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RANDOLPH The Department of Environmental Conservations Compliance and Enforcement Division has settled environmental violations by the Randolph wastewater treatment plant.
The town has agreed to pay a $28,175 penalty and contribute an additional $28,175 to a supplemental environmental project. The town has also agreed to retain an independent consultant to evaluate current operations of the facility, prepare a procedure to address any inadequacies, and submit the evaluation and procedure to the state for review and approval.
According to the department, officials received an anonymous complaint in November 2012 of material being discharged from Randolphs wastewater treatment facility into the Third Branch of the White River. Agency personnel immediately responded to the complaint and saw toilet paper, human waste and grease coming from the facilitys outflow pipe.
A follow-up investigation revealed that one of the facilitys two aerators was inoperable, and that earlier in November both of the facilitys aerators had been inoperable for more than seven days, according to the department. The breakdown of the aerators, a result of operator error, was not reported to the state as required by the issued discharge permit.
Officials said the investigation also revealed numerous operation and maintenance violations due to operator error, effluent limit violations, a failure to notify the state of noncompliance, and late submission of monthly reports.
The towns chief operator resigned and left the state during the investigation. The town hired an interim operator and later a new permanent operator and addressed the maintenance and operational deficiencies identified during the investigation. The plant has since been operating in compliance with the issued permit.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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The importance of the life sciences
Scientific discoveries in the life sciences impact our lives every day. The results of biotechnology research are in the production and processing of the food we eat, the medicines we take to prevent and cure disease, and in the ethanol and biodiesel we use to fuel our cars and trucks. Yet still I am frequently asked, "What exactly are the life sciences?"
An organism can be made up of one cell—an Ostrich egg is the largest single-celled organism, but most are invisible to the naked eye—or tens of trillions of cells, like the human body. Cells work to keep the body alive, allow it to reproduce, cooperate (or in some cases antagonize) for survival, and to adapt to changing environments.
These biomolecular processes and this microscopic universe are the basis for research in the life sciences, and this research translates into innovations that lead to new products that create jobs to make our world more prosperous, healthier, safer and greener.
More than 572 biotechnology companies and institutions employ 13,520 people with an average annual wage of $53, 275 in South Carolina. The biotechnology industry is a driver of economic growth in South Carolina and it is critical that we supply qualified graduates to meet industry demands in biotechnology, as well as in every industry.
In addition, life sciences researchers today are working on solving the enormous challenges of the future, including adapting to climate change, feeding a growing world population, ensuring that our natural resources will continue to provide for future generations, and finding cures for disease. For example, CAFLS scientists are working to find treatments and cures for cancer, neglected tropical diseases, removing toxins from the environment, and developing agricultural plants that will increase the world's food supply.
There is always an element of mystery in the study of the life sciences. Something magical that allows scientists to admire what Nature is—and how fundamental enzymes and chemical reactions work to create who we are. These are the challenges that life scientists don't mind staying awake at night thinking about.
The Life Sciences Center — Opening in January 2013
The new Life Sciences Center will put Clemson at the forefront of life science research, education and discovery in South Carolina. The biotech industry is a fast growing sector of the knowledge/innovation economy in South Carolina, nationwide and globally. Biotechnology and Biomedicine are academic emphasis areas for Clemson.
For CAFLS, our goal is to create a new model for an interdisciplinary college of bio-based sciences. The new Life Sciences Center is a world class-research and teaching facility that has been designed to enhance collaboration and interdisciplinary research. The new building is not only a new Clemson landmark—it is a symbol of our commitment to 21st century scientific progress and discovery for the College and the University.
Tom Scott, PhD
Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences
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This week Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics (REE) released an Action Plan for the education and training of the next generation of scientists, and the future of agriculture.
The USDA plan presents a bold vision that calls for "…a new compact with America—its States, its agricultural producers, its consumers, its colleges and universities, and the private sector—to bring into existence a renewed agricultural enterprise capable of feeding the world and inventing new technologies and energy sources needed in the decades to come."
"It also means laying the foundation for a strong economic future by attracting the next generation of students into the field of agricultural sciences and research—including a spectrum of biological, biochemical, biophysical, economic, food science, climatological, environmental, and soil sciences—to build a pipeline of talent that keeps America leading the world's agricultural innovation."
The plan is based on seven goals:
This plan and these goals are not only important for the United States and the world, they are important to all of us in the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences (CAFLS). Our faculty, staff and students are involved in education, research and service in every one of these areas. Close alignment with these goals will keep us a vital USDA partner and make Clemson and CAFLS more competitive for USDA support.
Our vision at CAFLS is also big and bold. We know the challenges facing us—feeding a global population of nearly 7 billion people by 2050; preparing for the impacts of climate change; preserving our natural resource base for present needs and for future generations; keeping the food supply safe; pioneering in the biomedical sciences; and most important of all, educating our talented students to meet these challenges.
The College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences (CAFLS) will be a new model for a 21st century, multi-disciplinary college of life-based sciences. CAFLS will excel in the areas of basic and applied science in food safety and security; environmental conservation and restoration; biomedicine and nutrition; biotechnology; and sustainable agriculture. The common biological basis of the disciplines of agriculture, forestry and life sciences provides a strategic advantage to accomplish these goals through interdisciplinary programs and by optimizing the use of resources.
The College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences will:
I congratulate Dr. Woteki and the United States Department of Agriculture for this Action Plan. We look forward to working with them as a partner to implement this shared vision.
Tom Scott, PhD
Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences
Continued dialogue, transparency, and communication will lead CAFLS forward in 2012. With this column I commit to addressing issues on a regular basis that are of interest and concern to faculty, staff, students, and alumni. In addition, I will invite faculty, staff and students to a series of informal "brown bag" lunches beginning in January. Details will follow early in the New Year.
Agriculture, forestry and life sciences are more important today than ever before. We are entrusted with the responsibility to educate students for the 21st century who will face many challenges to feed, clothe, provide shelter, address health of people, and protect our environment. The world population is expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050. We will need more college graduates to address the issues that will bear upon us all.
The mission of the College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences is to support Clemson University, the land grant university of South Carolina, in its ongoing and diverse efforts in education, research, and public service to benefit the people of South Carolina, the nation and the world. It is important for this college and the University to adhere to its land grant roots and advance the knowledge base for the future success of all people.
