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Bernard V. Benoit Sr.August 20,2013
Bernard V. Benoit Sr. Rites
ORANGE A Mass of Christian burial for Bernard V. Benoit Sr., 71, who died Aug. 10, 2013, was held Friday, Aug. 16, in St. Monica Church in Barre. The Rev. Leopold J. Bilodeau, pastor, was the celebrant.
Words of remembrance were offered by Lisa Woodworth, daughter; Bernard Benoit, son; and Joshua Woodworth, grandson.
Scripture readings from the Old Testament were read by Nancy Benoit, daughter-in-law, and Joanne Dorben, sister-in-law, read Scriptures from the New Testament.
Pallbearers were Josh Woodworth, Nick Benoit and Branden Benoit, grandsons; James Stack, nephew; Donald Woodworth, son-in-law; and TJ Morse, a family friend.
Burial followed the Mass at the Brookhaven Cemetery in Orange, where the Rev. Bilodeau offered committal prayers. Military honors were accorded by the funeral detail from the Vermont Army National Guard. Taps was sounded. The American flag was folded and presented to Claire Benoit, wife of the deceased.
A reception followed at the Canadian Club in Barre.
Arrangements were in the care of the Pruneau-Polli Funeral Home, 58 Summer St. in Barre.
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Home List of Titles The eclipse of the universal service obligation: taking broadband to Australians
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- The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the success and continuing relevance of the universal service obligation (USO) in delivering voice telephony, basic digital data capability and broadband services to all Australians. The paper outlines the background to the National Broadband Plan being implemented by the Labor Government elected in November 2007. The costs of this plan and other funding programs implemented since 1996 are annualized and compared to the cost of the USO. The paper reveals that the USO has been eclipsed as a policy tool for making basic telecommunications services universally available in Australia, at least for the time being. It survives as a policy mechanism, but is contained to fixed line telephony, payphones and basic digital data capability. Its declared costs have fallen. The proposed national broadband network continues the trend towards using government funding to achieve telecommunications policy goals. This trend was initiated by the previous government with some of the proceeds from privatizing the former government monopoly, Telstra. The national broadband network also supplements this trend with a reversion to a degree of state participation in a facility (a fibre-to-the-node network serving 98 percent of the population) likely to have strong natural monopoly characteristics. The paper considers the USO as just one of many tools available to ensure basic telecommunication services are universally available and the debates about it in Australia less as arguments about where an old concept should go in the future, and more about what a very young concept really means.
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- 2008
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- Australia; Broadband networks; Communication; Government policy; Information services; Information society; Internet; Media policy; Telecommunications; Universal service obligations; USOs; Voice over internet protocol; VoIP
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Day 4 – Dive results and some exciting biology!Thursday, December 18th, 2008 by Adam Subhas
- Sausage patties, bacon, and spam
- Egg sandwiches and spam
- Coconut pancakes and spam
- Fresh fruit and spam
- Cream of wheat and spam
- Spam, spam, spam, and spam
- Barbecued pork
- Roasted chicken
- Rice
- Roasted stuffed peppers
- Chicken soup
- Salad bar
- Grilled sirloin steak
- Eggplant casserole
- Rosemary potatoes
- Stir-fried vegetables
- Herbed pasta
- Salad bar
- Fresh bread
- Bread pudding
- CTD2: 44° 18.433′ by 147° 18.819′
- CTD3: 44° 18.433′ by 147° 17.819′
- CTD4: 44° 18.433′ by 147° 16.819′
- Jason launch: 44° 15.673′ by 147° 14.70′
- On the bottom: 44° 15.67'3 by 147° 14.537′
Last night's dive was very productive! We managed to collect some great biological samples, from undescribed soft corals to black corals with ophyroid symbionts, to deep-sea bivalves…It's really been quite exciting. The previous watch tried to collect one of these bivalves, but cracked it, and within seconds there were stars of all sizes descending on it, trying to get a piece of the flesh inside. It's amazing that in the dark, these creatures can sense such an event and respond so quickly, whether it be through chemosensing or some sort of conductivity sensing like on sharks, or maybe even slight vibrations in the water. On my watch, we were able to capture on film a currently undescribed deep-sea octopus known as a benth octopus – It doesn't have any color-changing capabilities, and also lacks an ink sac. It has no other defense mechanisms that we know of; perhaps it just relies on its ability to slide away in the face of danger. We caught it fairly unawares, and it was probably stunned by the bright lights on Jason; none of these creatures are built to handle such large amounts of light; their world is pitch black, save a few flashes of bioluminescence here and there. It is thought that some corals, especially the Isidids, are bioluminescent, and some animals do use luminescence as a predatory or anti-predatory mechanism.
Surprisingly, on this dive, we harvested much more Caryophillia than on the last, although they are just as useful for radiocarbon analysis.
We also conducted 3 CTD profiles today, in the hopes to elucidate the characteristics of the first 1,000 meters or so; we're going to be diving in this area today, so it will be helpful to pair collection data with ocean profiles. We also want to collect fossil corals from a region of low depth; the summit of this Sister is around 850 meters, so hopefully we'll be able to pair our low-depth CTDs with fossil samples.
Tonight's dive is in a different location than the previous two; we're moving North to the Sisters, starting at the northernmost of the bunch. This area has been severely impacted by trawling; in particular the orange roughy has been overfished in this area to the point of almost completely obliterating the population, with no real recovery in sight. Unfortunately, the reef itself has also taken hits from the trawling, so one of our goals is to get a sense of the damage done to the area – and therefore the fishery – and take some footage of an impacted area here. We will be doing a photo mosaic of two sites: an impacted site and a "healthy" site. The mosaics will consist of two 80m transects forming an X, and a 20x20m square centered on the vertex of the X. These mosaics will serve as the "time zero" mark for future ecological studies on the area; we want to see how the seamount's community recovers over time.


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A Kapahulu man arrested Thursday afternoon for the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Brent Kanae on Oct. 3 has been charged with murder.
26-year-old Jacob Le was arrested for 2nd degree murder around 3:40 p.m. Thursday and charged withe the offense Friday. He is being held at the HPD main cellblock on $250,000 bail.
Kanae was found bleeding in a makai stairwell near Bubba Gum Shrimp Co. at Ala Moana Center around about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The medical examiner said he died from wounds to his heart and lungs.
Investigators are trying to piece together what led to the attack.
His family said they just returned from a trip to Disneyland the day before.
And it was to be Brent's first day back on the job at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
His mother said since word of his death spread, the family has felt an outpouring of aloha.
PHOTOS: Remembering Brent Kanae
The eldest of three children, Brent was remembered as a happy go lucky guy who had a passion for breakdancing.
