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June was a month of extremes across the U.S. with record heat dominating the West & an extremely wet set up across the East.
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June was a month of extremes across the U.S. Record heat dominated the West, where all time record June temperatures were being set in multiple states. Meanwhile, the same weather pattern that supported the prolonged, intense heat across the West, locked in an extremely wet set up across the East. Not only were numerous daily rainfall records set, but both Philadelphia, PA and Macon, GA, ended up with their wettest June ever.
Heat waves are one of the most well-understood consequences of climate change. Data already suggests that heat waves are becoming more common and more intense. As global average surface temperatures continue to rise, the probability of extreme heat events is expected to dramatically increase. One study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012, found that the odds of extremely hot summers worldwide were about 1-in-300 during the 1951-1980 timeframe, but had increased to nearly 1-in-10 by 1981-2010.
Heavy rain events are another likely consequence of climate change. As the atmsophere warms, it is able to hold more moisture. So, when that moisture comes back down in the form of rain (or snow), there is more of it to fall. Although there is a large amount of regional variability, heavy precipitation events in particular have been on the rise in parts of the U.S. - as described in the draft of the National Climate Assessment.
In this graphic, we highlighted the June daily high temperature records in red and the daily rainfall records in green. Where you see states with a blend in colors, there was a mix of both heat and rain records. Notice how the division between heat and rain lines up with the overall jet stream set up that dominated most of the month. Some scientists think that blocking weather patterns, like the one we saw in June, are becoming more common due in part to climate change. Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University has been studying the effects of Arctic ice melt on the Northern Hemisphere jet stream. She believes that as the Arctic warms faster than the tropics, the pole-to-equator temperature difference will diminish and the jet stream will slow down and become more amplified - keeping weather patterns in place for longer stretches of time. This is an active area of research, with more studies likely to be published soon.
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Climate change is influencing the growing number and size of wildfires across the West. Warming temperatures and changing snowpack trends since the 1970s have made the Western U.S. more vulnerable to wildfires. As temperatures rise, mountain snowpack is shrinking and melting earlier in the spring. This leaves forests drier and more likely to burn. Last summer, a Climate Central analysis showed that the number of larger fires burning on federal land in the West has doubled since 1970, and in some states, including Arizona and Idaho, have tripled or even quadrupled.
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East facing House Plan 3
1350 Sq.ft East facing Vastu House Plan suitable for a plot size of 40 feet by 60 feet.This design can be accommodated in a plot measuring 40 feet in the east side and 60 feet in the north side. This plan is for constructing approximately about 1350 sq.ft., with a big hall, three bedrooms attached with bath rooms, kitchen and a staircase outside the house, so that the other floors can be rented out.
East facing plot Speciality
East facing plot is best for all type of constructions, whether a home or a business establishment. However, due care must be taken while deciding the plan and layout of the construction. As the sun rises in the east, this plot brings success in every effort.
Prosperity of Children
The children living in the home prosper higher studies. The homes/houses that have a road in the east side are called East facing Homes. If you can see the road in the east side from inside your home then your home is an east facing one.
Importance of Vastu
Vastu plan of a house is important to continue the status of one's living and to ensure the prosperity. If the house plan is fully compatible with Vastu principles the peaceful living is ensured. Financial constraints and poor flow of money mainly is caused by poor Vastu plan of houses.
East Plot and Sun
East facing plots and grounds are lucky to have the Sun Energy in the morning time bright and clear. Morning Sun has lot of rays to create good health in our body. The Sun light brings the active energy and removes the laziness from our body. These rays also kill the gems and viruses from our plot in the morning and protect us from diseases
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Master Bed room Position
The master bed room is in the south west corner and second bed room in the south of the house. The third bed room is in the south east side. Two rooms have attached toilets. The Pooja room occupies the north east corner.
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The main door is near the north east corner and the kitchen is in the north west area.
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All the dimensions can be fixed for the rooms and divisions with the consultation of a structural engineer or architect without making any major changes in the basic design.
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By the time Meat Loaf's multiple-platinum album, "Bat Out of Hell," was released in 1977, the over-sized singer already had a pretty good acting career going.
By the time Meat Loaf's multiple-platinum album, "Bat Out of Hell," was released in 1977, the over-sized singer already had a pretty good acting career going.
In 1972, the Texas native was alongside Raul Julia in productions of "As You Like It" and "Othello" in New York, and in 1975, he brought his earlier stage role of Eddie in "The Rocky Horror Show" to the screen in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Then that album came along and made him a mega-music star.
"I'm an actor," he said by phone from his home in Austin. "The singing came out of acting. It came out of doing things like being in drama class in high school."
Actually, he was a pretty busy kid in high school, playing baseball and football and throwing the shot put.
