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Dodgers rally for 2-0 series lead against the Cardinals!
I along wtih many Dodger fans, took a vacation day to be at Dodger Stadium, our magic castle! Some probably took a "sick" day but there is NO WAY they would believe that I was at home sick.
My day did not start well because right after I started walking on the parking lot, I noticed I had no wallet and no tickets. Hoping that I just left it in the car, I went back but noooo!, I drove 14 miles back to retrieve it from home.
Since I was at the stadium as soon as the gates opened, I was able to go back and come in plenty of time to meet with friend Carol from the ITD blog and Will who came all the way from New York for the games:
George Lopez threw out the first pitch. George was sporting a Dodger jersey with number 34 and the words "LOPEZUELA" in the back. Watch the video where Tommy coaches George Lopez to throw a strike on the mound (could not embed the code
What a game! what a 9th inning!
Wainwright only gave up three hits and one run in 8th innings of work.
Clayton Kershaw was great giving up only two runs in 6 2/3 innings.
There was Loney nailing a runner at third by cutting off a relay toss after a run-scoring double.
There was Closer Jonathan Broxton shutting down the hard of the lineup in the 8th.
And then the 9th inning with two outs, nobody on, unfolded:
"I lost it in the lights….I could not see the ball." Holliday said.
Vin Scully's remark: "It hit him right in the groin. Hopefully he's wearing a cup. You talk about a painful error."
One poster at sonsofstevegarvey said " I was watching the replay of the Shot Felt Around the Nuts"
Loney said he was in shock but he made it to second base. He was replaced with Juan Pierre.
Up came Casey Blake. At one pitch that was called a strike, Casey gestured with his hands that he did not agree and he said "Bull-fertilizer"
Well, that is not the word he used but that is what Vin Scully uses when he reads lips.
My friend Steve started chanting "Umpire Sucks!"
Speaking of Franklyn and Casey, Vin Scully called it "the battle of the beards."
Then as Blake continued to foul off pitches, Vin said, "One more twist on the tension machine."
Blake walked on nine pitches.
Next Belliard single up the middle on the first pitch to drive Pierre and tie the score 2-2.
Blake advanced to third and Belliard to second on a passed ball.
Wtih first base open, Franklin pitched around Martin who was batting 8th, to load the bases. Up came Mark Loretta. "
Mark Loretta was hitless in 15 career at-bats against Franklin.
Then came the hit.
Loretta did his best imitation of Kirk Gibson running the bases, Blake scored and clumsly slipped trying to get to Mark Loretta but Matt Kemp got there first as the bison said afterwards "No one was going to beat there.
Loretta who is a local boy from Arcadia, CA said in one post game interview "What did Vin Scully say about me?" Ahh our hometown hero!!!
The score of the first game was; 5-3 Don Drysdale number:53
The score of the 2nd game was; 3-2. Sandy Koufax number: 32
The Dodgers are the heart of L.A.!
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L0pez!!!! : ) Love that guy, and an amazing site that Loretta came through. Love it Emma. Make sure to email me a stumping question so I can put it up on Ted's Take under the new feature : Ted's Take. Think you got a good question? email it to me.
Oh definetly will email you a question. First I need to go to an event so I will get home a little late, but I'll do it when I get home.
Hi, Emma!
Congraturations and omedetoh for you and your Dodgers!
OMG, I just watched the replay of Holliday's error – it really did bounce right off the 'nads – ouch! Congrats to your Dodgers! I had hoped the Phillies could pull off a similar feat yesterday, but it was not to be. Still trying to keep the "phaith" though.
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Hello Nao!
Thank you so much! I am still high from all the excitment of the last two games at Dodger STadium. Hopefully the Boys in Blue can continue the winning streak!
Well hello Sue!
It sure bounced off the family jewels. Ouch is right! Thank you. Contrats on winning the Opener! When there are still games to be played, the "phaith" is still there.
Oh, Emma, you didn't post THAT picture, huh? LOL!
You and Will look great, but me, I'm 1/2 shade, 1/2 sun. And with my hair looking like it's going to take flight!!!
I should have had Chuck take the picture and not my brother. Chuck is the expert. I actually did not like mine ethier ..I mean either.
Actually I think You and Will is OK. I don't like the way I am standing. ugh.
You know Emma, I think no one is EVER pleased with "their part" of a picture! I know I never am!!! But like I said on ITD, no, don't take it down. I was just kidding! And you can keep "ethier" on there! I won't mind! 🙂
Emma, Your day started out terrible.. But you know what they say in sports… It ain't how ya start.. It's how ya finish! Well, no one can doubt that your day ended on the highest of notes. And Kudos to your brother for Believing when there were 2 down and no runners. Yet, he believed… along with 50k+! I Love the Way you ended with Drysdale and Koufax!
How wonderful is Vin Scully? Just have to get that off my chest. He calls a game like no one else and I dread it when he retires next year. But on to the game. Congrats! It was another thriller. Sorry you forgot your wallet and tix though. Yikes!
It was actually a poster in the ITD blog that pointed out the 5-3, 3-2 similarities with Drysdale and Koufax's numbers. I think it was NSB. .
Our teams are 2 games up to none! And Vinny is a treasure to not only Dodger fans, but to all baseball fans.
Emma: Wow, that score and Dodger legends thing you showed at the end is quite ironic! "Bull fertalizer," lol that is brilliant. Sometimes I say, "shi-take mushrooms." I kind of felt bad for Matt Holliday, but I'm glad you guys won.
I commented on my own blog, so maybe now it will work for everyone else.
Mark Loretta is the main man of the game, with that base hit to win for the Dodgers, after Matt Holliday dropped James Loney's fly ball. I think the Dodgers won this game with more skill than luck. Game three is tonight. It should be fun. Busch Stadium hasn't been a fun place for the Dodgers though, hopefully that will change.
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Hola Emma, ¿Qué tal estas?
Soy Alexander, el seguidor canario de los Medias Blancas de Chicago. Hace muchos meses que no he escrito nada en mí blog por estar liado con asuntos laborales pero muy pronto volveré a escribir. El motivo de este email es para darte la enhorabuena por tu equipo, ya estáis en Series de Campeonato, increíble la barrida a San Luis con Albert Pujol y compañía. Vi el primer partido de la serie por tv y me gusto mucho el juego de tu equipo, yo creo que podéis jugar las series mundiales sin problemas. Espero que estés bien. Un fuerte y cordial saludo desde las Islas Canarias. Chaito…
Emma congrats to the Dodgers, am sure your celebrating the sweep….
Outside the Phillies Looking In
I was so busy yesterday attending a library book sale and then meeting with my friends to watch the game in L.A. Ahhh, that was grrrrrreat the sweeeeeeep. Ooohh I like the shi-take mushroom saying.
You are right Bush Stadium has not been nice for my boys in Blue but Padilla and the rest came big last night!!
Que bueno que has vuelto por estos rumbos. Es un placer saludarte. Si, es increible la barrida. Nadie les daba chance de ganar contra San Luis. So habia escrito en mi blog que si podiamos contener a Pujols a solo sensillos podiamos ganar la series y mis muchachos lo hicieron!!!! Muchas gracias por acordarte de mi.
Thanks! and yes, I was celebrating the sweeep last night with my friends. We went to watch the game at the Yard House in downtown L.A. very close to the Staple Center. Afterwards we had a toast with champagne!
I need to get going and start a new post after I go around reading some catchin up.


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Euroleague > NCAA
Wrong again brother.
Danilo is a DRIVER to the basket, he doesn't settle for jumpshots. You've obviously been watching the wrong Euro.
