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Hi there:The colors (etc) remind me of this item I had posted: http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,41895.0.htmlIt was thought to be Murano, but it is over in the Glass section yet (as I had trouble finding my own post) in order to compare with yours.....LOL. Kinda reminds me of this. So just my 2 cents worth. :thud:
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AS A JUNIOR (2013-2014): (XC) Ran 19:35 for a 5K at the University of San Francisco Invitational … ran 18:17 in the 5K at the St. Mary's Dual Meet … posted 22:18 at the Stanford Invitational 6K … ran a 21:08.4 in the Bronco Invitational 6K … ran 22:02 at the WCC Championships 6K … ran 21:03 at the 6K NCAA West Region Championship.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012-2013): (XC) Started her sophomore season at the Hornet Jamboree in the 5k with a time of 17:58.2 … Finished 14th at the WCC Preview 6k with a time of 21:55.44 … Continued at the Stanford Invite 6k with a time of 22:20 … Ran the Bronco Invite 5k in 17:29 … Finished 25th at the WCC Championship 6k with a time of 21:24.19 … Ended the season at the NCAA West Regional 6k in 21:16. (TRACK) Won her heat at the Kim Dyust Invite 5000m race with a time of 17:18.70.
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-2012): (XC) Competed in the USF Invite 5k in 18:47.00 … Raced the Hornet Jamboree 5k in 18:36 … Ran the Stanford Invite 6k in 22:40 … Placed 7th with a personal best time in the 5k at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invite in 18:17.10 … Ran the Bronco Invite 5k in 18:31.4 … Competed in the WCC Championships 6k in 22:40 … Finished the season at the NCAA DI West Regional Championship 6k with a time of 22:12. (TRACK) Started off the season at the Kim Duyst Invite 5k in 17:42.12 … Earned a personal best time in the 3k at the Aggie Open in 10:13.61 … Raced the Johnny Mathis Invite 1500m in 4:56.85 … Competed in the SF State Distance Carnival 5k in 17:31.63 … Ran the Woody Wilson Invite 1500m in 4:49.80 … Raced the Brutus Hamilton Invite 5k in 17:34.30 … Earned a personal best time in the 1500m at the Sac State Open in 4:49.34 … Finished off the season at the West Coast Invite in the 10k with a time of 37:12.50.
Cross Country: 17:29 in the 5k (2012 - Bronco Invite) - Charles Bowles Invite); 21:16 in the 6k (2012 - NCAA West Region Championship)
Track: 4:39.44 in the 1500m (2012 - Sac State Open); 10:13.61 in the 3k (2012 - Aggie Open); 17:18.70 in the 5k (2013 - Kim Dyust Invite); 37:12.50 in the 10k (2012 - West Coast Invite)
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Dan Hodgin, Mark Frise and Dina Oaklan ... Best Marks XC: Stanford Invite 5k-18:51, Woodward Park 5k-19:02 ... Best Marks Track: 1600m 5:19.27, 3000m: 10:27.63, 3200m 10:59.55 ... Top Finishes: 5th Place Central Coast Section D2 XC Championship 2010.
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Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero wants to play another season in Australia but says his discussions with Sydney FC have stalled.
The former Juventus great joined the club in September, making the 2006 World Cup winner the biggest signing in the domestic A-League history.
The lucrative deal, reportedly worth 1.6 million euros (US$2 million) a season, was for one-year with another one-year option.
He told journalists talks had taken place between his management and the club about staying on but the situation had turned into a waiting game.
"We have been talking. We are waiting (for) what it (the club) decide . they wait (for) me. Everybody is waiting," Del Piero told The Australian.
"We have discussed things. We have a good relationship, but at the moment we have to think day by day."
Sydney FC chief executive Tony Pignata, who was instrumental in bringing Del Piero to Australia, confirmed the player wanted to take up the extra year option.
"We had preliminary discussions a few weeks ago and Ale indicated he was keen to stay," Pignata told the newspaper.
"But the focus, as you would understand, has been on finding a new coach after Ian (Crook) left and getting the club back on track.
"Now we have appointed Frank Farina (as coach). It will be a matter for the board to sit down and sort out something in regards to Ale in the next few weeks".
Sydney have had a miserable season and are currently bottom of the A-League ladder after 10 games, having won just three.
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K. Danse
The choreographic approach of the Compagnie K. Danse develops a contemporary movement language by the dialectic confrontation between the physical body (lived, experienced) and the visual body (seen, virtual).
The performances question the borders between fiction and reality, the social construction of the body, and the psychological structures in human relationships.
They investigate various digital technologies:
_ reactive costume and interactive dance floor (Tactile Sensations 2010-2011)
_ physiological sensors (Echo Room 2009, Para_site 2007)
_ programmed art (Gameplay 2005)
_ interactive real time image-sound environments, Max/Jitter (Nuit Ecran 2006, Lovely user 2004/5)
_ body sensors, interactive 3D and motion capture (Icare Ecart 2003)
_ internet (Danse e-Toile 2009, Fronter@ 2004, Danse et Toile 2002) …
Art-Science-Dance / CorpusMedia http://corpusmedia.k-danse.net/en/
The company develops its four main areas of activity (performance making, mediation, research, organization of events) within the framework of CorpusMedia: Digital Performance, connecting the French and Spanish regions of Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon, Catalonia, Balearic Islands and Aragon.
K. Danse is a member of Digital Art Network (RAN)
The company is invited by the city of Villeneuve-Tolosane (Théâtre Marcel Pagnol) to produce a full program of performances, workshops, community dance, special events …
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Q. My checkbook was stolen during a break-in of my home. Before the thief cashed any checks, I closed the account. A collection agency is now asking me to pay some of the checks that bounced. Do I have any liability?
A. If your checks were stolen and your signature was forged, then you have no liability on the checks. The thief's forgery of your name actually operates as his signature and he is the one from whom the collection agency should be trying to collect. I suggest you contact the collection agency in writing by certified mail, and let them know the situation. If you filed a claim with the police, include the case number. (If you did not file a report, do so.) You should make it clear to the collection agency that your signature was forged, and that you are disputing any liability on the instrument. The collection agency may ask for some additional documentation; however, this should ultimately resolve the matter. Finally, check your credit report to insure that nothing has been reported in connection with the forged checks. If you find anything, dispute it with the credit bureau and demand it re-investigate and remove the incorrect entry.
Q. I wrote something on a blog about the candidates for president that my employer read. My employer told me that he did not agree with what I said, and did not want to work with people like me. He then fired me. What ever happened to freedom of speech?
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Time Out says
Cocktails, smart dresses and stiff-upper-lipped hypocrisy are the order of the day in Rodney Ackland's scathing comedy about the suburban classes of the late 1940s. Adapted from a short story by W Somerset Maugham, it shows a world in which 'Who's Who' is the Bible, and God is almost certainly a member of the Conservative Party.
