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Home List of Titles Divergent lymphocyte signalling revealed by a powerful new tool for analysis of time-lapse microscopy
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/235906
- Title
- Divergent lymphocyte signalling revealed by a powerful new tool for analysis of time-lapse microscopy
- Author(s)
- Pham, Kim; Shimoni, Raz; Ludford-Menting, Mandy J.; Nowell, Cameron J.; Lobachevsky, Pavel; Bomzon, Ze'ev; Gu, Min; Speed, Terence P.; McGlade, C. Jane; Russell, Sarah M.
- Abstract
- We describe a new approach for interactive analysis of time-lapse microscopy, and apply this approach to elucidating whether polarity regulation is conserved between epithelial cells and lymphocytes. A key advantage of our analysis platform, 'TACTICS', is the capacity to visualize individual data points in the context of large data sets, similar to standard approaches in flow cytometry. Scatter plots representing microscopic parameters or their derivations such as polarity ratios are linked to the original data such that clicking on each dot enables a link to images and movies of the corresponding cell. Similar to flow cytometric analysis, subsets of the data can be gated and reanalyzed to explore the relationships between different parameters. TACTICS was used to dissect the regulation of polarization of the cell fate determinant, Numb, in migrating lymphocytes. We show here that residues of Numb that are phosphorylated by atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) to mediate apicobasal polarity in epithelial cells are not required for polarization of Numb in T cells, indicating that the role of aPKC is not conserved between lymphocytes and epithelia.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
- Source
- Immunology and Cell Biology, Vol. 91, no. 1 (Jan 2013), pp. 70-81
- Publication year
- 2013
- FOR Code(s)
- 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology; 1107 Immunology
- Keyword(s)
- Cell polarity; Epithelial cells; Image analysis; Lymphocytes; Numb; Polarity regulation; Protein kinase C; TACTICS; T-cell migration; Time-lapse microscopy
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- 0818-9641
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2013 Australasian Society for Immunology Inc. All rights reserved.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Human Frontiers Science Programme, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF).
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Like a ton of bricksStefan Hard / Staff Photo
Pedestrians use a sidewalk detour around an area in front of Aubuchon Hardware on Main Street in Montpelier where bricks continue to fall from the top of French's Block. The first signs of trouble came Sunday when a long board and the first bricks came tumbling down.
MONTPELIER — Fire Chief Robert Gowans said Tuesday that it will be the end of the week before temporary repairs take place to stabilize the facade of the French's building downtown on Main Street. The city closed down the street and sidewalk in front of the building as well as the alleyway between Bagitos and the beginning of the block.
"Yesterday DeWolfe (Engineering Associates) sent engineers who examined the building and removed anything that was loose or unstable," said Gowans. "They will come back in two days to reassess the situation and we hope that everything will be stable enough that we can open up the street and sidewalk at that point."
The closure affects three storefronts: Aubuchon Hardware, whose corporate parent owns the building, Petals and Things, and Capitol Copy. All three businesses have entries at the rear of the building.
An assistant manager at Aubuchon declined to comment on the situation. Gowans indicated that further work on the facade will have to take place, but that they are hopeful that when it comes time to do the bigger job, scaffolding will be set up in such a way to allow them to keep the sidewalks and storefronts open.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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Every once in a while, we ask a writer we enjoy to fill in for us. This week, we've asked James Renner, author of The Man from Primrose Lane, to speculate on how writers with balls would end some of our favorite TV shows.
Ending a beloved TV show is tricky business. The challenge of capping off a successful series has made bantha poodoo of some of the best writers in the biz (Larry David famously flubbed Seinfeld's finale by shipping his characters off to prison; David Lynch gave his fans the finger by locking Agent Cooper in some backward-talking dwarf purgatory at the end of Twin Peaks).
The key to a good send-off is closure, with a twist. Executed properly, it can be the Prestige of the magic trick that was the show's story. We remember the good ones because of how they left us in the end: M*A*S*H (the war ends, everyone ponders the nature of identity in a world without conflict); The Sopranos (cut-to-black! Tony is so relentless he can't even recognize his own demise).
As House prepares to wrap it up, here's some suggestions for how some of the best shows currently running can end things with a little dignity.
5Games of Thrones Is Dungeons and Dragons, Literally
Word of warning: Game of Thrones is the crack of the television world. If you haven't started watching it already, just jump down to #4, because you might talk shit about how your friend is literally getting the shakes on Sunday evenings as the anticipation of the next episode overpowers his body and how it will never happen to you. But the second you start, it gets its hooks in ya. She's a foul temptress.
No, no. "Foul temptress," not "The literal embodiment of evil with tits."
Much like that kid who sat behind you on the bus, explaining how the Black Lotus kills Juggernauts in Magic: The Gathering until you had to tell him, "Goddammit, James Renner! Enough already!" Game of Thrones doesn't make a ton of logical sense.
We've got knights and kings, so it's medieval Europe, right? No. There's dragons, too. Oh, so it's like Lord of the Rings or something, a twisting of history using Jungian archetypes? Nope. There's zombies living up North. Oh. OK. Another planet, then? Wait, they all speak English. Look, let's just call it an alternate reality.
This is how Hillary might have ended up if she hadn't married Bill.
Also, everyone is sexing each other. Like, all the goddamn time. Somehow, in a world where you have to gather firewood to make it through the winter, people still have time for the old in-and-out every night. And every woman has giant breasts. Saturday Night Live even made a joke about how it seems like the show is being made up on the fly by a 14-year-old nerd who has never touched a boob.
And then there's the opening of the show, which shows us a three-dimensional model of the show's universe as a three-dimensional model. That seems like a pretty cynical grab at the show's core demographic -- people who carry 20-sided dice around with them -- unless it's a subtle hint at a larger truth.
THAC0. Fortitude save. Tarrasque. You're welcome for the shout-out, nerds.
The Execution
Jon Snow is having sex with the bare-breasted she-beast of the Barrowlands when the demon spawn of the Haunted Forest arrives to murder him. Snow deftly withdraws his Black Lotus, which he taps for three mana points, allowing him to release his Juggernaut, defeating the demon and restoring peace to Winterfell.
The camera pulls back to reveal that scene from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial where everyone's sitting around playing Dungeons and Dragons. Turns out the game they've casually been playing while Elliott goes to get the pizza is the story of Game of Thrones, told by their 14-year-old dungeon master. Elliott returns with the smashed pizza, his brother calls him "penis breath" and then we fade to black.
"Seriously, man, tone down the incest. My parents can hear us."