She said he was a hard worker with a generous heart.
Kanae says her son's friends and co-workers are just crushed by the news of the violent attack.
No further details what led to Le's arrest were made available by police.
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Altadena's Roland Trevino rediscovers the ancient atlaTL
By Christopher Nyerges 05/21/2009
Our romanticized picture of Paleolithic man is all muscled-out, a 30-something Arnold-like figure wearing a loincloth and hunting big game with spears and atlatls. Whether that's really the way things were is a topic for another day, but the fact remains that the atlatl is an ancient weapon which is making a comeback.
The atlatl (usually pronounced "at-lattle") is an ancient technological improvement over the hand-held spear — essentially a wooden stick used to hurl the spear. While a spear might have the same diameter as an archery bow, it is typically twice as long. The atlatl acts as an extension of the arm, and it is believed that the atlatl-thrown spear generates three times the force of a freehand throw.
The atlatl has been used on every continent except Antarctica, adds Altadena's Roland Trevino, a 39-year-old attorney and local atlatl enthusiast.
Trevino had been involved with archery since his boyhood in Pasadena, practicing the sport at the range in the lower Arroyo Seco. About five years ago he met Tom Mills, who conducts regular bow-making sessions at the archery range (visit paleoplanet.net) and introduced Trevino to the ancient weapon.
"I really got interested in the history of the atlatl after that and began researching it. I immediately starting working on a traditional design from Mexico, which is used even to this day on Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan. I made my first atlatl exactly to specifications," he says while showing off his finely crafted spear-thrower. Though his creation was successful, Trevino found that the design was not the most efficient for him — the finger grips were a bit too thick, for one — so it became a wall-hanger. Similar designs are used to hunt waterfowl from canoes. Instead of an arrowhead, those spears employ three iron-pronged bars.
More recently, "Tom Mills gave my wife Marikan and our children small atlatls which seemed lightweight, but they worked very well. They are of Basketmaker design, named after an American Southwest civilization that made this style of atlatl," explains Trevino.
Trevino also told me about petroglyphs he saw in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park that showed indigenous people using atlatls. And then there are the famous confrontations between the Aztecs and Spanish. The Aztecs actually won many of the initial battles by using their atlatl spears, which could be he hurled with lethal impact far further than the range of the Spanish black-powder muskets.
Trevino practices with his bows and atlatls about once a week. With the atlatl, he uses targets at 15 and 20 yards, the standard distances for atlatl-throwing competitions.
Besides his art-piece atlatl, Trevino is in the process of making others of various designs. He also experiments with the corresponding spears, which can be up to seven feet long.
"Some Arctic peoples used short darts thrown from kayaks," explains Trevino, "but the spear must bend to work right, since it harnesses, stores and releases energy when it bends. The longer they are, the better — but I am experimenting."
To craft his spears, Trevino has used bamboo as well as the Arundo donax reed, common all over California. "Either will work," he says, adding that the key is to get them as straight as possible and to use hardwood foreshafts. "I think the Arundo donax makes an excellent spear. It's a very invasive plant and no one minds if you cut them. I find the very thin ones, cut them when green, tie them up and let them dry for a few months until they turn brown and get hard," Trevino explains.
For your own research, Trevino suggests searching online. In June, the World Atlatl Association will conduct some competitions in the Arroyo Seco. For details, visit at paleoplanet.net.
Christopher Nyerges is the editor of Wilderness Way magazine and author of "How To Survive Anywhere." Contact him through christophernyerges.com or send mail to PO Box 41834, Eagle Rock, CA 90041.
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When working with XML in OO languages, there is little doubt that objects provide distinct advantages as compared to SAX, DOM, or raw XML. This process of working with XML and objects seamlessly is called binding. When your chosen language is Java, there are many alternatives available for binding Java and XML. In contrast, in .NET this choice is made for you by Microsoft with a tool called XSD.exe.
Of the solutions available in Java, the Java Architecture for XML Binding, better known as JAXB, seems to have finally turned the corner and is now part of the Java Web Services Developer Pack. For those watching the Java-XML binding over the last few years, a nagging question has been, "What is the current state of JAXB and how well does it represent the java-XML binding space?" This being a "state of ..." article, the audience will be senior architects that want to get a bird's-eye view of JAXB as well as a critical analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the tool. Additional references to get into the introductory and development details of JAXB are provided at the end of the article.
As stated earlier, JAXB is part of the Java Web Services Developer pack 1.x. This integrated toolkit contains all of J2EE's XML technologies, including SAX, DOM, web services, and others. The instructions for downloading and installing the web services pack identify the sub-packages and OS-by-OS installation instructions. For example, the instructions for the Windows install will tell you to first uninstall the previous version and then install the new release.
Related Reading
XML Hacks
The download is about 30MB and will instruct you to download a 1.4 JVM if you don't have one already. You will be better off installing a compliant JDK before installing JAXB. The JAXB install is fairly smooth after this. JAXB install will use the JDK paths to fix its internal batch files so that they will run properly using the JVM that is specified. I did run into some issues running xjc.bat with JDK 1.4.2, prompting the thought, "Perhaps I should have gone with JDK 1.3.1 instead." But luckily I found a workaround that I will mention later in this article.
The JAXB Release Notes in the distribution identify the necessary .jar files for working with JAXB. This list of .jar files is important when you decide to include the generated Java classes or .jar files and build them in an IDE-based environment such as Eclipse or JBuilder. Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 of the Java Web Services Tutorial works as a user's guide for JAXB.
The distribution includes binaries, the JAXB spec, JAXB API documentation, and sample applications along with source code. The sample directories in the JAXB distribution are especially useful and almost necessary. These sample directories have Ant build.xml files. These are the files that you will most likely end up using to compile your XML solutions into a .jar that you will eventually include in your projects.
JAXB makes use of XML schema definitions for generating the bindings between XML and Java. This current dependency on XML schemas is somewhat debated, but in situations where the schemas are readily available, JAXB works quite well in generating the Java classes. Let me start off this discussion by giving an example each of an XML file and an XSD file that I will use in discussing the JAXB architecture.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<folder id="123" name="folder1">
<file id="123" name="file1">
<contents>some text</contents>
<file id="123" name="file1">
<contents>some text</contents>
This XML is a representation of files and folders, say, in a content -management system, where files are individual items inside of a folder. A
folder has a database id and a short name as attributes, followed by
a collection of files that it contains. Each file has a database
id and
name as attributes, followed by
description and
contents for holding
descriptive data and the real textual content for that file. To work with
this data structure in programs via JAXB, we first need to have an XSD
representing the meta-content of this data structure.