Nate always gets blocked going to the basket.
Duhon is one of the slowest PG's in the NBA..He's just a young Eric Snow.
Crawford fears contact like no other.
Collins isn't that talented or skilled to be consider a slashing threat.
We have one of the best slashers in the NBA who doesn't slash enough in Marbury, other that; your assessment isn't clear on Danilo won't have a chance to get to the basket.
Chandler, Marbury, and Gallinari will be the best on this team on terms of getting from the perimeter to the paint with efficiency.
Marco Belleni still had big games in the NBA if you did your research. Right now he's young, Warriors are still high on him. Why doubt such a talented prospect who may blossom into a very excellent offensive player? Warriors are a deep team to his defense, it was never about the "big boys".
Hedo Turk is a point forward and Orlando Magic have the best offense in the East.
How does that correlate to your theory that only point forwards play in SLOW offense?
It doesn't.
Your theory is false.
Diaw and Turk are some one of the most well known point forwards in the NBA.
As well Lamar Odom who plays on the Lakers, another good offense. Pierce can be consider one too since he's a forward who can handle point guard duties.

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Ya'll are nuts. Duhon is killin us because he is offensively inept. It is 5 on 4 when he is out there because unless he gets a return pass for a wide open shot, he does not look for his offense. So when the other guys like ZBO, Chandler, Nate are off, it get magnified because Duhon is not helping the cause.
His handle is 10th grade level, and it should be way better for an NBA pg. He has no first step, or jumping ability, or pull up Jump shot ability. And he is slow.
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Chapped-lip sufferers hate the cold, dry air that can make smiling an act of sheer torture during winter. But before you reach for some petroleum jelly or your favorite lip balm, consider which kind of lip remedy is the best way to heal your chapped lips and which to avoid.
This: Petroleum Jelly
Pros: The fact that petroleum jelly has been in use since 1878 seems to attest its effectiveness as a salve for dry skin. While studies have found that the substance doesn't have an actual healing effect, it does create a seal on your skin, preventing air from drying it out and protecting it from the elements.
Cons: Petroleum jelly is made from just that—petroleum, a nonrenewable resource that may be contaminated with cancer-causing agents called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Furthermore, ingesting too much of it (which is easy to do when you slather it on your lips in winter) can lead to upset stomachs and diarrhea.
That: Beeswax
Pros: Beeswax works like petrolatum by creating a seal on your lips that protects them from air and other elements that can dry them out. Plus, it's made by bees, so there's no worry about depleting nonrenewable resources and there are no adverse health effects associated with licking too much beeswax off your lips.
Cons: If the current decline of honeybees continues, beeswax-based lip balms may not be around for us to enjoy forever. Plus, the cost of the ingredient tends to raise the price of the lip treatment.
This or That?
Go with…That. Beeswax. Since beeswax does everything that petroleum-based ingredients do, without any health or environmental downside, the decision is an easy one once you compare the two types, says Mindy Pennybacker, editor of GreenerPenny.com and author of Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth Through Simple, Everyday Choices (Thomas Dunne Books, 2010). "Rather than paraffin or petrolatum [two other names for petroleum jelly] waxes, I like products that use beeswax, cocoa butter, and/or shea butter as a base," she says. "For sheer soothing, you can't beat pure shea butter in tins."
Keep these things in mind when shopping for lip balms:
• Look for the seal. "The vague terms 'green,' 'organic,' 'natural,' and so forth are not regulated," Pennybacker says. Companies can slap those terms on any product, regardless of what's inside. Instead, rely on seals signifying a product has been certified by an independent third party, such as the "USDA Organic" seal or the "Natural Products Association Certified" seal, "both of which restrict the use of unhealthy synthetic ingredients," she adds.
• Read the ingredients label. Petroleum jelly is also labeled as paraffin, petrolaturm, and mineral oil, so avoid those ingredients when shopping. Also watch out for "fragrance," a code word for synthetic chemicals that may include hormone-disrupting phthalates, salicylic acid (which can interfere with reproductive health), or any other ingredient whose name you don't recognize. Not all natural ingredients are benign either. "Some plant oils, particularly citrus and lemon verbena, are highly irritating and potentially allergenic," she notes, and can crop up as scents in some lip balms.
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People often ask me "What's the best platform for J2EE development?" There's no clear answer for this question. First, the vendors each provide contradictory facts to prove that their product is the best. Second, each has its zealots who will tell you all of the good things about one server and bad things about the others. Third, there are dozens of products available out there.
To that question, I always answer: There is not one clear winner. It all depends ... Then I suggest the following method for selecting a tool:
To help you choose the right application server, here are a few links. Some products are outdated, though:
One of the top priorities in the matrix should be price. Today's economy mandates careful investments, and free or open source software makes perfect sense. Many of these tools offer near-commercial-class stability (especially in their 2.x versions and above) with good-enough performance--and you can't beat the price! To help those people for whom price is an important factor, I've reviewed a few free or open source J2EE application servers that support EJB 2.0.
With so many products, it's easy to get lost. Foremost, I decided to ignore products that don't support EJB 2.0. That eliminates two-thirds of the candidates. Then I decided to separate my reviews into three categories:
You will note that I completely left out very popular products, including Tomcat and Enhydra. These don't have EJB containers, though. They're JSP/servlet servers.
There are a few open source J2EE servers that support EJB 2.0. These servers are, in no particular order:
JBoss is one of the most famous open source servers. It works with most of the J2EE technologies, including EJB 2.0 with CMP, JMS, JTA, Servlet/JSP, JNDI, JMX, SOAP, etc. That's a whole alphabet. JBoss uses the LGPL license.
There are two flavors of JBoss 3.0 available. One has its own HTTP server (JBossWeb), and the other one comes with Tomcat bundled. I looked at JBoss 3.0/JBossWeb, and had no problem installing, running, or configuring it. The configuration tool that comes with it is not very good, so I had to configure it manually with text and XML files. The documentation is poor, but it's enough to get you started.
This sounds too good to be true. Is there a dark side to JBoss? Not really. But there are a few things you should know:
In short, JBoss is the mother of open source J2EE application servers. For more information, see the JBoss homepage.
JOnAS is another important player in the open source J2EE server market. Like JBoss, it was originally an EJB container that was "upgraded" over time with many other J2EE technologies. It is also available under the LGPL license. In fact, the story of JOnAS sounds a great deal like that of JBoss. JOnAS supports EJB 2.0, JMS, JCA, JMX, etc. It doesn't provide Web containment, but can be used with Tomcat. This product is also bundled with Enhydra to provide EJB and JMS support.
JOnAS is managed by a group called ObjectWeb. (No, not "WebObjects.") ObjectWeb also hosts many other open source projects. The bulk of the group's members work at Bull, so obviously Bull must help out. Unlike the JBoss Group, Bull's main products are not related to open source.
JOnAS is somewhat less popular than JBoss. This is partly due to the high visibility of JBoss. (Better marketing?) I was able to get and install JOnAS easily. The examples worked fine. The configuration is done through editing text and XML files.
In short, JOnAS seems to be a good product. It would be better if it were bundled with Tomcat, and if it had a graphical configuration tool.
For more information, see the official JOnAS web site.
OpenEJB used to be a promising open source EJB container. Officially, it was "shelved" last year by Intalio, the company that was managing it. OpenEJB is still in beta state, version 0.9.1. It supports the EJB 1.1 specification, plus a few EJB 2.0 features.