There's always a danger when dramatising the cut-glass accents and attitudes of post-war England of slipping into caricature, and Matthew Dunster's production does not entirely escape this. The Skinner family is confronted with a dilemma when their daughter Laura returns as a widow from Africa's Golden Coast, but refuses to wear mourning at a party eight months after her husband's death.
Katherine Parkinson's performance as Laura is a model of quietly modulated agony – although her dilemma quickly takes on comic aspects, she is the one member of the cast who delivers the lines as if she had lived them. Through the course of the play she must deal with an impatient fiancé, a mother whose moral centre is in her stomach, a father with Tory ambitions, and a vindictively jealous sister. But though the laughs are frequent, the targets often feel superficial.
The frustration is that this could be an extremely good evening – some of the one liners would have made Noël Coward proud, and the cast, not least Michelle Terry as the vindictive Kathleen, are very good. But the production's momentum feels misjudged from the off, and this combined with its over-pronounced self-consciousness leaves you feeling – rather like its characters – as if an opportunity has been missed. Rachel Halliburton
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Wine Regions of New Zealand
Following are the major wine regions of New Zealand known for their exclusive wineries and the wines that rank alongside some of the best in the world.
When Reverend Samuel Marsden was first planting grapes in New Zealand in 1819 to make sacramental wine, he would have no idea of the immense fame that the country would get in the field of wine making. It was Sauvignon Blanc that drew attention of the wine lovers towards New Zealand and put the country on the world's wine map. Today, the wine industry of New Zealand has not only established itself as a major contributor to economy of the nation but also helped the nation achieve international acclaim by producing some of the best wines in the world. There is heavy demand for New Zealand wines globally, especially in Australia, United States, Asia and European markets. Pleasant, maritime climate and unmatched enthusiasm of the wine makers are some of the reasons for rising reputation of New Zealand in world's leading wine markets.
Best wines of New Zealand are mainly produced in eight wine regions which extend from latitudes 36°S in the north to 45°S in the south. All these regions differ from one another in terms of climate, soil quality, varieties of grapes grown, and the wines produced. Following are the major wine regions of New Zealand known for their exclusive wineries and the wines that rank alongside some of the best in the world.
Auckland, the largest city of New Zealand, is also the place where country's viticulture started. Famous for Bordeaux style wines, this large, diverse wine region has over 100 wineries and vineyards. Wine production in Auckland mainly centers around Henderson Valley, Kumeu and Huapai, all boasting an array of world famous and boutique wineries. Vineyards have now also spread beyond, in the areas of Matakana, Waiheke Island and Clevedon. Popular varieties grown include Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Matakana is now also being noted for producing tasteful wines, including Pinot Gris, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon. A number of wineries in Kumeu offer free tasting, most noted being Coopers Creeks, Kumeu River, Nobilo and Matua Valley. You can find many tour operators offering specialist small group wine tours in West Auckland region.
Waikato and Bay of Plenty
Located south of Auckland, this small yet expanding wine region has a moderately warm climate which helps it produce some finest-quality grapes. The vineyards here are scattered amidst rolling farmland. This wine region focuses mainly on Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc varieties.
Central Otago Region
Dubbed as "world's most southerly wine-producing region," Central Otago is probably the most amazing vineyard setting of the country. Surrounded by picturesque mountains, Central Otago boasts of deep river gorges and lovely lakes. The distinctive climate of Central Otago, along with productive soils rich in mica and schist, creates perfect conditions for growing Pinot Noir.
It was French miner Jean Desire Feraud who first recognized the slopes near Kawarau River as potential vineyards in 1864. In 1976, Rippon Vineyard was planted outside Wanaka. Later Kawarau Gorge was recognized as an ideal site for cultivation of Pinot Gris, Riesling, and Pinot Noir grapes.
Wanaka, Queenstown and the Clutha Valley are the main areas of Central Otago District where grapes are grown commercially. You can find here over twenty wineries open to visitors for tasting. Some of the best vineyards are located near the 45th Parallel. A small number of wineries are located on the southern slopes above Kawarau Gorge. The appealing Chard Farm Winery, located on the road off SH6 offers free tasting of current vintage. Gibbston Valley Winery offers a Wine Cave Tour which also includes a tasting session of Riesling and Pinot Noir. Peregrine Winery offers free tasting of excellent "Sav" Blanc and Pinot Gris. Waitiri Creek and Mount Edward are among other reputed wineries of this region. Van Asch is another famous brand with an historical connection to Central Otago. Owned by Henry van Asch, one of the founders of AJ Hackett Bungy, Van Asch is known for producing some best quality wines including Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Syrah Rose, and Riesling.
This easternmost city of New Zealand is an easy-going relaxing place, offering visitors ample opportunities to view sharks in their natural habitats. Long hours of sunlight and warm summer nights have helped Gisborne become the Chardonnay capital of the country. Gisborne produces substantial quantities of Riesling, Muller-Thurgav, Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer grapes that are artistically converted into cheerful wines.
Matawhero Winery, located at Riverpoint Road and known for its Gewürztraminer, is the longest established winery of Gisborne. Montana at Lytton Road offers tours of factory-style operations to groups on appointment. Solo visitors can also try free tasting here. Milton Vineyard, a fully certified organic winery is known for applying bio-dynamics principles for wine production. The Riesling, Chenin Blanc, and late-harvest dessert wines are among the delightful wines produced at Milton. Shalimar estate Winery, noted for its quality reds, is another big name in the Gisborne region.
Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay is another ideal region in the country for viticulture. First vines were planted here in 1851 by French Marist missionaries. The Hawke's Bay's wine country encircles the cities of Napier and Hastings. The Hawke's Bay wine trail takes you to the journey of over thirty wineries, noted for producing famous Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Blessed with cool, temperate climate, Canterbury boasts of being fourth largest wine region of the country. Two main wine areas of Canterbury are: the Waipara Valley area and the plains around Christchurch. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Riesling are the most popular varieties grown in Canterbury. Many of the wineries in this region offer visitors picturesque settings, along with opportunities to enjoy some of the best wines as well as the gourmet food.
The city of Nelson is known for its breweries, wineries and galleries. The climate and soil of this region makes it ideal for wine and beer production. Charm of this area tempts most of the visitors to hang around and taste a glass of wine or beer. Greenhough Winery on Patrons Road offers visitors to try fine vintages. The Glovers's Vineyard is famous for its Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. Some other famous wineries of this area include Nuerdorf Winery, the Seifried Estate Winery, Moutere Hills Vineyard, and Karhurangi Vineyard.
No trip to Marlborough is complete without a visit to wineries that are mostly located in Blenheim area. While most wineries are dotted around Renwick town, while some can be found on SH1 between Blenheim and Picton. Noted for its fine Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, this area gets enough sunshine throughout the year for producing perfect quality grapes. Most wineries offer free tasting, and also feature beautiful gardens and restaurants to let you unwind yourself, enjoy some excellent food, along with a glass of some delicious wine.