4Dexter: Dexter Is Executed
Hey, guess what? Dexter is a bad guy. A really, really bad guy. Sure, he mostly goes after other killers (mostly -- am I the only one who remembers the guy he killed in the bathroom just for being obnoxious?), but his vengeance has made him the most prolific serial killer in history. And he knows that, eventually, he must answer for these crimes.
Every damn episode of the show is about Dexter almost getting caught. For six seasons, the writers have been playing the role of Lucy van Pelt to our Charlie Brown, and every season, right when we believe Dexter is about to be caught, they pull the football.
He's barely even trying anymore.
Ha ha, real funny, writers. You got us. Again. But if you don't give us the football in the end, we're going to do like Charlie did and wear your skin like a Lucy suit.
The Execution (as it were)
Angel Batista stumbles upon Dexter as he's about to make his 100th kill in a now strangely depopulated Miami. Because he's surrounded by incriminating evidence, Dexter is tried and convicted of the murders actually committed by the sicko he was about to dispatch. Meanwhile, every other cop in his department is fired for being fucking blind.
"This all comes out of nowhere."
Florida, as it turns out, is a big fan of the death penalty (which begs the question, why the hell didn't Dexter move to someplace without capital punishment? You know, like Hawaii?). Dexter is strapped to the gurney (which, come to think of it, looks suspiciously like the table Dexter straps his victims to) and put to death.
A second later, his sister, Debra, appears with evidence proving that Dexter did not commit the murders for which he was executed. Realizing that they have put an "innocent" man to death, the governor abolishes the death penalty.
Debra gradually overcomes her grief by falling in love with the staff of a popular comedy website.
In the end, Dexter's death serves to end the killing spree of another mass murderer ... the state of Florida itself.


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Smart' meters to be coming soon in Montpelier
MONTPELIER Smart parking meters that are high-tech enough to reset themselves when a car leaves a space and to accept payment via credit or debit card or mobile phone will debut soon in Montpelier.
The citys parking advisory committee has just issued a request for proposals seeking one or more companies to provide a small number of meters for a trial run downtown.
The proposals are due by July 17.
The RFP says the test meters are to be installed by Oct. 1 and remain in place through at least Dec. 1.
According to the RFP, the city will short list up to three possible vendors to each install three meters at undetermined locations in the downtown business core.
After the test period, the city plans to choose a meter system based on its performance during the test, as well as its receptivity by the general public and the business community and other criteria, among them features and options, the level of technical and training support from the vendor, and cost.
The city says it plans to sign a five-year purchase agreement with the chosen vendor to upgrade its meters are budgets allow.
The new meters with wireless communication capability will need to accept credit and debit cards, coins and smart cards, the RFP stipulates, and must be able to accept payment via cellphone.
Security of the users personal information is an issue the committee has stressed. The request states, No credit card specific electronic data is to be stored within the parking meter. All transaction information must be encrypted and immediately transmitted for processing.
The new meters will be powered by battery, solar recharging or a combination.
The parking committee also saw the City Council approve its recommendations this week for regulating the use of meter bags to reserve spaces.
The issue came up this year for the first time after extended construction periods led to some merchant complaints.
The regulations restrict how long meter bags can be used in retail areas and require those requesting them to demonstrate a need. Meter bags cannot be used for general employee or convenience parking or by street vendors.
The director of public works, chief of police or building inspector will need to approve meter bag requests for more than three bags, and a standard $10 fee for each day of use per bag will be charged. In the event of a funeral or nonprofit event, the clerk, police chief, head of DPW or city manager can waive the fee.
At its most recent meeting, the committee discussed parking shortage concerns that are a constant topic in the city, winter parking restriction issues, and more.
Chairman Brian Cain said he wants the committee to be more proactive, adding, The parking garage from heaven isnt necessarily going to show up. ... Even if we have a parking garage, thats not going to be a perfect fit. The possibility of a new garage has been raised as the city separately develops a transit center on Taylor Street.
A number of possible steps to improve parking, a culmination of things that will help the parking throughout the city its a little here and a little there thats the best way we have chosen to go about it, he said.
The committee plans to schedule a session to brainstorm ideas and come up with a plan of action.
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"Institutions for International Climate Governance"
Policy Brief 2010-01, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center
November 2010
Author: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has significant advantages but also real challenges as a venue for international negotiations on climate change policy. In the wake of the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen, December 2009, it is important to reflect on institutional options going forward for negotiating and implementing climate change policy.
As a UN affiliate, the UNFCCC has international legitimacy, particularly among developing countries, as well as administrative and institutional resources that could be essential for implementing any negotiated climate agreement. Yet COP-15and the process before and sincehas drawn attention to three institutional challenges facing the UNFCCC: the number and diversity of its parties; a decision-making process that gives each country the same standing regardless of its emissions or its vulnerability to climate change, and requires consensus among parties; and a long-standing divergence between developed and developing countries that has overly politicized negotiations.
Alternative institutional options could supplement the UNFCCC process, and thereby help facilitate the negotiation and implementation of a future international climate policy regime. These include potential roles for the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), the G-20, and bridging states; a more fragmented approach to global climate policy that uses differentiated institutions for various aspects of climate policy; and developing institutional means of facilitating learning and trust. Lessons can be learned by examining international regimes in other areas of policy.
- By most accounts, the MEF and G-20 have been effective venues for discussion that perhaps could extend to the UNFCCC. Because their members hail from the developing and developed worlds, their views carry some international legitimacy. However, neither is constituted as a forum for negotiation on climate change, and both lack the administrative and technical resources for policy implementation.
- Certain key "bridging states" have interests representative of both developing and industrialized countries, and may therefore serve to facilitate and improve the legitimacy of climate negotiations. Candidates include Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Turkey.
- Another set of institutional options involves addressing various aspects of climate policy in separate institutional venues. The result might be a loosely coupled set of regimes, a portfolio of international sectoral agreements, or separate institutions for mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering.
- The international trade regime illustrates the usefulness of viewing climate policy as a processpunctuated by spurts of movement in the form of negotiated trade agreements, each of which builds on previous agreementsrather than an end point that requires little further negotiation or elaboration once it is achieved. Lessons might also be drawn from the trade regime's customized accession procedures.
- Measurement, reporting, and verification was central to much of the debate at COP-15, and the experience of the nuclear nonproliferation regime illustrates how international cooperation can sustain an effective technical monitoring organization that in turn facilitates even broader cooperation. It also highlights the importance of complementary bilateral agreements and the usefulness of alternative forums that are dedicated to solving technical problems.
