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Web services are now a popular technology for implementing service-oriented applications. J2EE has become a popular platform to deploy web services applications. And J2EE 1.4 standardized building and deploying web services applications for the Java platform.
In my last article, I provided an introduction to service-oriented architecture (SOA) from a Java developer's perspective. In this article, I will explain how you can use J2EE 1.4 to build services that are interoperable and portable across J2EE 1.4-compliant application servers such as Oracle Application Server 10g.
Let's briefly examine the architecture of a web service before drilling down into the details of web services development and deployment on the J2EE platform.
There are many definitions for web services, but in simple terms, web services are self-contained and self-describing components that can be published, discovered, and invoked across the network. A web service, as shown in Figure 1, may perform a simple function, such as checking a credit history, or a complicated task that can span several business processes.
Figure 1. How a web service works
There are two methods of interaction with web services: RPC style and document style. RPC-style web services were initially popular in the industry, but in recent years have been eclipsed by document-style as the preferred means of message exchange with web services.
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RPC-style web services represent exchanges that can be modeled as remote procedure calls (RPC). These are quite common in business applications, with the exchanged messages conforming to a well-defined signature for the remote call and its return. In contrast, document-style web services model XML document exchange, where the exchange patterns are defined by the sending and the receiving applications. Document-style services are more relevant for applications that need to exchange business or other types of documents and, unlike RPC-style web services, the sender may not expect or wait for an immediate response.
Most developers would agree that web services is an effective technology for implementing SOA because it provides interoperability between heterogeneous platforms and technologies relying upon portable technologies such as XML, SOAP, and HTTP.
This independence of platform and implementation technology is the primary reason for web services' popularity. The clients do not have to know the implementation technology involved and can simply invoke the service over the network. For example, even if you build a service using Java/J2EE technologies and deploy it on a J2EE server such as Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J), the clients can be built using Microsoft's .NET framework.
Now that we have a basic understanding of web services, let's take a look at the elements that make up a web service.
A Web Services Definition Language (WSDL; pronounced "wizdle") document is at the heart of a web service. The WSDL describes the service, and is the "contract" to which the web service guarantees it will conform. The WSDL provides a complete description of the web service, including the port, operations, and message types involved.
Here is a simple example of a WSDL document that describes a HelloWorld web service:
<schema elementFormDefault="qualified"
<complexType name="sayHello">
<message name="HelloServiceInf_sayHello">
<part name="parameters"
<message name="HelloServiceInf_sayHelloResponse">
<part name="parameters"
<portType name="HelloServiceInf">
<operation name="sayHello">
<input message="tns:HelloServiceInf_sayHello"/>
<output message="tns:HelloServiceInf_sayHelloResponse"/>
<element name="String_1" nillable="true" type="string"/>
<complexType name="sayHelloResponse">
<element name="result" nillable="true" type="string"/>
<element name="sayHelloElement" type="tns:sayHello"/>
<element name="sayHelloResponseElement"
<binding name="HttpSoap11Binding" type="tns:HelloServiceInf">
<soap:binding style="document"
<operation name="sayHello">
<soap:body use="literal" parts="parameters"/>
<soap:body use="literal" parts="parameters"/>
<service name="HelloService">
<port name="HttpSoap11" binding="tns:HttpSoap11Binding">
<soap:address location="REPLACE_WITH_ACTUAL_URL"/>
If you look at the WSDL, you'll note that it has a complete
description of the
HelloService web service, including
the port, operations, and message types. The WSDL is the contract
between the web service and its clients and it help automate
the generation of client proxies.
The other two key technologies of the web services platform are SOAP, the protocol used to invoke a web service, and UDDI, which provides the registry where web services can be located.
Support for these technologies is fully integrated into the J2EE platform. Let's take a look at J2EE's web services support.
J2EE 1.4 provides a comprehensive platform for building and deploying web services applications using regular Java classes or Enterprise Java Beans. The following table provides the details of the web service APIs included in J2EE 1.4.
|Java APIs
Java API for XML Remote Procedure Call: API for building web services and clients with remote procedure calls (RPC) and XML
J2EE Deployment Model for Java Web Services
SOAP with Attachments API for Java: Enables developers to produce and consume messages conforming to the SOAP 1.1 specification and SOAP with Attachments
Java API for XML Parsing: The reading, manipulating, and generating of XML documents through Java APIs in a standard way
Java API for XML Binding: Automates the mapping between XML documents and Java objects
Java API for XML Registries: Provides a standard way to access business registries, such as UDDI, and share information
Provides ability to expose Stateless Session EJB with web service end-point
JAX-RPC, defined under JSR 101 in the Java Community Process, provides the Java API for building and accessing web services and is thus the "heart and soul" of building and deploying web services with the J2EE platform. It provides a simple, robust platform for building web services applications by hiding from the application developer the complexity of mapping between XML types and Java types and the lower-level details of handling XML and SOAP messages. It introduces a method call paradigm by providing two programming models: a server-side model for developing web service endpoints using Java classes or stateless EJBs, and a client-side model for building Java clients that access web services as local objects. JAX-RPC 1.1 mandates the use of SOAP 1.1 and interoperability with web services built with other technologies such as Microsoft .NET. J2EE-1.4-compliant application servers, such as OC4J 10.1.3 and the Sun Java System Application Sever, provide support for JAX-RPC.
JAX-RPC is somewhat of a misnomer, since it supports both RPC-style and document-style web services.
Prior to J2EE 1.4, all J2EE vendors supported web services using their proprietary deployment models. J2EE 1.4 defined the deployment model for Java web services. It standardized development, deployment, and service publication and consumption for web services for the J2EE platform.
I will discuss the deployment and consumption aspects of Java-based web services later in this article.
Given the J2EE 1.4 support for web services, let's examine the way in which a web service is constructed using the J2EE platform.
Creating a web service as a distributed component that is
portable and interoperable is not a trivial task. As discussed
earlier, you can deploy either regular Java classes or stateless
EJBs as web services. Regular Java classes are packaged in a web
module and EJB web services are packaged in normal
Given these two deployment options, which one do you use?
It is a matter of prolonged debate whether you should choose a regular Java class or EJBs as your technology for building a web service. Java classes are easier to develop than EJBs, are pure Java objects, and do not have the "extra baggage" that EJBs do. However, EJBs provide several nice features, such as declarative transaction and security, and let the developer concentrate on building business logic without having to worry about the infrastructure services. EJB 3.0 is greatly simplifying the programming model and in that spec EJBs will look like regular Java classes.
Whether you decide to use a regular Java class or EJBs, you need
to package several artifacts into your WAR or
ejb-jar to expose your
component as a Java web service. Following are the packaging
structures for web services based either on EJB or regular Java
ejb-jar for an EJB-based web service:
wsdl/ the wsdl file
ejb classes (includes endpoint and bean classes)
Web app (.war) for a regular Java web service:
wsdl/ the wsdl file
/classes/(includes endpoint and bean classes)
Let us discuss each of the deployment-time artifacts and descriptors:
java.rmi.Remote interface, and
every method exposed in the endpoint interface must throw
java.rmi.RemoteException. This end point needs to
registered into the standard deployment descriptor for the module
(ejb-jar.xml or web.xml). Your deployment
descriptor (e.g., ejb-jar.xml) needs to have the following entry:
The following shows the code for the Web service endpoint for a
HelloWorld web service:
public interface HelloServiceInf
extends java.rmi.Remote {
java.lang.String sayHello(java.lang.String name)
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
ejb-jar or to define these properties.
