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The temperature isn't the only thing rising this week.

Gas Prices took a big jump up this morning in the area.

Most stations raised their prices to $3.65 a gallon, up from $3.35 just Tuesday.

Earlier this week, AAA said prices in both West Virginia and Ohio went up during the past week, putting both states above the national average.

"It's something we all need, so we have to pay the piper," said Tammy Drain, filling up Wednesday at a South Parkersburg gas station which had a lower price.

"It was so low a week ago," noted Lou Fryman, "and now, it's jumped almost 60 cents in just a short amount of time."

The cheapest price we could find was $3.39 at a 7-11 in Vienna, the only station that hadn't yet raised its prices. But don't rush out there to fill up-it's likely to be more expensive by the time you see this story.

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Gas prices on Martin Luther King day were seen at below $3 a gallon for the first time in a couple of years, but they rose elsewhere.

In Marietta, just blocks from one Speedway station, where gas was $2.99 a gallon, we found another station, of the same brand, where it was $3.49.

And, as observed by some of our staff, the latter price was also posted at stations in Parkersburg.

" It's been a while," said Jessica Mick, who we observed filling up at the lower price. "I don't know exactly how long, but it's been a while.

When asked if she saw the higher price, Mick responded, "I know I was going to go (to Second street), I'm glad I didn't."

Statewide, AAA reports the average price in West Virginia is $3.41 a gallon. It's $3.30 in Ohio.

Gas prices have been falling lately-but probably not for long.

Experts predict they could be in record territory again later this year.

Prices hit close to $4 in our area last year, and, according to gasbuddy. com, 2012 had the highest average per gallon price for gas ever.

Energy development is one of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's goals for his new term of office, and believes the rest of the nation should have a policy like that of his home state of West Virginia.

"We use the coal we have in the best way we possibly can," the senator said in a recent interview. "We have the wind and the hydro; we have the renewables, we have everything. And this country needs to use the resources that make us less dependent on foreign oil, and makes us basically stronger and more secure as a nation."

The average gas price in West Virginia is around $3.40 a gallon, while it's $3.19 in Ohio. Tthe national average is $3.30.

In our area, gas is as low as $3.20, but closer to $3.30 in most places.

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The Grove, an extremely fancy outdoor mall and tourist destination in Los Angeles, is no stranger to being the centerpiece of publicity for The Hobbit. Last week, The Grove hosted the Los Angeles screening of the worldwide Hobbit Fan Event, and last year, it featured an all-day fan event with arts and crafts for the kids, free poster giveaways, and all of those really cool lenticular 3D character posters for An Unexpected Journey set up throughout its central square.

Now it is slowly transforming one of its areas into Erebor itself! There is no clear indication as to what this is for, but many of us here at TORn are speculating that The Grove may, in fact, be the site for the World Premiere of The Desolation of Smaug in a few weeks. Whatever the reason or ultimate purpose, there is no denying that whatever is going on at The Grove is some amazing Dwarfy goodness. Here are some pictures of what is going on. (click on any of the images to get a hi-res version)

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Rainer has worked on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of The Opera throughout the world in cities such as Antwerp, Mexico City, Madrid, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cape Town, Pretoria, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei and, Hong Kong, Singapore as well as the 2007 Australian touring production which originated in Melbourne. He was recently Associate Director for the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Phantom sequel Love Never Dies which opened in Melbourne in 2011.

In November 2011 he was Assistant Director for a new production of The Phantom of the Opera in South Africa. Rainer was an Associate Director for the Australian production of Billy Elliott – The Musical in Sydney and for its first foreign language production in Seoul, South Korea in 2010. As Resident Director, Rainer worked on the Cameron Mackintosh/Stella production of Miss Saigon in Stuttgart, Germany.

Rainer has directed numerous productions, both musicals and dramas. His credits include: The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum; Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley; Stella by Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Die Wende by Jörg Graser; Der Räuber Hotzenplotz by Ottfried Preussler and Little Women – The Musical which he directed in London. Rainer served as Assistant Director in Germany at the Ulm Theatre, the renowned Hamburg Drama Theatre and the Regional Theater in Kiel. Productions include: Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill; William Shakespeare’s As You Like It; Silence/One for the Road by Harold Pinter; True West by Sam Shepard; Mother Courage by Bertolt Brecht; Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller; Minna Von Barnhelm by Heinrich von Kleist; An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen; Nicht Fisch Nicht Fleisch by Franz Xaver Kroetz and Les Mystères De L’Amour by Roger Vitrac.


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Pool committee collects public comments

PLYMOUTH - With a feasibility study underway, the Plymouth Build-A-Pool Committee invited the public to a community meeting at Lincoln Junior High on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

“A project like this has to take time and has to have community involvement,” said Committee Member and Mayor Mark Senter.

The Committee has considered several aspects of a new pool including swim lessons, health and fitness, competitive swimming and physical therapy.

Several ideas where suggested mainly around competitive swimming but committee member Leanne Senter stressed the importance of everyone’s benefit from a community pool and encouraged those not involved in competitive swimming to voice their suggestions.