Why am I talking about a product that was shelved and doesn't fully support EJB 2.0? Because the project is still alive and well. New versions come out once in a while. The mailing list receives new messages regularly. The product is still available for download. If someone wants to contribute and continue the development, the door is open.
Here's proof: in October 2002, David Blevins, co-founder of the project, wrote in a mailing-list message:
0.8 through 1.0 will all be EJB 1.1 compliant. OpenEJB 2.0 will be EJB 2.1 compliant. We already have work in progress on 2.1 compliance.
Another proof: OpenEJB is bundled with WebObjects 5.x to provide standard J2EE services.
OpenEJB has two storefronts:
OpenEJB is a member of a family of open source products, all managed by ExoLab Group, including OpenJMS (a JMS server), OpenORB (a CORBA server), Tyrex (a transaction server), and Castor (object-to-relational mapping). These can all be plugged into a Tomcat Web application.
For more information, see the OpenEJB site at SourceForge and an ONJava article on OpenEJB integration with Tomcat.
Many other application servers exist, and while they're not open source, some are free. By free I mean the license allows you to download and use the product with strict conditions. Many companies offer "free" products, which are usually limited one way or another. For example, demonstration versions expire or are incomplete. Other products limit the number of simultaneous users or lack advanced features. These companies bet that you will use the product and like it, and that you'll buy the "unlimited" versions. Despite these limitations, some of these products can very well be used for development purposes, and even for tiny projects.
Some people are afraid that if they use these commercial products, they'll be locked in. Again, J2EE applications are theoretically portable. If, later, you need a different application server, you can always migrate your application. Stick with the standard APIs in your code, and don't be afraid to use the commercial products.
Be aware that I have tried to avoid incomplete or expiring "demo" versions. This eliminates, among others, IBM's WebSphere and BEA's WebLogic application servers.
Although the SDK's reference implementation is free, and the source code is available, it is not open source, either. The license used doesn't allow modifying or reselling by the general public. It is provided for reference only. It is built on top of Tomcat, and contains a Web-based administration console.
I tried out the beta version; it was pretty buggy. Just remember that the
port used is 8000, not 8080, as suggested in the documentation
shipped with the beta version. The administrator username was
guest and the password was
The HP Application Server is an full-blown J2EE server that is part of the HP Sunset Program. What does that mean? No you don't get a free trip to Japan, the land of the setting sun, when you buy this product. It means the product has been shelved. It is still available for download, but there will be no more development, nor is there any support.
This is still an interesting product because it is commercial-quality, full-featured, and costs nothing. Find it at the HP middleware page.
This free J2EE application server comes straight from the people who manage J2EE. Can you ask for more? This version is complete, except for a handful of advanced features (management tools, load balancing, clustering, etc). Its homepage is here.
Another industrial-strength application server is EAServer. The Developer Edition is free, and, as opposed to the Sun ONE application server, it contains all features. Sybase chose to limit the number of users, instead: each server can only have five connections. Again, this can still work well for small projects. Find it here.
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EJB technology is criticized for being a big burden for developers. Aren't components supposed to make their lives easier? Obviously, EJBs have a lot to offer, but are they worth the tremendous effort of manually coding them, writing big deployment descriptors, and making sure the entity beans map properly to a often-changing database? The answer is this: with good tools, EJB components make much more sense.
When these tools are free, they make perfect sense! The only question left is now "are the tools catching up"?
The most important tool is probably your IDE. It should contain the wizards, editors, and bells and whistles that provide RAD for fast EJB creation. Free IDEs like NetBeans and Eclipse lack EJB-specific features. A couple of plug-ins exist for Eclipse, but they are early versions. Sun ONE Studio Developer Edition (formerly Forte for Java) doesn't have any EJB support; the costly Enterprise Edition does.
Besides the IDE, there are many tools that help in developing EJBs. There are so many tools that I cannot list them all. For a better list, see these links:
I tried to avoid the demonstration versions. I didn't have the time to try them all, so don't blame me if some don't work as advertised.
Ant is a build utility that contains a very long list of commands. Many
compare it to the
make command, but made especially for Java
development. Some of the available commands are specific to EJBs. These
commands are vendor-specific (different ones for each application server). They
allow certain jobs to be accomplished, like compilation, packaging, deployment,
and operating the application server. See the Ant EJB
JUnit is a simple test utility. It allows easy unit testing of Java components. JUnit itself isn't made specifically for testing EJBs, although it is feasible. On the other hand, there are a few JUnit extensions (plug-ins) that make this even easier.
Probably the most famous of these extensions is Cactus.
Lomboz is an Eclipse plug-in that allows managing application servers (JBoss, WebLogic Server, Tomcat), and contains wizards to simplify J2EE development. Some of these wizards will help develop EJB 2.0 beans. This tool is integrated with XDoclet. Lomboz is at its version 0.97.x at the time I wrote this, and it worked pretty well for me. Way to go! See the Lomboz home page.
Imagine writing the bean's implementation file (annotated with many JavaDoc comments), and having a tool that generates interfaces and deployment descriptors. EJBGen is such a tool. This tool is implemented as a JavaDoc doclet. It will only generate the WebLogic-Server-specific deployment descriptor. Other application servers are not supported. EJBGen ships with WebLogic Server.
XDoclet is a tool that runs as Ant tasks to generate code automatically. Like EJBGen, XDoclet is implemented as a JavaDoc doclet. Many tags are available, each covering a different technology (EJB, JSP, JMX, etc.) or application server (WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, etc.). Using XDoclet, one can develop EJBs with little coding. It has a SourceForge project page.
Ejen is another solution for code generation. It is implemented as an Ant task with many options. The input format is XML. This tool has very little documentation at this time (version 1.1 beta), but I predict it will become a good alternative to the preceding code-generation solutions.
MiddleGen is a free graphical tool to generate J2EE code; by this, I mean entity beans (CMP EJB 2.0), JDO, or JSP components. Many different EJB containers are supported, including JBoss, HP AS, WebSphere, and WebLogic. How does it work? The tool connects to a database and extracts the metadata. It lets you then choose some options, and generates the entity bean code automatically! This is great! Its homepage is here.
One of the most tiresome jobs when developing EJBs is writing those darn XML deployment descriptors. These are cryptic, error-prone, and can become troublesomely large. A good XML editor is very important. There are lots to choose from. Here are a few of them:
There are a few things to remember from this article:
vi or
edlin? Do you not use a microwave oven
instead of a camp fire? These gadgets are no luxury. Without them, our work
would take orders of magnitude more time. The next time someone tells you how
hard EJBs are to develop, tell them Writing EJBs without tools is like
trying to cut down a tree with an axe. I suggest you use a chainsaw
Emmanuel Proulx is an expert in J2EE and Enterprise JavaBeans, and is a certified WebLogic Server 7.0 engineer. He works in the fields of telecommunications and web development.
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This article introduces a new way of building enterprise software by leveraging grid computing concepts implemented by the Globus Toolkit version 4 (GT4). GT4 is an open source implementation of the Open Grid Services Infrastructure (OGSI). The implementation is intended to serve as a proof of concept for OGSI, and to be used as a reference for other implementations. This article addresses only the GT4 Java core services, which provide a run-time environment capable of hosting grid services written in Java. The run-time environment mediates between the application and the underlying network, and transport protocol engines.
A grid is a collection of distributed computing resources available over a local or wide area network that appear to an end user or application as one large virtual computing system. Grid computing is an approach to distributed computing that spans not only locations but also organizations, machine architectures, and software boundaries to provide increased power, collaboration, and information access to everyone connected to a grid. Distributed resources, such as cycles, storage, and information, can be accessed from and provided to any location in the grid. The vision is to create virtual dynamic organizations through secure, coordinated resource sharing among individuals, institutions, and resources.