You must package all these artifacts in the WAR or
module before you can deploy your component as a web service. Many
development tools, such as
Oracle JDeveloper, simplify development of web services by
doing mundane tasks such as generating deployment descriptors,
mapping files, etc. Furthermore, most application servers provide
web services assembly tools that take care of the J2EE web service
packaging requirements.
Beyond an understanding of the components that make up a web service and the associated packaging requirements, there are architectural issues you must deal with when developing a web service.
The main challenge in building a web service is to identify the service with the right granularity. You can either build a new service, or expose an existing component that is built as a Java class or EJB and expose that as a service. When building a service, you can take either the top-down or bottom-up approach:
Obviously, it is imperative that your web services be interoperable in nature. J2EE 1.4 mandates conformance to the Basic Profile 1.0 specified by the Web Services: Interoperability (WS-I) organization. When building web services, you must test for interoperability before you deploy them into production.
In addition to the design approaches and a need to field interoperable services, there are a few best practices that you can follow to maximize the utility of your web service.
Here are a few best practices for developing web services:
HashMaps, and
Lists as parameters for your web service if interoperability is important for your application.
The J2EE Blueprint Application Java Adventure Builder provides a nice blueprint application for building Java-based web services application.
Once a web service has been designed, developed, and deployed, associated client components are generally created to interact with the given service.
The client for a web service can be any of the following types: static stub, dynamic proxy, or Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII).
Building a web service client may be as complex as building a simple web service. Fortunately, J2EE 1.4 makes it simpler for J2EE developers to use web services from any type of J2EE component--namely web clients or EJB components.
You can invoke a web service as you would any other resources using JNDI via the following:
service-ref element in the deployment
descriptor for your component. For example, if you access the
HelloWorldService web service from a web module, the module's
web.xml file may contain the following:
<service-ref-mapping name="service/HelloWorldService">
<wsdl-port namespaceURI="urn: HelloWorldService"
InitialContext ctx= new InitialContext();
HelloServiceInf hs = (HelloServiceInf)
HelloWorld hello= hs.getHelloWorldServicePort();
String myhello = hs.sayHello("Debu Panda") ;
The web services platform has grown to include reliability, security, transactions, manageability, policy and so on. There are several standards that has emerged or emerging in the web services space. There are several JSRs being worked on in the Java Community Process to design a new Java API to uptake these emerging standards and the following table lists some of these JSRs.
|Java Specification Request
|Web Services Metadata
|Java Business Integration
|Java API for XML Web Services Addressing
|Web Services Connector for JMX
|API for using Web Services Policy
In addition to these evolving standards, we are now getting a glimpse into the web services support afforded by the next major release of the J2EE platform.
Service-oriented applications are fairly difficult to build with J2EE, so J2EE 5.0 is designed to make development simpler by making use of Web Services Metadata annotations defined by JSR 181. EJB 3.0 and Web Services Metadata have the similar goals of providing developer friendliness.
For developing a simple Java web service in J2EE 1.4, you need several web service artifacts: WSDL, mapping files, and several verbose standard and proprietary web services deployment descriptors. The Web Services Metadata specification is taking a configuration-by-default approach similar to EJB 3.0 to make development easier. The Web Services Metadata annotation processor (or web services assembly tool) will generate these files for you so you only have to worry about the implementation class.
Here is how a simple Java web service looks when it's developed using Web Services Metadata:
As I mentioned previously, EJB 3.0 is simplifying the development of
EJBs by using regular Java classes. By making use of EJB 3.0
and Web Services Metadata, developing EJB-based web services is
going to be much simpler. Here is how a simple HelloWorld EJB web
service looks when using EJB 3.0 and web services metadata. You do
not have to worry about creating WSDL, deployment descriptors, etc.,
and the application server will take care of generating these
artifacts during deployment.
package oracle.jr181.demo;
import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;
@WebService(name = "HelloWorldService",
targetNamespace = "http://hello/targetNamespace" )
public class HelloWorldService {
@WebMethod public String sayhello(String name ) {
return "Hello" +name+ " from jws";
package oracle.ejb30.ws;
import javax.ejb.Remote;
import javax.jws.WebService;
public interface HelloServiceInf extends java.rmi.Remote{
@WebMethod java.lang.String sayHello(java.lang.String name)
throws java.rmi.RemoteException;
The following is the implementation class for the HelloWorld EJB in EJB 3.0:
package oracle.ejb30.ws;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
public class HelloServiceBean implements HelloServiceInf {
public String sayHello(String name) {
return("Hello "+name +" from first EJB3.0 Web Service");
The above example clearly demonstrates that service development is going to be much simpler with web services metadata and EJB 3.0.
In this article, you learned the basics of building web services using the J2EE platform. You can start building and deploying your web services in your favorite J2EE-compliant application servers such as Oracle Application Server 10g, Sun Java System Application Sever, etc. today.
Debu Panda is a Senior Principal Product Manager of the Oracle Application Server development team.
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Newtown NSW – Sand's Directories – Dilworth & Quirk
I have been having a look at the Assessment Books & Sand's Directories for Newtown for my ancestors Joseph Dilworth, Mary Quirk (later Dilworth) and Mary's mother' Catherine Quirk (nee Slattery). The assessment books are located here: http://www.sydneyarchives.info/rate-books and the Sand's Directories are located here: http://www.sydneyarchives.info/sands-directories
I was checking to see where Joseph was living in the early 1860's as in 1857 he sold a property in Australia Street Newtown, as detailed in a previous post.
Joseph does not appear in any of the Sand's directories for Newtown, but from the assessment books for 1863 Joseph is listed in Horden Street Newtown (O'Connell Ward) and alongside him, Mrs C Quirk (which I believe to be Catherine Quirk – mother of Mary Dilworth, nee Quirk).
Below is a list of the Sand's Directories and where they were living. Joseph & Mary had moved out of the area by 1866 (a daughter was born at Cox's Creek) and Joseph died in 1877. Mary appears to have come back by 1883. She had started a relationship with Michael Milverton by the beginning of 1871, as they had 3 children in the early 1870's. Mary & Michael did not marry until 1887.
From looking at the list below, it's a bit hard to work out why Catherine Quirk was not listed in all of the directories as she appears in 1873 and then does not appear again until 1880, though still living at the same address. Catherine arrived in NSW in 1857 from Kilkenny Ireland, along with daughters Catherine & Margaret. Catherine died in 1891 and is buried at Rookwood Cemetery.
|Name & Address
|Mrs Dilworth – Susan Street
|I'd say this is Mary Dilworth – nee Quirk
|Quirk, Catherine Slattery, laundress – Susan Street, Camperdown & Newtown – West Side
|Interesting that Catherine's maiden name was included.
|Quirk, Catherine – Susan Street West Side
|Quirk, Mrs. Mary – Enmore road-North side
|Not sure who this is: Though Mary Dilworth (nee Quirk) did use her maiden name when she married Michael Melverton in 1887.
|24 Quirk Mrs. Susan Street – South Side
|24 Quirk Mrs. Susan Street – South Side
|24 Quirk Mrs. Susan Street – South Side
|24 Quirk Mrs. Susan Street – South Side
|24 Quirk Mrs. Susan Street – South Side


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Lawmakers schedule hearing on UW overpayments
Audit uncovered overpayments made to health insurance premiums, pensions
Co-chairs of the Legislature's Audit Committee have scheduled a public hearing for next week to gather more information about $33 million in overpayments made by the University of Wisconsin System.
A recent audit uncovered the overpayments made to health insurance premiums and pensions.