"I wasn't a member of the chess club, but I was on the debate team, and I never lost," he said.
So where exactly did the singing come in?
"When I was a sophomore in high school, I got hit in the head with a shot put," he said. "I have no idea what happened, but all of a sudden, that's when I could sing."
With no further explanation, he added that singing and acting certainly mesh.
"In the '30s and '40s, they went hand in hand," he said. "There was Crosby, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Judy Garland. And it carried through to the'50s, with Sinatra and Dean Martin, Sammy Davis. There's a few of us today who have done both: me, Bette Midler, Cher."
Meat Loaf has had acting roles in 57 movies and TV shows, ranging from "Wayne's World" to "Fight Club." Asked to pick the one he's most proud of, his answer was immediate: the 2001 film "Focus," based on the Arthur Miller novel that examined anti-Semitism in America toward the end of WWII.
"Arthur Miller was on the set, and I was scared to death," he recalled. "But he walked past me at lunch, patted me on the arm, and leaned over and whispered in my ear, 'I really like what you're doing with my character,' then moved on. It doesn't get better than that."
Meat Loaf did a lot of singing in a number of bands before meeting Jim Steinman, when he landed a part in the play "More Than You Deserve," with songs by Steinman. It was Steinman who wrote all of the songs on "Bat Out of Hell," and who Meat Loaf credits with helping to make major improvements on his voice.
"He made it harder for me to sing," he said, laughing. "My voice was more in the Tom Jones area [before Jim]. I know Tom and I love him, but he just goes out and sings loud, and he usually sings songs that are within a one-octave range. So does Springsteen. There's no rock, other than Freddie Mercury, that ventured into the three-and-a-half-octave range that & "Bat Out of Hell' does. And we still do that in the same key that we recorded it in."
Another thing that hasn't changed is that Meat Loaf is still calling a lot of the shots on his albums. From "Bat Out of Hell" right through to "Hell in a Handbasket," the song choices and the order they're presented in has been his doing. He admits to also helping a bit with writing and structure.
"When I first heard the song "Bat Out of Hell,' my comment to Jimmy was, "Fantastic, but where's the rest of it?' He knew what I meant, and then he wrote the rest of it. I said to him, "We've gotta kick it around and double this part and go up an octave.' So he did. He changed some of the chords, then [producer] Todd Rundgren took things and turned "Bat Out of Hell' into a record. It was the combination of the three of us that made that record."
Back when that record was made, Meat Loaf had to take his show on the road and promote it like mad, which caused plenty of wear and tear on his voice and body.
"Oh, yeah, when we were trying to break 'Bat Out of Hell,' I barely slept," he said. "And that didn't help the voice at all. Especially going on every night and singing "For Crying Out Loud.' That's an absurd song, range-wise. These are operatic pieces. My style is really opera."
Yet he can still hit those high notes, a fact that he attributes to "discipline beyond your wildest imagination. I come offstage, and if I've gotta say hello to someone, I do it pretty quickly. If we're offstage at 11 (p.m.), by 11:45, I'm not talking. Usually, I have a day off between shows, and I don't go anywhere; I stay in my room and I don't answer the phone. Right now, I have a couple of weeks off, which is why I'm doing interviews. When I'm on the road, I have non-talking days.


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After the Edmonton Oilers did what everyone expected and selected Taylor Hall No. 1, the Bruins picked center Tyler Seguin No. 2 overall.
After going to the podium and getting his Bruins jersey from the brass, Seguin talked to TSN.
He expects to compete for an NHL job in his first training camp.
"That's my goal. I'm very confident in my skills," he said. "After talking to the Bruins, I think I can come in and hopefully earn a spot."
A natural center, Seguin joins a team that already features Marc Savard, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci. Rumors have run rampant this week that general manager Peter Chiarelli is trying to deal Savard. But Chiarelli avoided a question about that when asked by TSN.
"We've got a lot of versatility," said Chiarelli. "Centermen are often the most talented players amongst the forwards. I know Tyler can play the wing, we talked about that. So we've got a lot of options."
TSN analyst Pierre McGuire liked Hall better than Seguin. But still lauded Seguin.
"He's a can't-miss player," said McGuire about Seguin. "Composure, he wants the puck."
McGuire also addressed the comparisons to Steve Yzerman.
"I don't know if that's fair for this player, but he's almost ready to be an NHL player."
Edmonton general manager Steve Tambellini, in essence, made the Bruins' pick for them when he ended months of speculation by picking Hall at No. 1. Hall was ranked No. 2 to Seguin in the final Central Scouting Service ratings, but the Oilers couldn't pass up the two-time Memorial Cup champion and MVP.