In this article, we will only focus on the GT4 Java core services (Figure 1). These services offer a run-time environment capable of hosting grid services. The run-time environment mediates between the user-defined application services and the GT4 core services, underlying network, and transport protocol engines. GT4 Core also provides development support, including programming models for exposing and accessing grid service implementations such as GRAM (Grid Resource Allocation Management). One of the compelling reasons to use GT4 is that it builds upon existing web services standards and technologies like SOAP and WSDL. All of the grid service interfaces are exposed in WSDL format. GT4 provides software libraries that support security, discovery, resource management, invocation, communication, exception handling, data management, etc.
Figure 1. GT4 Java architecture
Figure 1 show the major architectural components of the server side of GT4. This is just a subset of the functionality that GT4 provides and that we use for this article. The GT4 architecture consists of a grid container to manage all of the deployed web services throughout their lifecycles. The GT4 grid container uses Apache AXIS as its web services engine to handle all of the SOAP message processing, JAX-RPC handler processing, and web services configuration.
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We provide this example to show how using the Globus Toolkit can solve the integration challenges of heterogeneous systems within the enterprise. Some applications may be mainframe legacy applications and some may use modern technologies such as J2EE. Even when using up-to-date technologies, sharing information between different applications within the same enterprise can present a tremendous challenge. Figure 2 shows an example of an interaction between loan payment processing and the accounting departments within a mortgage organization. The accounting department uses the loan payment processing service to account for the loan.
Figure 2. Loan processing grid architecture (click for full-size image)
To create and deploy a grid service, we need to:
We use the top-down approach (Figure 3) to create the grid service. This approach starts by providing a WSDL file that contains the abstract definition of the service including the types, messages and
portTypes. Starting with a document/literal WSDL and then generating the Java artifacts from that leads to the most interoperability.
Figure 3. Top-down approach
We use some of the tools that come with the GT4 toolkit to generate the binding and stubs. The next step with this approach is to provide the implementation of the interfaces.
The port types for the Loan Payment Processing example are defined the a file loan.wsdl. It describes three operations (
processLoanPayment, and
getLoan) that the loan payment processing service will provide. First, let's describe the requests/responses:
<xsd:element name="createLoan">
<xsd:element name="loanNumber" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element name="amountUPB" type="xsd:double"/>
<xsd:element name="createLoanResponse">
<xsd:element name="returnValue" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element name="processLoanPayment">
<xsd:element name="loanNumber" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element name="amount" type="xsd:double"/>
<xsd:element name="processLoanPaymentResponse">
<xsd:element name="returnValue" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element name="getLoan">
<xsd:element name="loanNumber" type="xsd:int"/>
<xsd:element name="getLoanResponse">
<xsd:element name="returnValue" type="tns:LoanType"/>
We define the loan data type in a file, loan.xsd. We use the
import <xsd:import schemaLocation="loan.xsd"/> directive to import this file into loan.wsdl and use it as a return type for the
getLoan operation.
<complexType name="LoanType">
<element name="loanNumber" type="int"/>
<element name="UPB" type="double"/>
<element name="status" type="string"/>
<element name="createDate" type="string"/>
Next we define all of the messages. A
Message element consists of one or more
part sections. Each part element corresponds to a parameter. Each part has a
type attribute. Messages can be either
Requests (input messages) or
Responses (output messages).
<message name="CreateLoanInputMessage">
<part name="parameters" element="tns:createLoan"/>
<message name="CreateLoanOutputMessage">
<part name="parameters" element="tns:createLoanResponse"/>
<message name="ProcessLoanPaymentInputMessage">
<part name="parameters" element="tns:processLoanPayment"/>
<message name="ProcessLoanPaymentOutputMessage">
<part name="parameters"
<message name="GetLoanInputMessage">
<part name="parameters" element="tns:getLoan"/>
<message name="GetLoanOutputMessage">
<part name="parameters" element="tns:getLoanResponse"/>
Finally, we define all of the port types. A port type defines one or more operations using the
operation element. Each unique operation element defines an operation and the input/output messages associated with the operation. The operation elements within a port type define the syntax for calling all methods in the port type.
<portType name="LoanPortType">
<operation name="createLoan">
<input message="tns:CreateLoanInputMessage"/>
<output message="tns:CreateLoanOutputMessage"/>
<fault name="Fault" message="ogsi:FaultMessage"/>
<operation name="processLoanPayment">
<input message="tns:ProcessLoanPaymentInputMessage"/>
<output message="tns:ProcessLoanPaymentOutputMessage"/>
<fault name="Fault" message="ogsi:FaultMessage"/>
<operation name="getLoan">
<input message="tns:GetLoanInputMessage"/>
<output message="tns:GetLoanOutputMessage"/>
<fault name="Fault" message="ogsi:FaultMessage"/>
In the previous step, the
LoanPortType endpoint interface was generated. All remotely available operations must be public and throw
java.rmi.RemoteException, as defined in the
PortType interface. In this section, we provide a class,
LoanServiceImpl, that implements the
LoanPortType interface. The implementation uses stub classes that were generated from the loan.wsdl file from the previous section.
public class LoanServiceImpl implements LoanPortType
LoanServiceImpl class implement the methods defined in the
LoanPortType interface. The
createLoan method takes a
loanNumber as a parameter in the constructor of the generated
CreateLoan object.
public CreateLoanResponse createLoan(CreateLoan cl)
throws java.rmi.RemoteException
public ProcessLoanPaymentResponse processLoanPayment(ProcessLoanPayment plp)
throws java.rmi.RemoteException
public GetLoanResponse getLoan(GetLoan gl) throws java.rmi.RemoteException
Please refer to the full source code in the Resources section for the details of the methods' implementations.
To build a deployable GT4 archive file, we follow the steps described below. The build.xml Ant build file provided with this article contains the tasks to perform these steps. The Ant tasks in build.xml call the following GT4 Ant tasks that can be found in the build files that come with the GT4 distribution:
To build our deployable grid archive file (GAR), loan.gar, we follow the following steps (these steps correspond to the Ant tasks in build.xml):
Please refer to the full build.xml in the source code for the complete list of Ant build tasks for the above steps. The GT4 deployment descriptor deploy-server.wsdd for our web service will look like this:
<service name="loan/impl/LoanService" provider="Handler"
use="literal" style="document">
<parameter name="className" value="loan.impl.LoanServiceImpl"/>
<parameter name="allowedMethods" value="*"/>
<parameter name="handlerClass"
<parameter name="scope" value="Application"/>
<parameter name="providers" value="GetRPProvider"/>
<parameter name="loadOnStartup" value="true"/>
Let's describe some parameters found in the deploy-server.wsdd file:
Service name: Specifies the location where our web service will be found. If we combine this with the base address of our web services container, we will get the full URI of our web service. For testing purposes using the GT4 standalone container, the URL looks like this:
ClassName: Refers to the class that implements the service interface (
WSDL file: Tells the GT4 web services container where the WSDL file for this service can be found. This WSDL file, Loan_service.wsdl, is generated automatically by a GT4 Ant task from loan.wsdl.
Load on startup: Allows us to control if we want the service to be loaded as soon as the container is started.
The GAR file loan.gar contains all of the files and information the web server needs to deploy the web service. We use the GT4 deployment tool:
%GLOBUS_LOCATION%/bin/globus-deploy-gar $PROJECT_HOME/loan.gar
to copy the archive files (loan.wsdl, compiled stubs, compiled implementation, loan.wsdd) into the appropriate server location directory tree of the GT4 container.