Republican Sen. Rob Cowles and Republican Rep. Samantha Kerkman said Tuesday they scheduled a hearing for Jan. 22 to discuss another possible audit of the UW's payroll and benefit processing, including its new Human Resource System.
UW President Kevin Reilly has promised to hire an independent auditor to figure out what went wrong.
Cowles said in a statement that the overpayments are a "major problem" within the UW System. Kerkman said UW should be held accountable for problems with its human resource system.
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3 Most Important Things From Apple's WWDC
SAN FRANCISCO ( TheStreet) - Apple(AAPL) threw open the doors of its Worldwide Developers' Conference on Monday, unveiling new hardware and software. While fanboys, journalists and investors didn't get quite everything they wanted, they got plenty to think about.
The buzz surrounding the event, held in San Francisco's Moscone Center West, was akin to a rock concert, with tight security, a line around the block, and an atmosphere of euphoria. Apple events are almost always sold out as the masses eagerly anticipate what's next from the tech giant .
The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm certainly impressed its audience of developers, increasing the pressure on hardware rivals such as HP(HPQ) , Dell(DELL) , Research In Motion (RIMM) , and Samsung.
Here are three of the most important things we learned at Apple's WWDC conference:
New MacBook Pro
Many people were expecting a refresh of almost the entire MacBook line, but Apple only refreshed the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines, with the MacBook Pro receiving most of the attention.
The new MacBook Pro features Retina Display, something the iPhone and iPad have. It also sports updated processors, using Intel's(INTC) Ivy Bridge and NVidia(NVDA) graphics technology. Many are calling this a huge step forward for the line. "It's the most beautiful computer we've ever made," said Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller, during the keynote address. The price on the MacBook Air was lowered, but it did not receive Retina Display.
See what's key from Apple's WWDC
The new MacBook Pro, which features all flash storage and is just 0.71 inches thick, has a 15.4 inch screen. These features will certainly resonate with consumers, according to Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets who is attending WWDC.
"What Apple showed off today continues to prove that innovation is alive and well at Apple," White said, in an exclusive interview with TheStreet. "Apple is leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else." White rates Apple shares buy with a $1,001 price target.
Demand for Apple's MacBook Pro may have strengthened following the announcement, with several developers saying they planned to purchase a new one thanks to the upgrades. "Innovation is still here, clearly," Pierre-Loïc Raynaud, CEO of FunGolf, said during an interview.
"I think the new MacBook Pro is going to bring some people in to the Apple ecosystem," added Scott Jenkins, developer at Options in Focus . Apple sold 4 million Macs in its most recent quarter.
"The Mac is really not dead yet," noted Malcolm Teas, senior software developer at Voalte during an interview. "It's clear the number of developers have shifted from Mac to iOS, but Apple is not ignoring the Mac side. Apple is growing and expanding that."
iOS 6
Apple announced a new mobile operating system, iOS 6, for the iPhone and iPad. Included in the new OS are a new map app, which offers 3D mapping and takes the app's back-end away from Google(GOOG) . Apple also announced FaceTime over cellular networks, turn-by-turn navigation, and several other features, including Siri for the iPad, as the company adds functionality to the voice navigation assistant.


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Maybe it's disgust over multimillion-dollar executive bonuses and multibillion-dollar federal bailouts, but consumers these days are looking for alternatives to big commercial banks.
And there are alternatives out there, including credit unions, community banks and online banks. Lower-income customers can even opt for limited banking or no bank at all.
"The good news for consumers is that there are plenty of fish in the sea," says Greg McBride, senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com. "The financial services industry remains very competitive," he says. "Sometimes it pays to be a free agent."
Which I guess would describe me. I have a mortgage with a megabank, which gave me the lowest rate when I was refinancing. I have my savings and checking accounts and home equity line of credit with my credit union. And I have a money market account with an online bank, which offers a fairly high (by today's low standards) interest rate and charges no fees.
Bankrate.com has done a lot to make comparison shopping for rates easier. It also offers its own ratings of the safety and soundness of financial institutions, using its own system of evaluating capital adequacy, asset quality, profitability and liquidity. But really, most of us are covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s coverage of up to $250,000 per depositor, which remains in effect until Dec. 31, 2013.
Consumer-friendly credit unions
"One of the most attractive alternatives to banks and thrifts for most people are credit unions, but not everyone can qualify for credit union membership," says Stephen Brobeck, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America.
"While credit unions are not perfect and they sometimes charge relatively high fees, they are consumer-owned organizations," he says. "They don't rip people off, and they are relatively sympathetic if you have payment problems."
One reason customers should take a look at credit unions, says Patrick Keefe, vice president for communications for the Credit Union National Association, is that "they'll pay less in loan interest and get a better return on their savings."
For a comparison, I checked on Aug. 3 the Datatrac ratings that CUNA updates daily on its website. Credit unions were paying interest on regular savings accounts at a rate of 0.44 percent, compared with an average of 0.31 percent for banks. Credit unions were also offering lower average loan rates for home equity lines of credit, credit cards and new car loans, but a higher average rate for 30-year fixed mortgages.
I'm a big fan of credit unions. My sister J.E. McNeil helped found the Houston Feminist Credit Union many years ago to help meet the needs of women, including single working women who found that, when they applied for mortgages, the banks wanted their fathers to cosign. And I'm on the supervisory committee of my own credit union, where I've continued to bank since I left the Washington Post.
Some disadvantages
But credit unions have their disadvantages too, including limited numbers of branches and ATMs. Fortunately, most of my income arrives via direct deposit, but when I receive a check from another source, I have to mail it in. Even though my credit union belongs to a network of ATMs, none of the ATMs that are convenient to me will accept deposits.
And even if you are a credit union member, it pays to shop around. For instance, you may find better rates on money market accounts at online banks, whose costs are lower because they don't have a brick-and-mortar presence.


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Jimmy Rollins (calf) is not in the Phillies' lineup for Wednesday's season finale.
MLB.com's Thomas Harding reports that there have been "preliminary talks" between the Rockies and White Sox involving Jose Abreu.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Cubs and Dodgers are showing interest in Derek Holland.
Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Indians are engaged in "serious" negotiations with Edwin Encarnacion's representatives.
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that there is a "legitimate chance" Chris Sale is traded to the Nationals for a package headed by Victor Robles and Lucas Giolito.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Rays are "getting a lot of hits" on Alex Cobb.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Nationals have found the Pirates' asking price for Andrew McCutchen to be "too high."
Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that Mark Melancon's four-year contract with the Giants includes an opt-out after the second season.
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Cubs are "among most serious" of the early suitors for Wade Davis.
MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan reports that the Rangers are showing interest in Jorge Soler.
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Cardinals are expressing interest in Jarrod Dyson.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that Lucas Giolito "is a name in the mix" in trade talks between the Nationals and White Sox involving Chris Sale.


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Lots Of Happenings "Inside the Park"
What do you do for an encore? That was the question going around Kyle Blanks yesterday, and look what he did. I'd say that that's an amazing encore.
First things first though. Our newly-signed first round draft pick Donavan Tate took batting practice with the team, and talked with Padres announcers during the game. He's reporting to Peoria today.
I think he's really cute, yeah girls? It will be so cool to watch him go up through the minors. He's only 19, drafted out of high school, so it will probably be a long time until he gets up here. Hopefully his path through the minors will go smoothly with no injuries. This is soo exciting!!
OK, the game now. I was not happy that Cesar Carrillo was going to be pitching last night, but he did a decent job.
Derrek Lee hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first. Kouz drove in Everth Cabrera in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.
