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|By Mark Little, Jim Webber
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|April 22, 2003 12:00 AM EDT
In July 2002, BEA, IBM, and Microsoft released a trio of specifications designed to support business transactions over Web services. These specifications - BPEL4WS, WS-Transaction, and WS-Coordination - together form the bedrock for reliably choreographing Web services-based applications, providing business process management, transactional integrity, and generic coordination facilities respectively.
This article introduces the underlying concepts of Web Services Coordination, and shows how a generic coordination framework can be used to provide the foundations for higher-level business processes. In future articles, we will demonstrate how coordination allows us to move up the Web services stack to encompass WS-Transaction and on to BPEL4WS.
In general terms, coordination is the act of one entity (known as the coordinator) disseminating information to a number of participants for some domain-specific reason. This reason could be in order to reach consensus on a decision like a distributed transaction protocol, or simply to guarantee that all participants obtain a specific message, as occurs in a reliable multicast environment. When parties are being coordinated, information known as the coordination context is propagated to tie together operations that are logically part of the same coordinated work or activity. This context information may flow with normal application messages, or may be an explicit part of a message exchange and is specific to the type of coordination being performed. For example, a security coordination service will propagate differently formed contexts than a transaction coordinator.
Despite the fact that there are many types of distributed applications that require coordination, it will be no surprise to learn that each domain typically uses a different coordination protocol. In transactions, for example, OASIS Business Transactions Protocol and Object Management Group's Object Transaction Service are solutions to specific problem domains that are not applicable to others since they are based on different architectural styles.
Given the domain-specific nature of these protocols (i.e., loosely coupled transactional Web services and tightly coupled transactional CORBA objects) there is no way to provide a universal solution without jeopardizing efficiency and scalability in each individual domain; and not everyone wants to (or can afford to) have a full-blown transaction processing system in order to do coordination. However, both of these protocols have the underlying requirement for propagating contextual information to participants, and therefore it would make some sense if that mechanism could be made generic, and thus reused. On closer examination, we find that even solely within the Web services domain we encounter situations where coordination is a requirement of several different types of problem domain, such as workflow management and transaction processing, but where the overall models are very different yet that same requirement for coordination is still present.
The fundamental idea underpinning WS-Coordination is that there is indeed a generic need for propagating context information in a Web services environment, which is a shared requirement irrespective of the applications being executed. The WS-Coordination specification defines a framework that allows different coordination protocols to be plugged in to coordinate work between clients, services, and participants (see Figure 1). The WS-Coordination specification talks in terms of activities, which are distributed units of work involving one or more parties (which may be services, components, or even objects). At this level, an activity is minimally specified and is simply created, made to run, and then completed.
In Figure 1, we suggest that the framework is useful for propagating security, workflow, or replication contexts, though this is by no means an exhaustive list. Nonetheless, whatever coordination protocol is used, and in whatever domain it is deployed, the same generic requirements are present:
The first three points are directly the concern of WS-Coordination, while the fourth is the responsibility of a third-party entity, usually the client application that controls the application as a whole. These four roles and their interrelationships are shown in Figure 2.
The WS-Coordination framework exposes an Activation Service that supports the creation of coordinators for specific protocols and their associated contexts. The process of invoking an activation service is done asynchronously, so the specification defines both the interface of the activation service itself, and that of the invoking service, so that the activation service can call back to deliver the results of the activation - namely a context that identifies the protocol type and coordinator location. These interfaces are presented in Listing 1, where the activation service has a one-way operation that expects to receive a CreateCoordinationContext message, and correspondingly the service that sent the CreateCoordinationContext message expects to be called back with a CreateCoordination ContextResponse message, or informed of a problem via an Error message.
Once a coordinator has been instantiated and a corresponding context created by the activation service, a Registration Service is created and exposed. This service allows participants to register to receive protocol messages associated with a particular coordinator. Like the activation service, the registration service assumes asynchronous communication and so specifies WSDL for both registration service and registration requester (see Listing 2).
When a participant is registered with a coordinator through the registration service, it receives messages that the coordinator sends (for example, "prepare to complete" and "complete" messages if a two-phase protocol is used); where the coordinator's protocol supports it, participants can also send messages back to the coordinator.
The role of terminator is generally played by the client application, which at an appropriate point will ask the coordinator to perform its particular coordination function with any registered participants - to drive the protocol through to its completion. On completion, the client application may be informed of an outcome for the activity, which may vary from simple succeeded/ failed notification through to complex structured data detailing the activity's status.
The context is critical to coordination since it contains the information necessary for services to participate in the protocol. It provides the glue to bind all of the application's constituent Web services together into a single coordinated application whole. Since WS-Coordination is a generic coordination framework, contexts have to be tailored to meet the needs of specific coordination protocols that are plugged into the framework. The format of a WS-Coordination context is specifically designed to be third-party extensible and its contents are as follows:
While the first three points are common sense, the fourth is somewhat more interesting. Since WS-Coordination is generic, it is of very little use to applications without augmentation, and this is reflected in the part of the WS-Coordination XML schema for contexts. In Listing 3, the schema states that a context consists of a URI that uniquely identifies the type of coordination that is required (xs:anyURI), an endpoint where participants to be coordinated can be registered (wsu:PortReferenceType), and an extensibility element designed to carry specific coordination protocol context payload (xs:any), which can carry arbitrary XML payload. (Note: This type also inherits some useful features from its parent in the form of a time-to-live value and an identifier.)