Figure 1 described how the loan origination subsystem and the loan accounting subsystem can act as clients to the loan payment processing web services. Now that we have build and deploy our web service in the GT4 grid container, we need to test the services with a client program. Test cases simulate a loan creation event, a loan monthly payment activity event, and a loan pay-off event. The client expects the service URI as one of its arguments from the command line. The client program is compiled separately. Following are a description of the main steps to implement the client to call our web services:
Create an
EndpointReferenceType object representing the endpoint reference of the loan service. Our endpoint reference only needs the service's URI.
EndpointReferenceType endpoint = new EndpointReferenceType();
endpoint.setAddress(new Address(serviceURI));
Next, we obtain a reference to the service's
portType. This is done with a stub class called
LoanServiceAddressingLocator, which takes care of contacting the service (given its endpoint) and getting a reference to the loan
LoanServiceAddressingLocator locator = new LoanServiceAddressingLocator();
LoanPortType loanPT = locator.getLoanPortTypePort(endpoint);
Once we have that reference, we can work with the web service as if it were a local object. For example, to invoke the remote create operation, we simply have to use the
create method in the
LoanPortType object.
CreateLoanResponse clr = loanPT.createLoan(new CreateLoan(amount, loanNumber));
Please see the full code listing in the attached source code for the client. Before compiling the client, make sure you run the following script that comes with the GT4 distribution:
The globus-devel-env.bat script takes care of putting all of the Globus libraries into the
CLASSPATH, because the client is being compiled as a standalone application. Also, make sure that the
CLASSPATH used to compile the client contains the directory where all of the compiled stub classes are placed, so our client can access generated stub classes such as
Use the following GT4 command to start the grid container:
%GLOBUS_LOCATION%/bin/globus-start-container -nosec
-nosec option disable the security configuration to simplify testing. If the container is started successfully, you'll see a list with the URIs of all the deployed services. If our
LoanService is correctly deployed, the following line appears in the list of deployed services (assuming a default GT4 installation):
[13]: http://localhost:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService
To test the service using the client, we consider the following scenarios: creating a loan, making payments, and paying off the loan.
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService createLoan 100 120000
Loan 100 created successfully.
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService processLoanPayment 100 1100
Loan 100 processed successfully.
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService processLoanPayment 100 1100
Loan 100 processed successfully.
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService getLoanData 100
Loan Data
Create Date Mon Jun 06 16:41:06 EDT 2005
Unpaid Principal Balance 117800.0
Status ACTIVE
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService processLoanPayment 100 117800
Loan 100 processed successfully.
java Client http://172.24.15.29:8080/wsrf/services/loan/impl/LoanService getLoanData 100
Loan Data
Create Date Mon Jun 06 16:41:06 EDT 2005
Unpaid Principal Balance 0.0
Status PAIDOFF
This article described how the GT4 grid infrastructure can be leveraged to create application grid services based on existing web services standards. Although GT4 has been primarily used to solve large scientific computational problems, it can be used as a way to implement a service-oriented architecture within an enterprise. This article shows through a simple example how to create and deploy a grid service using the GT4 Core Java Services. It does not cover the more advanced concepts on how to use other grid services, such as the Grid Resource Allocation and Management (GRAM), Reliable File Transfer (RFT), notification, or security.
Birali Hakizumwami is currently working as an application architect.
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The Promenade
Lights from a submersible penetrate the rusted ruin of Titanic's first-class promenade, once as inviting as a similar deck on the Olympic (below). Before the Titanic sank, the windows were opened, probably to load lifeboats. Millionaire John Jacob Astor IV put his 18-year-old wife into lifeboat 4 through a promenade window on the other side of the ship. He stayed on board and perished.
Lifeboat Station
A single davit survives on the deck above the promenade. Two such small cranes, one at each end, were needed to lower a lifeboat to the sea. This one helped launch collapsible boat C, where J. Bruce Ismay—chairman of the company that owned the Titanic—took a seat and rode to safety. Block and tackle link Olympic's davits to two of her lifeboats (below).
The Turkish Bath
Ceramic tiles framed in durable teak shimmer in the first-class spa. "For the first time in a hundred years, we see what passengers experienced in 1912," says Ken Marschall, who created views of sunken interiors by stitching together multiple video frames. The facility on the Olympic (below) displayed the arabesque splendor that inspired the spa's name on both ships.
Sailing in Luxury
A gilded clock rests intact on an electric fireplace in the elegant Straus suite, which looked like the one on the Olympic (below). Isidor Straus, an owner of Macy's department store, and his wife, Ida, died together after she refused to get into a lifeboat without him. His body was found wearing a fur-lined coat, a gray suit, brown boots, and black silk socks.
As a tugboat guided the Titanic out of Southampton, photographers recorded the moment from a nearby ship. Five days later this symbol of the gilded age lay at the bottom of the North Atlantic. "It's one of those stories that will always be told," says explorer Robert Ballard.


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CALAIS Janice (Chandler) Morse, 79, of Calais, Vt., passed away at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vt., on Feb. 19, 2013, with her sons and her husband of 61 years at her bedside. She fought a long and courageous battle with Sjogrens syndrome.
Born in Montpelier, Vt., on Dec. 10, 1933, she was the daughter of Clarence and Mary (Sicely) Chandler. She graduated from Montpelier High School in 1951. She was an accomplished seamstress and freelance bookkeeper. She was loved by her family and many dear friends for her good nature, generosity and fond company.
She enjoyed traveling with her nieces, Lucille, Janice, Sue, Hope and Prudence. Many of her days were shared with lifetime friend Eva Morse. In addition to her husband, Stanley Morse, she is survived by two sons, Brent Morse, of Barre, Vt., and Darryl Morse, of Calais, Vt.; three grandchildren, Angela Morse, of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Erica Morse, of Burlington, Vt., and Jack Morse, of Wellesley, Mass.; as well as three generations of nieces and nephews.
Her siblings, Gordon Chandler, Eunice Carpenter and Mildred Chandler, predeceased her.
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Using the coupon code BHM2013 the course is only $5
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*by someone who's heard
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(frankie leone, just a man)
*most in new york city have an opinion about williamsburg, brooklyn.
there are those who hate the locale, some who love it, and others who don't care enough to voice thoughts about it.
i've found those harboring resentment do so because they don't live here. this section of the wildest sexiest beast of a city on the globe (populated almost exclusively by the young, attractive, artistic, intelligent, and wealthy) is a gigantic bullsesye for negative attention. these individuals are interesting to me.
people who feel the need to lie to themselves about the roots of their disdains remind me of me. they make me uncomfortable. more often than not i engage them with a ruthless drive to instill clarity.
experience has revealed those who love it generally feel this way because the smoke and mirrors of "hip" and "cool" have seduced them to a point where snarky remarks and jealous avoidance is easily resisted. these individuals aren't interesting to me.
their delusion is beautiful, in its own way, and i don't feel compelled to dispel it.
those that are indifferent have dull opinions. they don't interest me either.
they are comfortable enough inside their own flesh that they don't feel the need to conjure disingenuous beliefs to compensate for insecurity. there's no reason to engage them in debate.
i put myself, after desperately trying to do the opposite, outside these three groups. i do my best to just exist here and study what i've been struggling to understand my whole life- other human beings.*
*there's a sadness saturating the five foot five bodega man who runs the store on the corner of north 6th street and kent avenue one block from my williamsburg loft. his rotund frame moves through the few narrow aisles, and behind his counter with a slow despair i detected early in our acquaintanceship.