"They're both great players, but we felt that Taylor, if you look at his resume of playing on the best team and being the best player, back-to-back Memorial Cup MVPs, prominent in the World Junior tournament, prominent on his team for his entire junior career, I haven't met a more competitive person than this young man," said Tambellini on TSN.


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It is known as Evin University, but it's no school -- it is one of the world's most brutal and infamous prisons. And barring intervention by Iran's religious leaders, it could be the home of American citizen and Christian Pastor Saeed Abedini for the next eight years.
Beatings, torture, mock executions and brutal interrogations are the norm at Evin prison, where for four decades the anguished cries of prisoners have been swallowed up by the drab walls of the low-slung lockup in northwestern Tehran. Standing at the foot of the Alborz Mountains, it is home to an estimated 15,000 inmates, including killers, thieves and rapists. But the prison has also held ayatollahs, journalists, intellectuals and dissidents over the years, and few if any who have survived time in Evin could be surprised by claims of torture and abuse made by Abedini's supporters.
"To many Iranians, the concept of Evin prison is synonymous with political repression and torture," Gissou Nia, executive director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, told FoxNews.com. "Today, anyone who is perceived to be a threat to the Iranian regime, including human rights defenders … is kept within the confines of Evin and other notorious prisons in Iran."
Evin House of Detention was built during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi -- known to Americans as the Shah of Iran. Before he was ousted from power in the 1979 revolution, the prison housed some of the very radicals and sympathizers who would one day rule the Islamic Republic. During the 10-year reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, thousands of political prisoners were systematically murdered at Evin, according to Nia. After Khomeini's death in 1989, Evin continued to serve as a holding pen for some of Iran's most prominent intellectuals, activists and journalists, earning it the nickname "Evin University."
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Following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election as president in 2005, arrests related to political opposition mounted, reaching a frightening apex during the failed "Green Revolution," that followed Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 re-election.
"Much of the opposition was sent, without pretense, to Evin," Nia said.
What they found was a house of horrors little changed over the years.
Marina Nemat was just 16 in 1981 when she was arrested and thrown into Evin during the mass arrests of students. She recalls the experience vividly.
"When you clear the gates, you are immediately blindfolded and brought underground," Nemat told FoxNews.com. "They take you for interrogation. They take you to a hallway and sit you down. You are there for a long time. If you move or say anything you are beaten. You must sit perfectly still, while still blindfolded, and you can wait for hours, days or even weeks."
Broken captives are then taken to an interrogation room, where the goal of inquisitors has little to do with getting at the truth.
"They are not looking for information," said Nemat, now a instructor at University of Toronto and author of "Prisoner of Tehran," a 2007 book detailing her ordeal and a second memoir entitled, "After Tehran". "What they want is for you to admit that you affected the national security of Iran."
The bare feet of troublesome prisoners are lashed with cable to loosen their tongues. They're made to walk on swollen feet before the lashings resume, said Nemat, who added that many prisoners have died during this phase of interrogation.
Nemat survived and then endured six months of solitary confinement in Evin's 209 section, where cells typically had a toilet, a sink and no bed.
"The cells were just large enough to lie down," she said. "When you lay down at night if you stretched out your arms, you could touch the walls. Every day felt like 3,000 years."
But the most harrowing experience Nemat went through at Evin came when jailers blindfolded her and led her out of a cell and down a corridor. When the blindfold was removed, she was facing a firing squad. As she waited for the cluster of rifle reports that would end her life, a guard pulled her away.
"He brought me back to my cell," she said. "He told me that I was sentenced to death in court. I told him that I never had a trial and he said, 'Yes you had a trial, you just weren't there.'"
Like many other prisoners issued a death sentence, Nemat's was reduced to life in prison. She spent another 15 months in another section of Evin, where she shared with as many as sixty other inmates in a public cell originally designed for just five or six people.
"Food was bare minimum and we were always hungry," she said. "The prison had closed-circuit television and they showed religious propaganda all day and they also showed the recorded confessions of the leaders of opposition groups who had broken under torture. We had only religious books about the Koran to read. Visitations were extremely limited and if we showed any sign of distress during visitation to our families, we would be tortured."
Nemat spent three years at Evin before getting a new trial, where her sentence was reduced to time served. Although she and countless other inmates at Evin never were told what their supposed crimes were, the charge of compromising national security is the typical catch-all. It is punishable by death.
Journalist and human rights advocate Roxana Saberi went to Iran back in 2003 where she reported for nearly six years on Iranian society and also started writing a book. She was arrested and sent to Evin in January 2009 as she was getting ready to leave the country.
"My captors said it wasn't possible that I could be interviewing such a large number of people only to write a book, so they claimed it was a cover for espionage for the CIA," Saberi, who now lives in New York, told FoxNews.com. "I denied the accusation, but cut off from the world, without access to an attorney, and threatened by my captors during terrifying interrogations, I gave in to their pressures and falsely confessed I was a spy.