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C. Wayne Jenkins, 95, formerly of South Whitley, died at 9:32 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Engelwood Health and Rehabilitation, Fort Wayne.He was born Sept. 3, 1915 in South Whitley, a son of Ralph and Hope (Keel) Jenkins. He spent his formative years in the Sidney area. He graduated from Sidney High School.On Feb. 15, 1936, he was united in marriage to Lucile G. Freed. They made their home in Silver Lake for five years and Wabash County for six years before moving to Cleveland Township in 1947. Mrs. Jenkins died Feb. 6, 2008.Involved in farming most of his work career, in 1952 he became a farm union organizer and in 1954 he started Jenkins Farm Supply. He became a real estate agent for Schrader Real Estate, Columbia City. After receiving his broker license, in 1979 he started Wayne Jenkins Real Estate specializing in farm sales. He was a member of Pleasant View Church of the Brethren and a nine-year board of directors member of the REMC.Surviving relatives include a daughter, Wanda Lou (David) Wilson of South Whitley; a grandson, Brent (Leslie) Wilson; and two great-grandsons.In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Mabel Freed, Mary Jean Rochette and Ruby Mishler and a grandson, Scott Wilson.Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Smith and Sons Miller Chapel, South Whitley. There will be a private burial at the South Whitley Cemetery.Preferred memorials are to Innovative Financial, c/o Alex and Cody educational fund. Condolences may be sent to www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com.


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Farmers Look to Embrace Clean Energy Future

15 February 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia's agriculture sector is embracing a clean energy future with more than 500 applications received from universities, land managers, industry and government agencies for Gillard Government funding to test and develop new ways for farmers to reduce carbon emissions.

In a Senate Estimates hearing today the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry confirmed the government had received at least 240 applications for the first round of the A$99 million Action on the Ground program under the Carbon Farming Futures Fund.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, said a further 235 applications had been received for the first round $201 million Filling the Research Gap program, also part of the Carbon Farming Futures Fund which is a key component of the Clean Energy Future plan.

"The Action on the Ground and Filling the Research Gap programs provide funding for research into on-farm practices and new technologies," Minister Ludwig said.

"The level of interest in these programs shows how keen the agriculture sector is to benefit from the opportunities in the land sector to cut carbon pollution.

"Agricultural emissions will be excluded under a carbon price mechanism, but farmers also have the opportunity to earn extra income by sequestering carbon or reducing emissions like nitrous oxide and methane.

"Part of the government's $1.7 billion investment in the land sector is new research and on-farm demonstrations. These activities will help the agriculture sector unlock the economic and productivity benefits of reducing emissions, and protect the environment."

The $99 million Action on the Ground Program helps industry and farming groups test and apply research outcomes in real farming situations. Applications include proposals to demonstrate practices in the livestock, dairy, viniculture, cropping and poultry industries to undertake on-farm projects.

The $201 million Filling the Research Gap Program funds research into new technologies and practices for land managers to reduce emissions and store soil carbon. Applications cover reducing methane emissions, reducing nitrous oxide emissions, increasing soil carbon and improving modelling capability.

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Mark Dreyfus said further applications had been received for biochar research, which is part of the Carbon Farming Initiative.

"The $2 million Biochar Capacity Building Program, which supports research into how biochar and integrated biochar systems can be used in Australia to mitigate emissions, has received 29 applications," Mr Dreyfus said.

The research proposals are undergoing assessment and will be ranked by merit.

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UK - The outcome of the 2012 Agricultural Wages Board negotiations will result in a weighted 2.6 per cent increase across the industry, the National Farmers Union said after what it called a “tough” round of negotiations.

There will be a 2.8 per cent rise for grades two and above (to £6.96 per hour) and a 1.8 per cent increase for grade one workers. This reflects the National Minimum Wage and will rise to £6.21 when the Agricultural Wages Order is applied from October 1 this year.

NFU lead negotiator Bob Fiddaman said: “These were particularly tough negotiations. Recent years have seen contrasting fortunes across agricultural sectors, creating a challenge for the board to agree on an industry-wide figure. For example, the fortunes of combinable crops and horticulture have diverged over the last 12 months, whilst milk price cuts have dominated recent headlines. In addition, we know that agricultural profitability is strongly related to currency, with concerns over the current Eurozone problems also a factor.”

NFU chief economist Phil Bicknell urged farmers to take note of the new rates. “At present, the timeframe regarding the abolition of the AWB remains unclear. Certainly for 2012, farm businesses employing workers should be aware of the new minimum rates applicable from October. However, as many of the 40,000 farms employing workers across England and Wales will know, it is local market conditions and competition that increasingly determine actual pay rates rather than the minimums set by the AWB.”

The NFU represents the employers’ interests at the AWB negotiations. Workers are represented by Unite the Union, and the board also includes government appointed representatives as independent arbitrators.

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Cloud Data centre efficiency is a constant struggle. Choosing the right system for your required tasks is one challenge. Upgrade cycles cause power and heat issues. Existing techniques are continually refined. Combined with emerging technologies, optimal efficiency is a moving target.

Space constraints are where the challenges of data centre efficiency begin. The server-on-the-table begets the single rack server closet. The server closet grows, moving through server room into full on data centre. Each stage of expansion is preceded by at least one compute density upgrade cycle.

Replacing individual systems with blade servers is an immediate density increase. Virtualisation allows the collapse of isolated systems into a single host while physicalisation involves moving low demand services to dedicated low power servers. For some, a baby super is the way to go.

Density matters

Increased compute density brings power issues. Few buildings are designed to supply the power densities required by modern IT. Careful building selection and service upgrades are typically required. Power costs, availability and generation source are important. Power is the drive behind internal efficiency initiatives straight through to geo-locative selection.

Equipment selection is critical. Dedicated cryptoprocessors benefit those embracing encryption. GPUs see use for heavy number crunching, with dedicated ASIC usage gaining traction. Storage presents another concern; spinning disk, flash cache, all-SSD, MAID and even tape have their places. Each has a different performance/efficiency/TCO profile.

Power utilisation and loss is a concern extending beyond servers and storage. Microsoft is an excellent case study; 16 per cent of power is lost to transmission and conversion, another 14 per cent is lost to internal distribution and cooling. Microsoft’s research tells us AC power distribution is more efficient at high loads, DC at low loads. Low power processors offer greater data centre efficiency; despite the up front cost premium they have a lower TCO.

