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Related Reading
Java Web Services
This excerpt from O'Reilly's Java Web Services focuses on how to program UDDI services.
Two APIs are described by the UDDI specification: the inquiry API and the Publishing API. They are accessed using the same techniques but use different XML documents, data structures, and access points. The inquiry API locates information about a business, the services a business offers, the specifications of those services, and information about what to do in a failure situation. Any read operation from a UDDI registry uses one of the inquiry API's messages. The inquiry API does not require authenticated access and is subsequently accessed using HTTP.
The Publishing API is used to create, store, or update information located in a UDDI registry. All functions in this API require authenticated access to a UDDI registry; the UDDI registry must have a logon identity, and the security credentials for this identity must be passed as a parameter of the XML document for each UDDI invocation. Because publishing requires authenticated access, it is accessed over HTTPS, with a different URL than the one used with the inquiry access point. Table 6-1 lists the inquiry and publishing access point URLs for some major operator nodes.
|Table 6-1: Access point URLs for some operator nodes
Operator node
Inquiry URL
Publishing URL
IBM Production
IBM Test
SAP Test
Several primary information types construct the XML documents used as input and output to UDDI invocations. This section shows these data structures along with the major APIs as defined by the UDDI specifications.
UDDI APIs are designed to be simple. All operations that a UDDI registry performs are synchronous, meaning that the requesting client blocks and waits until it receives a response message. Additionally, all operations have a simple request/response mechanism that gives them a stateless behavior. Therefore, using the UDDI APIs doesn't require a lot of complex ordering.
To understand the structure of the messages that are part of the API, you need a basic appreciation for the different data structures and XML formats that are used. This section discusses the major data structures that are passed as input and output parameters for major API messages. Figure 6-3 shows the relationships between the primary UDDI data structures.
<businessEntity> structure represents a business's basic information. This information includes contact information, categorization, identifiers, descriptions, and relationships to other businesses. UDDI allows companies to establish relationships with one another. Many different types of relationships are possible. For example, a conglomerate can reference a subsidiary, or two companies can declare a partnership. In either case, each company must establish a unique
<businessEntity> and separately establish its relationships to other companies that have their own
<businessEntity> structures.
<publisherAssertion> structure is used to establish public relationships between two
<businessEntity> structures. A relationship between two
<businessEntity> structures is visible only to the "public" when both companies have created the same assertion with two separate
<publisherAssertion> documents independently. Thus, a company can claim a business relationship only if its partner asserts the same relationship. One company's assertion about a business relationship isn't visible to the public until its partner creates a similar, but separate,
<publisherAssertion> document for its own
<businessEntity> structure. Thus, if Company A asserts a relationship with Company B (fromKey=A, toKey=B), then the relationship will become public when Company B asserts a relationship with Company A (fromKey=B, toKey=A).
<businessEntity> contains one or more
<businessService> structures. A
<businessService> represents a single, logical service classification. A
<businessService> element is used to describe a set of services provided by the business. These services can be web services or manual services such as a nonelectronic service. A
<businessService> document is reusable (i.e., a
<businessService> element can be used by several
<businessEntity> elements). For example, GE might create an HR web service and publish that service as part of an "HR web service"
<businessService> structure. Additionally, GE might choose to list each of its subsidiaries as a separate
<businessEntity>, since each subsidiary has its own IT infrastructure. Doing so would allow the
<businessEntity> structure for the Plastics division to reference the same "HR web service"
<businessService> as the Chemicals division.
<businessService> contains one or more
<bindingTemplate> structures. A
<bindingTemplate> contains pointers to technical descriptions and the access point URL, but does not contain the details of the service's specifications. A
<bindingTemplate> contains an optional text description of the web service, the URL of its access point, and a reference to one or more
<tModel> structures. A
<tModel> is an abstract description of a particular specification or behavior to which the web service adheres. A
<tModel> is a type of digital "fingerprint" for determining the specifics of how to interact with a particular web service. The
<tModel> structure does not provide the web service's specification directly. Instead, it contains pointers to the locations of the actual specifications. Companies can use the information pointed to by a
<tModel> to determine whether a web service is compatible with their business requirements.
Instances of these data structures are identified and referenced by a universally unique identifier, known as a UUID. UUIDs are assigned when the data structure is first inserted into the UUID registry. They are hexadecimal strings whose structure and generation algorithm is defined by the ISO/IEC 11578:1996 standard. This standard virtually guarantees the generation of a unique identifier by concatenating the current time, hardware address, IP address, and random number in a specific fashion. The Inquiry API uses the UUID to request a particular structure on demand.
<publisherAssertion>documents do not have UUIDs, however.
A series of messages allow a program to retrieve basic information about a business, a web service, or metadata about a specification that a web service supports. These messages all have SOAP messages whose XML body element begins with
find. Table 6-2 lists the messages that can be used to retrieve basic information for searching purposes. The "Message name" column lists the name of the XML root element used as the body of the SOAP envelope on the call's request portion. The "Response document" column shows the name of the XML root element that is the body of the SOAP envelope for the response.
|Table 6-2: XML documents used in browsing inquiry messages
Message name
Response document
Brief description
Given a UUID to a
Given a regular expression, business category, business identifier, or
Given the UUID of a
Given the UUID of a
Given the a name, a category, or identifier, this message returns all matching
UDDI Response Structure
Many response messages return an XML document that contains zero or more of the primary UDDI data structures, rather than the data structures themselves. For example, the
<find_business>message returns zero or more
<businessInfo>structures, but does so in a
<businessList>structure. The
<businessList>structure is merely another data structure designed to hold zero or more other elements, similar to a Java Collection object. Don't confuse collection structures such as
<businessList>with the primary UDDI data structures; they exist only for grouping.
The UDDI Programmer's API and UDDI Schema documents identify dozens of different structures used to make up the request and response messages. The Programmer's API identifies the structure of the request and response messages, paying particular attention to the input parameters for every request message. The UDDI Schema represents the same data structures, but provides datatyping and constraint information that can't be conveyed in the Programmer's API. When doing any development with UDDI, you should keep a copy of these two documents.