"I later recanted the false confession but was sentenced in a sham trial to eight years in prison," added Saberi, who wrote a book titled "Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran." "I was very lucky to be released after 100 days. I believe that media coverage, along with people's efforts such as signing petitions, writing letters to Iranian officials, and speaking out for me helped pressure the Iranian authorities to release me after my appellate trial."
Such media coverage also may have helped win freedom for Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Christian pastor who was recently released after serving three years in Evin for compromising national security by converting from Islam to Christianity. Nadarkhani, 35, was freed after Fox News and other media outlets drew attention to his plight, but his attorney, Mohammed Ali Dadkhah, remains imprisoned in Evin, where his health is rapidly deteriorating, according to his family. He has been jailed for advocating for Nadarkhani and others, which in the eyes of a twisted and oppressive justice system, also falls under the familiar charge of compromising national security.
Ali Golchin, 31, was arrested in 2010 after officers from the Iranian National Police entered his home and confiscated several Bibles as well as his ID card and computer. He spent nearly three months locked up inside Evin prison.
"I was accused of evangelizing, and [creating] propaganda against Islamic Republic," Golchin told FoxNews.com. "I didn't have any life at Evin. I was just in solitary confinement."
In harrowing interrogation sessions that often stretched for as long as eight hours, Golchin was threatened with death and told his family would be punished for his supposed crimes. Released after posting a bail of 200 million tomans (approximately $100,000), Golchin was later summoned back to court and sentenced to another year in prison. With the horror of Evin fresh in his mind, Golchin fled his homeland. Living in Turkey, Golchin fears for family members still in Iran.
Abbas Sadeghi was held for 40 days at Evin when he was accused in December 2010 of conspiring to overthrow the regime and for his involvement with the Elam ministry, an international Christian network that seeks to spread the Bible's message to Iranians and is known by the slogan "The love of Christ for Iran and beyond."
"My life in prison was limited just to interrogations," Sadeghi said. "They were taking me blindfolded to the interrogation room every morning and mocking my belief. They were saying to me that I was foolish to have converted to Christianity. They said they even have arrested [Jesus] Christ and that he was in the other cell."
Sadeghi was granted bail, then later sentenced to six years prison. Like Golchin, he fled to Turkey rather than return to Evin prison.
"I had no choice but to flee Iran," he said.
Perry Chiaramonte is a reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @perrych


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Q: Isn't the Waterfall Enough?
Staci – Bethel, VT
A: As your waterfall gurgles and churns gallons of water, it would certainly appear that your pond is getting plenty of aeration. All that action does, in fact, help with gas exchange and infuse oxygen into the water. But it isn't always enough, especially if you run your waterfall pump for a short time during the day.
If a pond isn't aerated enough, expect to see these telltale signs:
- Algae Battles: Algae thrive in calm water that's devoid of – and in need of – oxygen and beneficial bacteria. If you regularly fight algae blooms, that means your pond is out of balance and could use some additional oxygen and movement throughout the entire water column.
- Oxygen-Starved Fish: Fish that need more O2 will hang out beneath your waterfall, where oxygen supplies are the densest. They may also be coming to the water surface, gulping and gasping for breaths of air because there's not enough in their environment.
- Too Many Fish: The general rule for a fish population in a pond is to allow 1 inch of adult fish per square foot of surface area. If you have too many fish, or your existing population has outgrown their space, aeration is critical to their health and well being.
- Stagnant Water, Mosquito Boom: Is the water stagnant in certain areas of your pond? Are you suffering through a mosquito boom in your backyard? These little pests prefer to lay their eggs and raise their young in still water – so you might have created a perfect mosquito habitat!
- Muck Accumulation: Decomposing plant matter and fish waste build up when the water is still and your biological filtration system – beneficial bacteria – breaks down. That muck feeds the algae blooms, which create more muck. It's a vicious cycle that can be remedied with aeration.
Do any of these ring true? If so, your waterfall or stream is not providing enough aeration for your pond. One of our aeration systems can help. The Airmax® KoiAir™ Water Garden Aeration Kit is designed for medium and large water gardens and koi ponds that are up to 16,000 gallons. The Airmax® PondAir™ Water Garden Aeration Kit is designed for smaller water gardens up to 2,000 gallons. Both whisper-quiet systems can be run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing your finned pals and beneficial bacteria plenty of oxygen and water movement.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wordless Wednesday - Leeches for Sale
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Exactly what you need - someone skilled in both dental care and leeching. They go hand in hand.