While many aspects of agriculture have changed since Thomas Green Clemson's time, the basics have not—food and fiber need to be produced and distributed. Fulfillment of these objectives requires the blending of our expertise across the College. We will call upon our faculty and staff members to collaborate in our delivery of education leading to scientific discovery and application to economic development. We will share and distribute that knowledge through our graduates who will enter the workforce to lead South Carolina forward to greater heights of social and economic status.
Higher education and land grant universities across the country have faced severe budget cuts at the state level. Clemson University has had budget cuts greater than many others. CAFLS has made changes in organizational structure in response to this fiscal pressure. Through it all, we have maintained the core academic programs in agriculture, forestry and life sciences. We have defined focus areas in Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment, Food and Packaging Systems, and Human and Non-Human Health in line with the University's Emphasis Areas outlined in the 2020 Roadmap Plan,http://www.clemson.edu/2020.
We must all remain committed to our core mission in this new era of funding. Our charge is to provide excellent educational opportunities for our students and focus on mission-driven research and service. Our goal is to create a new model for a multidisciplinary college of life-based sciences. It will be a different model in many cases, but a college model that preserves our land grant tradition while preparing for the challenges of the 21st century.
Tom Scott, PhD
Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences
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Sweet Sweep
When I say Mets, you say Sweep!
Mets? (Sweep!) Mets? (Sweep!)
Man, that's fun. Also, Shawn Green? Welcome! Nice to have a mensch join us and knock in an RBI in the process. L'chaim! Blintzes! Schlep! Other jewishy words!
'Twas also nice to see two old friends together after a gloriously unslumpy 2-RBI homer from our Carlos Delgado, giving us a better padded lead that we just wouldn't give up.
But now for the funnies! Because lately? SNY has given me more funnies than I can handle! But the first one comes from the Daily News, whose story today highlights how Carlos Delgado taped a yarmulke to his slippery bald head at Shawn Green's wedding–and how Shawn Green salsa danced (or, um, tried to) at Carlos Delgado's wedding. Awwww.
Funny number 2 comes from our beloved Keith Hernandez, who relished the idea of a weekend off from work until he realized he needed to come to the "office" for a pre-show tonight. However? He made sure we knew that "you can bet your sweet bippy that by the third inning, I'll be home." The words "sweet bippy"? Have just entered my permanent vocabulary.
And finally, funny number 3 comes from our own loveable Willie Randolph, who continues to tease and joke with reporters after the games (the ones we win, at least!), showing off his new zany, unstoic demeanor and making us love him just a little bit more.
I'm thrilled to see what Brian Bannister will do against the Phils. And as to our recent (continued) success? As Shawn Green might say, kinnahura! Let's keep that jinxtastic Evil Eye far away!
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Sweep! Sweep! Mets look like a great team and Omar is a genius. How deep can our staring pitching be!!?? We've had more starters this year that Michael Jackson's had nose jobs! Bannister, Williams, Maine, Pelfrey and now maybe Perez.
ron is so charmingly anachronistic. 'bippy' is a very late 60's/70's word. it's the kind of thing my dad throws into a conversation when he wants to seem 'cool'.
I love that the Cards got swept. I'm sort of almost tentatively planning to visit the new Busch next season; if the Cards fail to make the playoffs this year, it'll be far less crowded in St. Louie. Y'follow? It's all about ME(ts)!
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Did you see that Cliff is likely to begin a rehab stint w/ St. Lucie on Monday? Glad to hear it! He deserves to be here in Oct…
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To qualify, undergraduates must be enrolled full time with a minimum of 12 semester hours and must earn a grade point average of 3.65 or better on a 4.0 scale.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is a four-year university and part of the Texas A&M University System. The student-oriented university has around 10,000 students and provided bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.


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Die ZauberflöteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The young Prince Tamino is being pursued by a dangerous serpent. When all seems lost, three mysterious ladies save the unconscious prince and kill the serpent. When Tamino revives, he meets Papageno. The three ladies give Tamino a portrait of Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night. The prince falls in love with the image and promises the Queen that he will rescue Pamina from the hands of Sarastro, who has carried her off. He sets out on his journey together with Papageno. To assist them, Tamino is given a magic flute and Papageno magic bells.
Papageno, whom Tamino has sent ahead, meets Pamina, who is being badgered by the slave Monostatos. Papageno puts Monostatos to flight and wins Pamina for Tamino. When they set off again they are surprised by Sarastro and his retinue.
In the second part of the opera, Tamino comes to recognize how good Sarastro in fact is. However, in order to become a full member of the priesthood he – and also Papageno – must pass several difficult tests. Tamino completes the trials admirably. As his reward, he is allowed to stand in Sarastro's place as high priest and marry Pamina. Papageno, who was not so successful, is
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Astronaut, senator John Glenn dies
Council debates placement of flags for relay
FOLLANSBEE – Follansbee officials on Monday debated the pros and cons of displaying flags promoting the Brooke-Hancock American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
Not because they don't support the event, which will be held June 1-2 at Follansbee Middle School's football field, but because there are concerns about setting a precedent.
Dave Secrist, chairman of the Brooke-Hancock Relay for Life, asked council to participate in Paint the Northern Panhandle Purple, a campaign encouraging local municipalities to promote their upcoming Relays for Life by displaying purple banners and ribbons along streets and in public places.
Relays for Life are yearly events held by the American Cancer Society around the world to raise funds for cancer research, prevention, education and patient services. Purple and white are the organizaton's official colors.
Secrist said Paint the Northern Panhandle Purple is an extension of the Paint the Town Purple campaign launched in Brooke County last year to promote the local relay.
Third Ward Councilwoman Kathy Santoro noted the city purchased about 50 Relay for Life banners last year but didn't display them while neighboring cities did.
City Manager John DeStefano said there were concerns that displaying the relay flags would open the city to similar groups from other groups council may not support.
City Attorney Michael Gaudio told council, "Once you do it, you're pretty much obligated to other groups. You can't say who you like and don't like."
Santoro said to date the city has received such requests from two groups, the American Cancer Society and the LymeLight Foundation, whose cause is Lyme disease. She added the city should promote the Relay for Life since it's being moved this year to Follansbee.
Second Ward Councilman Tom DiBattista said he shares the same concerns as Gaudio, but the city should show its support for the event and since council purchased the banners, it should use them.
City officials had made plans last week to make the flags available to local businesses and groups interseted in displaying them.
DiBattista suggested future groups should be required to pay for such flags and for them to be posted.
