc Erik Ray
|/publications//book[contains(title,"XML") and position()=3]/@id
|/publications//book[contains(title,"XML") and position()=3 ]/copyright mod 7
As you can see, contains and positions functions are two widely used XPath functions.
Important XPath Functions
|Operate On
|Node set
|Returns the number of nodes that are in the node set.
|Node set
|Returns the position of the last node in the node set.
|Returns an integer value equal to or greater than the specified number.
|Returns the sum of the numerical values in the specified node set.
|Checks to see if the given language matches the language specified by the xsl:lang element.
|Converts the argument to Boolean.
|substringafter(string1, string2)
|Returns the portion of string1 that comes after the occurrence of string2 (which is a subset of string1).
|Returns the given string with no leading or trailing whitespaces, and removes sequences of whitespaces by replacing them with a single whitespace.
|concat(string1,string2, stringN)
|Returns a string containing the concatenation of the specified string arguments.
Using XPath in a Java Application
17 Document xmlDocument;
18 DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.
19 newInstance();
20 DocumentBuilder builder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
21 xmlDocument = builder.parse("src/books.xml");
22 XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
23 XPath xPath = factory.newXPath();
24 String copyright = xPath.evaluate
25 ("/publications/book[publisher= 'Wrox']/copyright", xmlDocument);
26 System.out.println("Copyright: " + copyright);
27 NodeList nodes = (NodeList) xPath.evaluate("//book", xmlDocument,
28 XPathConstants.NODESET);
29 String bookid = xPath.evaluate
30 ("/publications//book[contains(title,'XML') and position()=3]/@id",
31 xmlDocument);
32 System.out.println("Book ID: " + bookid);
|Line 21: Prepares the XML document object to feed the XPath parser. We can use other types of InputSources.
|Lines 22 – 23: Creates a XPath factory. The factory is a heavyweight object that needs to be re-used often.
|Line 24: Evaluates a simple expression which returns a primary type (String).
|Lines 25: The double quotation is replaced with a single quotation to make the string easy to create and read.
|Line 27: An expression which returns multiple nodes. The QName is determined for the return type, and later cast to NodeList.
|Lines 28: Using XPathConstants, we can determine the evaluation result type for being either a NodeList or a String.


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State Senate passes farm-to-senior bill
ALBANY — The New York State Senate recently passed Bill S2149, legislation that would create a farm-to-senior program to promote the purchase of New York state farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging.
The program would replicate a similar effort, the farm-to-school program established in 2002 to enable schools to purchase locally grown farm produce for schoolchildren.
The bill, which would give that same access to seniors, according to a press release, "would help facilitate a working relationship between the State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the Office for the Aging, local senior centers and institutions for the aging for the purchasing and promotion of farmers' products.
This would include the development of a promotional event called The New York Golden Harvest: Seniors Week to connect local agriculture and foods to seniors at senior centers, farms, farmers markets and other locations in the community.
The state would also work on maximizing the use of government funding for senior meals to purchase nutritious, locally produced foods to benefit the health of seniors and the local economy.

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P.J. Hairston will not return to the basketball court for North Carolina. The University announced on Friday that it will not seek reinstatement for the junior guard from Greensboro.
Hairston led North Carolina in scoring last season and hit the second most three-pointers in school history. This season he has missed 10 games following a summer full of legal issues. Carolina is 7-3 this season.
"Unfortunately P.J. made a number of mistakes that placed his eligibility at risk and the University's joint review with the NCAA made it clear that seeking reinstatement for P.J. would not be possible," says director of athletics Bubba Cunningham. "The University thanks him for his contributions to Carolina Basketball."
Hairston's trouble began last May when he was cited for speeding. He followed that with an arrest for marijuana possession and driving without a license by Durham police.
"I am extremely disappointed for P.J., his family and our team as he will no longer be playing basketball at North Carolina," says head coach Roy Williams. "P.J. made mistakes and I was very disappointed by his actions and now he is suffering the very difficult consequences. He is not a bad kid; he just made some mistakes.
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There are several different kinds of fallopian tube surgeries which range from removal of scar tissue, cysts, tumors, and ectopic pregnancies to the complete removal of the fallopian tube. Typically, fallopian tube surgery is conducted to preserve the life of the patient, improve her quality of life, or improve her fertility. Should a doctor recommend fallopian tube surgery, the patient ought to discuss the treatment thoroughly with her health care provider in order to weigh its risks and benefits.
Different surgeries have different associated risks. Some fallopian tube surgeries can be conducted laparoscopically, minimizing risks of infection and shortening recovery time. Laparoscopic surgeries often allow the patient to go home to recuperate on the same day. Since the incisions are smaller, the patient's body can heal faster and she is less likely to get an infection in the wound. More invasive surgeries greatly increase the patient's risk of infection and excessive bleeding. They also increase the patient's recovery time up to six weeks. Women might experience heavy bleeding at home during their recovery.
While some women's fertility will increase following fallopian tube surgery, women who completely remove the tubes will, of course, experience reduced fertility. Some problems, like cyst growth or fallopian scarring, have a high recurrence rate. Scarring and blockages of the fallopian tubes increase the risk of ectopic pregnancies, highly dangerous pregnancies that occur in the tubes rather than in the uterus. Some ectopic pregnancies can be removed surgically while preserving the fallopian tube, but many result in complete tube removal in order to save the mother's life. Some women experience depression and emotional distress following surgery.
The benefits of fallopian tube surgery depend largely on the reason for the surgery. Women who remove scar tissue or fluid-filled sacs from their fallopian tubes in order to unblock them will likely find it easier to get pregnant. Women who have cysts and tumors removed from their tubes will experience less pain and lighter bleeding throughout their menstrual cycle. Some women choose to have their fallopian tubes and ovaries completely removed in order to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer.
Before undergoing fallopian tube surgery, patients will have to complete blood and urine tests. Doctors will likely order an ultrasound of the patient's abdomen. Patients may meet with the anesthesiologist before the surgery to discuss issues that might affect the how the anesthesia is given. Patients will not be permitted to eat for 12 hours before the surgery.
Following surgery, women will probably experience some discomfort around the incision and may not be able to walk for a day or two. Most women are able to resume all of their normal activities four to six weeks after surgery.