Traversing UDDI data structures can be complicated. To demonstrate this complexity, let's delve into the inner workings of the
<find_business> message. The
<find_business> message returns a
<businessList> structure. Here's the definition of
<businessList> from the UDDI Schema:
<element name="businessList" type="uddi:businessList" />
<complexType name="businessList">
<element ref="uddi:businessInfos" />
<attribute name="generic" use="required" type="string" />
<attribute name="operator" use="required" type="string" />
<attribute name="truncated" use="optional" type="uddi:truncated" />
This definition says that a
<businessList> contains a single
<businessInfos> subelement (defined in the same schema, as indicated by the preceding
uddi:) and three attributes named
operator, and
truncated. Doesn't tell us much, does it? So, let's delve further. The schema for the
<businessInfos> structure is:
<element name="businessInfos" type="uddi:businessInfos" />
<complexType name="businessInfos">
<element ref="uddi:businessInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
This definition tells us that a
<businessInfos> structure contains zero or more
<businessInfo> subelements, which are also defined in the same schema document.
minOccurs="0" and
maxOccurs="unbounded" tell us that the included
<businessInfo> elements can be repeated zero or more times. We now need to seek out the schema definition of the
<businessInfo> structure, which is:
<element name="businessInfo" type="uddi:businessInfo" />
<complexType name="businessInfo">
<element ref="uddi:name" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
<element ref="uddi:description" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
<element ref="uddi:serviceInfos" />
<attribute name="businessKey" use="required" type="uddi:businessKey" />
This structure contains three subelements and an attribute. The attribute,
businessKey, is the UUID for this business. The first subelement,
<name>, gives the name of the business. The second subelement,
<description>, is zero or more text elements that describe what the business does. The third subelement,
<serviceInfos>, is a grouping of
<businessService> documents. To figure out what a
<businessService> document is, we must search the schema for the
<serviceInfos> element.
Searching for this schema is left as the proverbial "exercise for the reader." At this stage, you should have an idea of the complexity of UDDI data structures and their navigation. An entire book could be dedicated to exploring every facet of the UDDI Programmers API. The rest of this chapter focuses on how to interact with UDDI and presents Java clients that demystify some of the complexity in the UDDI API and its data structures.
Now it's finally time to pull everything that we have talked about together into a program. The examples in this chapter use Systinet WASP UDDI Standard. We selected this software because it is robust and free for development purposes. It includes:
We use Systinet WASP UDDI Standard primarily for its local registry, which allows you to run a registry locally on your computer for testing and development. We won't focus on the client API. Since a UDDI server accepts standard SOAP messages, we can use any Java-based SOAP client API to create the appropriate messages and direct them to a valid UDDI registry.
Our first UDDI client retrieves basic business information for a fictitious company called Demi Credit. The Systinet WASP UDDI registry comes with a preconfigured entry for Demi Credit. This example uses the Apache SOAP client library to create an appropriate SOAP message that has a
<find_business> document as its body. We won't create this document programmatically, which would be an exercise in the use of the DOM or JDOM APIs; instead, we'll take the body for our SOAP request message from the file Ch6_FindBusiness.xml:
<uddi:find_business generic="2.0" maxRows="10">
Demi Credit
<uddi:find_business> tag indicates that this element is named
find_business and defined in the
uddi namespace. The contents of the tag must adhere to the schema for
find_business, which defines a couple of different attributes. The
generic attribute indicates the UDDI API version that is used (Version 2.0, in this case).
maxRows indicates how many matching
<businessInfo> structures should be returned if the query matches more than one company.
Optional Attributes and Elements
All UDDI API messages have several optional attributes and elements. For example, the
maxRowsattribute of the
<find_business>element is optional. If this attribute is not included, the response message will contain an unbounded list of every match that could be found (up to the point where the UDDI server truncates a response).
In fact, the
<name>subelement of
<find_business>is optional as well. You can search for companies in other ways (besides using their name). You can search by category (through the
<categoryBag>element), identifier (through the
<identifierBag>element), or a particular specification that one of their web services implements (through the
<tModelBag>element). Categories and identifiers are discussed in more detail later in this chapter.
<find_business> element has a single subelement,
<name>, which is the meat of our request. The value of the
<name> element is a simple regular expression used to search the names of different businesses. The percentage sign (
%) can be used for wildcard matching. In this example, we know the name of the company we are searching for:
Demi Credit.
Before looking at the code for the client, let's run it and observe its behavior. The client reads an XML file, wraps it in a SOAP envelope, and sends it to a URL destination, adding various UDDI and Systinet namespace declarations that are required to make the SOAP message comply to the UDDI specification. The destination is the URL of an endpoint configured to accept UDDI inquiry messages. Run the command:
java UDDISoapClient -df ./Ch6_FindBusiness.xml
You should see the following output:
Starting UDDISoapClient:
host url = http://localhost:8080/wasp/uddi/inquiry/
data file = Ch6_FindBusiness.xml
Sent SOAP Message with Apache HTTP SOAP Client.
Waiting for response....
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<businessList xmlns="urn:uddi-org:api_v2" generic="2.0" operator="SYSTINET">
<businessInfo businessKey="892ac280-c16b-11d5-85ad-801eef208714">
<name xml:lang="en">
Demi Credit
<description xml:lang="en">
A smaller demo credit agency used for illustrating UDDI inquiry.
<serviceInfo serviceKey="860eca90-c16d-11d5-85ad-801eef208714"
<name xml:lang="en">
This output is saved as Ch6_FindBusiness_OUTPUT.xml and is included with the examples provided for this chapter. Other examples that use this program have their response documents saved in the same format.
Let's pick apart the response to see what it contains. The UDDI Server returned a single
<businessList> structure which, in turn, has a single
<businessInfos> structure. The
<businessInfos> element can have zero or more
<businessInfo> elements, based upon the number of businesses that were matched as part of the query. In this case, the server found only one business matching the name Demi Credit in the UDDI registry.
<businessInfo> element contains several other important pieces of information. First, the
businessKey attribute contains the UUID of Demi Credit. The UUID value is needed to do a more detailed information search or an update using the Publisher's API. Second, the
<businessInfo> structure has a
<description> that contains a textual description of what the company does. Next, the
<businessInfo> structure contains a
<serviceInfos> structure that contains a collection of all web services registered by this business. Each web service is described by a single
<serviceInfo> structure, which contains the web service's UUID as an attribute.
Now that we've seen what the client does and examined the documents it sends and receives, it is time to look at UDDISoapClient.java in its entirety:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class UDDISoapClient
// Default values used if no command line parameters are set
private static final String DEFAULT_HOST_URL =
private static final String DEFAULT_DATA_FILENAME = "./Default.xml";
// In the SOAP chapter, we used "urn:oreilly:jaws:samples",
// but Systinet UDDI requires this to be blank.
private static final String URI = "";
private String m_hostURL;
private String m_dataFileName;
public UDDISoapClient(String hostURL, String dataFileName) throws Exception
m_hostURL = hostURL;
m_dataFileName = dataFileName;
System.out.println( );
System.out.println("Starting UDDISoapClient:");
System.out.println(" host url = " + m_hostURL);
System.out.println(" data file = " + m_dataFileName);
System.out.println( );
public void sendSOAPMessage( ) {
try {
// Get soap body to include in the SOAP envelope from FILE
FileReader fr = new FileReader (m_dataFileName);
javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder xdb =
org.apache.soap.util.xml.XMLParserUtils.getXMLDocBuilder( );
org.w3c.dom.Document doc =
xdb.parse (new org.xml.sax.InputSource (fr));
if (doc == null) {
throw new org.apache.soap.SOAPException
(org.apache.soap.Constants.FAULT_CODE_CLIENT, "parsing error");
// Create a vector for collecting the body elements
Vector bodyElements = new Vector( );
// Parse XML element as soap body element
bodyElements.add(doc.getDocumentElement ( ));
// Create the SOAP envelope
org.apache.soap.Envelope envelope = new org.apache.soap.Envelope( );
envelope.declareNamespace("idoox", "http://idoox.com/uddiface");
envelope.declareNamespace("ua", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/account");
envelope.declareNamespace("attr", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/attr");
envelope.declareNamespace("fxml", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/formxml");
envelope.declareNamespace("inner", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/inner");
envelope.declareNamespace("", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/inner");
envelope.declareNamespace("uddi", "urn:uddi-org:api_v2");
// Create the SOAP body element
org.apache.soap.Body body = new org.apache.soap.Body( );
// Build and send the Message.