his soft-spoken voice carries the marks of his homeland of yemen. it floats passed his lips to express only what he needs to when he needs to because he needs to. he reminds me of me.
he makes me uncomfortable.*
*she's gorgeous and she's mine.
her skin's snow white, and her body is tall and thin. it moves with a grace only the unconsciously extraordinary can. when looking at her statuesque features i feel like i might've cheated lady luck for us to come to possess each other. she articulates her inner beauty and i remember i did.
when i go to his bodega every day to buy her her favorite bagel sandwich (without being asked) i know i'm not doing it because i should or can. i'm doing it because i want and need to.
when buying things for herself sometimes she's with me and sometimes she's alone. it's become clear whether she's with me or alone he expresses that he sees the same things in her i do. he throws words like "sexy," "wonderful," and "lovely" across the counter whether i'm there or not.
i don't like this.
a man can't keep someone like her as a pet or prisoner. the beautiful go where they want when they want if they want, because they can. i know this, and i'm sure if i force her to figure it out she will too. with expedience.
i decide to mind my own business and let her deal with it in her own way, if she wants to deal with it.
every time he asks me where she is (with a wall of cigarettes and $10+ items as his backdrop) i feel my fists beginning to clench. it's a good thing i'm not young in my mind anymore- the son-of-a-bitch would take a nap on his bodega floor after each reference.*
*my ben and jerry's purchases at his bodega are at an all time high.
she's decided to walk out of my life and has bought a one-way amtrak ticket out of town. i've spent the entire day staring at the empty space in our clothes rack where her tailored jackets and body-gripping button-ups used to be.
she's coming back tomorrow to get her boxed up things out of the common space.
my eyes spike continuous tears down the unshaven skin of my face. she hasn't always been kind to me, but the void she'll leave (represented by the missing clothes) is more than i can bear.
it's time for a number nineteen from his bodega. a "how do you do." chicken cutlet, beef bacon (islamic storeowners), lettuce, tomato, avocado, onion, and honey mustard. a space heater for a chilly soul.*
*his unshaven face (whose growth is more substantial than mine) smiles and asks how i am in a routine tone.
"i'm getting by," i reply.
he laughs lightly and changes the subject, "where is your friend? you know who i'm speaking of. the sexy one."
today i'm not going to gloss passed this.
"it makes her and i uncomfortable when you flirt with her. it's probably part of the reason she doesn't come by here a lot anymore," i respond, "it's fucking inappropriate."
he falters in himself, surprised. i'm one of his store's best customers. i'm there multiple times a day getting things for myself and six roommates. he knows this and grants special prices on some items, a line of credit, and access to less-than-legal services the bodega can provide. i'm also six foot four, covered in tattoos, have significant muscle mass, and mentioned in passing i grew up hard.
he's watching his step as we both suffer in uncomfortable silence.
"i'm sorry. i didn't know you didn't like when i play with her."
i answer, "when you flirt with her. especially in front of me. you know she's my girlfriend."
i don't feel compelled to tell him we're now severed from each other, but he understands the history leading to this exchange. his expression is defeated and he isn't maintaining eye contact anymore.
"i'm sorry," he concludes quieter than usual.
i have no desire to beat this man down, emotionally or physically. i try to resolve this awkwardness i've created.
"it's ok. it's really not a big deal. i'm a lot more upset about things outside this store. there's a lot going in my mind. don't worry about it."
he nods in unsure understanding. i pay for my sandwich, some electronic cigarette refills, and a bagel sandwich to give her for her trip tomorrow. as i turn towards the door he breathes, "i like your writing."
i stop still and turn around. this is unexpected- he's pretty far outside my usual demographic. i answer, "thank you for reading it. sincerely," and wait for him to talk.
"you know i used to be artist too. long time ago. played music."
"what instrument," i answer.
"sitar," and our silence resumes.
a few moments pass in his empty place of business before i ask, "why don't you play anymore?"
"war. the south of my country, where i'm from, got fucked up ten years ago. i came here and started running stores. now i am old. i don't have it anymore."
"do you know the expression 'cop out?'"
he nods with an expression of shame.
"you just told me a tragic story. it's the kind of bullshit i write about. but the real tragedy isn't the one you think. it's that you've given up. i think you should start practicing."
i can tell he's really listening, but he doesn't feel compelled to respond.
"have a good day sammie," i say and offer my hand.
he grips it and responds, "you too frankie."*
*heading back to what used to be "our room" in my raw loft on kent avenue and north 5th street i think about sammie. then i think about myself. an epiphany burns bright in my mind as my feet tread the sidewalk- we're going to be ok.
if we want to be.*
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Using the ocean as a metaphor for this epic week in high school sports, try to envision a massive wave that is breaking with awesome power roiling with Section IX and state tournaments. The immense breakers that preceded it this past week included the Section IX track and field state qualifier, the Section IX Class C baseball demise of Tri-Valley to Rhinebeck in the title game, Livingston Manor's epic last-inning five-run outburst that propelled them to the Class D softball title for the fourth straight year, Eldred's baseball final loss to Coleman, Sullivan West's softball loss to Spackenkill, the Monticello boys 400 relay team posting the fastest time among public high schools from NYS at the Section IX state qualifier and the NYS boys golf tourney with SW's Drew Billard aboard.
At the Section IX state qualifier a number of local track and field elites punched their ticket to the state meet at Middletown slated for June 7 to 8. Sullivan West senior Reed Scott was Division II's top finisher in the 3200 with a time of 9:45.53. In track, Division II includes schools with fewer than 600 students from grades nine to 11. This will be Scott's first trip to states in track. Tri-Valley's Aric Boyes qualified in the shot put with a lifetime best heave of 50-6. Teammate Josh Winters won the non-state meet javelin with a throw of 153-3. The Monticello quartet of Terry Duncan, Mistah Alli, Razjel Smith and Shane Jackson posted the fastest time among NYS public schools in the 400 relay with a blistering 42.69 seconds. Jackson may also be going in the 400 with his time of 49.94. That is still up in the air.
In girls action, Fallsburg's Canhace Forrest won the Division II 100 in 12.71 while Port Jervis' Kalissa Caesar took the Division I spot in 12.59. Tri-Valley's Katlynn Greffrath heads to states behind her 4-8 high jump mark. Teammate Mareena DiMilia goes via her shot put mark of 34-1.5. DiMilia also won the non-state meet hammer throw with a fling of 130-8. She will be heading to nationals in Greensboro, NC to compete in the hammer and the javelin later this month. Sullivan West's Mitch Paciga made it on his high jump of 6-3.
In baseball, Tri-Valley, the defending Class C champion, defeated number-one seeded Chester 12-6 in the semifinals before losing a heartbreaker 11-5 to Rhinebeck in the title game. It was the Hawks' first-ever baseball crown. Rhinebeck got out to an early 8-0 lead but the Bears fought back late making it 8-5 with the tying run at the plate before coming up short. Rhinebeck tacked on insurance runs to secure the win. T-V, which began its season at 2-6, ended at 13-9. In Class D, Eldred fell to John A Coleman Catholic by the score of 7-3 in the Section IX Class D final. The Statesmen are the defending state champs.
In softball, Livingston Manor scored five runs in the seventh inning to edge Chapel Field 10-9. It was the Lady Wildcats' fourth straight Section IX title. They won the state title in 2010 and 2011 played powerful Afton (20-1) in the opening round of the state tourney on June 4. Sullivan West fell to Spackenkill 4-0 in its May 28 Class B quarterfinal as Lady Spartan Gabi Mastrantuono pitched her second no-hitter of the season.
