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Tel Aviv, October 22, 2013
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, will visit Israel from 7-9 December, 2013. He will come to Israel for the official launch of a 'cooperation forum' between the two countries. This was announced today by the ambassador of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, at an Israeli-Dutch business seminar on water technology at the WATEC conference in Tel Aviv. Mr. Rutte will be accompanied by minister of foreign affairs Frans Timmermans, minister of foreign trade Liliane Ploumen, and minister of economic affairs Henk Kamp. "It is quite special that so many Dutch cabinet members jointly visit another country", said the ambassador. The Dutch government delegation will be accompanied by three business delegations: one from the water technology sector; another from the energy and natural gas sector; and a third focusing on innovation in agriculture and food.
The central focus of the events will be innovation in the various economic sectors, explained the ambassador. Representatives from both countries in the business sector, knowledge institutes, and government, will meet to explore new opportunities for doing business and other cooperation. The visit will also allow for consultations at the political level, on topics of bilateral, regional and EU importance. The cooperation forum will take place on a regular base in Israel and the Netherlands.
The Dutch believe that the level of competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation in both countries provides an excellent combination, from which respective private sectors and research institutes can benefit. The Netherlands is the second largest destination of Israeli exports in Europe and dozens of Israeli companies have invested in the country. Due to its central location and with Rotterdam as the largest European port, the Netherlands is considered a key player in the EU economy and a worldwide 'gateway to Europe'. Trade between both countries reached an all-time high and exceeded USD 5 billion in 2012. Total exports from Israel to the Netherlands reached USD 990 million in the first semester of 2013. Moreover, Dutch and Israeli companies are increasingly joining hands to conquer emerging markets together. "A global outlook has always been our strong point", said ambassador Veldkamp.


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As I noted about a week ago, we've opened Ars Technica's political forum, The Soap Box, to all registered posters. Normally only subscribers have posting access, but with the incredible amount of excitement and high levels of participation in the US presidential primaries we wanted everyone to get a chance to weigh in on the process. So if you missed the announcement before or haven't had a chance to drop by come on in and speak your mind.
While there is a wide range of topics, from the Second Amendment to children and antipsychotic drugs to Scientology, the real heat is obviously the presidential race. If you missed the news, Mitt Romney suspended his presidential campaign today, so we're down to what is essentially a two-person race on either side. The Democrats are neck and neck, but does Huckabee have even a remote chance against McCain?
The US Presidential Primaries - 2008 thread is the best place to start; all the latest news and speculation appears very quickly there. Even if you can't vote in the primaries you can always vote in our Omnibus Poll where Obama is currently cleaning house—he's clearly an Ars favorite across the political spectrum. If speculating about the eventual November election is more your style you might want to try the Potential Running Mates (Dems & GOP) thread.
We've had a lot of great contributions from first-time Soap Box posters, so if you haven't visited yet, come join the fun. If you're an old hand at the Ars political game, but haven't stopped by in a while, now is a great time to scrape off the rust. Call now; moderators are standing by!

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In the Matter of DONALD C. LONG,
In a letter dated March 25, 1999, to the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, respondent Donald C. Long, of Kansas City, an attorney admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Kansas, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (1998 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 242).
On January 22, 1999, this court suspended respondent for 1 year for his failure to competently and diligently handle cases for three separate clients. In re Long, 266 Kan. 664, ___ P.2d ___ (1999).
Since respondent was suspended from the practice of law, the Disciplinary Administrator's office has received numerous phone calls from former clients of respondent, alleging that he has failed to return client files, failed to return unearned retainers, and failed to protect the interests of his former clients. Additional matters were being investigated by the Disciplinary Administrator's office at the time respondent surrendered his license.
This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of respondent's license should be accepted and that respondent should be disbarred.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Donald C. Long be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas and his license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the name of Donald C. Long from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the Kansas Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to respondent, and that respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (1998 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 246).
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L'ultimo TerrestrePosted on 2012.01.08 at 08:40
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Mūza: Preteen Pornstar
The story unfolds during the week prior to the arrival of aliens on the Earth. An arrival announced by the world's governments. Late fringe news which doesn't interest anyone. On arrival the aliens find a nation which is tired and disillusioned, steeped in economic crisis. The reaction caused by the arrival of these extra-terrestrials ranges from racism to bizarre mystic-religious interpretations. This is the setting which hosts the story.


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Open-Source 3D Game Engine for Apple iPhone
Gregory Ray, lead organizer of LivingArcana.com announced today that he has hired the Brazilian programmer, Gutemberg Ribeiro, of "Conceptus" an open source game engine, to port his engine over to Apple's iPhone platform. The port of the game engine will remain open source and will be available under LGPL license to allow true 3D game development on the iPhone.
When asked why Gregory would make this available for free and pay for it out of his pocket he was quoted "I am trying to stay true to the LivingArcana.com ideal of having a free community ran online game. The 3D engine is vital to the project but it is also only a very small part of a very large project and once we integrate it into the LivingArcana.com project I have no other plans of using it for other projects. Why would I want hundreds of hours to goto waste?" The first public release of Conceptus for the iPhone is scheduled for early 2008.
The Conceptus game engine which already runs on the Windows, Mac, Symbian and even the Nintendo DS platforms will bring ParticleFX, BSP, Octree, PagingLandscape, Zip Compression, GlGenerator, GlPostProcessor, OpenAL, and an Extension Loader to the new iPhone. This benefits of these is that it will enable game developers to focus on writing game code and will leave the low level hardware code to the Conceptus engine.