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Woodridge Estates-A residential development with prime lots available, 29 lots, 1-2 acres. Many fallaway & wooded, underground utilities, curb and guttered for value and convenience. Only 4 minutes to I-71 and 15 minutes to Louisville. This quiet and private community offers the best of Oldham County and all the shopping and service convenience of LaGrange-only 3 minutes away and 15 minutes to The Paddock Shops (formerly The Summit). Award Winning Oldham County Schools with students attending the newly opened Locust Grove Elementary School and Oldham County Middle and High Schools.
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It's been some time since I've updated this blog. It has sat on something of a back-burner for the past year or so. A lot has happened, as might be expected, but let me give you a highlight.
Late last year I was approached to take on a project to equip and implement a media integrated program for a church. One of the aspects of the program would be to source, shoot, edit and produce a number of mini-documentaries that tell a story of God working in people's lives. This weekend we publicly released the second of these stories.
It has been a curious journey to be given access to some very personal topics in people's lives. The first story I was to tell was about a young woman with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. This time around we've been working to tell the story of a young couple who couldn't have children, and the challenges around it.
Here is Chris and Kitty, and God at Work.
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Dubai, UAE, February 07, 2018: The German high fashion brand AIGNER unveils its exclusive Dubai World Cup edition timepiece. The timepiece has a majestic galloping horse pattern on the dial, which is a representation of the brand's classic design that traces its tryst with the equestrian era.
Not straying away from the horseshoe monogram that has been symbolic of the brand, the special timepiece is crafted keeping horse enthusiasts in mind. With the AIGNER calligraphic inscription in Arabic and the sturdy leather straps, the German Atelier has captured the spirit of the Dubai World Cup horseraces this season.
The special Dubai World Cup edition Aigner timepieces are priced at 4300 AED and available in three color variations across all leading luxury outlets in Dubai.


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The first thing that comes to mind, at least to my mind, when someone mentions Middle Easter desserts is Baklava. However, there is one aspect of Persian desserts that you probably were not expecting at all. Many Persian desserts are actually French! Persians "borrowed" French desserts and made them their own by incorporating ingredients that are indigenous to Persian culture, such as saffron, cardamom, and, of course, rose water. Interestingly, Persians also borrowed French words and made them part of their everyday lingo. How do you say "thank you" in Farsi? You guessed it! Merci!
Persian Roulad is my favorite dessert. It calls for rose water. Rose water is by far the most exotic, sensuous, and stimulating product I have ever used. This water-like liquid can transport anyone to faraway gardens and faraway times. Persian Jews also use rose water for religious purposes. While other cultures use fragrances from cloves or even cinnamon, it is not surprising that Persian Jews use nothing less than rose water to help them return to their spiritual senses at the Havdalah ceremony. Persians need rose water in their taste buds to be able to continue carrying on the enchantment and mystery, the passion and romance that are characteristic of their people and their culture.
This is by far the most popular dessert at my Shabbat table! It is grand to see people's eyes when I bring it to the table and also witness their puzzled faces while trying to figure out what is that extra flavor they can't get their taste buds to decipher (rose water). Versatility is what is great about this recipe! You can use the same cake recipe I provide you, but the fillings are endless. Since I usually serve this cake after a meat meal, I use parve (nondairy) whipping cream (such as Rich Whip®). Other fun fillings are raspberry jam, Nutella® (if dairy), and even date butter—they are all amazing fillings. I also like to use rum or brandy mixed with a bit of water to moisten the cake if I do not have rose water handy…. This is a sure hit! I promise!
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The eggs should be at room temperature so that you can whip them to maximum volume. The secret to make the parchment paper stay in the baking pan is to spray the pan with a little oil or water before lining it. Cut slits in the corners of the paper for a snug fit. This cake freezes beautifully, just wrap in parchment paper and then in foil. Also, it is important to use parchment paper and not wax paper; these are not the same product. Make sure to not over bake this cake or it will crack. You can drizzle some powdered sugar on the cake before rolling it so it doesn't stick to the parchment paper. For a cleaner look, you can cut off both ends of the cake…I'll bet you can't resist eating them!
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup flour
¼ cup rose water (to moisten cake)
1 pint non dairy whip topping, divided
1 cup confectioners' (powdered) sugar
Confectioners' sugar
4 strawberries
Non dairy whip topping
chocolate shavings or melted chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 17"x12"x1" jellyroll sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Beat eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer for 1 minute or until fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla and continue beating for 3 minutes or until the mixture begins to turn pale yellow.
Gently and thoroughly fold in baking powder and flour with a flat spatula, making sure not to deflate the eggs. Spread batter evenly into the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until center springs back when lightly pressed.
In the meantime, whip non dairy whip topping until peaks form. Add sugar and combine. Set aside.
When cake is ready, hold the corners of the paper and remove from tray onto a flat surface. Peel cake off paper. Roll, 12-inch side in, along with the parchment paper. Set aside for a few minutes. Unroll and use a pastry brush to moisten the top of the cake with rose water. Spread cream evenly on the cake, leaving some for garnish. Roll again. Place on a platter, seam side down, and garnish with powdered sugar, melted chocolate, non dairy whip topping, and strawberries, as desired. Refrigerate if not serving immediately.
Yield: 10 slices
From: Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride by Reyna Simnegar. Visit Reyna's website and blog. To purchase the book visit: www.feldheim.com
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This new Kosher cookbook is unlike anything you have seen before. It offers an enticing collection of Persian and Middle Eastern recipes, from simple snacks to a full-blown feast! With over 100 stunning color photos and clear step-by-step instructions, you will be able to produce with ease a lavish spread of dishes from traditional well known Persian favorites to outright exotic. This book also offers sample Persian menus for all Jewish holidays and customs (minhagim) Persian Jews practice.
More than just a cookbook, Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride is the odyssey of a Venezuelan woman venturing into the unknown and mysterious world of Persian Jewry through marriage. This book is full of hilarious, and at times ironic, accounts of what happens when soul mates are not from the same origin. This book is a celebration of Jewish cultural diversity. This book will inspire you, make you laugh and make you an incredible exotic kosher cook!


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I don't have time to read any of this, but maybe you all do: Polygon's Matt Leone wrote a very, very long article (over 30,000 words!) about FFVII's making that involved interviews with 35 people (including Sakaguchi, Nomura, Kitase, Uematsu, Amano, Nojima, Naora, and others). Should be some good stuff in here: Final Fantasy 7: An Oral History
(Also, if you're wondering why they refer to the game as "Final Fantasy 7" instead of "Final Fantasy VII", I've noticed for awhile now that Polygon always replaces Roman numerals in game titles with Arabic ones. I have no idea why )


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AI War 2 is out now in Early Access! Get it on Humble Store today!