- Negotiations might benefit from trust built through institutional learning. Learning decreases uncertainty, which countries often use as an argument for inaction. As one example, the International Energy Agency might serve a learning function in assessing mitigation performance and developing techniques for accurately and fairly comparing disparate policies to reduce emissions. The UNFCCC itself might specialize more closely in the future in collecting and exchanging informationand thereby building trust among parties.
Several implications arise from this assessment of existing and potential institutions for international climate governance:
- A variety of institutional options exist for international climate policy, but the most promising ones all involve some combination of the UNFCCC and a diverse set of other organizations for negotiation and policy implementation.
- The UNFCCC may increasingly play a role functionally similar to the G-20 and MEFas a forum for discussing concepts and exploring approaches to resolve conflicting values, especially between developing and industrialized countries.
- Unlike the G-20 and the MEF, the UNFCCC has the authority to serve as a forum for negotiation, but whether it is capable of using that authority effectively will become apparent only over time.
- The UNFCCC may increasingly specialize in data gathering through national communications and the implementation of policy, as it does now with the CDM, through the Executive Board, working groups, and subsidiary bodies.
For more information about this publication please contact the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Coordinator at 617-496-8054.
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Miami Marlins (63-78) at Philadelphia Phillies (69-71)
Wade LeBlanc (2-3, 2.72) vs. Kyle Kendrick (8-10, 3.96)
Time: 7:05 PM, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 75
Media: Twitter and Facebook
The Phillies are coming off a huge sweep of the Colorado Rockies. They're six games out of the Wild Card, two games below .500, and 8-2 in their last 10 games. The Phillies will play two last place teams in their next two series: the Marlins and the Astros.
The Phillies aren't where we expected them to be, and some are counting them out, but for Phillies fans there is still that glimmer of hope.
I don't know what has gotten into Kyle Kendrick, but he has been on a roll lately. Since August 14, Krazy K is 4-1 with a 1.53 ERA. He has 25 strikeouts and 4 walks during that span. Here's another stat that Phillies Nation's Corey Seidman tweeted: Kendrick is 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in last six starts against the Marlins.
LINEUP: Rollins SS, Mayberry CF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Wigginton LF, Brown RF, Kratz C, Martinez 3B, Kendrick P
Your Gameday Beer: Innis and Gunn Rum Cask Oak Finish Beer
This excellent make from Innis and Gunn will knock your socks off. It's not for the faint of heart at 7.4% ABV, but if you relax with a few you'll enjoy it without the nasty hangover tomorrow. It has a deep red color with notes of fruit, spice, toffee, and oak. This beer was discovered accidentally – they set out to make an ale-flavored whiskey 2002 and instead came up with a Scottish beer. Funny how things work. – By Pat
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Need this game.
Kenny baseball and Chuck and myself are making plans for the parade.
Haters need not apply here.
You know who you are.
You enjoy the parade – I'll be in my seat at CBP perhaps with my last helping of Crab Fries for the year
Now we are talking baseball!
Where can you find this Innis beer? Scottish beer actually sounds good
It ain't gonna happen Andrew, but If for some strange reason your party is on, big Mike and I are crashing it dude. I'll wear a mask, or phanatic suit, or something.
Why start Howard vs a leftie?
When you have numerous right handed options?
Sorry I want to win the game.
Thats all and ghangis kahn or charles manson can play first for me if you win.
Ill never get this esp with expanded rosters.
No AFW, you shouldn't be asking about RH. But asking about the rest of our lineup!!! Where is Juan Pierre?? OUR BEST PLAYER THIS SEASON!!
I don't care of Orr is decent at 3B, start him over Mary Mart. And how much worse is anyone at LF compared to Ty?!?
Sorry, I should be positive…..it's frustrating now bc we are CLOSE!!! I believe…
Why would you play someone with a .350 sluging average?
And furthur compoud it by hitting him 4th?
Sorry Id like to win and dont care about stars or contracts.
I really don't want to jinx this game but KK with 6 strike outs and its not the end of the 4th?
Positive Brooks!
Utley may yet be salvagable but needs to be in left next year not 2b.
Obviously, the Phils have to win this game, but the Reds aren't helping. Bucs have 'em, 3 zip.
Bucs are in free fall
I am 100% discounting them like I did the mets when they had a 9 game lead.
Dodgers Brewers Cardinals are the opposition
Free fall's not too far from precisely right.
They REALLY need a win tonight.
Brown would have played every game of 2011 and 2012 if I was running the team.
Why do I have this feeling that KK is now impossibly gonna pitch even better now with a lead.
Because the guy can drive you to complete delusion.
If the phils win
I am watching the Cardinals padres game too
Anyone else in?
Doubtful for me, but thx for still another invite.
Ken if the phillies ever cut this to 2 games Ill do one of my long posts abotu why walks damage a pitcher more than a home run.
Along those lines, sometimes I root for just an extra base hit instead of a homer because the pitcher has to continue to work harder. Like a double with 'em loaded, as opposed to a grand dinger.
2 games out is my new goal.
See if a little jinx works here, powerful jinx artist that I am. The Crew's Willy Peralta with a no-no, top 3 V the Braves
I'll be at the one in Cherry Hill tomorrow (before the game). I love Scotch and love beer. Sounds like a good mix to me! Thanks Big Ed
KK with a career high in strike outs too – as Howard continues to sink!
Can you blame howard?
Its poor managing
Who hits a guy with a 325 slugging 4th?
this is by far charlies biggest weakness
And 99% of managers would indeed sit howard vs a left handed starter esp with expanded rosters
Evidence, please, on the last sentence.
I can't believe people are bashing Howard… you project out what he has done right now over 162 and you're talking about 120 RBI and +30 HR. That is what he is paid to do. Forget the batting average… you give me 120 RBI and 30 HR every year and I'm happier than a kid in a candy store. Short-term memory loss, I suppose… maybe you cannot recall the time not so long ago when runs were tougher to come by then Eagles Super Bowl rings.
See ya at sea level… I like it. Keep the Phaith.
Consider the source of the comment.
Good at bat Nate – way to make him work.
I agree w all of you especially AFW. RH DOES have 40rbi s though. And if anyone says we would be where we are now (improved play) without RH is being silly. But yes AFW he is frustrating. $25 million- WOWWW.
And yes the Cards are not helping us, but if we win, that's one game closer to .500.
And last note: Cloyd pitching on Wednesday on 3 days rest, ummm…
Think you mean Thursday, versus Houston.
