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Newmarket man may face hate-crime chargesBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
July 24. 2013 9:24PM
NEWMARKET — A Newmarket man is behind bars after being accused of scrawling racially motivated messages on street signs around town, threatening his neighbors, and living in a house as a convicted felon with access to nearly 40 guns, some of them loaded.
Brian T. Croall, 44, of 20 Durrell Drive, was arraigned Wednesday on firearms and drug charges resulting from a search of his home on Tuesday.
The search followed his arrest on July 17 in connection with a vandalism spree involving offensive and racist messages written on 14 town- and state-owned signs.
Handwritten notes were also found on his land and on trees and telephone poles.
Public Works Director Richard Malasky estimated the damage to the signs to be about $1,650.
According to police, some of the messages referenced the recent trial of George Zimmerman, a Florida man acquitted on July 13 in the high-profile killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Newmarket police prosecutor Michael DiCroce said at least one of the messages referred to Zimmerman as a hero while other graffiti included a swastika.
DiCroce said he feels Croall is a danger to the public.
"We've had complaints by numerous neighbors about his activities in the neighborhood," he said, adding that the neighbors who were allegedly threatened are concerned about their safety.
DiCroce added, "Given the fact of what he wrote, the swastika, the derogatory terms toward African-Americans, Hispanics, gays, elderly, I think he is a danger to this community. Those guns just weren't sitting there (in his house). They were loaded."
According to the police complaints, Croall allegedly threatened neighbors who drive a red Cadillac CTS with paper signs posted in the neighborhood that read, "Hey tough guy red CTS I'll beat in front of you family." Another message threatened, "Hey red CTS time for a beating."
DiCroce said authorities are considering pursuing hate crime charges and will speak with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
While investigating the threatening messages, police obtained a search warrant and during a search of his home Tuesday found at least a dozen firearms in plain view, DiCroce said.
Police discovered as many as 39 firearms in the residence along with more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, DiCroce said.
Croall, who lives about a quarter-mile from Newmarket schools, isn't allowed to have access to firearms because he was convicted of felony reckless conduct in August 2012 after firing a handgun into the air outside of the Chop Shop restaurant in Seabrook on Nov. 20, 2011. He fired the weapon after complaining that his car radio was stolen and nobody was helping him, prosecutors said at the time.
Police also found a small amount of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and the drug oxycodone for which he didn't have a prescription.
Croall is charged with two counts of criminal threatening, criminal mischief, theft by unauthorized taking for allegedly stealing a solar light from a neighbor, possession of a controlled drug, possession of a narcotic drug and being a felon in possession of firearms.
At Wednesday's arraignment in the 10th Circuit Court in Seabrook, defense attorney Joseph Plaia told Judge Mark Weaver that Croall's mother confirmed the guns belonged to his father, who died within the past year, and that the oxycodone had also been taken by his father.
Still, DiCroce argued that it doesn't matter if his father had owned the guns. He said Croall was living alone in the house and had access to them as a convicted felon.
Plaia argued for lower bail, saying Croall has diabetes and if he is released he could move out of his Newmarket residence to live at a home in Stratham.
Bail was set at $50,000 cash or corporate surety while bail in the vandalism and criminal threatening case remains at $25,000 cash.


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NEW ORLEANS Scenes and observations from the NFLs annual Super Bowl media day interviews with players and team personnel from the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on the field at the Superdome:
Terrell Suggs stood up, threw down his microphone, kicked over his chair with a back heel as he stepped down from his podium, and then he kicked over a cooler.
Onlookers laughed, satisfied that the Baltimore Ravens mischievous linebacker had properly punctuated the frenetic, free-for-all known as Super Bowl media day.
Suggs plays a central role in one of the more intimidating defenses in the NFL, and at least some of the conversation involved football and what it would take to slow down San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick in Sundays NFL championship game.
But media day never is just about football, not even when the players are interviewing each other: Posing as a reporter, defensive end Arthur Jones asked Suggs which staple of Louisiana cuisine he preferred, gumbo or jambalaya.
Thats a good question, and Im glad you asked that, Arthur, Suggs said. Definitely gumbo.
Suggs also was asked if he is the best dancer in the locker room: No way. Be Nasty, (safety) Bernard Pollard hes definitely the best dancer. And I think if we get this done come Sunday, you all will get to see a good dose of it.
And maybe even get a song from Suggs; he wasnt shy about serenading everyone with a rendition of Meatloafs I Would Do Anything For Love just moments after he took his seat behind the microphone.
When players and coaches were asked to play along with a joke about the growing influence of social media in everyday communication, results were mixed and appeared to expose the generation gap between some players and coaches.
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and others were asked to answer some questions in hash tags only. The tags, which might look like (hash)SuperBowl on the website Twitter, are used to help social media users identify trendy topics.
That would be very challenging to me, Harbaugh said. I dont know the hash-tag world that well. I dont have one. I dont have a Tweeter (sic). Im not real good at that.
Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker was more cooperative, answering several questions in a row about his Super Bowl experience as a rookie with, Hash tag, awesome.
AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report.

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zaraWednesday, May 18, 2011
I might feel a little like I am back in Jr. High, but I love it!
I must admit this looked like it was made for Libby when I finished it. (It was T I N Y !)
I absolutely adore this fair isle pattern. Working on it was just enough to keep it interesting. Although, I just get a little bummed when I have to stop knitting to untwist the colors. And, I may have switched up some of the colors a bit. (Reading the colors, in that bright sun, on the beach, after a beer, may have gotten me a little confused.)
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great sweater! I am amazed :)ReplyDelete
and yay to Libby- I remember the feeling of that freedom from being a metal mouth!
yeah for you and Libby! Love the sweater and the fit is perfect. The colors are great! Wonderful job Leslie!ReplyDelete
SO beautiful!!ReplyDelete
yay you! that's sweater is gorgeous. and i love knitting fair isle. that's the only colorwork i like.ReplyDelete
and yay libby! i bet she'll be smiling big for days.
Adorable and perfect fit!ReplyDelete
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!! I need to try colour-work, but it looks a bit beyond me at this stage :)ReplyDelete
well, the fit looks awesome! it's just perfect.ReplyDelete
hooray for no more braces! we have at least half a year to go.
As usual another great sweater!ReplyDelete
So cute! I love it! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
This looks really nice!ReplyDelete
I know you're hearing this a lot.. BEAUTIFUL!! You and the sweater. Your skills are to be admired.ReplyDelete
Yay Libby!! Beautiful with, even more beautiful without. Must be the time...Spencer is due to get his off in a few weeks as well.
Leslie I love it! And I don't think you look like you're in jr high at all! These sweaters are always stylish and I like the black and graysReplyDelete
gorgeous job!ReplyDelete
Wow oh wow! It's lovely!ReplyDelete
Very pretty and great color combination!ReplyDelete
That bread-and-butter miss looks so cute!ReplyDelete


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Charismatic Movement
The term charismatic comes from the Greek word charismata, which means spiritual gifts. It is the informal name given to the movement which is calling the Christian church back to a fuller recognition of the Holy Spirit in Christian experience, and in the life and mission of the church, including the exercise of all the spiritual gifts described in the New Testament.
The modern Pentecostal movement which began in 1906 did not make much of an impact on the mainline denominations, affecting mainly the lower classes of society. What is called the charismatic movement emerged in the early 1960s in the mainline denominations and has had an impact on most denominations. It holds that being a Christian includes having a definite experience with the Spirit and the exercise of spiritual gifts, often speaking in tongues.