In the bottom of the third, Everth Cabrera singled and stole second base (his 18th stolen base). Eck grounded out, then Adrian was intentionally walked. Chase Headley grounded into a force out, which drove in Everth. Chase stole second base, and scored on Kouz's single.
The Cubs got a run each in the fourth and fifth innings. Adrian Gonzalez hit his 33rd homer of the season to give us a 4-3 lead. Adrian won the NL Player of the Week, by the way. He definitely deserves it.
Cesar Carrillo went six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walking four and striking out two. He got the win to even his record at 1-1.
In the bottom of the eighth, the score was still 4-3. The Padres' bullpen (Gregerson and Adams) had miraculously held the one-run lead. Will Venable walked to start the inning. Then Kyle Blanks, what will you do for an encore? He had already struck out three times so far in the game.
After taking two balls, he hit one out to center field. It looked like it could go out, but it bounced off the wall right above the center fielder's jump. The ball rolled down the warning track, with the right fielder no where in sight. The center fielder went to track it down, and by then, Venable had scored. A throw came in, but Blanks was already lying over the plate with an inside-the-park home run. Kyle is a very big guy, but man, he can run! It was a very exciting part of the game, and it gave us two insurance runs!
In the top of the ninth, Heath Bell had a ridiculously easy inning. He only threw seven pitches!! I don't think we need to worry about after-effects of the blown save on Sunday. Heath's got the perfect closer mentality!!
And so, we won yet another series. We improved to 5-0 against the Cubs at PETCO Park this season. We got our 51st win.
Kouz had three hits. E-Cab had two hits, including his seventh triple. Padres fans are getting excited. If not about this year, they are definitely looking forward to next year. I know that I'm excited about next year. It's going to be great!
I wanted to give a quick shout out to my best friend, who is turning the big 16 today. We've been friends basically since we were born, and I love her soooo much!! She's been an amazing friend to me for all these years. Happy birthday, Dudette!!! 4How, LLAP!!! I'll make you a virtual cake🙂
Tonight our young stud Mat Latos is starting. Do I hear "sweep"? OH YEAH!!
Let's do this boys. I know you can, that's for sure. NEVER SAY DIE!!!
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Hey Kaybee-
It was a really exciting game yesterday. I am really happy that they signed Donovan Tate, I think he will be a huge piece of the future. Hopefully the Padres can sweep the Cubs today!!!!!! GO PADRES!!!!!!
Kaybee: Go for the sweep!
I hope Gaudin doesn't stink. If he does well, I'll be sure to let you know! -Virginia
That inside the parker was sweet. You should call Kyle Blanks "chugger" cause he chuggs around the bases. Nice Hr Kyle. You deserve a round of applause.
Oh my. Donavan Tate IS cute🙂 That inside the park homerun by Kyle Blanks was absolutely amazing! Too bad I missed it. Let's sweep the Cubs, shall we?
Kaybee: Gaudin pitched pretty well for us last night. He went 4 & 1/3 innings of shutout ball! He gave up 1 hit, walked 5 and struckout 5. Not too shabby. He looks better without that red thing on his chin! We won 3-2 vs the A's last night. Now the Yanks head to Boston and will play them tomorrow. Today is an off day. -Virginia


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Obama's Definition of 'Liberty'
Oh, how far-removed we are from what now seems like the "innocent" Bill Clinton days when all we had to worry about was the various definitions of the word "is". And now, after watching President Obama's second term inaugural address, it is clear we have a president who calls into question the meaning of the word "liberty."
It is incomprehensible that this former constitutional lawyer would argue during his speech that America has evolved to the extent "our founding documents" no longer require us to "define liberty in exactly the same way." But then again, it's not so far-fetched considering what he's done so far as well as the radicals he's wrapped his life around. Some in the mainstream media have pondered if compromising with Republicans will be part of his second term agenda, but based on his address, the short answer is "no." Put on your seatbelts; we're headed for four more years of divide and conquer politics. The carnage will be immense, considering the majority of Americans are not far-left radicals.
Clearly, our founders defined liberty as the right of individuals to pursue their own interests with minimal interference from a limited government. To suggest otherwise either shows a lack of understanding of America's founding principles or a disregard for the same. Obama seems intent on widening the already colossal ideological divide.
And herein lies the complexity of a community organizer turned president: his ideology contradicts the constitution he is sworn to uphold.
If the ultimate goal is to shake up, tear down, and fundamentally transform America into the collectivist society Obama's honey-filled words dripped of, he will do so without the support of half the country. As the rest of us find ourselves scratching our heads trying to figure out where the constitutional authority exists to achieve this transformation, Obama moves forward, motivated by a ludicrous notion that the Constitution must change because times have.
Obama's inaugural speech words echoed similar thoughts from his book, "The Audacity of Hope," suggesting the Constitution "is not a static but rather a living document, and must be read in the context of an ever-changing world."
At least he is consistent. On WBEZ-FM, Chicago, 12 years ago, making a case for wealth redistribution and social justice, suggesting it would be found in what the Constitution did not say. Citing a previous court case, Obama said, "the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties" mandating "what the states can't do to you" and "what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf."
And he's lived in the gray ever since. Black and white have given way to ever-expanding shades of gray so much that listening to a policy speech from the president requires an interpreter. The inaugural speech was replete with duplicitous and eerily conservative phrasing like "equality" to conceal wealth redistribution and "safety" in "the quiet lanes of Newtown" to mask expanded gun control.
It might be time for citizens to grasp an understanding of what our founders meant when they wrote and spoke about liberty. Let me leave you with former congressman Ron Paul's definition: "Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks…Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety…Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen, and a false government security blanket beckons."
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The Miami Dolphins have trimmed down their roster to 53 players, and have announced their eight-man practice squad.
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Detectives drive collar bomb suspect Paul Peters from Sydney International Airport in September 2011, after he was extradited from the U.S.
A man who strapped a fake bomb around the neck of a Sydney schoolgirl and then fled to the United States was jailed for 13 and a half years on Tuesday after an Australian court ruled he had instilled unimaginable fear into his victim.
The case sparked an international manhunt and led to a tense 10 hours for teenager Madeleine Pulver, 18, after the man broke into her family's luxury home in August 2011 and chained what he said was a bomb around her neck, leaving a note demanding money.
After extensive tests, bomb technicians determined the box was harmless.
Police in the United States arrested Paul Douglas Peters, 52, in Kentucky at his former wife's home about two weeks after the incident by tracking him through email accounts. In September 2011 he was extradited to Australia.
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A young woman in Sydney says a man wearing a ski mask strapped an explosive device to her neck. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
"He would have appreciated the enormity of what he was doing and the terrible effect and consequences of his actions on the victim," Sentencing District Court Judge Peter Zahra said. "The fear instilled can only be described as unimaginable."
He sentenced Peters, who pleaded guilty to "aggravated break and enter", to 13 years and six months in prison, with a minimum 10 years to be served before he can apply for parole.
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The legal ordeal is over for fake collar bomb victim Madeleine Pulver after her attacker, Paul Peters, pleaded guilty.
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The medical students of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's John A. Burns School
of Medicine are sponsoring the 8th Annual JABSOM Community Health Fair on Friday, Jan. 4 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the medical school, at 651 Ilalo Street in Kakaako.
This year's theme is "Kulia I Ka Nu'u -- Strive for the Summit!"
The heath fairs have drawn hundreds of members of the public to JABSOM every year since they were inspired by the vision of two JABSOM medical students back in 2004.