Council moved to display the Relay for Life banners on streetlights on Main Street (state Route 2) between Allegheny and State streets from May 13 to June 2 and to require future groups to pay for flags posted in such a way.
There also was discussion of limiting the period of time to two weeks and establishing a limit on the size.
Council also agreed to post signs advising large trucks are prohibited from turning onto Penn Street, Mark Avenue and other streets, as needed, in residential areas.
Mayor David Velegol Jr. said officials with Wheeling-Nisshin requested a sign for Penn Street, saying large trucks turning onto it had become a problem. While the steel firm's main headquarters is on the street, the street itself is short and leads to a narrow alley running along the plant's site.
Several years ago, Veterans Drive was established at the city's north end for trucks traveling to Wheeling-Nisshin and other steel firms in the city.
But DeStefano said the industrial access road can't be identified with the Global Positioning System and many web-based maps. He said large trucks also have inadvertently turned onto Mark Avenue and other residential streets off Route 2.
DeStefano suggested if a sign is posted at Penn Street, others should be posted elsewhere. But he said the real problem is the visibility of the sign at Veterans Drive.
Also on Monday:
Velegol joined Paul DiGiacinto, a Follansbee firefighter who coordinates the city fire department's Christmas canned good collection, in recognizing the local Riesbeck's Food Store for encouraging customers to purchase pre-bagged groceries for donation to the Anderson Children's Home.
DiGiacinto said with the help of Store Director Bruce Dunn, 110 bags were purchased for $5 or $10 each last Christmas. He added the business also has supported Follansbee Community Days since it opened several years ago.
The two also recognized the local McDonald's and its owner Karen Mezan, noting the restaurant's community support over the last 25 years has included providing free food to firefighters responding to fires and floods and various hours.
City Fire Chief Rea said a garage at a residence on Walnut Street collapsed Monday evening. He said no one was hurt and he has ordered for the building to be removed.
Council authorized DeStefano and Public Works Director Steve Meca to conduct the city's annual spring cleanup at a date to be announced in the near future.


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Students show off the power of color at a local exhibit.
The Pump House has teamed up with La Crosse art students to display a unique collection of art.
It's the eighth year the students' work has been displayed at the gallery, and this year all of the students created pieces focusing on the essence of color. "The celebration of color is really what this is all about and that color is very emotional and usually comes out in a piece of artwork based on a students feelings, emotions, and things they are trying to express," said art teacher Lynnae Burns.
The works are on display until January 26th.


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Family Medicine Revolution
With the help of the CAFP Foundation, Family Medicine revolution (#FMRevolution) hopes to increase awareness and respect for family medicine.
Every year, the CAFP Foundation sponsors California medical students to attend AAFP's National Conference for Medical Students and Family Medicine Residents.
CAFP Foundation Scholars Program
This longitudinal program is for 20 first-year medical students with a strong interest in family medicine and primary care.
Building Bridges
The Student and Resident Councils have adopted the theme of Building Bridges to stress the importance of facilitating communication, increasing teamwork, and establishing lasting relationships between family medicine leaders.
Medical Student Research Grant Program
The Student Research Grant Program gives students the opportunity to work with a practicing or academic family physician to conduct clinical or educational research.
Future Faces of Family Medicine
The Future Faces of Family Medicine (FFFM) mentorship program is a partnership between the CAFP Foundation and local residency programs to address primary care workforce issues.


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An internal investigation of a Madison police officer involved in the shooting death of Paul Heenan is expected to be released next week.
Last week, Dane County prosecutors cleared officer Stephen Heimsness any criminal wrongdoing.
Police Chief Noble Wray plans on holding a news conference to announce the findings of the investigation. A time for the news conference has not been set.
The Madison Police Department said it will not process open records requests on the matter until after the news conference.
In his ruling on the case, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said a homeowner awoke to find his neighbor, Heenan, in his house on Nov. 9.
The homeowner's wife called Madison police, reporting a home burglary. It was later discovered that Heenan, 30, was new to the neighborhood and attempted entering the wrong house. Heenan had been drinking and was confused, according to police.
Prosecutors said Heenan had a blood-alcohol content of 0.208 percent.
"I don't believe this could happen to just anyone. People every day in our community are intoxicated. Yet they still don't go up to people's homes and open doors in the middle of the night. That doesn't happen," Ozanne said.
Officer Stephen Heimsness arrived at the scene with his weapon drawn.
"The reality is law enforcement was responding to a burglary in progress. This is a felony situation where you had people home in the house, calling, with children," Ozanne said.
Ozanne said Heimsness saw two men in a physical struggle on the sidewalk near 513 S. Baldwin St. and he recognized one of the men as the husband of the woman who had reported the break-in.
According to Ozanne's statement, Heimsness and the homeowner said Heenan charged Heimsness, who had his gun drawn and was giving commands for Heenan to get on the ground.
The officer said there was a struggle and he thought Heenan was trying to grab his gun and he fired because he feared for his life.
Heimsness fired three shots after getting distance between him and Heenan, according to Ozanne.
Ozanne concluded Heimsness didn't violate any statutes. The prosecutor said anyone who believes he or she faces a genuine threat of deadly force can respond with deadly force.
The homeowner told police he believed Heenan was drunk and he was attempting to take him to his house down the street. He said Heenan had come at him and was pushing him backwards.
Ozanne said evidence, including witness statements, officer statements, physical evidence, State Crime Lab findings and Medical Examiner findings are consistent with each other.
Attorney Jeff Scott Olson, who is representing the Heenan family, said the family is considering a civil suit.
"I wasn't surprised at all (by the district attorney's conclusion). It's a very rare case where there's strong enough evidence that a public prosecutor feels he has proof beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal liability," Olson said.
Olson said he doesn't agree that there was an immediate threat.
"Heimsness was able to separate himself from Mr. Heenan and achieve five or six feet of separation before he shot him. It doesn't say (Heenan) was advancing on him a second time when he was shot," Olson said.
Olson said now that the police reports will be publicly available, he looks forward to going through them, and he and the family will make a decision soon on whether or not they'll move forward with a civil case.
Ozanne also found the Madison Police Department conducted a thorough and objective investigation that is ongoing.
Madison police told WISC-TV the results of their internal investigation into whether Heimsness violated department policies in the shooting could be available late next week. Heimsness would not be reinstated until after the internal investigation, if he's cleared.
Dan Frei, president of the Madison Professional Police Officers Association, said while the Madison Police Department's investigation is internal, it should be trusted.