org.apache.soap.messaging.Message msg =
new org.apache.soap.messaging.Message( );
msg.send (new java.net.URL(m_hostURL), URI, envelope);
System.out.println("Sent SOAP Message with Apache HTTP SOAP Client.");
// Receive response from the transport and dump it to the screen
System.out.println("Waiting for response....");
org.apache.soap.transport.SOAPTransport st = msg.getSOAPTransport ( );
BufferedReader br = st.receive ( );
if(line == null) {
System.out.println("HTTP POST was unsuccessful. \n");
} else {
while (line != null) {
System.out.println (line);
line = br.readLine( );
// Version in examples has XML pretty printing logic here.
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace( );
// NOTE: the remainder of this deals with reading arguments
/** Main program entry point. */
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Not Relevant
This code is similar to the code presented in the SOAP chapters, with a couple of exceptions. First, Systinet WASP UDDI uses different servlets to implement the inquiry and publisher ports. When Systinet WASP UDDI is first installed, the URL of the inquiry port is http://localhost:8080/wasp/uddi/inquiry. In the program, this URL is assigned to the constant
private static final String DEFAULT_HOST_URL =
Second, UDDI SOAP messages don't require the use of a SOAP header. Thus, all of the code used to create a SOAP header and fill it with values, such as
mustUnderstand, is not needed. Next, UDDI and Systinet WASP UDDI SOAP envelopes require the addition of several different namespaces that they have defined. These namespaces are required at the envelope level of the message, not the SOAP header or body. In the Apache SOAP API, the
Envelope interface has a method called
declareNamespace( ) that adds these additional namespaces:
// Create the SOAP envelope
org.apache.soap.Envelope envelope = new org.apache.soap.Envelope( );
// Add the Systinet namespaces.
envelope.declareNamespace("idoox", "http://idoox.com/uddiface");
envelope.declareNamespace("ua", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/account");
envelope.declareNamespace("config", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/config");
envelope.declareNamespace("attr", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/attr");
envelope.declareNamespace("fxml", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/formxml");
envelope.declareNamespace("inner", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/inner");
// Add the default namespace
envelope.declareNamespace("", "http://idoox.com/uddiface/inner");
// Include the standard UDDI namespace.
// This URN contains all of the UDDI XML data structures and messages.
envelope.declareNamespace("uddi", "urn:uddi-org:api_v2");
WARNING: Systinet was formally named Idoox. In their documentation, namespaces, and other declarations, you'll often see references to Idoox. When you come across these references, treat them synonymously with Systinet.
The simple SOAP client we've just examined is sufficient to demonstrate a variety of UDDI APIs and data structures. It has some obvious limitations, however:
To get a feeling for what these limitations mean, we'll implement the same example using Systinet's UDDI Java API. To run this program, compile the file SystinetFindBusiness.java and execute the following command:
java -Dwasp.restrictor.packages=- SystinetFindBusiness
Because of a limitation in the way the Systinet UDDI client library operates, you get a series of array typing error messages if you omit the -
Dwasp.restrictor.packages=- environment variable definition. Don't forget to include the hyphen (-) after the equal sign!
Here's a listing of the Systenet-based client in its entirety:
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.request.inquiry.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.tmodel.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.response.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.base.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.business.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.*;
* This is simple example of Systinet's UDDI Java API for accessing
* a UDDI registry.
* This program does a find_business call by name.
public class SystinetFindBusiness {
// Program Entry Point
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
String company = "Demi Credit";
public static void findBusinessByName(String name) throws Exception
System.out.println("Searching for businesses named '" +
name + "'...");
// Create a FindBusiness instance.
// This creates a SOAP message.
FindBusiness findBusiness = new FindBusiness( );
// Set the name to use in the query.
findBusiness.addName(new Name(name));
// This will limit the number of returned matches.
// maxRows is an optional attribute.
findBusiness.setMaxRows(new MaxRows("10"));
// This will retrieve a stub to the UDDI inquiry port.
UDDIApiInquiry inquiry =
// Send the message and retrieve the response.
BusinessList businessList=inquiry.find_business(findBusiness);
// Show the results
if (businessList==null) {
System.err.println("ERROR: Business list is null!");
else {
// Business list is holder for results - business infos.
BusinessInfos businessInfos = businessList.getBusinessInfos( );
System.out.println("\nFound: " +
businessInfos.size( ) +
" businesses.\n");
// Iterate through each company found in the query.
BusinessInfo businessInfo = businessInfos.getFirst( );
BusinessKey result;
if (businessInfo != null) {
result=businessInfo.getBusinessKey( );
while (businessInfo!=null) {
System.out.println("BusinessEntity name = " +
businessInfo.getNames().getFirst().getValue( ));
System.out.println("BusinessEntity UUID = " +
businessInfo.getBusinessKey( ));
businessInfo = businessInfos.getNext( );
The Systinet UDDI client library is spread throughout several different packages. Since the UDDI API and data structures changed from Version 1.0 to Version 2.0 of the specification, Systinet opted to create separate Java packages for each version. This can be problematic for developers, but it is workable. Here are the
import statements needed for the current crop of packages:
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.request.inquiry.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.tmodel.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.response.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.base.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.structure.v2.business.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.api.v2.*;
import org.idoox.uddi.client.*;
main( ) method is responsible for declaring the search string for the company and calling
findBusinessByName( ), where the bulk of the work is performed:
// Program Entry Point
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
String company = "Demi Credit";
findBusinessByName( ), the program needs to create a
<find_business> message and populate it with the search criteria we established. The Systinet UDDI library has a separate class abstraction representing each UDDI XML message. Therefore, to create a
<find_business> structure, you merely need to create an instance of their
FindBusiness class. The
FindBusiness class has several methods that add elements and attributes to the underlying
<find_business> structure. In this example, we'll use
addName( ), which adds the company name to search for, and
setMaxRows( ), which limits the number of matches returned:
// Create a FindBusiness instance.
// This creates a SOAP message.
FindBusiness findBusiness = new FindBusiness( );
// Set the name to use in the query.
findBusiness.addName(new Name(name));
// This will limit the number of returned matches.