Maybe not, but that's what I thought I read a couple days ago. Matter of fact, it has to be Thurs, he "pitched" Sunday, if we can call it that.
He'll be fine.
Reds tied the Bucs. 3-3. Votto, Ludwick-Bruce part of the order Good as the Phils used to have. Braves remain scoreless.
Hasn't Paps pitched 3 in a row? Could Aumont get the 9th?
"Could Aumont get the 9th?"
That is thee stupid thought of the night. Totally forgot Bastardo.
Put em down, Antonio. Let's wrap this sucker up. Specially since Giancarlo can't be the tieing or lead run.
I loved Shane and Pence.
IMO Shane and Ruiz are the 2 most important players the Phillies have had the last 5 years.
that said
losing ANYONE from this stale line up was a positive.
And something Ive been begging for since 2009
Start chopping. Braves take a 1-0 lead, T5.
Course the big game the Phils need help in is the Cards V SD, but every little bit helps.
oh boy
Mini playing a good game tonight.
Everybody contributes the rest of the way, however far it might be…start of the parade, middle of it, or end.
Hell, they grab the 2card, and there SHOULD be a parade.
Winner winner chicken dinner
now lets go padres
Next stop, sea level.
Next goal, within taking care of the club's own business, season high watermark of 4 over, which if memory serves, hasn't been neighborly since 28-25, when they were 1.5 back of the lead wild card end of May.
Hard to believe as inept as they were early on (9-14 in April) that they were that close, and then the bottom dropped out after Doc got hurt.
But the change is solid, and it rools, and rolls, and rolls on.
See ya at sea level tomorrow night.
GO PHILS, and GO KK!!!!!!!!
@ Ken Bland, yes sorry about that- Cloyd is going Thursday. You were correct.
I love this feeling, at least it's exciting!! Last year we were cocky at this time even though our bats were bad. This season we are HUNGRY and playing a heart. KK!!- wow wow wow
we're like the water level creeping up the decks of the unsinkable titanic fellas. slow and steady! just hoping the bilge pumps don't kick in! GO FIGHTENS


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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 - 7:30 pm (Free) Creekside Room, Mill Valley Public Library375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley Every first Wednesday of the month, the Mill Valley Historical Society hosts a presentation of local historical interest.
Guest Speaker Jack Gibson, district director of the Marin Municipal Water District, will present the "History of the Marin Municipal Water District". Gibson was first elected to the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) Board in 1994. He was reelected without opposition in 1998 and currently serves as district directo. During his tenure with the MMWD, Gibson has established a strong record as a fiscal watchdog and environmental steward. He has helped streamline MMWD bureacracy, reduced the budget, opposed rate increases, backed aggressive water conservation measures, and supported a comprehensive fishery restoration program for Lagunitas Creek. Gibson is also known for his track record of community involvement, and has served on the Boards of a long list of Marin organizations with missions of public service.
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Nationwide Post race Report from Phoenix
November 10, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series
ServiceMaster 200
Phoenix International Raceway
November 9, 2013
Race Highlights
•Richard Childress Racing teammates finished third (Austin Dillon), ninth (Kevin Harvick) and 13th (Brian Scott).
•A. Dillon leads the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by eight points over Sam Hornish, Jr., while Scott is seventh in the standings, 106 points behind the leader.
•The No. 3 Chevrolet team ranks third in the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, with the No. 33 team sixth and the No. 2 team 11th.
•According to NASCAR's Post-Race Loop Data Statistics, Dillon ranked second in Average Running Position (4.395).
•Harvick was the second-Fastest Driver Early in a Run, third-Fastest on Restarts, had the third-Fastest Green-Flag Speed, earned the third-best Average Running Position (4.650) and had the third-best Driver Rating (114.3).
•Scott was the sixth-Fastest Driver Early in a Run (128.230).
•Kyle Busch earned his 12th Nationwide Series victory of 2013 and was followed to the finish line by Justin Allgaier, Dillon, Regan Smith and Sam Hornish, Jr.
•The next Nationwide Series race is the Homestead 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, Nov. 16. The 33rd race of the 2013 season is scheduled to be televised live on ESPN beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio, channel 90.
Brian Scott Earns a 13th-Place Finish at Phoenix International Raceway
Brian Scott and the No. 2 Whitetail team scored a 13th-place finish in Saturday afternoon's ServiceMaster 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. The 25-year-old Nationwide Series driver started the 200-lap affair from the fifth position and remained among the top group of competitors for the initial green-flag run. Scott reported to crew chief Phil Gould he was tight through the corners. Gould brought the Boise, Idaho-native to pit road under green-flag conditions for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. When the field cycled through green-flag pit stops, Scott was running in the sixth position. The caution was displayed on lap 104 allowing the Richard Childress Racing driver to pit for two tires, fuel and chassis adjustments to help the handling of his Chevrolet. He restarted fifth and battled with the No. 7 for track position. The caution flag waved on lap 130 prompting Scott to bring his Chevrolet Camaro to pit road for fuel only. On the ensuing restart, he made contact with the No. 22 as Scott sustained slight right-front damage, but not enough to hurt the handling of his car. Through the next several laps the he battled among the top-seven for every position he could earn. On lap 163, he got loose in turn one and slid back to 13th in the running order, where he ultimately took the checkered flag.
Start - 5 Finish - 13 Laps Led - 0 Points - 7th
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTE: "We had a really good Whitetail Camaro today at Phoenix (International Raceway), Phil (Gould, crew chief) and the guys brought a great car, and we had good track position to start the race. We fought a few handling issues in the beginning, but improved on each stop while staying inside the top-10. I made a mistake by getting into the 22, and then got loose on one of the restarts costing us valuable track position. I'm glad to be heading to Homestead (Miami-Speedway) next weekend. I ran well there last year and look to back that performance up once again."
Dillon Leads Nationwide Standings with One Race Remaining
Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon drove the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet to a third-place finish in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, extending his lead in the driver championship point standings to eight markers heading into the series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Welcome, N.C. driver started the event from the second position and was a mainstay in the top five for a majority of the 200-lap event. He slipped into the fifth position during his initial run as he struggled with a tight-handling condition in the middle of the corners, and a loose-handling condition on exit of the corners. A green-flag pit stop for service on lap 78 helped alleviate the handling conditions Dillon was facing. Two-tire pit stops under caution periods on laps 107 and 132 helped crew chief Danny Stockman keep Dillon in contention and the championship contender drove to second on lap 163 before slipping into the third spot on the white flag lap, where he ultimately finished.