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Funding and Disbursements
FY 2012 Federal Grants Distribution - Update
April, 2011
Earlier this year the ISBE announced a major policy change that will impact the way Federal grant dollars are distributed to all local education agencies (LEAs) beginning in FY 2012. The policy change was in response to findings issued by the Federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) during an audit of ISBE's internal controls and cash management procedures for funds distributed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as well as non-ARRA programs. In February 2010, the OIG issued a final audit report which stated, among other concerns, that "ISBE's system of internal control is not adequate to ensure LEAs are complying with Federal cash management requirements."
The OIG cited the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) at 34 C.F.R. § 80.21 which prescribes the standards under which grantees (e.g. ISBE) make payments to subgrantees (e.g. LEAs). "Grantees and subgrantees shall be paid in advance, provided they maintain or demonstrate the willingness and ability to maintain procedures to minimize the time elapsing between the transfer of the funds and their disbursement by the grantee or subgrantee. Reimbursement shall be the preferred method when the [Advance] requirements are not met." The OIG recommended that the Assistant Secretaries for various Federal agencies require ISBE to "strengthen procedures for monitoring excess cash balances at LEAs before approving cash disbursements."
An initial webinar was conducted on January 13, 2011 to provide an overview of the OIG findings and outlined a proposal to change ISBE's Federal grant distribution method beginning in FY 2012 http://www.isbe.net/funding/ppt/2012_reimb_webinar.pdf. Since the webinar, ISBE staff have incorporated stakeholder input with regard to the Traditional Reimbursement model that was considered for some of the larger Federal programs. These concerns prompted ISBE to group all Federal programs under a Modified Advance Reimbursement model. ISBE is finalizing details of the new process which we believe balances the priority to resolve the findings by the OIG and the financial concerns of LEAs.
A follow-up webinar is scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2011, from 2-3 p.m. to update the details of the FY 2012 Federal reimbursement process. A question and answer session will follow. You may register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/982072824.
The Modified Advance Reimbursement model gives LEAs flexibility in that it combines the features of the preferred Traditional Reimbursement method (i.e. receiving payments through a cumulative expenditure report) but allows LEAs the option of an advance payment (i.e. requesting a month end advance payment that is expected to be fully expended by the end of the next month).
All cumulative (i.e. year-to-date) expenditures and requests for payment under the Traditional or Modified Advance reimbursement model described below will be reported using the Electronic Expenditure Reporting System in IWAS.
Both Methods:
- Monthly payment schedules will be removed from Federal grant applications.
- Per Illinois statute (PA 96-0795), LEAs must submit cumulative quarterly expenditures reports. These reports are due within 20 days following the end of each quarter (i.e. Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, and June 30).
- LEAs will not be allowed to submit outstanding obligations except on the completion report submitted at the end of the project year (e.g. June 30, Aug. 31, etc.). The current 90 day period is still in effect to liquidate and report outstanding obligations. Payments will be distributed based on actual payments made towards the obligations reported in the 90 day liquidation period.
Traditional Reimbursement Method – Preferred:
- Once the LEA receives notification that their Federal grant has been approved by ISBE, LEAs will enter cumulative expenditures for reimbursement on a cash basis as Federal funds are needed. LEAs will be reimbursed for actual costs as they are reported.
- ISBE's Funding and Disbursements staff will voucher every Wednesday, instead of once a month, to ensure that the latest submitted cumulative expenditures are paid in a timely manner. NOTE: Unlike State funds, Federal funds are not delayed and are normally received by the LEA within 3-5 business days from the voucher date.
- Cumulative expenditure reports may be submitted weekly, bi-monthly, monthly or quarterly at the discretion of the LEA.
Modified Advance Reimbursement Method – Optional:
- In addition to the LEA entering cumulative expenditures for reimbursement on a cash basis, LEAs will have the option in all Federal programs to request a 'Month End Advance' at the end of the expenditure report, (e.g. Cumulative expenditure report through date is September 30, 2011, next Month End Advance request would be for actual expenditures anticipated through October 31, 2011).
**IMPORTANT**: The Month End Advance requested amount must be in alignment with the actual expenditures anticipated through the end of the next month.
- If an LEA requests a Month End Advance, a subsequent month end cumulative expenditure report must be submitted that demonstrates that the advance was expended.
- If the subsequent month end cumulative expenditure report reflects cash on hand, the excess amount will be deducted from the next Month End Advance payment if requested. If a Month End Advance payment is not requested, the LEA must submit an interim report that reflects the expenditure of the cash on hand. LEAs that continue to have cash on hand each month may be requested to return the excess funds and/or be required to use a more strict reimbursement method.
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PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that a bacterial toxin from the common bacterium Staphylococcus aureus shuts down the control mechanism of the tunnel, called an ion channel, in immune cell membranes. Shutting down ion channels has long been known to suppress the immune response, and the bacteria may use the toxin to neutralize host defenses against bacteria. The study is published in the February 14 issue of Nature.
Immune cells, like other cells, have ion channels in their membranes. When the voltage-sensing part of the channel detects an electrical change in the cell membrane, the channel gate opens, allowing small ions such as sodium, potassium, or calcium to flow across the cell membrane. The channels in immune cells called Kv1.3 channels allow only potassium ions to pass, and the activity of these channels is required for triggering an immune response.
"We have provided a key piece of evidence for the hypothesis that the negatively charged phosphate groups of membrane lipids around voltage sensors provide the critical electric balance for some of these positive charges in the sensors," says Zhe Lu, MD, PhD, of the Department of Physiology at Penn. The research team, that included Yanping Xu, MD, PhD and Yajamana Ramu, PhD, showed that removal of phosphate head groups from some membrane lipids by the bacterial toxin called sphingomyelinase (SMase) C shuts down the Kv1.3 channel. Therefore if the positive charges are not properly balanced by negative charges, the electrical sensor cannot move to "open the gate" of the channel. And, if the channel fails to open, the immune response is derailed.
"Our study builds on the efforts of two senior colleagues in the Department," says Lu. Twenty-five years ago, Professor Clay Armstrong (now emeritus) hypothesized that the positive charges in the electrical sensor must be balanced by negative charges for the sensor to function properly. And a few years later, Professor Carol Deutsch, among others, demonstrated the presence of potassium channels controlled by voltage in immune cells.
