text: Confession Booth for Friday December 21st 0x6a656666 posted:12/20/2012 7:36:12 AM 'Nuff said. Enjoy the reads.wdea9601 posted:12/20/2012 8:57:26 AM Maxed out all my credit card, Didn't pay bills this month. Started to party hardy a few days ago and will continue to the end. No regrets! It's been fun!0x6a656666 posted:12/20/2012 9:15:35 AM The First Beer of Many More If the end is near And it might, you see I hope there's beer where there shouldn't be Yes! A pint of ale In an angel's hands Just to tell my tale of distant lands His beer looks good My mouth is dry-- This pint, it should not pass me by "Where I came from, Take a seat, you see, Men are freed through slavery." I take a sip, Boy, what a taste As I begin to like this place "It's a simple task, With a word or three, Give man a cuff and name it key Or call it trust When your world is lies So that they never realize That true is false And false is true That love is what's inside of you But they have none Yet they won't say Since the empty ones do rule the day And own the words The board, the game, And teach all man to die in shame Because out is in And in is out-- It's a fucked up world I'm talking about. Oh, the places you'll go Oh, the person you'll be From birth to death--in slavery." I slam it back It tastes so good I drink and drink just like I should He laughs and says, "I played that game, Where good is bad, they feel the same And up is down And down is up You piss in bowls, then lap it up And war is peace And peace is war-- Give me your glass, I'll get you more-- And work all day For success, you see, And forget you have a family And white is black And black is white Yes, work all day just to sleep at night! That game, my friend, Is such a bitch, You tax the poor to feed the rich Trickle it down? Nay, trickle it up! But no one says because it's so fucked up." I laugh and smile His beaming face-- Dear Lord, I'm gonna love this place.gary107 posted:12/20/2012 10:57:16 AM I was awaken from a dream in March of 1978 in which I had seen a person [RMI] running a press at night on campus. I was going to a self hypnosis class that evening and on the way back to the parking lot stopped by nthe Print Shop. I founs that person running a press [off ampus printing project for pay] and composing a letter withn a bit for $ 380,000 to do a printing job for a large coperate firm. The had the on going habit of using up the department's supplies so that ntheir budget would not be cut for the next financial year. The local on campus DIA agent [SAW], who's job it was to suppress information regarding "the project" going on in mthe Life Sciences Vivarium, had a job as a campus cop. The manager of the Print Shop, Norman Edgington ho shared the money he made ith higher ups in the Administration of Dr. Thomas B. Day arranged saw to it that I was harassed of of campus. I was the electedm president of the AFSCME 909. In the process of badgering me up to their assult on Jan. 31, 1980 they made threats about potassium and heart attacks and how they knew Louis Kenney, directr of Love Library on campus, and how his brother had cut up the body of J Fitzgerald Kennedy in the Maryland Naval Hospital. The presidentof the faculty union on campus who had an on going struggle with Thomas B. Day over public asess to campus budget informaton in 1987 died of one of their induced apparent heart attacks and his picture an OB were on the front page of the campus newspaper [Daily Aztec March 6, 1987] which was Dr. Thomas B. Day's birthday. Edgington had his son put into the position of controling campus supplies through the Physical Plant and over the many years at least five groupings of Edginton's have now move to San Diego. There are rumours afoot of an A-bombing of our city to bring changes to the national government and cover the tracks of the HIV/AIDS and FIV projects. It is now just a matter of getting it to go off in the right place. gary107 posted:12/20/2012 10:59:31 AM /...with a bid for $ 380,000...LincolnGenghis posted:12/20/2012 11:15:27 AM In Reply To:wdea9601 posted:12/20/2012 8:57:26 AM Maxed out all my credit card, Didn't pay bills this month. Started to party hardy a few days ago and will continue to the end. No regrets! It's been fun!??? So what are you going to do when nothing happens.??? Blame the Mayans? LoL The 2012 thing is and was always bullshit. Not even worth my time explaining it Anymore. By Saturday when the idiots wake Wake up they can figure it out for themselves.,, Shit this is worse than Y2K bullshit when morons thought planes were going to Fall from the sky or their toasters and cars were going to attack them or blow up. I used to call that one the KY-YOU Bug When it was going on because allot of idiots were allowing themselves to get fucked. bobprin posted:12/20/2012 11:49:06 AM I don't know what to confess, I'm fairly honest in business, I still think my wife is hot, I use my turn signals, I drink in moderation, I never abuse animals, and I only had sex with the McChesney sisters twice. Well... maybe more than twice. That did give a whole new meaning to double dating.spooky1 posted:12/20/2012 2:45:45 PM Beautiful poem. Iv confessed to God my sins in the past. & for most part cant remember them HAHAHAufoz posted:12/20/2012 4:38:40 PM i confess to the cruelty and idiocracy of the human race. i confess that we humans are compolsive destoryers and a danger to virtually all other species on this planet. oh yeah, and mum, that was me that smahed your windscreen all them years ago ;). sorreh.Jaxerback posted:12/20/2012 9:44:51 PM In Reply To:bobprin posted:12/20/2012 11:49:06 AM I don't know what to confess, I'm fairly honest in business, I still think my wife is hot, I use my turn signals, I drink in moderation, I never abuse animals, and I only had sex with the McChesney sisters twice. Well... maybe more than twice. That did give a whole new meaning to double dating.I think we all know what "fairly honest in business" means...I think your wife is hot too..and I should have bought some damn firewood.;-))Wereparadox posted:12/20/2012 11:22:48 PM I have done many things in my life. Be they good or evil might be debateable. But everything I have done is with the best intensions. Not for my own self but for the good of all. God knows I am a spiritual merc. Lucky for me nobody can out bid God. I am not perfect and have a habit of haveing to make every mistake but I do learn from them. And as for what is coming even if tomarrow they is not even the slightest change things are moveing and sooner or later things will change. Change has to come with a removal of the old. We have to keep hope and fight on. We all can see just how badly this world is fallen. But its when we just except things and do nothing we are in dispair. It can be hard to lose that which we have and we hold on to things because they are familiar but these imperfect things are not eternal and not to be beholden to. No matter what happens in this near future, take heart our existance here and now never was a random chance. Everything happens or doesn't happen for a reason. That reason is you.wdea9601 posted:12/22/2012 12:15:39 PM In Reply To:wdea9601 posted:12/20/2012 8:57:26 AM Maxed out all my credit card, Didn't pay bills this month. Started to party hardy a few days ago and will continue to the end. No regrets! It's been fun!Oops! Stupid Mayans.gary107 posted:12/22/2012 8:32:09 PM I had never even heard of "remote viewing" in 1979. I think it was the class in hypnosis that caused a lot of stgrange things to happen, that and people are very protective of large profits they make inm criminial activities.LincolnGenghis posted:12/23/2012 12:04:06 AM Ok Gary now this is a confession thread so I am wondering.... Do you know somebody named tonetta and is he a six fingered alien?spooky1 posted:12/23/2012 5:01:23 PM Wow, I thought things would b way freakier in hear. Come on lets hear some dirtgary107 posted:12/23/2012 10:26:38 PM I think now that remote viewing is a real thing. Never heard the name Tonetta and did not know the Roswell ladies came in male form. I did tell the wife of the faculty union president that he had been murdered, but she had two sons and did not care to believe it, would have interfered with life insurance policy. So I did nothing. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Recipe Servings: 6 portions
Recipe Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 25 minutes
2 lbs. Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and halved or quartered
5 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
10 large basil leaves, finely chopped
3/4 cup Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
1/2 cup milk
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
In a large pot bring water to a boil. To boiling water add potatoes & garlic cloves. Cook for about 25 minutes until potatoes are done.