// maxRows is an optional attribute.
findBusiness.setMaxRows(new MaxRows("10"));
Next, the program creates a connection to a UDDI server's inquiry port. The
UDDILookup class has static methods that create a dynamic Java proxy object that communicates using SOAP. From the developer's point of view, it looks and feels like an RMI stub, except it doesn't communicate over RMI. The
UDDILookup.getInquiry( ) method creates an inquiry connection. This program uses the same inquiry port as the
UDDISoapClient program, http://localhost:8080/wasp/uddi/inquiry/. An
UDDIApiInquiry object is returned and encapsulates an active stub that communicates with the UDDI server:
// This will retrieve a stub to the UDDI inquiry port.
UDDIApiInquiry inquiry =
Finally, the program needs to send the
<find_business> document as part of a SOAP message. The
UDDIApiInquiry object has a number of methods that create the SOAP envelope and populate it with an XML structure. A separate method exists for each UDDI XML message in the Programmer's API. For our example, the program calls the
find_business( ) method on the
UDDIApiInquiry object, passing in the
FindBusiness object containing the XML structure.
The Systinet API also has matching classes for the response XML structures. Thus, since a
<find_business> request yields a
<businessList> response structure, the Systinet API has a
BusinessList class. We can traverse this class to get to each subelement and attribute that was returned:
BusinessList businessList=inquiry.find_business(findBusiness);
// Show the results
if (businessList==null) {
System.err.println("ERROR: Business list is null!");
else {
// Business list is holder for results - business infos.
BusinessInfos businessInfos = businessList.getBusinessInfos( );
System.out.println("\nFound: " +
businessInfos.size( ) +
" businesses.\n");
// Iterate through each company found in the query.
BusinessInfo businessInfo = businessInfos.getFirst( );
BusinessKey result;
if (businessInfo != null) {
result=businessInfo.getBusinessKey( );
while (businessInfo!=null) {
System.out.println("BusinessEntity name = " +
businessInfo.getNames().getFirst().getValue( ));
System.out.println("BusinessEntity UUID = " +
businessInfo.getBusinessKey( ));
businessInfo = businessInfos.getNext( );
The next installment will focus on programming UDDI with the Java API for XML Registries.
Tyler Jewell , Director, Technical Evangelism, BEA Systems Tyler oversees BEA's technology evangelism efforts that are focused on driving early adoption of strategic BEA technologies into the ISV and developer community.
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If you've ever wanted to play around with all of the world's billionaires, there's a Bloomberg site to let you do just that.
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Albury: On the waterfrontJuly 14,2014
The phrase Thinking outside the box might have been created with my father in
mind. Working as an Episcopal minster with five children, Dad was famous for finding creative solutions to ensure that we did not go without, and had a happy childhood. A prime example of this innovative thinking occurred in what will be forever be known in Albury family lore as the as the Summer of the Toxic Blob.
When I was growing up in New Jersey our family spent every August vacationing at a summer camp on a small lake in Maine. While the month at the cabin was always fun and relaxing, getting there was quite an ordeal. My parents loaded five kids and a months worth of clothes and necessities into one station wagon for the eight hour trip. It was sort of like fitting the contents of a swimming pool into a shot glass. And then, just to ensure we were violating every law of physical space, they added to the mix three loose cats and a dog. Fortunately, there were no seat belt laws back then, and so my parents, like Japanese subway workers shoving passengers into train cars, crammed us into the open doors for the trip. With limbs askew and faces pressed against the windows, we became contortionists for the duration of the long drive. One year my little sister made it all the way to Hartford, Connecticut in the glove box. Finally arriving in Maine, we spilled out of the vehicle like circus clowns.
After a couple of days free from the confines of the car, we would start to walk normally again and appreciate our new surroundings. Much of our vacation time was spent playing in the lake, where there were basically two options: Marco Polo or diving from a raft. We were the only cabin on the lake without a raft, so we played a lot of Marco Polo.
One spring, prior to our annual pilgrimage to Maine, my parents purchased an aluminum canoe the approximate length of two football fields. They decided to take the new vessel for a maiden voyage on the Raritan River in New Jersey with friends. This particular waterway had the distinction of being an EPA Superfund site. As a result, the bucolic paddle was highlighted by the passing of many forms of industrial waste floating on the water. At one point, they saw a huge, hardened piece of yellow foam the size and shape of the Rock of Gibraltar. While my mother, the voice of reason, attempted to paddle away from the blob and avoid a collision, my dad, the idea guy and stronger paddler, steered towards it. We can bring this to Maine, anchor it, and the kids can use it as a raft, he suggested. Im certain their friends questioned his sanity, but they were good sports and assisted with towing the colossal piece of foam back to the car and hoisting it onto the canoe trailer.
The yellow mass of industrial waste remained in our yard, decreasing neighborhood property values for several months, before it was time to pack for vacation. The plan was to bring the canoe to Maine on the trailer and strap the blob onto the canoe. The good news was we could load some of the stuff from the car into the canoe, giving us more room to enjoy eight hours of howling cats. The bad news was, for 400 miles through six states we would suffer the embarrassment of being part of a toxic waste transportation spectacle.
Somehow, the blob actually made it to the cabin, and with team effort the new diving platform was dragged down to the beach and anchored off shore.
The next day, my siblings and I couldnt wait to get into the water and play on our new, albeit unique raft. It was difficult to climb onto, but we got the hang of it in a matter of minutes, and spent most of the day jumping off it and having a blast.
That night, a strange thing happened. We all started to itch as a result of angry rashes which developed from our skin coming into contact with the toxic material that was our raft.
My dad was not to be deterred. The next day, he affixed a sheet of plywood to the top of the foam block. This modification resulted in our rashes being complemented by wooden splinters. Eventually, the discomfort caused by the raft outweighed the pleasure we received from it, and it remained anchored and unused the rest of the summer.
Im not sure whatever happened to the toxic blob, but the following year it was mysteriously missing. In subsequent summers, if anyone ever asked about our not having a raft, we would respond with one word. Marco
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It Just Keeps Getting Worse
What a lovely way to start the day. I got up my internet and watched my Padres toolbar in horror. The scrolling Padres news moved by: Padres withdraw offer to Hoffman. OUCH. I can't believe this. Is our front office so dumb as to think that this will help us in some way? Do they not realize that for many fans, this will be the last straw? I have been doubting the front office's sanity with all this Peavy trade talk, but this is going too far. When reporters talked to GM Kevin Towers, he was as shut up as a frightened turtle. Does this mean you don't want Trevor back? No comment. Do you still want to see Trevor finish his career as a Padre? No comment. This scares me. It seems as if Trev is definitely done as a Padre. I have stuck by the front office before, but now I'm getting fed up. The whole Moores situation is UGLY. He needs to sell his part of the team and get out of here. Towers has done good things before, but he's the owner's puppet. Maybe the problem isn't the men on the field. Maybe it's the insane people in the front office. Say we lose Trevor. Then they trade Jake. Then the front office wants to get rid of Greenie so bad that they sent him out for a few pathetic prospects. On my goodness I am FED UP. This is getting so ridiculous. We need new leadership. Poor Bud Black. He has the potential to guide a team deep into the postseason, but the front office isn't giving him the pieces. They give him guys like Jim Edmonds and Randy Wolf. PATHETIC! This is soooo sick. Now that it seems like the Padres have dumped Trevor, what are we going to do? What if he gets picked up by a team in the NL West? I really hope that the Padres will be better next year, but it looks very unlikely. We are not going to get better until we get new leadership. It's time for a rebuilding season, but not on the field. We need a new front office. I am so sick of this.