Chiller thriller

Cooling the data centre is a problem with several solutions. With the right climate, innovative outside air cooling is a good substitute. You can use the ocean for cooling; if you really like then build a data centre navy. If you happen to have a global network of data centres, you can move workloads in response to temperature excursions.

"After all, data centre overhauls are expensive"

Those of lesser means find their choice of cooling solution highly geocentric. Power hungry traditional chillers approach uselessness in high-humidity environments. Air cooling is impractical in high temperatures. Geothermal is a possibility, as is immersion. Isolated hot and cold rows will increase the efficiency of any cooling solution you choose.

Scale makes a difference. A five-rack server room typically has to make the best of whatever space is already available. A company running five hundred thousand racks has the resources to choose the location of their data centre and efficiency tools to match.

Total cost of ownership is the driver of data centre operations; when you hit the compute density wall of your existing plant, the smaller operator should consider alternatives. Co-location of servers is one method of tapping into the economy of data centre scale. Moving some applications into the hosted cloud is another. After all, data centre overhauls are expensive. ®

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Richard Rico: An eye and a passion

THERE ARE simply too many goodbye luncheons in today's workplace: People moving on -- of their own accord or someone else's. Rick Roach is of the former. For 21 years, he was Reporter Photo Editor. But internally he was referred to as "Top Photo Dog," a merciless staff's term of endearment for a rare breed of photojournalist who lived by a simple mantra: Get The Shot. He kept an eye peeled for smoke on the horizon and an ear tuned to a police scanner. Sirens pushed Rick's buttons. Then the gonzo in him took over. At times he followed fire or police units to the scene. Sometimes they followed him. Sometimes he not only snapped a police collar, he got into the act. Once, a scofflaw tried to stiff a retailer. A cop and he got into a chase -- on foot, in 105-degree heat. The cop got him, but he was wasted. Rick showed up. The breathless cop gave him his cuffs. Rick slapped him in irons. I didn't hear if he read him his rights.

Rick won the respect of fire and police. Several showed up Friday at his lunch at Stars, including Officers Debbie Lopez, Julie Bailey, and her shepherd partner, "Sir." Fire Battalion Chief John Jansen offered a bucket of trifles, topped by a gold VFD badge. A lot of meaning in that.

Raised in a newspaper family in Arkansas, Rick took to photojournalism. "I loved to shoot everything from nature to high-adrenaline police chases," he says, and everything in between, as in the life and times of Vacaville. Along the way, his work won acclaim: A 1995 shot of flooding after Folsom Dam breached was featured in a Life magazine "Year in Pictures" book. One he took of a child's head stuck in a railing on Brown St. made a regular Life. His state golds kept piling up. Rick is headed for Carson City, where his wife Michele, a longtime ad rep here, is doing the same in Nevada. Readers will miss Rick's eye, and passion. Me, too, just as I miss the golden era that nurtured his art.

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LUNCHEONS are also for saying hello. I broke bread with Anna Eaton Monday. Her agenda is full, and she loves it. She's the new director of Vaca's Boys & Girls Club, a haven for up to 60 kids a day after school; all day in summer; ages 6 to teens; some with issues. Never a dull moment. Born in Vietnam and educated in Alaska and Washington, Anna brings a different perspective to a small nonprofit performing huge miracles. To the kids, the club is more than a hangout; it could be rescuing them now, even if they don't yet know it. The B&GC center on Holly Lane is proof of concept. Anna asks us to check it out.

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"LOWLY, but chosen" Pope Francis appeared on the loggia, with a plate that already runneth over. The mesmerizing drama in Rome -- white smoke and all -- wasn't over when nattering nabobs questioned if, at his age, he could be an angel of change. In our defense: He is younger than me. Doubting Thomases claim that when it comes to instituting real Catholic reform, the Pope doesn't have a prayer.

He doesn't; he has 1.2 billion of them.

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THREE DAYS before Karen Nolan's eloquent tribute to The Reporter's 130th birthday, the inaugural edition of the Va-caville High School Alumni Magazine was launched into cyberspace. Heck, in my Vaca High days that wasn't even a word.

But the magazine is real, even if it's digital. ( It's a laudible effort, conceived and produced by seniors Ryo Mayes and Collette Wylie.

Collette told me of the new magazine a few days ago and asked if I would write a piece for it, me being a 1952 grad and all. I said sure. (Ignore the jock in a ducktail haircut.) There are "Class Notes" about grads, and a bit on Lemoine "Pop" Will-iams, principal in my day. Ah, comes now a reprise of Pop, me and the burning V.

In 1952, two nights before a grid battle in Armijo, miscreants poured a V in kerosene at midfield. Then lit a match. Armijo's principal went ballistic. I was student body president. Pop called me in. "Armijo wants an apology!" he said. "Let's go!" Armijo's gym was filled with students. At half-court, I said we had no idea who did the deed, but we were very sorry. (It was later learned two Class of '51 curs did it.) The ride back was quiet, until Pop poked me with his elbow, winked and said, "Between us, I think it was a helluva stunt."

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The Rumble Reader Episode 7: Strangers on a Raid

After Blizzard’s “Real ID” fiasco, Nick and Justin wouldn’t dream of asking you to give up your Rumble handle, but they can’t help wondering how a more open community might work. Luckily, a Gamasutra analysis serves as a worthy devil’s advocate. The guys also discuss 1up’s tribute to the ROM hacking underground and fan translations. Those English patches for old Super Famicom games are definitely appreciated, but how can future projects survive in a post-DRM era?

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Kris Graft’s “Why Was Blizzard’s ‘Real ID’ Such an Issue?”

