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At the start of a hearing Wednesday that will likely determine the future of the city's $5.3 billion rail project, visiting federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima told rail planners to keep an "open mind" about changes to the proposed route through downtown Honolulu.
"I would just like to see the reconsideration of the federal defendants being made with as an open mind as possible," said Tashima, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, Calif.
In his Nov. 1 decision, Tashima ordered the city to mitigate impacts of the elevated rail line to Mother Waldron Park in Kakaako, and identify more culturally sensitive properties, or TCPs, in the city center. He also ruled the project must study the feasibility of placing a mile-long portion of the proposed route underground along Beretania Street.
Nicholas Yost, the attorney representing rail opponents Ben Cayetano, Cliff Slater and others, argued construction along the first three phases of the rail project should not be allowed to proceed. Yost said that would allow the city to change the scope of the project and divert funds to the city center portion of the rail line should the route be changed.
"Funding I think will be the critical issue when we get to Beretania," Yost told the judge. "The city can come up with the money; it's not dependent on the feds to do that."
However, the city's attorney Robert Thornton, argued halting construction would cost taxpayers $149 million in contract delay claims, and the first three phases of the project have no impact on Tashima's ruling last month.
Even more worrisome to the city, said Thornton, is the plaintiffs' demand that portions of the project's record of decision be thrown out. Issued Jan.18 of last year, the ROD states the project has met all of the necessary environmental clearances, and construction can begin. Without a record of decision, the project would not be eligible to receive a full funding grant agreement worth $1.55 billion, which is expected to be signed with the Federal Transit Administration as soon as next week.
"It would prevent the city from receiving the $450 million the Congress has authorized for this project (as part of the FFGA)," said Thornton.
Tashima also raised concern about the city's purchase of properties along the city center, saying it could lead to reluctance by rail planners to consider an alternative route. To date, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has purchased six parcels along the city center at a cost of $17 million. HART has identified 16 properties in the final phase of the project that must be acquired.
At the end of the hour-and-a-half long hearing Tashima said he would issue his ruling in "short order." The judge's decision will likely come down in days, not weeks, since Congress' 30-day review of the FFGA will come to an end on Dec. 19. The FTA and the city can sign the grant any time after the review period ends.
Traditionally, judges with the Ninth Circuit have been extremely friendly to environmental concerns, and rail opponents remain optimistic about what Tashima's ruling might say.
"The judge was attentive to our issues," said Yost. "It is the most environmentally friendly circuit in the country."


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5WPR CEO on the Jewish Left, the Media Helping Obama and Misguided Focus
As CEO of: 5WPR, I often read about different media and public relations initiatives and wanted to share some of the more interesting articles of the past week:
- Must read article about 5 ways in which the media tipped the scale for Obama.: : There's probably about 50,000 ways the media helped Obama.: Simply false for most so-called mainstream media to even pretend to be fair.: : Must read-article at:: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/07/five-ways-mainstream-media-tipped-scales-in-favor-obama/
- Something the right needs to learn from Obama and the Democrats is how to better use all aspects of social media.: : More can be read at:: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-election-social-media-20121108,0,1020964.story
- Why is the Jewish left so extreme?: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/11/09/why-is-the-jewish-and-israeli-left-so-extreme/
- "Israel Speaks Arabic" is the latest Public Relations initiative on social media for the Israeli government — Visit the page at:: https://www.facebook.com/IsraelArabic: – Naturally, the Arabic media hasn't spoken positively of the initiative
- Discussion about a misguided focus on Israel, and I agree — too much attention on Israel isn't good for Western values:: http://galusaustralis.com/2012/11/6528/misguided-focus-on-israel-robs-attention-from-local-issues
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Ronn Torossian is CEO of: 5WPR.
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This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in China and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always have things sent to you later. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight restriction on baggage. And remember, you can get almost everything you need in China.
General Clothing
- SmartWool socks
- Good cotton underwear
- Two-three pairs of khakis and two pairs of comfortable pants for leisure and travel (one pair of jeans and one pair of pants with zip off legs)
- Four to six business casual shirts (men should have at least one shirt with a collar that can be worn with a tie)
- One dressy outfit (a sport coat and a tie for men, a dress/skirt for women)
- A good raincoat (a light raincoat, since it rains more in the summer)
- Two pairs of long underwear (light/medium)
- Winter coat, gloves, hat, and scarf
- One or two heavy wool sweaters
- Two to four long-sleeved shirts for layering
- Shorts for sports/leisure
- Two to four casual shirts for travel/leisure shirts with a little spandex are great since your clothes will stretch out)
- Pantyhose or tights (thick cotton or wool tights are important if you plan to wear skirts or dresses in the winter)
- Easy-care skirts (not too short, at least knee-length), and maybe a wool skirt for winter
- One or two short-sleeved or sleeveless dresses (no spaghetti straps) for summer Shoes
Note that good shoes are available in China but only in smaller sizes (up to size 8 for women and up to size 9 for men).
- One pair of sneakers (brand names are available locally but American prices)
- One pair of teaching shoes (sturdy, comfortable, warm for winter)
- One pair of sturdy sandals (leather is recommended) to wear in the warm season
- One pair of waterproof hiking boots
- One pair of dress shoes
- One pair of "kick-around" shoes.