It should also be mentioned that this project is being done without the support of Apple. Apple has said they will be offering official 3rd party support for native applications February 2008, however, the developers behind LivingArcana.com have been developing for the iPhone platform using a community released SDK for the iPhone. Gutemberg was quoted "We will need to update our engine to run off the the official Apple SDK when made available. Until then we will continue to use the community based SDK and just cross our fingers that Apple will appreciate what we are doing for their mobile platform."
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After decades of sleepwalking through life, I've finally woken up and realised the greatest dreams are achieved with open eyes and a conscious mind...
|PC David Rathband
|Raoul Moat
I've been a follower and admirer of PC David Rathband and The Blue Lamp Foundation. My thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family at this sad and devastating time
Just yes. I can't say anymore. I cry inside and out for the tragedy.
Thank you for putting into words.
I also read the story with great sadness today and I agree whole heartedly with your comments xxxReplyDelete
Brilliant statement, excellent points. May he finally be at peace.ReplyDelete
So sad, Les. Thanks for writing this.
It's hard to know what Raoul Moat could have become if he'd taken responsibility for his deeds - but agree that it would certainly not have ended so tragically for others who crossed his path.
I liked this until your comment 'I hope Moat was there to meet him'. So very wrong and insensitive. I hope if there is a next life that David is as far away from him as possible. I understand what you are trying to say about forgiveness etc but David was a total innocent in the whole thing. Would you make the same comment if a child had died? That you hope their perpetrator would meet them in heaven in some sort of forgiveness act?? Seriously??? The rest of it makes sense but not that. Sorry Les.ReplyDelete
I would make the same comment if a child had died, yes. It would be a horror if said theoretical child were to move from this world of pain to a place where he or she was still so frightened of this man that they should be divided forever. He or she would deserve peace, and that peace would come through forgiveness.
If you wish to create division in an afterlife, then you open up the concept of Heaven and Hell, and, as I've quoted in my Twitter stream at times, any God that would send a soul to eternal damnation for the sins of one lifetime would be as much a monster as its counterpart in hell.
Raoul Mote was just a messed up man, not a monster. I hope even Hitler has a chance of redemption.
This was a fine piece until you started speaking nonsense about fictional afterlifes.
Whatever makes you sleep better, princess.
Life is more than this experience we're having now, Anon. I'm at peace with all eventualities, including the eternity of nothingness, but I've had experience that can't be explained on a five senses level.
I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Spiritualists and atheists are almost identicalin their beliefs, in that we want to make the best of our lives. It's just that atheists get a nice surprise at the end. ;-)
Glad you enjoyed SOME of the blog! :-)
I am disturbed by the concern over PC Rathbone's death but may he rest in peace. He spoke at my daughter's school with bravery & hope for his future & the kids had nothing but admiration for him. A very admirable man that had his life devastated & snatched away by a man that should have been helped by us. We are to blame. Moat was ill & desperate.
Moat was constantly a target of the police in NE & he was stopped on numerous occasions by them. When his children were taken because of lies he kept meticulous records of conversations (and lies) by Social Services. Every single conversation was recorded by him. The injustices that this man suffered are palpable. I don't for a second condone what Moat did but I think we should take some responsibility, stop blaming & accusing, have respect for life & others. Raoul Moat loved his kids to the end of the earth & back & authority took them away from him. He felt persecuted & abandoned. So did PC Rathbone. Where were we?
Looked at Moat's criminal track record? Police don't bother regular people, but they do quite rightly keep a close grip on our societies scum!Delete
I don't think the collective 'we' applies. I certainly don't take any responsibility for Moat's actions, but I do recognise that his life was far from ideal - he didn't help himself, though.Delete
What a heart-wrenching story. So sad he could not find some peace with his changed life and some sliver of happiness to make it worth living. I hope he is at peace now.ReplyDelete
I cried for David Rathband. He seemed to be a straightforward man who just wanted to be a copper. One of life's good people. He needed so much more help and support than he got and even then I don't know if he would ever have come to terms with his blindness. Life is so unfair sometimes, but no one said it had to be fair.
I can also see why you feel for Raoul Moat. In a way, I do too. No one is born bad, his life had gone badly wrong a long time before the shootings. It's tragic a human being can kill themselves while saying that no one loves them. By the time he died he may well have been unloveable (I didn't know him, I can't say) but there must have been a time when the correct intervention could have put him (back) on track. We're all too keen to blame and much less keen to intervene and help people.
If Anonymous (above) is saying the SS took Moat's children, hopefully that is an intervention that will help them to grow up as normal ordinary people.
I really hope Moat's children are given a chance in life to avoid the same problems their father had.
I agree on David Rathband. I know the police get a lot of stick, but some of them just want to do their job - which is a job of protection.
Thanks for your words!
Well written Les. This is a very sad situation for all concerned and its a good time to remember that we all consciously and subconsciously influence other people's lives negatively and positively every single day.ReplyDelete
Yes, if we could all remember that and realise how much we can improve or worsen the moods of others, we'd change the world for the better! Thanks for the comment!ReplyDelete
A great post. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this and for using such a horrific situation to teach us all a little bit more about ego, forgiveness and moving forward each day from the best place that we can.ReplyDelete
Thank you for tweeting about this story, Les. My heart goes out to David Rathband's family. I hope the Halls of Justice learn something from this tragic handling of events.ReplyDelete
Ego and lack of personal responsibility are responsible for some of the greatest evils in the world. Very sad story... but I'm glad I followed your "tweet" to find it.ReplyDelete
Two suicides, endless questions. I've studied the subject ad nauseum and still I question how someone can commit murder in the 180Th degree.
I Know about neurons connecting or not connecting causing thoughts to grow arms and legs in wrong directions, save survival, but science has failed us because there is more to it. I believe we do what we come here to do as we evolve through lifetimes, growing toward some iconic existence where there is no more inhumanity to man or ourselves, yet we're still so close to the monkey. But, suicide still bothers me, not only because my own son chose that way to leave my life, but because I am still not positive it is an end or a transition, and at the risk of leaning toward cliche-ism, no one has come back to report the latter.