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  • There were a few things I had to yell at my iPod about while listening… but it was a great episode gentlemen. Keep it up..

    But I was one who supported Blizzard putting peoples names out there on the message board. Those boards have become a pool of death with people not even having enough balls to post under their own characters. What they’ll do is create a level 1 in WoW and post under that. Grow some balls.

    But the realID stuff is also in game and it’s actually kind of useful. I can add say my cohost Kyle by swapping emails and he shows up in my friends list with his real name.

    What’s cool about that is, I can be playing Starcraft II and he’s in WoW but we both can be talking to each other from different games.

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Saturday Stats: Silicon Valley Unemployment Drops to 2008 Levels

I think it's pretty obvious from the massive amounts of traffic lately that the economic recovery is becoming quite fierce in Silicon Valley. The San Jose metro saw unemployment drop to 7.3% in March down from 9.1% the previous year. Unemployment in only Santa Clara county is now sitting at 7.1%. If you look at the entire state, the average unemployment is currently 9.4%. There was a long stretch of time where unemployment in the Valley surpassed the state average, so this is huge news.

Unlike the 2000 .COM crash and the 2008 burst of the bubble, there are no severe warning indicators that things are about to explode. Hopefully we have learning from our mistakes and the Silicon Valley job market and economy will continue to consistently improve for many years to come.

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Paul Richardson needs to develop into a more complete receiver

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Listen: You can’t get excited about Paul Richardson just yet. Yes, he was the Seattle Seahawks’ second-round draft pick, but he has a lot to learn at the wide receiver position. Players like him come into the league every year, and within three years, they’re out of it. It’s a difficult transition.

In the NFL, wide receivers don’t just catch passes on bubble screens and fly routes; they run more complicated routes, such as double moves, square-ins, digs and shallow crosses. All these routes require outstanding technique that takes a couple of years to develop. That, too, is how long it’ll take for Richardson, who mostly ran vertical routes at Colorado because of his deep speed. The Seahawks will likely use him the same way, stretching defenses with his 4.33 40-yard dash speed to create room underneath for the other receivers running traditional West Coast Offense routes.

But even the vertical routes that Richardson runs need work. He needs to sharpen his cuts and run with more intent. Here’s an example against Colorado State during his final season.

Facing second-and-15 from the 25 yard line, Colorado’s offense needs to move the ball to set up a manageable third down. They have a chance to do more than that, however, when Richardson lines up at the wide side of the field in an isolated matchup with a Colorado State cornerback. The cornerback’s playing off-man in single-high coverage, respecting Richardson’s deep speed.

When Richardson releases off the line of scrimmage, he jabs inside with his right foot and pushes his stem outside, on top of the numbers. This keeps the cornerback inside, keying the quarterback.

Ten yards later at the 35, Richardson rounds inside like he’s running a post route. But what he’s really running is a post-corner route, which requires him to cut back outside.

When Richardson sticks his right foot in the ground and then his left to lower his shoulders and burst outside, he eyeballs the pylon at the near corner of the end zone. This is a major mistake. He has the cornerback on his heels, so by continuing to run vertically, he’s giving the defender a chance to make up ground. Remember also that the cornerback is in single-high man coverage, meaning he has safety help in the middle of the field.

When faced with single-high on a post-corner route, Richardson needs to flatten his route out to the sideline to avoid double coverage downfield. Instead he keeps running, allowing the cornerback to get in position to break up the pass.

Running routes is difficult, especially in the NFL because the game is faster and there’s more thinking involved. A college receiver comes into the league after catching jump balls and other type of throws that allow him to outmuscle cornerbacks and run away from safeties. That rarely happens in the pros because (mostly) everyone is on the same playing field, which is why technique is important, even on the less complicated routes.

The Seahawks’ goal is to develop Richardson’s technique so he can run more than vertical just routes. Ideally he’ll run shallow crossing routes too, which are less complex than the post-corner route he ran against USC, but they still stretch and put pressure on the defense.

In the same game against USC, he ran a smooth shallow cross on second-and-five. Facing press coverage at the line, Richardson released flat into the middle of the field for three yards before rounding into the crossing route. The cornerback bailed at the line and dropped into deep third coverage, passing off his assignment to the strong safety creeping into the box.

The safety tried to jam Richardson as he came down. The 6’1” receiver avoided him by giving the cold shoulder. He accelerated past the safety and picked up a yard (if not more) of separation to catch the pass for a first down on the opposite side of the field.

When Richardson starts developing, he’ll contribute to the Seahawks’ offense by running more routes, such as the shallow crossing route. It may seem simple, but there are many receivers in the mold of Richardson who struggle to run it.

Case and point: Mike Wallace of the Miami Dolphins. Wallace is not a natural route runner because he struggles to quickly get in and out of his breaks. He’s primarily a vertical speedster, so when he runs a shallow crossing route, he’s stiff and doesn’t have a feel for zone coverage. The success he has found in running this route is primarily because other receivers have created enough room for him to build up speed and turn the corner.

Richardson is similar to Wallace in the laterally stiff sense, but he has a better feel for zones. Once he combines his natural talent with technique, he’ll have a feel for all types of coverages.


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    Having read through several tutorials etc on the subject oj J2EE & security, I am still struggling with one aspect which is very important in the project I'm working on...

    According to something somewhere (!) on the Sun site, a standalone Java client (ie: outside of the J2EE world completely) is assumed to be a "guest" / un-authenticated user on the J2EE server. This is a real problem for us, as we need to use Java clients which won't be within J2EE but want to use the J2EE security and not have to code our own stuff.

    So, does anyone know if you can you make a standalone Java application use the J2EE security model ? ie: is there any way of authenticating a standalone client object ?