In boys golf, Sullivan West's Drew Billard was tied for 68th place in the state meet at Ithaca after the opening round. Next week features a wrap up of the state track meet, boys and girls golf tourney and a final word about baseball, softball and the spring season. Also, Tri-Valley will hold its awards night on June 5, so stay tuned to see who won this year's coveted trophies.
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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Junior wide receiver Trey McVay caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kenny Davis on Northeastern State's first play in overtime, giving the RiverHawks a 43-40 Lone Star Conference North victory on Saturday over Eastern New Mexico and at least a share of the division title.
McVay caught three TD passes from Davis and finished with 12 receptions for 175 yards, all career highs. Davis tied a school record with five touchdown tosses for NSU (6-4, 5-1 North), going 20-of-38 for 279 yards and adding 56 yards and a touchdown rushing, as the RiverHawks earned their first North title since 2007.
ENMU (4-6, 3-3), which was hoping for a three-way share of the title with a win over the RiverHawks and an East Central loss at Texas A&M-Commerce, took a 40-37 lead on sophomore Taylor Cannon's fourth field goal of the game, a 19-yarder in overtime. Sophomore quarterback Wes Wood went 29-of-42 for 345 yards, while receivers Jessie Poku and Darian Davis finished with 12 catches for 180 yards and seven for 109, respectively, and a touchdown reception apiece.
Wood also ran for 54 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries while senior Tony Valenzuela had 101 yards rushing on 27 carries for the Greyhounds, who finished with a 497-446 margin in total offense.
Defensive backs Perron Sellers and Curtis Jackson were each in on 15 tackles for the Hounds, while linebacker Nathan Uland collected 13.
ENMU trailed 37-27 after a Davis-to-Edward Victorian TD pass for 14 yards early in the final quarter. The Hounds drove 65 yards and nine plays following the kickoff, and pulled to 37-34 on a 31-yard pass from Wood to Poku on a fourth-and-1 play.
The Hounds stopped the RiverHawks on downs at the ENMU 2 on their next possession, and an exchange of punts followed before ENMU drove 80 yards in 14 plays. With fourth-and-goal at the 3, an illegal procedure penalty set the Hounds back before Taylor tied in on a 23-yard field goal as time expired.
The Hounds had the first possession in OT, picking up a first down on a 15-yard pass from Wood to Poku. On third and goal from the 2, the RiverHawks stopped Valenzuela for no gain before Cannon booted the go-ahead 3-pointer.
NSU was penalized five yards to the 30 for illegal procedure on its first play in the extra session, but Davis escaped pressure from defensive end Matt Kalisch and found McVay for the winning score on the next snap.


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Amanuensis: a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts.
I read about Amanuensis Monday in Heather Rojo's blog "Nutfield Genealogy," who read about it in Randy Seaver's blog "GeneaMusings" and he read about it on John Newmark's genealogy blog "TransylvanianDutch". That said, for me this is a great way to transcribe and post my Uncle Ralph's letters.
As I previously noted, my uncle, Ralph Jabez McPherson, was an everyday sort of guy. He loved family, read 6 newspapers a day and wrote letters nearly every day to one or another of his sisters. In this letter, he mentions sisters Helen, Verna, Olive and Bertha. He and Bertha were the two oldest of the siblings and were close throughout their lives. Ralph fussed about the fact that Bertha's daughter had moved her mother from her home in San Diego, and placed her in a Missouri nursing home, far from southern California and her siblings but closer to the daughter's own home. Other than writing about family, Ralph gives of a running commentary about his life and times in San Diego in the 1980s.
I don't know wether I owe you a letter or you owe me but as long as I have a little time will write altho there really isn't anything to write about.
So you guys up there are doing a little walking for exercise, well walking is one of the best forms of exercise there is, its even better than jogging. I should do a lot of it.
Verna sounded a little more cheerful in her last letter, hope those drs are right & that it can be cured in a yrs time. How is Helen. She don't write much so I have to get any information on her from you girls. Finally had a letter from Bertha, she doesn't say much, but outside of being lonely & unable to go out & eat at various places, guess she is doing OK
Our weather is still holding up. Has been nice all thru Sept.(can't think of a time when it been better so long at a stretch.
Well its sports time of the year again & the tube will be full of all the sports, like tomorrow the Aztecs and Missouri play at 10 a.m. but will listen on the radio as the T.V. will be a delayed broadcast & as a general thing I don't watch a delayed broadcast. (The game is over & I know the score so the interest is over.)
Expect your nights are cooling off pretty good now. What are you burning for fuel this winter. I know you will use the fireplace & have Monte & you guys been able to gather up fuel enough for this winter. Timber is harder to get even up there & down here its out of the question @ 135.00 a cord. I have gas heat but don't need that except in the eve later on.
Went over to Solano Beach last week to visit Sallys sister & brother in law. They were down for the races at Del Mar, as a general rule they last 6 weeks but this year they added 12 extra days. Each year they rent for a certain length of time & these landlords try to keep there rentals going so as fast as 1 moves out another one is in. so this year they were stymied as they had to get out and rent a motel the last 10 days but they said the rent was the same 175.00 a week.
Do you watch TicTacToe on T.V. The guy that's on there now has won 275,0000 so far & still going strong. Hes in the navy stationed at Mira Mar & lives at Poway, 10 mi from Escondido.
Rancho Santa Fe a mostly residential community between here and the coast are trying to get the state to put in another highway or two so traffic won't have to take the Del Dios highway thru the ranch land sells for 100,000 an acre & there are no addresses or mail delivery. The quaint little town has some exclusive shops, a post office, 1 service station & has quite of pop. of several thousand. The land is up & down, full of gulleys, brush & trees and crooked roads so outside of the town theres nothing to see really.
Another item, there been a 3rd more banks robbed this year than last & the one the other day in Pacific Beach they got 287,000 quite a haul. They had it timed pretty good as they were in the bank but got it all from a lomis bank truck delivery.
Well haven't said anything, just filled up the blank spots. Write when you get time.
Ralph & Sally


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Ha! I once went to a Mansfield v Featherstone game which felt the same. I walked around the ground twice and everyone seemed to have come down from Fev and Mansfield scored to complete silence. Crowd was about 700 so there must have been someone from Mansfield there I guess.
Another one I went to was Trafford Borough v Hull KR, same deal. I walked all the way round Moss Lane and absolutely everybody was decked out in red & white. The only other contact I ever had with Trafford Borough was when the entire squad (all Kiwis, by the look of them) sat behind me at Old Trafford during the Widnes/Canberra game. They naffed off long before the end.
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Thursday was the first day of the city's new ban on commercial activity at Kailua and Kalama beach parks.
But, if the goal was to get rid of all those people renting kayaks, it didn't work. Many still found ways to get their rented gear through the park and into the water.
In the past, the rental company would have delivered the kayaks to the beach, but the new law prohibits deliveries.
"It would just be easier if we didn't have to put it on there. It looks kind of ridiculous with them on a small car," said Zane Burton.
Because no rental company employees were present at the beach access, the excursion was legal.
Visitors walked their rented kayaks to the beach. Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks is the largest rental company in Kailua. Because it is so close to the beach, customers can transport their kayaks without help from the company.
The new law does little to slow the mass rentals from businesses.