Start - 2 Finish - 3 Laps Led - 0 Points - 1st
AUSTIN DILLON QUOTE: "It's exciting to head into the last race of the year with an eight point lead in the championship standings. I am going to try my hardest for all of the guys on the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet team next weekend in Homestead."
Harvick Earns Top-10 Finish at Phoenix
Kevin Harvick and the No. 33 Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet team picked up a ninth-place result at Phoenix International Raceway in the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event Saturday afternoon. Starting from the third position, the two-time series champion battled a loose-handling Chevrolet during the early laps, but maintained a position within the top five until a two-tire pit stop under caution on lap 132. With varying pit strategies playing throughout the field, the Richard Childress Racing driver lined up eighth for the ensuing restart. The loose-handling issue continued to plague Harvick during the final laps leaving him to settle for a ninth-place finish in his 200th Nationwide Series start with RCR.
Start - 3 Finish - 9 Laps Led - 0 Owner Points - 6th
KEVIN HARVICK QUOTE: "We worked on the Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet during the race and just couldn't get it to tighten up like we needed. Hate it for the team that we couldn't pick up a better finish, but between the handling of the car and the different pit strategies that played out, we came up short today."


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April 18, 2013
Glowworms in LA
On Monday night, I found a glowworm while I was up in Griffith Park! That's right people, glowworms really do exist, and they're right here in our city.
No it wasn't a discarded 80s toy, like these (though I might have been equally excited if it was):
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This beauty of a specimen is a male Western Banded Glowworm, Zarhipis integripennis. I know it's a male because it doesn't glow and it isn't wormy. That's right, only...
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The La Crosse man accused of sexually assaulting a child at his mother's in home day care is hoping to reach a plea agreement.
Timothy Miller, 19, waived his preliminary hearing on Monday. He's charged with first-degree child sexual assault and child enticement.
The criminal complaint says Miller inappropriately touched a four-year-old at the day care where he lived in 2010. He admitted to the action during a police interview.
Miller has 30 days to reach a plea deal before court proceedings will be scheduled.


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Section 1703 of Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 created the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Loan Guarantee Program. The program was reauthorized and revised by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 by adding Section 1705 to EPAct. The 1705 Program was retired in September 2011, and Loan Guarantees are no longer available under that authority. DOE, however, still has authority to issue Loan Guarantees under the old Section 1703 Program.
Loan guarantees are provided in response to open solicitations. The updated supplemental guidance for Renewable Energy Projects and Energy Efficiency Projects included an application solicitation schedule, with a final Part I application due date of July 13, 2016. Up to $3 billion is available in loan guarantees for projects in renewable energy, efficient end-use, and efficient generation, transmission, and distribution technologies (plus an additional amount that may be imputed based on the credit subsidy cost of the loan guarantee authority). See the program website for more details on eligibility and the application process.
Section 1703 requires either an appropriation to cover the Credit Subsidy Cost (the expected long term liability to the Federal Government for providing the loan guarantee), or payment of the Credit Subsidy Cost by the borrower. A credit-based interest rate spread will be added to certain loans receiving a 100% loan guarantee from DOE and financing from the Federal Financing Bank. Rates and more information are available here.


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November 9, 2011
It's a pleasure to address the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. International forums like this, which share best practices and build a cross-border community of innovation, are relatively new in the education sphere. But they are much-needed--and long overdue.
November 7, 2011
Good afternoon everyone, and congratulations to SETDA on a decade's contributions to the digital transformation of the classroom.
It's a pleasure to join you again this year. As I said last year, we're at an important transition point.
We live in a time of extraordinary change and extraordinary opportunity.
November 2, 2011
Good evening and thank you for inviting me here to Rhode Island to talk about the challenges and the opportunities to improve education and strengthen our economy.
President Obama and I believe deeply that education and the economy are inextricably linked. American cannot thrive in the new century without a skilled and educated workforce.
November 2, 2011
Opening Remarks
Thank you, Under Secretary Stock. The State Department and Secretary Clinton are deeply committed to international education. In tandem with the U.S. Department of Education, they have demonstrated an unwavering dedication to expanding international exchange and higher education partnerships.
October 17, 2011
Today, I've been fortunate to get an education in Puerto Rico's P-12 system. And from the frank discussions at the Summit, to the students and great teachers whom I talked with at the Ines Maria Mendoza Elementary School in Bayamon, one conclusion leaps out. Puerto Rico today is at an educational crossroads.
October 17, 2011
I am delighted to be here. The U.S.-India Higher Education Summit is supporting educational partnerships that all nations should aspire to empower.
I want to second Secretary Clinton's vision and support for international partnerships, and our shared understanding that the United States and India mutually benefit from strengthening higher education.
October 14, 2011
This is both an exciting and challenging time for Oregon's educators, parents, and children.
October 3, 2011
Thank you all for coming out today—and my special thanks to Dennis Van Roekel and Wendy Kopp for joining me here and to the remarkable group of educators and leaders in the field who are participating in our panel discussion.
September 22, 2011
I want to thank you for being here today. Over the past year, all of us in the Obama administration have been joining forces to address and reduce bullying. I believe we've made real progress – but I know that we have a long way to go.
September 20, 2011
It is great to have the opportunity to talk with the HBCU family once again.
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Love the combo...in fact just purchased the patchwork dresser from west elm to use as a tv unit in our small family room and it ties in the white kitchen cabinets and dark mahogany floor so well.
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Crash damages car and houseMay 07,2013
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JEFFERSONVILLE A mailbox was destroyed and a sport-utility vehicle and house both damaged, but the woman behind the wheel of the wayward SUV escaped serious injury Saturday afternoon, police said.
Vermont State Police said Mary Niemen, 43, of Jeffersonville suffered a minor rash on her arms and nose when the airbag in her 2004 Honda Element deployed in an accident that occurred shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday.
According to police, Nieman was driving north on Route 108 near the intersection of Notch Glen Road when she lost control of her vehicle. Niemans Honda swerved off the right side of the road, knocked over a mailbox, and sideswiped a large tree before colliding head-on with a house located on Notch Glen Drive.
Police described damage to both the house and car as moderate.
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Top Precautions for Diabetic Patients
As the 'World Diabetes Day' is being observed today, we bring to you simple ways and techniques that can keep a diabetic person healthy for a longer period of time.
1. Avoid Sugar and Spicy Food
Refined sugar must be avoided at all times as it increases the blood glucose level. Oily or spicy food should be avoided as it is more difficult for a diabetic person to digest such kind of foods as compared to a non-diabetic person. Oily or spicy food can cause massive stomach irritation in a diabetic patient, according to WebMD.