Coordinating Business Processes on the Web
To show WS-Coordination in action, we'll consider a centralized sign-on service that enables a client application to authenticate once, and then use given credentials to access a number of Web services, and to de-authenticate from the system with a single operation irrespective of the number of Web services that are invoked. (Note: It's important to note that although the coordination strategy outlined here is reasonable enough, the patter as a whole isn't industrial strength since we avoid clouding the coordination issues by drawing on other useful technologies such as XML encryption and XML signature, which a truly trustworthy implementation would utilize. You should remember while following this example through that a real implementation would draw heavily on security standards like XML-encryption to provide the necessary privacy and XML digital signatures to provide authenticity.) The initial coordination pattern for this scenario is captured in Figure 3.
Here we see the initial stages of the application. The client application locates an activation service and sends it a message asking for the creation of a security coordinator and a corresponding security context, passing appropriate user credentials as part of the activation process as shown in Listing 4.
Assuming that a security coordination service has been registered with the coordination framework, a coordinator is created (and exposed as a registration service) and a context like that in Listing 4 is duly returned to the client application as part of the CreateCoordinationContextResponse message.
The client application interacts with its component Web services sending and receiving messages as normal, with the exception that it embeds the coordination context (which carries the security information) in a SOAP header block in its messages to provide authenticity credentials for those services that are invoked.
Let's assume that a service understands the protocol messages associated with our simple centralized sign-on service, and furthermore hasn't registered a participant previously. Once the service receives a SOAP message containing a security context header (see Listing 5), it registers a participant with the coordinator using the details provided in the context (via the WS-Coordination registration service URI, for example). This registration operation occurs every time a service receives a particular context for the first time, which ensures that all services register participants within the activity.
When the client decides to terminate its session and log out of the services it has been using, it sends a completion message to the coordinator; in turn, the coordinator informs each registered participant to revoke the privileges for the client application, preventing it from using their corresponding services. Any subsequent calls by the client to that service with the same context will result in the service being unable to register a participant since the context details will no longer resolve to a live coordinator to register with (see Figure 4).
At some point, the client application finishes its work and must run the completion protocol to force its own system-wide logoff. To do this, it sends a security protocol logoff message to the security coordinator. This message is entirely out-of-scope of WS-Coordination and is instead defined by the specification of our security protocol which plugs in to the WS-Coordination framework. The completion message is shown in Listing 6.
In response to receiving this message, the security coordinator informs each of its registered participants to terminate the user's current session. To do this, it sends each of the participants a signOut message to which they respond with a signedOut message, confirming that the user is no longer authenticated with that particular participant's associated service. The pertinent parts of the signOut and signedOut messages are shown in Listing 7.
Once a signedOut message has been received from each of the enrolled participants, it can report back to the client application that its session has been ended. The final message in our WS-Coordination protocol is the loggedOut response message from the security coordination to the client (see Listing 8).
Advanced Usage Scenarios
In our security coordination example, the overall architecture is relatively static and known in advance of the coordination. However, it may be that in a business-to-business scenario we would like the ability to coordinate arbitrary groups of Web services as part of a single, logical, coordinated application. WS-Coordination supports this through a scheme known as interposition.
Interposition is a way of creating a hierarchy of coordinators, each of which looks like a simple participant to coordinators higher up the coordination tree, yet acts just like a normal coordinator for participants lower down the tree. Coordinators become registered within this hierarchy if the client application sends a CreateCoordination Context message to an activation service along with a valid context. When the receiving activation service creates the new context (and associated coordinator/registration service), it uses the original context to determine the endpoint of its superior coordinator (a.k.a. registration service) and enrolls the new coordinator with it.
In Figure 5 we see a typical interposed coordinator arrangement spanning three different enterprises using two different coordination protocols. This arrangement is arrived at through a client application creating a top-level context and then invoking Web services within the bounds of its partner enterprises. In the noninterposed case, upon first receipt of a context embedded in a SOAP header a service registers a participant with the coordinator identified by the context. However, in this situation, for reasons such as security or trustworthiness, the service enrolls its own coordinator by sending an activation message loaded with the top-level context to a local activation service, and then registers with the newly created local coordinator. (Note: By using ts own coordinator, the service or domain in which it resides only exposes the coordinator to the superior and not the individual participants. This may be useful in restricting the amount of information that can flow out of the domain and hence be available to potentially upotentially unsecure or untrusted individuals/services.)
Having received a context with an activation message, the newly created coordinator duly registers itself with the registration service that the context advertises. The top-level coordinator is unaware of this arrangement since it sees the interposed coordinator as a participant, while the local participants are coordinated by their own local coordinator, which confers the following advantages:
In Figure 5 Enterprise A uses the same coordination protocol as the top-level coordinator. In this case, Enterprise A's coordinator coordinates local participants according to the same protocol as the top-level. However, since only the outcome of the local coordination needs to be sent over the Internet to the top-level coordinator, and not the more abundant coordination protocol messages, this approach is performance-optimized, compared to registering Enterprise A's participants directly with the top-level coordinator.
For Enterprise B and Enterprise C, the same performance benefit exists, although the real focus of coordinating these participants is the fact that they are coordinated with different protocols that suit the particular enterprise's needs and not necessarily the same coordination protocol used at the top level. Since the local coordinator for each enterprise is effectively "bilingual" in the coordination protocols they understand (knowing both the participant aspects of the top-level coordination protocol and the coordinator aspects of their own internal coordination protocols), different coordination domains can easily be bridged without adding complexity to the overall architecture.
WS-Coordination looks set to become the adopted standard for activity coordination on the Web. Out of the box, WS-Coordination provides only activity and registration services, and is extended through protocol plug-ins that provide domain-specific coordination facilities. In addition to its generic nature, the WS-Coordination model also scales efficiently via interposed coordination, which allows arbitrary collections of Web services to coordinate their operation in a straightforward and scalable manner.