This police officer has me certain that it doesn't take courage to die. It takes courage to live under the worst of circumstances, like the girl who was born with no face. It takes courage to live, yes. Anyone can die.
It took me a second to realize that he and Moat could be in the same place after Moat's actions, until I remembered that we see with human eyes and think with our limited brains. May they both rest in peace and may the families finally begin to heal. Bless them all, and you.ReplyDelete


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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick comments on the challenges of the Boston bombing case and congratulates the team who brought him into custody.
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Scotties 'Shipwreck Shelby,' 42-9; A 'Great Win,' Coach Liebelt Says
The Glasgow Scotties were simply on fire Friday night when they easily defeated Shelby, 42-9, for their homecoming game.
The Scotties scored six touchdowns for a total of 331 yards in offense. They only conceded 177 yards on defense, giving away one safety and a single touchdown off a kick-off return fumble.
"It was a great win for us," coach Greg Liebelt said. "Having the opportunity to play a team who had had success in previous games was good for us, and what I expected to be a close game turned out to be an easy win, which was good."
Senior Jonathan Koessl had, once again, an outstanding game. The Scottie from Nashua High School ran 123 yards and scored three touchdowns. He was surely helped by a great offensive line that opened the field for him.
The opening ceremony featured the Saskatoon Police Pipe Band, which offered a traditional performance to the packed stands at Scottie field. The band surely emboldened the Scotties, who started the game with a lot of energy. The Red and White quickly scored their first touchdown after a six-yard run by Koessl. Senior Keil Krumweide converted the extra-point, making it 7-0 Scotties.
Shelby reacted and had some great run plays with a powerful running back that the Scotties had difficulty stopping. Shelby managed to get the Scotties on their goal line after a punt, and under pressure, Koessl was tackled in the end zone for a safety. The score remained 7-2 for the home team at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was the best period for the Scotties. To start, Junior Jason Thibault scored the Scotties second touchdown of the game on a four-yard run through Shelby's defense, followed by another successful PAT by Krumweide. Then Thibault began to demonstrate his passing skills, first with a 34-yard pass to Krumweide to make it 21-2, then with a 24-yard pass to junior Chase Fossum to give the Scotties a 26-point lead, 28-2 at halftime. But the defense also played its role.
"Our defense really stepped up against their running back, who had been doing very well," Liebelt explained. "He had been averaging 130 yards a game, and the kids did a great job shutting him down."
The third quarter was time for the Koessl show. The senior running back turned on the engine to score two touchdowns off long runs. The first one came after a 20-yard run with Koessl plowing through a lazy defense. The second one was surely the highlight of the night. On a punt, Koessl returned the ball and managed to go from his own 10-yard line all the way to the end zone. An amazing run from #33, who unfortunately lost the touchdown after a flag at the Shelby 40-yard line proved to be an illegal block in the back against Glasgow. But Koessl was not content to call it a night just yet. On the next play, perhaps fueled by his lost touchdown just seconds before, Koessl took the ball and ran it all the way to the end zone once again. A 39-yard run for the player who was later recognized as the outstanding athlete for the Scotties football team. The score at the end of the third was 42-2 for Glasgow.
At this point, the Scotties relaxed a little and would not score another point, even allowing Shelby to score with Ryan Clarke, who ran 16 yards to capitalize on a Glasgow fumble.
"We had some great performances from many players tonight and we were able to explode for a lot of points," Liebelt commented. "Koessl had a great game, probably one of the best I had seen from him. He had a solid performance and it's good for him and the confidence of the other kids. Jason Thibault felt confident throwing and running the ball, and defensively, Jared Smith had a really big game for us."
Coach Liebelt praised his entire offensive line and the blocking that he called "very good."
"It seems that they took it to a whole new level, and they are doing a great job of making their blocks," he said.
This was the second win this season for the Scotties, who are undefeated at home. Their record is 2-1. The team will travel to Harlem on Friday.
"We need to come out and play sharp, execute, and stay healthy," Liebelt said. "It looks like they are a better team than last year, but it does not really matter. We just have to improve everything, and it's not so much about who we play, but more how we play."
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Submitted by timothy on November 25, 2008 - 23:45
The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded forward Wyatt Smith to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for future considerations, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.
Smith, a 5-foot-11, 205-pound native of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, had played in 18 games with the Admirals this season, recording three goals and eight points. He is a veteran of 211 NHL games with the Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, New York Islanders, Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. Smith has amassed 10 goals and 32 points in those games. He has also played in five career Stanley Cup Playoff games.
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1983 Jeep CJ-7 Buildup - 31 DaysPosted in Project Vehicles on November 1, 2002
Having your Jeep stolen right from under your nose is one thing, but having it ripped off a mere month away from your week-long Jeep vacation you've been planning for a year is like gettin' kicked in the nuts when you're asleep. After the initial hacking and coughing, Clifton Slay of Avalanche Engineering in Denver, Colorado, had to grasp just this concept, not the nut-kicking part but the AWOL Jeep. He wasn't totally Jeepless, but most of his other Jeeps at the time were in different states of disrepair. So with 31 days before the event, he began to disassemble and rebuild his '83 CJ-7, using mostly off-the shelf bolt-on and weld-on Avalanche Engineering parts.