Personal Hygiene and Toiletry Items
- Deodorant (can be difficult to find in China)
- A three-month supply of any prescription drugs you take (to have while the medical office orders your medication)
- Contact lens solutions (available locally; note that the Peace Corps does not recommend wearing contact lenses, but most Volunteers who choose to have been able to wear them. You should still bring two pairs of glasses)
- Any special makeup, facial soaps, or lotions you might want
- Tampons (hard to find in-country)
- Tide Sticks (one or two)
Most cooking supplies are available in-country, including eating and cooking utensils.
- Spices: basil, thyme, sage, or other Western seasonings you use (can be purchased in Chengdu, but are nice to bring if you have favorites)
- A coffeemaker if you drink coffee (available locally but American prices); a French press is a good alternative and can be bought in Chengdu and at some other sites
- Baking pans and measuring cups (if you love to bake and want to buy a toaster oven in chengdu—or maybe a former Volunteer left you one—you might need some supplies!)
- Locks for travel and to keep valuables secure in your residence
- Money belt or neck pouch
- Sleeping bag that packs small for travel/warmth in winter
- Swiss army knife or Leatherman tool
- Watch (durable, water-resistant)
- Camera, filters, and extra lens cap; batteries are available locally but may be difficult to find
- Small gifts such as stickers, stamps, coins, maps, key chains, etc.
- Headlamp (great for travel and working in the dark when you need both hands)
- Duct tape
- Musical instruments if you play (also available locally at fairly reasonable prices)
- Stain stick for laundry (your clothes will get filthy so bring a few)
- Earplugs (for the loud 6 a.m. wakeup call on campus)
- Fitted sheets and pillowcases (schools provide sheets, but they are not fitted); perhaps flannel for winter
- Pictures of clothing from catalogs if you plan to have clothes made
- Games such as Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Taboo, Scattergories, and chess
- Frisbee
- Lonely Planet or Rough Guide to China
- Mandarin Chinese phrase book
- Checkbook (note that checks written from your U.S. bank account can take 40 days to clear at the local bank)
- Books to supplement those assigned by the college. (Also available at www.bookdepository.com with free shipping to China)
These might include:
- The ESL Miscellany: A Treasury of Cultural and Linguistic Information: New 21st Century by Raymond C. Clark (Pro Lingua Associates, revised edition 2004)
- High school history books
- Books about your city or area
- Children's books (the pictures can be useful)
- Books about U.S. holidays or customs
- Literature anthologies
- General references like a world almanac
- A writing and grammar handbook
- Activity books for English conversation and environmental classes 102
Note: Books are really heavy to pack. The Peace Corps Information and Resource Center (IRC) is a great resource, as well as the Book Aid International program. Many reference materials are also available online. It may be more effective to bring a flash disk with your favorite handouts and lessons, and to print those things in-country. Family and friends can also send books from home if needed.
- Pictures or slides of your family, hometown, and "typical" America (supermarkets, schools, street scenes, historical sites, weddings and other celebrations)
- World atlas and maps of the world, United States, your state, etc.
- Restaurant menus, job application forms, sales announcements, product catalogs, college brochures, recycling handouts, and sightseeing brochures to use in classes
- A key chain with a small flashlight attached
- Copies of your diploma and teaching certificates (universities may ask for these)
- Calendar (hard to find here)
- Picture frames (also hard to find; if you like frames for your family pictures, etc., bring some)
- Documents from home (if you are considering a future move such as graduate school, etc. It will make your life much easier if you bring certain documents or copies from home [e.g., GRE scores, an unofficial transcript]; if you own a house and are renting, bring a copy of your lease, and if you may sell your house, pack a copy of deed information)
- Laptop
- iPod or mp3 player, CDs, speakers
- Contact information for former employers, references, schools, election office (to request an absentee ballot), bank
- Hard and electronic copies of resume
- Checkbook and ATM card tied to account
- Credit card
- Power of attorney
You may consider having some things, like heavy and bulky winter clothing, sent to you after you have arrived at your site, or you may consider bringing funds to purchase clothing (depending on your size). The key is to bring what you love and don't bring too much!


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The Cayman Islands are famous for Scuba Diving. Recently awarded the top dive destination in the world by international "Diving magazine", the Cayman Islands have long been known for their crystal clear waters teeming the most diverse marine life in the Caribbean. So, it won't surprise you to know that it's a divers 'Mecca' here, especially on the East End of our island where it's still considered virgin territory. Some of the most sought after dive sites in the world are right here in our resort location just minutes from the shoreline. The famous North Wall and awe inspiring Babylon dive sites top our list of favorites but you can always discover your own site!
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This high powered Jet Ski adventure takes you speeding over the bright blue waters of East End's rarely explored coastline. Jetting over the Caribbean Sea your White Sand Water Sports tour guide will introduce you to a snorkeling experience where you will discover sunken treasures, colorful marine life and a day on the ocean waves that you will remember forever.
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Fishing in the Cayman Islands is almost a National Sport! He hath founded it upon the seas- What started as a necessity for Caymanians in years gone by to provide for their families has now become one of our favorite national pastimes. For those visitors looking for a once in a lifetime experience, Deep Sea Fishing is a fantastic day out on the water. For anglers in search of The Big One favored catches in Cayman waters are popular game fish such as Blue Marlin, Tuna, Wahoo, Mahi - Mahi and Baracuda which can be caught year round, although some seasons are more abundant. Jump on board and see that less than a quarter mile from the coast you'll find the drop off where the big fish hide and the fun really begins! At Wyndham Reef Resort we only work with the best in the business, and our local fisherman will tour you through our deep blue waters and give you a cultural day you will never forget.