Drain potatoes and garlic and put through potato ricer or food mill. Return potatoes to pot over low heat. Slowly add extra virgin olive oil & stir using a wooden spoon.
Add milk and beat until fluffy. Stir in chopped basil leaves. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
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A Historic 2BR Railroad Apt-Only 2minutes to Lower Manhattan
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All rentals are on a first come, first served basis.
If the guest arrives and decides to leave early, the nights not spent are not refunded.
We ask that you keep the Apartment in a state of reasonable cleanliness( we do not charge cleaning fees)
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The appartment was clean, with clean towels and linen. There was some juice and water for us in the fridge. It was close to the supermarket and the subway, the express trains stopped there too, what was a great advantage to save time with the public transport.
We were waiting for 30 minutes on the street the night we arrived, despite we had informed when we were leaving the airport. We could leave the luggage in the basement after checking out, what was really comfortable for us, but again we had to wait for 20 minutes on the street to pick it up. They kindly offered to call a taxi to take us to the airport.
Coretta is a wonderful hos . The apt is amazing. Big and confortable. Very near to the metro station (20 minutes to manhatran) and a big supermarket. I really love my permanence there. If you wanna go to NYC i really reccomend Coretta s apt
Very nice apartment and about 10 minutes from Manhattan by subway, Coretta very good hostess, insurance and multicultural neighborhood, totally recommended
Apartamento muy bonito y a unos 10 minutos de manhattan en metro,coretta muy buena anfitriona ,el barrio seguro y multicultural,totalmente recomendable
We had a great stay in a well-furnished apartment, close to public transport and within easy reach of supermarkets and delis, in a safe neighborhood. If you want to get to know everyday life and not feel like a tourist all the time, this is the place for you. Coretta was a wonderful host, everything was in perfect order and water and juice were waiting for us after a long trip. JFK can be reached by direct train, just like Manhattan. Anyone interested in more than just buying up Broadway will find this a very convenient location with a host who can reply to any questions asked and who is very helpful.
During our stay at Corettas' place everything went perfect and was just as expected. Coretta was very helpfull during our stay and made our visit even more comfortable. The appartment is just like described - everything was clean and neat.
The Location was perfect for us, grocery shops and coffee shops are all in walking distance. The Metro connection was fast and easy to Manhatten. The Station is about 2min walking distance away.
We spent 7 days with 4 people in this apartment. It lived up to expectations. The distance to the subway is approx. 300 meters and there is a large supermarket nearby.
In the immediate vicinity is not much to do. You should really take off.
Wij hebben 7 dagen met 4 personen in dit appartement gezeten. Het voldeed aan de verwachtingen. De afstand tot de metro is ong. 300 meter en er is een grote supermarkt in de buurt.
In de naaste omgeving is niet veel te doen. Je moet er echt op uittrekken.
great welcome, well appointed apartment in a quiet area and near the metro.
très bon accueil, appartement bien agencé, dans un quartier calme et près du métro.
We spent six nights nights at the home of Coretta in Brooklyn. The apartment corresponded perfectly the pictures and the description. Everything nice and comfortably furnished and in an acceptable state of cleanliness. There was for each of us three persons in duplicate with fresh towels and enough bedding. Was very nice that Coretta had already bought a large bottle of juice and water for us, so it took a shopping after the long journey immediately. Coretta was very nice, cleared all questions and was so accessible. Only the bedroom facing the street was out at night at times quite noisy, since among other things, a bus stop is right outside the house. But even that was tolerable with earplugs. Right next to the apartment there is a kiosk with food and fresh coffee! For Subway is just a few minutes' walk. Overall, it was a nice stay, which is very good to be recommended for 3-4 people! Thank Coretta!
Wir haben sechs Nächte Nächte in der Wohnung von Coretta in Brooklyn verbracht. Die Wohnung entsprach vollkommen den Bildern sowie der Beschreibung. Alles nett und wohnlich eingerichtet und in einem akzeptablen Sauberkeitszustand. Es gab für jeden von uns drei Personen in zweifacher Ausführung frische Handtücher und auch ausreichend Bettzeug. Sehr nett war,dass Coretta für uns bereits eine große Flasche Saft und Wasser gekauft hatte, so dass es nach der langen Anreise nicht sofort einen Einkauf bedurfte. Coretta war sehr nett, klärte alle Fragen und war auch so erreichbar. Einzig das Schlafzimmer zur Straße heraus war nachts zeitweise recht laut, da sich unter anderem eine Bushaltestelle direkt vorm Haus befindet. Aber auch das war mit Ohrstöpseln auszuhalten. Direkt neben der Wohnung befindet sich ein Kiosk mit Lebensmitteln und auch frischem Kaffee! Zur Subway sind es nur wenige Gehminuten. Insgesamt war es ein schöner Aufenthalt, der für 3-4 Personen sehr gut weiter zu empfehlen ist! Danke Coretta!
We stayed a familiy of 5 in Coretta's apartment which were great! The apartment is as the pictures show, if not better. There is thing you need :) Very close to the supermarket(3 min) and the subway line A/C which takes you directly to all the spots you wanna see in NYC! So easy to get around.
I'll definitly recommend this apartment!
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- South Central Section Management Board Meeting.
Friday, 5 April, 7:30830a.m., AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.
- South Central Section Business Meeting.
Friday, 5 April, 8:309:30a.m., AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.
Wednesday, 3 April
Keynote Speaker: Geologist Cliff Frohlich, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Room 204
Texas Earthquakes: Natural and/or Man Made?
Cliff Frohlich, Associate Director of and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin. This special talk will center on the controversies surrounding the presence, nature and potential sources of earthquakes in the State of Texas.
Welcoming Reception, 69 p.m.
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
Interior Courtyard and Tejas Dining Room.
Thursday, 4 April
Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Dewey, 9–10 a.m.
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Room 204
The Ophiolite Enigma Resolved
This special talk focuses on origins of ophiolite, and suggests that none represent obducted sheets from the young oceanic crust and mantle of large oceans.
John Dewey received his doctorate from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, UK. He had a distinguished career at the University of Cambridge, the State University of New York at Albany, Durham University, The University of Oxford and the University of California, Davis. He has played, and continues to play a leading role in integrating the tectonics of ocean basins and continents throughout the history of the Earth. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
Luncheon for Two-Year College Educators and Interested Students
11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. US$15 per person, limit 20.