In the Mennonite Church (MC), in 1906 the Pacific Coast Conference resolved that all ministers, evangelists, and all members having the baptism of the Holy Ghost encourage everywhere that believers seek a definite experience of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
In 1954 and 1955 Gerald Derstine, pastor, and a number of young people of the Strawberry Lake Mennonite Church (MC), Ogema, Minnesota, experienced unusual signs of the Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and being slain in the Spirit. Conference officials asked Derstine to say that at least some of the activities were of the devil, but he refused. In 1956 the conference withdrew his ministerial credentials and he left. In 1977 the officials apologized for what they had done to Derstine and welcomed him back into the Mennonite Church. He continued his independent ministries from Christian Retreat Center, Bradenton, FL. Other pastors and members had the "baptism with the Spirit" during the 1950s and 1960s, often without revealing it publicly. In 1970 retired missionary Nelson Litwiller experienced the baptism with the Spirit in a Catholic charismatic prayer meeting in South Bend, Indiana. He exercised significant leadership in the charismatic movement in the Mennonite Church until his death in 1987.
The official response of the church came in several ways. In 1972 a consultation was held on the person and work of the Spirit at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Festivals of the Spirit were held at Goshen College in 1972 and 1973 with an attendance of several thousand persons. In 1974 the General Board (MC) appointed a task force to develop a statement on "The Holy Spirit in the life of the Church" to be brought to Mennonite Church (MC) General Assembly in 1975. The assembly commended the statement to congregations for study and to return counsel to improve the statement. With some changes it was adopted in 1977 as a resource for teaching throughout the church, giving a favorable response to the charismatic movement.
Some lay leaders and ministers planned a churchwide charismatic conference in 1974, held at the Landisville (Pennsylvania) campgrounds and a second one at the Missionary Church campgrounds (Goshen) in 1975. Kevin Ranaghan, executive director of the Conference on Christian Renewal among the churches, wrote Nelson Litwiller and Harold Bauman, asking whether the Mennonite Church would help in planning the event.
A group of 32 people met in Youngstown, Ohio, in October 1975 and formed Mennonite Renewal Services (MRS). The purposes were to provide consultative and liaison services to individuals and conferences, to represent charismatic Mennonites to groups within and beyond the denomination, to converse with leaders of the Mennonite Church, to provide information and referral services, and to sponsor teaching ministries and conferences. Nelson Litwiller represented MRS on the planning for the Conference on Christian Renewal (interdenominational charismatic conference) at Kansas City in 1977 and for the North American Congress on the Spirit and World Evangelization, held in New Orleans in 1987. Mennonite Renewal Services has reported to each Mennonite Church (MC) General Assembly and has been affirmed in its work by Mennonite Church General Board. The leaders of MRS sought to renew the church and to encourage renewed members to stay with the church and not to leave it. A significant factor in the renewal in the Mennonite Church (MC) has been renewal conferences. Mennonite Renewal Services continued holding churchwide conferences until 1978. Annual regional conferences emerged in 10 to 12 areas across North America. The MRS organization also held annual consultations involving persons active in renewal ministries throughout the church. People from other Anabaptist and Mennonite groups were invited to participate in the early stages of this development While some members of other groups joined MRS, no official delegates were sent more than a few times.
In April 1987 MRS decided to change its name to Believers Church Renewal Ministries and incorporated people from the Church of the Brethren renewal ministries. This was the result of working with these leaders for several Years. In the same month an Apostolic and Prophetic Council was established as an aid to charismatic congregations which needed a different kind of ministry than what their conference leaders were able to provide. In November 1987 a consultation brought together leaders of charismatic congregations and conference leaders to work at strengthening relationships. Sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries, the consultation developed practical steps to strengthen relationships. By 1989 the new body was known as Empowered Ministries. This organization continued until 1995 when reduced financial support prevented its continuation. Its periodical, Empowered, also ceased at this time.
In a survey of one of every three Mennonite Church (MC) congregations in 1986, pastors reported 10 to 15 percent of the members called themselves charismatic. Between 25 to 30 percent of the pastors identified themselves as charismatic.
The General Conference Mennonite Church has been affected less by the charismatic movement in the United States than in Canada. A number of Canadian Mennonite congregations in the western provinces have a significant number of people with the charismatic experience. Some congregations have been able to minister to these persons while in others there have been tensions. Some members have left to join Pentecostal groups.
Some of the issues the charismatic movement has brought to congregations include whether the baptism with the Spirit is another name for the new birth, or is a definite experience with the Spirit as a part of conversion, or is an experience subsequent to conversion. Other issues involve worship: the raising of hands, speaking in tongues, prophecy, and the use of Scripture songs. Some charismatics have borrowed views of central leadership authority from other charismatic groups. Some of the contributions of the charismatic movement have been renewed vigor in worship, renewed interest in releasing spiritual gifts in congregational life, and new motivation for evangelism and missions.
See also Amor Viviente, Honduras; Holy Spirit; Sanctification
Bauman, Harold E. and Ernest Hershberger in Gospel Herald (27 January 1987): 52-55.
Wittlinger, Carolton O. Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978: 527ff.
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Bauman, Harold E. "Charismatic Movement." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1990. Web. 18 Oct 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Charismatic_Movement&oldid=143265.
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Bauman, Harold E. (1990). Charismatic Movement. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 October 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Charismatic_Movement&oldid=143265.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, pp. 134-136. All rights reserved.
©1996-2018 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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St. Stephen's Basilica
The St. Stephen's Basilica is Budapest's largest church; it can hold 8,500 worshippers simultaneously, and its official ecclesiastical name is Lipót City Parish Church. Its main façade overlooks Szent István tér and the Danube via Zrínyi utca. The construction started in 1851, but for various reasons, such as the death of the original architect and the collapse of the dome, it was fully completed only in 1905.
Due to its proximity to the Danube, a triple cellar system was built underneath it - so the building is almost as large under the ground as above it. The church was severely damaged during World War II; the reconstruction took 20 years, between 1983 and 2003, during the course of which Szent István tér was also rebuilt.
The church commemorates the first Christian king of Hungary, who founded the Hungarian state in the year 1000 AD. His mummified right arm is on display inside the church. The church has Hungary's largest and heaviest bell, weighing 9 tons. There is a magnificent view of the city from the cupola of the church. There is a modern elevator taking visitors most of the way up, from where a 360-degree view of Budapest can be observed, from a height of 96 metres.
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my boys record is 13 hours! that was sore. i just stick him in a wrap sling with the boob in his mouth and let him get on with it now or id never get anything done. also lying on my side and letting him feed while i go back to sleep.
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A student math team from the University of Rochester finished in the top three percent in the recent William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.
The teammade up of senior Xiaoqing Tang, sophomore Vincent Yu, and freshman Douglas Millerfinished 15th among 460 teams.
"I think this is an outstanding result, which gives us great hope for the future, especially because only Xiaoqing was part of last year's team," said Dan Geba, associate professor of mathematics and coach of the team. "This is the fourth year in a row that we've been in the top 15 in the country."
There were 4,440 students from 572 colleges participating in this year's competition. The University's top-performer this year was Xiaoqing, who scored 32 for a ranking of 102.
The contest, administered by the Mathematical Association of America, is held the first Saturday in December, with the results released in March. Harvard took top honors this year, followed by Carnegie-Mellon, Caltech, Stanford, and MIT.
The Putnam Competition began in 1938 and is open to undergraduate college students in the U.S. and Canada. In a test of both originality and technical competence, participants try to solve 12 questions in two, three-hour sittings.


