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Well, That Was Miserable
Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:08 AM
My husband received a "mandatory corporate award" from his company, which boiled down to 2000 employees all stuck on a boat for 5 days being grateful for the company telling them they are spiffy workers. Usual corporate life stuff.
Royal Caribbean was the cruise line. I filled out their little forms online detailing my food allergies and celiac (they say no problem at ALL in handling it). My wonderful husband? The moment we got onto the boat, he hoofed it down to Guest Relations to make sure everything was hunky-dory and was told "No problem, just talk to the chefs at meal time."
Meal time rolls around, the boat has pushed off from the dock, and......
BIG problem.
Actually... problem(s) - plural.
Not a d$%med thing on the ship to eat. Not safely. Breakfasts and lunches? Buffet-style. Potatoes - rolled in wheat flour "just to crisp it up... but you can scrape off the outside, right?" and same with the sausages. Fruit... sure. Too bad it's next to the toast - and covered in crumbs. (If you ask for something cut fresh, they smiled... and walked straight back to the buffet you just bypassed and pick up the fruit from the same area.)
Day 2 - A very sweet girl happily announces at the buffet table that of course she knows what celiac is, and how I can't have gluten. NO PROBLEM. She will walk me around the buffet and show me what I can have.
(Now, to be fair - I should explain, I'm also allergic to shellfish, bananas, treenuts & eggs. But all that was on the form, filled out, and told in advance - no problem. Except, as you might be able to guess by now.... problem.)
She pulled me to station after station - talking to her coworkers. No luck at the carvery - they buy everything on the corporate cruises premarinated and seasoned. And crusted. On to the salads... where I nearly got my hand smacked when she saw the croutons in the lettuce and the pasta salad mixing into the olives. "No, no. Will make you sick." I was told. Her shoulders starting to slump, she perked up at the Asian station. "Here. Here no problem, I'm sure. Cornstarch to thicken, no problem!" she chirped. Just about to load up my plate for me... she spoke to the coworker stationed there "Celiac" pointing at me. "Can't have wheat - this is all fine, yes?"
I'm not sure who was closer to crying when he shook his head and said "No! Can't eat THIS!"
As she led me (empty plate in hand) back to my husband and I's table... she told me "They make and sell gluten free pastas and breads - if you want to buy and bring them on board - along with gluten free flours, and other ingredients... we'd be happy to cook it for you!"
Ummm... not sure about all of ya'll, but I don't have the number of an air-delivery grocery service in my cell phone. And if I did, I don't have the $$$ to PAY for that!
Next day? My husband tried for me - he was cheerfully told "Hope she likes salad!" by the chef.
The one attempt at the sit down dinner? Even though I told the maitre de about the celiac and the shellfish - to the table comes a crusted steak... covered in shrimp. When I refused the plate - he turned around, plucked the shrimp OFF the plate, and handed it back to me.
~headdesk~ You Can't DO that! Gluten will make me sick but shellfish? That allergy can KILL someone!
Five blasted days. I had a single yogurt (in a sealed tub) and a small carton of semi-frozen skim milk. Some lettuce leaves, shredded carrots, and pineapple. (All CC'd. Got a lovely rash and sick as a dog - but it was in the 90's, 10+ UV, and HUMID. I had to have something, even if it WAS going to make me sick.) That's it. Total. Private island owned by the ship - they brought the food off the boat so it was all the same deal. The one day we stopped in Key West - it was in a private section and other than bar food - not a grocery store or meal to be found.
I'm sick. I'm tired. And I know Danged well (and if I wasn't trying like... heck to remember I'm on an open and family-friendly website, the language would be a LOT... firmer.) I wasn't the only one. I saw parents trying to find food for little kids with peanut allergies - all got met with a shrug and a "If you can't tell by looking, don't eat it." Folks with shellfish issues trying to figure out what "May contain seafood" meant on a sign.
Royal Caribbean (majesty of the sea, to be exact) rents out their two oldest and crappiest ships to the corporate world. On the public excursions - apparently they rock when dealing with this. On the corporate deals? They are floating... crap. My husband's company is pissed - we kept running into VP's who cheerily asked if we were having a wonderful time, and by day three neither my husband nor I were too into worrying about playing politics - so folks got an earful. To my ever-growing relief, instead of being annoyed WE weren't smiling, they were angry on our behalf. (One health-food junkie was angrier than I was! We had spoken on the bus ride in about different health issues, had talked about how we both had been getting healthier and losing weight, and I had told both he and his wife what a huge and wonderful difference in my life knowing about celiac had made. When I had to admit that the grand caloric amount I had managed that day - after 3 hours of snorkeling in the ocean.... cut short when I blacked out from heat stroke/hunger/cc - was a piece of pineapple and that I had found a candybar in the general store... eeesh. The last time I felt like THAT was when my mom found out in college I was dieting by living on diet Mt Dew and caffeine pills! He was.... not amused.)
I really am not sure what to do. The experience was MISERABLE. I'm sick and worn out - going 5 days without eating anything really, being CC'd, all while traveling... not a great thing health wise. I also have fibro and a slight heart issue (usually, the latter isn't a problem in my day to day life. I have to make sure to keep hydrated, consume enough salt to keep my blood pressure high enough, but beyond that - no real problem. But after this last week? I've blacked out almost SEVEN times! Flying was fun, let me tell you!
If it had just been me, I would likely just chalk it up to "Yeah, that sucked" and forget it - but this is just.... criminal. To claim they understand the issue, to make a BIG thing of how they train their staff... and than this? Acknowledging is NOT the same as Accommodating. KNOWING that celiac exists - and than not doing a danged thing about it to a trapped audience? It's like being told in advance someone is in a wheelchair, telling them no worries, but when they get there saying "Well, yeah. We can SEE you're in a wheelchair. Definitely, that's a wheelchair. Still, the stairs are over there. Have fun."
I think also, the fact that they HAVE trained their staff is a huge sticking point for me. If they didn't know, if they didn't understand... that would be one thing. A miserable thing, but one thing. But knowing - and choosing to willfully ignore it after? If you decide to not bother to check the boat and miss the hole and it sinks - that's bad. But KNOWING there is a huge hole in the boat and sail anyway.... is worse.