Cosponsored by the Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education at Two-year Colleges (SAGE2YC) Project and SherpaLux.
Join your fellow two-year college educators and students interested in pursuing a career in teaching at a two-year college for a special networking lunch at a local Austin hotspot. Share ideas and experiences. For more information and to reserve your space, contact Bob Blodgett.
Keynote Speaker: Derek C. Briggs, 4–5 p.m.
The Limits of Fossilization
Jackson Geosciences Building Boyd Auditorium (JGB 2.324)
Derek C. Briggs is G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology & Geophysics at Yale University and Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. His primary research interest is in the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas. This involves a range of approaches from experimental work on the factors controlling decay and fossilization, through studies of early diagenetic mineralization and organic preservation, to field work on a range of extraordinary fossil occurrences and their taxonomic description and analysis. The Thursday talk will be followed by a reception on the 6th floor of the Jackson Geosciences Building in the Deans suite and patio.
Educators' Social Hour & Share-A-Thon with a Focus of K12 and Two-Year College
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Network with other educators and participate in demonstrations of education lesson plans. Pick up FREE lesson plans and materials. The materials are donated by formal and informal educators. If you have questions about the workshops, Educators' Social Hour, or the Share-a-thon, or if you or your organization would like to donate educational materials for the Share-a-thon, please contact Michael R. Brunt, Eagle Pass Jr. High School, at . Cash bar provided.
Map Blast: Maps Through Time, 6:307:30 p.m.
All are invited to participate in this informal evening session—no abstract needed! Bring your in-progress geologic map, newly published geologic maps, and/or digital images and post them for comments and discussion. We are also interested in maps through time. Contributors display maps of their most interesting geologic areas and show how they have evolved over time. The best examples will be selected for display at the GSA Annual Meeting. Cash bar provided.
Friday, 5 April
Keynote Speaker: Derek C. Briggs, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
The Silurian Herefordshire Fauna—Soft–Bodied Fossils in Volcanic Ash
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Room 204
Derek C. Briggs is G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology & Geophysics at Yale University and Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. His primary research interest is in the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas. This involves a range of approaches from experimental work on the factors controlling decay and fossilization, through studies of early diagenetic mineralization and organic preservation, to field work on a range of extraordinary fossil occurrences and their taxonomic description and analysis. The Thursday talk will be followed by a reception on the 6th floor of the Jackson Geosciences Building in the Deans suite and patio.
The HydroDays Workshop will begin Friday afternoon, 5 April through 7 April, in the surrounding karst areas of Texas. We invite karst researchers, educators, students, policy makers, cavers, and karst lovers of all persuasions to join Hydrodays. We encourage you to take part in all of the activities that your schedule will permit. Contact Marcus Gary, Edwards Aquifer Authority, , for more information.
Deadline to register for all SherpaLux events listed below is 20 March.
- Harry Ransom Center. A private, behind-the-scenes tour of the Harry Ransom Center can be arranged by contacting Jessica Smith. The central mission of the Center is to advance the study of the arts and humanities and the museum is considered a gem on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Some highlights of the collections include the original Watergate papers and dresses from the movie Gone with the Wind. More information.
- SherpaLux Tours. This Austin company specializes in unique tours, has offered to provide a true taste of what Austin has to offer for those participating in the meeting and guests. Several uniquely Austin experiences are planned. For more information about these tours, contact Joseph McMahan, , +1-512-712-5620. See Brochure.
- Live the Day as a Local. Wed., 3 April, 9 a.m.1 p.m. US$50/person, Price includes transportation, coffee, breakfast, and lunch.
Start your day off as the locals do at one of the best coffee shops in town, Mozart's Coffee Roasters, which is nestled next to Lake Austin. There you will enjoy your coffee and breakfast as you take in the peaceful environment that Lake Austin provides. Once you are fueled up, you'll shop 'til you drop at stores and boutiques exclusive to the South Congress and Second Street District. From there, we will take you to get a sampling of some of the much buzzed about cuisine from the local food trailers.
- Austin Live Music & Dive Bar Crawl. Wed., 3 April, 8:30 p.m.midnight. US$50/person, includes transportation, admittance to a live music performance and a personal guide to the areas entertainment venues for the evening, excludes alcohol.
After the welcoming ceremony, experience why Austin is known as The Live Music Capital of the World! Well take you to one of Austins iconic live music venues to hear some local bands rock out. The evening continues with stops at some of the areas liveliest dive bars.
- Botanical Gardens and Tour of the State Capitol. Thurs., 4 April, 9 a.m.noon. US$50/person, includes transportation, entry to the garden, a guided tour of the capitol, and lunch.
Before heading off to the meeting, take a daytime tour of Austin. The morning begins with a nice stroll through Zilker Botanical Gardens, a lush, hidden gem abundant with vibrant and fragrant vegetation indigenous to the area. From there, you will enjoy a tour of the majestic Texas State Capitol where you will receive a great history lesson on the state of Texas. Before heading back to the hotel, you will enjoy a nice, hearty lunch at a favorite, local hot spot.
- Beer, Barbecue and Live Music. Thurs., 4 April, 7 p.m.midnight. US$65/person, includes transportation, dinner, beer and cover charge for the band.
After the Map Blast and Educators Share-a-Thon, let us take you to the scenic Hill Country for some worldrenowned barbecue, at the famous Saltlick, washed down with a cold beer. From there, we'll take you to see a live music performance at a fun and lively venue.
- Austin Brewery Crawl. Friday, 5 April, 15:30 p.m. US$60/person, includes transportation, private tastings, water and snacks.
Some of the country's best craft beers are made right here in Austin. Meet the brewmasters and sample handcrafted beers at three local breweries.
- Culinary Crawl. Friday, 5 April, 710:30 p.m. US$70/person, includes transportation, appetizer, entrée and dessert, excludes alcohol.
Consider staying the night in Austin and celebrating a successful conference! Enjoy a progressive-style dinner and indulge at three of Austin's best restaurants. This package allows you to taste a little bit of what Austin's much buzzed about culinary scene has to offer.


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Despite annual recommendations, American adults remain inadequately vaccinated. The author outlines how compliance may be improved through health care professional interventions, as well as government and community-based programs.
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Kids popping into the kitchen or dashing by a barbecue grill ask impatiently, "Is it done yet?" The answer to this hungry question is the basis of a national campaign to encourage the use of food thermometers when preparing meat, poultry and egg dishes to prevent foodborne illness. The campaign, which is being led by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is themed, "Is It Done Yet? You Can't Tell By Looking. Use a Food Thermometer to be Sure!"