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Transmedia is a technique of telling stories across multiple platforms and formats. As new forms of internet communication evolve, more and more film makers and writers are taking the opportunity to get their stories out to the masses. Social networking has provided a platform for transmedia projects to flourish, allowing new and diverse ways of storytelling to emerge.
Kristi has discovered a way to visually tell a story that no one else has tried and the key… is Twitter.
"As a Writer, I am constantly stuck with a dilemma; how do I get my story telling abilities out for the world to see? To have their screenplay actually filmed and released to the public is a huge achievement but very difficult to realize".
With this is mind, Kristi has decided to use a different approach to getting her stories in front of the public. She will be using Twitter and its 3rd party applications like Tweetdeck, to tweet out the first Twitter movie over a 3 week live period, using pre filmed footage and photos to supplement the story.
In fact the Production has just wrapped! The actors filmed themselves using a 1080p Kodak Pocket Zi8 Cam (shooting in 720p mode for online) and a high quality smart mobile phone; the HTC Desire Z.
The HD phone is perfectly adapted for social networking sites and is a key part of the story as Karen Barley uses the phone to tweet. And it's a creepy story to follow!
Something strange is happening to Karen Barley....
Karen is convinced by her sinister Boss to take on an outdoors project in an ancient Bronze Age woods in Surrey. Her boyfriend Darren is excited about the mysterious legend of the Hurst and can't wait to find a hidden path he's heard of.
On first appearance the Hurst seems mundane, with traffic and people close by. But gradually they begin to experience strange sounds and druid like signs. When Darren discovers the path, he opens a portal that lets in his Other.
Convinced that her boyfriend is trying to frighten her, Karen slowly spirals into a deadly paranoia that result in tragic consequences. And all the while her madness is played out for all to see as she uses Twitter to tell everyone "what's happening".
Barnett says: "This is an experiment in storytelling that has not previously been done. Let's show all the struggling writers & filmmakers who are trying to get their stories seen and heard that there is a way to push through the gates. I hope they'll use our example to try it themselves".
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I think if Vince stayed in school this team still misses the BCS championship game. I'd be interested in what the rest of the board thinks about that scenario.
In fact, I think if Vince had stayed he would have been screwed out of another Heisman by Troy Smith having a great year on a better team. We would have had the probably the greatest college player of all time with no Heismans and only last year's championship to show for it. And we would be just starting the QB process for next year.
Instead UT has a budding star at QB with three years left to offset the defensive rebuilding needed and another great recruiting class coming in.
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If people have to evacuate to south Georgia, the South Health District is ready to help meet their medical needs.
Each state has its own disaster plan.
As part of our plan, public health workers from the region based in Valdosta would work with Tift Regional Medical Center to ensure special medical needs of evacuees are met and that they find a bed or shelter.
"The Carolinas, they should have their own plans in place but if something happens we'd be more than happy to help out then if they needed us to take some of their patients," said Courtney Sheeley, the public information officer.
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BENDIGO and Adelaide Bank has announced its interim result, with Managing Director Mike Hirst stating the bank is moving into an exciting new phase.
The bank made a statutory profit after tax of $180.7 million for the six months ending 31 December 2013.
Underlying cash earnings were $185.9 million, an increase of 9.5 per cent on the prior corresponding period.
Cash earnings per share were 45 cents, up 7.4 per cent.
The bank has also announced an interim dividend of 31 cents per share (fully franked), up 1 cent, in line with the 2013 final dividend.
Business performance
Mr Hirst said the consequences of a low-growth environment were reflected in the result, but were balanced by the work completed over the past few years on strengthening the bank's balance sheet.
"We're seeing low growth due to subdued demand and an increase in people making additional efforts to pay down their debt. This is most evident in our mortgage and our Rural Bank portfolios," Mr Hirst said.
"While this impacts the bank's growth, this is fantastic for our customers as they're building equity and greater financial wealth.
"It also means we're seeing low levels of arrears in the book - a natural outcome of people making additional repayments," he said.
Mr Hirst said the bank had seen good margin growth, driven by the strength of the funding side of the business.
"Deposits are at pleasing levels and wholesale markets are working well. We have a lot of flexibility in how we fund our business and this is reflected in our increased margin.
"Cost-control is a relatively positive story and our people have embraced continuous improvement across the business.
"This activity is not only driving efficiencies, it's delivering a better customer experience," he said.
Mr Hirst highlighted the bank is continuing to invest in new growth opportunities.
"Earlier in the month the Prime Minister helped us officially open our new Adelaide office, which is a significant sign of our commitment to South Australia and the more than 1300 people we employ in that state.
"We've implemented a new website, made upgrades to our Third Party Lending systems and several innovative projects in the digital space will thrill customers and make banking with us even easier when they are launched.
"We also continue to work towards Basel II advanced accreditation - a project that will drive benefits right across our business," he said.
Mr Hirst said the bank had spent the past few years laying strong foundations for future growth.
."We've moved from consolidation to strengthening and now we're entering an investment phase.
"This is a very exciting time for our bank, we've made the appropriate changes to our business and we've been rewarded with rating upgrades and strong balance sheet growth.
"We've strengthened our business and it's now more diversified through the acquisitions we have made over the last few years.
"We look forward to continuing to work with our staff, customers, partners and shareholders as we to strive to be Australia's leading customer-connected bank."
When talking about the outlook for the bank, Mr Hirst said he didn't expect any significant change in operating conditions.
"Things should remain stable although I expect the focus of competition to shift from deposits to assets.
"Given how well our brand resonates with our customers and communities, our bank will be able to compete effectively in this environment.
"Our new loan approvals grew strongly half on half as we increased our customer base.
"We continue to lead customer satisfaction and advocacy and this isn't limited to our retail brand.
"It also covers Business Banking where we were voted the Best Business Bank for nine out of 12 months in 2013 and in Wealth our SmartStart Super was awarded a five-star rating by CANSTAR.
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Publications of the HPC²
Publications by HPC centers and institutes include items from past years such as an early publication written by one of the HPC founding investigators, Dr. Joe Thompson. Numerical Grid Generation was originally published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. in 1985, and the copyright was transferred to Joe F. Thompson in 1997.