First on the to-do list was the removal of the hard top, interior, and all of the CJ's original suspension and axle components. Being the all-knowing boss/tyrant, Clifton set employee Tim Turner out to do the work. Reinforcement plates were welded on and an Avalanche outboard spring kit was installed to allow the use of a full-width GM truck front axle. Avalanche 1-inch-lift front springs (6 inches longer than stock) were then bolted up. A pair of fabricated shock hoops house 10-inch-travel Rancho RS9112 shocks. Out back rests an Avalanche quarter-elliptic four-link kit and another pair of custom shock hoops, this time with 12-inch-travel Rancho RS9012s. The wheelbase was extended to 104.5 inches for better climbing ability. A custom belly pan protects the underside of the engine oil pan and other drivetrain components. Steering is done through an AGR Rock Ram system and monster-sized tie rods and rod ends. Double-ended Avalanche steering arms allow the tie rod and ram-assist to be placed behind the axle out of harm's way. This also makes more room for the drag link and allows the front axle to be moved forward slightly for an increased wheelbase.
Clifton's CJ already had the stock Vortec V-8 and 4L60E swapped in before he started the 31-day venture. The engine breathes in through a K&N filter and out via a set of Jet Hot-coated Advance Adapters headers into a high-flow cat, Flowmaster muffler, and a custom 3-inch exhaust built by Discount Muffler in Denver, Colorado. The 4L60E received a shift kit and a giant Perma-Cool tranny cooler from Tranny Warehouse in Inglewood, Colorado. Power is transmitted from the auto box to what Clifton calls an Atlas III transfer case. The Advance Adapters Atlas features a 4.3 low-range, 32-spline outputs front and rear, and 1410 driveshaft flanges. High Angle Driveline built a long-travel 1410 spinner for the front and a high-angle 1350 CV driveshaft for the rear. About the time he started in on the driveline, Clifton's stolen Jeep had been found and brought back to the shop. It was beat, bent, and broken. So Clifton yanked out the full-width GM Dana 60 (originally from a 1-ton truck) and attached it to the new Jeep. It's stuffed with 4.88 gears, a Detroit Locker, Dynatrac 35-spline stub axles and locking hubs, and protected with an Avalanche Rock Ring. The rear axle, ironically, came from the same Jeep. It had been swapped out for an Avalanche Advantage 9-inch before the Jeep was ganked. So the GM 14-bolt already had matching 4.88 gears, a Detroit Locker, a Rock Ring with 4-link mount, disc brakes, and much of the needed suspension bracketry already installed.
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Body & Interior
Since Clifton's only girlfriends consisted of inflatable women living in his closet, he wanted a Jeep that all the ladies would notice when he drove into town. He added an Avalanche competition Stinger front bumper and powdercoated it silver. He ditched the front fenders and had employee Tim build tubular units. In the middle and rear he added Avalanche steel half-door skins, plate-steel rockers, and competition-cut corner guards with flush-mounted LED taillights. Hanging out back is a fullsize spare tire that is attached to the rollcage. The whole thing was then sprayed with lady-attracting red single-stage paint. No more inflatables for Clifton!
Inside you'll find a custom Tim Turner-built powdercoated rollcage that attaches to the frame, and a not-quite street-legal Lexan windshield. An Avalanche Crawler dash filled with Auto Meter gauges and a Premier Power Welder replaces the factory dash. The Jeep's tub was Rhino-lined and stuffed with Beard Street AT seats and a Grant steering wheel. The bed of the Jeep features ammo cans filled with tools and spare parts. A 20-gallon plastic fuel cell and an air pump bring up the rear.
Wheels & Tires
To tackle the Ultimate Adventure trails in Utah and Colorado, Clifton chose 38.5x15.50 Mickey Thompson Baja Claws. He mounted them on 8-lug 15x10 Avalanche bead lock wheels with button-head 31/48-inch Allen bolts for snag-free rotation. The wheels feature 3 inches of backspacing and are powdercoated red, again, for the ladies.
Good, Bad, & What's It For
Clifton built this Jeep specifically for the Ultimate Adventure trails of Utah and Colorado. The long 104.5-inch wheelbase made many climbs and descents a snap and the fullsize-truck width makes the CJ incredibly stable on sidehills. However, there were some sections of trail where the extra width got in the way, making some obstacles more difficult.
As you can imagine, a custom Jeep built in only 31 days will have some bugs to work out. Trail cycling of the suspension had the ram-assist steering smacking some extra bracketry on the axle, but a few quick nips with an acetylene torch had the problem resolved. The trail and highway temperatures on the 1,200-mile trip were in the upper 90s and low 100s. The red CJ apparently had some problems running the temperature near the red zone. Clifton plans to louver the hood to help better dissipate the heat. Clifton was also experiencing some fuel pump problems with the external pump he was using. He plans on building an aluminum fuel cell with a remote fill tube and an in-tank pump to cure the quirky fuel gremlins.
What We Think
One thing we noticed was that this Jeep looked amazingly similar to his stolen Jeep. He said he wanted to build something he knew would work, using parts and ideas he had used before and trusted. With only 31 days to put a rig together you can't afford the trial-and-error method. We dig the fact that he used many off-the-shelf Avalanche Engineering parts. We also like the idea of building a Jeep out of the parts that are just lying around, even if some of the ones Clifton used are high-dollar pieces.
Hard Facts
Vehicle:'83 CJ-7
Engine:'97 GM Vortec V-8
Transmission:'97 GM 4L60E
Transfer Case:Atlas III 4.3 with 1410 flanges
Suspension:Spring-over with 1-inch lift springs (front)
Avalanche Engineering Quarter-Elliptic Kit (rear)
Axles:Full-width GM Dana 60 (front)Full-width GM Corporate 14-bolt (rear)
Wheels:Avalanche Engineering 15x10 bead locks
Tires:38.5x15.50-15 Mickey Thompson Baja Claws
Built For:4-Wheel & Off-Road's Ultimate Adventure
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A question that comes up now and then is how to generate a WSDL with the Schema in-line rather than as a separate file. This is required for certain mobile platforms and in particular Siebel Tools. This feature wasn't added to the JAX-WS RI until version 2.2.1 which is ahead of the version use in JDeveloper. It is possible to get some integration using the external tools command to make use of a later version of this tool in JDeveloper.