I know I need to write to the cruiseline. (I also know it's likely not gonna do jack - my husband's company bought the tickets and will be taking money out of his paycheck to cover mine and the taxes. No refunds forthcoming.) I've spoken to my husband's company and rather doubt they will be using the line again (there were a LOT of problems on EVERY level. Not just little ol' me.) But I feel like I need to do more - the blatant disregard of serious health issues is going to HURT someone... BADLY. Drop a tiny bit of peanut into a small child's food that is allergic... you have moments to get to an epi-pen. This kind of behavior could KILL.
I never thought I would consider myself lucky to work from home and have the ability to take time and recoup and just deal with being sick. Not everyone HAS that ability. I know I'm stuck with another week or two getting my health pulled back - but what would a single parent who worked full time out of the home DO? Just suffer?
This is wrong. So very very very wrong. And I am not sure how to try and make them fix this before someone gets really hurt.
Or worse.
Sorry about the novel - it's been a looong week and I'm still a tad bit pissy! And tired. And sick. And really hoping I've managed to write at least semi-coherently, because my brain is partially melted and I'm honestly not 100% sure I'm making any sense at all.
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Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:15 AM
I would call and write Royal Caribbean for a refund. Your husband's company may have bought the tickets, but you are paying through the paycheck deduction. Fighting for your money back will make the point you are trying to make.
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Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:19 AM
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Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:21 AM
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1970s-told had colitis or nervous stomach-was given phenobarbital, felt great but still had symptoms
Me, dd and ds diagnosed with Lactose Intolerance
2001-had stroke because of medications I was given
June 2003-saw Chiropractor who specialized in nutrition: Celiac Disease not Lactose Intolerance, went gluten free with once in awhile cheating, off soy and dairy for about 6 months
June 2003-found excellent doctor for fibromyalgia (who has found out she has Celiac Disease)
May 2006-went gluten free with NO cheating-excellent! Made all the difference in the world
Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:24 AM
I know you don't feel like fighting right now, but when you are better you should definitely at least call this to their attention. Sounds like it could save the life of someone with allergies severe enough to kill.
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Gluten Intolerant, Positive test, June 2010
Casein sensitivity, Positive test, June 2010
Reactive to soy, most processed foods & preservatives, June 2010
Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:26 AM
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2010-Doctor diagnosed me as Celiac then took diagnoses back, then said avoid gluten for life
2009 � Low T3 thyroid hormone, muscle twitching and adrenal fatigue
2006- Elevated Speckled ANA. GI suggested Celiac. Started gluten-free diet, but sloppily
2005 - Thought I had wheat "allergy." Stopped eating bread, oats problem too
College years - Still vegan -sickest point in life. Every classic celiac symptom
Teenage years - Stomach pain prompted veganism -> BIG mistake!
Child - Awful gas, D, C. Chronic infections, appendix and tonsils removed
Posted 15 June 2010 - 08:26 AM
Do you have a friend that is a lawyer? Doesn't matter what kind, not going to really sue at this point. If you can get her to help you with a letter on lawyer letterhead. You need some to the cruise line. Send to every department head you can think of. You also need one to the husbands company. By requiring your hub to bring his family and not able to provide a safe environment, they are negligent. If they had sent you to a country that is known for kidnapping Americans and didn't provide security, they would be liable.
Maybe the company will realize that employees would rather have the money as a bonus. This is probably a big company, should definitely go to Human Resources. Maybe the press if no one responds.
I am so pissed for you. Will run this by hub later. If he has any thoughts, will let you know.
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"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires."
~Marcelene Cox
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted 15 June 2010 - 09:14 AM
Go to the top. Write to the head honchos. Do it soon while it's all fresh in your mind and make sure to cite specific details. If you have anything in writing from your correspondence before the trip include it. Show them they assured you that you would be safe.
CC' a newspaper or two, a news station or two, food allergy groups such as (FAAN and Celiac.com and heck, ping Elizabeth H on the View.
No one likes a squeaky wheel and in this economy no one wants bad press.
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-IgE to oats and rye
-Diagnosed with Colitis via endoscopy/colonoscopy Oct '10
-Following FODMAP diet since June '10, Positve SIBO test, July '10
-Diagnosed non-celiac gluten intolerant June '10 (celiac in March '10, endocsocopy in Oct '10 shows no signs of celiac)
-Osteopenia June '10
-Gluten free since July '09 & Soy free since December '09
-Dairy free since '06
-IBS & Sjogren's diagnosed '05
-RA diagnosed as a toddler
Posted 15 June 2010 - 09:35 AM
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"I will try again tommorrow" (Mary Anne Radmacher)
celiac 49 years - Misdiagnosed for 45
Blood tested and repeatedly negative
Diagnosed by Allergist with elimination diet and diagnosis confirmed by GI in 2002
Misdiagnoses for 15 years were IBS-D, ataxia, migraines, anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, parathesias, arthritis, livedo reticularis, hairloss, premature menopause, osteoporosis, kidney damage, diverticulosis, prediabetes and ulcers, dermatitis herpeformis
All bold resoved or went into remission with proper diagnosis of Celiac November 2002
Some residual nerve damage remains as of 2006- this has continued to resolve after eliminating soy in 2007
Mother died of celiac related cancer at 56
Twin brother died as a result of autoimmune liver destruction at age 15
Children 2 with Ulcers, GERD, Depression, , 1 with DH, 1 with severe growth stunting (male adult 5 feet)both finally diagnosed Celiac through blood testing and 1 with endo 6 months after Mom
Positive to Soy and Casien also Aug 2007
Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test Aug 2007
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0303
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0303
Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 3,3 (Subtype 9,9)
Posted 15 June 2010 - 09:45 AM
I hope you feel better soon
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"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"
"When people show you who they are, believe them"--Maya Angelou
"Bloom where you are planted"--Bev
Posted 15 June 2010 - 11:13 AM
I don't react physically the same way as many of you do when cross contaminated- I get neuro symptoms, a bit of brain fuzz, some queasiness, and my arthritis flares instead. But I just won't do regular types of travel anymore where I am forced to depend on "others" feeding me, without packing gluten free backups, because they will either capture me in an airport with delays and they won't let you carry a lot of different food items past security, or they'll just plunk you down in the venue, consisting of a grocery store desert in a hotel situated miles from anywhere you could pick up gluten free items, and the food available for everyone else is hopelessly gluten heavy. Even though you have filled out the form that says "please specify diet restrictions."
I was so torqued off after the last time I tried it, I said to **** with it, I'll spend $ on other things. Or do self driven travel, where you are not treated like a terrorist criminal, for wanting to have a water bottle with you to wash down all the dry, dry trail mix you are surviving on, until you get back to food choice civilization.