Generating or working with XSD files is not very intuitive. Even when you use
tools like
xmlspy it can still take some getting used to. I have tried
collecting some information in the form of an XML Knowledge Folder to help me with these unfamiliar structures. I end
up going to this folder every time I need to create some XSDs. Without these
notes, it is hard to remember the XSD syntax, not to mention the additional
Here is an XSD file that corresponds to the above XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
* Define a type for the file elment as a
* 1. collection of two elements description
* and contents
* 2. an attribute of id that is a string
* 3. an attribute of name that is a string
* 4. Notice that although "file" is a type
* I refrained from calling it "fileType" as
* it is vague
* 5. That will result in a Java class called
* "fileType" as opposed to the intended
* class name of "file"
<xs:complexType name="file">
<xs:element name="description" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="contents" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
* Now define a folder to be
* 1. a collection of elements called files of
* type file
* 2. an attribute of id that is a string
* 3. an attribute of name that is a string
* As a folder is the outer-most element I didn't
* think it is worthwhile to publish it as a type
<xs:element name="folder">
<xs:element name="file" type="file"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
* Some additional notes on the XSD
* 1. It is necessary to know basic XSDs when
* working with JAXB
* 2. Even though a folder is a collection of
* file types you can't say so directly in xsd
* 3. you have to walk through the element model
* and say element/complextype/sequence then
* the elements
* 4. It is also important to note that attribute
* is a property of the complexType and not
* the element
I have annotated the XSD file using comments to clarify syntactical nuances of the XSD to suit an object palette of the intended readers.
JAXB allows us to go from the XSD to a set of Java interfaces and a supporting cast of other files that will eventually help us work with objects and not XML. As per the documentation, this is accomplished by using a batch file called xjc.bat, which is available in the subdirectory of JAXB\bin. There is an equivalent shell script for UNIX-like operating systems.
xjc.bat -p com.ai.xmltest sample.xsd -d gen
This command line generates the required interfaces and implementation classes from the
file as the package
com.ai.xmltest and places the results in a directory called
I spent a whole day trying to get this batch file work under JDK 1.4.2 without success. I continue to receive an error message indicating that a content line is not allowed as the first line of an XML file. Lots of references on the Web suggest that this may be a problem at the JDK level. I planned on switching to JDK 1.3.1 to see if that fixed the problem. But instead I have decided to use the more robust route that is used in our project development. This uses the Ant build files that are provided with the JAXB distribution. This approach has the disadvantage of requiring knowledge of Ant and using its tasks in build files. Hopefully, with some examples, the reader can accomplish the same thing.
The Ant build file looks something like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project basedir="." default="jar">
<!-- if you are not running from
$JWSDP_HOME/JAXB/samples AND you are using
your own version of Ant, then you need to specify
"ant -Djwsdp.home=..." -->
<property name="jwsdp.home" value="../../.." />
* In the project I have identified that my goal
* is generate an eventual jar file
* Identify all the needed jar files
<path id="classpath">
<pathelement path="." />
<!-- for use with bundled ant -->
<fileset dir="${jwsdp.home}"
includes="JAXB/lib/*.jar" />
<fileset dir="${jwsdp.home}"
includes="jwsdp-shared/lib/*.jar" />
<fileset dir="${jwsdp.home}"
includes="jaxp/lib/**/*.jar" />
* Get hold of the XJCTask that generates the
* Java class files
<taskdef name="xjc"
<classpath refid="classpath" />
* This target compile does the following
* 1. Use sample.xsd in the current directory
* 2. Generate in a sub directory called "gen"
* 3. (You have to Make sure the directory
* "gen" is created before)
* 4. Use a package name called "com.ai.xmltest"
* 5. All the needed sub directories to suit the
* package names will be created
* 6. All the needed files will be created
<target name="compile">
<echo message="Compiling the schema..."/>
<xjc schema="sample.xsd"
target="./gen" package="com.ai.xmltest"/>
* This target Javacompile compiles the Java into
* classes. This activity depends on the previous
* "compile" activity. It takes the sources
* from "gen" and creates the classes into
* "gen" as well
<target name="Javacompile" depends="compile">
<Javac srcdir="./gen"
destdir="./gen" debug="on">
<classpath refid="classpath" />
* Finally the "jar" activity will jar up the output
* from the previous activity
* You can specify the zip or jar file that you want
* In my case I have placed the output in a sep directory
* I used zip extension so that pkzip will pick it up easily
* to verify the output
<target name="jar" depends="Javacompile">
<jar destfile="c:\work\xmltest.zip"
You can change the XSD file references and other directory references to make this file work for you. To run this file, you can name this file build.xml and run Ant from that directory. Here is a batch file that runs Ant on this file.
set path=C:\jws-pack-13\apache-ant\bin
set Java_HOME=c:\jdk142
This batch file will set the path to where Ant is available. As you can see,
the JAXB distribution includes this in the apache-ant subdirectory. You
also need to set the
Java_HOME path variable. Then run this batch file in
the directory where you have the build.xml and XSD files.
The end result of running this batch file is a .jar file with all of the generated classes.
Compared to .NET, the compilation process is quite painful until you get a hang of the Ant build files. So expect to spend some time to get yourself familiarized with Ant. One good thing about the Ant build files is that you can generate the .jar file directly from the XSD files. This will give you a nice packaged .jar file that you can include in your IDEs and the runtime.
It will be interesting to see what the generated classes look like and how they compare with .NET's generated classes.