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A naming service maintains a set of bindings, which relate names to objects. The Java EE naming service is based on the Java Naming and Directory InterfaceTM (JNDI) API. The JNDI API allows application components and clients to look up distributed resources, services, and EJB components. For general information about the JNDI API, see http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/.
You can also see the JNDI tutorial at http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The Web Profile of the GlassFishTM Server supports the EJB 3.1 Lite specification, which allows enterprise beans within web applications, among other features. The full GlassFish Server supports the entire EJB 3.1 specification. For details, see JSR 318.
The Oracle GlassFish Server provides a naming environment, or context, which is compliant with standard Java EE requirements. A Context object provides the methods for binding names to objects, unbinding names from objects, renaming objects, and listing the bindings. The InitialContext is the handle to the Java EE naming service that application components and clients use for lookups.
The JNDI API also provides subcontext functionality. Much like a directory in a file system, a subcontext is a context within a context. This hierarchical structure permits better organization of information. For naming services that support subcontexts, the Context class also provides methods for creating and destroying subcontexts.
The rest of this section covers these topics:
Each resource within the server must have a unique name.
Global JNDI names are assigned according to the following precedence rules:
A global JNDI name assigned in the sun-ejb-jar.xml, sun-web.xml, or sun-application-client.xml deployment descriptor file has the highest precedence. See Mapping References.
A global JNDI name assigned in a mapped-name element in the ejb-jar.xml, web.xml, or application-client.xml deployment descriptor file has the second highest precedence. The following elements have mapped-name subelements: resource-ref, resource-env-ref, ejb-ref, message-destination, message-destination-ref, session, message-driven, and entity.
A global JNDI name assigned in a mappedName attribute of an annotation has the third highest precedence. The following annotations have mappedName attributes: @javax.annotation.Resource, @javax.ejb.EJB, @javax.ejb.Stateless, @javax.ejb.Stateful, and @javax.ejb.MessageDriven.
A default global JNDI name is assigned in some cases if no name is assigned in deployment descriptors or annotations.
For an EJB 2.x dependency or a session or entity bean with a remote interface, the default is the fully qualified name of the home interface.
For an EJB 3.0 dependency or a session bean with a remote interface, the default is the fully qualified name of the remote business interface.
If both EJB 2.x and EJB 3.0 remote interfaces are specified, or if more than one 3.0 remote interface is specified, there is no default, and the global JNDI name must be specified.
For all other component dependencies that must be mapped to global JNDI names, the default is the name of the dependency relative to java:comp/env. For example, in the @Resource(name="jdbc/Foo") DataSource ds; annotation, the global JNDI name is jdbc/Foo.
The preferred way of accessing the naming service, even in code that runs outside of a Java EE container, is to use the no-argument InitialContext constructor. However, if EJB client code explicitly instantiates an InitialContext that points to the CosNaming naming service, it is necessary to set the java.naming.factory.initial property to com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory in the client JVM software when accessing EJB components. You can set this property as a command-line argument, as follows:
Or you can set this property in the code, as follows:
Properties properties = null; try { properties = new Properties(); properties.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory"); ...
The recommended approach for looking up an EJB component in a remote GlassFish Server from a client that is a servlet or EJB component is to use the Interoperable Naming Service syntax. Host and port information is prepended to any global JNDI names and is automatically resolved during the lookup. The syntax for an interoperable global name is as follows:
This makes the programming model for accessing EJB components in another GlassFish Server exactly the same as accessing them in the same server. The deployer can change the way the EJB components are physically distributed without having to change the code.
For Java EE components, the code still performs a java:comp/env lookup on an EJB reference. The only difference is that the deployer maps the ejb-reference element to an interoperable name in a GlassFish Server deployment descriptor file instead of to a simple global JNDI name.
For example, suppose a servlet looks up an EJB reference using java:comp/env/ejb/Foo, and the target EJB component has a global JNDI name of a/b/Foo.
The ejb-ref element in sun-web.xml looks like this:
<ejb-ref> <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Foo</ejb-ref-name> <jndi-name>corbaname:iiop:host:port#a/b/Foo</jndi-name> <ejb-ref>
The code looks like this:
Context ic = new InitialContext(); Object o = ic.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/Foo");
For a client that doesn't run within a Java EE container, the code just uses the interoperable global name instead of the simple global JNDI name. For example:
Context ic = new InitialContext(); Object o = ic.lookup("corbaname:iiop:host:port#a/b/Foo");
Objects stored in the interoperable naming context and component-specific (java:comp/env) naming contexts are transient. On each server startup or application reloading, all relevant objects are re-bound to the namespace.
Lifecycle listener modules provide a means of running short or long duration tasks based on Java technology within the GlassFish Server environment, such as instantiation of singletons or RMI servers. These modules are automatically initiated at server startup and are notified at various phases of the server life cycle. For details about lifecycle modules, see Chapter 13, Developing Lifecycle Listeners.
The configured properties for a lifecycle module are passed as properties during server initialization (the INIT_EVENT). The initial JNDI naming context is not available until server initialization is complete. A lifecycle module can get the InitialContext for lookups using the method LifecycleEventContext.getInitialContext() during, and only during, the STARTUP_EVENT, READY_EVENT, or SHUTDOWN_EVENT server life cycle events.
The GlassFish Server exposes the following special resources in the naming environment. Full administration details are provided in the following sections:
An external JNDI resource defines custom JNDI contexts and implements the javax.naming.spi.InitialContextFactory interface. There is no specific JNDI parent context for external JNDI resources, except for the standard java:comp/env/.
Create an external JNDI resource in one of these ways:
To create an external JNDI resource using the Administration Console, open the Resources component, open the JNDI component, and select External Resources. For details, click the Help button in the Administration Console.
To create an external JNDI resource, use the asadmin create-jndi-resource command. For details, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.
A custom resource specifies a custom server-wide resource object factory that implements the javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory interface. There is no specific JNDI parent context for external JNDI resources, except for the standard java:comp/env/.
Create a custom resource in one of these ways:
To create a custom resource using the Administration Console, open the Resources component, open the JNDI component, and select Custom Resources. For details, click the Help button in the Administration Console.
To create a custom resource, use the asadmin create-custom-resource command. For details, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.
The GlassFish Server provides built-in factories for the following types of custom resources:
Template sun-resources.xml files for these built-in factories and a README file are available at as-install/lib/install/templates/resources/custom/. For more information about the sun-resources.xml file, see the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Application Deployment Guide.
To create a custom resource that provides instances of a JavaBean class, follow these steps:
Set the custom resource's factory class to org.glassfish.resources.custom.factory.JavaBeanFactory.
Create a property in the custom resource for each setter method in the JavaBean class.