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Steed, C., Swan II, J. E., Fitzpatrick, P. J., & Jankun-Kelly, T. J. (2013). A Visual Analytics Approach for Correlation, Classification, and Regression Analysis. In Mao Lin Huang and Weidong Huang (Eds.), Innovative approaches of data visualization and visual analytics. IGI Global. 25-45. [Document Site]
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Fitzpatrick, P. J., & Lau, Y. H. (2013). An Analysis of Storm Surge Attenuation by Wetlands Using USGS, FEMA, and NASA Data. 2013 Gulf of Mexico Initiative Roses Closeout Workshop. New Orleans, LA.
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Steed, C. A., Fitzpatrick, P. J., Jankun-Kelly, T. J., & Swan, J. E. (2013). Information Assisted Visual Interface, System, and Method for Identifying and Quantifying Multivariate Associations. Patent number 8346682. Naval Research Laboratory; Mississippi State University.
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Recognizing Khmer Artists Large and Small Volume I is a book of interviews conducted by Cambodian Alliance for the Arts. The interviews are of Khmer people in the creative industry.
Cambodian Alliance for the Arts is a non-profit organization where we showcase Khmers who are in the creative arts industry. We recognize inspiring and aspiring individuals.
Our mission is to create awareness by recognizing, encouraging and promoting Cambodian Artists throughout the world as well as philanthropic organizations that aid in the improvement and well-being of Cambodia.


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The tentative schedule for many of New York's 2013-14 migratory game bird seasons is now available, allowing sportsmen and sportswomen to plan outdoor activities well in advance, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced this week.
Tentative season dates for ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe and rails can be found on the DEC website at http://www.dec.ny.gov.
"New York's Open for Hunting and Fishing Initiative supports tourism opportunities to further benefit sportsmen and sportswomen throughout the state," Martens said in a press release.
"DEC announces the tentative schedule so hunters can begin making plans for statewide hunting trips and for a safe and successful season. Still, we always remind hunters to check the final dates, usually issued in late summer, before going afield."
The final season dates, bag limits and other regulations for 2013-14 migratory game bird hunting seasons in New York will be posted on DEC's website and announced by a statewide news release, once they are approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Hunters should confirm the final season dates before going afield.
The tentative season dates were developed by a team of DEC staff representing all regions of the state, taking into consideration anticipated federal regulations for the coming year and recommendations from Waterfowl Hunter Task Forces established by DEC for each zone.
DEC has used a task force approach since 1997, and it has been very helpful for setting seasons where hunter preferences are diverse. For more information about the Waterfowl Hunter Task Forces, go to the DEC website.
Tentative season dates for the Lake Champlain Zone were not included because they will be determined by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board following public meetings likely to be held in August in Whitehall, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt.


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If you have been following the Disneynature series films you will be happy to know the newest installment, CHIMPANZEE is hitting theaters this coming friday, April 20th!
Disneynature takes moviegoers deep into the forests of Africa with "Chimpanzee," a new True Life Adventure introducing an adorable young chimpanzee named Oscar and his entertaining approach to life in a remarkable story of family bonds and individual triumph. Directed by Alastair Fothergill ("African Cats" and "Earth") and Mark Linfield ("Earth"), and narrated by Tim Allen ("Toy Story 3," ABC's "Last Man Standing"), "Chimpanzee" is the fourth release for Disneynature—the first three releases under the label ("Earth," "Oceans" and "African Cats") are among the top four highest grossing feature-length nature films of all time.
I am old enough to realize the genius behind having Jane Goodall to be the one to work with these beautiful animals as she has for many many years, her whole life practically. Disney was the genius here to work with her and learn from her so when they filmed, they had her see the footage and she loved it too. I love her and I love Disneynature films because they teach my children SO MUCH about their world that they may not learn from cartoons or school. I can't wait to see this movie and in the meantime here is a clip!
I think Oscar is just darling.. so cute! I hope some of you go see this with your kids next weekend!
Want more? you can download a fun filled activity kit that will teach you tons about the movie and chimpanzees and also has some fun nature activities you can do as a family. Just click the photo and you will be able to download the PDF!
Do something good!
For every moviegoer who sees "Chimpanzee" during the film's opening week (April 20-26, 2012), Disneynature will make a donation to the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to protect chimpanzees today and tomorrow. Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall's pioneering research on chimpanzee behavior started more than 50 years ago—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals. Today, the Institute is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. It also is widely recognized for establishing innovative community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, the global environmental and humanitarian program for youth of all ages, which has groups in more than 120 countries. To learn more about JGI, please visit www.janegoodall.org.


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Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Women's Cross Country Closes Regular Season at Stetson
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast University women's cross country team closes out the regular season when they compete in the 16th Annual Hatter Cross Country Invitational at Stetson University on Friday night. The 12-team 5K event begins at 4:30 p.m.
Strong weekly progression for his young team have head coach Chris Highfield feeling optimistic about his team's effort heading into the final meet before the NCAA Division II South Region Championship Meet at the Little Everglades Ranch in Dade City, Fla.
"We ran very well last week at the Disney Classic," said Highfield. "We are looking to finish the regular season on a positive note heading into the regional meet. Everyone is finally healthy and that should help us continue to improve."
Highfield's team, which features seven runners in their first season of college cross country, has been bolstered by strong performances by three of its veterans.
Junior Katy Steffan (Naples, Fla.) overcame a season-long battle with anemia to post her season-best time of 20:55 despite running with just one shoe at last week's Disney Classic. Sophomore transfer Cadie Sly (Loxahatchee, Fla.), who was the top runner at Stetson last fall, has posted two of the top six times in school history this year. Junior Lindsey Garven (Oviedo, Fla.) has posted back-to-back career personal bests in the past two races.
"These three ladies have done a great job for us," said Highfield. "Katy is just now getting into top form and Cadie is going to be ready for her homecoming at Stetson. And Lindsey has always run well on this course and stepped us as a team leader for us. We expect them to continue their strong performances.
FGCU finished 10th in the event a year ago.
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Gaffe Video: FNC's Rivera Confuses Most-wanted Terrorist with Commander-in-Chief
No bias, just a Joe Biden moment.
FNC's Geraldo Rivera inadvertently called Barack Obama "President Osama bin Laden" on the October 30 "Fox & Friends" program.