// Folder classes
// Notice the following
// 1. There is an intermediate class called FolderType
// 2. The contained files is returned as List interface
// 3. This is quite useful comaped to .NET which
// returns an array
package com.ai.xmltest;
public interface FolderType
Java.lang.String getName();
void setName(Java.lang.String value);
Java.lang.String getId();
void setId(Java.lang.String value);
Java.util.List getFile();
public interface Folder
extends Javax.xml.bind.Element,
// File classes
// Notice the following
// 1. See how it is possible to generate
// "isSet" methods
package com.ai.xmltest;
public interface File {
Java.lang.String getDescription();
void setDescription(Java.lang.String value);
boolean isSetDescription();
void unsetDescription();
Java.lang.String getContents();
void setContents(Java.lang.String value);
Java.lang.String getName();
void setName(Java.lang.String value);
Java.lang.String getId();
void setId(Java.lang.String value);
We can conclude a few things from the generated classes. JAXB generates
interfaces as opposed to concrete classes. Also, JAXB sometimes appends
as part of a classname. This matter falls under the topic of
customizing the Java class generation and is discussed in one of the included
references. Another important thing to note is that the children of a container-like
folder are represented using
List. This is quite convenient, as one can use
this object to add any number of items as children. This seems obvious until one
examines the class generation in the .NET world, where this object is represented
using typed, fixed-length, un-instantiated arrays. These fixed-length arrays are
quite distracting. On the other hand, one problem with the interface-based approach is that you
can't add constructors to these interfaces to force the mandatory arguments to
these classes. With that, let us take a look at the generated .NET classes
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace XMLSerializationTest
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public class folder
//Default constructor
public folder() {}
public folder(string inId, string inName,
int numberOfItems)
id = inId;
name = inName;
files = new file[numberOfItems];
/// <remarks/>
public file[] files;
/// <remarks/>
public string id;
/// <remarks/>
public string name;
/// <remarks/>
public class file
public file(){}
public file(string inId, string inName)
id = inId;
name = inName;
/// <remarks/>
public string description;
/// <remarks/>
public string contents;
/// <remarks/>
public string id;
/// <remarks/>
public string name;
I have modified the generated .NET classes slightly. This is possible in .NET
because the generated classes are concrete classes with public variables. I have
added constructors to both classes so that mandatory arguments can be passed in
during the construction phase. There is one drawback I have mentioned before with
the .NET generated classes: for containment, .NET uses typed, fixed-length,
un-instantiated arrays. For example, the variable
files[] is just a reference.
To use this variable you have to instantiate an object memory for it. You can
see this in the constructor of the
folder class.
The generated Java classes are customizable using either inline annotation or external annotation files. These external files are XML files that identify a node of the XSD and provide additional configuration for that node/element. In the .NET world, a similar goal is accomplished through .NET's attribute technology. Those familiar with this .NET technology should be able to draw parallels between the two approaches.
The subject of customizing JAXB bindings is covered in much more depth by
Sayed Hashimi in his ONJava article, "Understanding JAXB: Java Binding Customization." Architecturally, it will be illustrative
if I can show an inline annotation to add an
isSet method to the XSD
that we have.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
* Notice the XSD annotation elements
<xs:complexType name="file">
<xs:element name="description"
<xs:element name="contents" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
* folder definition
<xs:element name="folder">
<xs:element name="file" type="file"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
The inline bold section will instruct the JAXB binding generator to generate a check method for setting the description property of the file class. This scenario is similar to the null values in databases: a column in a database can be checked not only for its value but to see if it has been set at all.
JAXB also allows extensive customization using external files as well, to cover the cases where it is not possible or convenient to modify the XSD document. Here is an example of an external file that does the same thing as the above XSD annotation.
<jxb:bindings version="1.0"
...some stuff
<jxb:bindings node="//xs:complexType[@name='file']">
<jxb:bindings node=".//xs:element[@name='description']">
<jxb:property generateIsSetMethod="true"/>
...some more stuff
I have included just the relevant section for the
description node. For the
actual file syntax look in the JAXB\samples\ subdirectory in the JAXB
One can also alter the original XSD to suit the needs of customization. This aspect is also covered in some detail in the above-mentioned article. These issues are architecturally significant, as one can get a sense of how JAXB works from a high-level perspective.
Now we know that JAXB can be customized, let us examine what aspects can be customized. Package names can be customized. Derivation can be controlled, to some extent. Method generation can be customized. The other customizable aspects include:
Like many other APIs in J2EE, JAXB is designed so that there can be more than
one implementation that adheres to the same defined interface. JAXB also
provides a range of validation services whereby the structure of XML and Java
objects can be directly checked against a schema document. JAXB also seems to
have been well thought out, offering multiple input and output mechanisms that include
input/output streams, URLs, DOM, SAX, and
Whether you like it or not, JAXB uses a factory-based approach to create Java
objects that are capable of working with XML. JAXB also allows the manipulation
of the marshaller to tweak the XML output.
Let me show you a client program using the JAXB-generated Java classes.
//* Package and includes
package com.ai.xmltest;
import Java.util.*;
import Javax.xml.bind.*;
//* main class
public class XMLTest
//* Get a JAXBContext one time
private static JAXBContext jc = null;
public static void main(String[] args)
System.out.println("Establish the context");
jc = JAXBContext.newInstance("com.ai.xmltest");
System.out.println("Create a Java object" +
"and stream it out as xml");
System.out.println("Read an xml file as a Java " +
"object and stream it back as xml");
catch (JAXBException x)
//* Java to XML
public static void JavaToXML()
throws JAXBException
ObjectFactory of = new ObjectFactory();
File file = of.createFile();
Folder folder = of.createFolder();
List fileList = folder.getFile();
//* XML to Java
public static void xmlToJava()
throws JAXBException
Java.io.File xmlfile = new Java.io.File(
Unmarshaller um = jc.createUnmarshaller();
Folder folder = (Folder)um.unmarshal(xmlfile);
//* Print support
public static void printFolder(Folder folder)
throws JAXBException
Marshaller m = jc.createMarshaller();
new Boolean(true));
A JAXB client typically works with three objects: context, marshaller, and unmarshaller.
The process is quite straightforward and easy. Nevertheless, obtaining the
JAXBContext is quite fishy. Actually, getting provider classes for a given API throughout the J2EE API
is quite inconsistent. In this case, you have to pass the package names to the static function
newInstance to locate the provider for the
Passing package names for locating implementation objects seem odd.
Also notice how we have to use the
ObjectFactory to obtain the instances of
the Java classes. In addition, we have to use a series of
set methods to populate
these objects. A constructor would have been better for mandatory arguments. But
JAXB being interface-centric, this is not really possible. Let us take a look at
how .NET does the same thing.
//* packages and imports
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace XMLSerializationTest
class DBTest
static void Main(string[] args)
//Read the xml from a file into an object
//Serialize the xml back to output stream
folder f = xmlToCode();
"XML to code to print stream");
//code to xml
f = codeToXML();
"Code to XML to print stream");
//* xml to code
static folder xmlToCode()
FileStream fs = null;
fs = new System.IO.FileStream("sample.xml",
//returns the folder object
XmlSerializer s =
new XmlSerializer(typeof(folder));
folder o = (folder)s.Deserialize(fs);
return o;
if (fs != null)
//* code to xml
static folder codeToXML()
//Create a folder
//id is 1, name is folder1,
// and holds two items
folder folder = new folder("1","folder1",2);
//dotnet uses a typed array to bind to xml
//children. This is a nuisance as you need
//to know the length of the array to
//populate it before hand. In addition it
//is the programmer's responsibility
//to initialize the array
file file1 = new file("1","file1");
file1.contents="file1 conent";
file file2 = new file("1","file2");
file2.contents="file2 contents";
folder.files[1] = file2;
return folder;
//* print support
static void printObjectAsXML(Object obj)
XmlSerializer x =
new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
One main difference is that you can instantiate .NET objects directly without any factories. You can add constructors for mandatory arguments. One odd thing with .NET is that it uses arrays. This requires a workaround for populating child objects. JAXB has a better approach, where they use dynamic list objects. But otherwise, the .NET's approach is much more coder-friendly and fairly separated from the XSD requirement, making code more central. In JAXB, XSD is more central to the process.