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Grand Cayman is a great location for a golf game; two courses- each provide you with its own unique experience. With your choice of 9 or 18 holes theres a perfect green for you just waiting to be discovered. Stroll through the windward setting of The Britannia Golf course which enjoys 9 holes and is located in the heart of the Seven Mile Strip, or the North Sound Club offers 18 holes set beside the waterside keys of the North Sound. Visitors are always welcome as Golf in Cayman means a leisurely game with the luxury of stunning open vistas and best of all the drinks cart is never far away!
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2013 saw the 21st Annual Flowers Sea swim, an International Open Water Swimming Event where swimmers of any age and ability can compete together with famous Olympic swimmers. The start and growth of the Flowers Sea Swim coincided with the push to get open water swimming in the Olympics. The Flowers Sea Swim helped usher in the era of mass participation open water swims that attracted both the elite Olympic swimmers and the newcomer to the sport.
It was the vision of local Caymanian businessman Frank Flowers in the 1980's to organize such swims, now 21 years later the Flowers Sea Swim is a series of events spread over 5 days and one of the most exciting dates in the Caribbean Sporting Calendar.
Wyndham Reef Resort is a proud partner & supporting sponsor of the Flowers Sea Swim. All proceeds from the Flowers Sea Swim go to benefit local community charities. We encourage our visitors and guests to have fun and join in while they are here on vacation! It's easy to enroll and participate.
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Please note: Administrative rules must be presented to the public for comment. The public comment period will end on March 13, 2014 at 5 p.m. Use the link to learn where the hearings will be held, as well as the changes that are being proposed.


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The Runge Independence Day Celebration was a huge success! From opening ceremonies to the fireworks finale it was a day to remember. Thanks so much to all the people who came out to support our veterans. We had over 50 vendors to keep you busy, along with games and activities all day long. The parade was great and the fireworks were awesome.
Did you see the two new Runge Fire Trucks in the Parade? We are so excited to have this new equipment to protect and support our community and surrounding area. Now we need to recruit more volunteer firemen and get them trained. We will have a total of three new trucks soon and we want to be ready.
2nd Friday Breakfast was held in Runge this past week at the Solid Rock Christian Church hosted by Pastor Matilda Aguilar. 27 community leaders attended and enjoyed the fellowship and information shared what is happening in Karnes County. Next month 2nd Friday will be held in Karnes City.
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I think it is hilarious. She does a good job representing ignorance on the part of the fashion industry.
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Weston Street Fair set for Saturday
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Organizers of the eighth annual Weston Street Fair planned for this Saturday are fulfilling both of those goals. More than 20 vendors will sell their wares during the event from noon to 5 p.m. on East Second Street.
Rus Reppert will provide music during the day. From Bridgeport, Reppert is a guitarist who combines techniques such as tapping, looping and alternate tunings to give his fingerstyle guitar a life of its own.
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A traffic stop conducted after police spotted a white minivan suspected to be transporting Pryor led police to Pryor and two other individuals who were arrested on drug-related charges. The two men found in the vehicle, Victor Thompson, 35, 1213 Pike St., and Joseph Lemon, 23, 608 Shrewsbury St., were arrested on drug possession charges, officials said.
A search by law enforcement and a canine unit of the 2004 Dodge Caravan turned up in excess of 50 grams of suspected bath salts and small amounts of suspected heroin, police said.
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text: Are there any prophecies about white shamans? 0x6a656666 posted:3/29/2010 8:18:58 AM Just looking into this, but don't have enough info. I'm just curious if the infiltration of white shamans down in South America is some type of CIA operative, or if there truly is a prophecy of white shamans being the 'new' shamans.Shadow of Man posted:4/1/2010 12:22:36 PM New Age shamanism (Core) and traditional shamanism are two different things. Culture, location and instructional technique have everything to do with the "practice" of shamanism. Historically most "white shamans" have come from Russia. In Europe, where druidism was practiced, there may have been shamans, but there is no historical evidence to that.Traditionally, shamans were apprenticed in a lengthy, arduous process that took years to accomplish. Today, many "shamans" of the New Age either pay for an internet course or read a book and "presto" they are a shaman. Their form of study is a generic, eclectic, "watered down" version of a traditional apprenticeship, without the self-sacrifice and "true" connection to spirit. Culture and location have a lot to do with how the shaman performs their tasks and what tools they may utilize, as well as, what spirits he/she may work with.Some cultural styles are similar. For example, the native Pacific Northwest tribal shamans are similar in their practice to Siberian shamans. These similarities of course have to do with location and the exchanges of cultural contact.As far as your question of prophecies about white shamans, I'm sure there are in Russia, but I do not know their mythology, so I couldn't give you any specifics. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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XML has arrived. Configuration files, application file formats, even database access layers make use of XML-based documents. Fortunately, several high-quality implementations of the standard APIs for handling XML are available. Unfortunately, these APIs are large and therefore provide a formidable hurdle for the beginner.
In this article, I would like to offer an accessible introduction to the two most widely used APIs: SAX and DOM. For each API, I will show a sample application that reads an XML document and turns it into a set of Java objects representing the data in the document, a process known as XML "unmarshalling."
First, a word on style. For instructional purposes, I have kept the code as simple as possible. In order to focus on the basic usage of SAX and DOM, I completely omitted error handling and handling of XML namespaces, among other things. Furthermore, the code has not been tuned for flexibility or elegance; it may be dull, but hopefully it is also obvious.