For example, if the JavaBean class has a method named setAccount, specify a property named account and give it a value.
Make sure the JavaBean class is accessible to the GlassFish Server.
For example, you can place the JavaBean class in the as-install/lib directory.
To create a custom resource that provides properties to applications, set the custom resource's factory class to org.glassfish.resources.custom.factory.PropertiesFactory, then specify one or both of the following:
Create a property in the custom resource named fileName and specify as its value the path to a properties file or an XML file.
The path can be absolute or relative to as-install. The file must be accessible to the GlassFish Server.
If an XML file is specified, it must match the document type definition (DTD) specified in the API definition of java.util.Properties.
Create the desired properties directly as properties of the custom resource.
If both the fileName property and other properties are specified, the resulting property set is the union. If the same property is defined in the file and directly in the custom resource, the value of the latter takes precedence.
To create a custom resource that provides Java primitives to applications, follow these steps:
Set the custom resource's factory class to org.glassfish.resources.custom.factory.PrimitivesAndStringFactory.
Set the custom resource's resource type to one of the following or its fully qualified wrapper class name equivalent:
Create a property in the custom resource named value and give it the value needed by the application.
For example, If the application requires a double of value 22.1, create a property with the name value and the value 22.1.
To create a custom resource that provides URL instances to applications, follow these steps:
Set the custom resource's factory class to org.glassfish.resources.custom.factory.URLFactory.
Choose which of the following constructors to use:
URL(protocol, host, port, file)
URL(protocol, host, file)
Define properties according to the chosen constructor.
For example, for the first constructor, define properties named protocol, host, port, and file. Example values might be http, localhost, 8085, and index.html, respectively.
For the third constructor, define a property named spec and assign it the value of the entire URL.
To use a custom jndi.properties file, place the file in the domain-dir/lib/classes directory or JAR it and place it in the domain-dir/lib directory. This adds the custom jndi.properties file to the Common class loader. For more information about class loading, see Chapter 2, Class Loaders.
For each property found in more than one jndi.properties file, the Java EE naming service either uses the first value found or concatenates all of the values, whichever makes sense.
The following XML elements in the GlassFish Server deployment descriptors map resource references in application client, EJB, and web application components to JNDI names configured in the GlassFish Server:
resource-env-ref - Maps the @Resource or @Resources annotation (or the resource-env-ref element in the corresponding Java EE XML file) to the absolute JNDI name configured in the GlassFish Server.
resource-ref - Maps the @Resource or @Resources annotation (or the resource-ref element in the corresponding Java EE XML file) to the absolute JNDI name configured in the GlassFish Server.
ejb-ref - Maps the @EJB annotation (or the ejb-ref element in the corresponding Java EE XML file) to the absolute JNDI name configured in the GlassFish Server.
JNDI names for EJB components must be unique. For example, appending the application name and the module name to the EJB name is one way to guarantee unique names. In this case, mycompany.pkging.pkgingEJB.MyEJB would be the JNDI name for an EJB in the module pkgingEJB.jar, which is packaged in the pkging.ear application.
These elements are part of the sun-web.xml, sun-application-client.xml, and sun-ejb-ref.xml deployment descriptor files. For more information about how these elements behave in each of the deployment descriptor files, see Appendix C, Elements of the GlassFish Server Deployment Descriptors, in Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Application Deployment Guide.
The rest of this section uses an example of a JDBC resource lookup to describe how to reference resource factories. The same principle is applicable to all resources (such as JMS destinations, JavaMail sessions, and so on).
The @Resource annotation in the application code looks like this:
@Resource(name="jdbc/helloDbDs") javax.sql.DataSource ds;
This references a resource with the JNDI name of java:comp/env/jdbc/helloDbDs. If this is the JNDI name of the JDBC resource configured in the GlassFish Server, the annotation alone is enough to reference the resource.
However, you can use a GlassFish Server specific deployment descriptor to override the annotation. For example, the resource-ref element in the sun-web.xml file maps the res-ref-name (the name specified in the annotation) to the JNDI name of another JDBC resource configured in the GlassFish Server.
<resource-ref> <res-ref-name>jdbc/helloDbDs</res-ref-name> <jndi-name>jdbc/helloDbDataSource</jndi-name> </resource-ref>


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One of the most memorable parts of the holiday season is the wonderful food that seasons and spices up our celebrations. Sweet and savory, crispy or creamy, the deliciousness keeps on coming from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day.
But perhaps even more important than the food we consume is how we prepare ourselves for the deeper, faith-filled essence of these days, especially during this season of Advent, when we prepare the way for Christmas and the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The following ingredients for an awesome Advent won't pack on the pounds, but they will provide food for thought and the spirit, in anticipation of deeper faith and fulfillment to come.


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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner investigation continues as officials shift focus away from the lithium-ion batteries involved and towards the monitoring systems used on the Boeing 787.
The culprit appeared to be the Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries. Photos of burned 787 batteries released in the wake of the aircraft's grounding seemed to vindicate those who said the energy-dense storage devices were not yet fit for flight.
But the US National Transportation Safety Board announced Sunday "no significant findings" in its initial investigation into the January battery fire at Logan International Airport in Boston.
Japan transport ministry official Shigeru Takano said Monday the government had ended its on-site investigation of GS Yuasa, the Dreamliner's batterymaker. Having found "no major quality or technical problem," ministry officials said they would shift the focus of their probe onto Kanagawa Prefecture-based Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co., which makes the system that monitors the lithium-ion batteries.
What, then, is wrong with the Dreamliner?
"I think people had their fingers crossed that it was a battery fault," Keith Hayward, head of research at the Royal Aeronautical Society, told BBC. "It looks more systemic and serious to me. I suspect it could be difficult to identify the cause."
Kanto Aircraft, which makes flight-data recorders and other aircraft electrical systems, has yet to comment publicly on the investigation. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the company had never developed a battery-monitoring system until GS Yuasa contracted it to do so for the Dreamliner battery.
Some say Boeing's disparate outsourcing should take the ultimate blame for the 787's glitches. In a candid speech in January 2011 at Seattle University, Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief Jim Albaugh blamed the 787's then problematic delays and additional costs on Boeing's global outsourcing strategy, aimed at reducing costs, according to the Seattle Times.
"We spent a lot more money in trying to recover than we ever would have spent if we'd tried to keep the key technologies closer to home," Mr. Albaugh said.
A Forbes article reported that the 787 has significantly more foreign-made content than any other Boeing plane.
"An unusually high level of subcontracted manufacturing has made it more difficult to track down the jets' problem," the Forbes article concluded, "and an overly complex – and sometimes patchy – safety net could have contributed to it happening in the first place."
The 787's permitting process has also been called into question, with some saying the plane was given the green light despite concerns over the safety of a lithium-ion battery.