When our team looked into a solution for processing XML messages, JAXB seemed like an obvious choice, as it is part of the Sun J2EE infrastructure. XSDs were not an issue, as we already have XSDs for the XML messages that we deal with. These XSDs are fairly complex. We are quite pleased with the JAXB handling of our XSDs. JAXB also seems to process the XML messages quite efficiently. JAXB is also found to be quite reliable.
XSDs being such an integral assumption of JAXB, the validation of data structures against an XSD is quite strong and a useful element in the solution. The documentation of JAXB also goes on to say that one can use the RelaxNG syntax for schemas via an available extension.
Although the team is quite pleased with JAXB, I see some issues with JAXB for broader architectures. At the outset, JAXB requires a schema document (at least in the current release). This means you cannot take an XML document and try to map it into a similarly structured Java class. More importantly, these Java classes need to be generated by JAXB. This is because the serialization and unserialization are accomplished through JAXB's hidden implementation classes and not through reflection. This approach might be more efficient, but from a maintenance and expediency perspective, this solution doesn't fare very well.
JAXB prides itself on allowing for multiple implementations. I am not sure if this requirement hasn't stretched JAXB to be more complex than it needs to be. This idea resulted in interfaces and implementations for the binding generated classes. This makes it hard to change the generated classes — they're usually not touchable for any modifications. So the final authority is the XSDs and not the java classes. Another consequence of this approach is that the generated classes are more numerous and more complex compared to .NET's binding approach.
Due to the nature of the interfaces, one cannot
new content objects:
you have to use a factory. This can be very tedious, as your content hierarchy
involves getting new objects all the time. For every object creation you have to go to the factory.
The validations and extensions to the default behavior are a bit complex. For example the inline annotations and external annotation files for customizing binding are a bit more complex than .NET. Given that Java 1.3 does not have support for meta attributes this may be the only reasonable solution.
Architecturally, it is also worth noting the sentiments of others on the subject of JAXB. The primary complaint with JAXB seems to be the mandatory reliance on the W3C schema in the current release. For instance, in .NET, you can take an arbitrary C# object and serialize it as XML. The object doesn't have to be generated from a schema. Even though the original object may have been generated from the schema, you can tweak the object, add a couple of fields, and serialize it as XML.
The second problem is the nature of the code generated by JAXB. JAXB
generates interfaces representing the content (domain) objects. This
means when it is time to create the object tree, you can't just
instantiate these objects. You have to use the
ObjectFactory created by
JAXB to create each new object. This can be a bit tedious compared to
creating other objects with a typical
As I said, JAXB generates interfaces that you can't change or touch
-- if you do, then the implementations will be out of whack. It is
almost as if these generated classes are untouchable. Any necessary changes
have to be made to the XSDs, and changing XSDs is not
necessarily child's play. Perhaps with the help of
xmlspy this might be easy enough. But changes to XSDs can result in different styles of Java code generation. For simple tweaks, this seems to be a
heavy-handed approach. That said, ne can also argue that the JAXB approach is
better, as the "truth" is always maintained in one place: the XSD file.
There is one more issue with the generated interfaces. It might be minor, but it's worth mentioning: because of the
set methods of the interfaces, the interface definitions tend to be verbose, clouding the structure of the data (not to mention bloating the size of the generated code). In contrast, .NET produces classes with public properties.
Although one could argue with the sanity of public properties, the approach
has a practical advantage to it: clarity.
Although the architecture of interfaces, implementations, and multiple providers is seen in general as an advantage the resulting solution seem to be unnecessarily complex for general usage. Perhaps this is a difficult point to argue as perhaps JAXB might come out to be wiser in the long run for the provided flexibility.
In general, the XML binding infrastructure in the Java space seem to be much more diversified and involved compared to .NET's approach. Having worked with both .NET's XML binding and JAXB's binding, .NET seem to be lot more easier and cleaner for the simpler and straightforward cases. Nevertheless, I am not sure how they fare in cases with complex and more flexible requirements.
JAXB and Castor seemed to be the primary contenders in the Java space until recently. With the recent release and inclusion of JAXB into the web services pack, I believe more and more people are going to be using JAXB. Also once one accepts the fact that they have to work with XSDs to work with JAXB (for now) one can always find workarounds for existing Java classes.
As pointed out in the "Experiences with JAXB" section, it seems to be stable, reliable and usable for day-to-day operations. A few of my colleagues, Sayed Hashimi and David Goyette, have used JAXB extensively for XML message processing and also for configuration files. Their feedback is that both are quite thrilled with the results and their lives are lot easier now with JAXB, compared to their earlier use of a SAX parser for the same project.
Nevertheless, it pays to know the following while working with JAXB:
xmlspy to work with XML and XSD
Satya Komatineni is the CTO at Indent, Inc. and the author of Aspire, an open source web development RAD tool for J2EE/XML.
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- December 11, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- Brittany said...
Be thankful for warm weather for now! I'm sure you guys will get plenty of snow this year. These locations are beautiful! I always LOVE how you remix your outfits.. we can't all wear brand new clothes every single day, but you show people how to make what you have work in new ways. Great rings too!
- December 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- theowlsarenotwhattheyseem said...
these are such beautiful shots! the hawaii weather suits you :) i love your airplane ring too- perfect accessory for all the traveling you do. ~joelle
- December 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- reckless daughter said...
yeah, you look pretty torn up. And yet, somehow, I think you'll survive ;)
- December 11, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- confessions of a marc addict. said...
well, obviously...who would want to be in hawaii when they could be enduring a SNOW STORM...duhhhh. ha, i'm so jealous of you.
- December 11, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Mel said...
Well, at least you're enjoying the lovely Hawaiian weather! Love the scenery pictures you took :)
- December 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Francine said...
I have a friend in California that just moved there from here in Connecticut and she routinely emails the forecast to us. I happen to love cold weather and snow, so I'm okay with it I think :)
- December 11, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- S.Elisabeth said...
What I would give to escape the bitter cold outside right now!
- December 11, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- KD said...
Beautiful outfit and photography, especially the last shot.
- December 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Raquel said...
that's a great dress. It's weird seeing you in a summery place, we're used to cloudy pictures :)
- December 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- asunlitday said...