Though WS-Coordination is generically useful, at the time of this writing only one protocol that leverages WS-Coordination has been made public: WS-Transaction We'll look at this protocol in our next article.
|Sei ES 06/09/03 09:28:00 PM EDT
We tend to equate Java = Sun. Today, my believe is not so. IBM & others are very deep into Java as well. Moreover, WS is not about Java. WS is independent of tools.
|Mark Little 05/07/03 04:54:00 AM EDT
I think Microsoft might have a few things to say about "Java is the thread ..." since their offerings won't be Java based ;-) I don't have any insights I can share as to what Sun is doing in this area, but there's obviously a lot going on in the Java space, what with J2EE and JCP, and there has been a lot of effort over the last year on Web Services in J2EE. So, maybe it's just a matter of timing?
|Donald Hsu 05/06/03 06:13:00 AM EDT
It seems great that BEA, Microsoft and IBM are all making millions $$$ on WS-coordination effort to make their platform, software compatible. But what about Sun? What kind of role it plays? After all, Java is the thread for all of these efforts. Sun should play more active role in Web Server and Web Services market by jumping onto the bandwaggon!
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RV and campers will be set up in the back overflow parking area which is a grassy field that will serve as the staging area for the race. There will be race signs leading you to this area from the entrance of the park. There will be no power for RV use OR for hook-ups in the staging location for the weekend. Generators are allowed and cooking sources including stoves or grills (mobile/self-contained fire pits only please).
If you are camping in the staging area in a tent or RV Friday night, you must register with the park at the main entrance and pay the park overnight camping fee. Let park services know you are here for the mtb race.
All camping fees (RV or tent) for registered racers on Saturday night are covered with your entry fee. All racers will have access to the restrooms and showers that are only a very short walk away.
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Race course will be approximately 1 mile. All parents feel free to ride with kids :Registration is FREE . *ALL PARENTS MUST SIGN A WAIVER FOR PARTICIPANT.
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Saturday March 29th
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The 24 hour Mountain Bike Race will start at 10:00 a.m. Your bike should be positioned at the starting line no later than 9:45 a.m.
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1. Each rider must dismount off of the bike and run or walk across the timing mat. (Failure to do so may result in DQ)
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3. Once you cross through the timing area you may get back on the bike and continue back out on the course or teams may exchange the timing chip within the designated transition area. (all chips must be exchanged within the transition area, failure to do so may result in DQ)
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TIMING CHIP: Both solo and team racers will receive a timing chip with their team number assigned to it. Your team is responsible for keeping up with this the entire 24 hours. The timing chip must be visible on ankle (left or right) when you pass through the transition area.
Lighting Rules
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When I heard the new Ra Ra Riot single 'Boy' I really liked it— but this RAC remix somehow does the song even more justice. Having seen Ra Ra Riot live twice, I feel a certain connection to this neighboring upstate New York college band. Three cheers for unbelievably freezing winters and beautiful fall leaf peeping. Ra Ra Riot - Boy (RAC Mix) by Hypetrak
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" Right now I'm sitting on my Mom's futon in an unbelievable amount of pain. I have a kidney stone. The doc keeps telling me to pound the liquids and I keep writhing around on the floor in excruciating pain like a wuss. I'm not really getting anywhere but I'm determined to pass this rock and hit the thing so far out of the park, it'll make Mark McGwire blush with envy. They say kidney stones are the male equivalent to childbirth, which is ironic because I'm not married and I'm certainly not ready to be a father yet. However, all things considered, I'm doing alright. "
Owl City, whom i've just discovered is my kindred spirit.
this weekend, we (me, 5 guys, some 20 girls) traveled south of siena to sorrento and capri. we left around noontime on friday, and took a massive train ride down. we probably had about 5 or 6 hours of commuting. we got to travel in one of those harry potter esque trains, with one side of the train for walking, and little compartments with three seats on each side facing eachother. on the ride down, we were all scrambled, and some people didn't have the right tickets, so they had to pay extra unfortunately.
my cabin was three other friends from the group and two italian women who spoke no english. the cabin was very hot because the air conditioner didn't work right, or strong enough, we weren't sure. a couple of times the women tried to tell us something, but we found ourselves basically pantomiming through the conversation until both sides understood, which i found to be fairly effective. the train ride was long, but we finally made it to naples, which is just north of sorrento, which is only an hour train ride away from there. we were warned that naples was dangerous and to watch our bags closely. one of my friends actually noticed a pickpocket on the train trying to reach into a woman's purse, but he slapped the thief's hand away. respect.
as the trip continued, after we got to naples, the next train was very hot and graffitied. it looked as if we were headed into a darker, more dangerous area the farther we went. but then we got to sorrento. sorrento was beautiful, and felt like a small town. at no point did i feel threatened there.
as we walked through the streets, we found great restaurants outside, and lots of happy people, and families, and many english speakers (apparently there was a cruise of english speakers that stopped in sorrento). a nice guy working at a restaurant asked us if we needed help finding our hotel, and told us exactly where to go. our hotel was in a back alley, but was actually pretty comfy and had a great view out the back. the hotel clerk also told us everywhere to go to get to capri, and where to get food or drinks if we needed them. the only thing our hotel (sorrento town suites) lost points on was cold showers!
we were so pleased with the guy from the restaurant who told us where our hotel was, we went back and had dinner at his place. it was great food, we go to watch world cup soccer, and i had probably my best meal here yet, lobster with linguini.
at dinner, we met a nice couple from belfast who was sitting at the table next to us. very nice people who were on vacation, visiting naples and capri. dinner was also accompanied by a band, which sold it as all the more italian. it was awesome. it rained during dinner, and we were outside but covered, but of course, the rain stopped after five minutes. no wonder people love the weather here.
later on, we hit up a karaoke bar, but we were all pretty tired so we called it a night but vowed to return the next night.
we got up early to go to capri, the island just off of sorrento. we took a large ferry, and got off and walked around a bit, before taking a boat ride around the island, specifically to see something called the blue grotto. i took a ton of pictures along the ride.