Studies have shown that using a food thermometer is the only way to tell if harmful bacteria have been destroyed. FSIS reports that even if hamburgers look fully cooked, one in four hamburgers may not be safely cooked. Yet only 6 percent of home cooks use a food thermometer for hamburgers and only 10 percent use a food thermometer for chicken breasts, according to the latest data from the Food Safety Survey, which was conducted by FSIS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
USDA food safety experts encourage people to get and use a food thermometer—dial or digital—and become a role model in their neighborhoods. By using a food thermometer to check if meat, poultry, or egg dishes are done, you also prevent overcooking and guesswork. Food cooked to a safe internal temperature is juicy and flavorful. If you use a food thermometer, then you'll know the answer to "Is it done yet?" You can buy a food thermometer in many grocery, hardware, or kitchen stores. Here are some tips for using it:
- Insert the food thermometer into the thickest part of the food, making sure it doesn't touch bone, fat, or gristle.
- Cook food until the thermometer shows an internal temperature of 160 °F for hamburger, pork, and egg dishes; 145 °F for beef, veal, and lamb steaks and roasts; and 165 °F for all poultry.
- Clean your food thermometer with hot, soapy water before and after each use.
FSIS has created a Web site to provide consumers with recommended internal temperatures and instructions on how to use a food thermometer:
FSIS is partnering with various organizations, agencies and local groups to help spread this important food safety message.
For food safety information in English and Spanish, call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or TTY: 1-800-256-7072. The year-round toll-free hotline can be called Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. An extensive selection of timely food safety messages also is available at the same number 24 hours a day.
For a free copy of the "Is It Done Yet?" brochure, order online at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/rc/safefood.htm or send your name and address to Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC), Dept. 11, Pueblo, CO 81009.
Consumers may also pose food safety questions by logging on to FSIS' online automated response system called "Ask Karen," which is available on the FSIS Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov. E-mail inquiries can be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com


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The two officers from the Parkersburg Police Department involved in a fatal shooting at the Grand Central Mall on Tuesday were identified on Thursday.
They were Detective P.M. Edelen, who fired his weapon, and Detecive J.M. Stalnaker, who was dragged by the car, Police Chief Joe Martin said.
The incident occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday starting in the Food Court at the mall where police officers from the region were in a training exercise. The two officers saw a purse snatching and chased the suspect into a parking lot where he got into a car driven by Steven Pflazgraf, 24, Parkersburg.
An officer attempted to stop the car by taking the keys out of it, however, the driver continued, dragging the officer with him. After the officer freed himself from the car, the driver reportedly pointed the vehicle toward the other officer and accelerated.
At that point the officer fired at the car, killing Pfalzgraf, the driver.
Two other people in the car, John and Jenna Ragalyi of New Matamoras, ran away, later surrendering to police. John Ragalyi is the suspected purse snatcher, said Sgt. Michael Baylous of the West Virginia State Police, the investigating agency.
The Ragalyis were released, but either felony or misdemeanour charges are pending, depending on what Prosecutor Jason Wharton says, Baylous said.
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My regular schedule was: nurse twice during the night and once at wake up or before breakfast, before lunch and then again to nap, before dinner, and then again to sleep at night. So that was 7 times in a 24 hour period that I offered the breast. He didn't always want every nursing, his daytime nursings were often very short, and he would often seem to just have a little snack of milk. It's hard for me to tell because he has always been a very fast nurser.
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When at home (and I am home a lot), I move him to a dark quiet room to nurse because he has become increasingly distracted. I wear a necklace that he likes to hold on to while nursing. I offer the breast instead of waiting for him to ask. He has never had formula and I offer him only small amounts of water occasionally. He's soiling his diapers well, but his wet diapers seem to have slightly reduced. I should also mention that he is not a very big boy, at 25th percentile, and I'm worried that if this keeps up my doctor is going to ask me to supplement when I see her next week.
I wonder if some of this is from all of the holiday excitement and the house guests. He seems to be more eager to join in with the family meals than to nurse.
I am not sure how many times a day I should be nursing him for him to have adequate nutrition. I am a bit at a loss with this because my daughter nursed eagerly until she was almost three and never ever fought a nursing. So, I am really just at a loss here!
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The View From Saturday portrays academic competition in the same exciting light as sports novels do football and baseball contests....
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Mrs. Olinski is often asked how she chose the members of her sixth-grade Academic Team at Epiphany Middle School in upstate New York. She does not know the answer until Bowl Day is over and the work of the four children, who call themselves The Souls, is finished. The Souls accomplish the amazing feat of making it to the finals, even though they are in the youngest class competing. Noah Gershom is the first student chosen by Mrs. Olinski for the team.
Noah Writes a B & B Letter
During the summer before his sixth-grade year, while his parents are on a cruise, Noah is sent to stay with his paternal grandparents in Century Village, a retirement facility in Florida which is like "a theme park for old people." During Noah's visit, two of the facility's residents, Margaret Draper and Izzy Diamondstein, get married. Noah, by his own rather smug admission, is "a wonderful help" in making sure that the festivities go smoothly.
Noah learns calligraphy in order to help with the invitations. Things are going well in that particular aspect of the preparations until a cat belonging to Tillie Nachman, the woman in charge, walks through some spilled ink and leaves "cat's paws" on five of the cards. Tillie initially is upset because there are no extras, but Noah comes up with the brilliant idea of offering a surprise gift at the wedding to each of the recipients of the "cat's paw" invitations. He will figure out what the gifts will be later.
On the day of the wedding, Noah is "in great demand," delivering items to the venue in the new red wagon his Grandpa has bought for him. Unfortunately, during the transporting of the wedding cake, Allan Diamondstein, Izzy's son and best man, trips on the wagon handle, upsetting the cake and hurting his ankle. Allan, who is going through a divorce and is "the most nervous human being [Noah has] ever seen in [his] life," is taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Noah...
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Mrs. Olinski notices that Nadia Diamondstein barely speaks during the first weeks of the new academic year at Epiphany Middle School. The pretty, red-haired student is a watcher, "cautious about showing [her]self." Finally, one day in mid-October, Nadia comes into the classroom and gifts her teacher with a radiant smile. Nadia repeats this greeting "every morning thereafter." Mrs. Olinski recognizes that Nadia Diamondstein is "a star."
Nadia Tells of Turtle Love
During the summer before her sixth-grade year, Nadia's parents go through a divorce, and Nadia must move with her mother from Florida to upstate New York. As a part of the divorce settlement, Nadia is required to spend a month of her summer vacation with her father back in their old neighborhood. As she has been given no say about any of these arrangements, the young girl is understandably bitter when she arrives at her father's apartment with her dog, Ginger. Nadia's father, Allan Diamondstein, is an extremely nervous individual who tends to "hover," making the entire situation singularly uncomfortable.
Nadia's Grandpa, Izzy Diamondstein, who lives nearby in Florida's Century Village, has just gotten married to a woman named Margaret Draper. Nadia has received a "full report" about the wedding from Noah Gershom, whose father, Dr. Gershom, is Nadia's mother's employer in New York. During Nadia's stay, Grandpa Izzy calls every day after her father leaves for work. Her grandfather invites her to visit Century Village, but Nadia declines. Finally, after a very unsatisfactory attempt to connect with her old friends in the neighborhood, Nadia agrees to visit her grandpa, whose new wife's grandson, Ethan Potter, has also arrived to stay for a while.