SMase C is made by, among other bacteria, S. aureus, a pathogenic bacterium that causes a range of infections from minor skin lesions to toxic shock. "This finding raises the intriguing possibility that the SMase C action against Kv1.3 helps S. aureus to neutralize host defenses," state the authors in the paper.
The findings of this study suggest the possibility that identifying inhibitors of SMase C may be a way to combat S. aureus infections. One strain of S. aureus is the much-talked-about, MRSA, or methycillin-resistant S. aureus. Specific inhibitors of SMase C may expand the choice of therapies for treating MRSA and other resistant S. aureus infections.
This study was conducted in a common experimental system where frog eggs were engineered to have particular voltage-gated ion channels in their membranes. SMases used in the study were purified from bacteria engineered to produce the enzymes.
This new study follows a 2006 study by the same research team showing that an SMase from the brown recluse spider could activate voltage-gated ion channels. In 2007 the team discovered that SMases from lung-infecting bacteria inactivate ion channels that conduct chloride ions, which would in turn aggravate lung infection in some cystic fibrosis patients.
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Jasper Goodman is like most any other 13-year-old Vermont boy: He participates in baseball and basketball, and he plays the trumpet in the Crossett Brook Middle School band.
His "homework" is where the Waterbury resident differs from junior-high classmates.
Goodman is now a retired Red Sox Kid Nation captain (it was a two-year term), which opened several big doors for the young man with bright brown eyes and a mop of thick, wavy brown hair.
Goodman co-hosts two radio shows on WDEV, has appeared on WCAX-TV and New England Sports Network (NESN), and has become a regular at Red Sox spring training in Fort Myers, Fla. He counts Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston and ESPNBoston.com as a good friend and has interviewed all levels of the Red Sox organization — the list would make even the casual fan turn green with envy.
But he didn't set out to become a young media master. Once the ball got rolling, his determined work ethic got behind it, and he's hit the strike zone ever since.
"Kid Nation started as just one of those things that you sign up for and then forget about in an hour," Goodman said of the official kids club of the Boston Red Sox, a team he says he "fell in love with" after it won the 2007 World Series, when he was 7.
He forgot about it for about a month, then the Big Club came calling. Goodman was told he was one of 25 finalists from more than 900 applicants nationwide. To become one of the 12 captains, he needed to win votes in an online poll.
His father, David Goodman, has a weekly show on WDEV, "The Vermont Conversation," and Jasper approached NASCAR broadcasting — and local — legend Ken Squier, the station's president, who also began his media career at age 12, about campaigning during Squier's noontime sports show.
"I went on once, twice, three times, and then it turned into a weekly show that I co-host with him," Goodman said of his 4:30 p.m. Tuesday show with Squier that he still does today.
It also helped get him one of the 12 captaincies for a term beginning in 2010.
"The captains program is all about something called Kids Helping Kids," he said. "Kids Helping Kids was all about us (kids) doing charity events to help other kids. For one event, we had a winter clothing drive. I used the radio show that I co-host to help promote that. We ended up getting tons of clothes. Half of them went to Cradles to Crayons in Boston, and half of them went to Spectrum Youth & Family Services in Burlington. (It ended up being a monstrous 32 bags with over 600 warm clothing items inside.) I also went to a school in Roxbury, Mass., with other captains to donate books and supplies to the school. Prior to becoming a captain, I sat out at a Town Meeting Day with two friends to collect funds for David Ortiz's Haiti earthquake relief fund."
Goodman, whose mother, Sue Minter, is a former state representative from Waterbury and the former Tropical Storm Irene recovery officer for the state, also got some good air time with the broadcast crews for the Red Sox and, through his WDEV connections, was able to attend spring training for the third time earlier this month.
"Spring training is baseball's coming-out party," Goodman said. "I talk to as many players, reporters and executives as I possibly can."
And starting next week, Goodman is expanding his media reach with a regular column on the Times Argus sports page, which will focus primarily on his love of and connection to baseball.
"In the columns that I write about spring training (which will probably be the first two), you can expect to hear from big-name players like David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia, but also non-household names like Daniel Nava and Ryan Sweeney. Also I try to catch up with General Manager Ben Cherington, and Manager John Farrell, if I can. I talk to them on the fly, and it's all about who has a free minute when I do."
Times Argus Editor Steven Pappas said, "Jasper's energy and expertise will draw in readers of all ages. I don't know of too many markets that have such a young talent with the credentials that Jasper has. His ambition is going to lead him to greatness."
Goodman's column, which will debut in Tuesday's edition, also will feature area baseball including the Vermont Mountaineers and Little League as well as the Big Club and other MLB-related topics.
He has dipped his toes into print reporting for this newspaper with two stories, one on the Mountaineers' Hot Stove Banquet in January and another in February on the fundraiser for a third Wiffle ball field to be constructed in Essex as part of the annual Travis Roy Foundation tournament.
"I love to write," he said. "One of my favorite subjects in school is English, though I don't really have a favorite subject — I like all of them. I don't often have an opportunity to write about sports, however, and this is a great opportunity to do that on a big stage. I'm very excited to start writing it."
Goodman can also be seen around central Vermont making guest appearances on broadcasts of local high school games, in the press box at the Vermont Mountaineers and the VIP box at Thunder Road, and was working for WDEV in November 2011 when recently departed Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein and current GMs Brian Cashman of the New York Yankees and Neil Huntington of the Pittsburgh Pirates were at Vermont Technical College for a Tropical Storm Irene fundraiser. The event was put on by ESPN baseball analyst and Vermont native Buster Olney — most of whom know Goodman on a first-name basis.
He may not look the part — he's at least a foot shorter and 15 years younger than any other member of the press corps — but once he starts asking his questions, often with a WDEV media pass and wearing a baseball cap, people take notice.
"Being a kid in the adult media world isn't always easy," Goodman said. "When I do interviews, some people take me seriously, and some don't. That's the fun of it for me. There's usually some humor in my interviews. I'm also learning from the best of the best: Ken, Eric Michaels, Lee Kittell. The other thing that's great about starting at WDEV, I'm learning how to wing it. That's probably the best thing about the 'training' that I'm getting from Ken and WDEV."
He also co-hosts a two-hour special call-in show called "The Kid and The Geezer" with Mal Boright and Kittell a few times a year, namely during the preseason, before the MLB All-Star Game in July and the postseason.
His WCAX appearances have been more of the same, to predict and preview both MLB- and NFL-related events, and he's chatted with Tom Carron, Jenny Dell, Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo on NESN and the Red Sox radio crew of Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien and Jon Rish during his captaincy.