Oddly enough, I did run into a waitress and staff at a well know Las Vegas casino that did totally "get it" ( I don't gamble, but I was food foraging with other people, and they had dinner specials) and when she brought me my plate of really uncontaminated plain stuff, I nearly wept with joy (and boy did they get a good tip.)
You should try cross posting this on different venues besides celiac / gluten free forums.
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Posted 15 June 2010 - 12:06 PM
Think about how many people are going to see this post in the next few days - hundreds. Many more will see it over years to come. This site comes up in the top results for an internet search, so anytime someone types "Royal Carribean" and "gluten free" into google, it's likely they'll read your post.
No celiac or gluten intolerant person is going to risk taking a cruise with Royal Carribean after reading your message. Considering that at least 1% of Americans have celiac and a bigger percentage are gluten intolerant, that's potentially a big group of people. Royal Carribean has now lost the income from those individuals, and also from their spouses, siblings, and children who would have accompanied them on their cruise. These same people meanwhile will be recommending some other cruise line to their friends and coworkers.
When you feel better, I'd still recommend writing to the company and requesting a refund. What a horrible ordeal!
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Posted 15 June 2010 - 03:32 PM
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1970s-told had colitis or nervous stomach-was given phenobarbital, felt great but still had symptoms
Me, dd and ds diagnosed with Lactose Intolerance
2001-had stroke because of medications I was given
June 2003-saw Chiropractor who specialized in nutrition: Celiac Disease not Lactose Intolerance, went gluten free with once in awhile cheating, off soy and dairy for about 6 months
June 2003-found excellent doctor for fibromyalgia (who has found out she has Celiac Disease)
May 2006-went gluten free with NO cheating-excellent! Made all the difference in the world
Posted 15 June 2010 - 04:06 PM
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"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." - Albert Einstein
"Life is not weathering the storm; it is learning to dance in the rain"
"Whatever the question, the answer is always chocolate." Nigella Lawson
Caffeine free 1973
Lactose free 1990
(Mis)diagnosed IBS, fibromyalgia '80's and '90's
Diagnosed psoriatic arthritis 2004
Self-diagnosed gluten intolerant, gluten-free Nov. 2007
Soy free March 2008
Nightshade free Feb 2009
Citric acid free June 2009
Potato starch free July 2009
(Totally) corn free Nov. 2009
Legume free March 2010
Now tolerant of lactose
Celiac.com - Celiac Disease Board Moderator
Posted 15 June 2010 - 05:23 PM
True, that. This site has so many hits daily and so many links, that Google and other engines give it a very high ranking. (BTW, that is why we have the zero-tolerance policy for self-promotion.)
This site comes up in the top results for an internet search, so anytime someone types "Royal Carribean" and "gluten free" into google, it's likely they'll read your post.
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Diagnosis by biopsy of practically non-existent villi; gluten-free since July 2000.
Type 1 (autoimmune) diabetes diagnosed in March 1986
Markham, Ontario (borders on Toronto)
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I've been at The Creeks for a little over a week now and couldn't be more satisfied. Excellent staff and awesome renovations to the apartments. Full Review ▶
I disagree with what the last review on here says. I moved here this summer. These apartments have been renovated and I live in a unit with new appliances and granite counters. I know that when we came to look at… Full Review ▶
DO NOT LIVE HERE. We were shown an apartment that we were under the impression we would be getting. Wrong. They gave us an entirely different apartment once our keys were given to us. The apartment had very poor kitchen supplies.… Full Review ▶
I have lived in The Creeks for nearly a year now..and I love it. I have had little complaints with my accommodations. I live in one of the townhouses and only pay $700 pet fee because of a great deal they… Full Review ▶
I have lived here since june 2010 and I love it. I have seen improvement of the grounds and with in the apartments themselves. Nice pool area, workout room, bar-b-que area and tv room. Nice staff and utilites run cheaper then… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for 7 years, and intend to stay many more!When I first moved here there were problems with maintainence and heating and air conditioning.Now, since the new management has taken over, the problems have gone away. The grounds… Full Review ▶
The apartment and grounds are attractive. I really love the landscaping and attention to detail with lots of flowers, a couple of fountains, and two really attractive cabanas. The staff is superb. I have never been treated disrespectfully or impatiently by… Full Review ▶
I love living here. I love the place with all of the upgrades and the swimming pool. The grounds are beautiful. I think the barbeque propane grills are very nice. Overall it is very nice. I would like to see if… Full Review ▶
The apartments are nice both inside and out. I live in a spacious two bedroom with granite counter tops and new appliances. If something isn t working up to my expectations or if I have a problem with ANYTHING the staff… Full Review ▶
I moved here just after they started renovations. The owners have done a really good job and I hear that this place needed a lot of work before hey took ownership. They have built some lovely outdoor sitting areas and it… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for 1 year and that is long enough.I know people get upset when things dont go there way or they have an issue come up and they feel the need to write a bad review.I am telling… Full Review ▶
Since they started construction approximately four or five months ago on the first blocks of the apartment complex, there have been scants of roaches, issues with water leaking in through my ceiling due to the construction workers not caring about their… Full Review ▶
I have lived here at the Creeks for a couple months and I couldn't be more pleased. I have lived in 5 different apartments in Lexington and this has been my favorite... The staff went above and beyond to help my… Full Review ▶
Construction has been going on for months and they start early in the morning! Its great to wake up to people hammering stuff all around you. The room for parking is very limited and the construction worker's vehicles take up a… Full Review ▶
Comments to previous posts, If you sit anywhere near the doors you can hear everything that is going on in the other apartments. If you are in the hallway it is as if you are having conversations with your neighbors and… Full Review ▶
I am a new resident at The Creeks on Lansdowne, and I could not be happier. I am a 24-year-old Berea College grad, and will be attending UK in the fall. As such, I needed a place relatively close to campus… Full Review ▶
I went through the townhouse and the one bedroom and they were completely renovated. There is a lot of work being done so it's hard to see what the final product will look like. The interior walls had a beautiful accent… Full Review ▶
My ex fiance and I lived here for about 2 years. Our apartment (one of the townhouses) was perfect when we moved in with the exception of a running toilet, but that was fixed within one hour of calling. I never… Full Review ▶
I recently moved into cross creek apartments. I have been very impressed with them. I have had very few problems but the times i have called maintenance, they have been there within 30 min. Not the prettiest thing ever, but for… Full Review ▶