The beaches of Florida are inhabited by sea turtles. "Turtle patrols" guard the area from May through October to make sure that the turtles' nests are protected from danger. Margaret Draper Diamondstein is an avid environmentalist, and...
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Margaret Draper was the principal for the school at which Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski first taught. During the summer after Margaret retired, Eva Marie was in an automobile accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Margaret Draper kept in touch with Mrs. Olinski during her recovery and afterward. When Mrs. Olinski finally returns to teaching ten years later, she discovers that Ethan Potter, Margaret's grandson, will be in her class. Mrs. Olinski finds that Ethan is intelligent, independent, and has a refreshingly positive attitude. When she chooses him for her Academic Team, she tells neither her friend Margaret nor anyone else.
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Ethan Potter lives in the shadow of his older brother, Luke, who is "always doing something wonderful and/or record setting." As a result, Ethan tends to keep to himself. The Potters, who are a well-established dynasty in Epiphany, plan for Ethan to inherit the family farm when he grows up because his brother is "scheduled for greater things." They do not know that Ethan has dreams of his own: he wants to go to New York City to design costumes and stage sets for the theater.
Ethan sits at the back of the school bus every year. By making himself inconspicuous, he usually manages to have the seat to himself. On the first day of sixth grade, however, he is joined by a new student, Julian Singh. Julian is of Indian descent, speaks with a British accent, and is impeccably polite. In addition, he wears shorts and knee socks, and carries a leather book bag. He is decidedly different and hopelessly uncool. Julian's father has bought the Sillington House, a local landmark which he plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast inn. Despite himself, Ethan is curious about his new seatmate, but his desire to remain unnoticed by the general populace asserts itself. Although he is not exactly rude to Julian Singh, he makes it clear through his body language that he would prefer to be left alone.
In homeroom, Mrs. Olinski, who is confined to a wheelchair, introduces herself to her students. She explains that she is a "PARAPLEGIC," writing the word under her name on the board. As she speaks, Ethan surveys his classmates and sees Julian sitting in the row next to him. Nadia Diamondstein, whom Ethan had met during the summer, is in the same class too, as is Noah Gershom, the son of Ethan's family's dentist. Hamilton Knapp and Michael Froelich, two known troublemakers, are seated in the back of the room, and they immediately proceed to give Mrs. Olinski grief. At lunchtime, Ethan, Nadia, and Noah sit together, while Julian Singh sits alone. When he is finished eating, Julian leaves the cafeteria. Mrs. Olinski follows him, probably to acquaint him with the rules of...
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Mrs. Olinski's sixth-grade class is the first since her accident; it is the first class she has had in ten years. Although she approaches it with seeming confidence, she is unsure of herself and a little apprehensive. When she returns to her classroom at lunch on the first day of school to find the word "CRIPPLE" on the board, she knows that a lot has changed since her last teaching experience.
At Sillington House on the Saturday after they had dubbed themselves The Souls, Julian announces that the group must have a project. Using the metaphor of a small ivory monkey that can balance on any of its four limbs, he communicates to his friends that he thinks they ought to help Mrs. Olinski "stand on her own two feet," so to...
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The deadline for choosing the members of the year's Academic Teams is the Tuesday following the winter holiday. The other teachers have already announced their teams; only Mrs. Olinski has not made her decisions. What Mrs. Olinski has decided is that she will not hold tryouts for the positions, but will simply appoint the members instead.
Noah is the first student chosen by Mrs. Olinski to be on her team. She makes that determination while reading a paper he has written about the First Amendment. After choosing Noah, she immediately thinks of Nadia and Ethan. She observes the two closely over the next few weeks and becomes convinced that they are right for the job. It is the fourth member of the team that causes Mrs....
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Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian practice every day during activities hour, which is held at school between eleven-thirty and one o'clock. Mrs. Olinski drills them using stacks of note cards. She has three sets of questions, addressing all subjects and various levels of difficulty. The Souls beat the other sixth-grade teams soundly in their first face-off, and then go on to beat the seventh grade, almost doubling the older students' score. It is the first time that a sixth-grade team has ever defeated a seventh-grade team at Epiphany.
Excitement at the middle school grows as The Souls prepare to take on the eighth-grade team. In the students' eyes, the younger class metaphorically becomes David to the eighth grade's...
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As The Souls continue to prepare for the contest against Knightsbridge, Mrs. Olinski's pack of note cards grows. The children become so familiar with the questions that they can often provide the answers before she is finished reading them. As this will cost them a penalty if it happens during the actual match, The Souls must get out of that habit, which they do after only one warning from their teacher. Now that her team has experienced such success, Mrs. Olinski is asked frequently how she originally chose its members. Although she offers several good answers, pointing out their intelligence, their ability to work together, and their willingness to work, in truth, Mrs. Olinski still does not really understand the exact reasons...
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After defeating Knightsbridge for the district championship, The Souls begin to drill for the regionals. Epiphany is in the Finger Lakes Region, which has never won a state championship. In contrast, the Hudson River Region, which includes their opponent, Maxwell Middle School, has won three times in the past four years. The week before the final competition, Mrs. Olinski arranges for a Saturday-afternoon study session. To her surprise, The Souls decline because they already have an engagement that day at Sillington House to meet for tea. With their explanation, The Souls extend an unspoken invitation to their teacher. Remembering that she has promised to one day treat herself to "another cup of slow tea," Mrs. Olinski decides that...
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Because of The Souls' unprecedented achievement in making it to the regional championships as a sixth-grade team, Mrs. Olinski and the children are featured on the front page of the metro section of the local newspaper. In the rush of publicity which follows, Dr. Roy Clayton Rohmer, the district superintendent, arranges for a press conference with the famed anchorwoman Holly Blackwell and Channel Three Eyewitness News. While Ms. Blackwell is arranging The Souls onstage behind Dr. Rohmer, she makes an affected and condescending comment to Nadia about her red hair. Nadia snaps back with a cheeky but completely honest retort, causing the anchorwoman to turn her back on The Souls and direct the cameraman to focus almost exclusively on...
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On the ride home, Julian quickly falls asleep. Mrs. Olinski and Mr. Singh are quiet too. As she drives, Mrs. Olinski is surprised to find that she feels "a strange sense of loss." She expresses her feelings of inexplicable sadness to her passenger, and Mr. Singh affirms calmly that, in actuality, something really has been lost. He identifies it as the opportunity for "future victories." For months, Mrs. Olinski has been in a state of "perpetual preparation and excitement," with "each victory...a preparation for the next." Mr. Singh asks Mrs. Olinski if she has enjoyed the journey, and she realizes that she has. Now, she must appreciate the respite and prepare for what life will bring to her next.
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In Tuesday's win vs Taft, senior Andrew Katzfey (two and two) picked up the win for the Horns, giving up two runs off of five hits and six Ks in his outing. Classmate Derek Cantu came in late in the game to pick up his second save of the season to secure the win. At the plate for the Horns, Kody Merkovich went one for three on the night, with his big single driving in two runs in the fourth inning to give George West a 4-2 lead. Merkovich later scored in the same inning when Jeremiah Ferrell drove him in off his single. Cantu and Katzfey also picked up an RBI for the Horns to help produce runs for the Horns offense.