In 2008, Japan's government eased safety regulations on the plane's Japanese technology in an effort to fast-track the plane's debut, according to Reuters, although there is no evidence linking the easing of the standards to January's battery fires.
RTCA Inc., a nonprofit organization that advises the FAA on technical issues, called for stricter testing to prevent battery fires after the FAA issued lithium-ion battery safety rules in 2007, according to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal.


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Annisha Domenech (pictured), Rebekah Jenkins and Cameron Richard will be honored prior to the Richmond match as a part of Senior Day activities.
The Liberty women's tennis team concludes its regular season this week with a pair of matches. The Lady Flames close out Big South Conference play at Longwood tomorrow, before hosting Richmond on Friday. Both contests are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Prior to the match against the Spiders, Liberty's three seniors, Annisha Domenech, Rebekah Jenkins and Cameron Richard, will be honored as a part of Senior Day activities.
Liberty (12-8, 6-2 Big South) went 2-0 last week, notching a Big South victory over Radford, before stepping out of conference to shut out East Carolina, 4-0. The Lady Flames are riding a four-match winning streak and have won five out of their last six contests overall. During its current winning streak, Liberty has won by a combined score of 23-2. The 12 wins are the most for the Lady Flames since the squad posted 15 victories in 2011. Liberty is also assured its first winning season since 2011 as well.
For the season, Brittany Yang and Nicola Wellman are tied for the team lead in singles wins with 12 each. Yang is a team-best 7-1 in conference matches, while Wellman is right behind her at 6-1.
In doubles play, each of the Lady Flames' three pairs is playing well in conference matches. Rebekah Jenkins and Maria Khval are 5-3, while Belen Rivera and Yang are 7-1 and Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong are a perfect 5-0. Overall, Jenkins and Khval are tied with Rivera and Yang for the most doubles wins on the team with nine.
The Lady Flames are looking to make it four wins in a row against the Lancers. All-time, Liberty is 8-4 against its Route 460 rival. Richmond has had the Lady Flames' number, though, winning each of the three previous contests between the two schools.
Longwood enters tomorrow's match with a 3-9 overall record and a 1-7 Big South mark. The Lancers have dropped two contests in a row and have lost seven of their last eight matches overall. Mason Thomas leads Longwood with four singles wins this spring. In the top doubles position, Sarah Moomau and Malin Allgurin have a team-best four victories.
Richmond currently holds a 6-10 record this season and will host James Madison tomorrow, before coming to Lynchburg on Friday. The Spiders have dropped three matches in a row, including their most recent contest against George Washington, 4-3. Earlier this season, Liberty defeated George Washington, 6-0.
The Lady Flames will next compete in the Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship, which begins next week at Gardner-Webb. Seedings and the schedule for the tournament will be released on Sunday.
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Tomorrow, thanks to a willing daddy, a helpful grandma (the twins) and a fun aunt (big sister) . . .I'll be heading to spend my weekend at the Created for Care retreat (child free! : ) ).
Created for care is a retreat inspired by adoptive moms for adoptive and foster care moms, mom-to-be and orphan advocates. It was created to provide a place of rest and refreshment for the adoptive and foster care communities amidst what is often an emotional, exhausting, and long! journey.
I'll be honest . .. when I first signed up for it last september, part of me wondered about it. I wondered if I should go with this long of a wait still ahead of us. I was going alone . . .and I wondered how that would go. Yet I really felt like it was important for the time and with God filling in the details, signed up.
Yet while we're being honest?
It's been a hard few weeks at our house. Mommy has been tired. Children have been stretching. Life's had a few curve balls. And our wait? That seems to be growing longer at times more often than growing shorter.
I love to look back to september and believe that God knew all of that.
He knew how much I'd need a weekend of rest. He knew I needed a perspective shift. He knew I needed to step away from me and closer to Him.
If there is one thing I have learned about this adoption journey?
It's that it is really easy for my world to become small. When there isn't much news, when there isn't much movement, and when life just seems hard, our natural inclination is to focus on waiting for that "something" new.
Like any waiting stage in life, it's easy to want to focus on that "someday."
Yet God has clearly said that "someday" is not now.
So what I love about the heart of Created to Care is that even while it's for the adoptive community, it is about bringing the heart of a mommy back to the Creator. It's remembering the bigger picture. . . .and while we do that, helping equip and strengthen momma's to mother our children where ever they may be today.
I've commented before that there are moments the reality of how long we still have to wait that totally catch me by surprise and take my breath away. That's true.
We started this process a year ago this past november fully thinking there was a chance we might welcome our child home this year.
But God.
Several have asked me lately and I'm preparing my heart to wait as much as another two years. I pray it's less but have to trust God to write this journey and that it will be right.
I'm seeing the wisdom in His timing, even when it's hard sometimes. I'm learning the stretching and at time, painful molding that waiting is and the beauty in finding my satisfaction in Him.
In BSF this year, we've been studying Acts.
One of the real truths that has been hammered home is that as we respond to God's call on our lives, we need to be prepared for tribulation and trial as satan attacks that call on our life.
I'd love to live a life that with every time I responded "yes" to God, the path was clear sailing and His favor was poured on to my life.
It's easy to ask for that, look for that and desire for that if I'm being honest.
But God's shown me how much that is a lie from satan . . .that I have believed it more often than I care to admit. Yet it isn't biblical.
His eternal reward is promised.
Yet a smooth life as a Christian? That is not.
The book of Acts is such a testimony of that.
As the apostles responded to God's call to spread the gospel, they encountered so much suffering, so many obstacles and seemingly setbacks.
Yet they did not question if they should continue. They did not ask if it was worthy it (they knew it was!).
I love the results.
Time and time again, because of the persecution, supposed setbacks and change of routes, God was glorified and the gospel was spread as a result.
People found Jesus as they saw a God who was bigger than circumstances.
God has shown me that I can not allow satan to discourage me with doubts about our journey or how it's going to work out. In fact, He's showing me that I need to take the offense and equip myself with His strength and His word.
That's a huge prayer of mine as this journey stretches out in front of us and that's definitely a prayer request of mine that I can be prepared to stand strong against the discouragement in our journey still ahead.
I want to continue to look up and out instead of in.
That is going to only get harder.
Yet as I've studied this in BSF, I have to admit, I've often thought about the slow downs that have happened within the Ethiopia adoption program and seen parallels.
At times, it seems like for every two steps forwards the program makes, there is one step back.
Children are waiting, momma's are hurting, and there seems to be this gap between the two.
None of it seems to makes sense.
Yet amidst it all?
Families are changing too.
Moms are being refined.
Children are growing and parameters are being changed so that more special needs children are finding families and more older children are finding families.
Families in the adoption process are praying for the Ethiopia program like I believe it's never been prayed for before.
Families are becoming advocates for other adoptive communities.