I remember getting leeches on my ankles as a kid when I was playing with my brothers in a shallow swampy end of a lake (where we weren't supposed to be) that my parents used to take us on picnics. I was fascinated by them and didn't think they were creepy at all.ReplyDelete
Multitasking in the 1830's! I love these old advertisements - I look at them all the time when I peruse old newspapers. They are such a hoot to read!ReplyDelete
I was at the dentist yesterday and I am so happy she didn't pull out any leeches!ReplyDelete
Wonder if this is what killed my great-uncle who died in the dentist chair? More likely it was anesthesia. Whatever - don't like dentists or leeches.ReplyDelete
Interesting combination, leeching and denistry.ReplyDelete


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Famous Prankster 'The Internet' Hijacks Another Promotional Campaign
from the you-really-can't-specify-which-'crowd'-you-want-to-'source' dept
Understandably, PepsiCo probably felt safe doing this. After all, when it had run a rather straightforward campaign, in which Facebook users voted for the next Mtn Dew flavor, it had the good sense to limit The Internet's input to three buttons. Perhaps feeling a bit overconfident, PepsiCo went to the same well again, hoping to name its new green apple-flavored soda. Only this time, it thought the Mtn Dew-swilling internet denizens might appreciate a bit more interaction. But giving The Internet an open text box for submissions without even bothering to do even the most cursory vetting of replies is only going to end the way everyone (but the corporate marketing team) knew it would: depravity mixed with Godwin's law, garnished with a side of Wilford Brimley.
Here's the voting results as seen shortly before the site went down:
Beyond the weird Grandma fetish and the masturbation jokes is a long list of (believe it or not) more offensive suggestions, snagged for posterity by a helpful reddit user. (Link only. Gallery runs seven pages deep and includes some other hilarious suggestions for the new Dew name, including "Coke," "Sierra Mist," "Never Going To Give You Upple,"WE'VE RUN OUT OF COLORS," "Solient Green," and, of course, "mtn jew." Reading list out loud probably NSFW.)
Here's a slightly earlier version, which seems to have appeared before some rudimentary cleanup was performed by the Dew team, which not only brings one of The Internet's favorite references to the top of the list, but also drops a completely trollish scrolling headline right over the top of the website:
Mtn Dew's official Twitter account ceded the battle on the 14th, having given up its dream of something usable like "Tempest" or "Green Flash" score near the top of the list. (Sadly, I don't think "Methamphetagreen" will make the cut.) A very concise concession, done neatly in less than 140 characters but still resonant enough to make one feel momentarily bad about splattering well-aged fluids all over the "little guy" who happened to be in the wrong place ('The Internet') at the wrong time ('ALWAYS').
— Mountain Dew® (@mtn_dew) August 14, 2012
@antderosa Dub the Dew definitely lost to The Internet. It was a local customer program, not a Dew one, & we're helping them clean up
Adding to the fun is the fact that no established prankster-heavy online entity wants to take credit for whitewashing Hitler's past/celebrating the unexpectedly feisty sexual activity of women in their "golden years." Reddit says 4chan did it. 4chan claims Reddit is behind the Hitler/Granny/diabeetus debacle. It all very definitely looks like a 4chan effort, but the truth is probably closer to "a bit of both." Does anyone seriously believe Reddit and 4chan share no common members?
But after all is said and done, PepsiCo might have lost this particular battle, but overall it wins the war. Plenty of people spent more time thinking about MTN Dew (and Hitler... and... dear lord... Grandma) then they would have otherwise. A few months down the road, "Tempest" (probably) will appear in stores and be purchased by curious Dew fans, wondering internally if "Fapple" or "Grannies Spurt" better describes the flavor. Externally, everything else will be as it always was. And The Internet will sit by quietly, waiting for someone to call its name.


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1. Re: Singleton cluster servicePavel Orehov Mar 18, 2012 10:00 AM (in response to Pavel Orehov)
Still looking for the answer.
2. Re: Singleton cluster servicejaikiran pai Mar 19, 2012 2:15 AM (in response to Pavel Orehov)
See if this helps https://community.jboss.org/message/646537#646537
3. Re: Singleton cluster servicePaul Ferraro Mar 19, 2012 5:50 PM (in response to Pavel Orehov)
There's an example of using SingletonService here:
In summary, you can use SingletonService to decorate a Service<?> such that the service will only ever be started on one node in a cluster at any given time.
4. Re: Singleton cluster serviceAlexander Radzishevsky Jun 22, 2012 8:15 AM (in response to Paul Ferraro)
Hi Paul,
This example works fine bu failes when application is redeployed. Service is failed to start second time. Can you suggest how to fix it ?
5. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Jun 29, 2012 6:40 PM (in response to Paul Ferraro)
I've got an AS5 app that use a POJO service bean cluster singleton, just like Pavel (and others)l. I looked over this example, and I'm not sure how I would use that in the place of what I now have in AS5: A cluster singleton service that can be accessed from any node on the cluster by looking it up in HAJNDI.