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I agree Kaybee that it's bad news. I don't blame Towers though, I blame Moores. The good news is it sounds like the Braves are moving on as the revised packages that the Padres sent to the Braves and Cubs aren't to their likings so we may keep Peavy. Question is will he be happy knowing that it was said 'that train has left the station'.
Bet KT is wishing he took that Arizona GM now that Moores has derailed the team.😦 But look at the bright side, maybe a white knight will buy the team, sign Hoffman, keep Peavy, go after some free agents….dream on, eh?
I could not believe my eyes/ears when I heard/read this news. I'm a Brewers fan and even I know what an unbelievable guy he is on and off the field. I just don't understand this! He has shown so much loyalty to this team and they didn't even grant his request for a meeting? Appalling.
Better days are always an opening day away…hang in there.
P.S. I found your blog and read your headline comments. I almost fell out of my office chair! Please check out my blog and read the entry titled "www.happyyoungster.com is on the web!" Pay special attention to the last photograph.
Like the passion Kaybee! You are fan! Tough thing about Hoffman, I sometimes get that way about J.P. Ricciardi.
Like when we brought in Brad Wilkerson, David Eckstien and Kevin Mench, very questionable moves that ultimately hurt the team.
I'd suggest you contact the club and air your complaints, but truth be told and given the history of Alderson, DePodesta, et al, I don't think they'd care. The one thing you can do is contact the San Diego media about the way the team's being run. If the ballpark was built with public financing, then the fans definitely have a say in the product on the field. And it's one thing to slash payroll, it's another to treat people like trash, and that's what they're doing with Hoffman. Now the spin doctoring (Alderson's specialty) will begin. San Diego fans shouldn't buy it.
I'm so sorry that the owners of the Padres are absolutely insane. I don't know anything about them, but I can tell by your blog, that they must be pretty deranged. I hope you guys can make do with what you have, and maybe look into your farm system or something like that? This must absolutely suck. I live in Florida, so I've been hearing about the Marlins doing the same thing, getting rid of their players, some of whom have been developed into some serious ball players for only some minor leaguers. It's really sad, but try and hang in there. I agree with some of the former comments, write to one of the journalists for your local newspapers, see what their opinions are.
Hope you feel better.
Thank you, everyone, so much for your support. I love this community because we're all baseball fans, no matter what specific team, and we can pick each other up. I think I will complain to the newpapers. Thanks, it's a really good idea. Again, THANK YOU!


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Not So Fast, Tiger
Gee, Al, why don't we just crown the Tigers right now and forget about the 162 game season. Don't get me wrong, you have plenty to be excited about in Hockeytown (does anyone watch hockey anymore?) but let me remind everyone that since the new millennium, with the exception of the Boston Red Sox, bigger spending does NOT translate into a World Title.
Exhibit A. The top ten highest payrolls of 2007:
1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox (This position seems to be the exception to the rule. Note to GMs: Be the second-highest spender and win two titles in four years)
3. New York Mets
4. Chicago White Sox
5. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
6. Los Angeles Dodgers (of Chavez Ravine)
7. Seattle Mariners
8. Chicago Cubs
9. Detroit Tigers
10. Baltimore Orioles
Six of these teams failed to make it into the post-season all together, two of them ended the season with absolutely embarrassing records and one is cursed by a goat.
Exhibit B. The other side and their payroll rankings among 30 MLB teams.
14. Philadelphia Phillies
23. Cleveland Indians
25. Colorado Rockies
26. Arizona Diamondbacks
And let us not forget that since the Evil Empire went on a spending rampage in 2001 they have not won a title; and among the teams that have won (again, with the exception of the Red Sox), the '01 D'Backs, '02 Angels, '03 Marlins, '05 White Sox, '06 Cardinals have all had moderate middle-of-the-pack and/or bottom-of-the-barrel payroll numbers. And don't get me started on Billy Beane and what he manages to produce.
So, what does this all mean, Al? It means it takes a lot more than a lineup of overpaid superstars to bring home the ring. It requires heart, passion, fire. It requires players who were nobodies. Players who rise to the occasion. It requires a Tulowitski, a Valverde, a Carmona, a Wainright, a Crede, a Cabrera, an Eckstein. For some reason when these teams load up on superstars, they lose this edge, they lose that essence of team and just become selfish numbers-driven Scott Boras drones with dollar signs for eyeballs. And even with the aforementioned-exception Red Sox, guys like Lester and a cast of idiots seem to light the proverbial fire that gets everyone going, that gets them to overcome an 0-3 ALCS deficit and an ever-rising Yankee payroll.
So let's not give Dombrowski a key to the city (does anyone live there anymore?) quite yet, Al. No. He is by no means a Theo Epstein. He is by no means a Walt Jocketty. He is by no means a Bill Stoneman. What he is is a Brian Cashman. He's pulling a page out of the Evil Empire book, going to Daddy, asking for more money and getting it only to disappoint a mob of rich white people from Grosse Pointe and Bloomfield Hills. He might do better by taking Matt Millen's job.
Don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
(Allen admires himself in the mirror while talking on his cell to Dombrowski, desperately trying to score a FastPass to the amusement park that is Comerica. Click on image for a better look.)
Peace, love and baseball,
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Looks like i'm the first to comment. It sounds to me like money can't buy love is what you are saying. I agree for once. Heart, desire, and teamwork produce results. Not some swollen headed jock who thinks the world revolves around him. One guy can't win a championship. by the way i thought Jeffy was my name for yourself Baba
Yes, baseball is played in the field, not paper. The tigers just get a few injuries, which could very well happen over a 162-game season, and all the hype and money and big trades wasted. Good point, backed up by examples and info.
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I actually like Cashman. Even though I'm a Red Sox fan. He usually seems to at least WANT to make the right deal…he just usually got overruled by Herr Steinbrenner. The reason that the Yankees are gonna be back in the hunt over the next few years is because of their revamped farm system.
I'm certain that Steinbrenner didn't let Cashman sign Vlad Guerrero. He insisted on Randy Johnson. And Cashman never won a decision until Steinbrenner took a one way ticket on the Crazy Train.
I feel bad for Cashman. The poor ******* looked like a hostage in an Al Qaeda video during the Steinbrenner Reich. Every press conference he had to announce the signing of some washed up vet, he looked like someone was holding a gun to his head just out of camera range.
The Sox have the best of both worlds: a stacked farm system, AND the pockets to sign marquis free agents. Not to mention that they have enough money to make a mistake and deal with it. (See Renteria, Edgar, 2005.)