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  2. You can use security from a Java client. I have not done it much but I think you just set the user name and password properties when you get your initial context in the client. We are going to be writing Java clients to use J2EE back ends where I work. It is unfortunate that the majority of the example code you see assumes that everyone is doing JSP/Servlets as a front end.


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ORCA smart card will enable riders to move between bus, train and ferries across county lines using only one fare card

Paying your fare to ride the bus, ferry or light rail throughout the Puget Sound region will soon be as simple as swiping a single card, following approval today by the Metropolitan King County Council of a plan for rollout later this spring of the long-awaited ORCA regional fare coordination system.

"This system makes various forms of transit more accessible to all riders," said Councilmember Jane Hague, sponsor of the ordinance and chair of the Council's Physical Environment Committee that oversees transportation. "The new ORCA card will help riders have a more seamless and enjoyable transportation experience."

The One Regional Card for All (ORCA) will be a non-touch smart card used for payment on seven transportation systems: Sound Transit, King County Metro Transit, Community Transit of Snohomish County, Pierce Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit and Washington State Ferries.

The system is easy and fast. ORCA uses an electronic smart card that automatically calculates any fare due. Passengers will simply "tap" their ORCA Card on target card readers and enjoy their ride. The card will register a valid pass or deduct the appropriate fare from a customer account. Customers can load transportation value or products on their card online or in person at select retail outlets.

The Council today authorized an updated interlocal agreement with the other six transit agencies that clarifies the roles of all the partners for the rollout of ORCA later this spring. Approvals must still come from the Everett City Council and the state of Washington. The regional fare coordination system has been under development since 2003.

Work on the ORCA system is now in final system design, software and Web site development, and testing to implement system updates and changes based on lessons learned in a customer Beta test. Concurrently, work is underway to complete installation of all equipment, develop employee training programs and plan for the rollout of the new ORCA card to customers.

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The camera lens wasn't big enough to capture Lohan's top half.

Without a Golden Globe invitation or her name appearing on any guest list, Lindsay Lohan brought her buxom luggage stuffed neatly into a tailored Prada dress, as she crashed the Weinstein Company After Party.

Reportedly handing the party's receptionist, who happened to be a 24 year old virgin names Karl, an invitation made from a folded Playboy cover, Lohan was allowed immediate entry with a smile and a chubby.

Apart from cozying up to a few Weinstein party guests, Lohan reportedly behaved herself, pretended to be a relevant Hollywood player with questionable talent, and played the part of a Kardashian pretty well.

She reportedly was forced to behaved herself. Ms. Lohan is scheduled for another court appearance in the coming weeks to update the judge on her completed community service and new humanistic attitude towards those she refers to as, "those other people who aren't Hollywood stars".

Karl Spackler, the aforementioned front door bouncer / receptionist seems to be on the fence about Lohan's sincerity, "I wasn't going to let her make a scene, it was easier just to let her in, but once I lifted the velvet rope she nearly knocked me over to get through". Spackler added, "It was a nice picture though and I guess I didn't mind getting bumped".

Karen Feiding, assistant to Harvey Weinstein also chose not to eject the downtrodden Ms. Lohan from the party. "She does fill out a dress quite nicely and the boys here don't seem to mind", says Feiding. "I can however, see a reality TV show in her future".

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The Portage Lakes Career Center Board of Education set the table for the year ahead at its January meeting.

Treasurer Christopher Wright administrated the oath of office to board members beginning new terms. David Andrews, representing Coventry schools, was elected president and Bob Campbell, representing Green schools, was elected vice president.

Other returning board members are Mary Lou Dodson, Springfield, and Robert Wohlgamuth, Coventry. New members are Mark Conner, Coventry; Jack Daniels, Manchester; Mark Herdlick, Green; Ron Robinson, Manchester; and Glenn Wieland, Springfield.

The board decided to meet at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the school.

Wohlgamuth was appointed legislative liaison for the Ohio School Board Association. Mark Herdlick was appointed as student achievement liaison.

The consent calendar was approved. It gives the superintendent and treasurer the ability to approve, pay bills and proceed with the business of the school.

Superintendent Ben Moore welcomed the board members, and they introduced themselves giving a brief background.

Moore thanked the school boards and the district superintendents for all they have gone through to make sure the PLCC board is compliant with the new state legislation. "I know you all took somewhat different strategies on how you appointed your members and it may not have necessary followed the strategy we had laid out for you," said Moore.

He asked for all the documentation of appointments from each district's board as well as resumes for all current board members. "They will be kept on file just to show this board is in compliance," Moore said. The law changed for vocational school boards. It states board candidates are to be qualified to consider the state's workforce needs with an understanding of the skills, training and education needed for future employment opportunities in the state.

Wright said there had been no fiscal surprises so far, and things were on track. He explained they were in the process of filling out a report for the tax budget. "When we set up appropriations we cannot set them above the estimated tax revenue," Wright said. He said they were slightly over 2 mills, which means if a resident has a $200,000 house he or she would be paying a little more than $144 annually to support the career center.

Principal Mike Kaschak reported it is the time of year that all eligible seniors are put on placement. "Placement opportunity is an option, but we believe it is very valuable." He noted that January and February are busy months due to 10th-grade visitations and career evening for students and parents. Students also are involved in a variety of competitions at this time of year.

The board also accepted a donation of turnout coats, bunker pants and boots from the Coventry Fire Department.

UP NEXT Meets 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at the school.


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KEVIN SINFIELD, Leeds Rhinos’ inspirational captain, claims his young team have crossed a mental barrier this season, and that they believe they can win every game they play.