Today, the MD inter-class council and first and second-year medical students plan each fair, inviting vendors and coordinating exhibits, taking the lead in publicizing the effort with help from the Dean's Office, and inviting public officials to attend as well.
"We believe that an annual student-run community health fair helps JABSOM achieve its mission to train competent and compassionate physicians to serve the unique needs of Hawaii," said Chadwick Council, first-year medical student and one of the 2013 fair organizers. "The health fair provides broad community exposure to health-related organizations and a chance to make a difference in our society."
"These fairs really are a valuable resource, too", said student planning committee
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"They also strengthen the relationship between the medical school and our community to foster patient-oriented care early in our students' medical careers," Lau said.
The students view the fair as a place to distribute accurate and current information and new health trends to the public and to provide experts in various health fields to discuss current health topics. Those topics may end up being areas in which students can explore research or outreach opportunities.
"We also plan to engage participants with interactive displays and games," Lau added.
The students are planning to attract more than 800 visitors to the campus for the fair, which also will feature the following:
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- Zumba & yoga demonstrations
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There also will be live entertainment provided by JABSOM students.
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FNM photo: Helena Rodriguez Pablo Urioste smiles after receiving his diploma from Portales High School during commencement Friday night at Greyhound Arena.
By Helena Rodriguez: FNM correspondent
Graduating on Friday night meant the end of one chapter in life for David Lucero and 138 other newly tasseled Portales High School graduates. But it also marked the beginning of a new chapter.
"The thing I will miss most about high school is being able to see all of my friends, everyone who I have known since elementary school," Lucero said shortly after walking across the stage to receive his high school diploma at Greyhound Arena.
On the brighter side, though, Lucero added, "What I look forward to now is making new friends and starting a whole new life as an adult."
Lucero plans to attend Eastern New Mexico University in the fall to begin work on basic classes. He is still undecided on a major.
Also in the graduating PHS class was Kim Shearer, a student who was recently honored for having perfect attendance. As a result of having perfect attendance, Shearer's name was entered in a drawing with several other school districts, and she won $10,000 toward the purchase of a new car.
Shearer actually had perfect attendance her junior and senior years. After not missing a day of school for two complete academic years, Shearer said she will kick back, but just for a little bit.
"I will probably go to work, maybe at Wal-Mart. I plan to stay in Portales for now," she said.
Shearer said the thing she will miss most about high school is all of her teachers.
Aaron Quinby, another graduate, said he will also go to work, but he plans to begin college in the fall as well.
Quinby said he will spend the summer working at Southwest Canners and like Lucero, he will attend ENMU. He plans to major in aviation and hopes to become an airplane pilot someday.
"It feels kind of surreal. I just spent 12 years of my life in school, and now it is just ending like that," Quinby said shortly before receiving his diploma.
Quinby said he originally wanted to go to an aviation school in Tulsa, Okla. However, because of the economy, he said he felt it was wise, for now, to stay close to home and go to Eastern because it is more affordable in terms of tuition.
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Mark Twain once famously said "Studying humor is like dissecting a frog--you may know a lot, but end up with a dead frog." With all due respects to Mr. Twain, wherever and whomever he may be, comedy is a difficult and tricky concept and we cannot expect just some guy like Mr. Twain to understand its delicate complexity. Comedy should be taught by a man who is accustomed to explaining complicated, difficult-to-grasp concepts. There's only one man I trust for that job: Science.
Above: Science.So, when I decided to try stand-up comedy for the first time, I knew I needed to attend a few classes at Science University. Luckily, I found three great scientific articles that dealt with dissecting, explaining and teaching comedy and humor. Once I applied the lessons taught in the following articles, there'd be no stopping me. Science Explains the Gross-Out Comedy My first lecture on How to Science Comedy came from a study conducted at The University of Colorado-Boulder on the subject of gross-out comedy, confirming my suspicion that everything has been discovered and no one knows what to do with grant money anymore. The article starts off by reminding us that there are no absolutes, and comedy is indeed a tricky subject. At first it is explained that things that are "incongruous and release tension are funny," which seems straightforward. "But," Science points out, "unintentionally killing a loved one, while incongruous and an example of a release of aggressive tension, is unlikely to be funny." Good point, Science. I decided right then and there that I was no longer going to open my set by accidentally throwing a knife into my sister's heart. This scientific article about comedy isn't just about inadvertently murdering your spouse; there's also some bestiality. In the scenario where the cat whined and was uncomfortable, almost everyone was not amused. (If you take nothing else from the study, you should at least be able to appreciate how even in this jaded, cynical day and age, most people are still not comfortable with over-the-pants cat rape. That's a victory, right?) However, the participants were much more likely to laugh if the cat enjoyed the crotch-rubbing, if there was no implied harm done to the cat. The conclusion the highly-paid and well-respected scientists reached was this: The cat isn't harmed, so comedy happens. It's so simple: Comedy is about not harming cats. The scientists have further condensed this experiment and, indeed, all gross-out comedy, to just three handy criteria: If something… A) Violates a moral or social norm B) Is benign C) Is reconcilable …then it's funny! You want your joke to be edgy and disrupt some kind of social more, but it also needs to be clear that everything is totally and completely fine. Just do that and you're funny! Let's look at one more experiment the published scientists conducted: … Sort of feels unrelated to the study, but OK, Science is Science. SCIENTIFIC COMEDY CONCLUSION: Your audience must be repulsed by a moral violation and also consider it benign. Also chicken-fucking. 19 Ways to Enhance Your Sense of Humor Switching gears, I decided to turn to Reader's Digest, which had an article about the benefits comedy can have on your health. The article helpfully lists 19 ways a person can enhance their sense of humor. Just 19 steps? Who knew that was all it took to have a great sense of humor! It's honestly shocking that there aren't more comedians in the world. The lessons were fairly easy and positively wicked. Just think of the possibilities: Captions. Etc. Running an airline! Perfect! A few more gems like that and I'd be the next Gallagher 2. I can't think of a single unfunny thing about that idea. It was almost unfair how scientifically hilarious I was going to be at this audience. SCIENTIFIC COMEDY CONCLUSION Reader's Digest is the comedy Bible. Cognitive Science of Humor My final article came from the appropriately named ScienceBlogs, so you just know they've got their stuff together when it comes to comedy. The bulk of the article is about how the brain responds to good comedy (positively), and was largely irrelevant for my stand-up debut, but it did lead me to the hilarious Dr. Freud's unquestionable grip on what makes a joke funny. So there you have it. SCIENTIFIC COMEDY CONCLUSION: You don't really need me to spell it out for you, it's pretty clear. My Stand-Up Debut! Place: The Comedy Store. I looked out over the crowd. A sea of smiling faces, buzzing from either the alcohol or the comedy, or some warm combination of the two. The buzz created an energy that I was ready to feed off of with my guaranteed, Science-vetted comedy. I had five minutes. "Hey folks," I said, adjusting the microphone stand to a comfortable level. They clapped politely. I decided to start with Rule 15 of the Reader's Digest article about exaggerating problems. "So I was walking down the street today and I realized that the situation in Darfur is so bad…" "How bad is it," someone in the audience eagerly offered. "It's so bad," I continued, "that all of our attempts to remedy it are useless! I mean is it just me, or are several hundred thousand dead already? Even if the civil war ended, that won't culturally or economically stabilize Sudan. And how about the health situation over there, I mean, what are these, super diseases? Are these super diseases that are wiping everyone out? I think so. There is literally nothing that anyone can do to fix this problem, like, even if the whole world joined together it would do nothing. The tragedy is insurmountable. Or should I say 