the ride was about an hour and a half, and we finally concluded the ride with a trip to the blue grotto. the blue grotto is a tiny cave that can only be entered by boat, and all the passengers have to lay down to get inside. it was a very tense moment as our tiny boat's captain pulled us through the tiny hole that led to the grotto, and we even smashed the boat up a bit on the rocks. once inside, however, all you see is darkness. it we couldn't see anyone on any of the other boats, and for a second you wonder why you came in, but as the guide brings you around and turns you, you can see why the grotto is so famous. it is almost completely black, except for the water, which is a brilliant blue and is beautifully illuminated. i didn't bring my camera in for fear it would have been damaged, but this color is an idea:
after the blue grotto, we ate lunch then came back to the beach and hung out for a bit and swam around. the water at the beach too was beautiful and clear, and i could see tropical fish swimming around my legs.
after a ferry ride back to capri, we got dinner and watched the world cup game between the US and england. at our restaurant, we had two british couples sitting right by us, and one of us warned us not to cry when england scored the first five goals. of course, his reaction was pretty brilliant when the english goaltender let a bad goal slip by himself. after the restaurant, we hit up a bar to watch the second half of the game, where there were more americans and brits mixed in among us. we met three very nice people from holland, one of which apparently did some work at penn state. we hung out and talked with them, and then even met up with us later at the karaoke bar. more people sang that night, and it was a good time.
the next morning, we had a long hall back to siena, but at least our trains weren't as hot as they were when we were going towards naples. i'm glad to be back in my sienese bed, even though our sorrento hotel was nice. it's nice to have warm showers again.
overall, a brilliant weekend. i have a couple videos but i'll probably end up posting them when i return back to the states. ciao!
it's now thursday, which means i've slacked off on blogging for about 4 days now after the long weekend that was venice and milan. we set off for venice early on wednesday morning, and i slept through most of the ride. apparently i looked very uncomfortable to my friends, but i felt fine. we finally got to venice, which wasn't really visible till we boarded our ferry to our stop. the best way to see venice is the initial ride you take to wherever you're going. we loaded up our large group (the whole trip, 40 people) and crammed on with many italians. there are tons of cool houses in venice— the ride is an array of pastel colors and an occasional peek through to a canal. we got off at san marco square, which has a huge tower, a large open area famous for its pigeons (apparently) and a palace, which is known as the doge's palace. our hotel was literally a ten second walk to this square, which is pretty cool, considering how well known it is. our hotel room was tiny, but it had air conditioning, and a better bathroom then we have in siena.
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the last blog i wrote i forgot to post, and then it didn't do the auto save, so i'm gonna assume that that was just a sign not to post it in the first place. i'll do my best to rewrite it and spare whatever wasn't good enough.
this past weekend, we (me, four guys, and about 13 girls) took a long train journey with a stop at piza and then we went to cinque terre. the train rides were pretty long and boring, but the bright sides are that we snuck a free ride (unintentionally) and weren't caught, and we got to have mcdonalds at one of the stations. we were in a rush though, so i practically inhaled the food. piza was a short trip, and very touristy. the tower itself was cool, but not as tall as you think it would be. everyone was doing the hold it up pose, which was weird but funny. i took a few pictures, which are up on facebook. then, after more train riding, we were on our way towards cinque terre.
cinque terre is a group of 5 cities which are located on the rocks just above the water. on the train ride there, we had brief views in which the train seemed feet away from the ocean. it was a stunning view, considering all i've seen for the past two weeks are the olive green pastures of tuscany. we got off at our stop, which was the third in the line of cities, and immediately were struck by the beauty of the pastel colored houses which seem barely attached to the earth without falling into the ocean. we didn't have a ton of time to explore each town because we weren't staying over night, so we snapped a few pictures and hit the trail. the trail was BRUTAL at first. the sun was burning hot, and we stated on the wrong end, so it was literally climbing stair after uneven stair to the top. everyone's legs were burning, and we were immediately coated with sweat. the pathways themselves were quite narrow at times, and had no barrier to stop you from tumbling down the hill and into the mediterranean sea.
eventually though, the nerves parted ways, and the sweat's cooling factor kicked in, and the hike became quite enjoyable with beautiful scenery. we could see far out to the ocean, and we could see the towns at beautiful distances.
there's not much else i can say, because it was really about the views. everything was stunning to look at. there was also good conversation on the trail. we fortunately caught our train on time and headed home soon after.
the next day, feeling extra adventurous, we pushed ourselves to a lovely little town called san gimignano. san gimmy is known for having towers, which were never destroyed after the renaissance. the towers in other cities were torn town as a way to show they were conquered. for whatever reason, san gimmy didn't have this happen. only one tower was open to travel to the top, so we of course went up there.
(bonus fact: san gimignano is indeed in assassin's creed)
overall, the little town of san gimmy was fun because so much could be seen in a short amount of time. there were two cool churches as well, and one had my favorite garden behind it, and i snapped some photos of flowers.
on other side notes, i've been enjoying a ton of gelato. my favorite mixture is lemon and strawberry, which is a high note the entire time it's eaten. we also enjoyed our first fancy dinner, which was pretty good, probably the most tender beef i've ever had, but i'm not even sure what it was. also been having a ton of pizza and sandwiches. the best pizza i've ever had was a little place in florence. i think the carbs are adding weight though.
tomorrow we're going to venice, and then i'm spending the weekend and milan, so i won't exactly have an update till sunday or monday, and i'll post a ton of pictures.
so i promised everyone blogs and haven't deleivered and it's a terrible thing to do, so here's gonna be my best account so far of what's happened on the trip.