On Friday night, Cantu (four and zero) got the start on the mound for the Horns, going 6.33 innings before stepping off the mound in a no decision. Cantu had eight Ks on the night, also giving up eight hits and three earned runs to the Bulldogs. Alex Suniga (one and three) attempted to close out the game and pick up the save, but was unable to do so, picking up the loss against Banquete. The George West defense committed three critical errors in the last two innings to allow seven runs to cross the plate for Banquete, giving them a big 9-7 comeback win. At the plate for the Horns, freshman catcher Xavier Paiz led the way with two RBIs on this one for three night. Brady Jones went two for four with a single and a triple, one RBI and also scoring a run. Mikey Palacios also had an RBI in the first inning off his single. With the loss, the Horns dropped to a tie for first place in District 30 with Banquete, with both teams at 4-2. This week, the Horns will face Mathis on Monday night, and Odem on Thursday night. Both games will take place in George West.


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We are all creatures of habit. My morning routine, in order to make the train at the crack of dawn, depends on a number of things happening. One, my clothing must be laid out the night before (if my tie is going to match); two, my lunch must be packed and in the fridge; and three, the pups have to come in after being let out for their morning romp. (Dexter and Toby, please don't chase the deer today.). Finally, the car must be gassed up and ready to go, and I need to leave 10 minutes early in case there are any problems driving through Hawk's Nest. I am up and out the door in 40 minutes every morning like clockwork. All that's left is getting on the train and sitting in "my seat." Yes, even though the 5:05 train has capacity for 575 passengers and there are maybe 15 people (tops) boarding at Port Jervis, this creature of habit has his "own" seat. Specifically the third two-seater on the left in the back of the fourth car is where I call "my seat" every morning.
Imagine my dismay, as I boarded the train a few weeks ago only to find someone was sitting in "my seat." How dare this stranger be sitting there; didn't he know? Hey that's my seat! Couldn't he see the look on my face, as my brain tried to wake up and figure out what to do? He must have heard my disgruntled grunt as I turned to walk back to the third car to stake out my new claim. I purposely plopped into that seat and grunted again, as if he could hear me in another car. Arggg.
Two stops later at Middletown, NY, I was awakened by a disgruntled grunt—identical, I'm sure, to the one I had let out earlier. There above me was a woman with the same look I'd had—the doesn't-he-know-this-is-my seat look? Her face told the whole story. She stayed in the car and gave me an evil glance as she sat down. I should have said "Look lady, you don't understand; some guy took my seat first," but I didn't. I couldn't really go back to sleep and noticed at the next stop the lady was now the victim of the now familiar stare and grunt. This was becoming fun. At every station until Suffern, someone in that car had been displaced, and all had the same momentary look on their face of "hey, that's my seat." (By the time the train rolls into Suffern and new riders get on, they know they'll find that the seats are mostly taken; they are in survival mode. The real game is at the Ramsey 17 station when it becomes a game of musical chairs as riders scramble for the few remaining seats. For them there is no "my seat."
Riders from stations farther up the line have no love lost for those at Ramsey 17, because on the trip home, they are the first ones off the train. Often I see people stopping what they are doing or waking up for a chance to watch the Ramsey Scramble, or even better, closing their eyes to pretend to be asleep so those riders can't squeeze into a three-seater.
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Frustrated residents protest outside NY utilityBy MAE ANDERSON
The Associated Press | November 11,2012
Volunteers knock on doors at the Sand Castle houses to provide food and supplies to residents who continue to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK Even as the lights came for many who lost power in New York and New Jersey during the superstorm and a later noreaster, hundreds of residents protested Saturday outside a Long Island utility, frustrated by its slow response to outages.
Power restoration has been slower there than in other areas hit by Superstorm Sandy, sparking criticism of the Long Island Power Authority. Some of the 130,000 blacked out homes and businesses the utility serves may not have power restored until the end of Tuesday, LIPA said.
In the rest of the region hardest hit by the storm, most service was expected to be restored by the end of the weekend, though that doesnt include tens of thousands of homes too damaged to juice up.
We are sitting in a cold house. No one comes by, said John Mangin of Levittown, N.Y. There should be criminal charges against the CEO and the executive board of LIPA for failure to do their jobs.
He was among about 300 people staging a rally in front of LIPAs office in Hicksville, N.Y. Not all were without power, but some who have power said they were there to protest LIPAs lack of communication.
LIPA chief operating officer Michael Hervey said they were aware customers havent gotten the information theyve needed from the utility, partly because of an outdated information technology system theyre in the process of updating.
I certainly feel the frustration of customers whose power remains out. Our hearts go out to them, Hervey said.
But he said workers are repairing unprecedented storm damage as fast as they can. About 6,400 linemen and 3,700 tree trimmers are at work, compared with 200 linemen on a normal day.
In Suffolk County, where about 28,000 remain without power, County Executive Steven Bellone announced he was cutting ties with LIPA and would deal directly with substation coordinators.
Hervey said he would not comment on that directly, but added that an ad hoc takeover of the system would lead to anarchy.
The utility is the best suited to restore power and manage that, he said. We cant have people step in and take over.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for investigation of the regions utilities, criticizing them as unprepared and badly managed. On Friday, two congressmen from Long Island called for the federal government to help LIPA restore electricity.
Its a totally disorganized effort, and LIPA unfortunately seems to have lost control of the situation and thats why you see so many people becoming so angry, Rep. Peter King said Saturday.
In New York City and neighboring suburban Westchester County, utility Con Edison said it has restored electricity to 98 percent of homes and businesses. About 20,000 of the utilitys customers remained powerless, down from a peak of more than 1 million.
In New Jersey, more than 100,000 customers were without power Saturday, most along the coast, utilities said. That was down from 2.7 million at the height of the storm. Most were expected to have power by the end of the weekend.MORE IN Wire NewsUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Full StoryTroubling as the details of the McLaren Report were, a news item out of Russia earlier this week... Full Story
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There are a variety of choices when it comes to producing dynamic web content. Typically, most projects will go with the accepted or de facto standards, so chances are, if the platform choice for your project is Java, you're likely to be using JSPs. This makes sense for a number of reasons: new staff are more likely to have experience with a standard; a number of web servers support JSPs, thus giving you a wide choice of web platforms; there is plenty of documentation available since people have usually "done it before"; and so on. However, sometimes using the standard isn't the best choice. Perhaps you need or want more direct control over the code producing your content; perhaps you have performance issues with JSPs; or maybe it's just that a new technical direction within your company is pushing away from that paradigm. Velocity is a simple, yet powerful, templating engine that can be used to generate dynamic content as an alternative to the incumbent standard. In some cases it provides a performance advantage over JSPs, and it certainly forces a web developer to think differently about separating content from code.