That being said, the Tigers are scary looking. That lineup is nothing to screw around with. But as always, a team is only as good as its pitching. Detroit's young arms are going to have to step up, and Dontrelle is going to have to have a good year in transition, which isn't easy going from the NL to the AL. The Tigers might be better served to have Dontrelle in the 3rd rotation spot, just so that he doesn't have to be the man.
Then again, the Indians are no joke, which should make the Central race close even though Minnesota shot itself in the foot for the next five years by trading Santana at the wrong time. I think we're looking at a two team race. And what a race it shall be.
First of all, a Red Sox fan who really likes Cashman? Really? I could entertain the idea of you feeling sorry for the poor guy–wait, no I can't. I have never met a Red Sox fan who had anything good to say about the Yankees ever. There's always an ulterior motive. I think the reason you like him is because he makes moves that aren't winning them championships. That's pretty simple.
Also, I admit, they have picked up a few washed-up vets but these are the Yankees; they have made HUGE moves and those are the ones I'm talking about. Alex Rodriguez is hardly washed-up. Giambi may be but a shadow of his former drug-ingested self, but when he came over he was the Man. And Clemens, Sheffield, Damon, Abreu, Mussina, Pettitte… these are overpaid superstars. And yet, a championship they could not produce.
MadHattr, I think you hit the nail right on the head with your comment about Detroit's pitching. Everything stems from that but, if anything, that just makes me like our chances even better. Willis is going to be able to go from the staff ace to a #3 pitcher which allows him better matchups. On top of that, although he's a great hitter for a pitcher, he'll save himself some wear and tear by giving up those at-bats. This is a rotation that just keeps looking better and better. However, I really think the biggest question for the Tigers is going to be the bullpen. If Zumaya can't get healthy, someone else is going to have to step up. And with Todd Jones closing, you know he's going to be good for at least 5 blown saves a year. In a close race with the Tribe, that could be the difference.


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Authorities said a fire destroyed an agriculture equipment maintenance shop at a grain mill in the town of Bradford on Tuesday night.
The Clinton Fire Department said it responded just before 8 p.m. to a fire at Gavilon Grain Elevator, 9231 E. Avalon Road.
Fire crews found the southeast corner of the building fully involved in fire with heavy black smoke coming from the overhead door located on that end.
There was a full anhydrous ammonia railcar located within 100 feet of the south east corner of the building. Exposures to grain storage bins and a grain dryer were on the west end of the building, according to the Clinton Fire Department.
There was a large above ground natural gas pipe located on the west end of the building.
Fire officials said there was a large above-ground natural gas pipe located on the west end of the building.
Authorities evacuated about 20 homes in the area about 8 p.m. Tuesday after the fire was located.
Quick thinking by one local resident brought more than 12 departments from around the area to help fight the blaze.
"And I saw flames and smoke and I thought holy cow and I came running out here and I saw the flames and I run in there and tell them hey, call 9-1-1 the mill's on fire," said nearby resident Raymond Pfeiffer.
"It was very frightening, very frightening," said evacuated resident Sharon Douglas. "You know to lose your home, and fear for the safety of others, you know residents that live here. It was very scary."
As of about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, fire officials had contained the fire.
Authorities allowed all residents to return to their homes after the fire was contained.
Fire officials said the building and contents appear to be a total loss with early estimates not available.


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Homes on the tour this year are
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Gaaaaaaaaaaaame Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!!!
Good Question King Starbury...
With D'Antoni running the ship--who know's?
I hope we can get STAT closer to the basket tho. Much of our success lies in STATS offense and Chandlers defense. We should try to make the most of that...Maximize our talent--before we take it to South Beach and the Eastern Conf Finals..
The Knicks are about to cook up these craptors and serve some Canadian Bacon to us the fans....Get ready to eat Knicks brothers
EFF YOU Papa John-...Worst Pizza on the planet. It's not even a pizza..it's crap on a dough
Oh Aaron Gray. I hate that ****..he use to torture my 'Cuse when he was at Pitt
I joined NBA League Pass a couple weeks ago, and it's the best investment I ever made in sport.
some folks spend that much for 3 UFC fights (rip-off!), and as much as I love MMA, I won't be
spending $50-$60 to watch few bouts on the telly.
however, NBA LP is special, especially for fantasy followers.
i especially dig watching on the computer with 4 games going,
game within a game, and HD for most of them.
however, time to Taiwan on with Air Lingus!
Am I the only one looking forward to seeing STAT having a big game tonight?
I like what I see. Lin communicate with STAT every chance he gets. This will work out fine...
Damnit Bill Walker is so upsetting!!!
Where is the Bill Walker that played vs miami heat?!?!
Some good D by the Raptors. They are packing the paint. They are not gonna give up an easy layups. We have to work for it today fellas..
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Know When to Say No - And Feel Okay About It
Do you ever find yourself saying yes to things you really don't want to do? Most of us have felt, at one time or another, a certain amount of social, emotional, or professional obligation to say yes to requests for our time, talent and energy. But while this may appear as unselfish and noble, saying yes too often can lead to you to become resentful and/or overcommitted and stressed to the detriment of your health and happiness. According to Duke Robinson, author of Too Nice for Your Own Good, "Saying yes when you need to say no causes burnout. You do yourself and the person making the request a disservice by saying yes all of the time."
If you have a hard time saying no, here are some tips to help you learn how to say no and feel okay about it!
If you find it hard to say no, start practicing on trivial requests, such as signing a petition on the street, submitting to samples in the mall, or listening to telemarketers or door-to-door salespeople. By practicing on people with whom you have no emotional, social or professional connection you can build your confidence without the fear of alienating or offending.
Remember that you don't have to do it all and you will never make everyone happy every time! No is a powerful word - one that you shouldn't be afraid to use when appropriate. You will be happier and your family will be happier. So get out there and say no!


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I bash Kurt a lot
but I have to give him props. He has settled his driving down as of late & not overdriving his car giving him good finishes. Putting a single car team (sorta) in he top ten in points is a cool thing.
I saw a clip about him weeks ago, & it had a pretty good point. Seems that since he has taken on a role for his girls kid, he has seemed to settle his attitude down on the track. Could it be a child in his life has made him a better person, thus making him a better driver/teammate?
In any event, from one of his bashers, I like to give him props for what he has accomplished lately.


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Photographer James Balog, whose Extreme Ice Survey employs time-lapse cameras to document glaciers worldwide, has indisputable and visually stunning proof that ancient glaciers are disappearing at an alarming rate.
The National Geographic Live! series brings thought-provoking presentations by today's leading explorers, scientists, photographers, and performing artists right to your YouTube feed. Each presentation is filmed in front of a live audience at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. New clips air every Monday.


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American Bulldog Physical Characteristics
The American Bulldog is a large and powerful breed of Dog belonging to the Mastiff family. They share many of their characteristics with other Mastiff breeds including their small, half-pricked, pendant shaped ears and their square, broad head. The American Bulldog is bigger, faster and more agile than the English Bulldog, and has such powerful hind legs that they are able to jump up to 6ft high. The American Bulldog has short, coarse fur that can be found in a variety of colours, but most notably white and brindle. They are an incredibly muscular and powerful breed having been bred as hunters, guarders and to fight (and win) against Bulls.