so on the morning we left, i had a terrible twisting stomach. that was may 19th. i can't remember the last time i felt so anxious for anything in my life. i was nervous for a long plane ride, but so excited for the destination. after i made it through airport security, my stomach calmed down a bit, but a strange feeling of slight nausea, which became hunger, which then was satisfied back into nausea hours later was the story of the next day, till i finally fell asleep the following evening. the plane ride was mostly music, 30 pages of High Fidelity, 5 pages of another book about italy, maybe an hour or an hour and a half of sleep, and three tiny meals. i sat next to two people i didn't know but were going on the trip, and i've become friendly with them since then, and hang out with one of them alot. the plane had some NBC shows, which were ok, and then marley and me, some sad movie about a dog, which i slept through most of. the highlight of the plane ride was probably a guy, whom we've all come to know as "tel aviv guy" for the shirt he was wearing, who managed to steal a gay flight attendant's dinner on the plane. the flight attendant walked by, yelled "that's mine!" a couple of times, and ran off and got the head flight attendant who yelled at the guy for a few minutes. classic.
there's little like the feeling as you descend upon a new runway. i always feel somehow blessed that everyone made it ok, and that the plane didn't crash. the differences between italy and the states is immediately apparent. the windows outside the rome runway seemed to be all country and farms. i couldn't see rome through the windows, but that was probably because i was in the very middle of the plane. i felt like i was walking through new air in the airport, and the language barrier i'm still facing became immediately apparent. we got out of security after a long drawn out wait for the bags, and then a long stretch of sitting around waiting for our bus, where we walked in the same tiny airport store, which had a .com name as its store name for some reason, at least 3 times out of boredom. then we got in the bus, and most of the other people on the trip fell asleep. i really didn't feel tired at all at this point. too much excitement.
the travel through the hills of tuscany is beautiful. it's nothing like the states. there are big hills, with castle looking homes on top of many, and new trees, and all around, the colors are more of an olive palette. the car ride was long, but we did get to stop for food. most of us got pizza, and i got a big bottle of water, which was strangely the worst water i've had all trip. the pizza was great for a rest stop. everyone got by ordering because the clerk new a bit of english. thank goodness.
we finally reached siena and stopped outside of a big fortress looking building. we had a walk on over to our new place, and as we were led, the streets seemed to be winding and endless. of course, now that we've lived here for some time, we're well aware of how to get around. our apartment building entrance is in an alley with a green neon sign above it. our new landlord leads us up a few flights of steps, which are brutal after a long session of city exploration in the days to come. we have a nice little home here, with two bathrooms, one of which has a bath, and one of which has a half working shower, and a bedroom where the three of us sleep uncomfortably close, a tiny kitchen, which blows out fuses if we have anything else on, and a sitting area with a TV and a meal table.
we go out a bit later, wander around till we find the group (again, because we were new, it seemed so much harder to find than it should have) and we go to piazza del campo, which is pretty much town square. it has an awesome tower, and is pretty much where everyone comes to hang out. at night, it's filled with drunk young and middle aged people eating gelato or getting late dinners. as the large group (40 of us) we have our first meal, a weird little appetizer combination and tiny little drinks, of which i enjoy about 20%, but that's ok because it's only day one. the weather is also perfect at this point, and i'm happy just to sit down and put anything in my stomach. later on, we go out for a little gelato, one of the things my parents always told me i'd love over here, and i do, of course. there are a ton of gelato places. then we head back, and sleep like we've never slept before— probably falling into deep sleep only around 930 at night here. then we wake up at 6 or 7, which is probably one of the 5 times in my life that i'll be able to wake up this early and feel great. our group leaders give us a quick tour, of course of which retain nearly nothing because the city is new to us, and then we're cut loose after a pizza outting. this first set of pizza is good, but i prefer home's pizza, as if that's possible. havertown having better pizza than siena, italy? many would down it, but it's just how i feel.
later on we have our first grocery store experience. conad city is the name of the grocer, which is part of some larger conad corporation. the store is small, much smaller than anything in havertown. everything is hard to find and a bit backwards compared to home, quite frankly. there are hardly any cereals, so we settle for frosties (frosted flakes, just a different name on the box) and grab some pasta we hope to cook eventually. NOTHING in this store is easy to find. we've spent a ton of time looking for sausages, soap, napkins, butter, everything that you would pick up in a second at home. but they have a great selection of chocolate candy, which i'm always sucked into while i'm there. the store has weird hours, too, only open till 830. the experience with the clerk here is a new challenge too. these women (rarely men) seem to understand no english, and we still don't understand italian. we're usually asked if we want a bag (3 cent charge, cheapskates) and then some second question we still don't know. then you pay them by reading the digital readout on the register, and then they never hand you your change directly, they always place it down for you.
we eat alot of sandwiches in the daytime. there are a ton of little flatbread places in which you can get a meat and a cheese on great bread for 3 or 4 euro. always fun to go into these little places and get a good deal on that. my friends have also favored this place we call "great hot sandwiches" because it says that on one of their marquees, even though it's not called that, it's called the san paolo pub. they have english translations on the menu, which is nice, and a nice substitute for a hamburger, except it's on a piece of italian or french bread, you know, those long, skinny ones. there are also alot of pizza places, a few of which we have eaten at, and tonight, we finally spent some money on a fancy dinner at a place that we couldn't read the menu at. i guessed on my order, and was pretty pleased. it felt way too fancy for 7 college guys on a friday night. at one sandwich placed, i ordered salami, mozzarella, and mortadella, and the woman behind the counter made a face at me. apparently no one orders this combination of meats. i still don't quite understand what the problem was, but she almost refused to touch the sandwich, and according to one of my friends, after i left, another guy came in and she was laughing with him about what i ordered. in another instance, of which i was not there, a couple of friends of mine ordered steaks which they though were cheap, but the pricing of the steak was actually according to weight, so they ended up spending 60 euros on their steaks. ouch.