'insurgentmountable'? Ah, but it's great to be here folks, you all look nice." They weren't exactly laughing, but I wasn't going to let that slow me down. It's not my fault that they're not Science enough to appreciate my comedy. I decided to dumb it up a little bit, and strip my routine down to the basics as determined by the gross-out comedy scientists. "So the other day I was walking down the street and a guy got hit by a bus but he was totally fine after, no real damage done." The crowd stared at me, expressionless. "I said he was fine. And he either marinated or had sex with a dead chicken, depending on where you are with respect to the Cartesian plane. So you guys who are closer to me, you'd laugh a lot, and the rest of you I… I forget, you just want chicken I guess." That got a few nervous chuckles from the crowd, so I decided to turn it up a notch by delivering my next bit with a Swedish accent. "I vas valking down the street the other day. There sure are a lot of differences between white people and black people, am I right? I bet you could make some sharp observations about those differences and highlight a couple of stereotypes if you really put your mind to it. Anyway, my parents just got the Internet for the first time. Can you believe it? They're like, 'email?' It's pretty nutty." I could tell that the audience wasn't totally feeling my Science, which I attributed to the fact that I lost my Swedish accent almost immediately. I really should have practiced, or maybe spent just a few seconds confirming whether or not I'd ever actually heard a Swedish person before. ("No," turns out.) I needed to sneakily consult my notes, so I stalled for time by utilizing Reader's Digest's sixth step. "Hey, look at some pictures of my uncle on which I've written funny captions." "Pass- just pass those around and... yeah. Those should be good for a pick-me-up. Meanwhile I'll continue making comedy here on this stage. Boy, folks, this economy, right? Can't make this stuff up." Someone in the audience, evidently bored with my routine, started shouting a few things at me and calling me names, which I won't reprint here, because they were in no way scientific. But, hecklers are just a part of this business, and luckily Reader's Digest taught me how to deal with people who offend me or make me angry. "You are a shithead," the heckler heckled. "I sure am glad you're not running an airline," I deftly retorted, stunning him into silence. Clearly, I was the Zingmaster, and he was but a clown in my Three Zing Circus. My heckler defanged and my confidence restored, I decided to take a page out of comedian Dr. Freud's book. "So I was walking down the street early this morning on my way to a place, and guess what I saw? There was a turtle and, like... like a hat, I guess, or a clock. A turtle and a clock. And they're together. Those two things sure are incongruous and unsuitable for each other, right? Well about an hour ago they got united in one complex object or assemblage. You might say they acquired a sort of mutual relation from the peculiar manner in which your mind takes notice of them." Laughter never arose and I was absolutely shocked. The house manager from the back of the Comedy Store started flashing the "get off the stage" light (I responded by remarking how lucky we all were that he wasn't running an airline). I was getting nervous. No one was laughing, regardless of how funny my Science was. This was going to be my last chance, so I decided to break out a few of the big guns. One of those guns is cat-shaped, and the other is my-genitals-shaped. "Wow, you guys have really been a terrific audience," I said, surreptitiously sliding a kitten out of my Science/Comedy briefcase/fanny pack. "I mean it, I've seen a lot of terrific audiences, and you are absolutely one of them. Now, for my next and final trick, I'm going to need a volunteer from my hand. This cat I'm currently holding will do." I could see faces in the audience starting to perk up. Noses began twitching with excitement, or possibly cat allergies. I softly patted Perkins, the black-and-white kitten I'd purchased earlier that morning, and gave it a you-know-what-to-do wink. Cats can't wink, but Perkins responded with the appropriate cat-wink analogue, which oddly enough is indistinguishable from a standard cat expression. I loosened up my shoulders a bit. We can do this. I broadly rubbed Perkins up and down the frontal region of my crotch. The audience was stone silent, so I raised and lowered my eyebrows a few times. Still nothing, but like an angry nothing, now. Believing that the stilted, possibly contrived, vertical genital-rubbing motion I was using with Perkins was the source of their disapproval, I decided to change things up and utilize a more advanced, circular, counter-clockwise genital wipe technique that you've probably read about. Still nothing. I was about to completely abandon this joke, leaving it in the dumpster behind the Comedy Store, like an unwanted, nonrefundable cat, when I remembered what was perhaps the most important bit of advice the scientists had on the subject of cat-to-dick comedy robotics. "So I was walking down the street today. What is the deal with how into this my cat is? Am I right?" The audience let out wave after wave of hearty guffaws in the form of muted gasps of horror. Some even walked out in approval. It all meant one thing: I was killing it. I'd finally found the perfect framing device for my jokes. "And how about this Barack Obama, huh? What a character. [Wipe Wipe Wipe.] I suppose a solid impression of him would go over well, right about now. [Rub Rub.] The funny thing about Barack Obama is Sarah Palin, am I right? [Smmmmeeeeaaaarrrr.] Nah, but she seems nice. Perkins sure is having a blast down there. Take everybody's wife!"


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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling the Peace Corpsâ mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of Americaâs richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in todayâs Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corpsâ mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In Morocco, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteersâ behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Morocco.
Outside of Moroccoâs capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Morocco are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Morocco, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
- 1 Overview of Diversity in Morocco
- 2 What Might a Volunteer Face?
Overview of Diversity in Morocco
The Peace Corps staff in Morocco recognizes the challenges and adjustment issues that come with diversity and endeavors to provide meaningful support and guidance. Peace Corps/ Morocco has a working group of Volunteers representing American diversity tasked with sharing, documenting and presenting their experiences to Peace Corps staff and Volunteers in order to increase awareness and understanding of the challenges that they have faced. This group is also developing materials that can be used by all Volunteers to educate Moroccans about the diversity of Americans.
During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations, and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
With more and more people from other countries visiting Morocco, people in your community may initially think you are a tourist. It will take time and patience to help people in your community understand who you are, why you have come and that you plan to stay for more than a few days. Many Moroccans find it hard to believe that Americans would altruistically and voluntarily donate two years of their lives to assist the people of another country. Because the concept of volunteerism is not readily understood, you may be suspected of being an agent for the intelligence-gathering community. Alternatively, you may be perceived as someone who is still doing research to complete a degree rather than someone who is already technically competent.
Another potentially problematic area is politics. Any public expression of opinion by Volunteers on issues considered political or controversial in Morocco could seriously compromise their effectiveness and that of the Peace Corps program. Whatever your views, for instance, with respect to the Arab-Israeli conflict or the political status of the Western Sahara, the Peace Corpsâ policy is that you should not make public statements of any kind on these or similar matters during your service in Morocco.
The information below is intended to stimulate thought and discussion and may or may not be relevant to your own Volunteer experience. It is included here to make all Volunteers aware of issues that one group or another may have to deal with. As you read, you might ask yourself, âHow would I feel if that happened to me?â and âHow could I help a Volunteer if it happened to him or her?â Each section concludes with comments by individual Volunteers on their experience in Morocco.
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Morocco has a traditional, patriarchal culture. While Moroccan women are gaining more authority in society, there are still few women in top positions in government or in the private sector. Women tend to live with their families until they get married. Thus, female Volunteers can play an important role in modeling to their communities behavior that demonstrates the additional capabilities of women. Indeed, gender and development activities are an integral part of the Peace Corpsâ programming in Morocco.