For those completely new to XML, I would like to review the most important terms and concepts used with XML data.
Each XML document starts with a prologue, followed by the actual document content. The prologue begins with an XML declaration, such as:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
The declaration must be at the very beginning of the document -- not
even whitespace may precede it! It is followed by the
document type declaration, which in the
present case only names the root element (
catalog), but
in a real-world application would also provide a link to a constraint as
provided by a Document Type Definition (DTD) or XML Schema document:
<!DOCTYPE catalog>
This concludes the prologue. The following body of the XML document is made up of elements, which take the role of (and look like) familiar HTML tags. Every element has a name, and may have an arbitrary number of attributes:
<catalog version="1.0">...</catalog>
catalog is the name of the element, having one attribute
version, with value
1.0. In contrast to
HTML, XML element names are case sensitive and must be closed with the
appropriate closing tag. Note that there must be no space between the opening angle bracket and the element name.
If the element contains neither text nor other elements, the closing tag
may be merged with the start tag (a so-called empty tag):
<catalog version="1.0" />
An element may include either text, or other elements, or a combination
of both. Text may include entity references, similar to those in HTML. In short, an entity reference is a placeholder for another
piece of data. They are often used to include special characters, such
as angle brackets:
< or
>. Entity references
consist of a ampersand, followed by the entity name and a semicolon:
XML elements have to be properly nested; in particular, the opening and closing tags of different elements must not overlap. In other words, an element's opening and end tags must reside in the same parent. This establishes a clear parent/child relationship among all elements of an XML document. Finally, the outermost element (the one following the prologue) is called the root element.
An element name may be qualified by an XML namespace prefix,
yielding a qualified, or
qNam. The namespace prefix is in the form of a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) and is followed by the local name after a colon:
A document following these rules is syntactically well-formed. This is to be distinguished from its validity, which refers to adherence to the constraint laid out in the DTD or XML Schema document. Note that for a document that does not specify a constraint (such as the example document below), the concept of validity makes no sense.
The document to read describes the catalog of a library. The catalog may contain an arbitrary number of books and magazines. Each book has a title and exactly one author. Each magazine has a name and may contain an arbitrary number of articles. Finally, each article has a headline and a starting page.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog library="somewhere">
<author>Author 1</author>
<title>Title 1</title>
<author>Author 2</author>
<title>His One Book</title>
<name>Mag Title 1</name>

<headline>Some Headline</headline>

<headline>Another Headline</headline>
<author>Author 2</author>
<title>His Other Book</title>
<name>Mag Title 2</name>

<headline>Second Headline</headline>
Note that the starting page is encoded as an attribute of the
article element. This is done primarily to demonstrate the
use of attributes, although it can be argued that this design decision is
actually semantically justified, since the starting page of an article
is information about the article, but not part of the article
In the example text, the following elements (called "complex elements" for the purpose of this article) may contain other elements:
The "simple" elements are those that contain only text:
There are no elements that contain both text and child elements simultaneously.
The complex elements are represented in the application code by
classes, whereas the simple elements are
member variables of these classes. Since the sole purpose of these
classes is to bundle the data read from the document, their interface
has been kept minimal: they can be instantiated, their data members
can be set, and finally, they override the
method, so as to allow access to the data inside.
class Catalog {
private Vector books;
private Vector magazines;
public Catalog() {
books = new Vector();
magazines = new Vector();
public void addBook( Book rhs ) {
books.addElement( rhs );
public void addMagazine( Magazine rhs ) {
magazines.addElement( rhs );
public String toString() {
String newline = System.getProperty( "line.separator" );
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
buf.append( "--- Books ---" ).append( newline );
for( int i=0; i<books.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( books.elementAt(i) ).append( newline );
buf.append( "--- Magazines ---" ).append( newline );
for( int i=0; i<magazines.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( magazines.elementAt(i) ).append( newline );
return buf.toString();
// --------------------------------------------------------------
class Book {
private String author;
private String title;
public Book() {}
public void setAuthor( String rhs ) { author = rhs; }
public void setTitle( String rhs ) { title = rhs; }
public String toString() {
return "Book: Author='" + author + "' Title='" + title + "'";
// --------------------------------------------------------------
class Magazine {
private String name;
private Vector articles;
public Magazine() {
articles = new Vector();
public void setName( String rhs ) { name = rhs; }
public void addArticle( Article a ) {
articles.addElement( a );
public String toString() {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( "Magazine: Name='" + name + "' ");
for( int i=0; i<articles.size(); i++ ){
buf.append( articles.elementAt(i).toString() );
return buf.toString();
// --------------------------------------------------------------
class Article {
private String headline;
private String page;
public Article() {}
public void setHeadline( String rhs ) { headline = rhs; }
public void setPage( String rhs ) { page = rhs; }
public String toString() {
return "Article: Headline='" + headline + "' on page='" + page + "' ";
The classes have not been declared
public, therefore they have package visibility. The primary consequence of this is that all of them can be defined in the same source file. (To remove possible confusion: the variable name
rhs used in the setter methods stands for right-hand-side -- a very convenient naming convention for assignments!)