the city itself is filled with many beauties, and i'm not just talking about the women. there are tons of buildings that are centuries old, with great details making you feel like you're in a time machine. any tower in this city is impressive too, and makes me feel it needs to be climbed. a rule of siena ive found is that if you wander enough, you'll find something great or a beautiful view, or at least something entertaining. i've tried my best to document everything i've found in pictures, which can be found on facebook.
italians themselves are not what i expected. young italian men are nothing like young american men. every italian guy has got some crazy sense of style, and seems like he's attempting to be the suavest of them all. this is a society where no geeks exist, from what i can tell. the girls don't go out at night, or rarely do at least. they don't look like what i'd expect italian girls to look like. they have a range of beauty. also, alot of people here smoke. when you're walking down the biggest streets, sometimes, the people in front of you take forever with their walking, which is very italian, i suppose.
a big group of us usually hit up a bar at night, usually the same place, called the red baron. i really haven't drank much (honest) on this trip except for a first night beer and a glass of wine with dinner here or there. the best wine was at the fancy restaurant from tonight, of which my friend joe accurately described as "unabrasive". our girls are always the loudest wherever they go. italian guys always swoop in and hit on them, and it's quite a weird thing to watch. italian guys would be considered very creepy back in the states. our girls also usually smash some sort of glass in the bar, and i feel bad about it.
we finally hit up florence yesterday too as a group. florence is way more crowded than siena and has a more touristy feel to it. we saw some great artwork— michaelangelo's david, some carvaggio stuff, some other michaelangelo stuff, some da vinci stuff.. and il duomo in florence is quite a sight as well. overall, not as relaxed as siena though.
at this point, i've burnt out my writing skills, but i will write more soon, as it develops. ciao!


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if they gonna do a rematch, how about HENDO???!
Wouldn't be surprised though if they got a Feijao or Fabio Maldonado.
bisping vs mauricio shogun
Hendo? He's busy fighting in the main event that fight. They need to find another guy, and fast. Here are the options: 1. Cormier can try a diet/weight cut. 2. Bisping, as was suggested above. 3. Vitor can try to save the day again. But he'll have to get by the Canadian commission governing TRT, which may be possible since its short notice. 4. Texiera. How about the math teacher?
lol, my bad, totally blanked on Hendo.
how about Bader.
Cormier wouldn't do it b/c only LHW fight he'd take right now is for Jon Jones.
Cormier wouldn't be able nor willing to do a speedy weight cut as he's already voiced numerous times due to his difficulties from the Olympics. (0% chance)
Bisping is not going to move up. He's having enough trouble in his own weight class anyway, he needs a win and everyone in MW wants a shot at him. (0% chance)
Vitor is a possibility, b/c UFC still very hesitant to give a title shot if Andy is champ.
Glover would be interesting, but Shogun has no desire to fight him. Maybe this has changed? but he had been offered Glover before and flat out refused, I'm not 100% positive and who he ended up fighting but i think it was Gustaffson.
It will be very difficult to get a big name to fill in… Bader may be the biggest one to come to mind… maybe a Matt Hamill? Rich Franklin?
Again, I think it'll be more likely for one of the hungry prospects who'll end up filling in.
or another possible rematch could be Snake Diabate.. from when they fought in Pride.
The math teacher, unfortunately, would get killed. He hasn't been looking good as of late. Great guy though.
Chael sonnen will step in
Bisping would be crushed…plus wrong weight class. I'm guessing Lyoto isn't going to want to be ko'd again…Teixeira makes since because he took no damage his last fight, and he's one of the few top 10 LH's Shogun hasn't fought…with 13 days will be hard to find a replacement…I agree that Sonnen would probably do it.
Lyoto ko'd again, seriously? even tho they wont fight this time if they do, wont be the same, really.
Sonnen would be a great replacement, you forgot that he is on medical suspension for 45 days from UFC 159…that would expire June 12th.
How about glover texira
he recently just fought and is on medical suspension.
any name besides glover teixeira would be blasphemy.
I don't know if it's possible but Thiago Silva would be a good replacement to step in.
that would be an interesting fight as long thiago isn't taking drugs that will result the fight to a No Contest.
I wish Thiago Silva could take this fight.
enter glover teixiera
that would be awesome
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Last Tuesday, the Menifee City Council awarded certificates of recognition to three local kids who won their respective age categories in the Menifee Writing Contest.
The contest, which was sponsored by Menifee 24/7 and the Arts Council Menifee, asked children to write an essay of no more than 200 words, with the subject being "What I Like About Menifee".
We received nearly 100 entries.
Many of the entries contained the sweetest essays, with the kind of charm only fresh young minds can make.
Our judges, Gayle DuRivage of Painted Earth, Shirley Wible of Sun City Library, and Doug Spoon, writer and columnist for Menifee 24/7, read through all entries, and came up with three winners: Abbey D Chea, Jonathan Hoefler, and Daniel Diaz.
There was a fourth winner, Jemena Nesbitt who received "Special Recognition" for having written what judges felt was the best essay overall, but couldn't consider it for the contest because it was well over the 200 word limit.
Each winner received a gift package worth $175.00, consisting of the following...
$15.00 iTunes gift card from Brian Walker Farmers Insurance
$15.00 gift certificate to Painted Earth
$20.00 gift certificate to Menifee Valley Community Cupboard Thrift Store
One large pizza from Pizano's Pizza
One meal at Provecho Grill
$25.00 gift card to Best Buy
Two tickets to the Lake Elsinore Storm
$50.00 gift card to Game Stop (courtesy of Menifee 24/7)
$10.00 in notebooks, pens, pencils (courtesy of Too Much Tina)
On top of that, the winners will have lunch with Mayor John Denver at Breakfast Club of Menifee.