I dont live there, but a good friend of mine does. She is trying to get me to move there. I went and looked at a 1 bedroom apartment the other day and I was really surprised. The leasing agent was… Full Review ▶
I agree with all of the problems listed. I lived there for a year. I have been out for over 6 months and still have not received my deposit back. I didn't have hot water for 2 weeks. My dishwasher flooded… Full Review ▶
This place and its management are the absolute worst; don't move in thinking "it can't be that bad," because it CAN. This management company has others in Lex.; Kirklevington Hills being one of them; it is being sued for several violations… Full Review ▶
this place should get locked down. I left a post here bout 4 months ago, but never got posted. well the post was about me ranting on how they took 6 months to fix Hot runny water in my shower, then… Full Review ▶
Everything you hear about forever changing office staff, probelms with heating and ac and maintenace all true! Not to mention someone had put a chair behind our window and would come in and steal groceries. We complained to management to at… Full Review ▶
I moved out in Aug. 06 after my lease (finally) expired. I echo all the negative comments about this place; we even got Legal Aid involved in a tenant dispute, which the management ignored. Do not think the negative comments posted… Full Review ▶
You will regret any involvement once you have moved into this place. I had Rodents within the apartment; maintenance was non existent, multiple problems with heating/air-conditioning and appliances. I had problems that took weeks to solve and sometime not at all.… Full Review ▶
Ok we moved in in June of 2005 and it has been a nightmare ever since. First, when we moved in we talked to one manager, who promised us $300 referral bonus for my brother who was to move in a… Full Review ▶
The building that I lived in was condemned and I was forced to move at the end of April. I have still not received my security deposit, over two months later. I keep getting the run around from the office and… Full Review ▶
this place is ridiculous. the management has changed SO many times, i can't keep up with it. my roommate has been YELLED AT several times by the office staff for being rude to the receptionist, when i know she was incredibly… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for almost 3 years now and when I first moved in, things weren't great but they certainly weren't the way they are now! Us being made to pay utilities out of the blue without compensating us with… Full Review ▶
I have lived at Cross Creek apartments for 3 years now. When I first moved up here I thought the apartments were great and they were. Then a new management company bought the place (this may have happened more than once,… Full Review ▶
I've lived here for 2 years. I am moving out in a few months. I love the location, but right after I moved in the management changed. Of course, after I signed another years lease, they decided the tenants would need… Full Review ▶
I've lived in CC for 3 years, and am moving out in a few weeks when my lease is up. When we moved in, things were great. Management was nice and seemed to have things under control, we had no problems.… Full Review ▶
I signed a 14 month lease for this property. At the time that I signed the lease, all utilities were included with the rent. Less than 6 months into the lease, letters were sent out explaining that tenants would be responsible… Full Review ▶
I am a former cross creek resident, i just left in jan 06. not because of any problems but i moved to a house. the people who are getting hundred plus bills must have been living in the town homes. mine… Full Review ▶
I would like to reiterate the review from Dec. '05 that this complex has finally reached the point of no return with an absentee management company and unskilled and incompetent office and maintenance staff.
With the utilities added on to the same… Full Review ▶
When I first moved in, May 2003, this complex was a very nice place to live. The office personal was very friendly and always got things done in a timely fashion. There have been a few new management systems there but… Full Review ▶
I've lived at Cross Creek for a couple of years now and just signed a new lease thats how well I enjoy my apartment here. As far
as management and staff goes they are great,
always willing to help with any problem… Full Review ▶
To All Prospective and Current Tenants:
River Oaks Management recently (10/04) took over ownership and management of Cross Creek.
Our philosophy is simple: We are committed to providing each of our residents with outstanding service and a quality living environment within a… Full Review ▶
I've lived at Cross Creek for about 2 years now. I have to say, I have no real complaints about any of the staff. I understand that if I put in a work order to fix something, it may not get… Full Review ▶
i've live here for a year and the staff has done great improvements and work hard to make sure problems are fixed as best possilbe office and maitenance are nice and
courtious. thanks staff things will only get
better with you… Full Review ▶
Once I moved into Cross Creek, I really thought this was a great place that I would be at until I graduated. However, after the first couple of months, the noise level was insane and that continued on for quite some… Full Review ▶
I have lived at Cross Creek Apts. for a while now. In the beginning, the place was absolutely great; I couldn´t complain about anything even with my life on the line. But after the first month or so, the noise level… Full Review ▶
Don´t even think about living here unless you love constant noise and crummy conditions!!! Full Review ▶
If you are considering moving to Cross Creek Apartments, please don´t. It is the WORST place I EVER lived!!! This includes college dorms where at least, I could adjust the heat and air to be comfortable.
Where do I begin.… Full Review ▶
Just moved in but am enjoying the apartment so far. It is spacious and absolutely no noise can make it through my door. My neighbors play loud music across the hall, but once I shut the door I can´t hear a… Full Review ▶
I live here and I love these townhomes lots of space but the prices are a little steep. The maintance staff are GREAT. Always on top of things, keeping our grounds clean. I just wish the pool was opened. Other than… Full Review ▶
I lived in Forest Oaks which is around the corner and owned by the same people and they are pretty comparable. I will say this, the apartment when I moved in was clean and the maintenance was there to fix anything… Full Review ▶
This is by far the worst place in the world to live. The major problem I had is the maintenance would NEVER come and fix anything.
No joke, I waited for 3 weeks one time to get them to fix my… Full Review ▶
THERE IS A NEW LADY THERE AT THE OFFICE I BELIEVE HER NAME IS TINA. SHE IS AN OLDER WOMAN, WITH GLASSES. I RELLY THINK THEY NEED TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE SHE IS VERY RUDE, AND I DONT THINK SHE… Full Review ▶
I lived here for 2 years, and I love it.It feels just like home to me. Great spacious apartments, lots of closet space.Very friendly community. Most of all Great Prices!Good Deals! I love Cross Creek.... Full Review ▶
Don´t even think of moving into these apartments. Management is horrible and they practically lie to talk you into moving in. They claimed to have an weight-room but when we moved in they said they hadn´t built it yet. Then said… Full Review ▶
I have rented at Cross Creek Apts. When i first was presented the living experience at this facility, it was hyped with the features of a weight room and a pool. Also, we were informed that the air conditioning… Full Review ▶
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It's Re-home a Horse Month so we just had to share this great story.