Despite a start that had seen them win all eight of their games coming into this Powergen Challenge Cup semi-final, there were some who doubted the breakthrough had been made. Not any more. Having beaten them in the league last week, Leeds overcame St Helens again yesterday in a flawed but utterly compelling match in which the result was in doubt until the last minute of extra time, when Danny McGuire, put clear by Sinfield, crossed in the corner to seal a remarkable victory.

It was Leeds who drew first blood. Mick Higham was penalised for delaying Ryan Bailey from playing the ball, and Sinfield kicked the penalty from just inside the Saints half.

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The Co-operative Group has delayed its half-year results by a week so that they fall even deeper in the dog days of summer.

But any hope that the mutual’s statements on August 29 will escape notice is surely in vain. Onlookers are braced for further heavy writedowns on bad loans, as well as a plan by Euan Sutherland, the new chief executive, to prune the bank radically — possibly exiting business banking altogether.

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Rebekah Roddy and daughters Lauren (left) and Sarah (right).
Rebekah Roddy of Monette is the second generation of her family to be featured in The Town Crier Dinner Bell. Roddy's mother, the late Twila Steed, shared her family's favorite recipes on Nov. 16, 1972. Also, her father, the late Billy Steed, was a Minute Man feature in the Town Crier on April 11, 1974.

Roddy is known as the baby sister of the famous Steed brothers. Having four older brothers is not that unusual, but to have four older brothers all born on the same day of the year, Oct.27, is not common. Roddy decided to have her own birthday and missed Oct. 27 by 17 days.

Roddy has very fond memories of growing up in Leachville where her parents owned Twila Motel when she was younger. She said she could make a bed as good as anyone when she was very young. She enjoyed helping around the motel and visiting with the people that came and went.

It was at a young age that she became a "people person." She still enjoys meeting new people.

Roddy was among the first graduating class of Buffalo Island Central High School in 1985. That made her the last reigning Miss Leachville as she was crowned in 1984 and never had to give up the crown.

She and Brian Roddy married in 1990. They live in Monette and have twin daughters, Lauren and Sarah, age 11.

Roddy calls her daughters "double blessings."

The girls enjoy playing softball in the summer and their dad helps coach their team.

Roddy has worked at the Monette Co-op for three years. She takes care of the cotton and payroll. She finds buyers for the cotton. She admits it gets hectic during the fall, but she does enjoy her work. She also likes working with the people from the area.

Roddy said the girls have sister dogs, Isabell and Gracie, that do not know they are dogs.

The Roddys have a kennel and for eight years they raised labs. Now they are raising pointer bird dogs.

Roddy attends church at the First Baptist Church where she works with the Awana program and children's choir. She always loved singing and playing the piano. She started taking piano lessons when she was in the first grade.

Roddy enjoys cooking but during the fall season her time in the kitchen is limited. The Chocolate YumYum is an all time family favorite. Her mother would make six times the recipe and have it in the freezer.

Chocolate Yum-Yum

1. Crush 20-24 Oreo cookies. Put into bottom of 13x8" buttered pan. Pour 1/3 cup melted oleo over cookies. Freeze at least 3-4 hours.

2. Soften 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream. Dissolve 1 tsp. instant coffee in 1/2 cup hot water. Stir coffee into ice cream. Spread over frozen cookies and freeze at least 3-4 hours.

3. Melt:

3 squares semi-sweet chocolate

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. oleo

2 small cans Pet Milk

Cook until thick on low heat. Let cool completely. Spread over #2 and freeze again 3-4 hours.

4. Whip 1 pkg. Dream Whip according to instructions and spread over #3. Sprinkle with chopped nuts on top and freeze.

Keep covered in freezer. Will keep for up to two weeks in freezer.

Rah-Rah Stew

24 ounce package stew vegetables (thawed)

1 lb. stew beef, cut in 1 inch cubes (browned)

1 can (10-1/4 ounce) condensed tomato soup

1/2 cup water

2 tbs. dried onion flakes

Salt and pepper to taste

1 bay leaf

Place vegetables in bottom of crock pot. Add browned meat. In separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients and pour over meat and vegetables. Cover and cook in crock pot or simmer on stove until done. (Other vegetables may be added if desired.

Mandarin Orange Cake

1 Duncan Hines Butter Cake Mix

1/4 cup oil

4 eggs

1 can mandarin oranges

Mix together and bake at 350 degrees in 3 layers.

1 large instant vanilla pudding

1 large can crushed pineapple (drained)

1 large container Cool Whip

Mix together and spread on cooled cake layers and keep refrigerated.

Corn Casserole

Drain and rinse:

1 can Mexicorn

1 can shoepeg corn

1 can whole kernel corn

1 can cream style corn

Cook: (in one stick oleo)

1 chopped small onion

1 chopped bell pepper

Add the above to corn mixture.

Mix in 1/2 to 1 whole can Rotel

Salt and pepper to taste.

Pour in buttered casserole dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chicken Broccoli Delight

6 chicken breasts (cooked, deboned, cut up)

1 large bunch fresh broccoli, or 2 frozen packages broccoli, cooked until almost tender.

Place cooked broccoli in greased casserole dish

Cover with cut up chicken.

Topping: (Mix items below together before pouring on top)

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

3/4 cups mayonnaise

2 Tbs. lemon juice

salt and pepper to taste

Pour over top of chicken and broccoli. Sprinkle grated cheese over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

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     Why are UFOs dangerous? U.S. News & World Report is tackling that question in a special Mysteries of Space magazine that recently hit newsstands.

. . . While the debate rages over whether some of the residual UFOs are interplanetary or interdimensional spacecraft, the magazine is exploring the potential danger of UFO encounters with commercial airline pilots.

"Our objectives are to make flying safer for the public, and we're convinced there's a potential threat posed by nearby unexplained aerial phenomena to commercial and private airplanes," former UFO skeptic and NASA research scientist Richard Haines told The Huffington Post. . . .