Families already paper ready are available for other waiting children that may need a home with simple modifications (well as simple as adoption paperwork ever is).
And dare I even say that even occasionally, birth families are being reunited as real life circumstances change?
Through it all, God's faithfulness is being shared with every trial, roadblock and extra days encountered.
His name is being spread and we learning He is enough.
It's easy to look at the apostle's journeys in Acts and so clearly see God moving amidst trials. I have to believe satan attacked them in the same ways. Yet they continued to respond to God's call on their lives regardless.
So that's my prayer for this weekend and in the months (or years!) ahead.
That despite the incredible women and friends I may encounter this weekend. . .
Regardless of the things I learn, speakers I hear or lessons taught. . .
That I can turn my eyes back to my Creator and find that rest in Him.
And call me crazy?
But I don't even think my kids will miss me while I'm gone. : )


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Amanda Redmon and Mark Cofer were married on April 30 at Hidden Mountain Resort in Sevierville.
The Rev. Mike Winters officiated during the afternoon ceremony.
Beth Fink of Rockwood attended her sister as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were the bride's friend, Lynette Knight of Smyrna; the bride's sister, Maeghan Redmon of Rockwood; and Arial Cofer of Rockwood, the bride's stepdaughter. The bride's niece, Bella Fink of Rockwood, served as flower girl.
Emese Suranyi and Greg Leffew, both of Rockwood, were married on May 28 at Cokesbury United Methodist Church, Knoxville.
The Rev. Jason Gattis officiated during the 4 p.m. ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. Leslie and Mary Suranyi of Ontario, Canada.
The groom is the son of Billy H. Leffew and Dolores B. Leffew of Rockwood.
The bride was given in marriage by her parents. Andrea Proctor served as maid of honor, and Sarah Proctor was flower girl.
Babies born at Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, to Roane County parents:
June 1 — Rebecca and Daniel McLean, Harriman. A girl, Addison Jane, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Sibling: Isabella. Grandparents: Charles and Reba Ferguson; Lisa McLean.
June 8 — Restie and Douglas Dagley, Harriman. A boy, Adriel Jayden, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Grandparents: Vernon "Gene" Dagley; Bonnie Dagley.
Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse in June:
Aaron Seth Helton to Chelsea Lynn Wendland
Michael Dustin Perrin to Stephanie Lynn Gorman
Jose Agenor Lopez to Jennette Reynolds Jones
John William Isham to Angela Kaye Burnette Isham
Michael Harrison Thompson to Ramona Dawn Humphreys
Jeffrey Reed Abbott to Christy Annette Gipson Stanley
Jeffrey Clay Hampton to Retha Nyoka Breazeale Ward
Margaret McGhee and Adam Tinker were married on April 11 in Clinton.
Joanne Anderson officiated during the afternoon ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of David and Sherry McGhee.
The groom is the son of David and Linda Tinker.
Glen "Russ" and Lisa Sexton of Harriman announce the forthcoming marriage of their son, Cody Lee Sexton, to Saundra Nicole Rosenbalm.
She is the daughter of Wendell and Linda Rosenbalm of Heiskell.
A September ceremony is planned at Mountain View Park in Heiskell.
Madly Hillman celebrated her second birthday on June 11 with a party at Fort Southwest Point with her parents, grandparents, great-aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
She is the daughter of Chris and Betsey Hillman, Oliver Springs.
Her grandparents are Peg "Meema" Keating, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Chuck "Papa" and Rosa "Grammy" Smith Hillman, Harriman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. "Moon" Mullins are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary today, June 22.
Mullins of Little Emory and the former Mary Turner of Harriman were married on June 22, 1946, in Rossville, Ga., with the Rev. Herman Bowman officiating and family in attendance.
They have three daughters, six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren. A 15th great-grandchild is due.
Brayden Burney celebrated his third birthday June 9 with a Thomas-and-Friends-themed party.
He is the son of Scott and Melissa Burney, Rockwood.
Grandparents are Linda Utley Banks, Harriman, and Troy and Annette Burney, Oliver Springs.
Great-grandparents are the late Melvin and Lola Utley, the late Junior and Sara Burney, and the late O.T. and Etoy McDaniel.
Brayden has a younger brother, Shawn.
Douglas and Patricia Pate of Murfreesboro and Phillip and Gayle Nevils of Nashville announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Nikki Elaine Nevils, to Landon Wayne Houston.
He is the son of Michael B. Houston of Crossville and Sally Houston of Kingston.
The ceremony will be on July 9 in Antioch United Methodist Church. A reception will follow in Marathon Village in Nashville.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Betty Sue Rice of Nashville and the late Boyd Rice, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nevils.
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How Murray won over Dems
President Barack Obama was on the phone repeatedly with Sen. Patty Murray during the high-stakes budget talks and asked how he could help.
Murray's response: I got this.
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The veteran Washington Democrat, who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, had quietly and methodically built a close relationship with a man long vilified by the White House and congressional Democrats: Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican and Mitt Romney's running mate. But after private negotiations with each other, starting in the Senate dining room exactly a year ago and culminating after Murray's tense talks with furious House Democrats, the two were able to do what seemed impossible in a gridlocked Congress: Reach a bipartisan budget accord.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP and conservative groups: The breakup begins)
For Murray, the task was particularly tricky — and a test of whether she could use her growing clout to cut a deal after failing to reach one on the deficit-cutting supercommittee just two years ago. She needed broad support from her party for the plan she was drafting with Ryan, a Republican whose previous budgets worked as a campaign foil for Democrats. But she and Ryan agreed to keep their talks confidential, meaning she could not solicit feedback from fellow Democrats even though their support was critical to push the plan through the House. All the while, Murray had to keep the White House, which was eager for a deal, at arm's length.
"They knew I was negotiating, they didn't know the details of what I was negotiating," Murray said in an interview Wednesday in her Senate office. "I think we had to balance the role of a White House that needed to support a deal at the end of the day, but I also truly respect my counterpart's need to get Republican votes, and how that kind of voice in that room might have made it more difficult for them."
Speaking about her conversations with the president, Murray added this: "He was fully engaged in wanting us to get to a deal but understood his voice would be needed in different ways than perhaps sending his vice president over here to do a deal."
( Also on POLITICO: House passes bipartisan budget deal)
On Thursday, the House passed the Ryan-Murray budget on a resounding 332-94 vote, reducing the chances of another government shutdown next year and restoring certainty to the dysfunctional appropriations process. Sixty votes will be needed to break an expected Senate GOP filibuster next week, meaning the vote could be close. If it passes the Senate, it would amount to a temporary cease-fire in the budget wars that have consumed Washington since voters elected a divided Congress in 2010.