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The Wedding Couple
Carol L. Fowler 9/18/2011 1:42:03 PMAwesome framing- terrific capture #1409143
Lindley Johnson 9/18/2011 3:39:32 PMI knew you were getting an awesome image of this, Leslie! I LOVE this capture! #9678114
Ellen Hodges 9/18/2011 4:16:39 PMSimply fabulous, Leslie!! Love the dress, too!! #9678196
Candice C. Calhoun 9/19/2011 7:29:31 AMI love how you framed with marvelous portrait and I love her dress too!
ccc #9679342
Marcel J. Fernandez 9/19/2011 8:39:27 AMLeslie, this one is a beauty. My pick as a winner. #9679463
Nancy L. Green 9/19/2011 11:18:15 AMGREAT capture Leslie, I love these "special moment" candid shots, WTG my friend!! <>< #9679711
Tammy Espino 9/19/2011 12:27:01 PMI like that dress too :) Great candid capture ~ #9679790
Rona L. Schwarz 9/19/2011 10:05:59 PMGreat candid capture, Leslie! Beautifully framed...fabulous with skyscrapers and reflections in the background. Love the bridge detail, too! And yes, her dress is lovely. #9680607
Kathryn Wesserling 9/23/2011 8:16:13 AMFunny that you wrote so much of the couple - they are what caught my attention immediately also. It's a wonderful picture (and dress!) #9686956
Tammy Espino 10/18/2011 4:48:27 PMCongrats on your wonderful finalist :) #9743601
Bonnie C. Lackey 10/18/2011 5:25:31 PMCongrats to you and to the newly weds! #9743911
Amy M. Wilson 10/18/2011 5:26:19 PMHuge congratulations on your EXCEPTIONAL Finalist, Leslie!! #9743917
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 10/18/2011 5:58:56 PMVery imaginative use of location #9744224
Kathryn Wesserling 10/18/2011 6:07:21 PMWow - one of my favorites of yours. Congrats on the Finalist (and how cool that the Judges are leaving comments.) Good Luck in the next round. #9744290
Robert R. Goodman 10/18/2011 7:08:30 PMHi Leslie,A big congratulations on this beautiful finalist!!! #9744714
Kathy Salerni 10/18/2011 7:23:38 PMBig congrats on your Finalist and good luck in the next round, Leslie! #9744836
Patti Coblentz 10/18/2011 7:51:30 PMA fantastic image, Leslie...congratulations on your finalist! #9744968
Lindley Johnson 10/18/2011 8:36:56 PMLove, love, love, this finalist - congratulations, Leslie! #9745160
Rona L. Schwarz 10/18/2011 8:51:34 PMI knew we'd see this again, Leslie! Super comp. CONGRATULATIONS on your superb FINALIST and Good luck in the next round! #9745210
Ellen Hodges 10/18/2011 9:50:05 PMHuge congrats on a fab finalist, Leslie!! Very best luck!!! #9745361
Julie Burnett 10/19/2011 4:53:31 AMCongratulations on this well deserved finalist, Leslie, and I too love the dress!! #9746226
Marcel J. Fernandez 10/19/2011 9:27:59 AMCongratulations, Leslie. My pick for a Winner. #9747338
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 10/19/2011 9:35:16 AMGreat environmental image! #9747368
Jessica Jenney 10/19/2011 11:36:15 AMCongratulations, Leslie on your fabulous finalist! #9747833
Karen Celella 10/19/2011 11:56:43 AMCongratulations on another wonderful finalist, Leslie. #9747919
Susan Fox 10/19/2011 12:04:45 PMCongratulations on your finalist! #9747970
Phyllis A. Houghton 10/19/2011 12:06:11 PMBeautiful colors, curves, reflections and mood. Congratulations! This is a big favorite of mine. #9747985
JO ANN CLEVELAND 10/19/2011 2:43:19 PMOutstanding finalist...congratulations Leslie!
jo ann c. #9748491
Usman M. Bajwa 10/20/2011 2:51:57 AMC O N G R A T Z .....!!! I see a Gold badge soon, Leslie!
Carol Flisak 10/20/2011 6:12:33 AMBeautiful image, Leslie... great framing, comp and location. Congrats on your finalist! #9750080
Joannie Bertucci 10/20/2011 6:30:12 AMLeslie, I truly hope this exceptional image gets a gold badge! With the finalist you are on your way! #9750111
Debra R. Harder 10/20/2011 8:40:04 AMWhat can I say...AMAZING, Leslie! A GOLD winner all the way...and a FAV. Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING finalist! Deb #9750319
Linda D. Lester 10/20/2011 3:45:51 PMWOW! You had two judges!!! Awesome shot!!! it's the count down now!!! :) #9751097
Christopher Budny 10/21/2011 3:50:02 PMCongratulations, Leslie! #9753072
Merna L. Nobile 10/22/2011 7:50:16 PMMay your heart catch the joy of the moment and soar!
David M. Montero 10/23/2011 10:59:06 AMCongratulations on your finalist selection Leslie! #9756871
Deborah C. Lewinson 10/23/2011 2:10:35 PMCongratulations, Leslie, on your finalist for this amazing, creative, and very beautiful image!
Debby #9757253
Linda D. Lester 10/24/2011 8:28:00 PMI was just standing here! ongratulations on your awesome win! Great working with you! #9760019
Tammy Espino 10/24/2011 8:39:54 PMCongrats! #9760054
Lindley Johnson 10/24/2011 8:47:52 PMI LOVE this image, Leslie - big congratulations on your Winner! #9760078
Nikki McDonald 10/24/2011 9:01:02 PMSo very well seen and framed, Leslie. Congratulations on the win. #9760095
Graham Robards 10/24/2011 9:08:08 PMJust lovely, great shot Leslie, congratulations.
~Pat #9760104
Kathy Salerni 10/24/2011 9:46:39 PMHuge congrats on winning Gold, Leslie! #9760187
Katarina Mansson 10/24/2011 10:48:26 PMCongratulations on your superb winner Leslie! #9760279
Joannie Bertucci 10/24/2011 11:42:57 PMGold badge accomplished Leslie, congratulations! :-) #9760337
Usman M. Bajwa 10/25/2011 12:43:16 AMBIG Big CONGRATZ, Leslie on your beautiful winner!!
Kathryn Wesserling 10/25/2011 1:29:43 AMI'm so glad you got the Gold on this shot, Leslie - it's one of my favorites. Congratulations. #9760453
Renee Doyle 10/25/2011 2:04:48 AMCongratulations on this wonderful capture and deserving winner Leslie!!!! #9760518
Amy M. Wilson 10/25/2011 3:49:55 AMBig congratulations on your AWESOME Gold winner, Leslie... so happy for you!! #9760698
Christopher Budny 10/25/2011 4:05:47 AMVery happy for you, Leslie; congratulations! #9760750
Courtenay Vanderbilt 10/25/2011 4:14:08 AMWow, super congrats, Leslie! Now I know exactly where that was taken! :-) #9760773
Ellen Hodges 10/25/2011 4:20:24 AMHUge congrats, Leslie, on a fabulous winner!!! #9760796
Jessica Jenney 10/25/2011 5:27:54 AMCongratulations, Leslie on your beautiful win! #9761008
Val Feldman 10/25/2011 5:35:48 AMExcellent! Huge congratulations, Leslie, on a wonderful Gold Win! #9761042
JO ANN CLEVELAND 10/25/2011 5:48:04 AMSo glad to see this as a Gold Winner Leslie!
jo ann c #9761095
Debra R. Harder 10/25/2011 8:26:15 AMI knew this BRILLIANT image would win GOLD, Leslie!! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING GOLD WINNER!!!! Deb #9761505
Karen E. Baumann 10/25/2011 8:34:34 AMWonderful work, and some good timing on your adventure, too! Congratulations on this super win! #9761526
Susan K. Snow 10/25/2011 12:17:10 PMI'll bet their wedding pictures looked nothing like yours of them! The composition is out of this world, along with the sharpness, reflections, repeat of design and shapes, incredible lighting. This is an absolutely brilliant capture and creation and deserves the highest recognition. Congratulations, Leslie, on your winning image!!! #9761936
Julie Burnett 10/25/2011 12:53:01 PMCongratulations on this well deserved Gold Win, Leslie!! #9761997
Terry Cervi 10/25/2011 2:36:29 PMCongrats on your excellent win, Leslie! #9762186
Patrick Rouzes 10/25/2011 6:48:11 PMCongratulations on this incredible Winner, Leslie! Good for you! #9762846
Carol Flisak 10/25/2011 6:57:00 PMHuge congrats on your fantastic winner, Leslie! #9762863
Deborah C. Lewinson 10/25/2011 7:42:32 PMNot surprised and very happy to see this get the gold badge, Leslie!