You may have spotted Guinevere, a beautiful sports horse who starred in our summer shoot and is one of many re-homing success stories. Guinevere is now in a loving new home after being rescued along with 6 other horses by Redwings Horse Sanctuary in 2008.
At the Sanctuary, Guinevere was restored to her former beautiful self and found a loving home with a new owner, Amy Pointen, through their Guardianship Scheme – where she has now lived for five years.
"I was really proud of her! We had a wonderful day at Holkham and the photos are just so beautiful," Amy
Guinevere proved to be a true professional and our photography manager Tom couldn't have been more pleased……
As Photography Manager at Joules it is my job to source a wide range of locations, props and models for all sorts of themes for the Joules photo-shoots, none of which are ³run of the mill¹ themes! The idea for this shoot was, on the face of it, very simple, a family on a beautiful open beach with blue skies and a gorgeous, grey horse. After a lengthy search we found Guinevere, settled on Holkham beach and prayed for sunshine. This shoot came together fantastically well, the sun shone and Gunevere behaved impeccably. We could not have hoped for better. Amy is a wonderful owner, Guinevere is obviously a very happy horse and rose to the occasion perfectly. We are thrilled with the results and are so pleased Redwings made the necessary interventions to save Guinevere. Tom – Photography Manager at Joules
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My perfect match would be someone who likes to go out see a movie or sit at home and watch one. someone who isnt afraid to tell me or show me how they feel. someone who likes me for me and that i dont hafta change who i am for them. I like to do it all whether it is just kickin it with some poeple or go to a club or sit and just lay there and talk.
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Discussion in 'Saltwater' started by ibn, Dec 12, 2005.
My reports were from purdy spit. It is really hit and miss there alot of the time.
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Been fishing about twice a week for the last month since i got back from bozeman. Went out friday and sturday to doc's and got skunked for the first time, Had a chance at a couple on friday but blew it. Sunday was real good for about 20 minutes, fishing at a spot in the harbor. Lots of fish jumping around up and down the beach, actually saw the two biggest silvers ive ever seen in the south sound, ended up 4 for 5 with 3 silvers and one cutty. Ive strictly been fishing the outgoing tide about the last 2 to 3 hours before the low. All fish on streamers out far, and stipped real fast. Thought id report it.
new member, just droppin a line
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I played hookey and fished/crabed on Wed. Ohhhhh boy, talk about weather. I think it was about as blustery and wet as the sound gets. The fishing was pretty slow, almost every one of my favorite spots was chocolate brown thanks to the rain runoff. We found 1 nice school of residents that were jumping and managed to hook and land 1. Saw a few other random fish throughout the day but was unable to hookup. Did ok dropping the crabpots, got 5 keepers in 2 diff spots.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Lawmakers working on immigration reform say a major breakthrough in negotiations has brought them closer to a possible deal.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer says the group of 4 Democrats and 4 Republicans, called the Gang of Eight, working on a proposal, cleared a major hurdle with business and labor groups this weekend. They've agreed to a new visa program for low skill workers that would allow tens of thousands of immigrants to come to the United States to fill jobs in industries like construction and hospitality.
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Ball still has some reservations, saying he is concerned about how it would affect Alabama's working poor, who would face further competition for jobs.
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A left-hander, Tagenarine marks his guard by hammering the bail into the pitch and in true family tradition prefers grinding away at the opposition rather than beating them to a pulp. Unlike other star sons though, this 17-year-old who has been the mainstay of the West Indies team in the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in the UAE wasn't coached by his famous father, Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Nor did the opener grow up under his wing. In fact, it was only in 2009, when Tagenarine was 13, that the Chanderpauls even started living together as a family at their ancestral home in Guyana's Unity village.
With the senior Chanderpaul, the Caribbean's most capped Test cricketer and the highest run-getter in the country's Test history, based in Florida with his second-wife, Amy, Tagenarine (pronounced Tej-narine) spent his growing up years in Unity with mother Annalee. However, he made it a point to catch every innings of his father on television.
"He would call to ask about me, and we would meet at times when he was in Guyana on tour. It's been good having him around since he returned," Tagenarine says. Shivnarine settled back in Unity five years ago.
One of the rare periods they spent together during Shivnarine's peak cricketing years was in 2009, when he took Tagenarine along when India toured the Caribbean for a short ODI series.
It was the afternoons Tagenarine spent at his paternal grandparents' place, particularly with grandfather Khemraj, that marked his initiation to cricket. Originally a fisherman, Khemraj had been the first to spot Shivnarine's talent and hone it. During the hours that Tagenarine spent with him waiting for mother Annalee to return from work, Khemraj put him through a similar grind.
"I was around six when grandad started throwing balls at me. He had small nets under the house, a concrete strip where my father had been trained," says Tagenarine. While Khemraj was strict, the 17-year-old adds, he was probably not as tough as he had been with Shivnarine. Tagenarine also says it was Khemraj who essentially turned him into a left-hander, though he started out batting right-handed. While Tagenarine is ambidextrous with the ball, he has stuck to bowling left-arm orthodox spin.
Local lore has it that Khemraj got villagers to bowl at Shivnarine with concrete balls back in the late 1970s to toughen him up. The grandson wasn't spared this, though he may have escaped with fewer bruises.
At the dinner table even now, Tagenarine adds, Khemraj dominates the conversation that centres for a large part around cricket.
Though his stance might not be as idiosyncratic as his father, Tagenarine says there are many similarities. Their careers too have followed similar paths, with the youngster making his first-class debut for Guyana at 16, one year younger than Shivnarine had been when he debuted in regional cricket in 1992.
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Lil' Wayne Detained By Border Agents Over Drug Bus
It's unclear why they were stopped, but drug dogs smelled pot on one of the buses, and Lil' Wayne and 11 members of his entourage were questioned and released without arrests being made, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
TMZ was first to report the drug dust-up. The star's manager and agent have not commented on the incident.
Perhaps he should travel by rail. Lil' Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in New York, a charge that stemmed from a 2007 traffic stop of his tour bus.
His plea deal calls for a year in jail in that case. Sentencing is scheduled for February.
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obama will save him from his storm troopers! WAKE UP NEGROS, they after us all!
- Sunday 20 DecemberBy eurofeuer830
Just this azzho being on this bus give them probable cause!!