Female Volunteers may find that a single woman living alone goes against the cultural norms of her community. Besides receiving more unwanted and inappropriate attention from Moroccan men than American men, female Volunteers may also have to work harder than male Volunteers to gain the professional respect of colleagues in the workplace. Finally, the Peace Corps encourages female Volunteers to keep a low social profile and practice discretion in public (e.g., not smoking in public or drinking in bars) to avoid developing an undesirable reputation.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
Moroccans are a diverse people in many ways, including appearance. The socio-cultural relationships among Moroccans of lighter and darker hue ranges from apparent tolerance and integration to overt, although non-threatening, racism. As a result, it is impossible to predict what a Volunteer of Color may experience, initially, in their community. Once the Volunteer becomes established, however, undesirable attitudes and behaviors tend to subside and acceptance and a very positive experience is the norm.
As a Volunteer of Color, you may be the only minority trainee or Volunteer within a particular project. You may feel that you do not receive the personal support you need from other Volunteers, or you may not find minority role models among the local Peace Corps staff. All Volunteers do, however, participate in diversity training as part of their pre-service training and Peace Corps/Morocco staff are prepared to do all they can to provide support to all Volunteers.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
During training and at their sites, senior Volunteers may face challenges solely due to age. Since the majority of Volunteers are in their 20s, you will work and live with individuals in the Peace Corps community who may have little understanding of or respect for the lives and experiences of seniors. Your interactions with Peace Corps staff may also be different from that of younger Volunteers. You may be reluctant to share personal, sexual, or health concerns with the staff. You may also find that younger Volunteers look to you for advice and support. While some seniors find this to be a very enjoyable part of their Volunteer experience, others choose not to fill this role. The logistics of dealing with family emergencies, maintaining lifelong friendships, and managing financial matters from afar may be more problematic for older Volunteers than younger Volunteers.
Training may present its own special challenges. Older trainees may encounter a lack of attention to their specific needs for an effective learning environment. You may need to be assertive in developing an effective individual approach to language learning.
There are benefits to being older. Respect comes with age in Morocco, and a younger Volunteer is likely to have to work much harder than an older colleague to be accepted as a professional.
Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
While married couples come with a built-in support system, they may face challenges that single Volunteers do not face. If you are a married couple, you will be training in the same Community Based Training site and living with the same host family. Couples should consider how varying degrees of enthusiasm about Peace Corps service, adaptation to the physical or cultural environment, or homesickness will affect their lives. A husband and wife may also face changed marital roles resulting from Moroccan societal expectations. A married man may be encouraged to take on a more dominant public role in the relationship, while a married woman may find herself in a less independent role than she is accustomed to. This can create tensions for a couple both at work (e.g., a wife being expected to perform traditional domestic chores instead of working) and at home (e.g., a husband being ridiculed for performing domestic tasks or for refusing to have extramarital affairs). Finally, coping with competition (e.g., one spouse learning faster than the other) or differences in job satisfaction may also be challenging.
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
Moroccans are generally very tolerant of religious and ethnic differences, and may or may not ask you about your religious beliefs. Since Morocco is a Muslim country, public profession of oneâs Jewish faith, such as wearing a yarmulke, could result in tension with Moroccan counterparts. Volunteers should also be aware that the Jewish community in Morocco is small and there are very few synagogues at which to worship.
Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
As a disabled Volunteer in Morocco, you will face a special set of challenges. There is very little infrastructure to accommodate people with disabilities in Morocco. There are no ramps in public places, and roads and sidewalks are uneven or otherwise in poor condition. Nevertheless, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services determined that you were physically and emotionally capable of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in Morocco without unreasonable risk to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/Morocco will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, and job sites to enable them to serve safely and effectively.


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Cliff Lee was vintage. Absolutely exceptional against one of the best offenses in the game, shutting down Boston over eight innings in the Phillies 3-1 win. Jonathan Papelbon made his return to Beantown and recorded his 10th save.
-Man did they need a line like this out of Lee: 8 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts, 95 pitches.
-I have a big issue taking Lee out there. He was absolutely cruising, and I get the fact that your high-priced closer is waiting to come in, but why fix what isn't broken? Lee barely worked all night and the Phillies pulled him for the sentimental value of Papelbon in Boston. Can't say I loved it. What did you think?
-Michael Young led off the scoring in the first inning, snapping an 0-for-22 streak with his second home run of the season. It hasn't been easy for Young lately, especially in the power department, so it was nice to see him strike early.
-Domonic Brown is freakin' red hot. After winning the NL Player of the Week Award, Brown smashed his 11th home run to right center field into the bullpen. If you're into this sort of thing, Dom Brown's on pace for 34 homers and 93 RBI. Not bad. Raise your hand if you wanted him gone – I know you're out there. At the conclusion of the game, Dom's 11 homers were tied for 6th in the NL.
-Ugly evenings from Ryan Howard and Delmon Young. Howard fanned three times and on back-to-back at-bats, Young swung at the first pitch.
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Pat, Was the decision made prior to Brown's home run? In other words, I know Paps was warming, but had they congratulated Lee and everything? I couldn't see on the Boston feed.
I guess my answer is if they had made the decision prior to that, I might agree with you that they should run Lee back out there. But after the Dom Bomb, and 2 run lead, I would have left it to Paps.
I don't have a problem with taking Lee out there. There's enough injury issues at the moment and saving even one extra inning could be helpful. Paps is paid to finish it, let him.
Yeah, you should leave Lee in with 95 pitches, 0 three-ball counts and only four base-runners all night, but it was nice to see Pap get some work in against his former team with a 0.00 ERA not counting his 2-run performance in his first appearance of the year.
How about BROWN?!!! .333/.333/.867/1.200 line with 7 XBH, a .400 BABIP, and only 5 Ks in his last seven games!!!
This team, especially Mike Young & Ryan Howard, has hit some bad luck recently. Brown is a product of lucky moments. Brown should coach Howard on putting balls in play!
And I was in the "Give Brown a roster spot!" camp this spring.
Pat, I'm with you. Lee's stuff tonight was sharp as a razor. When he was getting congratulated, I said out loud "you don't bring a player in for the story. You don't do that." Didn't come back to bite us (didn't expect it to), but Lee deserved the chance to pitch a CG.
Mixed feelings on taking Lee out. Maybe Papelbon needed the work to stay sharp.
What still bothers me is that the Phils simply aren't scoring enough, even with Brown as hot as he's been lately. It was only great pitching that won this game.
Well-said. Despite Cliff being utterly filthy out there, and Brown lighting it up, unless the rest of the boys wake up their bats, even the wildcard spots are starting to slip away (7 back right now). Let's go, Phils!
Ed, The division is the Phils only chance IMO. Smart money says the WC's are going to come from the Central and West. Just too many teams to hope they all slump and allow us back in. At least we get a lot of heads up games with the Braves and Nats. Not saying we're good enough to do that, just that it's way more likely than WC.
See if we can cycle out a post here. In other words, cover all bases in one send. Deeeep breath, as Van Earl Wright probably still says in some market.
Re Lefty's better chance at the division. Probably have what 10 contenders, maybe 8 per annum for the 3 divvys in both Leagues. Probably have more contention for the 2 wild card spots not only more often, but A LOT more often than the division crown. So it's probably typical to have a better shot at the division. If the Phils have a better shot at the divsion (which they might)m GOOD NIGHT NURSE. Realistically, at least. I'd be surprised if I looked at the standings and found 1 team with a better shot tat the wild card than the division, and I'd guess that's usually gonna be the case with 2 cards the mode.
This word vintage that pops up when Cliff is on, and it's a lot this year is interesting. Faded memory in place, I can't recall the word getting used so much since Gregory Allan Maddux rode the downside of his career. I guess it got play before Mad Dog, but hell if I remember.