But dont you want a white holiday??
- December 11, 2009 at 12:50 PM
- Clara said...
i love your rings.
- December 11, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Brigadeiro said...
Such a stunning sunset shot! re: weather, I'm the opposite, on Tuesday I will leave close to 100 Fahrenheit to go to almost 0 F in Japan :)
- December 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- Leproust Vintage said...
ohh bare legs and no jackets...I am envious! I love snow and would miss it too, however warm weather just seems so nice right now! We have 30 degree weather, but no snow!
- December 11, 2009 at 2:28 PM
- Hanako66 said...
hopefully you will get snow when you get home!
you look completely adorable!
- December 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Toosdai said...
i love images of boats in a harbor. at christmastime in my hometown, they string christmas lihts between the masts. it's magic.
- December 11, 2009 at 2:49 PM
- Megan said...
i love your rings and that dress!
- December 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Ellenitza said...
Oh, how I wish I were in Hawaii right now! And those pictures aren't helping either - it's just too beautiful there!
- December 11, 2009 at 3:03 PM
- kasey said...
Thank you for the pictures. Sometimes I forget how beautiful it is here. :)
- December 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM
- overcaffeinated said...
These photos are amazing. I have always wanted to visit Hawaii. Someday...
Great outfit... love the dress and those rings complete your outfit perfectly. Who makes the filigree ring if I might ask?
- December 11, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Julia said...
These pictures remind me of old Honolulu. You're making me miss Hawaii! My time there was some of the best in my life...I might have to post some old Hawaii pitctures, now...
Anyway, beautiful photos, as usual!
- December 11, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Marta Castellanos said...
OHHH GODDD!!i´m sooo jealous( in the good way!)!!!hope you are having a very very good time, and hope to see more pictures!
Ahm!!This is a lovely dress!!!
- December 11, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Ruta said...
These pictures are really gorgeous and I am in love with your ring with the planes.
I hope you're having an amazing time on your vacation.
- December 11, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- Dylana said...
Beautiful sunset! I love your dress! Oh how I wish I was you right now!
- December 11, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- Dejana • shopsterium.blogspot.com said...
That's a great ring! Love the photographs, shout-out to the photographer :)
- December 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Lauren said...
Very jealous! I have only been to Oahu once and haven't wanted to go back since I came home 2 years ago. Love the easy beachy style you are rocking!
- December 11, 2009 at 4:54 PM
- KatieDahl said...
Oh! I love that black dress! And the weather there looks beautiful - it's cold and icy where I live. :-P
- December 11, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Winnie said...
Love your dress and the gorgeous weather in Hawaii...Also Washington weather is so perfect for the holiday season too...I love walking out in my boots, all wrapped up and warm and stepping on fresh snow. Lovely!
Can I just say that the very last shot is SO beautiful. Wow you should be proud of that shot...I love it!
- December 11, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- Ash said...
I am jealous! I am on a mini holiday in Montreal and Toronto. It is about -5 degrees! Brrrr!
- December 11, 2009 at 5:35 PM
- Sahakiel said...
... and here in Spain it's too hot too... oh my, I wish it would snow here!!
Stunning in the pictures :)
- December 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- nawal said...
fantastic,,love your pic and dresss.. :)
- December 11, 2009 at 6:03 PM
- Faux Naif said...
wow, hawaii looks beautiful, but i won't lie, snow is kind of awesome too... (and i say this after trudging through two-foot high snowdrifts and having my face whipped by the wind). you look so elegant!
- December 11, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh! These pictures took my breath away. I cannot begin to describe how jealous I am. The most gorgeous place imaginable. I wish I was there (I go every other summer) to visit my grandparents whom I very much miss! Lucky, lucky, lucky! Have a fantastic trip/cute outfit!!
- December 11, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- Delightfully Tacky said...
Are you staying on Ford Island??? I stayed at the Navy Lodge last January when I visited Honolulu.
- December 11, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Annie said...
Your rings are beautiful. And that last photo - I am speechless. It's so stunning.
- December 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- jayne said...
wow its fascinating to see you in a different setting, love it!
- December 11, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- Isabel said...
But you're in Hawaii!!! Be happy. :)
- December 11, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- Electro Geisha said...
Hawaii. i would trade snow for Hawaii any time :)
- December 11, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Manja said...
Oh I love that filigree ring, so pretty! I doubt we will get any snow here this year (I am speaking of the Netherlands AND the part of germany I come from)...I do like snow but one week of it is more than enough, especially when you're driving or riding a bike.
- December 12, 2009 at 12:29 AM
- indigotangerine said...
your filigiree ring is soooo pretty. unfortunetly it's just freaking freezing, without any of the magic the snow brings
- December 12, 2009 at 12:47 AM
- Chopstick said...
Teehee, I am escaping New Zealand's supposed "summer" (by summer I mean cold wind and rain, yes, winter is NOT willing to let go yet... how rude!) for an even hotter summer! Gosh, I'd be hate to be trapped under snow everyday of the week!
- December 12, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- K said...
Gorgeous photos! I love your airplane ring, it's so cute ^^
- December 12, 2009 at 2:03 AM
- le blog de leen said...
lucky you these are wondeful pictures!
i especially love the last one, the pier in the sunset
- December 12, 2009 at 2:31 AM
- miss milki said...
Fabulous! The light is so beautiful! :)
- December 12, 2009 at 4:03 AM
- Annie Spandex said...
I'm so jealous! And that's my favorite dress I've ever seen you wear--love it! xx
- December 12, 2009 at 4:07 AM
- Belowen said...
Cute shoes!
- December 12, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- Liberty London Girl said...
Euof...London so cold right now. The only thing keeping me going right now are my thigh high suede boots - extremely warm! LLGxx
- December 12, 2009 at 4:32 AM
- Melissa Z. said...
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- December 12, 2009 at 5:05 AM
- fashionforwriters said...
DANG girl, your nails are always PERFECT. How do you do it? Your outfit is cute and I wish wish wish I were having a lovely holiday in a tropical island!
xo Jenny
- December 12, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Nadine said...
Lovely pictures again :).
- December 12, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Wrecked Stellar said...
Love your airplane ring- so original! And great photos- that last one with the sunset is sooo pretty!
- December 12, 2009 at 11:22 AM
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- December 12, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Eyeliah said...
haha, yes it's been cold and a tiny bit of snow on the west coast!~ you ain't missing out that's for sure.
- December 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- Alba said...
Amazing prhotos! Lovely rings!
- December 12, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Anna Marie said...
ha, i think you'll be okay!
- December 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Danielle said...