- Sunday 20 DecemberBy eurofeuer830
Maybe his baggy-azz pants will fall down around his ankles when he's running from Da Man, and he'll trip and fall three stories to his death like that gansta killa in NYC!!
- Sunday 20 DecemberBy johnjfoote
Nice english
- Wednesday 24 FebruaryBy TexasP
First off mary jane is not drugs, and a pistol is not a weapon. in texas you need at least a shotgun b4 you can call it protection. why is this lil man gettin in all this big trouble for this lil shiz? you know he a goblin, can't he just throw a flaming pumpkin at yo ass? and that is one ugly mofo, with all those tats on his face, you know he ain't no real gangsta, the boy been on stage rappin since 11, how much of the streets could he have seen? sesame streets. wack ass rapper auto tuned wanna be rockstar.
- Monday 12 AprilBy potstinks
so why wasn't he arrested? The last time I heard, being in a vehicle with an illegal drug was still illegal..oh WAIT, the rules are different for celebrities. Almost forgot.
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Rupiah Forwards Plunge to Lowest Since 2009 as Bond Risk Surges
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Rupiah forwards slumped to a four-year low after Indonesia's debt risk surged to the highest since October 2011 on concern the Federal Reserve will taper stimulus that has driven funds into emerging-market assets.
Five-year credit-default swaps insuring the Southeast Asian nation's debt against default has risen 56 basis points to 283 since the central bank kept its reference rate at 6.5 percent on Aug. 15, according to CMA, which is owned by McGraw-Hill Cos. The Fed will start tapering its monthly bond purchases in September, according to 65 percent of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg this month. The Jakarta Composite index of shares has erased this year's gains.
"The rupiah will still be under selling pressure due to global sentiment, along with local assets," said Mika Martumpal, head of treasury research and strategy at PT Bank CIMB Niaga in Jakarta. "Risk indication surged following disappointment over Bank Indonesia refraining from raising rates to support the currency and attract inflows."
The rupiah's one-month non-deliverable forwards fell 2.3 percent, the biggest drop since June 20, to 11,094 per dollar as of 9:54 a.m. in Jakarta, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The contracts touched 11,107, the weakest since April 2009, and traded at a 5.3 percent discount to the spot rate, the widest gap since September 2011. The currency declined 0.1 percent to 10,495, prices from local banks show.
A fixing by the Association of Banks in Singapore used to settle the derivative contracts was set at 10,499 yesterday, the lowest since June 2009. One-month implied volatility, a measure of expected moves in the exchange rate used to price options, rose 101 basis points, or 1.01 percentage point, to 14.60 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg
The yield on the nation's bonds due May 2023 was little changed at 8.37 percent, prices from the Inter Dealer Market Association show. It reached 8.41 percent yesterday, the highest level since March 2011.
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It's high time we stage an intervention for Jason Reitman, guys. It won't be pleasant but he needs to hear the truth about how his actions of late have affected us. You go ahead and take Labor Day and I'll cover Men, Women & Children.…READ MORE
Episode 130 – Family Business
In honor of 21 Jump Street, Spencer and Greg look at TV-to-film conversions. Then they examine the topic of sibling filmmakers and give DVD picks of the week.READ MORE
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Remember that one girl in school that everyone hated? She was the popular girl with the hot boyfriend that everyone felt was destined for great things? In Young Adult, Mavis (Charlize Theron) was this girl, and she has never really gotten over the high school…READ MORE
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Bill Tadlock
From MagicPedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
|Bill Tadlock
|June 17, 1929
Washington, North Carolina
|July 8, 2008 (age 79)
Bill Tadlock (1929-2008), a semi-professional magician and mentalist from the 1950s through 1970s, was a president of the Psychic Entertainers Association.[1]
Tadlock served as a U.S. Army Lieutenant during the Korean War. He graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Business, while studying and performing magic.
He retired as the Chairman and CEO of NationsCredit, the financial services subsidiary of NationsBank.
He also served as International Treasurer for the IBM and received the Order of Merlin (50 years of continuous membership).[2]
A publicity photo, with his wife Sally, is on display at the Conjuring Arts exhibit, "The Many Faces of Magic"[3]
- ↑ Cover, Linking Ring, November, 2000
- ↑ Broken Wand, MUM, September 2008
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Vandalia firefighter Jeff Burnam mans the hose as firefighters extinguish a burning outbuilding north of Shobonier early Wednesday morning. Firefighters were sent to property owned by Carl Sprague shortly after 3:30 a.m., and were at the scene for about 30 minutes. Fire officials believe that the fire may have started when a fan motor overheated.
The attorney for St. Elmo's mayor contends that the second attempt by the community's former police chief to sue the mayor for slander is no better than the first.
In a motion filed on Monday in Fayette County Circuit Court, Charles A. Pierce of Belleville, the attorney for Mayor Larry Tish, argues that Ken Thomason's amended suit still lacks specificity.
Thomason, who served as St. Elmo's police chief for about 16½ years before being terminated by Tish last November, filed a slander suit against the mayor in November.
A Northern Illinois man with more than 20 years of experience in government administration is Vandalia's new city administrator.
After meeting in closed session for about 30 minutes on Monday evening to discuss personnel matters, and several other issues, the Vandalia City Council unanimously approved the hiring of John A. McIntyre.
McIntyre, who now lives in Orland Hills, fills the post that has been vacant since Jimmy Morani left in April to become the village administrator in New Baden.
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Ducks Unlimited volunteers from across the Southern Region are hosting a D.U. Waterfowl Hunters Party on Saturday, Oct. 9 at the American Legion Hall in Vandalia.
For those unfamiliar with Waterfowl Hunters Parties (WHP's), it is as simple as it sounds. Duck and goose hunters from around the area get together at a very informal gathering with food, drink and a lot of raffles to help raise money for Ducks Unlimited and their passionate cause of waterfowl and wetland conservation.
In the first week of the VYO season, Vandalia was able to sweep Litchfield across the board, picking up a season opening win for all four teams.
Fayette County Speedway will feature a Regular Night of racing on Friday.
The night's events will feature UMP DIRTcar sanctioned Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Hornets. Also racing are the two-person Team Cars. The Team Car feature event from Aug. 13 will be run on Friday.
There will also be a Powder Puff event at the end of the evening.