SAX, the Simple API for XML, is a traditional, event-driven parser. It
reads the XML document incrementally, calling certain callback
functions in the application code whenever it recognizes a
token. Callbacks events are generated for the beginning and the end of
a document, the beginning and end of an element, etc. They are defined
in the
interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, which every
SAX-based document handler class must implement. It is the
responsibility of the application programmer to implement these
callback functions. Often, the application may not care about certain
events reported by the SAX parser. For these cases, there exists a
convenience class,
which provides empty implementations for all functions defined in
ContentHandler; custom classes simply extend
DefaultHandler and need only override those callbacks
in which they are specifically interested. This is done in the code
At the heart of a program (or class) utilizing the SAX parser typically lies a stack. Whenever an element is started, a new data object of the appropriate type is pushed onto the stack. Later, when the element is closed, the topmost object on the stack has been finished and can be popped. Unless it has been the root element (in which case the stack will be empty after it has been popped), the most recently popped element will have been a child element of the object that now occupies the top position of the stack, and can be inserted into its parent object. This process corresponds to the shift-reduce cycle of bottom-up parsers. Note how the requirement that XML elements must not overlap is crucial for the proper functioning of this idiom.
Example 1. Unmarshalling with SAX.
class SaxCatalogUnmarshaller extends DefaultHandler {
private Catalog catalog;
private Stack stack;
private boolean isStackReadyForText;
private Locator locator;
// -----
public SaxCatalogUnmarshaller() {
stack = new Stack();
isStackReadyForText = false;
public Catalog getCatalog() { return catalog; }
// ----- callbacks: -----
public void setDocumentLocator( Locator rhs ) { locator = rhs; }
// -----
public void startElement( String uri, String localName, String qName,
Attributes attribs ) {
isStackReadyForText = false;
// if next element is complex, push a new instance on the stack
// if element has attributes, set them in the new instance
if( localName.equals( "catalog" ) ) {
stack.push( new Catalog() );
}else if( localName.equals( "book" ) ) {
stack.push( new Book() );
}else if( localName.equals( "magazine" ) ) {
stack.push( new Magazine() );
}else if( localName.equals( "article" ) ) {
stack.push( new Article() );
String tmp = resolveAttrib( uri, "page", attribs, "unknown" );
((Article)stack.peek()).setPage( tmp );
// if next element is simple, push StringBuffer
// this makes the stack ready to accept character text
else if( localName.equals( "title" ) || localName.equals( "author" ) ||
localName.equals( "name" ) || localName.equals( "headline" ) ) {
stack.push( new StringBuffer() );
isStackReadyForText = true;
// if none of the above, it is an unexpected element
// do nothing
// -----
public void endElement( String uri, String localName, String qName ) {
// recognized text is always content of an element
// when the element closes, no more text should be expected
isStackReadyForText = false;
// pop stack and add to 'parent' element, which is next on the stack
// important to pop stack first, then peek at top element!
Object tmp = stack.pop();
if( localName.equals( "catalog" ) ) {
catalog = (Catalog)tmp;
}else if( localName.equals( "book" ) ) {
((Catalog)stack.peek()).addBook( (Book)tmp );
}else if( localName.equals( "magazine" ) ) {
((Catalog)stack.peek()).addMagazine( (Magazine)tmp );
}else if( localName.equals( "article" ) ) {
((Magazine)stack.peek()).addArticle( (Article)tmp );
// for simple elements, pop StringBuffer and convert to String
else if( localName.equals( "title" ) ) {
((Book)stack.peek()).setTitle( tmp.toString() );
}else if( localName.equals( "author" ) ) {
((Book)stack.peek()).setAuthor( tmp.toString() );
}else if( localName.equals( "name" ) ) {
((Magazine)stack.peek()).setName( tmp.toString() );
}else if( localName.equals( "headline" ) ) {
((Article)stack.peek()).setHeadline( tmp.toString() );
// if none of the above, it is an unexpected element:
// necessary to push popped element back!
stack.push( tmp );
// -----
public void characters( char[] data, int start, int length ) {
// if stack is not ready, data is not content of recognized element
if( isStackReadyForText == true ) {
((StringBuffer)stack.peek()).append( data, start, length );
// read data which is not part of recognized element
// -----
private String resolveAttrib( String uri, String localName,
Attributes attribs, String defaultValue ) {
String tmp = attribs.getValue( uri, localName );
return (tmp!=null)?(tmp):(defaultValue);
Of the various callback methods declared in the
ContentHandler interface, only four are implemented
here. In unmarshalling a document, we are primarily interested in the
contents that are encoded in it. Therefore, the relevant events are the
beginning and end of an element, and the occurrence of raw character
data inside an element. We also implement the
setDocumentLocator() method. Although not used in the
application code, it can be very helpful in debugging. The
org.xml.sax.Locator interface acts like a cursor,
pointing to the position in the XML document where the last event
occurred. It provides useful methods such as
getLineNumber() and
When the
startElement() function is called, the SAX parser
passes it a number of arguments. The first three are (in order): the namespace
URI, the local name, and the fully qualified name of the element. By default,
only the URI and the local name need to be supplied, while the qualified
name is optional. Since the catalog document does not introduce any XML
namespaces, we only use the local name in the present application.
The last argument holds the attributes of the present element (if any) in a specific container, which allows retrieval of the attributes by their names, as well as iteration over all attributes using an integer index.
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Java and XML
Elements are recognized by their local names. If the current element is
a complex element, an object of the appropriate type is instantiated and
pushed onto the stack. If the current element is simple, a new
StringBuffer is pushed onto the stack instead, ready to accept character data.