"It's a matter of educating the public right now," said Parks and Recreation Director Gary Cabato. "People need to know the laws, the parameters of the law, what they can do and cannot do."
Cabato says loopholes in the law will enable large scale rentals to continue. And it's not just the kayaks.
Segway tours continued along the bike path through Kailua Beach Park. Company owner Rick McMahon is hoping his customers will be allowed to go through the park to reach other destinations. If not, his operation is in trouble.
"There's a good chance we'll probably be forced to close our business," said McMahon. "We have six employees and it would be unfortunate."
Two companies hold permits allowing them to legally rent windsurfing boards and gear at the beach park. But, those permits expire in December and when they do the companies will have to leave.
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Delores Eichenberger of Clovis points to a Christmas ornament that decorates the tree her husband, Frank Eichenberger, inherited from his grandparents.(CNJ Staff Photo: Tony Bullocks)
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This Christmas season, eastern New Mexico residents shared the history behind their favorite ornaments with Freedom Newspapers.
The history of Christmas tree ornaments
Modern Christmas trees emerged in 15th- and 16th-century Germany, according to a Hallmark press release.
Evergreens were used originally in church plays at Christmas and were hung with apples to symbolize a Paradise tree. The tradition found its way into homes, "where trees were adorned with small white wafers, and later, small pastries cut into stars, angels, hearts and flowers," the press release reads.
In the next 200 years, this custom inched across Germany and Europe. Decorated trees were brought to America by German mercenaries fighting in the Revolutionary War, according to the release.
But in early puritanical America, decorated trees didn't catch on. They only became popular when people emigrating from Germany and England in the 1840s introduced the ornament tradition to the country, the release reads.
"Ornaments became a big hit. F.W. Woolworth of five-and-dime fame had reluctantly stocked his stores with German-made ornaments in 1880. By 1890, he was selling $25 million worth of ornaments at nickel and dime prices," the Hallmark release reads.
Borden ornament includes sense of history
Robby Borden, who grew up in Portales and now lives in Seattle, has an ornament given to him right after his birth 36 years ago.
The son of Bobby and Sheryl Borden of Portales, he now works for Microsoft but arrived home for the holidays Friday.
The special ornament was handmade by his aunt, Billie Nelle Williams. She used an eggshell preserved and covered in gold glitter. Inside the egg is the baby Jesus in the manger with an angel overhead.
Sheryl Borden says she is amazed at how the ornament has survived over the years in a house full of children and now grandchildren.
"Believe it or not, through all these years it has lasted," she said. "Our tree has even fallen over several times."
She said each year she and her husband give the kids each a special ornament so that each will have something to cherish and remember Christmas by.
With only a few minor chips, these days the fragile eggshell ornament graces a branch high up on the Borden tree. That's where it was when Robby Borden returned for Christmas.
— Karl Terry
The bunny means family
A small pink and white rabbit complete with a golden carousel pole hangs from a white ribbon on Kelsey Eckert's Christmas tree.
The special ornament represents the first Christmas for her daughter, Skylyr Eckert.
Now an active 22-month-old, Skylyr gently held the rabbit ornament before shyly hiding her face on Friday morning.
Kelsey Eckert, 19, a former Clovis resident, now lives in Schweinfurt, Germany, at Conn Barracks with her husband who is serving in the U.S. Army.
Kelsey and Skylyr Eckert made the long trek to Clovis to spend the holidays with family.
"My husband is deployed," she said, "so, we came back home while he is away."
— Tonya Fennell
Ornaments help celebrate long marriage for Thomases
Gaynelle and Leroy Thomas have a set of special ornaments that grace one of the many Christmas trees in their Portales home.
The couple got a set of 12 ceramic angel ornaments when they were married 54 years ago. With the paint wearing off many of the little cherubs and their numbers considerably less than a dozen, they're part of a Christmas tradition for the Thomas family.
"They've been on our tree every year," Gaynelle Thomas said. "We change themes (for the tree) every year, but those angels always go on."
This year's theme is a '50s look complete with poodle skirts, 45 records and other memorabilia.
A newer set of angels has also found a home on the tree, which sits on a rotating platform, but the Thomases say the original ornaments are special.
— Karl Terry
Stars add to Christmas magic
Fred and Delores Eichenberger have collected many Christmas memories in their 48-year marriage. There is the small school bus, representing the 26 years she worked as a school bus driver and the heavy green glass ball from his grandfather.
"We never had a theme, just things we've collected over the years," Fred Eichenberger said.
But the ornaments they both think of when asked which has the most history are two small colored stars. Their color has faded over the years, and they are now pink and bluish-green. At their centers, metal blades turn from the heat of nearby Christmas lights. Their slow spinning casts glittery reflections on the tree branches. Purchased in the 1930s, they belonged to his grandparents and have found their way to the Eichenbergers' tree.
— Sharna Johnson
Historic decorations adorn tree for Rhodes family
In the middle of the Rhodes living room stands a Christmas tree with ornaments dating back to the 1940s — an old wooden rocking horse, a brass bell, a gingerbread house.
Robert Rhodes — a 1964 Clovis High School graduate — plucks a delicate orb from a branch.
The glittering ornament, he explains, is special. It was his mother's and he remembers it hanging from the Christmas trees of his childhood.
Another ornament is dear to his wife, Lynn. She and her husband circle around the Christmas tree in search of it, and minutes later, discover it on a low branch.
"My daughter gave it to me," Lynn Rhodes said, admiring the ornament — a blown glass horse.
— Marlena Hartz
Tree may fade, but memory never will
Gerry Shaw has many favorite Christmas items around the house. Mr. and Mrs. Claus greet visitors from their vantage point atop a side table in the foyer, an elf and reindeer smile in the yard.
Shaw's tree sparkles with many ornaments, but proudly hung on the branches are handmade memories from her children and grandchildren. There are small colored construction paper circles strung with pieces of ribbon, and a Christmas picture is nestled inside half of an egg that once held pantyhose.
Made of construction paper, a faded green Christmas tree hangs among the shiny things, its pasted-on sequins lacking the luster of years gone by. At the top of the paper tree is the small black-and-white school photo of a young girl.
Her daughter made it at school more than 30 years ago, Shaw said.
"When (my daughter) sees it she says, 'Oh, Mother, you still have that,'" Shaw said with a laugh. "But now she's got them on her tree too," the great-grandmother said.
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Goliad ISD has adopted a "flex days" program which will allow students who have met academic and attendance standards in the fall semester to lengthen their Christmas break an additional three days.
"If they meet the criteria, they can flex the three days after Christmas," Goliad ISD Superintendent Christy Paulsgrove said. "They don't have to come on Jan. 2, 3 or 4. The ones that do have to come will go through some small-group instruction and some catch-up work. If they didn't make it, it's either because they missed too much school or didn't score high enough on their tests.
"This is the first time we've done this. We think this will give kids a little boost before they take the spring tests."
Paulsgrove, who is beginning her third year as superintendent and 36th overall in Goliad ISD, said there will be 15 new staff members this school year and that the school district had to recently add another kindergarten teacher due an increase in enrollment.
"Our kindergarten enrollment is at 104," Paulsgrove said. "Last year's kindergarten class was 77. We're seeing a significant increase at that level."
Another change this school year is the time classes will start at the high school level.
"The kids will be getting at the high school at 7:30 and class will start at 7:35," Paulsgrove said. "The first 30 minutes or so will be time for tutorials, club meetings, and different things."
The dress code for the 2012-13 school year underwent one major alteration.
"The big change with the dress code is we're going to allow stu-dents to not have to tuck in their shirts," Paulsgrove said.