The Boston Globe crew of Dan Shaughnessey, Peter Abraham and Edes are also in his Rolodex.
Still, he manages to be a Vermont kid, taking in stock car races, playing his own youth-league games and, yes, getting his homework done.
"It can be tough on nights when I have a lot of homework, a radio show to co-host, and a big game to watch, but I can usually get it all in," he said. "I can't really ask for anything more at this point."
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He nurses in the morning, nap time, at least once (maybe twice) before bed then bed time. During the night He will nurse 3-4 times.
He hasn't slowed down in that last few months. I despair of him ever weaning. Is this normal for his age?
He does eat other foods, when the mood suits him (especially if it is pizza) but it just seems like so much.
There there is my love/hate relationship with nursing. Sometimes it doesn't bother me. Other times I just don't want to.
So I am clueless on what to do if I need to do anything. If I try to deny it, it just makes him mad and he pitches a fit. Sometimes I can distract him but not every time.
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When I was a youngster in Yazoo City, Miss., twice each week — on Tuesday and Friday nights — I delivered the hometown newspaper. One night a week, I collected for the paper. The financial rewards were small but important. More important was the fact that I developed commitment and learned responsibility and how to deal with people. Considering everything, it was one of the most significant things I ever did.
Unfortunately, in our efficient, cost-conscious society of today, many paper boys are losing their jobs. A story in The New York Times featuring Eric Anderson, 17, who has been delivering the Portland, Maine, Press-Herald since he was 7 years old, hit me hard.
Eric has always given superb service, and, unlike the adult who drives by in a car and throws the newspaper onto the driveway, Eric always placed it in the mailbox, inside the front door or even the back door, if requested. However, he'll have to give up his job, as will his sister, Katherine, who's 11, and his brother, Cory, 15, along with their friend Noah Rosenberg, 17, and many other young people.
The paper has decided to turn to adults to replace the youngsters because it says it is getting increasingly difficult to hire dependable youngsters and that the adults in cars can deliver the papers earlier and more efficiently. The unfortunate thing is, this is one more job being taken from youngsters who need to learn these important lessons of life.
However, I believe any youngster willing to get up at 5:30 in the morning to deliver papers will have enough initiative to replace that job. It's called creative thinking, entrepreneurship and the American dream. That's the attitude all of us should take because if we do, I'll see you at the top!
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1972-73 Win Finals
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if Knicks hit more than 9 treys
Felton will play like Kidd
Chandler wont play [like fox sport orlando dude said "nightmare D game"]
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Herb Williams signs with the Knicks as a free agent after 11 seasons with Indiana and Dallas.
Knicks win a club record seventh straight game to start the season with a 103-90 victory at Dallas.
Let's Hope History Repeats Itself!
The Knicks edge out the T'wolves 82-79 after struggling against them throughout most of the game. They were led by Patrick Ewing's 26 pts and 15 rebounds and improved to a record of 7-2.
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The Knicks committed 27 turnovers in that game. The 2012-13 couldn't even commit that number of turnovers in 3 games combined. But it was a different game of basketball back then.
Mike Woodson is playing the role of Jeff Van Gundy, Melo is playing the role of Patrick Ewing, and JR Smith is playing the role of John Starks.
We all know how the '96-97 season ended for the Knicks.
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In an NBA finals rematch the defending champion NY Knicks beat up the Los Angeles Lakers 105-89 at MSG. The Knicks were led by Bill Bradley's 29 pts and Willis Reed's 25 pts to improve their record to 12-7. It would later become the first season of a 40 season championship drought for the NY Knickerbockers.
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"Eleven games into the regular season the NY Knicks send Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington. And trade Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins to the LA Clippers for Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley. In order to get salary cap space for the summer of Lebron, Donnie Walsh gets rid of two contracts that would have expired beyond the 2010-11 season."
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Most of us still question whether the Knicks would have made the playoffs had they held on to Zbo and JCraw. Both of these players are currently important pieces for contending teams. The question I have is whether the Knicks organization would have traded these guys after the 2008-09 season had they carried the Knicks to their first playoff appearence in 5 years.
Many Knick fans believe that Walsh didn't have to trade these players so soon since the Warriors and Clippers were able to trade them to other teams not so long after they left the Knicks. I don't think it was a bad trade at the time compared to the Tracy McGrady trade later on. Walsh had a plan and didn't want to take his chances on these players' trade value dropping.
Even if the Knicks would have made the playoffs in 2008-09 they would have gotten eliminated by either the Magic, Cavs or Celtics in the first round. The process to get to where the Knicks are right now wasn't an easy one to go through but you could say that it was worth it looking at the current situation that the Knicks are in.
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Matt McCall is a man who wears many hats. In addition to working with the No. 31 Chevrolet team at Richard Childress Racing as a team engineer, the 32-year-old Denver, N.C., native is also an accomplished race car driver that is ranked a Third Degree Black Belt and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UNC-Charlotte.
McCall's racing career started when he ran karts from 1990 to 1999, first in the Rookie Division at age nine and then moving into the Adult division at 13 while earning more than 150 wins. Traveling extensively along the east coast in the World Karting Association Dirt Series from year to year, McCall obtained numerous wins including the WKA's Most Improved Driver award and eventually became a Grand National Champion. In 1996, McCall won the North Carolina State Dirt Series Championship in all three classes. Overall, McCall earned two track championships and three state championships.
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"I started out running go-karts at a young age and moved to late models when I was old enough. I had a lot of success in the late model class with great sponsors who supported me. Twice, I was part of the Roush Fenway Racing "Gong Show" and it was televised the second time on The Discovery Channel which was cool. After that, I received an opportunity from Robert and Doug Yates to run a limited NASCAR Nationwide Series and ARCA Racing Series schedule. Unfortunately, that deal fell apart when some sponsors dropped out of the sport. I kept trying to race for a few years after that, but it was hard without consistent sponsorship. At the same time, I was setting up cars and building shocks for different teams and got to a point where I made the decision to work for a race team fulltime. Crew chief Harold Holly and Joey Coulter gave me a great opportunity as a team engineer on the No. 22 RCR Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series a few years, and earlier this year I moved into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with the No. 31 Chevrolet team and Jeff Burton. I still try to race a little bit here and there when my schedule allows. However, my main objective is my job at RCR."
What's your favorite highlight of your racing career?
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What is your favorite track as a driver and engineer?