Debby #9762933
Merna L. Nobile 10/25/2011 8:26:45 PMGold is a symbol of success. Wear it proudly. Merna #9763020
Phyllis H. Burchett 10/26/2011 9:40:12 AMCongrats Leslie on this fantastic winner! #9764169
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NEW YORK (AP) — Little did Nico Muhly know when he composed "Two Boys" that the type of Internet deception he based the opera on would keep repeating over and over.
So when reports surfaced last winter that Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o was duped into an online relationship with a nonexistent woman, Muhly took notice.
"I was so happy," he said, "in a perverse way."
Then he explained how the Web had created such a tangled web.
"It wasn't just some sort of man and girl in the suburbs. So that to me was very satisfying," he added with a laugh, going on to cite the case of a physicist duped into smuggling cocaine while believing he was courting a bikini model.
"It happens to random people, to famous people, to really smart people, to educated people, to uneducated people. There's a real kind of egalitarian nature to deceit, you know what I mean?"
The work by the 32-year-old New Yorker receives its North American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night, a fictionalized account of a British teenager who used the Internet in an attempt to arrange his own murder in 2003. The first composition to reach the Met stage from the company's 7-year-old commissioning program with Lincoln Center Theater, "Two Boys" has been revised since its world premiere two years ago at the English National Opera.
Starring mezzo-soprano Alice Coote as Detective Anne Strawson and tenor Paul Appleby as Brian, a 16-year-old accused in the stabbing of a 13-year-old named Jake, "Two Boys" is a starkly contemporary piece.
Met General Manager Peter Gelb said the adult themes ruled out the opera from inclusion in the company's high-definition theater simulcasts.
"It's full of such darkness, such personally really upsetting things that I have to witness that, yeah, I feel very tired," Coote said. "There's a lot of sexual and emotional abuse going on in this piece."
Gelb first became aware of Muhly when he was an executive at Sony. They started talking soon after Muhly was a pianist for a workshop of what became Rufus Wainwright's "Prima Donna."
Muhly wrote the opera with librettist Craig Lucas in a method Mozart, Verdi and Wagner would be unfamiliar with. When he had drafts of music ready, he would email them to Lucas as PDF files. Muhly composes at home and on the road — and on Amtrak trains.
"The cafe car is the best," he said. "I find out in advance where it's going to be and then wait by the staircase in Penn Station."
Reviews at the original run were lukewarm. Rupert Christiansen wrote in The Telegraph that it was "a bit of a bore — dreary and earnest rather than moving and gripping, and smartly derivative rather than distinctively individual. Yet I wish that I could have heard it again before passing judgment."
Since the London premiere, they've switched the beginnings of the two acts to make the work more linear, created more of a backstory to the detective, added about 1½ minutes of music, inserted dancing to the online chat room choruses and made minor changes to the orchestration,
"I think most operas after their first performance get revised, since the beginning of time," Muhly said. "And others go through a period of heavy, heavy revision, and then you realize the first instance was right."
Gelb has instituted a commitment to contemporary operas at the Met since he took over as general manager in 2006, presenting the company premieres of John Adams' "Nixon in China," Thomas Ades' "The Tempest" and Philip Glass' "Satyagraha." Trying to fill its 3,800 seats, the Met has put up posters in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, erected signs in New York City subways and advertised on MTV's "Catfish: The TV Show," a reality program about Manti Te'o-style trickery in online dating.
"In general a piece that is completely unfamiliar to the audience is harder to sell, obviously, than a piece that is familiar," Gelb said.
For all the modern technology, Appleby says the emotions of the story are familiar. He compares it to plays of Shakespeare and the French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac.
"A very, old traditional story about people trying to reach out and looking, longing for a connection or longing for love and not feeling comfortable expressing themselves," he called it.
Everyone involved describes "Two Boys" as troubling.
"This is written in such a way that it almost expresses the disjointedness of daily life that we all live," Coote said. "What has become of us as humanity when we're so dominated now by the Internet, by technology, as our lives are quite a lot of the time being lived within those realms?"


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Chandy to take up report on Western Ghats with PM
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he will take up the G.Kasturirangan committee report about the ecology of the Western Ghats with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who began a three-day visit to the state Friday.
Chandy said this soon after receiving the state government-appointed three member expert committee's report that studied the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel recommendations and held consultations with a cross-section of the people.
"This report will be put up on the website and people can still submit their recommendations and then only the final report will be submitted to the central government," said Chandy here.
Speaking to IANS, K.P.Laladhas, member secretary of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board whose chairman Oommen V.Oommen headed the state government appointed committee, said one of the main recommendations in the report submitted to Chandy was that a proper physical verification of ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) as identified by the Kasturirangan committee has to be done and all human inhabited areas, plantations and farm lands should be excluded.
"Among the other key recommendations include scrapping of the ecologically fragile land rule that has fulfilled its purpose, there should be no cutting of trees in private properties, besides a complete ban on quarrying in forests areas within ESAs, a ban on using of dynamite and chemicals for catching fish in the rivers," said Laladhas giving a few points.
The union environment and forests ministry November last year came out with an order which had five conditions applicable to 123 villages in the state.
As the order was made public, all hell broke loose among residents of the areas to which these orders pertained, especially from the hilly district of Idukki and the hill areas of Kozhikode and Kannur districts.
The Left opposition called for a state-wide shutdown to protest the order.
The union ministry in December withdrew the order and said it would be replaced with one that has more clarity.


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Central ices city rival MemorialBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 11. 2014 10:11PM
MANCHESTER - City rivals, a rematch of last year's state championship, two packed student sections at opposite ends of the rink and a physical contest. High school hockey games don't get much better than that.
Manchester Central emerged as the winner, knocking off defending champion Manchester Memorial by a 3-0 score at a raucous JFK Coliseum packed with an estimated 400 fans. Central senior goalie Ian Beliveau made 28 saves to earn the shutout.
"Our whole team had a great game. The defense was playing amazing in front of me," Beliveau said. "When we get city games like this, they're always fun. Every game is fun."
After two scoreless periods, Central (4-1-0) broke through seven seconds into the third with a power-play goal. Devon Sprague pounced on a loose puck in the slot and took a whack, chipping it up and over the glove of Memorial junior netminder Brandan McKenzie for a 1-0 Central lead.
The Little Green extended to a 2-0 lead at 4:33, once again connecting on a power-play chance. Central moved the puck well on the man-up and had McKenzie on the move with a barrage of shots. Jon Mathieu cashed in, sniping from the slot to beat McKenzie (30 saves).
Central added one more for good measure with 2:08 remaining. Mathieu made a nice pass from behind the net to Colin Pacheco all alone in the slot. Pacheco skated in and then snapped a high shot into the cage for the 3-0 score.
"I asked the kids to start fresh from here and bring it from here and we knew we needed a good effort after (Memorial's) strong win over Nashua North," said Central head coach Brian Stone. "That third period we finally got some things rolling and the power play worked real well."