American Bulldog Behaviour and Temperament
The American Bulldog is a courageous and fearless breed, known to be incredibly aggressive at times when it feels under threat. They are however friendly and even sociable Dogs, having been known to be kept in a pack that primarily hunts large carnivores, such as Bears. They are also known to be loyal and devoted towards their owner, providing that they assert themselves as the leader of the pack (dominance issues may occur otherwise). Although the American Bulldog is not listed under the UK's Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, it is not uncommon for them to be confused with more aggressive breeds such as Pit Bulls. These Dogs are not related but are indeed banned, so any potential owner of the American Bulldog is encouraged to acquire the adequate paperwork to prove that their Dog is not a dangerous breed.
American Bulldog Breeding
The colour of the America Bulldog's fur, along with very subtle differences in general appearance and temperament, is said to differ between different areas. In regions where the American Bulldog is most popular, the Dogs are said to be able to differ between these places, which suggests that the American Bulldog is most commonly bred with individuals that live close by. After their near extinction in the 1940s, the American Bulldogs found throughout America today, are nearly all thought to have derived from Dogs bred by just two breeders during the mid 1900s. Females give birth to between 6 and 11 puppies per litter and can often live to be more than 15 years old.
American Bulldog Interesting Facts and Features
Despite being a widely distributed and popular breed today, the American Bulldog was on the verge of becoming extinct towards the mid 1900s. On returning from service in the Second World War, John D. Johnson decided to follow in his father's footsteps and resumed the breeding of the American Bulldog in the United States, and ultimately saved this breed from disappearing forever. The American Bulldog was first recognised as an official breed in 1970, when it was registered as the American Pit Bulldog. However, the name of this domestic breed was soon changed to the American Bulldog to avoid confusion with the American Pit Bull Terrier (to which this breed can look quite similar and the two can often be confused).


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The 1800Flowers.com® AfterCare Remembrance Program is a way to extend the care that you provide to your families. It reminds you to reach out to the families you serve at specified intervals after the service is completed, and suggests a variety of ways to let your families know that your commitment to them doesn't end with the service.
When you participate in our AfterCare Remembrance Program we help you keep track of important dates and give you ideas for reaching out to your families. Whether it's a phone call, an online greeting, a plant or a gift basket, we are here to help you express to your families' your ongoing compassion to service them even after the service. We're here to make sure you don't forget and that you have lots of viable, affordable options. We know the importance of building customer loyalty. The families' you have served will continue to remembered your dedication and will turn to you again and again as their preferred funeral provider.
Want to Learn More? For more information, sign up below or call us toll free at (877) 285-9740. Or you can simply register with us for our Free Reminder Service and start entering your reminders right away.
When you're ready to join, we will set up your personal account and work with you to customize the program to suit your needs. We are committed to helping you help families touched by grief.
We know the importance of an AfterCare program, but it can be hard to find the time or resources to manage one or to measure its effectiveness. But based on your requests, and thanks to feedback from funeral professionals, we have developed a turnkey solution that will help you help others heal. It can also help your families remember you for your extended level of service and concern.
|Step: 1
|Set Up a Personal Account
Its quick and easy. Just enter some basic information and we will contact you to learn more or to help get you started entering your reminders.
|Step: 2
|Share Important Dates for Each of Your Families
Whether it's a personal occasion like an anniversary or a birthday, an important holiday such as Christmas or Mother's Day, or a reminder at 30, 60, and 90 day intervals, you can select the important events on a family by family basis.
|Step: 3
|Receive Reminders
Set your preferences so you can be reminded your way. Whether the reminder arrives via email or to your mobile phone, or 10 days or 2 days before the date, you can receive reminders based on your business needs.
|Step: 4
|Express Yourself
|Step: 5
|Update Account
Feel free to access or add updates to your account at any time.
Want to Learn More? For more information, sign up below or call us toll free at (877) 285-9740. Or you can simply register with us for Free Reminder Service and start entering your reminders right away.
When you're ready to join, we will set up your personal account and work with you to customize the program to suit your needs. We are committed to helping you help families touched by grief.
"Family and friends often believe that recognizing important anniversaries after the memorial will bring back hurtful memories, or in some way inflict pain on the person grieving. This is not true! We need to all acknowledge that while a loved one may be gone, they have never left the heart and mind of those who loved them. Remembering their presence – at birthdays, one year anniversaries, Christmas, Thanksgiving ...brings comfort to those grieving, not more grief. The harshest reality is when we, as friends and family, stop speaking and remembering the departed, for then we are burying them again."
- Nancy Hamlin, Grief Counselor/Teacher
A small token of remembrance lets you know you're there for them, The gesture not only offers support but brings back cherished memories and the feeling that their loved one is being honored.
When you participate in our AfterCare Remembrance Program we help you keep track of important dates and give you ideas for reaching out to your families. Whether it's a phone call, an online greeting, a plant or a gift basket, we can help you express your ongoing concern. We're here to make sure you don't forget and that you have lots of viable, affordable options to help build customer loyalty. We know the importance of building customer loyalty. The families' you have served will continue to remember your dedication and will turn to you again and again as their preferred funeral provider.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM® does not rent or sell information they receive from web orders or e-mail registrations to third parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy.
Your order is then sent over a secure connection to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. You will receive an email confirmation once your order has been received at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. If there are any problems with your order, one of our Sales & Service Specialists will contact you by phone or e-mail.
Fill out the necessary information and an AfterCare Remembrance Gift Services Specialist will get back to you quickly and help answer any of your questions.
About a year ago, a team member received a frantic call from a customer. Her Dad was frantically trying to find a florist that could make a flag completely out of flowers. Apparently this had been her Granddad's only floral request and no florist seemed either interested or able to handle the project in such a short time.
The woman called 1-800-FLOWERS, a florist she used all the time in hopes we could help. Our customer service agent listened to the problem and got to work. She was able to contact Steve, the manager who had coordinated a great deal of the 9/11 memorial work.
In less than 24 hours, Steve and his floral team created a stunning 25 x 25 floral flag and delivered it to the funeral parlor. What they never expected was a request for Steve to come to the funeral parlor to meet the family.
When Steve arrived, the director brought him into a visitation room that was set up to honor a highly decorated veteran. There, next to the closed casket was the floral flag Steve's team had created.
A man in his late 40's stepped forward and pointed to the flag. "Is this your work?"
"Yes sir. Is there a problem?" Steve asked.
The man smiled. "My Dad loved this country more than anything else. When 9/11 happened, he watched the coverage for weeks. One of the most moving sights he said was a huge floral flag. It took his breath away. Dad knew he was dying and when we started to make the arrangements he told me he wasn't much on flowers, but he did like that floral flag. Did you know my Dad was one of the last WWII Vets that stormed the beach at Normandy?"
Steve shook his head. "No, sir."