A diabetic person should avoid the two extremes; fasting and feasting. Missing meals or overeating disturbs the balance of the body and the blood glucose levels start fluctuating abnormally, according to WebMD.
Alcohol is like poison for a diabetic patient as it can cause severe hypoglycemia and can permanently damage the nerves. Even regular alcohol consumption can fluctuate the blood glucose levels in a diabetic person, according to WebMD.
Exercising helps a diabetic person immensely as it improves the body's use of insulin and burns the excess fat from the body. Exercising also allows a diabetic to lower the blood pressure and gain extra energy. Although, it should be noted that intense exercising is not advisable for a diabetic person as it may increase the blood glucose levels in the body, according to WebMD.
The amount and the time of food intake are very important factors when it comes to diabetes. Both of them need control, specially the intake of carbohydrates. Variation in the intake of carbohydrates will also change the blood glucose level in a diabetic patient. Hence, regular meals and proper time with the right amount of carbohydrates are the most important precautions a diabetic person requires, according to WebMD.


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my body beneath blankets, lying down on my back so that my breasts roll around to my sides. placing my hand on my breastbone, it is level and i feel my breath, but that is inside. there are bony hips and ribs, ready for dismantling. in the mornings, i have to hold my stomach to keep the fear from spilling out.
today my lips are cracked and i do nothing to repair them. we rely too heavily on balms and ointments, rubbing them into our skin like it's a religion. instead i will rip off the dead skin until it is bloody and the blood fills up my bottom lip. dabbing at it with my tongue it tastes that strange metallic way that all blood tastes, and in fact i kind of like it. this is one of the small ways that you can distract yourself.
i think about the moon too often. i love how the cool light fills up my bedroom. its craters like lifelines, imprints in the skin. the cliche of it. i have important moon memories, i have moon stories to tell. every poem has a moon, even if it doesn't explicitly say so. it hangs over the poem, and the poem turns silver.
i need a skin much thicker than this one, one that is resilient, less willing to compromise, possibly waterproof. my own skin is weak, sagging. i poke and prod at it, pulling at it hard between my thumb and fingers. after a while i realise that the skin i have is mine and can't be altered. i try to smooth over the creases i have made. everything is a threat, but giving up is a luxury.


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Kate Hudson & Charlize Theron Wow In Strapless Gowns In Germany & London
Charlize Theron attended the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin, Germany, over the weekend looking incredible in a pale pink strapless gown cinched at the waist with an embellished jeweled decoration.
It also appears that her hair is finally growing out again after she chopped it off for her role in the upcoming film "Mad Max: Fury Road."
The actress was recently honored for her humanitarian work at the World Economic Forum's annual Crystal Award Ceremony. She has worked to eradicate AIDS with her foundation the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project.
On Monday Kate Hudson attended the Elle Style Awards in London, England, also wearing the popular strapless style. She looked ready for Valentine's Day in the red Stella McCartney gown, which featured embroidery down the sides of the floor-length dress.
Hudson stars in the upcoming film "Everly" about a woman who faces down assassins sent by her ex mob boss boyfriend.


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Laundry day used to be impossible without a big bar of Fels-Naptha, once a staple of every grocer and household in the land. It is hard to find now, but it still looks the same and cleans just as well as it ever did.
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Fels-Naptha soap still cleans laundry just as well as it did in the good old days.
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China's Gilded Age
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's a trend that ties together the earnings at Caterpillar (CAT) and Microsoft's (MSFT) possible participation in a Dell (DELL) buyout.
You can't trust China.
I'm not talking about the government. I'm talking about business. Although many people will still insist China is a "communist" country, I'm pretty sure that "If Marx were living today, he'd be rolling around in his grave," as Randy Newman sang.
China today is a brutally capitalist economy with a kleptocratic upper crust. Before you get into high dudgeon over that, consider America under Ulysses S. Grant.
Just as Civil War veterans were raking it in with both hands during the 1870s, so descendents of China's generals are doing the same today. Just as America had yet to see the wisdom of following copyrights in the 1870s, so it is with China today. Just as America's boom of the 1870s masked the brutalities of industrialization, and genocide against native people in the West, so it is with China today.
What changed things here wasn't just the government -- the reforms of the 1880s were very superficial. What changed things was the cold hand of organized capitalism, with John D. Rockefeller rationalizing the oil industry and J.P. Morgan rationalizing everything else. It was the "trusts" that were the gateway to market reform, because the trusts did indeed reform the market, in the name of efficient allocation of capital.
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It wasn't until the 1890s, with the trusts acting as de facto governments, while controlling what went on below them, that the government was able to gain a regulatory foothold. You can argue that the regulations of the Progressive Era were mainly done on behalf of capital, but they did happen.
Over a long struggle with Wall Street, America's markets became increasingly transparent through most of the 20th century, so that companies saw listing on our stock exchanges as a "gold standard," as something worth doing, because it meant they could be trusted.
But until a company, or an economy, is willing to be transparent, to be open and honest, accepting it in your market is more like accepting pythons in the Everglades.
That's what Caterpillar learned, as Quartz reports, in taking a $580 million loss because the "trusted" assets it acquired in China weren't worth what they were said to be worth. This despite having some of the "best men" in the market involved, like Emory Williams, who told the Financial Times he was "shocked, shocked" that gambling was going on here.
This has everything to do with Microsoft. Just as Europe found it had to do business with the U.S. during the Gilded Age, so technology companies today are dependent on China. The Chinese technology market is red in tooth and claw, and unless you're able to have a serious presence there you're just asking to get ripped off.