- How do you access this cluster singleton MSC bean from other nodes in the cluster?
- It looks like the MSC bean has only the one getValue() method that can be called. AS5 POJO service beans have regular EJB-like interfaces with many methods. Is the MSC bean supposed to register a remote interface to a singleton EJB somehow?
All I realy need is a way to get a remote interface to a singleton on the cluster.
6. Re: Singleton cluster serviceWolf-Dieter Fink Jun 30, 2012 12:55 PM (in response to Joshua Davis)
You may have a look into the quickstart overview and this cluster-ha-singleton-ejb quickstart
7. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Jul 1, 2012 6:28 PM (in response to Wolf-Dieter Fink)
I've cloned that repo and switched to the cluster-hasingleton-ejb branch. I get the part where you are using an SLSB remote interface called ServiceAccess to provide access to the service, and I see how ServiceAccessBean is locating the real service and delegating to it. This is exactly what I'm doing in my app, except the inner service is a POJO Service, which the SLSB looks up in HA-JNDI.
I'm not sure this answers my second question. In this example EnvironmentService is the cluster singleton, right? It only has a 'getValue()' method as far as I can tell. Can it have other methods that are called from ServiceAccessBean? In AS5, you could make a POJO service with an interface that had as many methods as you wanted.
8. Re: Singleton cluster servicePaul Ferraro Jul 2, 2012 1:11 PM (in response to Joshua Davis)
The EnvironmentService referenced in the quickstart is a simple Service<String> whose getValue() returns a String. The target type of a service can be whatever you want, e.g. Service<ServiceAcccess>.
9. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Jul 2, 2012 2:56 PM (in response to Paul Ferraro)
Thanks Paul. So the service can be sort of a 'provider'... okay, but how would it return something that other nodes on the cluster can call? Would the MBean implementation implement the business interface as well as the Service<?> interface? I guess I don't really understand the 'service' concept that well. It seems very different from the AS 5 POJO service definition.
10. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Jul 2, 2012 3:14 PM (in response to Joshua Davis)
I read this in the Javadoc for org.jboss.msc.service.Service<T>:
The value type specified by this service is used by default by consumers of this service, and should represent the public interface of this service, which may or may not be the same as the implementing type of this service.
So, that means the service MBean can implement another interface and return itself via getValue()?
11. Re: Singleton cluster servicePaul Ferraro Jul 5, 2012 12:32 PM (in response to Joshua Davis)
12. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Jul 5, 2012 4:08 PM (in response to Paul Ferraro)
Thanks Paul. One more thing, just to make sure I understand before I go off and try it ...
public class MyServiceBean implements implements Service<MyInterface>, MyInterface { ... public MyBusinessInterface getValue() { return this; } ... }
The return value will be remotely invokeable from all other nodes in the cluster?
13. Re: Singleton cluster serviceWesley Janik Sep 5, 2012 10:22 PM (in response to Joshua Davis)
Hi Joshua - did you ever resolve this issue?
I'm struggling with the same scenario. I'm looking for a way to return something akin to a remote EJB proxy pointing specifically to the node the singleton service is running on. However, if I understand the JBoss remote proxies correctly, they purposely don't point to the node they were created on. In other words, if MyServiceBean in your example above looks up a remote reference to an EJB and returns that reference from getValue, that proxy isn't guaranteed to invoke the bean on the singleton node when it is used on some other node in the cluster.
In essense, I'm trying to find a way to get something useful out of getValue that will allow me to invoke methods on an EJB guaranteed to be within the same node as the singleton service. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
14. Re: Singleton cluster serviceJoshua Davis Sep 7, 2012 7:46 AM (in response to Wesley Janik)
I have not had a chance to fully try out what Paul suggested. Busy with other things at the moment.


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STOCKTON - Tony Noceti's hopes of bringing the World of Outlaws to Stockton have been realized.
STOCKTON - Tony Noceti's hopes of bringing the World of Outlaws to Stockton have been realized.
Noceti and Tom Deery, the Oulaws' top official, confirmed the national open-wheel touring series will be the new track's inaugural event March 22 at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. The race will take place on the new half-mile track Noceti has built on the infield of the horse racing facility.
In September, Noceti signed a five-year deal with options to promote up to 10 events a year at the new track. Noceti confirmed the AMA Pro Racing Series Grand National Championships would race on May 11, and there would be a tractor pull on June 14.
The remainder of the schedule is being finalized.
The World of Outlaws also was at the top of Noceti's list.