The bill would set overall discretionary spending levels for 2014 at $1.012 trillion and $1.014 in the next fiscal year, a substantial increase from the $967 billion that would take effect in mid-January without the budget agreement. But both Ryan and Murray — fearful of the effects of the continued sequestration cuts — agreed to shift those cuts to other parts of the budget, including extending a 2 percent cut to Medicare providers in the next decade. The package assumes a net deficit savings of $23 billion over the next decade.
Despite its easy approval in the House, the measure has come under fire from the right — for assuming the cuts would take place in the future rather than right away — and from the left, for leaving out an extension of unemployment benefits and for forcing federal workers to pay more into their pension programs.
It was the federal workers' cuts that made House Democrats irate in the final round of negotiations. While Ryan and Murray had been methodically moving toward a deal, those talks were put on hold as she had to put out a fire with House Democratic leaders, including Maryland Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Steny Hoyer, who represent federal workers in their districts, along with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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Murray made the case to House Democrats that Ryan was proposing about a $20 billion cut to federal worker retirement programs, and she was pushing him to lower that number. After a series of back-channel talks with House Democrats, Murray and Ryan agreed to impose about a $6 billion cut in federal pension programs, and only new workers would be affected. Members of the U.S. military who retire before age 62 will also see smaller cost-of-living increases as part of the compromise.
Obama called Van Hollen as Air Force One was on its way to South Africa to the Nelson Mandela memorial services and promised he wouldn't seek additional retirement cuts to federal workers in next year's budget. (Van Hollen and Pelosi both supported the deal, while Hoyer opposed it.)
"I did not support this agreement 24 hours ago," Van Hollen said Wednesday, calling the negotiations "rough and tumble at times."
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A report released last week has assigned alarming numbers to a regional tragedy of the commons otherwise known as the Ogallala Aquifer that lies below Kansas: If crop irrigation continues at current levels, almost 70 percent of its water will be depleted within 50 years.
Researchers at Kansas State University articulated their findings from a four-year-long study in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America." The team charted past, present and future aquifer-depletion rates and their effect on corn and cattle production.
"Society has an opportunity now to make changes with tremendous implications for future sustainability and livability," the study concluded. "The time to act will soon be past."
Attempts have been made to reduce water usage by the Legislature, governor's office and the Kansas Water Office. New laws have been enacted that do improve many management practices, but irrigators have not lessened their use of this critical input. Sustained and persistent drought has not helped matters. As such, each individual acting in their own best self-interest for the short term continues to deplete the long-term sustainability of the land.
K-State researchers don't even anticipate irrigation amounts to peak until 2025, given current rates. Improvements in irrigation technology, crop genetics and water management strategies will allow increased production rates of corn and cattle until 2040.
Still, if by the year 2063 the High Plains Aquifer will only have 31 percent of its water left, it will be tough to explain to future generations. Particularly since 97 percent of the aquifer existed 50 years ago before large-scale irrigation began.
"The motivation for the study -- what we really wrote the paper for -- was the family farmer who wants to be able to pass his or her land on to their grandchildren and have their grandchildren have the same capacity, the same abilities for successful agriculture that they do," said one of the study's co-authors, professor David R. Steward.
Given the state's long-held aversion to non-family corporate farms, it will come down to whether today's farmers have any intention of passing on their livelihood. Immediate and voluntary 20-percent reductions such as those being implemented in Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4, located in Sheridan and Thomas counties, do offer room for optimism.
But if irrigation decisions continue to be made based on corn and cattle prices, factoring in the amount of rainfall, the K-State report's conclusion does not bode well for succeeding generations whether farmers or not: "The future is bright in the near term but bleak beyond, and increased agricultural production may be realized before imminent reductions occur."
The aquifer needs to have water for western Kansans to have their home on the range. Private irrigation must decrease to prevent an avoidable tragedy from affecting us all.
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Some of the most devastating injuries can come from damage to the spinal cord. If the nerves there are damaged, it can mean loss of appendage control or worse. Even a decade or two ago, it was commonly believed that spinal injuries were irreversible, and the nervous system could not adapt to any such injury without some form of radical treatment.
New work reported in the January issue of Nature Medicine has shown this is not entirely true. Researchers at UCLA found that neural pathways will re-organize themselves to find a way for motor control signals to reach their destinations, even when an injury in the spinal cord—which represents the most direct route—blocks the most efficient path. Using the analogy of drivers on the road, Michael Sofroniew, lead author of the study, says, "when there's a traffic accident on the freeway [the spinal cord], what do drivers do? They take shorter surface streets. These detours aren't as fast or direct, but still allow drivers to reach their destination."
Using mice as their model, Sofroniew and colleagues blocked half of the long nerve fibers in different places and at different times on each side of the spinal cord. What the researchers found was surprising: most of the mice regained the ability to control their legs within eight weeks. The recovery was not 100 percent, but the mice did regain mobility. When the team blocked the short nerve pathways in the center of the spinal column, the mice lost the control they had regained, confirming that the brain rerouted the neural messages through the shorter connections. The UCLA team has indicated that their next goal will be to find a way to encourage nerve cells to grow and form new pathways around the site of an injury, giving the brain a better pathway to control what is lost due to the trauma.
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The Food and Drug Administration today, June 23, 2006, granted accelerated approval for Prezista (darunavir -- formerly known as TMC-114), a new drug for treatment experienced adults whose infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not responding to treatment with other antiretroviral drugs. Prezista, a protease inhibitor, is indicated to be co-administered with a low-dose of ritonavir, in combination with other active anti-HIV agents. Ritonavir, which is also a protease inhibitor, slows the metabolism of Prezista, resulting in increased plasma concentrations. The recommended oral dose of Prezista tablets is 600 mg (two 300 mg tablets) twice daily taken with ritonavir 100 mg twice daily and with food. The type of food does not affect exposure to darunavir.
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In a report setting out the challenges facing the integration of increasing amounts of wind power into the EU energy network, the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) agrees a supergrid could foster cross-border trade and improve competitiveness and sustainability as well as secure supply.
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The report highlights the problems of determining who pays and who benefits, the potential distortion created by different regimes in different EU member states and the relative compatibility of interconnection and transmission regimes, and of support schemes.
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) backed the report and said there was an urgent need for harmonised and clear rules for connection to the electricity system. "We expect wind power's share of electricity demand to increase from 4% in 2008 to 16% in 2020," says Paul Wilczek, EWEA's regulatory affairs advisor. "To ensure that such penetration levels are manageable from a technical perspective it is important to develop clear rules across Europe."
EWEA has published a generic grid code format for wind generators, which proposes an initial phase aimed at establishing a grid code template with common definitions, parameters, units and figures, as well as a common structure. This would be followed by a technical harmonisation exercise to adapt existing grid code parameters to the new template.
"The way in which grid code requirements in Europe have developed has resulted in gross inefficiencies and additional costs for consumers, manufacturers and wind farm developers," says Wilczek.
Interested parties can comment on CEER's consultation until February 18.