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The WB Network Stars Party - Arrivals
HOLLYWOOD - JULY 22: Actress Fran Drescher arrives at the WB Network stars party at the Cabana Club on July 22, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
4th Annual Much Love Animal Rescue Bow Wow Ween - Arrivals
LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 30: Tori Spelling arrives with her pug, Mimi, at the Dogswell Dog Treats presents the Fourth Annual Much Love Animal Rescue Bow Wow Ween on October 30, 2005 in Brentwood, CA. The event featured a Doggy Costume Contest with celebrity judges including Ms. Spelling. Much Love is a non-profit, no kill charity that finds homes for dogs and cats about to be destroyed at Los Angeles area animal shelters. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
Unveiling of "Idols of Gay Hollywood"
HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 08: Actress Paris Hilton attends the unveiling of the new exhibit "Idols of Gay Hollywood" at The Hollywood Museum on June 8, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
North Shore Animal League America Announces 8th Annual Tour For Life
PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK - MARCH 26: Singer Mya holds her dog Journey at the North Shore Animal League America's 8th Annual Tour For Life press conference at the North Shore Animal League March 26, 2008 in Port Washington, New York. (Photo by Steven Henry/Getty Images)
Animal Fair Magazine Hosts "Doggy Fiesta" At Velvet Margarita
HOLLYWOOD - MARCH 30: Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton (L), with his dog Teddy, and actress Amanda Bynes with her dog Charlie, pose at the "Doggy Fiesta" dinner in honor of her new cover for Animal Fair Magazine at Velvet Margarita on March 30, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images)
Longchamp Celebrates Their 60th Anniversary
NEW YORK - JULY 14: Actress Susan Sarandon attends Longchamp's 60th Anniversary celebration at La Maison Unique Longchamp on July 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (R), First Lad
US President Barack Obama (R), First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd L) and their daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha walk with the new family dog Bo, a Portuguese water dog, on April 14, 2009 at the White House in Washington. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN
"We're All For The Hall" Concert for Country Music Hall of Fame - Backstage
NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 13: Musician Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum with dog Murphy attend the 'We're All For The Hall' benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on October 13, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame)
Ryan Gosling Visits "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" - July 20, 2011
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 20: Ryan Gosling along with his dog George visits 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on July 20, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
Lisa Vanderpump, Pandora Sabo And John O'Hurley Visit SiriusXM
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Lisa Vanderpump, daughter Pandora Sabo, and pet dog Giggy visits SiriusXM Studio to promote 'Simply Divine: A Guide to Easy, Elegant, and Affordable Entertaining' on November 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
2012 Bideawee Gala
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 11: TV personality Sonja Morgan and her dog Milou attend the 2012 Bideawee Gala at Gotham Hall on June 11, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
North Shore Animal League America's 2nd Annual DogCatemy Awards
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 29: Television personality Rachael Ray with her husband John Cusimano and their dog Isaboo attend the North Shore Animal League America's 2nd annual DogCatemy Awards at Capitale on November 29, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Disney's A Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival To Benefit Elizabeth Glaser
BRENTWOOD, CA - JUNE 11: Actress Ashley Tisdale and her dog Blondie attend "A Time for Heroes Celebrity Carnival" sponsored by Disney to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation on the grounds of the Wadsworth Theater on June 11, 2006 in Brentwood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
CA: GW Little Pet Fashion Show - Arrivals
LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 9: Actress Haylie Duff arrives for the GW Little Pet Fashion Show at the Century Plaza Hotel November 9, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
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Web services have been a buzzword for a while. A friend used to say "Web services are like high school sex. Everyone is talking about doing it, but hardly anyone is, and those that are probably aren't doing it well." These days, though, Web services are moving to college, so to speak, and lots of people are starting to "do it" more often and better than before. Tools are maturing, and creating and working with Web services isn't all that hard anymore.
IBM has given a lot of code to the Apache group, including SOAP4J, their group of SOAP tools. The Apache SOAP and SOAP4J guys got together and are working on the latest and greatest tool set called Apache AXIS, which features not only better performance, but also some new features that make it trivial to play in this new world. I see the most common actions being "I want to expose this functionality as a Web service," and "I want to access that Web service." Surely it should be very straight-forward to strap on this interface, and you shouldn't have to learn everything there is to know about the underlying platform. This is the same idea as not having to know about the IP and TCP layer when accessing a URL over HTTP. Let's keep it simple, folks.
Notes on running sample application
You can download the code and scripts to run the Fibonacci Web service. Your first step is to get Apache Axis running; then you can unzip the code and follow our steps. Read the
In this article, I will show two parts of this new system:
All of the code that is listed (and downloadable) was written for Apache Axis beta1. There are more instructions on running the code at the end of the article.
NOTE: I assume that you have basic knowledge of Web services. If you need to look up what a WSDL file is, checkout the Web services section of ONJava.com.
The Apache guys realized that it would be really nice to be able to drop some code somewhere and have it become a Web service "just like that." This simplicity is a current trend; Microsoft has it in .NET, and BEA in the WebLogic 7 platform. But just how easy is it to:
Let's take the simple
Calculator.java class from the
samples.userguide.example2 package and expose its two methods (
add() and
subtract()) through Web services. We simply copy the Java file into the Axis Web application, using the extension .jws instead of .java:
% cp samples\usersguide\example2\Calculator.java %TOMCAT_HOME%\webapps\axis\Calculator.jws
Just by having the code (with the .jws extension) in the Web application deploys it and allows us to access it. If we open a browser and access the file (e.g.
http://localhost:8080/axis/Calculator.jws) we will be told that we are talking to a Web service. How easy was that?! A simple copy command and we are done.
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Now we have a deployed Web service; we need to access it. Let's look at a client that allows us to pass in a math operation (add or subtract) and the two amounts to work with.
package samples.userguide.example2;
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import org.apache.axis.encoding.XMLType;
import org.apache.axis.utils.Options;
import javax.xml.rpc.ParameterMode;
public class CalcClient {
public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
Options options = new Options(args);
String endpoint = "http://localhost:" + options.getPort() +
// Do argument checking
args = options.getRemainingArgs();
if (args == null || args.length != 3) {
System.err.println("Usage: CalcClient <add|subtract arg1 arg2");
String method = args[0];
if (!(method.equals("add") || method.equals("subtract"))) {
System.err.println("Usage: CalcClient <add|subtract arg1 arg2");
// Make the call
Integer i1 = new Integer(args[1]);
Integer i2 = new Integer(args[2]);
Service service = new Service();
Call call = (Call) service.createCall();
call.setTargetEndpointAddress(new java.net.URL(endpoint));
call.setOperationName( method );
call.addParameter("op1", XMLType.XSD_INT, ParameterMode.PARAM_MODE_IN);
call.addParameter("op2", XMLType.XSD_INT, ParameterMode.PARAM_MODE_IN);
Integer ret = (Integer) call.invoke( new Object [] { i1, i2 });
System.out.println("Got result : " + ret);
The code first imports all of the required classes. Then we set the URL of the Web service that we want to invoke. Skip past the argument checking, and we get to the meat: we configure the method that we want to call, the parameters to pass, and then invoke the service itself. So, we have deployed and accessed the Web service by writing a minimal amount of code.