"I would say Bristol Motor Speedway or Richmond International Raceway. Martinsville Speedway is also a really cool place. I like short tracks a lot, so those three tracks would be at the top of the list."
How is it working with crew chief Luke Lambert, who also has an engineering background?
"It has worked out great. We are close to the same age and have shared a lot of similar experiences moving up the ranks. We get along well away from the track too. It makes the job easier for me when we have that trust. If you work well with the crew chief and it is a true team atmosphere, it makes your job more enjoyable. I feel like we have that team chemistry on the No. 31 team."


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The Web Service Inspection Language (WSIL) is an XML document format to facilitate the discovery and aggregation of Web service descriptions in a simple and extensible fashion. While similar in scope to the Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) specification, WSIL is a complementary, rather than a competitive, model to service discovery.
Since its release, UDDI has been widely criticized for its implementation, and its relevance questioned repeatedly at this stage of Web services architecture development. Created by a group of IBM and Microsoft engineers and released in November 2001, WSIL is significant because of its simpler document-based approach, which is more lightweight and straightforward and better leverages existing Web architectures. This approach could lead to this specification's rise to prominence.
In this article, I will cover the core elements of the WSIL specification, including how WSIL inspection documents are located. Additionally, I will take a cursory look at the specification's extensibility with service descriptions such as WSDL, and point out some problematic issues in the specification. First, let's return to the complementary and contrasting approaches UDDI and WSIL employ in service discovery.
WSIL and UDDI assist in the publishing and discovery of services, but their models are distinctly different. In this section, we'll go a bit deeper into these differences.
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UDDI implements service discovery using a centralized model of one or more repositories containing information on multiple business entities and the services they provide. You could compare UDDI to the Yellow Pages in your phone book, where multiple businesses are grouped and listed with a description of the goods or services they offer and how to contact them. The specification provides a high level of functionality through Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) by requiring specifically an infrastructure to be deployed with substantial overhead and costs associated to its use.
WSIL approaches service discovery in a decentralized fashion, where service description information can be distributed to any location using a simple extensible XML document format. Unlike UDDI, it does not concern itself with business entity information, nor does it specify a particular service description format. WSIL works under the assumption that you are already familiar with the service provider, and relies on other service description mechanisms such as the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
WSIL documents are located using a few simple conventions using existing Web infrastructure. In many ways, WSIL is like a business card -- it represents a specific entity, its services, and contact info, and is typically delivered directly by whom it represents. The low functionality and lightweight nature of WSIL leaves the processing for the developer to implement. WSIL begins to break down and become too unwieldy to search or manage if a given document grows too large, or a collection of documents aggregates too deep. Eventually, development effort will diminish as WSIL toolkits are developed, like the one found in the Apache Software Foundation's Axis project [1].The low functionality of a simple XML document format also provides the flexibility for novel and innovative applications of this information to be easily created.
As you can see, while UDDI and WSIL are both mechanisms for Web services discovery, their models are quite different. Deciding which you should use depends on your situation. In many cases, it may be advantageous to use both. As you will see, WSIL can be used to "point" to UDDI repositories and the service descriptions therein.
The WSIL model is more RESTful than UDDI. In many ways, WSIL is like RDF Site Summary (RSS) for Web services. RSS is a file format with pointers to published content that can be syndicated and aggregated. WSIL is a file format with references to published Web services that can be discovered and bound.
The WSIL specification was designed to provide a means of service discovery that is simple, lightweight, and extensible. Furthermore, WSIL was designed so information could be easily authored, published, and maintained. The core WSIL specification elements consist of six tags. In this section I will review the basic WSIL document structure syntax before examining how, through the use of XML namespaces, WSIL can be extended to support additional infosets that some service descriptions and aggregations require for the discovery process. For more in-depth information about WSIL, read the WSIL 1.0 specification .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inspection xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2001/10/inspection/">
<abstract>Acme Industries Public Web Services</abstract>
<name>Store Finder Service</name>
<abstract>A service to perform a geographical search of Acme
store locations.</abstract>
<description referencedNamespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
<link referencedNamespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2001/10/inspection/"
location="http://example.org/services/ecommerce.wsil" >
<abstract>Acme Industries Public e-Commerce Services</abstract>
At the root of all WSIL documents is the
inspection tag. This tag contains the
namespace declarations for the document, in addition to all other service information and
references tags. Since this is a relatively simple WSIL document, only the WSIL
namespace is defined.
abstract tag is an optional tag that can be inserted into any tagset that allows for children to provide a text description to document its parent. Here we provide a short text description ("Acme Industries Public Web Service") for the inspection file. Later in our files, we also use the
abstract tag to provide some documentation on our service and the link to another inspection document. If the description had been written in a specific language, I could have optionally defined a
xml:lang attribute, like in the XML 1.0 specification.
In this simple example, we are defining a reference to just one service description, such as
a WSDL file, beginning with the
service tagset.
name, like the
abstract tag, is an optional tag that allows authors to document the enclosing
service with a descriptive name, such as "Store Finder Service." This name is for documentation purposes only and does not necessarily have to be unique. Also, like the
abstract tag,
name allows an optional
xml.lang attribute to be defined in specifying the language used.
description tagset is the workhorse of the
service block, as it contains all of the information necessary to discover a specific service description. In our example, we are only referencing a WSDL file that defines a single service description, requiring no additional information for a consumer to retrieve. The
description tag uses a required attribute of
referencedNamespace to indicate the namespace of the service description. This namespace reference can be used in determining the relevance of the
reference and whether to retrieve the service description at the end of the reference. The
description also uses an optional
location attribute to define a direct reference to the service's description. This mechanism is sufficient for our simple reference; however,
WSIL's extensibility can be utilized to insert additional information into the
description tagset for the consumer to retrieve the service description. A
service block can have multiple
description tags to provide consumers different service description options. For instance a service could define references to a WSDL file, a UDDI repository entry, and an HTML document.
Besides references to service descriptions, WSIL supports links to other aggregations of
service pointers, such as another WSIL file or a UDDI repository. This is facilitated by
link tagset. Like the
service block's
description tag, the
link tagset implements
referencedNamespace and
location in the same manner. Similarly, it can contain extended WSIL elements in enabling consumers to connect to this aggregation. In our example, we link to another WSIL document, presumably with service descriptions of Acme Industries e-commerce services.
Once an inspection document has been created, a consumer needs to be able to find it. WSIL's decentralized document-based model would make locating these files difficult if it were not for a couple of simple conventions defined in the specification.