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Grant Cameron asks, "Are UFO Secrets About to be Revealed?"

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"There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses." – George Bernard Shaw

Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us. - Senator Patrick Moynihan, Secrecy: The American Experience, 1998
     There has been a lot of excitement about the upcoming Area 51 presentation at a Smithsonian Institution affiliated museum in Las Vegas. The UFO lecture event was recently detailed in a Huffington Post piece written by Lee Spiegel. The implication being put out by the event organizers is that we are about to learn some UFO secrets.

Those holding their breath should stop immediately because nothing of significance is going to happen. Holding your breath will not bring UFO disclosure – just death.

The five speakers that have been chosen to present at National Atomic Testing Museum as described are:

Ret. Army Col. John Alexander: Former military insider who created the Advanced Theoretical Physics Working Group -- a group of top-level government officials and scientists brought together to study UFOs.

Ret. Air Force Col. Charles Halt: Former base commander of the RAF Bentwaters military base in England and vital eyewitness to the amazing UFO-related events at Rendlesham Forest in December 1980, where he believed the observed UFOs were extraterrestrial in origin.

Ret. Air Force Col. William Coleman: Former USAF bomber pilot, chief of Air Force public information and producer of NBC's "Project UFO" series.

Ret. Air Force Col. Robert Friend: Former director of the Air Force's Project Blue Book from 1958 to 1963. The fifth guest at the museum's upcoming UFO lecture is former U.K. UFO desk officer Nick Pope.

John Alexander described the speakers to Spiegel as “high credibility vetted sources… who have worked with the military, all of whom certainly agree that UFOs are real, and I think most of them would say it ought to be researched."

That the good news.

Now for some observations that might just represent the true reality of what’s about to happen on September 22 in Las Vegas:
• All of the speakers have held government security clearances, and therefore what they say has to be kept in context. Despite the claim that the lectures will be “Military UFOs: Secrets Revealed” there will be no classified disclosures of material.

• Being former US military ( with the exception of Pope) they will probably follow the official government position on UFOs. In case people have forgotten or missed it, the official government position on the subject is ““The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public’s eye.”

• If any of them do reveal classified information that would counter the official government position on the subject, they know they would expect a letter like the Pentagon just sent to the author of the upcoming Bin Laden raid tell-all “No Easy Day” Matt Bissonnette. In that letter the Pentagon stated “In the judgment of the Department of Defense, you are in material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you signed in 2007. Further public dissemination of your book will aggravate your breach and violation of your agreements.”

• The four American speakers at the Area 51 lectures are patriotic Americans who know the rules of classification and will not violate their national security oaths to reveal classified UFO secrets that might be held by the United States military.

• Their security clearance oaths, however, make them like convicts on parole. They have been expected to use misdirection, silence, and lies to cover classified material in the past, and anything they now say will always be has to be surrounded by doubt, even if what they are saying is true. That is because the national security aspects of the UFO subject will always trump the truth. If they know the truth about UFOs, and it’s classified, their job is to protect the secret. Spin it anyway you want to, but that is the truth.

• So with five former government people with security clearances, what can we expect? How about the government part line? Unidentified objects exist but they pose no threat to national security and there is no evidence to indicate that the objects are extraterrestrial visitations. There are lots of crazy people in the UFO field. Money should be spent to study the mystery.

• Three of the five speakers are on record as stating Roswell is explained by a Mogul balloon operation. If that isn’t national security trumping logic and truth, then nothing is.

• Chase Brandon, the former CIA media liaison to Hollywood, who described himself as the second most powerful public voice for the CIA after the CIA Director, will not be a speaker at the “Military UFOs: Secrets Revealed” event. Perhaps this is because he has stated openly and on the record in a number of recent interviews that he discovered a box at CIA headquarters with material in it that indicated Roswell was a crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft with bodies and there has been a cover-up of this key historical event. Organizers certainly wouldn't want this testimony to break the intended flow of the information that will be presented.

• There will be a call by many if not all speakers for further study of the UFO mystery. The call for an investigation sounds like a good idea. However, there has been one of those studies already. It was known as USAF Project Blue Book and it was shut down in 1969. It concluded that there were 2% hoaxes, and about 22% unexplained.

• What were the unexplained? Well no one at the Air Force could tell – they were just unexplained and might well have been explained as Mogul balloons if there had been more evidence. They were just unexplained- no explanation necessary. The only thing that the USAF could be determined for sure is that there was no evidence that they were extraterrestrial, or a threat to national security.

• What will change with a new study conducted by science, the government, or the media? We will log another 50,000 sightings of objects flying around the skies. Classified information will be out of bounds. Lots of money will be spent and in the end we will come to the conclusion that there are 2% hoaxes, 22% unexplained, and that there is no firm evidence to indicate that any of the sightings were shown to be extraterrestrial, or a threat to national security. The National Academy of Sciences, with only a 4% belief in the phenomenology may proceed to make sure that any new UFO study is the last study that is ever conducted. As John Alexander has warned about this call for a new UFO study, “Be careful what you wish for.”

• So what will happen? Coleman, who has been absent from the UFO community for many years is suddenly reappearing from his long seclusion to speak. He will tell his tale of chasing a UFO in his B-25 bomber in the 1950s. He will defend the Air Force Blue Book study and state that Roswell was a Mogul balloon. He may even speak of a book he has been writing on UFOs for many years.