Finally, the

 element has an attribute, which is read from the
attribs argument and inserted into the
newly created
article object on top of the stack. The attribute
is extracted using the convenience function
which returns the attribute value or a default text, if the attribute is
endElement() function is called with essentially the same
arguments as the
startElement() function; only the list of attributes
is missing. In any case, the topmost element on the stack is popped,
converted to the proper type, and inserted into its parent, which now occupies
the top of the stack. Only the root element, which has no parent, is treated
Finally, the callback function named
characters() is called
when the parser encounters raw text. It is passed a
char array,
containing the actual data, as well as a position at which to start reading and
the length of data to be read from the array. Of course, it is illegal
to access the
data array outside of those boundaries.
The implementation of the callback method inserts the data into the
StringBuffer on the stack.
The way the
characters() function is called by the underlying
SAX parser often leads to some initial confusion, for two reasons.
Firstly, there is no guarantee that a stretch of contiguous data results
in only a single call to
characters() -- it would be perfectly
legal for the parser to invoke the callback function for each individual
character of text! Although this is certainly an extreme scenario, it is
quite common for text with embedded entity references to result in several calls
characters(): one for the text before the reference, a separate
call for the entity itself, and finally, one for the remaining text.
This is the reason that a
StringBuffer is pushed on the stack
if a simple element is encountered when reading the example document.
(In fact, using a
StringBuffer with the
callback function is a common idiom when using the SAX API.)
The second reason that
characters() can lead to confusion
results from the fact that it is called for all text characters
encountered by the parser, including whitespace, even the whitespace
between element tags (such as newlines and tabs). This is surprising,
ContentHandler defines a special callback method
ignorableWhitespace(), taking the same arguments as
characters(). However, without a DTD or XML Schema, this
method is never called, since there is no way for the parser to
distinguish whether some whitespace is ignorable or not.
In the present example program, the boolean flag
serves to distinguish between the two. The stack only becomes ready to accept
text when a simple element has started and before it has ended.
The Document Object Model (DOM) describes an XML document as a tree-like
structure, with every XML element being a node in the tree. A DOM-based
parser reads the entire document, and (at least in principle)
forms the corresponding document tree in memory. The DOM tree is formed
from classes that all implement the
org.w3c.dom.Node interface.
This interface provides functions to walk or modify the tree (such as
getChildNodes(), or
appendChild() and
removeChild()), and, of course, methods to query each node
for its name and value.
The present unmarshalling code does not need to modify the DOM tree.
The tree traversal itself is essentially recursive: the root node is
unmarshalled, then each of its child nodes (which are either of type
book or
magazine), and, in the case of the
magazine, its children (
article). Whenever a child node
has been unmarshalled, the resulting object representation of that
node is inserted into the parent object.
Example 2. Unmarshalling with DOM.
class DomCatalogUnmarshaller {
public DomCatalogUnmarshaller() { }
// -----
public Catalog unmarshallCatalog( Node rootNode ) {
Catalog c = new Catalog();
Node n;
NodeList nodes = rootNode.getChildNodes();
for( int i=0 ; i<nodes.getLength(); i++ ){
n = nodes.item( i );
if( n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
if( n.getNodeName().equals( "book" ) ) {
c.addBook( unmarshallBook( n ) );
}else if( n.getNodeName().equals( "magazine" ) ){
c.addMagazine( unmarshallMagazine( n ) );
// unexpected element in Catalog
// unexpected node-type in Catalog
return c;
// -----
private Book unmarshallBook( Node bookNode ) {
Book b = new Book();
Node n;
NodeList nodes = bookNode.getChildNodes();
for( int i=0 ; i<nodes.getLength(); i++ ){
n = nodes.item( i );
if( n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
if( n.getNodeName().equals( "author" ) ){
b.setAuthor( unmarshallText( n ) );
}else if( n.getNodeName().equals( "title" ) ){
b.setTitle( unmarshallText( n ) );
// unexpected element in Book
// unexpected node-type in Book
return b;
// -----
private Magazine unmarshallMagazine( Node magazineNode ) {
Magazine m = new Magazine();
Node n;
NodeList nodes = magazineNode.getChildNodes();
for( int i=0 ; i<nodes.getLength(); i++ ){
n = nodes.item( i );
if( n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
if( n.getNodeName().equals( "name" ) ) {
m.setName( unmarshallText( n ) );
}else if( n.getNodeName().equals( "article" ) ) {
m.addArticle( unmarshallArticle( n ) );
// unexpected element in Magazine
// unexpected node-type in Magazine
return m;
// -----
private Article unmarshallArticle( Node articleNode ) {
Article a = new Article();
if( articleNode.hasAttributes() == true ) {
a.setPage( unmarshallAttribute( articleNode, "page", "unknown" ) );
Node n;
NodeList nodes = articleNode.getChildNodes();
for( int i=0 ; i<nodes.getLength(); i++ ){
n = nodes.item( i );
if( n.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE ){
if( n.getNodeName().equals( "headline" ) ) {
a.setHeadline( unmarshallText( n ) );
// unexpected element in Article
// unexpected node-type in Article
return a;
// -----
private String unmarshallText( Node textNode ) {
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
Node n;
NodeList nodes = textNode.getChildNodes();
for( int i=0; i<nodes.getLength(); i++ ){
n = nodes.item( i );
if( n.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE ) {
buf.append( n.getNodeValue() );
// expected a text-only node!
return buf.toString();
// -----
private String unmarshallAttribute( Node node,
String name, String defaultValue ){
Node n = node.getAttributes().getNamedItem( name );
return (n!=null)?(n.getNodeValue()):(defaultValue);
There are subtypes of the
Node interface representing
elements, text, comments, entities, and many others. The tree model, by
which each part of the document is represented as a
is followed very consistently. Character data, for instance, is
considered a child of its enclosing
Element and is
represented by its own
Text instance, which has to be
queried using
getNodeValue() to find the actual string.