The man turned to Steve. "How did you know how to make that floral flag? Did you see the TV coverage too?"
Steve blushed. "We made that flag for the families of 9/11. And it was an honor to make that flag for your Dad."
Finding the right words to help comfort someone who is grieving is often difficult at the at-need and post-need stages. Below are some recommended suggestions that will help heal their hearts during the difficult times, after the initial shock and beyond.
After the loss of a loved one, it is very hard to let go of old traditions, but very important to begin new ones. These touching stories may give you inspiration to share with your families as they start a new chapter in their lives.
When George passed, his family received his cremated remains and debated what to do with the urn. The spring baseball season was about to begin and Bob's mom solved the problem by putting a shelf above the TV. She placed George's urn with a worn Met cap on top. George got the last laugh on death, for sure, because to this day he has still never missed a game!
– Pat S.
Do you have stories or recommendations about caring for your families after the services are over? Tell us about them! We're hoping to share the best of the best in an upcoming issue of American Funeral Director.
What do you do at the holidays?
What's your best tip for families to help grieving children?
What ritual or custom surprised you?
What's a favorite way to mark an anniversary?
Send your ideas and stories to firstname.lastname@example.com and get a $50 gift card and a chance to have your idea appear in an upcoming issue of American Funeral Director.
Looking for ideas to share with your families about how to remember loved ones? Sign up for our free RSS feed to get one tip a day, and find some ideas below.
1) Share your memories with friends and family and get them to share theirs too. You may learn things that you didn't know about your loved one.
2) Leave memorial flowers at your church, or another special spot such as the beach.
3) Create a memory box containing special items that belonged to you and your loved one. Place little notes in it with special memories written on them.
4) Make a collage of all your favorite photographs of your loved one and put it up on the wall where you can look at it anytime you like.
5) Create a new tradition in remembrance of your loved one. For example you could light a candle and listen to your loved one's favorite music on the 20th day of every month.
6) Hang a stocking at Christmas containing lots of loving memories of your loved one.
7) Gather your friends and family together in celebration of your loved one. Perhaps throw a remembrance party on the anniversary of their death.
8) Light a candle in your loved one's memory.
9) Make a memory book of photos and memoirs of your loved one.
10) Start a memorial trust or scholarship fund for your loved one.
11) Write a poem or a story about your loved one (See Funeral Poems.org for ideas and inspiration)
12) Visit a place that you used to like going to together. Remember the good times you had there.
13) Plant a tree in memorial of your loved one. Place a plaque next to the tree with a message on it.
14) Listen to your loved one's favorite music.
15) Release balloons with friends and family in memory of your loved one. Perhaps attach little notes onto the balloons with messages on them.
16) Visit your loved one's resting place often and take flowers to leave at their grave.
17) Name a pet of even your next child after your loved one.
18) Plant a memory garden for your loved one, plant their favorite flowers and trees and every time you are tending to it you will remember them.
19) Write a letter to your lost loved one; tell them everything you are missing about them and everything that you learned from them.
20) If you are hosting an event such as a wedding or christening, do something to remember your loved one at that special time, to show how much you wish they could be there with you. Perhaps light a candle or hold a few moments of silence in their memory.
You Live On In Me
I can still hear your laughter
Ringing in my ears
I can still see your smile
And the twinkle in your eyes.
I know that you are not gone
You're just out of reach...
Lost to my touch and my sight
But still, you are as close
As the beating of my heart.
And I know that you will always be there
Since love never dies.
- M. Schulz
A Life Well Lived
You were all kindness and fun,
Laughter and love wrapped up in one.
We will be together again,
But until that time
I will live my life with joy
Your greatest gift to me
From a life well lived.
- M. Schulz
I'll Dream of You
When I need to feel you near me,
I close my eyes and dream
You are there.
Smiling, laughing, free of pain
One eyebrow arched,
Grinning from ear to ear.
"It's good to see you again," I say
And you reply,
"I was here all along."
- M. Schulz
Always and Forever
Triumphs declared,
Trials endured,
Jokes shared,
Love in bloom.
You gave me so much.
Now I will return the favor
By living my life
With you in my heart,
Right where you belong.
- M. Schulz
The sun shines on my face as
A soft breeze plays upon the water.
Seagulls squawk overhead
And salt sprays on my cheeks.
With each of nature's caresses
I feel you there beside me...
Hearing your laughter in the singing of the doves.
You live on in the world's tender beauty.
The memory of you will keep me going
All the days of my life.
- M. Schulz
The following poems are of public domain and thus copyright-free. Please feel free to share with your families, use on condolence cards, or on your web site or Facebook page. If you have any questions about usage, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
- From: Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems.
Christina Rossetti. 1879.
All Is Well
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.
- By Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Canon of St Paul's Cathedral
After Glow
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done,
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing
times and bright and
sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who
grieve, to dry before the sun,
Of happy memories that I leave
When my life is done.
When searching for advice on helping others to express sympathy and remember loved ones, in addition to this site there is a wealth of knowledge available online. Below is a list of recommended reading to help guide you.
Dear Funeral Professional,
Working with grieving families, you realize that your business is really all about being there when families need you most. It's pretty common for a family to establish a bond with those who have been there for them in their greatest times of need.
As florists, we're all about being there when our customers need us too. It's our privilege to help families express themselves: from the good times to the sad times, and everything in between. But in today's age of competing demands, how can you keep a customer's attention and loyalty? By exceeding expectations.
We've developed an innovative AfterCare Remembrance ProgramSM that can help you show your families that you're still thinking about them days, months, and even years after the services have passed. I have also given you some of my favorite tips for nurturing customer loyalty.
Please consider how we can help you help the families you serve.
Jim McCann, Founder
During the past year I have had the great pleasure of meeting and working with a number of very talented and innovative professionals in the Death Care industry. As our dialogue developed, I was struck by the similarities I saw in how both funeral directors and florists alike view the importance of building deep and caring relationships with their customers during those important and sensitive times in their lives.
Being a florist myself, and working with thousands of professional florists across the country, I recognize the importance of what we, and funeral directors, do every day to help our customers express themselves and share their feelings around sympathy occasions. What has also become clear to me is that there exists a tremendous opportunity to grow our businesses together by pooling our skill sets and sharing our experiences, our perspectives and our ideas for the future. Working together, I am confident that we can find innovative ways to help raise consumer awareness and enhance the profile of both the Death Care and Floral industries.
To help achieve these goals, I have formed the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Expressing Sympathy Advisory Board. This cross-industry panel is designed to provide its members with the opportunity to work directly with experienced professionals from within the Death Care, Floral and related industries toward identifying and developing growth opportunities for our industries.
The purpose of this advisory board is to lead and develop a forum of the best and brightest in the Death Care industry with the intent of identifying opportunities and solutions within a growing and changing market. Some of the goals include:
- Increasing communications on importance of service/flowers/grieving
- Communication opportunities to keep memories alive; focus on remembrance
- Developing strategies that keep families connected through social media
—Jim McCann