The game was penalty filled, with 16 different infractions whistled. In the end, Central's special teams came out on top.
"We couldn't get any momentum going (in the third) and lost our focus. They skated harder and played harder in the third," said Memorial head coach Mark Putney, whose team dropped to 4-2-1. "We got very little flow going and had to shorten the bench. It's a learning experience and we'll get back to the drawing board Monday."


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Drake is speaking out about the bizarre tweets Amanda Bynes has sent his way, calling the messages "a little weird and disturbing."
The former Nickelodeon actress, on an extended, involuntary psychiatric hold stemming from a July 22 incident in which she started a small fire in a stranger's driveway and ignited her own pants, has professed her love for the rapper on more than one occasion. In some of her posts, she said he was "a hot fellow," while in another, more vulgar tweet, she stated that she wanted him "to murder my vagina."
However, it seemed to be a love-hate relationship, with Bynes later saying the 26-year-old hip-hop star's eyes looked as if he had Down Syndrome and calling him "ugly," as she has been prone to declare of anyone she didn't agree with.
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The situation remained one-sided until now. Drake, real name Aubrey Drake Brown, addressed Bynes' commentary in the 16th-anniversary issue of XXL magazine, leading to the Sept. 17 release of his third album, "Nothing Was the Same."
"I don't even know who is doing that or what that's about," Drake told the mag. "If that is her, I guess it's a little weird and disturbing."
Certainly the rapper is used to praise and fanaticism by now, but in this case that it was coming from a celebrity further exacerbated the visibility factor.
"It's obviously a behavioral pattern that is way bigger than me," he added. "Whoever is behind it, whether it's her or somebody else, they know people are paying attention so they keep it going."
Bynes' parents, Rick and Lynn Bynes, filed to place a conservatorship on the "Easy A" star in late July for them help make her basic decisions after a long string of run-ins with the law, including a few fender benders and a DUI arrest in Los Angeles and drug charges in New York. A hearing has been set for Friday, which is when Bynes is set to be released from the psychiatric hold, according to Us Weekly.
Drake, who said in the XXL article that he idolized Kanye West, rose to fame in his native Canada on a young adult TV show called "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and it shaped much of who he's become.
"Do I think that if I didn't have, for lack of a better term, a unique look about me, if I was from somewhere in America and if I hadn't been on a kids TV show, would I be as famous? I don't know, man. Honestly, I don't think so," he said.
"I was just some young kid on a TV show. And I haven't become anything else while I've been in this position. It's not like I got here and was like, 'Oh, got to switch up my image.' I don't wake up nervous. I feel like maybe a lot of these guys do. How old are you, really? What is your background, really? What have you really done in the drug game, in the thug game?"
Are you listening, Amanda?
Kim Kardashian's tongue makes headlines. Seriously.
Oprah: Lindsay Lohan is 'in the best place I've ever seen her'
Sarah Jessica Parker covers Harper's Bazaar, talks style, family
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<Natalya>: you see generator and capacitor
<Natalya>: each turn you generate that much energy
<Natalya>: it stores in the capacitor if you don't spend it
<Natalya>: up to the maximum
<zahru2>: reactor=generator, correct
<Natalya>: every time you fire
<Natalya>: yes
<Natalya>: every time you fire a turbo laser it uses 2gw
<Natalya>: every time you fire a regular laser it uses 1 gw
<Natalya>: torpedoes are fired for free
<Natalya>: you can raise shields as high as you want to provided you have the energy to do it
<Groldeen>: And you can add surplus power to shit?
<Natalya>: and you can spend as much energy on engines as you want
<Natalya>: in propulsion it tells you how many inches of move you get per gigawatt of energy spent
<Natalya>: for shields each gw is 1d6
<Natalya>: except lady vega gets 2d6 shields per gig
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<Natalya>: the small ships without power stuff assed
<Natalya>: they have max speed
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<Natalya>: and
<Natalya>: small ships have a max speed and can fire all their weapons at no cost they ignore this energy shit
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<Butts>: okay how about firing arcs, I see that some weapons are "forward mounted"
<Natalya>: ok
<Natalya>: so
<Natalya>: forward mounted guns
<Groldeen>: Hi BFenix
<Natalya>: have to fire like in the direction
<Natalya>: the ship is pointing
<BFenix>: Hummm, Hi
<Natalya>: and
<Natalya>: all other guns
<Natalya>: are turrets
<Natalya>: so they can turn
<Groldeen>: We all claimed stuff already, but I could lend you the Assyrians or something
<Natalya>: torpedoes are fired from one spot but they can like
<Natalya>: home
<Natalya>: so
<Butts>: how do they move
<Natalya>: they auto-hit if thye don't get shot down or hit anything in 3 turns they run out of juice
<Natalya>: they move 5" per turn
<Natalya>: so you can like aim the nose of your ship to fire forward-mounted weapons
<Natalya>: and turret weapons you don't have to aim
Zupponn wrote:Colette wrote:You're free to make your own map from scratch, however.
All you have to do is flatten his head.
Silverdream wrote:TL;DR Be like Scratch.
Captain-Camper wrote:tl;dr I'm just going to assume don't be like voin and be more like scratch.
Natalya wrote:Wtf is going on in this thread?
stubby wrote:With 18 SP on the Black Thorn, this is going to turn out more like OGRE than anything else.
Zupponn wrote:Colette wrote:You're free to make your own map from scratch, however.
All you have to do is flatten his head.
Silverdream wrote:TL;DR Be like Scratch.
Captain-Camper wrote:tl;dr I'm just going to assume don't be like voin and be more like scratch.
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When the earliest horses appeared about 56 million years ago, they were about the size of a miniature schnauzer. Then, over the next 130,000 years, these "protohorses" became even smaller, shrinking to the size of a house cat (artist's reconstruction of Sifrhippus sandrae, right, compared with a modern-day Morgan horse, which weighs a half-ton). The shrinkage, researchers have found, is due exclusively to warmer temperatures. In their analysis, the scientists estimated the body size of each protohorse by measuring its fossilized teeth, and they used the ratios of oxygen isotopes in the teeth of aquatic mammals that lived alongside the protohorses—a reliable paleothermometer—to estimate average annual temperature in the region. As global temperatures rose between 5° and 10°C during that period, the protohorses lost about 30% of their body mass, the team reports online today in Science. Other data, including analyses of the sediments surrounding the fossils, reveal that the climate got wetter—and the ecosystem was presumably more productive—as average temperatures climbed, nixing the notion that these animals shrank because of a reduced food supply. After the peak of the ancient warm spell, the creatures evolved back to a larger size as climate cooled, setting them on the evolutionary road that produced the saddle-worthy horses we know and love today.
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Two-alarm fire damages Common Man restaurant in WindhamBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
December 28. 2013 6:11PM
WINDHAM — Fire crews from seven towns responded to a two-alarm blaze at the Common Man restaurant Saturday afternoon.
The fire remains under investigation, but Windham Fire officials believe it resulted from an electrical problem, Chief Thomas McPherson said.
Shortly before 2 p.m., the Windham Fire Department received a call from one of the cooks at the restaurant, at 88 Range Road.
"He was preparing for the dinner shift when the kitchen filled with smoke," McPherson said.
Fire crews searched inside the building for about 25 minutes, using thermal imaging cameras.
"We didn't find anything at first," McPherson said.
Using portable fans to clear the smoke, firefighters found hidden pockets of fire in the structure's upstairs ceiling.
McPherson said the building, a restored antique barn, has many nooks and crannies in the attic, which made it hard to reach the fire from inside.
"The fire was tucked above the ceiling, above the sprinklers," McPherson said. "We're dealing with heavy old barn timbers and lots of hidden voids. We ended up having to go in through the roof."