• Coleman will not talk about his signing of a contract on behalf of the Pentagon for the Pentagon to do a UFO documentary called “UFOs, Past, Present, and Future.” He will not talk about his pulling of the now infamous Holloman AFB film back to the Pentagon in the mid 1970s from producers Bob Emenegger and Allen Sandler. According to the producers showed a UFO land on the runway and aliens emerge from the craft to be greeted by Holloman base officials. He will not explain why he ordered the Holloman alien landing film back to the Pentagon just before the documentary was nearing its final stages. He will not talk about how the Pentagon provided 8 seconds of the film to be put in the final documentary release.

• Coleman will not talk about meeting the high ranking intelligence official code named “Falcon” on the set of a UFO documentary in 1988 called “UFO Cover-up Live” in Washington, and being very surprised that this official was involved in the UFO subject.

• Robert Friend will defend the conclusions of Project Blue Book which makes sense as he was one of the directors of the project. He will agree with Coleman that there is no proof of extraterrestrial visitation, and this includes the Roswell event.

• If asked he would talk about a significant 1959 event that he was involved with where senior officials at the CIA were channeling an alien by the name of AFFA at the National Photographic Interpretation Center, a TOP SECRET CIA building in Washington where all the U-2, SR-71, and satellite spy film was analyzed. The museum will not ask him to talk about it so you won’t hear the channeling session or about the flying saucer the CIA officials saw out the window during the event. You will not hear about how Friend tried to investigate the case further, and how he was told by his commanding General at WPAFB to drop it.

• Col. Charles Halt’s presentation will come the closest to presenting actual military UFO secrets when he tells his story of the UFO occurrence he was involved with at the RAF nuclear base adjoining the Rendlesham Forest in December 1980. It would be nice if he tells of talking to the NSA about the Rendlesham event and being told that they had a big file on it but that he (Halt) did not have a need to know. Maybe he will, but probably he won’t.

• Col. John Alexander will give his standard UFO lecture that UFOs are real. He will continue saying that the government doesn't care about UFOs and there is no government UFO cover-up. He will say “the government is telling the truth.” He will call for amnesty for military who have been involved with the UFO subject, and call for an independent scientific study hopefully devoid of the ridicule that has surrounded the subject for many years.

• Actually, it doesn't really matter what Alexander says, because every researcher listening will simply turn to the next researcher and say, “What do you think about John Alexander?” In the UFO world that question is running a close second to the question, “What are UFOs?” Even Alexander keeps the mystery about himself going as he plays the role of a Man In Black erasing the audiences minds with his Neutralyzer at the end of each lecture.

• Nick Pope has unfortunately become the John Alexander of the UK. No matter what he says there will be the same doubt over his presentation. Researchers will turn to the person beside them and say, “What do you think about Nick Pope?” It is the same question of reservation intelligence services had over defecting Soviet spies during the cold war. You will never know for sure if Pope is on their side or ours. It’s not Pope’s fault. That’s the price you pay when you used to work for the other side.
The Area 51 “Military UFOs: Secrets Revealed” lectures will be much like the Democratic Convention in North Carolina. It will be carefully scripted to ensure there are no Clint Eastwood moments where people like Chase Brandon will distract people from the intended message.

Lots of people will attend. Lots of money will be gathered. Nothing earth shattering will occur. No secrets will be revealed. The media will be move on to the next story. The scientists will be unimpressed. The government will continue to in the words of President Barack Obama “keep our secrets on this.” We will return to the world of UFOs that we have known for the last 65 years.

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  1. Well, I'm certainly not holding my breath for any spectacular revelations. Come on, if they were going to make an actual disclosure, it would be a HUGE deal and there would be a lot more buzz going on about it. I think you're correct in your above presentation on what to expect. More government and especially military BS. Why they would do this, I don't know. I just don't expect anything fabulous or world and conscious changing to come of this. Thanks for listening and providing a place for people like me who can't shut up to post our thoughts......Big grin.......

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Slightly more than half of adult Americans are single. Many women are the sole breadwinner in their families. Same-sex marriage is legal in 10 states. By 2042, racial minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population.

These statistics were presented by Kim Dellarocca of Pershing in a news conference on Wednesday at Insite 2013 at which she delivered the findings of an advisor study suggesting that many advisors are failing to take advantage of these changing dynamics of the “new modern” American family.

Specifically, said Dellarocca, to succeed and to differentiate themselves from their competitors, smart advisors need to change their own approaches to affluent women, the children of existing clients, the LGBT community and Americans of varying hyphens (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, to name just three) and business owners. In addition, Dellarocca mentioned the 23 million American women that she characterized as “PANKs”—Professional Aunts with No Kids—who spend plenty of time and money on their “cherished nieces and nephews.”

Pershing's Kim DellaroccaThe study released Wednesday, the “Investor of the Future,” arose out of an online survey of 317 advisors—from the RIA, wirehouse and independent BD, bank and insurance brokerages—and found that advisors view their client base as primarily Caucasian, married, in their mid-50s and are primarily male. Actually, only 35% of affluent Americans are age 55 and older. While advisors in the survey said women were an important segment of their client base, Dellarocca (left) noted that advisors only gather contact data for 70% of the women in client couples, which does not bode well for retaining those women as clients should their marriage fail or their husband die.

As another example of the misalignment between an advisor’s perceived client base and the actual affluent population and missed opportunities, Dellarocca said that while 83% of the advisors surveyed reported that business owners were an important segment of the client base, only 30% of advisors said they had visited their business-owner clients’ place of business. This signals a significant missed opportunity, she said, since within those businesses there may be many client prospects and opportunities for the advisor to supply needed services to the business. Another example: only a small percentage of advisors report talking with the young adult children of clients about their finances, so when the client parents die or divorce, there isn’t a relationship with their children to build upon.

So who’s doing well serving these growing affluent populations? Women advisors tend to do better, Dellarocca said, perhaps because they’ve been focused on some of those underserved markets—such as women and children of clients—for a longer period of time.

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