To get this to work you first need to download JAX-WS RI 2.2.1 or later. The configuration is similar to what we have used previously on this blog with a few specific modifications.
The program executable is simply the location of the wsgen.sh or wsget.bat file that comes with the RI download. The second line is more complicated:
-Xendorsed -d ${project.outputdirectory} -s ${project.outputdirectory} -cp ${project.outputdirectory};${project.classpath} ${target.class} -r ${file.dir} -wsdl -inlineSchemas
Reading left to right we are: making sure we used the endorsed property to use the updated API; specifying the project classes directory for any output; specifying the project classpath; the class name from the current selection; where the wsdl file should be written out, the same one as the java file; and finally that we want to generate a wsdl and that it should be inline.
In the rest of the wizard you are likely to want to configure the tool to appear in the navigator and only appear for java source files. All pretty vanilla stuff. Once this is configured you should have a menu item you can invoke from the JDeveloper UI. After you invoke this action if you didn't check re-load external tools in the wizard you need to press the refresh button to see any changes.
There is one remaining manual step and that is to associate the wsdl with the source file, to do this you simply need to update the wsdlLocation attribute:
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OSWEGO — Jazz percussionist Rich Thompson, a former member of the Count Basie Orchestra, will bring his Generations Trio to SUNY Oswego for a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21, at the Campus Center auditorium.
"Rich Thompson's Generations Trio is the real thing: deeply gifted musicians who play with excitement, virtuosity and passion and always swing their tails off," said Eric Schmitz, the combo's host and a SUNY Oswego assistant professor of music who studied drum set with Thompson at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music.
Schmitz said the group recently released its first album, "Rich Thompson: Generations Trio," and the concert likely will feature music from it.
Thompson, associate professor at the Eastman School, has toured with many jazz greats. Besides Basie, the list includes James Williams, Frank Foster, Rich Perry, Marian McPartland, Snooky Young and many more. Doctoral student and bassist Miles Brown and undergraduate piano student Chris Ziemba complete the trio.
Last spring, Thompson sat in on drums with the Oswego Jazz Ensemble for a concert, and five years ago, he appeared here as a member of the Eastman Jazz Trio for a Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series event.
For more information, contact SUNY Oswego's Artswego performing arts organization at 315-312-4581 or [email protected]


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Ford 5.4L Engine UpgradesPosted in How To on February 1, 2000
It seems that everything nowadays is large-scale. Weve got super-macho-grande tacos, the bucket o fountain drink, and vehicles that come from the factory with up to twice as much horsepower as their counterparts of a decade ago. Yet, we still want more!
The Mission
We were interested in discovering how much more power we could muster from a 1999 Ford F-150 in just one afternoon of bolting on parts, so we gave Russ Jacobs of RV Performance Connection a call. We explained that we needed these improvements to be smog legal, compliant with the manufacturer's warranty, and easy enough to install so that the average truck owner possessing decent mechanical skills could perform the installation. He suggested one of his package deals consisting of a K&N Filtercharger kit, a JET Performance Products chip, and a Gibson after-cat exhaust. With all the leg work done for us, we loaded up the parts and headed out.
Jet Performance Products was kind enough to let us flog this 20,000-mile Ford on their dyno for the afternoon to generate our before and after horsepower numbers. Before performing any modifications we strapped the bone-stock 5.4L Ford to the dyno to establish our baseline. We were very surprised to learn that the 5.4L belted out 241 peak horsepower at 5,000 rpm.
The truck was then taken to South Coast Muffler, Hitch, & Welding where Edward Nuno of South Coast and Israel Lopez of RV Performance installed the parts in about four hours using common tools that most enthusiasts would have in their tool arsenal.
With the installation complete we motored back to JET to see how much horsepower we had gained.
The Parts
An engine is nothing more than a glorified air pump. The more air and fuel you can cycle through the cylinders, the more power you are able to generate. The parts supplied by RV Performance simply helped the Ford 5.4L breathe in and out better.
The K&N Filtercharger replaces the factory paper element and plastic housing with an oil-impregnated gauze element and high-flow intake tube that K&N says provides a 30 to 50 percent increase in airflow. All sensors and connections from the stock assembly are transferred to the K&N unit to retain emissions legality.
The Gibson after-cat exhaust uses mandrel-bent 3-inch pipes and Gibson's high-flow muffler. The system increases mid and upper rpm power and allows the engine to work easier, thus freeing up more horsepower to the rear wheels. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the Gibson exhaust provides a more muscular sound, without a drastic increase in loudness.
With the increased airflow afforded by the K&N and Gibson parts, the engine was in need of more fuel. The JET Performance Products module plugs into the factory ECU diagnostic test port to alter the engine's management of timing and fuel delivery. Since the test port is used only at the factory during assembly, there is no need to remove the JET module during servicing. The JET module does nothing to alter the engine's performance at low rpm, but from about 2,500 rpm and up the chip advances the ignition timing and increases fuel input.
The Results
Are we happy? You bet! The dyno told us what we suspected from the seat-of-the-pants feel. We saw an increase of about 20 hp across the entire test range with the peak horsepower climbing from 241 to 267 at 5,000 rpm. That's power you can feel during everyday driving or blasting across the dunes. Not bad for an afternoon of bolting on parts.


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"Background Eraser Tool" is the new Magic Wand
We are going to use a very little known Photoshop tool call "Background Eraser Tool". It's a super useful tool for removing background colors while preserving the main picture that you want. It's pretty simple so you can start using it immediately after the tutorial.