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Which part of Victoire Ingabire's speech is evidence of divisionism?
Victoire Ingabire's speech on unity and reconciliation has been submitted as evidence in the court of law on divisionism and revisionism charges leveled against her. We took a close look at the content of her speech and we are asking our leaders which part is really [Read More]
How to Spot a Rwandan Racist
Five signs of racism in Rwanda If in Rwanda there are laws against divisionism, revisionism or genocide ideology, it is because there are people with divisionism out there. I have noticed signs of racism during my last visit home or from messages and discussions I have with [Read More]
Kagame vs opposition: For how long will the 'genocide ideology' myth survive?
Kagame readied himself with the 'two tools', the genocide and 'genocide ideology', weapons he knew he would unleash against all who would want to expose the dark side of things about Rwanda and his regime, prominent among them the former President Pastuer Bizumungu [Read More]
Plan d'Elimination d'Ingabire Victoire par les Services Secrets Rwandais
Suite à une fuite d'information dans les services secrets de Kagame, le rédacteur en chef du Journal Umuvugizi Jean Bosco Gasasira a révélé qu'un plan d'élimination de Madame Victoire Ingabire a été conçu par le colonel Dan Munyuza assisté par le Général [Read More]
Leaked: Rwandan Secret Services' Plan to Eliminate Victoire Ingabire
On a tip off from an informant from Kagame's secret services, Umuvugizi newspaper Chief Editor Jean Bosco Gasasira revealed that a while ago the plan to imprison Madam Victoire Ingabire was engineered by Colonel Dan Munyuza assisted by Army General Rwarakabije. [Read More]
Deo Mushayidi: Arise my People!
From his prison cell, Deo Mushayidi Rwandan opposition politician and genocide survivor sent a message to Rwandans asking them to take over his battle for freedom and change [Read More]
U.N. Report confirms Victoire Ingabire's position
Months before the UN report was published, she was the first female Rwandan to publicly defy Kagame's regime, on Rwandan soil, by mentioning war crimes committed to Hutu people during RPF military campaigns. Arriving Rwanda since 16 years, besides acknowledging the [Read More]


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WS 19: Servicing a SEIKO Chronograph 6138
Now we are back to the back side of the movement, the side we face when we open the watch. All chronograph parts have now been replaced. This is the most complicated part of the reassembly besides mounting the parts you have just seen on the previous picture on the dial side.
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Hello Friends,
Our affiliate groups hold amazing events all the time—debates, speakers, panels, volunteer work, and discussion groups are all a normal part of what our groups do every semester. However, some groups go above and beyond the normal run of events.
The Secular Student Alliance at Arizona State University is only in its second semester of existence, but they have a jam-packed semester planned! They are hosting an event series called Godless, and it includes something for everyone!
The SSA at ASU at their "Confessions of a Bible Belt Atheist" event with Speakers Bureau member Seth Andrews!
We wanted to take a minute and share with you an update on what is happening with Kalei Wilson and Pisgah High School. As you know from our last update, the administrators agreed to let Kalei build a secular community on Pisgah's campus a few weeks ago.
Since that time, as others have reported, Kalei and her family have had to deal with bullying and threats beyond what any person should have to face. No student should have to choose to either have a community and endure harassment and threats, or give up on community with the hope of bringing the firestorm to an end, but that is the unfortunate situation in which Kalei has found herself.
As many of you know, because of the bullying and harassment, Kalei has decided not to go through with creating a secular group at her school. The Secular Student Alliance has stayed in communication with Kalei and her family, and have been supporting them behind the scenes while so many others have been supporting them publicly. Thank you to everyone who has voiced, and continues to voice, their support for Kalei and her family.
Although creating and supporting groups is a big part of what we do, the Secular Student Alliance also empowers students who either lack that local community, or choose to be activists in a more individual capacity. Even without moving forward with a group, Kalei is still excited to be a part of the Secular Student Alliance and of the national community we have built and continue to build. Kalei is even planning to speak at our upcoming Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio July 11-13!
The sight of a bible in a hotel room is all too familiar to many secularists. Surprisingly, some publicly-funded hotels still choose to engage in these outdated displays of religiosity.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is celebrating a recent victory at the Memorial Union at Iowa State University-Ames. An FFRF member reported finding religious propaganda there (on state property!), and the FFRF voiced this concern to the hotel's director, Richard S. Reynolds. As a result of FFRF's work, all bibles are slated to be removed by March 1st, 2014! This is FFRF's second victory of this nature; last year they successfully swayed the University of Wisconsin-Madison to remove bibles from its campus inn, the Lowell Center. Read the full article about Iowa State University-Ames here.
Providing bibles in the hotel rooms of publicly funded universities disrespects a diverse range of beliefs and worldviews, and is flagrantly illegal! Students and other secular activists can help the FFRF to continue their work against these violations by checking out their local university's hotels and reporting what they find. If you find bibles in publicly-funded university hotel rooms, take a picture and email it along with the university and hotel name to Liz Cavell.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us or the FFRF for more information.
The photo above was originally posted on the blog of John Emerson, who wrote a post about leaving atheist literature in bibles at privately owned hotels. He offers a pdf of atheist quotations that would work nicely.
SSA affiliates and members are doing awesome stuff on their campus all the time. We brag about their work here on our website through the Brag It Up series. If you or your affiliate group has done something awesome, Brag It Up!
Secular Student Alliance affiliate groups aren't just at high schools and college campuses—they are at graduate schools too! One of these groups is the Secular Legal Society at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Boyd School of Law.
At UNLV's Boyd School of Law, students have the opportunity to participate in a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. This program allows them to volunteer hundreds of hours in order to help prepare taxes for local people who might not otherwise be able to afford any assistance in preparing their taxes. The VITA program trains and IRS certifies Boyd Law School students in income tax assistance
Several Secular Legal Society members have completed their training, and will be helping out with the program! Like many of our affiliate groups, part of what the Secular Legal Society at UNLV Boyd Law strives to accomplish is to support the local community whenever possible through programs like these. We are thrilled to see members of this affiliate group using their expertise to make their community stronger with their unique expertise.
Thank you for sharing your story, and for all of your hard work improving your community SLS at UNLV! Volunteering in situations like these as secular students shows community members that secular people aren't evil, or bad: we just want to help make the world better.