The one major downside is that if you already have a JSP-based project, or have a less experienced team that is already skilled in JSPs, switching to Velocity presents its own set of challenges. In this article, I try to remove some of these obstacles, using some simple Velocity extensions that I hope will reduce some of the pain you might experience in migration.
Almost two years ago I inherited an average-size, servlet-based system that had been (badly) written by a Northern European company (proving that not everything that comes out of Northern Europe is of Linux quality). The software used a very basic template engine, but there was also a lot of HTML embedded in the code as well. In fact, there was a rather long list of poor design decisions, and nasty pieces of ineptly managed code (including the huge-method-that-does-everything style of development) just waiting to ensnare the unwitting developer in a maintenance nightmare of twisting spaghetti code.
Considering the limitations of the system as it was then, and the requirements my company had for a more fully featured suite, I made the decision to scrap 99 percent of the code, and start fresh, designing a new J2EE system from scratch. The new system has been running for almost a year now, with fairly few hiccups. It is an order of magnitude more maintainable, and, with one exception, has been enjoyable to work on.
Of late, and despite the fact it may be considered an unfashionable viewpoint, I have found myself becoming dissatisfied with my original decision to go with JSPs for the web and WAP interfaces. The original design endeavored to be as close to the MVC pattern as possible, which isn't all that simple considering how tempting it is to embed Java code in your web pages. The task was made easier by the use of the JSTL (standard tag library), but inevitably, you find there is something you just can't do with JSTL, so you write your own taglib to do the task. And then there are the objects you need to use in the page that, through some quirk of fate, simply will not work properly with JSTL unless you wrap them with a bit of Java code. Or, more commonly, there are methods that have to be called and, due to time constraints during that part of development, were just easier to call directly with Java. Suffice it to say that the final result, while perfectly functional, is less elegant than one might have hoped for at the beginning of development.
Re-evaluation of the web part of our technology set has recently become more important due to an issue with our servlet container and the way it handles JSPs under heavy load (the infamous "Too Many Open Files" problem), and after examining some of the myriad choices available, I settled on Velocity due to a couple of important considerations:
Open Source — whether or not it's an important concern for others, I run a Linux shop, so open source software is usually our first port of call.
Performance — my initial tests indicated that for simpler pages, Velocity outperforms JSPs by between 35 percent ad 45 percent. For more complicated pages, the difference starts to diminish (and after you add all the other factors that go into an average dynamic web page, it can sometimes drop to only a 5 percent difference), but the improvement is there for the taking.
Elegance — Velocity's syntax is simple and effective. It's also pretty straightforward to add new commands (or directives as they're called) without violating that convention of simplicity.
I also happen to agree with the Velocity point of view that suggests if you hand a JSP/JSTL page over to a designer they will have a much harder time than if you hand them a Velocity template (the disadvantage of the JSP/JSTL approach being that if you're already looking at XHTML, having XML tags for the dynamic content doesn't make life any easier for a non-technical web designer).
In Velocity, for each page (or if you prefer, for each group of pages), you write a servlet. Your servlet marshals all the data you need for that page, places it in a context, and finally, you tell Velocity to render that context using a template. The template contains your HTML markup and Velocity directives — no Java code.
This is, of course, why it is so effective; by forcing you to severely limit the code in the template, you simplify your pages — in effect enabling you to hand them off to a web designer in a way that I don't personally believe you can do as well with JSPs.
Contrast this with our JSPs: we use JavaBeans to hide our Java code away as much as possible. We then include these beans in our pages using the JSP tag
useBean, and set properties against those beans before we retrieve the data using JSTL tags:
<jsp:useBean id="comp" scope="session"
class="com.lateralnz.comp.view.CompDefBean" />
<jsp:setProperty name="comp"
property="someprop" value="someval" />
<c:forEach var="comp" items="${comps.iterator}">

<c:out value="${comp.compCode}" />
As you can imagine, a straight conversion from JSP to Velocity represents a significant amount of footwork, not to mention the learning curve involved if you are leading a relatively inexperienced team. Time is always an issue with any project, and while our system isn't huge by any stretch of the imagination, we still didn't have the resources to convert a few hundred JSPs to an alternate technology, especially when that technology requires you to work with significantly different methods. Accordingly, I made the decision to do a gradual migration to Velocity, taking a more measured approach.
Step one is to allow Velocity templates to be called in the same way as a JSP. To start with I created a basic servlet (
VMServlet) and then set up a mapping with the url-pattern "*.vm":
This means that
http://mydomain.com/mypath/test.vm will be passed through as a standard servlet call to
VMServlet. The main method of
processRequest, is called by the standard servlet methods (
doPost), and performs the operations required to add a number of implicit objects to Velocity's context, load the template, and produce the actual output.
protected void processRequest(
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
Here the template is loaded using standard Velocity methods (templates are cached by the engine):
String templateName = request.getServletPath();
Template tmp = ve.getTemplate(templateName);
VelocityContext ctx = new VelocityContext();
The web context path, session, jsessionid, and servlet request all go into the context (these are the most common objects we use in our JSPs):
HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
ctx.put("session", session);
ctx.put("jsessionid", JSESSIONID_STR +
ctx.put("request", request);
The final step is to render the output, using a
PrintWriter, the Velocity
Context, and the template:
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
tmp.merge(ctx, out);
Taking a look at a basic JSP, there are still some features that are required in order to facilitate our migration.
In the example below, we set the content type, instantiate a JavaBean (a
Date object), include a couple of JSP "fragment" files, and use the JSTL taglib
fmt in order to display a heading and message from a
ResourceBundle. The last line calls the
getTime method on the
Date (this could just as easily be a call to the JSTL
c:out tag to get the same data).
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<fmt:setBundle basename="com.lateralnz.messages" var="sysm" />
<jsp:useBean id="test" scope="session" class="java.util.Date" />

<%@ include file="htmlhead.jsf" %>
<%@ include file="header.jsf" %>

<fmt:message key="app.welcome_title" bundle="${sysm}" />

<fmt:message key="app.welcome_text" bundle="${sysm}" />

<%= test.getTime() %>

Velocity provides directives to duplicate some, but not all, of this JSP. In a typical Velocity installation, a servlet would place the
Date and
ResourceBundle objects into the context so they could be called from within the template. Step two then, is to get around this necessity (ignoring for a moment that doing so goes back somewhat on that MVC goal I mentioned earlier). I create my own directive called
#usebean (see UseBeanDirective.java for the code), which is passed a name, the name of the class to use, and its scope.
UseBeanDirective then creates the JavaBean and puts it in the context. If the scope is "application", it stores the bean in a static
HashMap for later use; if the scope is "session" it is stored in the user's session.