1. Open up a image you want to remove the background from. Try to choose a picture with the background that contrast with the main picture.You can duplicate this layer if you want to preserve the original picture.
Image source: http://alexandramaria.deviantart.com/art/endless-summer-IV-96487618
2. Click the "Background Eraser Tool". Set a soft brush(Low hardness) with the size comfortable to remove the background. Set :"Sampling: Once". Leave the tolerance at 50%. Select "Protect Foreground Color".
3. Click the "Eyedropper Tool" to select the color of the picture you want to protect. For my picture, i would click the log.
4. Switch back to "Background Eraser Tool" .Click on the color of the background and start dragging around to erase the background.
5. If there is change in the color of the foreground, switch back to "Eyedropper" Tool and sample the color again. Repeat Step 4 again.
6. After you erase the entire background, let your imagination run wild!!
Here is another i tried using the same technique( You can download the original pic here):
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About Anonymous Cowherd
Dear Glynn, you've written some excellent posts, but I must point out something in this one.
You quote Mr. Fred Teeven, the same man who proposed a ban on downloading last December after having a great meeting with someone called Chris Dodd.
As a Dutchman, I trust him about as far as I can throw him.
The copyright reform your post speaks of only proposes increased exceptions, not the drastic restructuring of copyright terms and stimulation of new models that we really need.
TL;DR: It's all words, and insufficient ones from unreliable politicians at that.
I didn't want the cable TV, but had to take it for the internet package.
But then my ISP told BREIN to get a court order or f**k off, and I stopped caring.
Rule 4: Double-tap.
Please rewrite your message with the knowledge that Steam gifting works by *buying* a game, then *giving* that copy of the game *away*.
Really, if I were a citizen of the USA i'd be at least slightly annoyed by the disconnect between politicians and the people (oh, hi OWS).
Yes, I'm European (NL). We're on the track to get fucked over in much the same way, but we're not there yet. When that happens the irony of the situation will not escape me, but until then I'll just keep enjoying these :popcorn: moments.
Then I'd be more than slightly annoyed at the fact that apparently these same politicians think they can guarantee that a law will never be interpreted in any way other than what they claim to envisage.
I mean, wow, aren't you supposed to remember that laws continue to exist after the people who wrote them are long dead and gone?
EVEN IF this administration or the next manages to avoid abusing the canyon-sized problems of this law, can anyone in all honesty say they're sure that will never happen?
But at last, I'd just relax after realising that the cat is out of the bag, and no amount of knee-jerk legislation will get it back in.
Maybe I should clarify this for the deliberately obtuse AC's whom I know troll this website:
The cat being out of the bag is a metaphor for people following human nature; the internet gives us the tools to consume what we want when we want it. Attempts to curtail this aspect of human nature can only backfire in the long run.
You can call people freetards if that makes you feel better, but it will not change the fact that the massive community will always use technology in innovative ways to circumvent censorship faster than such solutions can be counteracted.
(Unless of course the plug is literally pulled, and we go back to fax machines and pagers - not a chance in hell)
The short-sightedness of Big Content and their lapdog politicians never ceases to amaze me.
So short sighted. But then what do you expect from the MPAA?
Go ahead, legislate all successful American storage services out of business. The revenue will just move to a company abroad that is not getting fucked over.
But then I read the source link, in which is mentioned that NEW accouts will require Facebook to log in.
That explains why I've not had any trouble.
The ability to fast forward is a prerequisite for me; it'll be just like time-shifting TV, where I can do the same.
This means any proprietary player, as suggested below, is out.
I've always felt TV studio's are missing out on huge chunks of cash by not offering a legal, convenient, [etc.] service to ALL REGIONS!
I'm torrenting over a dozen of the most popular current shows from the USA every week, I'm sure thousands of my countrymen do the same, yet this is the only way we can watch e.g. Breaking Bad.
I pay for Spotify Premium to stream music in my car, give me the same thing for TV and charge a premium for all I care; just bloody serve me!
Sounds like he'll be bagging groceries for a while.
One way or the other, the will of the internet users cannot be stopped without killing the goose with the golden eggs (aka: DNS).
Misguided idealists and/or corrupt pundits may succeed in pushing legislation to ban [X], but will always be beaten by a group of clever pragmatic kids in a garage in Sweden setting up [Y] as an alternative.
The fact that bureaucracy almost always moves slowly, and the speed with with groups of internet users can respond, means that MPAA/RIAA etc. etc. might as well follow the advice in Mike's last sentence, because there is not nor has there ever been any chance of "winning" the war on infringement.
So, unless the plug is pulled at the highest level, more and more of the boomers will be replaced by tech-savvy kids finding ways around any limitation thrown at them.


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McNeeley needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 104 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
This is a logo for an annual award show for custom builders and architects
ARC Awards
We want something bold and modern. A logo that can have a simple modification yearly to fit a show theme but keeping the overall logo in tact.
This is used for an annual awards show.
- Logo should have an ARC type element to it
- ARC needs to remain all caps
- Clean
- Bold and modern look
- Green color
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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GruntDoc takes me to task for a couple of statements I made in this previous post. Fair enough, I am happy to provide some supporting data. First, I wrote that "over the last century, economic prosperity has been the hallmark of Democratic administrations," which Allen described as "failing any reasonableness test." I think that GDP growth and Job Growth are generally accepted as indices of prosperity; here are the average, annual numbers for GDP Growth and Employment Growth, respectively, broken down by President, from the Eisenhower administration on:
Note that the Carter administration was not as bad as generally remembered. It started out very well, and ended very badly. However, note that there is fairly strict segregation between high and low growth periods by party in control of the White House. Now, if you want to make an argument that these are accidents of happenstance and bear as much relation to reality as the winner of the Redskins game before the election, that's a fair point to make, and an argument I'm not smart enough to engage in. But I stand by the general statement that Democrats have generally been better for the economy than republicans. But we all know that past performance is no guarantee of future results...