It's just weird how some pitchers seem to get the word, most don't. It's definitely a great adverb/adjective, it's just weird who gets it, who doesn't. I can't remember the word being in the sports pages before Maddux. My new nickname, let alone description of Cliff's work is Vintage, which is going even a step beyond this interesting step.
Some of the conversation on here of late has it's interesting qualities. Peeps are talking about plate discipline, and it cracks me up. I guess people have worn of freaking hitting the ball, let alone discipline. But I guess if you can't hit, might as well have discipline. Not that 5 pitches in 4 at bats a la Delmon Young is normal, but I've long felt a professional hitter sees a perceived hittable pitch on the first toss, what the hey. Not ALWAYS, but people scream about swinging at a first pitch swing with 'em loaded as example isn't always justified upgrade on the decibel level.
I see your point, and it is a logical, strong one; however, I just don't see this team winning the division. I hope I eat these words at a later date.
You don't take a pitcher of the stature of a Cliff Lee out in that situation.
I said it somewhere else on this blog recently and I'll say it again… if we wanna score more runs (win more games), Brown needs to be hitting higher up in the lineup than 6th. He looks confident out there, he can handle it.
While Utley is out:
1. Young
2. Brown
3. Rollins
4. Howard
5. – 8. They're all bad, so the order doesn't matter much
Charlie, is that you? I can't see anyone else but Charlie consistently putting Howard 4th.
Which of Delmon Young, Ben Revere, Freddy Galvis and Erik Kratz do you prefer to bat clean-up?
Charlie has a plan for the young player, and it doesn't involve moving him up..The veteran hitters need to get going, otherwise season is lost anyway.
Sounds like a terrible plan to me.
Once they scored the 3rd run, I had no problem pulling Cliff. I had confidence that Papelbon would secure the victory and there's nothing wrong with taking out your star pitcher after 95 (what seemed like) easy pitches and save his pitch count for another day. There were many times in 2010 and 2011 where it seemed like Charlie left Halladay (and others) in to finish the 8th or 9th innings of games that the Phils were 99% likely to win and, while there's no way to know whether or not Doc's arm would have worn down so quickly, those extra (unnecessary) innings and pitches could not have helped.
I like the idea of Pap's for Lee in 9th for the entertainment/sentimental value of it. If Lee had a shutout, then he stays for a chance of back to back CG Shutouts.
Brown is showing the ability to hit 2/3/4. Kratz is hitting for power lately and could step ahead of D Young. Of course if Lee had hit, they may have scored more runs
Aside from all that Lee/Pap talk (I didn't like this move at all), they really gotta talk to Delmon Young about his approach. I know he's been swinging first pitch for his whole career, but it's just awful. Especially that "at bat" in the 6th. Dempster had just walked J-Roll and gone (I think) 2-0 to Howard. All of those pitches missed badly. And Delmon just swings at a really bad first pitch and hits that damn soft flyball. Why can't that guy just let Dempster throw a couple of bad pitches and maybe give him a favorable count? I just don't get it
Pat – TOTALLY not a fan of this move! I was just shaking my head at the TV, wondering if we were all gonna witness a blown save and, quite possibly, a loss. 95 pitches through 8. 0…that's ZERO… 3 ball counts. I mean, seriously, I don't get the move just so Paps and his buddy Ocho Cinco could take a trip down memory lane.
Now….all that said… if ANYONE was gonna pull this off and be totally dialed in, given the situation, it's Papelbon. I am quite sure that he was gearing up for this for a long time. Props are due and, I gotta tell ya… his post game interview with Murph was pretty classy. Saying what he said about going out and making it HIS job to save games for his starters….gotta love that attitude!
Delmon Young is not impressing me at all. The guy has no plate discipline whatsoever! Why not go with Nix last night with the right hander on the mound and that short porch in right??
Agreed. Delmon Young simply isn't giving us any value… Can't run, can't field. Bat is below average (wRC+ of 80 so far). In just 24 games with the Phils, he has accumulated a WAR of -0.5. He's hurting this team's chances, as simple as that. Might as well let JMJ play (better bat, fielding, and baserunning) –or even Nix on some occasions.
To make things worse, Charlie keeps batting him 5th.. ahead of the NL player of the week. Yea, makes zero sense to me as well.
I sort of agree with G7 above with his comment about Charlie keeping Brown down in the order. I can see that logic to a point so as not to put too much pressure on him as he continues to develop. HOWEVER….with D Young offering very little out of that 5th spot maybe it's worth considering moving Brown up????
At what point to they cut Delmon loose?? 24 games? 34? 2 months? I mean …at some point, if he continues like this, the experiment needs to be over.
He's already batted 5th… Idk what's the big deal about moving him up in the order. Our best hitter –I don't care how "young" he is, etc– should not be batting 6th. More at bats for Dom!
I understand ur frustration, but who exactly is getting on base consistently? Not a .300 hitter on this squad, and no one walks..
That's quite a 4 & 5 hitter isn't it. Howard (strikeout King) & Young (swing at pitchers pitch). Two otus in a row almost every time. Was at game here in DC on Saturday "Big Lummox" 4K's and I think Young had three. I'm sure Shrenkman will correct me if I'm wrong. Quite a murderers row, huh.
Pretty much sums up my whole point. With Howard and Delmon struggling to get on base, we are wasting Dom Brown's extra-base power. Ideally, Howard should be out of the cleanup spot —HE should be batting 6th. But since we all know that's not gonna happen, we gotta hope that Charlie moves Brown up in the order. All these solo shots are getting a little bittersweet…


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September 19, 2012: With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astronomers have spotted what could be the most distant galaxy ever seen. Light from the young galaxy captured by the orbiting observatories first shone when our 13.7-billion-year-old universe was just 500 million years old. The far-off galaxy existed within an important era when the universe began to transit from the so-called cosmic dark ages. During this period, the universe went from a dark, starless expanse to a recognizable cosmos full of galaxies. The discovery of the faint, small galaxy opens a window onto the deepest, remotest epochs of cosmic history.
In the big image at left, the many galaxies of the massive cluster MACS J1149+2223 dominate the scene. Gravitational lensing by the giant cluster brightened the light from the newfound galaxy, known as MACS1149-JD, some 15 times. At upper right, a partial zoom-in shows MACS1149-JD in more detail, and a deeper zoom appears to the lower right.See the rest:


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November Top Notch Teacher
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Alison Frost has known she wanted to be an elementary teacher since elementary school.
"I went to Hamilton Elementary, and I had awesome teachers at that school, so I knew from a very young age that I wanted to work with children," Frost says.
Mrs. Frost has 14 kindergartners, who range in abilities from reading and writing, to not being able to recognize letters at all.
Each day Mrs. Frost works to make learning fun for all of her students as she teaches them about counting, writing and character.
"We focus for the first six to eight weeks at the beginning of school, on really building friendships in our classroom. And, the most important rule that we talk about in our classroom is to be friendly and caring," Frost says.
When she's not teaching a lesson, working one-on-one with a student or translating a complicated concept down to five-year-old level, Mrs. Frost makes friends of her own.
As it turns out, she's pretty popular.
"Everyday they tell me, 'Oh, Mrs. Frost you're so pretty, or 'oh I love you're shoes Mrs. Frost,' and I could be not wearing any makeup or have on ugly shoes, but they think everything I do is fantastic, so I don't know of a better job you could have."
By the end of the year the students should be ready for 1st grade academically, but Mrs. Frost is hoping the character qualities that she teaches in her classroom are things her students will carry with them for the rest of their lives.


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