Oh, yay Dar Williams. I can play that on guitar. It's so hauntingly beautiful. My favorite line is the one before it: "I am the captain and I have been told, but I am not shaken, I am eight years old."
- December 12, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Trains and Sewing Machines said...
This last picture is sooo beautiful!
Makes me wish for warm summer evenings like MAD! As usual, you are gorgeous :)
- December 12, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Dina-Dyorre said...
What striking photos. Your rings made me smile :)
- December 12, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- WendyB said...
You're so lucky...I want to flee NYC because next week is forecast to have highs in the 20s :-(((
- December 12, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Misha said...
I'm crushing over the airplane rings, so lovely! Also, screw the snowy weather... it looks like you ended up in Capeside instead! (yes, i'm one of the dawson's creek kids)
- December 12, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Jen said...
i love that studded dress. you look gorgeous with the sun setting :)
- December 12, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Amelia said...
It looks sooo nice there! I love the last picture. Yeah, WA is a wee bit chilly right now...
- December 12, 2009 at 11:11 PM
- ariela♥ said...
I always love your pictures. Who takes them by the way? They are always stunning.
- December 12, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- Valencia Lia said...
Wowwww,Hawaii looks really so stunning!
I love love the colors of the photos and the skies are lovely:)
Beautiful dress again and I love the nail color you have on.
- December 13, 2009 at 1:15 AM
- PinkBow said...
oh that bottom pic is amazing
- December 13, 2009 at 1:28 AM
- Ashley said...
Lovely dress! The last photo is so amazing!
- December 13, 2009 at 6:05 AM
- lopi said...
The water looks spookily serene. What a perfect weather...
- December 13, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Christen said...
The gold details on the dress and the gold jewelry are perfect in these pictures. And that last picture... just *sigh*
- December 13, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Daisy said...
Stunning photos! Your rings are fab !
- December 14, 2009 at 1:31 AM
- Dynamite socks said...
wow great rings! i want them, oo i love your blog dont think ive been on it before!
- December 14, 2009 at 3:03 AM
- denise, the prime magpie said...
I like seeing Hawaii through your eyes. My pictures when I'm there always include either family or food! It's like being able to see a new place. That would be a fun photo project, pick a place that's familiar to general sensibilities and then ask for a handful of photos of people's unique experiences to really change the collective perspective.
- December 15, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Rachel said...
I hate you. I was late to work the other day because the roads were so icy. I wish I was in Hawaii
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Phils Pummel Padres
In the make-up game tonight against the Padres, the Phillies brought out the big guns. Both Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz each had 3 hits and 1 RBI a piece. Every other position starter had at least one hit with Raul Ibanez collecting 2 RBI and Jimmy Rollins with 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI.
Cole Hamels was not spectacular, but he did put in a quality start. Hamels got through 7 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. Hopefully, this will be a stepping stone for Hamels to get back to his MVP form. The Phillies won the game, 9-4 and will start a 3-game series tomorrow with the Cardinals.
Helmet Saves A Life
Many coaches, including ex-Phillies manager Larry Bowa, have grumbled over having to wear batting helmets while on the field coaching 1st or 3rd base during a game. This action was taken when minor league coach, Mike Coolbaugh, was killed after being struck in the head with a foul ball in July of 2007. Well tonight, the rule saved a life. Padres 1st base coach, Rick Renteria, was hit directly in the helmet with a hard line drive off the bat of Adrian Gonzalez. The crowd gasped as Renteria hit the ground, but thanks to the helmet, he was fine and went right on coaching. Whew! A very tense moment, to say the least.
Both JC Romero and Chad Durbin, big pieces of the Phillies bullpen, were placed on the 15-day DL today. Romero is having a minor forearm strain and should be quick to return. Durbin, on the other hand, has apparently been suffering from a back injury for a month now and neglected to tell anyone. But after giving up 3 runs in a game last night which killed any shot the team had at a rally, Durbin finally fessed up. Ugh.
So, Tyler Walker returns from the Iron Pigs to fill one of the spots and Drew Carpenter gets the second spot. It is Carpenter's 2nd stop to the team this year and his 3rd trip to the majors overall.
And congrats to Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox who threw a perfect game today against the Tampa Bay Rays! And then, Buehrle got a congratulatory call from President Obama. And then, I mentioned him in MY blog! What a lucky, lucky guy :O)
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Thank goodness that Rick Renteria is okay! I just read a touching piece written by Mike Coolbaugh's wife in what her life has been like these past two years.
I guess I'm going to have to deal with seeing Buehrle's game everywhere. Yuck.
I didn't know about the first base coach getting plunked. Wow. Glad he had that helmet on. I think that there are few things worse than people getting seriously injured–or worse–during a sporting event. And congrats to the Phils. You guys should have a harder time this weekend than last night, though. Good luck!
Scary moment for Renteria there. Yikes. But in reading about your game I can't help but wonder…..Does Ibanez ever NOT have at least one RBI? Amazing season he's having.
It was good to be back on the win wagon last night…. yeah okay so it's just the Padres…
raysfanboy- now you should be mentioning how it was the same ump that caught his last one, just to make it a little more interesting….:-)
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Losing two bullpen pitchers is no good, but at least the Phillies can pack a punch, the Phils are running away from this division, that's for sure.
Matthew T.
The next week or so is going to be fun for Phillies fans.
Not only do you look like you are going to take control of the division and maybe make a huge move to distance yourselves, you might get another ace-in-the-hole if the Blue Jays like your package.
I am putting it out here that I think you guys have the best solution to prying Halladay away.
And do not take this wrong, but please get him before Friday night game. lol
BTW, the add to Raysfanboys thunder, the game yesterday als lasted as long as his no-hitter ( Elias Bureau).
Woo sahhhhhhh
Still not totally over it all.
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German officials signal Berlusconi isn't their manBy MELISSA EDDY
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Media mogul and former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a political rally in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday.BERLIN Asked in September if she feared a comeback by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany appeared at pains to hold back a smile as the room erupted in laughter.
I am, as you know, a democratic politician and respect the outcome of elections in every country, she told reporters in Berlin.
Five months later, the possibility that Berlusconi could return to play a role in the next Italian government is no longer a laughing matter for Merkels government. As Italys elections approach Sunday, German officials have begun, in not-so-subtle ways, to signal to Italians not to vote for him.
Silvio Berlusconi may be an effective campaign strategist, Italian newsmagazine LEspresso quoted German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble as saying in an interview last week. But my advice to the Italians is not to make the same mistake again by voting for him.