UMP DIRTcar Modified Division
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1. 41M Brent Mullins
2. 32K Chris Wilson
3. 11M Michael Rauch
4. 28 Michael Bolyard
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At last week's South Central School District Board meeting, along-time assistant coach and athletic director at South Central High School, Rick Simmons, was named head coach of the high school boys basketball team.
Simmons being named the new head coach came as very little of a surprise to most in the area. The only shocking thing for most is that Simmons was not named the coach last season following the retirement of Gary Shirley.
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With the advent of Java EE 5, Enterprise Beans can act as Web-Service components and since Java EE 6 they may be packaged within a WAR module as Java programming language class files. Java EE based web services come in two flavours: JAX-WS and JAX-RS. This tutorial examines JAX-WS and EJB 3.1.
The Java EE 6 specifications include JAX-WS as one of its technologies. JAX-WS is the standard way to develop SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) web services in the Java platform. The JAX-WS Reference Implementation, included in GlassFish distributions, is Metro, a Web Services framework that provides tools and infrastructure to develop Web Services solutions. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a JAX-WS application based on stateless session EJBs with GlassFish Server and Eclipse for Java EE developers. A sample application is provided too.
- Downloading, Installing, and Configuring Required Software
- Setting Up the Database and Data Source
- Modifying the DerbyPool Connection Pool
- Sample Application overview
- To Convert the Sample Application to an Eclipse IDE Project
- The server application
- To Run the Server Application
- The client application
- Further Reading
Downloading, Installing, and Configuring Required Software
Before you begin, download, install, and configure the required software.
- Ensure that Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 is installed and that paths and environment variables for the JDK are correct. If the JDK and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) are installed, ensure that the path to the JDK precedes the path to the JRE in your path statement. Otherwise, GlassFish Server might use a JRE for its Java virtual machine (VM) and steps for compiling JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology pages will fail.
- Download and install Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers.
- Download and install GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.2.
- Download and install the GlassFish Server plugin for Eclipse IDE. When you add an update site, specify the location as http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse/indigo and not the location that is stated in the instructions.
- Register your installation of GlassFish Server with Eclipse IDE. When you select the server type, select GlassFish 3.1.2 and not the type that is stated in the instructions.
- Change the global preferences for GlassFish Server to meet the requirements of your application. If your application uses the Java DB database that is bundled with GlassFish , select all options on the Preferences page as shown in the following figure.
Setting Up the Database and Data Source
Exactly how to set up the database and data source depends on the database that your application uses. For detailed instructions, see Administering Database Connectivity in Oracle GlassFish Server Administration Guide.
Modifying the DerbyPool Connection Pool
The sample application uses the preconfigured DerbyPool connection pool for connections to the database. To enable the sample application to use this pool, you must modify the preset values of some properties of the pool.
Before you begin, ensure that the option to start the Java DB process with GlassFish Server is set in the global preferences for the GlassFish Server.
- Start GlassFish Server in Eclipse IDE. The JavaDB database that is bundled with GlassFish Server is also started.
- In the Servers view, select and right-click GlassFish Server.
- From the pop-up menu that opens, choose GlassFish→View Admin Console. The GlassFish Server Administration Console is opened in the system browser.
- In the navigation tree, under the Resources node, expand the JDBC node.
- Under the JDBC node, select the JDBC Connection Pools node. The Connection Pools page opens.
- In the table of connection pools, click DerbyPool. The Edit Connection Pool page opens.
- On the Edit Connection Pool page, click the Additional Properties tab. The Edit Connection Pool Properties page opens.
- Edit the properties as follows:
Property Value User user Password user DatabaseName newdb
The following figure shows the Edit Connection Pool Properties page after these properties have been edited.
- Click Save.
- Confirm that the connection to the pool is usable.
- On the Edit Connection Pool Properties page, click the General tab. The Edit Connection Pool page opens.
- On the Edit Connection Pool page, click Ping.
- Confirm that the JNDI name of the connection pool is correct.
- In the navigation tree, under the Resources node, expand the JDBC node.
- Under the JDBC node, select the JDBC Resources node. The JDBC Resources page opens.
On the JDBC Resources page, select jdbc/__default. DerbyPool is associated with this JNDI name as shown in the following figure.
Sample Application overview
The sample application consists of two parts: a "server" application (web service provider) and a "client" application (web service consumer).
- The client application allows an end-user to enter the name of a customer. It's a simple form that invokes a basic servlet to process the data. The web tier accesses a session bean which implements the business logic (adding an application specific id to the customer). The session bean also acts as a web service consumer sending a SOAP message (the name of the customer with the application-specific id) to the server.
- The server application is a session bean which receives the SOAP message and saves it to a RDBMS using a Java persistence entity. The entity accesses the database table that store the entity states. A plain old Java object (POJO) with some annotations specifies how JPA is to store the data persistently.
You can read more about the JAX-WS 2.2 standard at jax-ws.java.net , about the SOAP standard at www.w3.org, about the JPA standard at Java EE6 tutorial.
To Convert the Sample Application to an Eclipse IDE Project
The sample application is distributed as a two web application archive (WAR) files. To use this applications, you must convert them to Eclipse IDE projects.
- Download the server and the client application WAR file (ServerWS-web.war and ClientWS-web.war).
- Import the application WAR files into Eclipse IDE.
The server application
As of new EE6 specifications, stateless, stateful and singleton session beans can be used as web service provider. An EJB no longer requires a local business interface: it may expose a no-interface view. EJB's packaging has changed too. Enterprise beans, often providing the business logic of a web application or in this case of a web service, may be packaged within a WAR module as Java programming language class files or within a JAR file that is bundled within the WAR module.
- Even with EJBs, this is a dynamic web project in Eclipse.
- In the source folder of this project, there's a META-INF directory with the persistence.xml file. The application uses the JavaDB database, with Glassfish Server. By default, GlassFish Server Open Source Edition uses EclipseLink as the persistence provider and it controls transactions by using the using the jdbc/_default DataSource object. This object is specified in the jta-data-source element of the persistence.xml file as follows:
- The @LocalBean annotation denotes a no-interface ejb and the class, a stateless session bean, also needs to be decorated with the @Stateless and @WebService annotations. Session bean's public methods are exposed through the @WebMethod annotation:
To Run the Server Application
- In the Project Explorer view, select and right-click the ServerWS-web project.
- From the pop-up menu that opens, select Run As→Run on Server. The Run on Server wizard opens.
- Ensure that the option to choose an existing server is selected.
- From the list of servers, select GlassFish Server and click Next. The Add and Remove page opens.