In addition, everyone who entered into the contest will be awarded a gift card for a free taco at Provecho Grill. Participants must visit the Arts Showcase at Countryside Marketplace, Saturday, May 18, during the afternoon to claim their gift card.
|Left to right: Daniel Diaz, Jonathan Hoefler, Abbey D Chea, Jemena Nesbitt
Here are their essays (scanned images)...
Abbey D Chea - (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade)
Jonathan Hoefler - (3rd Grade to 5th Grade)
Daniel Diaz - (6th Grade to 8th Grade)


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Smoking all those cigs gave LiLo the qualification she needed to pull this off.
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Oh no, it's just Lindsay Lohan. I got confused because they look SO SIMILAR. Hahah I'm totally joking. She looks nothing like her.. instead she looks more like Snooki or that tanning mom. This is bad. The contacts are off and her hair is just, just awful. See the pics here. What do you think?
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We've learned that Elizabeth Taylor, one of the most iconic actresses of all time has passed away from heart failure. Taylor, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress who became notorious for her seven marriages and sometimes eccentric behavior, had reported health problems in recent years and appeared frail in public appearances. Six weeks ago, she was […]


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Yesterday in this space we discussed the upcoming elections in Egypt, and the need for international observers to work alongside local organizations to ensure the fairness and accuracy of the polls. International and local observers working together would allow reports of fraud, intimidation, and other improprieties to be more easily verified, increasing the legitimacy of the observation mission.
But what if Egypt's military continues with its ban on foreign observers, and the burden of monitoring these critical and momentous elections is placed entirely on Egyptian citizens? What are some of the ways the observation mission can be empowered and bolstered without the presence of international monitors?
There are several examples of where election monitoring can be conducted in less than ideal circumstances, be it in police states with no access to foreign observers or in conflict zones with very little infrastructure and media access. Here are a few:
Monitoring elections is an incredibly complex and difficult task, particularly in this case with the crucial and unprecedented post-revolutionary elections in Egypt.
What are some of the other ways both the international community and Egyptian citizens can work to ensure a free and fair election? We will continue to monitor this story closely, and your suggestions, comments, and solutions are welcomed.
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Judge Kermit Lipez, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in a ruling in favor of Simon Glik, a Massachusetts man arrested for videotaping police officers with his cell phone as they detained another man. Glik was accused of illegal wiretapping, aiding the escape of a prisoner and disturbing the peace.
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Sunday June 1, 2008 6:35 pm
31 Days of the Dragon: Win our HP HDX Dragon computer package - The Rules
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Yesterday, we kicked off our week-long contest, where we are giving away an HP HDX Dragon computer package, worth over $5,000 if you were to purchase each piece on your own. First, the details on what exactly we are giving away:
- HP HDX Dragon Notebook: This system ships with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Ultimate, and features a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor., 4GB RAM, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS, 500GB hard drive, and boasts a 20.1-inch 1080p display. It's meant to be for play as much as work, and to that end, it also packs a Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD double layer burner, integrated TV tuner, webcam and microphone. If you went and bought this yourself, it would cost $4,500 USD. But we're not done yet…
- Microsoft Office Professional 2007: That means Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, and Accounting Express, all in one package. Retail value on that is $225.
- Corel PaintShop Pro X2: Retail value of $73.99
- Corel Painter Essentials Retail value of $79.99
- Corel Ulead Video Studio Plus 11.5 Retail value of $79.95
- Gears of War: retail value of $49.99
- Viva Pinata: Retail value of $37.99
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Retail value of $44.99
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X Expansion Pack: Retail value of $34.99
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Blu-ray: Retail value of $22.95
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Blu-ray: Retail value of $22.95
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Blu-ray: Retail value of $22.95
Okay, interested? We thought so. If you want to see everything in more detail, check out our HDX Giveaway contest videos. These will give you more insight as to how the contest is going to work, a look at all of the prizes that are being given away, and a detailed unboxing of the Dragon notebook.
We will be using Gear Live Points to determine a winner. However, we have custom Point values set for this contest. Points earned for this contest are as follows:
- Becoming a member: 100 points
- Upload a member photo: 50 points
- Choose or upload an avatar: 25 points
- Posting a blog comment: 1 point
- Posting a gallery comment: 1 point
- Assign a forum signature: 10 points
- Posting a forum topic: 1 point
- Posting a forum reply: 1 point
- Vote in a poll: 3 points
- Choose favorite Gear Live site in profile: 2 points
As always, if you are found abusing the Points system, by doing things like posting an excessive amount of comments or forum entries that are obviously just meant to inflate your score, you will suffer a loss of Points. This is at Gear Live's discretion. So, seriously, contribute to the conversations.
BONUS POINTS: Want to earn bonus Points? Who doesn't? I always enjoyed extra credit back in school, so we figured, why not rekindle those memories of yesterday? We've come up with a few ways that you guys can earn bonus Points in this contest.
- Subscribe to Gear Live RSS feeds: We have a bunch of sites in our network, and each one has an RSS feed. For each feed that you subscribe to, you will earn 10 points.
- Subscribe to our shows in iTunes: We have a bunch of video shows listed in iTunes. For each one you subscribe to, you will earn 15 points.
- Subscribe to Bleeding Edge TV in Zune: Subscribe to our show in Zune to earn 10 points.
- Review our shows in iTunes: In iTunes, review our shows. For each one you review, you earn 5 points.
- Follow us on Twitter: If you have a Twitter account, follow Gear Live and/or Andru Edwards. You get 5 points for each.
- Friend us on Facebook: Become a friend of Andru Edwards, and/or a fan of Gear Live on Facebook. You get 5 points for each.
- Subscribe to us on YouTube: Head on over to YouTube and subscribe to Gear Live videos to earn 10 points.