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The USRA's original event, the Council Bluffs Half Marathon returns to the streets of the Greater Omaha area for it's fifth annual junket this October 12. With a start and finish at Lake Manawa State Park, the Council Bluffs Marathon will showcase the greater Omaha area in both Iowa and Nebraska! The race is sure to feature a great live band at the finish line, tech shirts and finisher medals for Half Marathoners and a post race party for all runners and supporters! So don't delay and register today for the Fifth Annual Council Bluffs Half Marathon on Sunday October 12, 2014!
Start and Finish at the Lake Manawa
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FINISH LINE CELEBRATION: Once you cross the finish line, the real fun begins. Join with friends and family to celebrate your accomplishment with refreshments and music.
VOLUNTEER: If you are not participating, we'd still love you to be a Volunteer and be part of the fun! All volunteers receive a T-Shirt and entry into the Finish Line Celebration! Please go to our Volunteer Tab to register.
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When shooting photos for a wedding, or for any other event, you want things to go quickly and smoothly, and so do your clients. Being able to make quick adjustments makes you less stressed and look more professional, plus it saves you and your client time. Wedding photographer Doug Gordon has created a tutorial showing how to set up an easily adjustable shoot and the importance of doing so:
The first thing you'll probably notice about the video is that he's pushing the Pocket Wizard product. But he doesn't go over the top with it, and he gives some really good advice on how to build some light set-ups and how important it is that you can change those set-ups when you need to.
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Whats missing? A scoring winger!! In all other areas of our team.. We at least have the potential to have success.
First off, I need to say that I am impressed with our team so far defensively. I really do think Duchene and Hejduk will pull Mueller along as they start to hit their stride. Being with Hejduk is probably best for The Muell because Hejduk knows that once Duchene starts scoring he can go back and fourth between play making and being that under rated veteran sniper we all know he is. He quietly adapts to his line mates and is a threat and a veteran presence where ever he has played. I think we seen Hejdy's veteran presence come out against Boston in that way. He stepped up and made it happen.
On to SOS, Staz is being over taken by Duchene. We all know that and can see it, I am sure Stastny can too. The guy has been a quiet soldier for our franchise and has not had descent and consistent wings for a while now. Ive never been on the trade Stastny bandwagon really but more in the GET SOS A SNIPER camp. If we want SOS back we need to fit the center with the gun he needs and deserves. Subasew just does not cut it!! I don't care if he scored 20 goals twice before A LONG TIME AGO. 20 goals is the bottom end of a top 6 scoring winger and if that was him at his best he still does not fit the bill. Never mind the fact that of the two games so far he seems like he is responsible.. but I don't want responsible in a scoring winger!! SOS and Jones are both capable of that. I want someone who is going to take risks and fire the puck.. press plays and make SOS feel like its worth sending those creative but dangerous passes their way. BTW someone smack Jones and tell him "Dude we know you have gunz but you play your best hockey when your USEING THEM and driving hard to the net!"
I hope management sees that the Subasew experiment is failing before it grows mold and costs us irreparable damage. I am more for giving a kid that is motivated the chance. I.E... Lindstrom.. I do remember some chemistry between SOS and Lindo early on and hearing Staz said that he enjoyed playing with the kid. At least that is fun and interesting to watch.. Try this.. and maybe it gives SOS a boost and we build a solid winger in Lindstrom. If the kid produces even a little bit. He will be valuable enough as trade bait or can hold us over until we can make a trade at the deadline or pickup someone in the off season.
Stastny is a pure play-maker and he needs a pure sniper on his wing. I think he still has that reputation with the players and just about any sniper out there "I think" would look at playing with Staz as a huge bonus. I think Alex Semin is the best fit. I don't care about the media and speculation of him being enigmatic. This is another guy that is in the same boat as Staz. Playing on the second line buried behind Ovi and Backstrom. Ive read a lot of post by Washington fans that say hes even gotten a lot better defensively. Besides I don't think we have many more options. Parise would be nice but I don't see him leaving NJ especially since they branded him their captain. NJ is showing him just how valuable he is to their franchise.
A new start for Alex Semin and we get to show Stastny that he is still valuable to our franchise by going out and buying him the finisher that he needs. If its by trade or in the off season I would put 20$ on Alex wearing our colors by next year. He and Varly are friends. I think with the thumb of the media and a franchise already being scrutinized for inconsistency in the playoffs on his back. Playing with a friend and on a team and line that sets him up for success would sound pretty good. There is also that whole money thing witch allows us freedom other clubs will be very envious of really soon.
1.) Like it or not this would also prove that management is willing to spend money on our beloved Avalanche.
2.) A trade may not make sense at this point. Or does it? We may be a threat to make the playoffs now without this piece.. or we may still be held back by our training wheels. We would have to weaken our prospect pool even more to do this without gutting the roster. Its a gamble either way...
3.) Am I missing something or does this seem like one of the final pieces we need to really be a threat to go deep in the playoffs? It could be.. Or maybe the wheels fall off like Washington 2.0?
I am always optimistic (not patient) but there is something missing even if our core reaches its full potential.


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40 m2 Flat in Budapest by Suto Interior Architects
The 40 m2 flat in Budapest Hungary was designed by Suto Interior Architects in Budapest, Hungary. The design concept given by the client was to rebuild a flat, which was before used by an older generation, to modernize for well-organized bachelors. The architects used smart, cool solutions with masculine colors and use of materials. The spaces are leading and reflecting to each other, the flat is only 430 square feet (40 square meters) all together, but feels much more spacious.
Every interior detail is prepared with meticulous care and has a function. Because of the "put the space into space" design concept there are no unnecessary walls and hallways. The furniture has the function of separating different areas. Surfaces are used for storing everywhere, systems of drawers, shelves and storage units, which were customized and designed to suit the life style of the client. Their surfaces are uniformly painted grey throughout the whole flat.
The wall is covered with grey "Elitis" wallpaper. It is also used to intensify the muscular character of the living room area. In the forefront is a Flos Toio lamp from 1962, which could be defined as an artwork. A painting is from a Hungarian contemporary artist, Zsuzsi Csiszér with the Vitra Suita sofa of Antonio Citterio fills and creates this space. They both reflect to the sensitivity of the owner, their presence is unquestionable.