What if we wanted to retrieve a WSDL file to give to a programmer who needs to talk to our particular service (and who may be using .NET or Python or something else to access it)? Once again, the Apache folk thought of this. We can grab the definition file simply by accessing the Web service and appending?WSDL to the end of the URL. If I simply point my browser to http://localhost:8080/axis/Calculator.jws?WSDL, I get the XML descriptor sent back to me.
Although it is really easy and convenient to shove our Java code under the Axis directory as a .jws file, that will not be the way you deploy all of your Web services. A lot of the time we want more fine-grained control over the Web service, to tweak it, and to use other more advanced features. Luckily, with other tools, it is still easy for us to work with our code in a more formal manner.
Let's walk through the following process:
After going through this full process, you will be able to create clients to any Web services (when given the WSDL), and wrap up any code, exposing it as a Web service.
Here are the steps we will walk through:
There are two files of our existing code: an interface and an implementation class. First, we have defined the Fibonacci interface that has methods for calculating one, or a range of Fibonacci sequences.
Example 1. Fibonacci.java
package fibonacci;
public interface Fibonacci {
// Method to calculate the fibonacci sequence
public int calculateFibonacci( int num );
// Method to return an array of results
public int[] calculateFibonacciRange(int start, int stop);
Then we have the real implementation of that code. Don't spend time studying how the Fibonacci sequence is calculated, though; that isn't the point.
Example 2. FibonacciImpl.java
package fibonacci;
public class FibonacciImpl {
public int calculateFibonacci( int num ) {
if (num <= 0) return 0;
if (num == 1) return 1;
int previous1 = 1, previous2 = 0, fib = 0;
for (int i=2; i <= num; i++) {
// the fib is the answer of the previous two answers
fib = previous1 + previous2;
// reset the previous values
previous2 = previous1;
previous1 = fib;
return fib;
public int[] calculateFibonacciRange(int start, int stop) {
int[] results = new int[stop + 1];
for (int x=start; x <= stop; x++) {
results[x] = this.calculateFibonacci( x );
return results;
Now we have the Fibonacci code, and we compile it (
javac). Here comes the first tool that helps us out as we endeavor to make that code a Web service. The
Java2WSDL command line will generate a standard WSDL file that conforms to a given interface. We tell the program the information it needs to know as it builds the file, such as:
fibonacci = urn:fibonacci)
The full command for our example becomes something like:
% java org.apache.axis.wsdl.Java2WSDL -o fib.wsdl -l"http://localhost:8080/axis/services/fibonacci" -n urn:fibonacci -p"fibonacci" urn:fibonacci fibonacci.Fibonacci
After the program runs, we see that a new file,
fib.wsdl, was created for us. If we look inside the file, we see 114 lines of information that needed to be created for this Web service. Aren't you glad that you didn't need to write the whole thing? How do people write them by hand?
Now we have defined our Web service.
Our next step is to take this WSDL and generate all of the glue code for deploying the service, as well as stubs for accessing it. The WSDL2Java tool comes to our aid here to take that chore out of our hands.
Let's generate this code into the
fibonacci.ws package, to keep it separate from the original code. Once again, we need to tell this command line some information so it can go ahead and do its work:
The full command for our example becomes something like:
% java org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java -o . -d Session -s -p fibonacci.ws fib.wsdl
After running this program, a slew of code has been generated for us in the
fibonacci\ws directory:
FibonacciSoapBindingImpl.java: This is the implementation code for our Web service. This is the one file we will need to edit, tying it to our existing
Fibonacci.java: This is a remote interface to the Fibonacci system (extends
Remote, and methods from the original
Fibonacci.java throw
FibonacciService.java: Service interface of the Web services. The
ServiceLocator implements this interface.
FibonacciServiceLocator.java: Helper factory for retrieving a handle to the service.
FibonacciSoapBindingSkeleton.java: Server-side skeleton code.
FibonacciSoapBindingStub.java: Client-side stub code that encapsulates client access.
deploy.wsdd: Deployment descriptor that we pass to the Axis system to deploy these Web services.
undeploy.wsdd: Deployment descriptor that will undeploy the Web services from the Axis system.
We need to tweak one of the output source files to tie the Web service to
FibonacciSoapBindingImpl.java is waiting for us to add the stuff into the methods that it created. The lines that we added are in bold:
package fibonacci.ws;
import fibonacci.FibonacciImpl;
public class FibonacciSoapBindingImpl implements fibonacci.ws.Fibonacci {
FibonacciImpl fib = new FibonacciImpl();
public int calculateFibonacci(int in0) throws java.rmi.RemoteException {
return fib.calculateFibonacci(in0);
public int[] calculateFibonacciRange(int in0, int in1) throws java.rmi.RemoteException {
return fib.calculateFibonacciRange(in0, in1);
We are simply tying in to the existing class. We could have hard-coded the methods in this class, but in the real world, we probably want to wrap logic as Web services, and not just enable access via that interface.
Now we are ready to deploy this service. We have to do the following:
We first have to
javac fibonacci\ws\*.java
Next, we package all of the code that we have and copy it into Axis' classpath:
% jar cvf fib.jar fibonacci/*.class fibonacci/ws/*.class
% mv fib.jar %TOMCAT_HOME%/webapps/axis/WEB-INF/lib
Apache Axis has an Admin client command line tool that we can use to do tasks such as (un)deployment, and listing the current deployments. We pass the deployment descriptor to this program so it can do its work:
% java org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient deploy.wsdd
<admin>Done processing</admin>
Now our Fibonacci Web service is alive and running in the server!
We should check to see if it is working, right? Let's write a simple client that uses the generated client code from the WSDL2Java step, to calculate the Fibonacci number at the 10th step.
All we need to do in the code is to get access to the service via the
ServiceLocator, and then call methods on the remote handle that we have to the service. It looks just like normal Java; none of that silly SOAP or RPC code is in sight. Isn't that nicer? (Take another look at the
CalcClient that we used at the beginning, and compare it to this code.)
package fibonacci;
public class FibonacciTester {
public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
// Make a service
fibonacci.ws.FibonacciService service =
new fibonacci.ws.FibonacciServiceLocator();
// Now use the service to get a stub to the service
fibonacci.ws.Fibonacci fib = service.getFibonacci();
// Make the actual call
System.out.println("Fibonacci(10) = " +
Ahh, much nicer.
We have seen that it is much simpler to work with Web services when using nice tools such as the open source Apache Axis toolkit. Web services should be easy, and they are finally becoming that way. Take another look at the steps that we went through, and notice how little code we wrote to expose our original code as a Web service. These tools are only going to get better; at some point we will just think, "I want this as a Web service," and it will happen.
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