The other statement, which is, I admit, more arguable, was that the republican party is "reduced to a regional party based in the south." Allen refered me to this map which shows a Red America with small islands of blue. I actually think this supports my point quite nicely, as it reflects the southern boundaries of the GOP quite clearly (extending up through Appalachia).I offer, as supplemental evidence, this cartograph of the recent election, broken down by state and weighted by the population of that state:
Or, if you prefer a more granular level of detail, here's the same graph, broken down by county.
Mostly I just wanted an excuse to post these cool pictures. I love these graphical displays. While it is true that the republicans retain some strength in the Mountain West in addition to the Old Confederacy, the Democrats own the entire Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Pacific Coasts.
I admit that the whole thing is oversimplified, and that there's truly a lot of purple areas out there. Fair enough. But the original point is valid: unless the republicans can learn to compete in the large metropolitan areas of the country, they are at risk of becoming progressively more marginalized as a rural/regional party.
06 November 2008
In Which I am Asked to Back up my Assertions
GruntDoc takes me to task for a couple of statements I made in this previous post. Fair enough, I am happy to provide some supporting data. First, I wrote that "over the last century, economic prosperity has been the hallmark of Democratic administrations," which Allen described as "failing any reasonableness test." I think that GDP growth and Job Growth are generally accepted as indices of prosperity; here are the average, annual numbers for GDP Growth and Employment Growth, respectively, broken down by President, from the Eisenhower administration on:
Posted by shadowfax at 1:54 PM
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- Anonymous11/06/2008 2:55 PM
What? Surely, you don't mean to suggest there's been less economic growth under Republican administrations than Democratic administrations, do you?ReplyDelete
Why, that can't possibly be! Everyone knows "trickle down" economics is the only way the country can prosper. Just ask any Republican.
I think we ought to join the movement to Impeach Obama right away, before his administration gets completely out of hand. No need to wait until he's actually inaugurated; let's get rid of him now!
You know Obama's going to kill Bush's track record of creating 5+ million new jobs in eight years. He might even go as far as Clinton did, by creating 22+ million new jobs... and you know what that means. That's right, even more people getting a better tax break than Catron.
You are such a socialist Marxist fascist left-wing Nazi Second-Amendment-killing, dumb as a box of hammers Dem to even post such garbage.
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- Mccavity11/06/2008 5:47 PM
Some more cool graphs to support your point: TheReplyDelete
New York Times did an experiment: $10,000 invested in 1900 and only kept in he S&P 500 for each parties' administrations. Republican: You'd have $11,733. Democrat: $300,671!
You might like this.ReplyDelete
The unemployment rate during Carter, for instance, was 8.2% or thereabouts for the whole term. After Carter was Reagan and the unemployment rate was 6% by the end of his 8 years...
There are tons of forces at play here though. Like GWB got to preside over the dotcom failures and stuff like that. Not REALLY his fault obviously.
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Well, thanks for playing!ReplyDelete
But, let's look at the misery index before we give Carter a big thanks for 13% inflation (and, look at the graphs to see that the Reagan high was what he got from Carter).
I like the pretty 'population weighted' pictures, but you didn't post the ones from 2004 that don't support your conclusion:
the nonweighted one, and then the weighted one. So, it's not a blue country at all. It's a country that changes its mind, but with solid little blue islands and a body of red.
I'm okay with that.
Neither of us will change the others' mind on this, but it's interesting.
I would ask that you not lump all southerners as racists any more than you'd like all blue states to be lumped in as socialists or worse. Pejorative labels demean and dehumanize groups, and are a useful first step to stop seeing people as people but as inhuman, and thus unworthy of respect or humanity. It's unhealthy, lazy, and intellectually dishonest (neither party has a corner on virtue).
Oh, and for the record I was referring to this picture from the 2008 NYT map.ReplyDelete
"Prefer a broader historical comparison? In the past three decades, since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil price shocks of the mid-1970s and the Republican turn toward "supply side" economics, the average unemployment rate under Republican presidents has been 6.7 percent – substantially higher than the 5.5 percent average under Democratic presidents. (The official unemployment rate takes no account of people who have given up looking for work or taken substantial pay cuts to stay in the labor force.) Over an even broader time period, since the late 1940s, unemployment has averaged 4.8 percent under Democratic presidents but 6.3 percent – almost one-third higher – under Republican presidents."ReplyDelete
Take a gander:http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1021/p09s01-coop.html
And more....
"With twenty years on each side and since some of the ups and downs of the U.S. business cycle lie beyond the direct control of policymakers, one would expect similar results in the two groups. Not so. Instead, one discovers below a significant advantage when a Democrat occupied the White House in each of the five categories."
And more...
"These and other policies have produced not only lower unemployment under Democratic presidents but also more economic output and income growth. In fact, over the past 60 years, the real incomes of middle-income families have grown about twice as fast under Democratic presidents as they have under Republican presidents. The partisan difference is even greater for working poor families, whose real incomes have grown six times as fast under Democratic presidents as they have under Republican presidents."
And these are just a very small selection.
I think that GDP growth and Job Growth are generally accepted as indices of prosperity.ReplyDelete
Actually, you're several decades behind the curve. Economists have long known that GDP is useless for telling us what's going on in people's lives.
Exhibit A: That uptick in GDP during the Carter years was accompanied by huge increases in unemployment, interest rates, inflation, and the poverty rate.