The living room and the kitchen are separated by a glass wall, which holds the television and the air conditioning as well. Its elegant style is softened and linked with the grey surfaces by colorful Kristalia bar chairs.
The home office is located at the light end of the kitchen, in its front a high table functions to stop us from looking inside. Placing the home office here was necessary to be able to keep the space airy and elegantly ordered in the living room. The home office and the kitchen blend into each other. It is not clear where one ends and the other begins.
The bedroom is both calm and pulsating. A darker grey, retro and a Tom Dixon table lamp define its milieu.
The different shades of grey are completed with rustic oak parquet.
The boiler and the washing-drying machine are hidden behind a door, which can slide into the wall. The Mirage Nolita surfaces imitating concrete and the tube lights running from the mirror to the ceiling make the open bathroom look so cool.
There is no classical bathroom. This function is fulfilled by a tall spacious sink and built shower in an area which is cut out off from the common spaces.
Photos: Zsolt Batar
Industrial-chic urban loft in Budapest
The basement of a building in Budapest, Hungary, spotted on Casa Vogue, has been transformed into an industrial loft occupying a living area of 2,152 square feet (200 square meters). With a certain bucolic air and many masculine touches the environment is well-distributed and integrated in an intimate yet dynamic and comfortable setting. The home has been decorated by stylist Beatrix Torma, the property draws attention for its architecture with its large windows on all side, which brings clarity to the interiors. The kitchen is attached to the living room on one side and on the other is a winery, dining room and library.
The environments are divided by the punctual distribution of furnishings. The existence of wood throughout the dwellings helps to soften the industrial tone. A mix of materials of aluminum, brass, copper, cement creates a dialogue with somewhat lighter materials of glass, wood ceiling, the cement wall in the dining room and bedroom and the black lacquer wall of arched windows where there is a fireplace.
Photos: Imre Barna
Private villa in Budapest by Suto Interior Architects
We just received an amazing collection of pictures of a three-storey villa redevelopment near Budapest, Hungary from Budapest-based firm Suto Interior Architects. Completed in 2010, this 4,305 square foot (400 square meters) villa has a modern style with features referring to the near-natural environment. The client wished for dynamic, youthful spaces and a braver use of materials that on the outside. The architects designed a home with strong contrasts and astounding material combinations. The client's absolute trust was in the designers, as well as their opened attitude for more extreme solutions which aided with the creative process.
Here is a description of the project from the architects: "Our primary consideration in the design works: placing functions into 400 square meters, which could, in the most comfortable way, service the life of a family with 2 children. The end result of this is a well habitable home in which everything, like personal styles of the residents, forms, moods and characters meld into one whole piece.
The central element of the house is the naturally lighted and closely connected company of the kitchen, the dining room and the living room. The kitchen island is a custom made concrete block. The concrete sink, which sits on a walnut base, goes on and continues as a big floating table. The coldness of this material is softened by Ligne Roset Papillon chairs and Foscarini Caboche chandeliers. The coherent walnut surfaces of the kitchen cabinet lead to the dynamics of the space into the living room. The central area got its characters thanks to the mature and uniquely designed and combined concrete and walnut surfaces. The most powerful piece is the concrete, metal and glass fireplace, which functions as a space organizer on one hand and on the other it is a design piece and also it literally makes the space feel warm.
To the cold surfaces some playful element is added with the brave use of cow skin motives: in a form of a carpet in the living room (Ligne Roset. Marguerite) or on the background of the mirror in the primer bathroom with the patchwork like leather skin wallpaper (Elitis).
The whole of this house, which is formed through the co-operation of the designers and the client, is characterized by the use of quality materials and furniture. Not only the interior design, but also the furnishing is well thought over and well organized. It seems if everything was put into its destination. Well recognized, excellent pieces of noble design companies like Foscarini, Ligne Roset, Vitra, Magis, Tom Dixxon, Bisazza, Flos, Moooi, Eva Solo make this great house a long lasting and valuable home."
Suto Interior Architects was established in 2000, working in Europe and worldwide, the firm specializes in design of modern home interiors and commercial projects including offices, bars and restaurants. Founders Kato Suto and Laszlo Suto's scope of work includes interior architecture, interior decoration, product and furniture design and project management. Visit Suto Interior Architects website here.
"Simple forms, moderate colored surfaces connect the warmer atmosphere of the master bedroom to the dominant style in the rest of the villa. A firmly shaped leather headboard system and the big favorites, the Foscarini Lumiere table lamps are stylish indications of the client's good taste."
"Stairs with glass handrails connect the floors and the basement. Staircase walls have uniform French wallpaper with Japanese environmental motives."
"Walnut is distinctly used everywhere. Upstairs in the study, an uniquely designed, custom made oiled walnut cabinet displays the owner's extraordinary statuette collection. While in the wine cellar a walnut shelf system, which holds the wine collection, signifies the well thought over connection with the rest of the villa."
"A separate suite is created in the secretly accessible children's empire, with its own living room, bedrooms and a bathroom with a wardrobe."
"Our design works included furnishing the terraces too. One connected to the living room and the other to the cellar. Here we used classics of Dedon and uniquely designed concrete flower pots. Apart from this, designing and constructing the front of the sauna house in the garden."
Photos: Zsolt Batar & Courtesy of Suto Interior Architects


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Peter Olney
Peter Olney
DSA meeting
On September 18, 1993 Peter Olney of the Service Employees International Union Local 399 addressed the Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America local's fall membership meeting, on defending immigrant workers.[1]
Socialists organize to "challenge for power" in Los Angeles
On March 11, 1998, Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America leader Steve Tarzynski wrote an email to another Los Angeles DSA leader Harold Meyerson.
Tarzynski listed 25 people he thought should be on an "A-list" of "25 or so leaders/activists/intellectuals and/or "eminent persons" who would gather periodically to theorize/strategize about how to rebuild a progressive movement in our metropolitan area that could challenge for power."