"We're all set. We're on the schedule, and we're excited," said Noceti, a French Camp alfalfa farmer and racing promoter who also manages Stockton 99 Speedway on Wilson Way and the karting track at the fairgrounds. "The Outlaws are very popular, and I think they will do very well here.
"We've put together a very good schedule for our first year. I think folks will enjoy it."
The World of Outlaws tours from February through November and travels to 24 states and Canada. Deery, chief operating officer of Outlaw's parent company, World Racing Group, came to Stockton in September for discussions with Noceti and to tour the facility.
"There was three primary reasons we wanted to jump on board with what's happening in Stockton," Deery said. "There was the commitment of Tony Noceti, especially when you look at his efforts at Stockton 99. We feel great about the full endorsement he has from the fairgrounds, and the World of Outlaws has a strong following in Northern and Central California area."
The AMA races will feature Expert Twin Harley Davidson bikes and Pro Singles. The tractor pull will be put on by Maxx Kakl Powersports of Hanford and will take place during the San Joaquin County Fair.
Noceti said the work crews have been working recently to get the lights up at the new track and believes things are moving along well.
"The weather has given us trouble from time to time and slowed us down a little bit, but everything is good," Noceti said. "We will definitely be done by February or earlier."
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Former South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Joe Finley became the 475th player to play in the National Hockey League after the ECHL when he made his debut with the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
The 24-year-old had one shot on goal and was a minus-1 in 7:51 of ice time for the Sabres.
The Gwinnett Gladiators are the ECHL affiliate of the Sabres and the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.
A first-round selection (27th overall) by the Washington Capitals in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Finley scored four points (1g-3a) in 17 games with the Stingrays in 2009-10 and added eight points (1g-7a) in 26 games with the club in 2010-11. He has also seen action in 26 American Hockey League games with Hershey and Rochester the previous three seasons tallying three points (1g-2a).
Eight ECHL players have made their NHL debuts this season: former Greenville Road Warriors defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon (Philadelphia on Nov. 21), former South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Joe Finley (Buffalo on Dec. 2), former Victoria Salmon Kings defenseman Kris Fredheim (Minnesota on Nov. 17), former Toledo and Reading center Bracken Kearns (Florida on Oct. 20), former Bakersfield center Maxime Macenauer (Anaheim on Oct. 7), former Reading Royals goaltender Ben Scrivens (Toronto on Nov. 3), former Cincinnati Cyclones defenseman Frederic St. Denis (Montreal on Nov. 16) and former Ontario Reign defenseman Colten Teubert (Edmonton on Nov. 3).
The ECHL had a record 81 players on NHL opening-day rosters, surpassing the 79 from a year ago and marking the ninth year in a row that there have been over 50 former ECHL players on opening-day rosters. The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 NHL teams, marking the 15th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
There have been 475 players who have played in the NHL after playing in the ECHL including 23 in 2010-11. The ECHL has had 282 players reach the NHL since 2002-03 when it changed its focus to become the primary developmental league for the NHL and the AHL. The ECHL had 97 players reach the NHL in its first 10 seasons and 215 in the first 15 years. There have been 218 ECHL players who have played their first game in the last seven seasons for an average of more than 31 per year.
There are 30 coaches with an ECHL background working behind the benches of teams in the NHL including including Anaheim Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach and 2011 Jack Adams Award winner Dan Bylsma, New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano, Dallas Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan, Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette and Winnipeg Jets head coach Claude Noel. It is the seventh consecutive season that there have been 11 or more coaches with an ECHL background working in the NHL. Boudreau, who coached Mississippi for three seasons winning the Kelly Cup championship in 1999, was named NHL Coach of the Year in 2007-08 becoming the first former ECHL coach to receive the award. Bylsma, who played in the ECHL with Greensboro from 1992-94, was named NHL Coach of the Year in 2010-11.
There are 22 former ECHL officials scheduled to work as part of the NHL officiating team in 2011-12 with referees David Banfield, Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Mike Leggo, Wes McCauley, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Justin St. Pierre, Graham Skilliter and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Brian Mach, Matt MacPherson, Tim Nowak, Bryan Pancich and Jay Sharrers.
The ECHL was represented for the 11th year in a row on the Stanley Cup champion with Boston Bruins assistant coach Geoff Ward, players Rich Peverley, Michael Ryder and Tim Thomas, radio broadcaster Dave Goucher and scout Tom McVie. Thomas is the first former ECHL player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There were 34 former players and 19 coaches on the 16 teams competing in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the sixth year in a row that there have been at least 30 former ECHL players and the eighth consecutive season that over 25 players with ECHL experience have competed in the NHL postseason.