The fire was under control within an hour. No one was injured, and all of the occupants were out of the building by the time firefighters arrived, McPherson said.
McPherson said the building sustained extensive water damage, and a large hole had to be sawed through the roof.
He said the Common Man hoped to reopen for business in the coming days.
Firefighters from Salem, Londonderry, Derry, Hudson, Hampstead and Pelham assisted at the scene, and crews from Londonderry and Nashua provided station coverage for Windham.
A crew from the Salvation Army's Northern New England Division provided water for the firefighters.
This is the second fire at the restaurant within months. In June, an electrical fire left the building with heavy smoke and water damage, though the restaurant reopened that same day.


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I am no pinball wizard
About a week ago I took a day to head downstate to visit some friends and family. As a social animal who has known these people either my entire life or, at the very least, over a decade, getting the chance to visit and catch up is always appreciated. After finishing out my visiting time, I decided to head back home, but not before making one last stop at the Michigan Pinball Expo in Rochester.
The pinball expo started in 2010 as a place for local enthusiasts of this very American pastime to gather up their machines, set them to free play, and let the public come in and play rare old tables and the newest releases. They also hold tournaments, but I've never gotten in any of them. Quite frankly my pinball skills are terrible, but I still enjoy playing it.
I didn't get to go to the arcade very often as a kid, so my experiences with pinball were limited to those few trips, the dusty diner near my aunt's cabin, any machines my relatives owned, and video pinball games on the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System. It was only relatively recently that I found arcades that were still open and still had fairly well-maintained pinball machines, but that doesn't mean I've improved an awful lot.
The mix at the expo is really quite impressive. This year the oldest machines dated back to the 1950s, but at the 2011 event there were a couple machines built in the 1930s, before pinball even included flippers and was much more like the Japanese game pachinko. Seeing all of those machines in one place really lets you get an idea of how the medium has evolved and changed over time, both in design and in technology. The dings and rattles of the old machines have given way to sound samples and music on newer ones.
There were also a few anomalous machines there: "Granny & The Gators" and "Baby Pac-Man" are two combination pinball and video game machines, where the action alternates between the two. In past years the expo also featured "Revenge From Mars," a pinball machine that combined the board with a holographic screen display (it and "Star Wars: Episode 1" were the only machines to do that). This year also had a strange two-player "Joust" machine, where a player stood on either end and tried to hang in there, knocking balls at the other side of the playfield. There was even a custom-built "Predator" machine one attendee is still working on.
Mechanics aside, one thing I really enjoy about the older pinball machines is the artwork. Every game has a theme, with artwork on the table and backboard that frequently looks like it would be at home either spray-painted on the side of a van or on the pages of a pulpy '50s magazine or comic book.
This year's new releases on display for people to try out included a machine based on the band AC/DC and another on the "Transformers" franchise. Despite the fact that there are only two pinball manufacturers left in the world, a few new machines come out every year, and they always seem to be quite popular whenever I've seen them around.
The drive between here and Metro Detroit is frequently a boring one, but little side trips like that can definitely make it much more fun and interesting. I'll definitely have to try and make it to next year's event, and perhaps last in a game longer than a minute.
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Fr. Frank Pavone represented Priests for Life today at the
National Prayer Breakfast, held at the Washington Hilton and Towers in
Washington, DC. President and Mrs. Clinton, together with the Speaker of the
House, members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and civic and
religious leaders from around the nation and the world participated. Attendees
heard readings from Scripture, religious music, speeches, and a special message
from Pope John Paul II, which was read by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Papal
Nuncio to the United States. The Holy Father's letter referred to the protection
of "every human being's inalienable right to life from conception until natural
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1. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo Apr 30, 2012 9:19 AM (in response to David Zhu)
If you are looking to start and end at a binding, then check out the camel soap proxy example:
Now, the route will likely look a bit funky from a Camel perspective because it's missing a <from> element. That's because we add a from://switchyard endpoint during deployment. I'm guessing this will be confusing for existing Camel users, so I have filed a JIRA to allow the <from uri=switchyard://> endpoint to be specified directly in the route:
In any case, when camel-soap-proxy is deployed, the route looks like this:
<camel:implementation.camel> <spring:route> <spring:from uri="switchyard://ProxyService"/> <spring:to uri="switchyard://ReverseService"/> </spring:route> </camel:implementation.camel>
So we are routing from one SwitchYard endpoint to another in this example. Both are bound to SOAP in the example, but they could be any other gateway binding (including Camel components) as well. You can also add other routing logic, bean invocations, etc. in the route between the from and to.
2. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu Apr 30, 2012 10:12 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
The update would help to understand samples.
Furthermore, do we have a detailed specification for switchyard xml?
3. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo Apr 30, 2012 2:03 PM (in response to David Zhu)
Our documentation covers the config a bit:
You can also find the SwitchYard schema here:
The switchyard descriptor is basically a wrapper around an SCA composite + some extensions.
4. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 8, 2012 3:44 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
Hi Keith,
Really appreciate above response that helped me a lots to understand switchyard endpoint binding. but when i tried to bind sftp endpoint by
<service name="FileReader" promote="FileReader">
<!-- Local file -->
<!-- <camel:binding.camel configURI="file:d://test?fileName=order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true"/> -->
<!-- Remote file over sftp -->
<camel:binding.camel configURI="sftp://demo:email@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true"/>
Deployment always failed and error message displayed:
15:43:16,396 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-7) MSC00001: Failed to start s
ervice jboss.deployment.unit."switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar".SwitchYardService: org.jboss.
msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar
".SwitchYardService: org.switchyard.exception.SwitchYardException: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRo
uteException: Failed to create route {urn:switchyard-quickstart:camel-service:0.1.0}FileReader-[sftp
://demo:email@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true]: Route[[From[sftp://d
emo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/orde... because of Failed to resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:demo@
192.168.0.100:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true due to: No component found with sch
eme: sftp
at org.switchyard.as7.extension.services.SwitchYardService.start(SwitchYardService.java:79)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.
java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746
) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.j
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_27]
Caused by: org.switchyard.exception.SwitchYardException: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteExcepti
on: Failed to create route {urn:switchyard-quickstart:camel-service:0.1.0}FileReader-[sftp://demo:de
firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true]: Route[[From[sftp://demo:demo@1
126.96.36.199:22/home/demo/orde... because of Failed to resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:email@example.com.
100:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true due to: No component found with scheme: sftp
at org.switchyard.component.camel.InboundHandler.<init>(InboundHandler.java:81)
at org.switchyard.component.camel.deploy.CamelActivator.activateBinding(CamelActivator.java:
at org.switchyard.deploy.internal.Deployment.deployServiceBindings(Deployment.java:431)
at org.switchyard.deploy.internal.Deployment.start(Deployment.java:141)
at org.switchyard.as7.extension.deployment.SwitchYardDeployment.start(SwitchYardDeployment.j
at org.switchyard.as7.extension.services.SwitchYardService.start(SwitchYardService.java:72)
... 5 more
Caused by: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route {urn:switchyard-qui
lDelay=50&delete=true]: Route[[From[sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/orde... because of F
ailed to resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&del
ete=true due to: No component found with scheme: sftp
at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:170)
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRoute(DefaultCamelContext.java:705)
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.startRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.addRouteDefinitions(DefaultCamelContext.java:64
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.addRouteDefinition(DefaultCamelContext.java:654
at org.switchyard.component.camel.InboundHandler.<init>(InboundHandler.java:79)
... 10 more
Caused by: org.apache.camel.ResolveEndpointFailedException: Failed to resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:
firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true due to: No component found wit
h scheme: sftp
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.getEndpoint(DefaultCamelContext.java:457)
at org.apache.camel.util.CamelContextHelper.getMandatoryEndpoint(CamelContextHelper.java:48)
at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.resolveEndpoint(RouteDefinition.java:180)
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultRouteContext.resolveEndpoint(DefaultRouteContext.java:110)
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultRouteContext.resolveEndpoint(DefaultRouteContext.java:116)
at org.apache.camel.model.FromDefinition.resolveEndpoint(FromDefinition.java:72)
at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultRouteContext.getEndpoint(DefaultRouteContext.java:88)
at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:772)
at org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition.addRoutes(RouteDefinition.java:165)
... 15 more
15:43:16,439 INFO [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS015870: Deploy of deplo
yment "switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar" was rolled back with failure message {"JBAS014671: F
ailed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar\".SwitchYardSer
vice" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"switchyard-quickst
art-camel-service.jar\".SwitchYardService: org.switchyard.exception.SwitchYardException: org.apache.
camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route {urn:switchyard-quickstart:camel-service:
: Route[[From[sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/orde... because of Failed to resolve endpo
int: sftp://demo:email@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true due to: No co
mponent found with scheme: sftp"}}
15:43:16,440 INFO [org.jboss.weld.deployer] (MSC service thread 1-5) JBAS016009: Stopping weld serv
ice for deployment switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar
15:43:16,459 INFO [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015877: Stopped dep
loyment switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar in 20ms
15:43:16,461 INFO [org.jboss.as.controller] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS014774: Service sta
tus report
JBAS014777: Services which failed to start: service jboss.deployment.unit."switchyard-quickst
art-camel-service.jar".SwitchYardService: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.depl
oyment.unit."switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar".SwitchYardService: org.switchyard.exception.Sw
itchYardException: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route {urn:switch
v&initialDelay=50&delete=true]: Route[[From[sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/orde... beca
use of Failed to resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:email@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDela
y=50&delete=true due to: No component found with scheme: sftp
15:43:16,469 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) {"JBAS01
4653: Composite operation failed and was rolled back. Steps that failed:" => {"Operation step-2" =>
{"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"switchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar\
".SwitchYardService" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"swi
tchyard-quickstart-camel-service.jar\".SwitchYardService: org.switchyard.exception.SwitchYardExcepti
on: org.apache.camel.FailedToCreateRouteException: Failed to create route {urn:switchyard-quickstart
50&delete=true]: Route[[From[sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/orde... because of Failed t
o resolve endpoint: sftp://demo:firstname.lastname@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=tru
e due to: No component found with scheme: sftp"}}}}
how can I set up sftp component?
and how about ftp/ftps component.
5. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo May 8, 2012 7:54 PM (in response to David Zhu)
You are one day early with this question. The Camel FTP component is not included in our distribution yet. Lukasz completed this on Monday:
I just need to push it upstream. Assuming there are no issues, it will be in tonight's nightly build.
6. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 9, 2012 1:38 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
What you mean is we can have swyd 0.5 distribution today? There is nothing to worry about sftp/ftps component, right?
7. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo May 9, 2012 7:24 AM (in response to David Zhu)
We publish nightly builds via our Jenkins release build. Looks like last night's build has not been pushed out to the public instance yet, but this is where you would pick it up:
I'm guessing it will publish out within the next few hours. Builds from #437 on will have the FTP support. Let us know if you run into any issues.
8. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 11, 2012 2:53 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
Keith, I downloaded the #437 distribution from your CI environment and still failed to start up that demo.
<properties> <switchyard.version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</switchyard.version> </properties>
<service name="FileReader" promote="FileReader">
<!-- Local file -->
<!-- <camel:binding.camel configURI="file:d://test?fileName=order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true"/> -->
<!-- Remote file over sftp -->
<camel:binding.camel configURI="sftp://demo:email@example.com:22/home/demo/order.csv&initialDelay=50&delete=true"/>
recompile - package - deploy
console error:
14:52:16,808 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS0150
52: Did not receive a response to the deployment operation within the allowed timeout period [60 sec
onds]. Check the server configuration file and the server logs to find more about the status of the
deploy failed.
9. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo May 11, 2012 7:13 AM (in response to David Zhu)
Hey David,
Is there anything else in the server log beyond that error? If so, could you set DEBUG for the "org.switchyard" and "org.apache.camel" logger categories in standalone.xml (you'll need to add them) and try again?
Lukasz has whipped up a Camel FTP quickstart which we will push in today. That should also help provide a baseline for testing.
10. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo May 11, 2012 4:46 PM (in response to Keith Babo)
Build #440 contains the latest fixes for FTP component and also includes an FTP quickstart. My recommendation would be to start with the quickstart and make sure that works for you. Then tweak it to use the FTP options you want (e.g. SFTP) slowly and see how far you get before something goes bad.
11. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 12, 2012 7:21 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
yes, sounds great. i am expecting 440 build..... really appreciated for following up this.
seems hudson server was crash down http://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/job/SwitchYard-Release/................
12. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 15, 2012 8:37 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
Hi Keith,
It's not easy to generate switchyard-0.5.0.SNAPSHOT by myself. many dependencies i have to figure out manually. But finally i got that and also faced the issues for packaging ftp sample. if you could help on that asap that would be really appreciated! Waiting online
Failed to execute goal org.switchyard:switchyard-plugin:0.5.0-SNAPSHOT:configure (default) on project switchyard-quickstart-camel-ftp-binding: Model [org.switchyard.config.model.switchyard.v1.V1SwitchYardModel] is invalid: cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element 'camel:directory'. One of '{"http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912":documentation, "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912":wireFormat, "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912":operationSelector, "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912":requires, "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912":policySetAttachment, "urn:switchyard-config:switchyard:1.0":contextMapper, "urn:switchyard-config:switchyard:1.0":messageComposer, "urn:switchyard-component-camel:config:1.0":operationSelector}' is expected. -> [Help 1]
13. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentDavid Zhu May 15, 2012 10:39 AM (in response to Keith Babo)
finally, i resolved this problem by packaging and reinstalling camel component. By now ftp protocal works fine, and seems support camel syntax as well. Good job and congrats!
but the configuration seems not work
<camel.delete>true</camel.delete> inside of <camel.consume> .
I'd like to test sftp and ftps tomorrow.
14. Re: How to configure filesystem to MQ by switchyard camel componentKeith Babo May 17, 2012 8:18 AM (in response to David Zhu)
Glad it's working but I'm a bit concerned about the effort that you had to go through. It should really just be a matter of downloading the latest SwitchYard AS7 distribution and using 0.5.0-SNAPSHOT for the dependencies in your application project. If you had to do more than that, then I would like to hear about it since that would be considered a bug.