Tarzynski listed himself, Harold Meyerson, Karen Bass, Sylvia Castillo, Gary Phillips, Joe Hicks, Richard Rothstein, Steve Cancian, Larry Frank, Torie Osborn, Rudy Acuna, Aris Anagnos, Abby Arnold, Carl Boggs, Blase Bonpane, Rick Brown, Stanley Sheinbaum, Alice Callahan, Jim Conn, Peter Dreier, Maria Elena Durazo, Miguel Contreras, Mike Davis, Bill Gallegos, Bob Gottlieb, Kent Wong, Russell Jacoby, Bong Hwan Kim, Paula Litt (and Barry Litt, with a question mark), Peter Olney, Derek Shearer, Clancy Sigal and Anthony Thigpenn.
Included in a suggested elected officials sub-group were Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Romero, Jackie Goldberg, Gil Cedillo, Tom Hayden, Antonio Villaraigosa, Paul Rosenstein and Congressmen Xavier Becerra, Henry Waxman and Maxine Waters.
Tarzynski went on to write "I think we should limit the group to 25 max, otherwise group dynamics begins to break down....As i said, I would like this to take place in a nice place with good food and drink...it should properly be an all day event."
War Times
In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence, founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper[2] War Times.
Endorsers of the project included Peter Olney, Institute for Labor and Employment.
How Class Works
At the How Class Works - 2002 Conference, panels included; 6.2 Recent Strike Experiences
- Steve Early, Communications Workers of America Region 1
" CWA and the Verizon Strike"
- Joel Ochoa, International Association of Machinists, California
" The 1996 California Drywallers' Strike"
- Peter Olney, UC Berkeley – Institute for Labor and Employment
" Resurrecting the Strike as Labor's Primary Weapon"
" Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles"
" The Teamsters and UPS"
- Peter Olney, Chair[3]
Sacramento Marxist School
On Oct 16 2003 Peter Olney lectured at the Sacramento Marxist School on Labor's Challenges on the Eve of Election 2004.[4]
Open Letter to Obama on Iran
In 2008 Peter Olney of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), San Francisco, CA signed an online petition "A Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran".[5]
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 2008 Peter Olney, San Francisco, CA signed a statement circulated by the Partisan Defense Committee calling for the release of convicted "cop-killer" Mumia Abu-Jamal.[6]
UC Berkeley Labor Center
In 2009 Peter Olney of International Longshore and Warehouse Union served on the advisory board of UC Berkeley Labor Center.[7]
Social Policy
The Editorial Advisory Group of the magazine Social Policy includes[8];
Noam Chomsky, Janice Fine, S. M. Miller, Peter Olney, Frances Fox Piven, Heather Booth, Peter Dreier, Maya Wiley, Robert Fisher, Ashutosh Saxena, Ken Grossinger
- ↑ Dem. Left, Sept./Oct. 1993, page 26
- ↑ WAR TIMES January 29, 2002
- ↑ How Class Works - 2002 Conference Schedule (accessed July 24 2010)
- ↑ http://www.marxistschool.org/default.aspx?page=allspeakers
- ↑ Open Letter to Obama on Iran
- ↑ Signers of Campaign to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Now
- ↑ UC Berkeley Labor Center: Board
- ↑ http://www.socialpolicy.org/index.php?id=804


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Saturday I had the scare of my life. A driver decided she did not like me cycling on the road and decided to act out at me from behind the wheel of her car. Yes, a grown woman decided it was appropriate to use a 2000 pound car to threaten another person on a bicycle. And no, I really have no idea why.
The law in DC is clear- "A person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance, but in no case less than 3 feet, when overtaking and passing a bicycle." Additionally cyclists should "Ride with the flow of traffic on the right half of the roadway." (They are allowed on the left when it is a one way road.)
Saturday I was running errands by bike as is my habit these days. I had just left Adams Morgan and was heading to Tenley Town via Connecticut Avenue when I was passed closer than I had ever been passed before by someone driving an orange Honda Element. There were mere inches between me and the vehicle when I was passed. The light had turned red just before this happened so I was next to the driver in a matter of seconds. "Three feet to pass, please!" I said loudly at her passenger side window, hoping she would hear me. She barely seemed to register that I was there. I moved up toward the top of the crosswalk since there were no pedestrians and I like to make sure I am visible to cars in traffic. Somehow the blinking rear red light, bright red jacket with reflective trim, and various bags I ride with does not always seem to alert them to my presence.
The light turned red and I started off, my focus split between the hill that is Connecticut Avenue in front of me (I really do not enjoy hills.) and listening for the approach of the too close driver again. The road is three lanes heading north, with two travel lanes and a parking lane. I was in the right half of the right travel lane putting me at a safe distance from getting doored by a parked car and completely in compliance with the law. Just as I started to wonder when I was going to be passed again by the driver in the orange Element, I heard a noise that made my heart leap. "HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!" There was a really loud horn right behind me. I really dislike when frustrated drivers cannot control their impulse to use their horns in such close proximity to bicyclists and I have yelled at more then one for it. Then it happened again. "HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! HONK! HONK! HONK!" WTF? And I glanced around my left shoulder to see the driver of the orange Element directly behind me, less than a foot off my rear tire and refusing to go around. I decided to ignore her and deal with the hill. "HHHHHOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! HONK! HONK! HONK!" Oh, no she did not! I stopped my bike, turned around and yelled "I have every legal right to be where I am in the road!" There may have been a F-bomb in there. Frankly, I would have been surprised if I did not use at least one. As I turned to start pedaling again I noticed a group of people on the opposite sidewalk staring. I started up the hill again, hoping she would finally just give up and go around. Unfortunately she did, even closer than the first pass prior to the traffic light. I do not know if she clipped me but I did lose my balance and luckily remained upright. I started reciting her license plate number over and over out loud "DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472DL2472." I tried to recall her features as I stopped, shaking, and pulled my phone out of my pannier to call 911. By the time the operator came on the line I was sobbing hysterically and still shaking. It took her a little while to get me calm enough to get the information she needed. I was told an officer would get there when they could.
It was cold out. I was dressed for moving and not standing in the open on a sidewalk but I was determined to file a report on this woman. I finished the last bit of coffee I had left and moved to a location on the sidewalk where I hoped it would be easier for the police to see me. I started to calm down and make a plan for how I was going to finish the rest of the day out on my bike. I had a lunch to get to in Bethesda at a specific time, but the rest of my day was flexible. Planning, and tweeting about what had just happened, began to calm me. AND THEN SHE DROVE BY AGAIN! In the opposite direction! The police were not in site yet so I called 911 again in a new panic and watched as she headed south and turned onto Calvert into Adams Morgan where I had come from prior to this happening.