A spokesman for the Finance Ministry later disavowed the comment. But any German warning runs the danger of creating the opposite effect, by elevating Berlusconis stature as he runs a populist campaign aimed at appealing to Italians weary of the austerity measures that Merkel has pushed as the prescription for the euro crisis.
The bad blood runs both ways. Signs of the dislike between Merkel and Berlusconi have swirled for years. Last fall, media reports surfaced that the former Italian leader had made unflattering remarks about Merkels appearance in telephone calls wiretapped by investigators. He denies having said them.
Nonetheless, attacking Merkel is part of Berlusconis campaign. Tuesday, he told Italian radio that he was the victim of a half coup when he resigned in November 2011, blaming Merkel for rattling markets by ordering German banks to sell their Italian bonds.
He has accused Germany of strangling European growth by trying to impose its economic views across Europe, which he attributed to Merkels upbringing in Communist East Germany.
Thats like imposing on all European citizens that men should wear size 42 shoes and women size 40, he told a cheering crowd of business leaders in northern Italy on Monday.
Berlusconi has also been critical of the fiscal compact between European countries, which calls on nations to balance their budgets, as an example of the steely discipline that earned Merkel the nickname of her 19th-century predecessor Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor.
German investors, meanwhile, blame Berlusconi and his center-right People of Freedom party for dragging Italy, the eurozones third-largest economy, into the crisis.
They worry that any government involving the former prime minister could reverse changes set by Mario Monti, the economist who replaced Berlusconi.
Italy needs politicians in leadership that can be associated with the future, Ruprecht Polenz, a leading member of Merkels center-right Christian Democratic Union, said in the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Mr. Berlusconi certainly does not stand for that.
Although the chancellor is unlikely to comment on the outcome of the Italian election, members of her cabinet and party made clear her governments position in comments published Tuesday.
Merkels foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that whoever forms the new government, we think it is important that the pro-European course and the necessary reforms be continued.
Steffen Seibert, Merkels spokesman, underlined in comments to reporters later Tuesday that the foreign ministers view was shared by the whole government in Berlin.
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If it's about moving forward and what's best for THE KNICKS then it's our responsibility as an organization to sit down with Melo and have a heart-to-heart....
Looking at everything for what it is...sorry it's too difficult to rebuild-retool around Melo and he needs to be told this. He can't get his money from us with no picks and limited cap space and expect to win anytime soon. Melo isn't young anymore either. He has lots of mileage and he will start breaking down(already is actually)... it's part of NBA nature.
He can have his money but he has to be willing to accept a trade to a team he's comfortable moving to and a team that can adequately accommodate us with assets.
I say the most realistic destination at the moment is Portland because with their hot start I think they are hungry to ensure they make the playoffs and have a small chance to make noise. They have assets we could use.... most certainly could use.


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Quarterbacks Murray, McCarron in SEC title game spotlight
ATHENS, Ga. Aaron Murray isnt talking to the media this week, but plenty of people are talking about him.
One of the top conversation pieces in advance of Saturdays SEC championship game is the matchup of Georgias Murray vs. Alabamas AJ McCarron quarterbacks who rank Nos. 1 and 2 in the nation, respectively, in passing efficiency.
The quarterback position, with two great defenses, will determine who wins this game, ESPN analyst Jesse Palmer, a former Florida quarterback, said on air.
No one doubts second-year starter McCarrons ability to win a mega-game. He was the offensive Most Valuable Player of last seasons BCS title-game victory over LSU, and in this seasons rematch with the Tigers he calmly led the Crimson Tide on a 72-yard touchdown drive to win the game at the end.
Murray does not have that type of big-game resume, leaving open to discussion the question of whether he can step up against an elite defense such as Alabamas. Against the two best defenses Georgia has faced so far this season, Murray completed 11 of 31 passes for 109 yards in a loss to South Carolina and 12 of 24 for 150 yards (with three first-half interceptions) in a win over Florida.
By all accounts, hell have to do better than that for Georgia to upset Alabama and secure a spot in the national-title game.
Alabama coach Nick Saban makes you play NFL-style football against them. Your quarterback has to complete passes, CBS analyst Gary Danielson said. When you do it, like (LSUs Zach) Mettenberger did or (Texas A&Ms) Johnny Manziel did, theyre vulnerable. But if you dont have a quarterback who can do it, forget it; you have no chance.
For all of Murrays gaudy numbers 9,399 yards passing and 89 touchdown passes in three seasons as Georgias starting quarterback he no doubt would be asked about his lack of signature victories if he were entertaining questions from the media this week. Normally one of the teams more accessible players, Murray opted to skip interviews.
Coach Mark Richt said Murray needed to complete two big papers for his graduate-level psychology classes and then wanted to submerge himself into film study and focus on Alabama.
I know this one means so much to him, said Georgia linebacker Christian Robinson, a close friend of Murrays. This is the biggest game of our career.
Murray got a flurry of questions about signature victories before the Florida game, which turned out to be Georgias first win in three years over a top-10 opponent.
I dont even think about it, really, Murray said at the time. Its a team game. Im not playing ... any top team all by myself.
Certainly, many other factors will help shape Saturdays game. But none will get more analysis than Murray vs. McCarron.
No quarterback ever has success without the help of his teammates, Richt said. But quarterback play, as we all know, is very crucial.
Guys can get in the middle of a game and make some great plays, but guys can get in the middle of a game, try to do too much, put their teams in a bad situation. ... I think everybody is going to have to be a little bit patient in this game (with) two really fine defenses playing.
Murray has thrown for 3,201 yards and 30 touchdowns this season, McCarron for 2,507 yards and 25 touchdowns. Both have completed 67 percent of their passes. McCarron has thrown just two interceptions out of 265 passes (both against Texas A&M), Murray seven interceptions out of 320 passes. Murray leads the nation with a passing efficiency rating of 177.2, followed by McCarrons 176.3.
Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said McCarron gets in the right plays. He protects the ball. He understands defenses and whats coming. And when the game was on the line at LSU, he did go win it. ... Hes got some weapons around him that obviously help him, and hes got an offensive line that is good.
Saban, meanwhile, said Murray is a smart, accurate quarterback who knows exactly what he wants to do with the ball and manages the game well. Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, thats a negative, but I think its a real positive, Saban said. I think hes done a phenomenal job of that for their team. ... Thats why theyve been extremely successful on offense.
Georgia hopes Murrays game speaks for itself Saturday.
I want Aaron Murray to be himself, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo said. I want him to cut it loose. I want him to play aggressive. I want him to play like I know he can play and like we all know he can play.MORE IN Sports WireOXON HILL, Md. Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. Full StoryBOSTON New Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale said he isnt worried that he might not be the ace... Full StoryNORMAN, Okla. Full Story
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