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Rodriguez)...Made Mariners debut July 31 vs. Tampa Bay (started in LF)...went 1-for-4 with RBI...Hit safely in 20 of 26 games started with the Tigers (.275/25x91, 9 2B, 4 HR)...Belted his first career leadoff home run on June 22 at Los Angeles (NL)...Recorded career-high 3 hits June 7 at Texas (3x6, R, 2 2B, RBI w/DET)...Optioned to AAA Toledo on July 19...appeared in 7 games, batting .370 (10x27) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 6 RBI...Made Opening Day roster with Detroit for first time in his career. 2010 Assigned to Triple A Toledo to open the 2010 season before he saw his first major league action in two separate stints with the Tigers. ...Fourth in the International League with a home run once every 18.43 at-bats, while he tied for fifth with six triples. ...Topped all International League outfielders with 12 assists and six double plays. ...Belted a season-high two home runs for the Mud Hens on April 20 at Louisville. ...Recalled by the Tigers from Toledo on May 14. ...Made his major league debut on May 15 versus Boston, going hitless in four at-bats. ...Collected his first major league hit on May 19 at Oakland, a single in the third inning off Dallas Braden. ...Optioned back to Toledo by the Tigers on May 21. ...Compiled a 12-game hitting streak July 30-August 11, batting .422 (19x45) with 13 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, four home runs and nine RBI. ...Seventh in the International League with a .354 batting average (23x65) in 18 games during August -- scored 15 runs during the month, while he collected seven doubles, three triples, five home runs and 12 RBI. ...Recalled by the Tigers from Toledo for the remainder of the season on August 23. ...Belted his first major league home run on September 2 at Minnesota, a game-tying solo shot in the ninth inning off Jesse Crain. ...Established a career high with four hits on September 14 at Texas. ...Hit .344 (21x62) with a double, triple, four home runs and 10 RBI in 22 games during September. ...Named the 19th-best prospect and rated as possessing the best outfield arm in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America. ...Saw action in nine games with Escogido in the Dominican Winter League following the season, hitting .242 (8x33) with three doubles, a triple and two RBI. 2009 Limited to 86 games with Double A Erie during the 2009 season as he missed nearly two months of action with a left wrist sprain...Tied for the lead among all Eastern League outfielders with four double plays...Sidelined April 14-June 9 with a left wrist sprain...Compiled a season-high 16-game hitting streak July 10-28, batting .393 (24x61) with five doubles, two triples, five home runs and 16 RBI...Batted .404 (21x52) over the course of a 14-game hitting streak August 20-September 2, collecting three doubles, a triple, four home runs and 11 RBI...Hit .287 (54x188) with 10 home runs and 30 RBI in 50 games following the all-star break...batted .220 (27x123) with five home runs and 11 RBI in 36 games prior to the all-star break...Named the 16th-best prospect and rated as possessing the best outfield arm in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America...Saw action in 21 games with Peoria in the Arizona Fall League following the season, hitting .351 (27x77) with six doubles, three triples, four home runs and 25 RBI -- third in the league with 25 RBI and a .662 slugging percentage, while he tied for fourth with three triples and finished 10th with a .351 batting average. 2008 Split the 2008 season between Single A West Michigan and Double A Erie, combining to hit .269 (121x449) with 90 runs scored, 25 doubles, six triples, 27 home runs, 79 RBI and 25 stolen bases in 125 games...Opened the season with West Michigan -- earned Midwest League mid-season all-star honors...Collected a season-high four hits on April 7 versus Great Lakes, while he belted two home runs -- equaled the high with four hits on May 13 at Fort Wayne, connecting for two home runs in that game as well...Hit by a pitch four times on May 2 versus Quad Cities -- established a Midwest League record...Tied for second in the Midwest League with six home runs during May...Promoted to Erie from West Michigan on June 6...Collected four hits for the SeaWolves on July 17 at Akron, matching a season high accomplished twice with the Whitecaps -- equaled the best with four hits on July 29 at Akron and August 7 at Reading...Hit for the cycle on July 29 at Akron, driving in a season-high five runs -- equaled the high with five RBI on August 5 versus Harrisburg...Belted a season-high three home runs on August 5 versus Harrisburg...Tabbed the Eastern League Player of the Week for August 4-10 after hitting .414 (12x29) with 13 runs scored, two doubles, a triple, five home runs and 11 RBI in seven games...Selected the Eastern League Player of the Month and the Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for August after batting .345 (38x110) with 34 runs scored, 10 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 27 RBI in 28 games -- led the Eastern League with 86 total bases, 10 home runs and 27 RBI during the month, while he finished seventh with a .345 batting average...Batted .301 (56x186) against righthanded pitchers with Erie...hit .262 (22x84) against lefties in the Eastern League...Hit .338 (23x68) with runners in scoring position for Erie...Batted .321 (25x78) with six doubles, eight home runs and 23 RBI in 23 games for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season -- tied for third in the league with eight home runs, while he finished fourth with a .705 slugging percentage. 2007 Selected to the New York-Penn League's mid-season all-star squad as he led the league with 11 triples and 38 extra base hits for Single A Oneonta during the 2007 season...Third in the New-York Penn League with a .523 slugging percentage, while he tied for fifth with nine home runs...Joined Single A Lakeland on April 19 -- saw action in two games before being assigned to Oneonta on May 11...Established season highs with two home runs and five RBI on June 28 at Tri-City...Collected a season-best four hits on August 5 at Lowell...Topped the New York-Penn League with 65 total bases during August, while he tied for fourth with 23 RBI -- hit .297 (33x111) with 19 runs scored, nine doubles, seven triples and three home runs in 27 games during the month...Fared better against lefthanded pitchers with Oneonta, batting .333 (28x84)...hit .233 (41x176) versus righties...Saw action in all three of Oneonta's games during the New York-Penn League playoffs, batting .250 (3x12) with a triple and an RBI. 2006 Split the season between A Lakeland and A Oneonta...played in 5 games with Lakeland before he was assigned to Oneonta on May 12...hit .311 (14x45) against lefthanded pitchers and .167 (10x60) versus righties with Oneonta. 2005 Made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Tigers...T2nd in the GCL with 5 triples, 3rd with 19 extra-base hits.


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By KAREN MATTHEWS
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Visitors to the observation deck at One World Trade Center will learn about the building's history while they're waiting in line downstairs and watch a video on the tower's 102nd floor before the actual panoramic view is revealed, officials developing the attraction said Tuesday.
Packaged like a theme-park ride, the tour will showcase One World Trade as "the most significant destination in the world," said David Checketts, chairman and CEO of Legends Hospitality LLC, which has signed a 15-year lease to operate the observation deck.
Legends - a partnership of the Checketts Partners Investment Fund, the New York Yankees and the Dallas Cowboys - operates concessions at sports stadiums and other venues around the country. Team officials including Hal Steinbrenner, managing general partner of the Yankees, and Jerry Jones Jr., executive vice president of the Cowboys, attended a news conference on the unfinished building's 100th floor announcing the company's $875 million lease agreement.
"We expect this to be the Yankee Stadium of observation decks," said Scott Rechler, vice chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.
The eagle's-nest view through the tower's sloping windows encompasses all of Manhattan and its surrounding waters plus Brooklyn and New Jersey beyond. It is so expansive that Rechler joked that Jones was trying to find Cowboys Stadium.
"Look west," he advised.
One World Trade Center, formerly called the Freedom Tower, is scheduled to be completed in early 2014, with the observation deck opening in 2015.
The 104-story skyscraper at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere when it is completed and has been the tallest in New York for a year. Its highest-profile tenant will be magazine publisher Conde Nast.
The tower overlooks the World Trade Center memorial, where twin reflecting pools evoke the towers lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
The observation deck tour will tell a more upbeat story.
Visitors will buy their tickets in the building's lobby, then take an escalator to the basement to hear a presentation on the construction of the building, featuring voices of some of the workers, as they wait in line for the elevators. The Port Authority said the "pre-show" would provide "an immersive background on the creation of the building."
The elevators to the observation deck will travel more than 1,250 feet in about a minute, officials said. Once on the 102nd floor, visitors will watch a video about New York called "See Forever" before a curtain or scrim is raised, revealing the actual panoramic view. "Tour ambassadors" will be available to answer questions about the skyline, the Port Authority said.
There will be restaurants and snack bars on the 101st floor, a gift shop on the 100th floor and more videos on elevator ride down.
The cost to take the hour-plus tour has not been determined but officials said it would be comparable to similar attractions, with group discounts available. The 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building costs $25.
The north tower of the original World Trade Center featured a well-regarded restaurant called Windows on the World. The restaurant's staff and breakfast guests were among those killed when terrorists destroyed the building.
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