- Confirm that ServerWS-web is listed under the configured projects.
- Click Finish.
You don't need to run the command wsgen. From JAX-WS RI 2.1.4 onwards the runtime takes care of it by generating these classes and the WSDL (available at "http://localhost:8080/CustomerServiceBeanService/CustomerServiceBean?wsdl") file dynamically.
The client application
- The package ee.endpoint is automatically generated. If you don't import the provided Web Archive file ClientWS-web.war into Eclipse you need to run the wsimport command:
- In the project's source folder open a shell prompt and run the command: "wsimport -keep -verbose http://localhost.localdomain:8080/CustomerServiceBeanService/CustomerServiceBean?wsdl". This tool generates JAX-WS portable artifacts that can be packaged in a WAR file with the WSDL and schema documents along with the web service consumer to be deployed.
- The WebServiceRef annotation in ClientEjbBean class is used to define a reference to the server application with a URL pointing to the WSDL document for the web service provider.
- The Class InvalidCustomerException_Exception (automatically generated) refers to a fault element in the SOAP message. In the server application the web service ejb throws a Java checked exception. Since checked exceptions don't exist in the SOAP protocol, InvalidCustomerException_Exception is not an exception type at all, but a regular bean that acts as a holder for the SOAP Fault information: it uses the @WebFault annotation and extends Exception.
- The Customer object (automatically generated) represents the XML content of the SOAP message. This java class is converted to an XML format by JAXB. JAXB provides the ability to marshal Java objects into XML and the inverse: it binds Java method signatures and WSDL messages and operations.
- To run the client application, follow the same steps as the server application.
Further Reading
For more information about the technologies in this tutorial, see the following documentation:


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|Watermelon rind
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|1 3⁄4 Ounce (1 Package)
|5 Cup (80 tbs)
Squeeze juice from lemons.
Reserve peel of two of the lemons.
Measure 1/2 cup lemon juice; set aside.
Remove excess white from reserved lemon peels.
Cut peel into very fine strips.
Place lemon peel in 5-quart kettle.
Cover with water; bring to boiling.
Simmer 5 minutes.
Drain, discarding cooking liquid.
Add the 4 cups ground watermelon rind and liquid to peel in kettle.
Cover; simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
Drain liquid.
Measure and add water, if necessary, to make 2 cups.
Return to kettle with rind and peel.
Add lemon juice.
Stir in pectin; bring to a full rolling boil.
Add sugar at once.
Bring to a full boil.
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This is my first post here, so i want to thank evrybody for making such a great community. Thanks!!!
Im a sound engineer making a libpd app for my final graduation project with the help of a friend of mine who is experienced in ios development.
I've been using pd for a long time in my college (very nice thing indeed i had so many pd and max related classes!) and i thought it would be very nice to develop a consumer application as soon as i knew libpd existed.
We are trying to make a polyphonic synth for ipad but are getting in some trouble.
We maneged to make the synth work but only with 2 voices instead of the planned 8. When we add all the voices the synth compiles and the app loads but we get no sound out of it. The strange thing is that when we run the app in profiler mode it runs smooth with all the 8 voices (although the cpu usage is approximately 70%)
I strimelined the code to make it a lot more cpu friendly (table lookup oscilators instead of bandlimited ones) but the result is exactely the same.
Does anyone has any experience with this?
First off, you can try simplifying your synth voices to just be [osc~] objects, and turn off all effects with [switch~]. Make sure you have that working on desktop / Pd Vanilla with a test patch, and then try loading it on your iPad. If you're still not getting sound, there's probably some variable, such as volume or cutoff or something, that hasn't been set - time to start using [env~] in various places and printing the results to the console.
Hope that helps you on your path..
Thanks for replying.
I'm actually getting sound out of the synth, the thing is that it only runs in profiler mode with 8 voices. In normal or whatever it's named mode I can only make it work (output sound, because it apparently runs) with two or three voices.
My question is, can at least I make it run like in profiler mode all the time?
As my colleague nisios has already said, if the number of voices is limited to two only, the application works even with all the effects associated with each oscillator.
The thing is really tricky as it stops giving sound when more than two voices are used (not giving sound at all).
However, when application is launched thru XCode Instruments with Activity Monitor mode selected, it runs fine, giving sound, even with 8 voices.
The tricky part is... what is limiting the app? What is instruments doing to allow more voices? It was supposed to run worst since Instruments ads some overhead. I can't really figure out what is happening and I was hoping someone had experienced the same kind of phenomena.
With my best regards,
As a preliminary sanity check, you can try the SlidePad sample in pd-for-ios with 10 voices (just change the constant at the top of SlidePadViewController.m from 5 to 10). I'm pretty sure this was working fine for me, but it's been a while.
I'll do that and post the results later! Can you remember any other details that might be missing me?
Problem solved.
The question is that when the application was run in profiling mode, it was being builded by default for Release, while when builded to simply Run, it was being built for Debug.
I changed the settings to build it for Release in Run mode and it is now working.
In the mean while we have also identified some optimizations that can be done in the pd side.
Nuno Santos
Thanks for the update, Nuno! What sort of optimizations did you come up with on the Pd side?


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Hermann von Siemens
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Hermann von Siemens (August 9, 1885 – October 13, 1986) was a German industrialist who became head of the German electrical and electronics company Siemens AG in 1941 and served until 1956. He was the son of Arnold von Siemens and wife Ellen von Helmholtz and paternal grandson of Ernst Werner von Siemens and first wife Mathilde Duman. He died at the age of 101. He was also the grandfather of Henrik von Siemens and the great grandfather of Sophia and Philippa von Siemens.
Note: After 1945, Hermann was removed as head of company by Allied Forces to deal with war crime charges. After many months, including some in captivity - the charges were dropped so he could return as head of firm.
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All the spokes that say "bladed" on them aren't on the dt swiss page - they are actually just "oval" ones that do not require slotted hubs.
All of the wheelsmith bladed spokes are also of the oval variety. Does anyone still make *real* bladed spokes anymore? 3mm+ flat profile (not the 2.0 which of the oval variety).


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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Not Yet Rated| 2 hr. min.
Plot Summary
Sam Moore, Bono, Elvis Costello and others reflect on the history and influence of the Stax record label, which became a major force for music and activism during the civil rights movement.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson
Directors: Robert Gordon , Morgan Neville
Genres: Documentary