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Node supertype offers
getNodeValue(), and
getAttributes() to
provide access to information about a
Node instance
without having to downcast it.
Not all three of these methods make
sense for every node type, however. For instance, only an
Element can have attributes; for all other
subtypes the corresponding function returns
Element nodes,
getNodeName() returns the
tag name, but
getNodeValue() returns null. In contrast,
for a
Text node,
getNodeValue() returns
the character data, while
getNodeName() returns the fixed
"#TEXT". The
www.w3.org DOM specification
contains a table detailing the behavior of all three functions for every
possibly node type.
In the present program, we are only interested in three kinds of
nodes: those representing elements, text, and attributes. All of the
unmarshalling functions are very similar to each other. They accept
the topmost node of the subtree they are to unmarshall as an argument.
Then they create an object representing the current node and
iterate over its child nodes, unmarshalling each in turn. If a
child node describes a complex element, the node is passed on to the
appropriate unmarshalling function, depending on the element name. A
child node of type
TEXT_NODE describes a simple element,
and the node value is simply the character data.
Nodes describing attributes are a bit different, since attributes are
not really part of the document's tree structure: attributes are not
proper children of the elements in which they are contained. They can
therefore not be reached by tree-walking operations; instead, the
Node class provides a
getAttributes() function,
which returns a collection of key/value-pairs, containing the attributes.
Again, we provide a convenience function that returns a default value
in case no attribute can be found for the given name.
Finally, we need a driver class, containing
static void main().
main() function reads the API to use (SAX or DOM) and
the name of the XML file from the command line. It creates a
org.xml.sax.InputSource from the filename. This class
is acceptable to both SAX and DOM as an encapsulation of an XML
document. Then it creates instances of the the appropriate parser
and unmarshaller classes and passes the input file to them. Finally,
it prints the contents of the created objects to standard output.
Example 3. Driver class.
public class Driver {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
Catalog catalog = null;
try {
File file = new File( args[1] );
InputSource src = new InputSource( new FileInputStream( file ) );
if( args[0].equals( "SAX" ) ) {
System.out.println( "--- SAX ---" );
SaxCatalogUnmarshaller saxUms = new SaxCatalogUnmarshaller();
XMLReader rdr = XMLReaderFactory.
createXMLReader( "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser" );
rdr.setContentHandler( saxUms );
rdr.parse( src );
catalog = saxUms.getCatalog();
}else if( args[0].equals( "DOM" ) ) {
System.out.println( "--- DOM ---" );
DomCatalogUnmarshaller domUms = new DomCatalogUnmarshaller();
org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser prsr =
new org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser();
prsr.parse( src );
Document doc = prsr.getDocument();
catalog = domUms.unmarshallCatalog( doc.getDocumentElement() );
System.out.println( "Usage: SAX|DOM filename" );
System.out.println( catalog.toString() );
}catch( Exception exc ) {
System.out.println( "Usage: SAX|DOM filename" );
System.err.println( "Exception: " + exc );
SAX and DOM are interface specifications. Implementations of these
interfaces are available from various sources (both commercial and
free), and it is part of the driver's responsibility to load the
specific parser class. The code above uses the Apache Xerces
implementations of the SAX and DOM specifications; these are freely available,
open source, high-quality implementations. Be sure that the corresponding
classes are included in your
The SAX specification contains a factory class that can be used to
select which SAX parser implementation will be used. After instantiating
XMLReader class, we need to register with it our SAX unmarshaller
as application-specific content handler. Finally, we can retrieve
the unmarshalled objects from the unmarshaller instance.
As opposed to SAX, the DOM specification covers only the tree representation
of the XML document. Instantiating and using the parser is not actually
covered by DOM itself, and the specific implementation must be named
directly in the application code. After the input document has been
parsed, the resulting DOM tree can be retrieved from the parser using
getDocument function, which returns a
instance. The
Document interface extends the
interface and represents the root node of the document. It is then used
with the appropriate unmarshaller class, similar to the SAX case.
It bears repeating that the code above is for instructional purposes only. It ignores many XML structures (such as namespaces, entities, and, of course, constraints), as well as more advanced features of the parser classes (such as additional SAX callback handlers, or more powerful ways to walk and modify a DOM tree). But the most immediate omission concerns the handling of unexpected elements and similar errors. The locations in the code where these conditions should be handled are clearly marked. It can be enlightening to insert some logging code and then observe the behavior of the program after some "errors" (such as unexpected elements) have been introduced into the XML document. Finally, the document structure has been hard-coded into program. A real-world application would need greater flexibility, or at least better diagnostics.
I hope to have demonstrated how to use either API to parse a simple XML document and turn its data into a set of Java objects. The example application is simple, but it should be enough to get you started. The references contain additional resources.
Philipp K. Janert is a software project consultant, server programmer, and architect.
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I was trying to post this entry last night, but my @#*& browser kept "not responding" and I lost the whole think halfway through its creation. If it happens again today, you'll hear me screaming all up and down the East Coast. Well, maybe just suburban Philadelphia, but you know what I mean.
So back to what I was writing about last night.