An officer pulled up minutes after my second call to 911 and before I had a chance to calm down again. At first he seemed a little skeptical at my insistence that there needed to be a report. "What, exactly, do you think this should be written up as?" he asked me at one point. "She threatened me with a deadly weapon!"
I do not know if he was convinced at the beginning or if he felt doing some paper work was easier than dealing with the crazy lady, but he started to take down my information. The amount of detail I had seemed to help (description of the vehicle, license plate, some description of the driver) and I kept to the facts when he answered questions. At one point when he was writing, a person rode by with a child in a child seat on the back of their bike. We both saw them and I asked "What if she had been behind them and not me?"
Any initial reluctance or skepticism I felt the officer had displayed when he first arrived seemed to be gone at the end of our conversation, especially when I thanked him for taking the time to take this seriously and to make a report (the report was filed as "Threats" and contained her car information and a brief description of her). He told me he used to bike, a lot, but had given up over 30 years ago because of the way people drove. He was glad to see that more people were biking and the city was being more supportive in the way of infrastructure. I told him we needed the police too because those of us that are out there deal with crazy stuff from drivers every day and while you can brush most of it off, people like the woman that got behind me cannot be allowed to behave that way and have her actions go unchecked. He wrote all the information down for me regarding the report and his details and we wished each other a Merry Christmas and told one another to be safe out there.
One thing he did tell me before going, and that I hear from my SO a lot, is that while I was right about the 3 foot passing law I may not want to point that out to people. As crazy as that woman was, there are crazier people out there. Nearly every daily DC cyclist has a similar story. Evan Wilder films his rides and caught an example of just how insane people can be behind the wheel here. Another cyclist in my neighborhood, MG, who puts thousands of miles in on her bike on an annual basis had an equally scary experience recently. Another local cyclist was recently hit, is still recovering, and did not have nearly the good experience I did with the police. In probably what has become one of the best known incidents of driver on cyclist harassment in DC (at least in biking circles), a driver went after a female cyclist, who just happened to be an off-duty police officer and a bike cop no less, while she was on a bike. She gave a statement in court this morning and at last report this guy is scheduled to be sentenced on the 9th. I have mixed feelings about allowing this kind of behavior to pass without comment. I really do not want to be injured, or worse, riding my bike. However, if we let people act this way and they think they can get away with it they are just going to keep behaving inappropriately and the severity of these incidents will escalate.
I have to deal with stupid shit every day because people get behind the wheel of a car and decide they are the most important person out there and the laws do not apply to them when it is inconvenient or because they are in a hurry or because they are tired of traffic or for whatever excuse they make to themselves to justify their behavior. People make illegal u-turns across bike lanes without looking constantly in DC and are always ignoring the no turn signs and other traffic control signals near them (hint- if the traffic light displays a green bicycle but not a green light, you cannot go as the driver of a car and the same with a red arrow when you are making a turn). I have had people make turns on red without coming to a full stop and right into my right of way, even following me for blocks flipping me off in front of their child because I dared to say something about it. I have had people nearly hit me and never know it because they are too busy yapping away on their cell phones (cell phone use without a hands free device is also illegal in DC). Every day I deal with pedestrians that have little regard for the cross walk signs. They look at me and actually make eye contact as they step off the curb in front of me, forcing me to make a dangerous swerve to avoid crashing into them. The day after this incident, three teenagers walked right into my path when they had a "Don't Walk" then cursed at me and tried to kick me because I told them to watch what they were doing as I swerved out of the bike lane and into traffic to avoid them. I am sure if any driver sees this post they will attempt to make me regret even posting anything condemning any driver, even one that threatened me with a vehicle, because as far as a majority of drivers are concerned everyone on a bicycle constantly breaks the law and cyclists do not act the way drivers do (they believe they are law abiding but a majority are not). The internet is strewn with vile comments made at people who have the audacity to get on a bike by people "forced" to sit in traffic all day and who feel constantly inconvenienced by it. You know what? I own a car and I drive it too and it would NEVER occur to me to behave this way toward anyone else on the road. I think, if anything, my time on a bike has made me a calmer and more courteous driver because I know there is always going to be more traffic and even if I get that jump on the other car, bike, or pedestrian right now there is just going to be another one down the line. Those few seconds here and there add up to a minute or two at most, which are not worth risking anyone's safety for. When I am driving, it is not the bikes and pedestrians slowing me down it is everyone else in their cars.
I have nieces that are nearly 4 and nearly 5 years old. Over the past few months I have taught them to love bicycling through the use of a trail-a-bike. I love seeing their faces light up when I tell them that yes, I brought my bicycle with me for a visit and of course we can go for bike rides. They are getting their first bikes for Christmas and I cannot wait to see their faces. The older of the two, however, is deathly afraid of cars and even the suggestion that anyone would ride out on the main road is enough to cast a shadow on her face. She told me that if we rode near cars they would hit us and we would die. Couple that with a statistic that I heard when I attended WABA's Women's Bicycling Forum- the number of female bicyclists starts to drop in equal numbers from their male counterparts as early as age 8- and I am worried that there will come a point when my nieces do not see bicycling as something safe and fun that they can do any time, any where, and it will be relegated to a trail activity dependent upon someone driving them and their bikes to another location for riding. It certainly does not help that they live near the most dangerous stretch of road for bicyclists in their state. Honestly, I have yet to tackle it as an adult for the ~4.5 miles I would need to be on it from my father's house to my sister's house. (I used to sometimes ride it as a kid, but there was a lot less traffic 25 or so years ago.) Throw in the idea that you could be arrested for riding your bike to school and it is a wonder children's bicycles have not been pulled from the market due to a class action law suit regarding safety.
As scared as I was on Saturday, I will not be giving up my bike any time soon. I will also not ride it less. I may consider who I make loud comments to a little more carefully but at my age it may be a bit of a hard habit to break. And because I love my nieces and it makes me happy to see how much they like their bikes now I am not only going to ride with them every chance I get, I will be filing a police report on any driver that threatens threatens me like I was threatened on Saturday to make the roads as safe as I can.