Why are Scalpel and others so obsessed with Carter as an example of this country under a Democratic president (although I enjoyed reading their opinions)? I don't have very clear memories of Carter, but I sure as hell remember the Reagen years, the Bush 1 years, the Clinton years, and our current president. By far, my extended family's economic prosperity was greatest during the Clinton years.ReplyDelete
BTW, have you read this Slate article showing a postive correlation between democratic administrations the economy - http://www.slate.com/id/2199810/
I'm trained as an academic social scientist with emphasis on political science*, which is a fancy way of saying I have been staring at those cartographs and the raw statistical data since Wednesday morning and going, "Oooooh, pretty!"ReplyDelete
The interesting thing about those cartographs is watching the pendulum start to swing again. In the 1940s, the Democrats and Republicans effectively swapped platforms and support bases. I believe this election cycle is the height of that pendulum swing, and in the next 50 years either the two parties will once again flip-flop or the Republicans will die out completely, the Dems will hold down the small government fort, and a third party will rise up to become the second pary in our two-party system (everyone remembers the Whigs, right?).
Or we could use the Internet and the exponential shrinking of computer processors and expanding global communication network to fracture into a million factions, and become more coalition based such as the EU. I'm giving that about a 25% chance over 100 years.
*which is of course why I'm working in Healthcare Logistics.
- Anonymous11/07/2008 12:47 PM
An interesting question about the future of the Rep party. Without purposely using emotionally charged words, the Repubs are the party of self-reliance, rather do it myself, if I needed that service I'd pay for it. The Dems seem to be the party of all getting together and doing things as a team and everybody kicks in.ReplyDelete
But as more and more people move into the cities, where does that leave the Repubs?
It's the same argument as the American Revolution--the states didn't want to send tax money to England for use in other places in the Empire. Repubs don't want their tax money used to fund services in the cities that they'll never use.
Interesting graphs about GDP growth rates and the party of the president. What happens when you factor in the growth rate of the national debt as a percent? How about the growth of the national debt in billions per administration?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/07/2008 4:20 PM
Grunt Doc:ReplyDelete
In case you haven't noticed, empty acres of land don't vote. PEOPLE vote. I agree that there is a relative Dem-Rep current based on the election year but to show "non weighted" map as a sea of red and therefore an OBVIOUS GOP majority country shows a complete lack of understanding as to how we elect people. That is unless you know some texas or dakota prairie dog voter registration fraud :)
PS: That misery index ends for W in 2007. Let's see what it is after he leaves office and counts his entire term. I bet he will jump 2-4 places.


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February 16, 2006
"The collection of materials connects the past with the present."
That was one of the thoughts expressed by Professor Daniel Magilow in his discussion Thursday afternoon on "Counting to Six Million: Collecting Projects and Holocaust Memorialization."
Magilow, who will spend the year as the Pearl Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Study, told the story of the schoolchildren of Whitwell, Tennessee.
In 1998 a group of students began collecting paper clips as a way to understand the number 6,000,000 - the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust. Their efforts sparked approximately 125 other collections around the country.
Magilow's research has taken him beyond the basic study of the events of the systematic extermination of the Jews by the Nazis during World War II, but of the process of collecting items or materials to represent those victims.
"There have been some strong critiques and objections to collections such as the Whitwell Project," said Magilow. "The criticisms have been historical, philosophical, and aesthetic."
One example is the historical inaccuracy of the collection rests in the wearing of paper clips by Norwegians during the German occupation.
"Norwegians wore paper clips to show they were proud to be Norwegian, not to show support for the Jews," Magilow said.
Another irony of the Whitwell collection was unplanned. The United States effort to smuggle German scientists out of the country during World War II was given the code name Project Paperclip.
Philosophical debates have included whether objects such as paper clips, buttons, or other items used to show a representation of the six million victims can truly provide an understanding of the events of that period.
Despite the arguments for or against the various collections and the efforts to serve as a memorial of the horrors of the Holocaust, Magilow spoke of the importance of the process.
"The criticisms overlook an important aspect. The Whitwell collection, and other Holocaust collections of buttons, eyeglasses or other items representing the victims emphasize the process of the memorialization over the memorials themselves."


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The Fifth Deadly Sin
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Misplaced and dangling modifiers create illogical, even comical, sentences.
We confuse our readers if we fail to connect modifiers (words that describe or limit other words) to the words they modify; be sure to place modifiers next to the words they modify. See the illogic in this example:
Walking back from the village, my wallet was lost. (Does your wallet walk?)
Walking back from the village, I lost my wallet. (Your wallet doesn't walk, but you do.)
A misplaced modifier is a word or phrase that due to its placement mistakenly refers to the wrong word. The modifier truly is misplaced.
To correct a misplaced modifier, move it next to or near the word it modifies.
A fine athlete and student, the coach honored the captain of the tennis team.
(The coach was not the fine athlete and student.)
The coach honored the captain of the tennis team, a fine athlete and student
Limiting modifiers (only, almost, nearly, just) are commonly misplaced. To avoid ambiguity, place them in front of the word they modify.
Marsh's evidence reinforces the view that the artist only intended the images for a local audience.
Marsh's evidence reinforces the view that the artist intended the images only for a local audience.
A dangling modifier is a (usually introductory) word or phrase that the writer intends to use as a modifier of a following word, but the following word is missing. The result is an illogical statement.
To fix a dangling modifier, add the missing word and place the modifier next to it.
Acting on numerous complaints from students, a fox was found near Root.
(The fox did not act on the complaint.)
Acting on numerous complaints from students, security found a fox near Root.
After reading the original study, the flaws in Lee's argument are obvious.
Reading the original study reveals obvious flaws in Lee's argument.
Dangling modifiers go hand-in-hand with wordiness and passive voice.
Correct one and you correct them all!