In honor of Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, I've come up with a baseball-themed movie quiz. Granted, some of these movies will never be considered Oscar material. Then again, I don't actually watch the Oscars because, 99% of the time, I've never seen any of the movies that are nominated. With two children, ages 10 and 7, the movies I get to see are more along the lines of Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Hotel For Dogs. Not exactly Oscar material.
OK – nine questions, some easy, some not so easy. Let's see how you do!
1. The Rookie is based on the true story of what former major-league pitcher?
2. Tom Hanks' character Jimmy Dugan, in A League of Their Own, is loosely based on what real-life baseball player?
3. Former Phillies Pat Burrell, Doug Glanville, and Mike Lieberthal make cameo appearances portraying themselves in what movie, which takes place in the Cape Cod Baseball League?
4. In a scene from Fever Pitch, Lindsey (Drew Barrymore) starts naming various Red Sox items found in Ben's (Jimmy Fallon) apartment. What is the only Yankees item she names?
5. A notably slimmer Barry Bonds makes a cameo appearance striking out against 12-year-old Henry Rowangartner in what movie?
6. In The Sandlot, Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez has a dream featuring what Hall-of-Famer?
7. In Field of Dreams, what is the name of the player that flashes briefly on Fenway Park's scoreboard?
8. Former major-leaguer Ken Berry, who played 9 seasons for the Chicago White Sox, was a technical adviser for what movie, which also features the White Sox?
9. During the end credits of Bull Durham, a photo of what Yankee great can be seen in Annie Savoy's baseball shrine?
Check back tomorrow for the answers. In the meantime, if you enjoyed this quiz, check out my music-themed quiz, Take Me Out To The Turntable.
Good luck!
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Sorry to hear about your browser not responding, I hate it when that happens– even worse when I lose my entries!
1. Jimmy Morris.
2. Jimmy Dugan?
4. Toilet paper I think
6. Babe Ruth
7. Moonlight Grahm!
That was fun!
I'm ashamed to say I don't remember any of these answers!!! And I'm a movie freak!!!! Oh, it's hell to get old. BUT I'll take a guess on #4: Yankees toilet paper. (I know that was in the movie somewhere.) And I'll bet that #9 is Mickey Mantle.
I will take a guess again this week.
1. Jim Morris
2. George Sisler…………I know he was a St Louis Browns player
3. Summer Catch
4. Yankee Toilet paper
5. Rookie of the Year
6. Sandy Koufax………..not sure of this one
7. Archibald " Moonlight" Graham
8. Eight Men Out
9. Thurman Munson
I think I have two wrong……. Great quiz
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Great job everybody! So far question number 2 is the only one without a correct answer. Will somebody get it later tonight?
I know what you mean. I am 12 and want to watch action movies like Push and my little sister makes us go see Pink Panther 2. I honestly don't know the answers to any of those questions. There are a million great baseball movies but I can never find them in Blockbuster or the library!
And I know the little girl who plays Annie in the Bull Durham remake. She lives in my city. Did you know there was an actual player named Bull Durham?
Is the answer to number 2 Jimmy Foxx? Otherwise a great list and some great answers from everyone!


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I had (insert adjective here) service today at a B&M store. Who should I talk to?
Please call customer service at 1-800-395-1001 about your service rants and raves. They'll be happy to help you out!
I'm having issues with (ordering online/my online order that was recieved). Who should I call?
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By Gene Phelps/NEMS Daily Journal
Player of the Year:Stennett Smith, Corinth
CORINTH – Stennett Smith, the Daily Journal's 2012 Slow-Pitch Softball Player of the Year, is all about "we" when talking about the Lady Warriors' championship season.
Corinth defeated powerhouse and once-beaten Newton County in a best-of-three series last month to win the Class 4A state championship at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgeland.
Newton County beat the Lady Warriors in the 2011 state championships series.
"We played more to our ability this year," said Smith, a senior shortstop. "Last year, we were just excited to be there. This year it was more of a business trip for us.
"We knew we could go down there and take care of business."
Smith, who batted .544 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs – five of those in the postseason – and drove in 50 runs, seemed somewhat shy and modest about discussing her season.
"I guess I had a pretty good year," she said. "It was fun."
Two other players – North Pontotoc's Arrian Henry and Brittany Seale – were also considered for the Journal's award.
'Dynamic player'
Corinth coach Janna LaBarreare didn't hold back when talking about Smith's contributions on the dirt diamond.
"Stennett's a dynamic player," she said. "She's got a great arm and makes good decisions in the field. She's a patient hitter and doesn't swing at bad pitches. She's got great work ethic and she's a vocal leader.
"She's the total package."
Smith said the goal was to go back to Ridgeland and win this season. However, it took a comeback in a playoffs series to convince the Lady Warriors it might happen.
Corinth rallied from a 7-3 loss to North Pontotoc for 9-2 and 15-0 wins to take the state quarterfinals series on the road.
"When we came back to win the third game 15-0, we realized we could do it," Smith said. "We started the season slow, but once we got rolling, we were pretty hard to beat."
Corinth then captured another road series, beating Houston in three games in the state semifinals. Smith belted two home runs in the series.
In the state finals, Smith hit a 250-foot homer in the opener to lead the Lady Warriors to a 9-6 victory. Newton County rallied for a 6-3 win, before falling 8-1 in the deciding game.
"To beat Newton County made it more special," Smith said. "All the seniors on this team have been playing together since the eighth grade. This was special for us."