The first convention employs the use of a fixed filename of
located in common entry points. Consumers would only need to ping a URL such as
http://example.org/inspection.wsil or http://examples.org/services/inspection.wsil to discover the file's existence for retrieval.
The second convention employs embedded references in other documents, such as HTML
or other WSIL documents. WSIL advocates use of a
meta tag in an HTML document that establishes a link to the inspection documentation location. This is similar in
nature to the way stylesheets, RSS syndication files, and weblog channel rolls can be
autodiscovered. (However, they make use of the HTML's
link, which is the appropriate
tag to use for this function.)
Let's suppose for a moment that Google launched its Web services API without the fanfare with which it was greeted. How would Google "advertise" the availability of their services, particularly to other Web-services-aware applications? How would a service consumer discover and bind to Google's services?
First, Google would start by creating a WSIL document. Example 2 is what their inspection document might look like. In keeping it simple, I'm assuming once again the WSDL file contains only one service description.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inspection xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2001/10/inspection/">
<abstract>The Google Search API</abstract>
<abstract>Google Search</abstract>
<description referencedNamespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
<description referencedNamespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
Note the two
description tags in the service block. One points to a WSDL file, and the other to an a XHTML document, presumably with a description of the service. (This
HTML document doesn't actually exist on Google's site, but it illustrates WSIL's ability
to reference multiple, different service descriptions for different purposes.)
Once the inspection document has been created, Google could place it at http://www.google.com/inspection.wsil or perhaps http://api.google.com/inspection.wsil. Google could also embed the following HTML in its Web pages:
<meta name="serviceInspection" content="http://www.google.com/inspection.wsil" />
There is no cost to doing both. In fact, it's advantageous to do so, because it gives potential service consumers the option of locating the inspection document as they prefer.
The WSIL specification provides for a certain amount of extensibility through the use of XML namespaces. This extensible mechanism is important because it allows for the evolution of service descriptions and repositories without having to revise the base specification.
Currently, the WSIL specification defines extensions for WSDL and UDDI. Example 3 illustrates what an inspection file referencing a complex WSDL file or a UDDI repository might look like. In sticking to the basics, we won't go into the details of how these extensions are utilized.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inspection xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2001/10/inspection/"
xmlns:wsiluddi="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2001/10/inspection/uddi/" >
<abstract>Acme Industries Public Web Services</abstract>
<name>Store Finder Service</name>
<abstract>A service to perform a geographical search of Acme
store locations.</abstract>
<description referencedNamespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
<link referencedNamespace="urn:uddi-org:api">
<abstract>Acme Industries Public e-Commerce Services</abstract>
<wsiluddi:discoveryURL useType="businessEntity">
In this example, unlike the previous examples, we make reference to a WSDL file that is
presumed to have multiple service descriptions, of which we identify
StoreFinder as
the reference description. We also provide a link to a UDDI repository that contains the
service descriptions for Acme Industries.
Simplicity begins to give way to extensibility, but the utility and adaptability provided makes it a reasonable tradeoff.
Other bindings for service description mechanisms are easily authored by following a few simple rules, which are documented in section 5.0 of the WSIL 1.0 specification.
XMethods, a directory of publicly-available Web services, is an earlier adopter of WSIL and has developed a binding extension for its service. A section of their WSIL file is listed in example 5.
<abstract>Develop Your Own Applications Using Google</abstract>
<description referencedNamespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
<description referencedNamespace="http://www.xmethods.net/">
The extension defined by the
wsilxmethods provides a URI of a dynamically-generated HTML page detailing the service. The extension also provides the service's
XMethod ID separately, which could be helpful in utilizing other functionality of the
XMethods directory.
Hopefully, at this point you now understand the advantages and utility of WSIL in Web service discovery, and are interested in putting it to use. IBM and Microsoft have done an admirable job in developing WSIL, but it does suffer from issues that are commonplace in the initial release of a specification that was developed by a closed select committee.
Here I will note some of these issues that I found in my review of the specification. It is by no means a complete and thorough list, but simply my personal observations from working with markup languages over the years.
The specification misuses the
meta tag for embedding a link in a service provider's HTML. As I mentioned previously, CSS stylesheets, RSS syndication files, and weblog channel rolls facilitate autodiscovery through the
link tag, which, unlike
meta, was designed for such a use.
The specification could use more meta data tags, such as the name of the service
owner or a support email address, to better document the service description. The
abstract and the
service block's
name tags are helpful, but may not be sufficient enough. Take XMethod's use of WSIL into consideration. The WSIL specification assumes the service provider is delivering an inspection document,
which in not true in the XMethods case. In this case, additional meta information
would be helpful and warranted. Ideally, the meta data could also be extensible to
allow the embedding of more granular forms of meta information for specific
problem domains.
The tag semantics of the specification could use some refinement to keep the
document smaller and more readable. For example, the
referencedNamespace used by the
description and
link tags could have been represented as
nsref. While
referencedNamespace is syntactically more description,
nsref is smaller and more consistent with the XML Namespace declaration (
xmlns) and HTML hyperlink references (
href). Another such instance is the
location attribute, which defines a URI and could instead be represented as
Another naming nit:
index.* is the common convention for naming a
document that is served by default when a specific document is not specified in an
HTTP request. WSIL should follow this same convention and use
for fixed name discovery convention.
WSIL is a simple, lightweight mechanism for Web service discovery that complements, rather then competes with, UDDI. WSIL's model is a decentralized one that is document-based, and leverages the existing Web infrastructure already in place. While UDDI can be seen as a phone book, WSIL is more like a business card. Looking at it in another way, WSIL is like the RSS of Web services.
I find WSIL intriguing because of its simplicity and lightweight implementation. It's what the Web services space needs now. I would go so far as to argue that WSIL should have preceded UDDI as the solution we all need for services discovery, and is a logical stepping stone towards extensive Web services repository services for those who eventually require them.
As a low-function, lightweight specification that leaves the processing logic to the developer, I am equally as intrigued and enthusiastic about the potential for innovative and novel applications that will undoubtedly arise from the accessibility of this information. Who knows what our understanding of "service discovery" could be in a year or two?
Timothy Appnel has 13 years of corporate IT and Internet systems development experience and is the Principal of Appnel Internet Solutions, a technology consultancy specializing in Movable Type and TypePad systems.
[1] Axis contains the WSIL toolkit that IBM donated to the Apache Project. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2113
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