In order to get these bonus points, head on over to the HDX Bonus Points thread, and post screenshots proving you did any, or all, of the above. You only get one post in that thread, so if you plan on doing them all, make sure you put all the screenshots into one reply. So there you have it, a few ways you can add some bonus points to your score in your quest to win the HDX Dragon computer package - and each of them helps out Gear Live in some way.
For the final nitty gritty, some contest rules.
- First, the winner is chosen at Gear Live's discretion. If you end up with the most points, but did it by spamming our comments and forums, you will not be walking away with the prize package. Try to contribute to the conversation, and have interactions with other users. This isn't open to bargaining. No spamming.
- Anyone in the world can win, not just those in the US. HP and Buzz Corps, the sponsors of this contest, will make sure that you don't have to pay any out-of-pocket taxes or duties, no matter where we are sending the prize.
- No spamming.
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Awesome, thanks! Best of luck to everyone who enters. Is it alright if you link to the bonus thread on the original post? I believe it'll make it easier for a lot of people.
What exact time and date will this giveaway end? Thanks.
Thanks I have already gotten started! This has been an interesting contest so far, and I have learned so much, more then what I knew before.
Thank you Andru, I read the rules.
Andru, is this contest going to end at 12:00 Jun 7? (GMT -8:00)?
thanks for the chance
Great. Does the contest end on the 6th day or the 7th day? Just wondering.
- BoogerJay
Thanks for the rules Andru.That should answer all of our questions regarding the rules.
Don't worry, no one's going to break the rules. Thanks for providing them though.
Yeah there were a bit of spamming earlier before he posted the official rules but i think it was natural when you donno what you exactly need to do.But now it's quite steady & stable & no spamming is being done & we can see everyone is playing fairly now.So, the rules actually helped a lot.Thank you Andru.
This will be a nice upgarde from my HP dv1000 just love Hp Laptop and this HDX look amazing and with Blu-Ray it's a plus watch movie in HI-Def will be crazy and I want to use the program Office 2007 that's a great App to use for school work.
I need a new computer badly my dv1000 by HP it's a little slow and I need something faster for Photoshop, and with 20.1 screen I can get alot done in a hurry and I like the remote also that's a nice so that you can kick back and a watch your movies.
Hah, just got kicked off my pc because my wife wants to go on Hi5.. another reason i need a laptop
i have very low model of laptop. This will give me chance to win my dream laptop. If i win this laptop then it will be dream come true.
I like the idea of the bonus entries! Definitely a smart way to advance the network as a whole past just the forums.
Really like the idea of extra bonus the only thing is that my logon names are not all the same for each one of these sites. So this could be an issue.
@jess1ca: That shouldn't matter—as long as you post the images that prove you did what the bonus entries required. I think it would be better to just post the links instead of actually posting the images. The pages would load quicker and it'd be easier for the Mods/Admins to verify the winners' bonus points.
definitely good idea to choose winner. But is there anyway we can know how far we lack from top scored person
i have updated my photos but points are not added. is there anything i have to do.??
wow i want this notebook sooooo bad…..
I have subscribed to youtube also. but its point also didn't add up ?
Eh? But what if we don't have iTunes? Is there an alternative?
But yay, I will have a lot to read in Thunderbird XD
Nice add for the Bonus points, but it won't be a big issue for those who has already got over 500+ points. I'm giving up because I know that I can't live 24/7 on Gear Live to make point, I will get a life. I'm now posting as normal contributor. I post because I want to not because I have to!
Do the points for the polls pertain to just the current polls that are going on, or also past polls that this site has given?
This laptop looks great. *If I win* I will finally be able to play gears of war and then create a video review :D
Will the Bonus point be added to your Gear Live score points or are they just for this contest?
Wow… You have come up with the smartest way of Contest.
I love winning something after working very very hard for it. I am going to explore this site and contribute the best.
Thank you
Hehe I am very excited about this contest. Hopefully my previous posts are usuable for this contest.
Maybe all that hard work of posting back in the day will come to grant me a computer :D
First contest i've participated in for Gearlive.
Third day of the contest and still going
Ends on June 8th. Trying my luck on to win this beauty!
It's day 4 and I can tell that the posting will keep going at rapid speeds. Oh my goodness, this is going to turn out super neat when it ends and the Gear Live team are frantically looking at everything…our posts, our threads, our topics, etc.
Thank you for finally starting to remove some of the spam that has been plaguing the forums! However, none of us have gotten an answer on when the contest ends. Could you please post an update as to the exact time and date (and time zone) that this contest will be ending?
with the HP Dragon Notebook Giveaway i think the one who will win this precious and gorgeous notebook will make a revolution in his usage of the technology, I really need this great notebook i really don't have one and this powerful notebook will give me much more support in my life more than my 5 years old PC.
Good Luck for everyone especially me,,,
It's the notebook of my dreans!!
Thanks for clearing up the forums and removing some of the spam, Gear Live. I know you all are probably super busy, but I think we all appreciate it.
@BobbyT: The person with the most points wins the laptop, according to Gear Live. However, Andru has mentioned that spammers will be disqualified.
For those wondering why their post/comment was removed, view the announcements in the forum. The host of this website accidentally restored an old backup so a lot of posts and comments were gone as a result.
If you check the forums you'll also notice that an official deadline has been announced. The contest ends on June 6 11:59 PM PDT!
I really need this laptop. I;ve followed all the rules. The last few hours have arrived and I' hope I win. Good luck and make the best person win.
Best of luck everyone! I'm excited to congratulate the winner because I think I know who the person is…I think, haha. Thanks Gear Live for making this such a fun and fantastic week.
You too jess1ca. I doubt I'm going to win, but I bet you will though.
that is a great deal. i hope i can win it. why is hp doing this?
I think HP is doing this roby01 to show compassion and let people, the winners, experience the blessing.
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