Also required is a method in
VMServlet to work out the content type of the template, in a similar manner to how it is set in a JSP. My current choice is to cache the content types, keyed by the requestURI, and use the
getData method of the Velocity template to look for a variable (
$contentType) in the page:
private final String determineContentType(
Node node) {
for (int i = 0;
i < node.jjtGetNumChildren();
i++) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
Node n = node.jjtGetChild(i);
if (n instanceof org.apache.velocity.
runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective) {
Token t =
if (t == null ||
"$contentType")) {
else {
t = findTokenWithPrefix(t, "\"");
String ct = StringUtils.remove(
t.toString(), "\"");
return ct;
return "text/html";
private final Token findTokenWithPrefix(
Token t,
String prefix) {
if (t == null) {
return null;
else if (t.toString().startsWith(prefix)) {
return t;
else {
return findTokenWithPrefix(t.next, prefix);
This, admittedly, is a hack, but it does the job. I, therefore, add the following to
String contentType;
if (contentTypes.containsKey(requestURI)) {
contentType =
else {
contentType =
contentTypes.put(requestURI, contentType);
The final Velocity template then, looks like this:
#set ( $contentType = "text/html" )

#usebean ( test "java.util.Date" page )
#usebean ( sysm
"com.lateralnz.MyMessagesBundle" application )
#parse ( "htmlhead.vm" )
#include ( "header.vm" )
Not a huge difference from the original JSP, as you can see. I've shown the
ResourceBundle loaded as a custom-written JavaBean, but in our actual system, I cache the bundle in
VMServlet, and load it automatically as an implicit object.
There are a few missing bits and pieces I haven't mentioned. If you're using the JSTL, then you're probably also using some of the other Jakarta taglibs. If that's the case, you may have some additional coding to do. Luckily, it's fairly easy to extend Velocity by creating new directives (in fact, I've found it's easier to come to grips with them than it is to write taglibs, despite the relatively poor API documentation). So far, I've only needed to create a couple of extra directives: one for formatting dates, one for formatting numbers, and a simple directive to halt the rendering of a template (based upon a tip posted in the Velocity mailing lists):
public class ExitDirective extends Directive {
private static final String EXIT = "exit";
private static final
StopRenderingException STOP_RENDER_EXCEPTION =
new StopRenderingException();
public boolean render(
InternalContextAdapter context,
Writer writer,
Node node)
throws IOException,
MethodInvocationException {
throw STOP_RENDER_EXCEPTION;
public int getType() {
return DirectiveConstants.LINE;
public String getName() {
return EXIT;
Within the
processRequest method of
VMServlet, the
StopRenderingException is caught, and effectively halts the template rendering process. In our system, we use this particular directive in the header of a WAP page to drop out, in the case of a user not being logged into the system:
#if ( !$session.getAttribute(USER_ID) )
<card id="message" title="Invalid Session">

Sorry, but your session has
timed out.

#exit ( )
Velocity provides the web developer with a powerful templating mechanism — however, this can present a significant barrier of entry to those who are interested in migrating away from JSPs and taglibs. Using a simple servlet, and extending Velocity, with its concept of directives, I hope to have shown that you can mimic a considerable proportion of the functionality you get from JSPs, and therefore take your migration one small, low risk, step at a time.
The Velocity User Guide, for those writing Velocity templates
The Velocity Developer Guide. If you do intend using Velocity as a JSP replacement, definitely read this. There may be some Velocity caveats that perhaps will cause problems in your web server, so this will be the first place you should look.
One final note: if you're developing on some version of *nix, don't forget the wonders of
sed for automating some of the sheer drudgery in porting your JSPs. I'm not a sed expert, but it still only took a few minutes to come up with something that reduced the amount of manual code changes by about 90 percent.
Jason R. Briggs is an architect/developer working in the United Kingdom.
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The hundreds of men and women who marched and rode in the parade ranged from young vets fresh from Afghanistan and Iraq to the aging veterans from World War II.
You couldn't help but sense the pride and feel the adrenaline of once young men, signing over their lives to this nation and showing up green as the grass for boot camp.
Interspersed between the floats and rows of vets came the empty spaces. It wasn't hard to imagine their fallen comrades marching in line there too. They, who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms to do as we legally please including to be completely oblivious to this holiday, deserve our reverence Monday.
This Memorial Day, starting at 10 a.m. at the veterans' memorial site at Veterans Memorial Park, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9170 will host their traditional ceremony, assisted by the American Legion Post 274 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 929.
Sheriff Carlos Carrizales Jr. will be the keynote speaker in what may be an emotional address following the recent death of his younger brother, Joe, warrant officer/deputy.
All are encouraged to attend and remember those who gave their lives for this nation.
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What is in this article?:
- Peanut growers find themselves in "perfect storm"
- Not a good cycle
- Reason for early contracts
• "From a total production standpoint, there is an adequate supply of peanuts.
• But from an edible supply standpoint, the market is tight.
• The problem is that manufacturers are looking at the total supply.
• They're looking at the total supply, not the edible supply, and there's a huge standoff right now between shellers and manufacturers.
Peanut producers are finding themselves in the middle of a "perfect storm" as planting time approaches, says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga.
"From a total production standpoint, we have an adequate supply," said Lamb, speaking recently at a regional production meeting in Shorter, Ala. "But from an edible supply standpoint, the market is tight. The problem is that manufacturers are looking at the total supply. We've been to meetings with them, and they don't seem to want to buy into this right now. They're looking at the total supply, not the edible supply, and there's a huge standoff right now between shellers and manufacturers."
Shellers can't offer $700 per ton for peanuts without having a contract from manufacturers for that price because the risk is too great, he says. But the manufacturers will not support the shellers at those higher prices.
Farmers do have options for other crops at the current high prices that could push peanuts to more than $700 per ton, says Lamb, but the manufacturers won't back it right now.
"This situation with prices is not just a 2011 phenomenon," he says. "This will go into 2012 as well. West Texas acres will be down significantly because their water resources are better allocated to cotton. If you do reduce peanut acres, don't move to soybeans. Take the opportunity to improve your rotations. The demand for peanut products has increased, and hopefully it'll continue. We need to maximize the profit on our farms this year."
This will be a very expensive crop, adds Lamb. "We haven't been told what peanut seed costs will be, but we know fuel costs are high, and that'll affect everything else. Don't let the high prices blind you on the cost-management side. We see people in our area competing for land now at absolutely stupid prices, and it's not healthy. I think people are looking for short-term gain, but they'll pay it back. This will probably be more interesting than any year we've had, and it's working in the producers' favor."
If you look at harvested peanut acres in the United States since the farm bill passed in 2002, it's basically a period of one to two low years followed by one to two higher years, says the economist.


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oh i am sorry My DH was the same way. but we had a big talk about how I really want this and he has to support me and be positive for it to work. He told me it wouldn't work etc. but then started to support meOriginally Posted by Drea1599
And now it's really nice that he can see that it is working when he sees me with more milk and with the baby latching.
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Hi. I am new to the boards. I have a 5 week old DD. After many months of fertility treatments, she arrived on July 10.
I tried to BF, but my DD kept falling asleep and I was worried she wasn't getting enough to eat. So I started supplementing with similac. Instead of nursing, I pump every three hours during the day.
I usually get about 3 ounces on each breast in the morning and about 1 to 1.5 ounces one each throughout the day. I am wondering if this amount is normal.
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