The first ECHL player to play in the NHL was Johnstown Chiefs goaltender and current Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach Scott Gordon, who played his first game with the Quebec Nordiques against Buffalo on Jan. 30, 1990. The 100th player honor is shared by Jean Sebastien Aubin and Manny Legace, who both made their debut on Oct. 21, 1998 with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. The 200th player was Brett McLean with the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 10, 2002 while the 300th was David Liffiton with the New York Rangers on Apr. 11, 2006 and the 400th was Phil Oreskovic on Mar. 9, 2009 with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Former ECHL broadcasters working in the National Hockey League include John Ahlers and Steve Carroll of the Anaheim Ducks, Tom Callahan of the Nashville Predators, Dave Goucher of the Boston Bruins, Chris Kerber of the St. Louis Blues, Jack Michaels of the Edmonton Oilers, Dave Mishkin of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Bob McElligott of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Ryan Stanzel and Jeremy Zager, who were both recipients of the ECHL Media Relations Director of the Year award, are working in the communications department for the Minnesota Wild and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. Former ECHL assistant director of communications Joe Siville and Kelly Murray are now with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals, respectively, while former ECHL director of communications Jason Rothwell is the creative director for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
• Watch games live on America One, the "Official Broadband & Mobile Broadcaster" of the ECHL.
• The ECHL celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08 and is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
• ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 20 teams in 16 states in 2010-11.
• The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
• ECHL has affiliations with 24 of the 30 teams in the American Hockey League and for the past 22 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion.
• In the last seven seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 3,000 call-ups involving more than 1,500 players and in 2010-11 there were 10 times as many call-ups from the ECHL to the AHL than all other professional leagues.
• The ECHL averaged 4,339 fans per game in 2010-11, marking the seventh consecutive season and the 19th time in the last 21 years that the ECHL has averaged over 4,000 fans.
• Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com as well as on Facebook and Twitter.


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John Russell started his cutlery manufacturing business in Greenfield, Massachusetts, about 1834 at the "Green River Works" along the Green River. He moved his business in 1870 to the newly-planned industrial city, Turners Falls, Massachusetts. In 1880, 51% of the people who worked there in factories were employed by the cutlery. In this photograph taken around 1890, there are both men and boys who worked in the Grinding Room. Russell employed a mix of native- and foreign-born workers. Men and boys from Ireland, Germany, and Eastern European countries worked in the cutlery making over 150 kinds of pocket knives among other types of cutlery. By 1899 twenty-eight states, including Massachusetts, had set a minimum age limit of twelve for manufacturing work, and a concerted reform campaign to ban all child labor under the age of sixteen. Around 1900, labor reforms would reduce the number of hours children could work to 58 hours a week.
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In a quick decision Tuesday, the School Board of Levy County passed an addition to the contract between the district and the teachers union that made salary steps for teachers a negotiated item effective July 1, 2011.
Previously, the step increases in pay were automatic. Now they must be negotiated annually starting in 2011. During an Sept. 14 impasse hearing, the board voted unanimously to make the steps negotiable. The decision was officially added to the current contract Tuesday.
Kudos to our first group of students who earned the title, "Student of the Month," here at Williston Elementary School! "This year we're recognizing one student per month in each homeroom teacher's class," said Marla Hiers, principal. "The teacher can choose which category: citizenship, academics or most improved. We've planned to hold this award ceremony the first Friday morning of each month."
"Don't do this!" and "Don't do that!" all the whole day long. Maybe this was the approach with which many of us were most familiar growing up, but what if someone noticed when we made a good choice, did the right thing? Williston Elementary School's assistant principal, Angel Thomas, has brought an additional piece to the discipline puzzle we call the Positive Behavior System (PBS).
During his closing remarks at Tuesday's School Board of Levy County meeting, Superintendent Bob Hastings voiced his support for changing the state's class-size amendment.
Hastings said that there was "no way" the district could meet the amendment's requirements this year, which means the state could impose penalties that could total in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"There's no way we're going to meet it 100 percent," Hastings said. "One size does not fit all."
The School Board of Levy County unanimously voted on Tuesday to change the language of the school district's contract with the Levy County Education Association, altering the language so that automatic salary step increases for teachers and employees will now be negotiated annually between the parties.
Both sides argued their cases before the board during an impasse hearing at the School Board's offices in Bronson. The decision alters an agreement that has been in place for 30 years in the school district.
The School Board of Levy County is eligible for $1.1 million over four years from the federal Race to the Top fund, according to Superintendent Bob Hastings.
Speaking before the school board on Tuesday, Hastings said he received word from the Florida Department of Education that Levy County was still eligible for the money from the federal education program.
They came in droves to honor a teacher, a mentor, an outdoorsman, a sportman, a father, a leader.
After teaching 37 years at Williston High School, Robert Philpot has decided to retire and Saturday marked a reception to honor his commitment to the students and people of Williston.
For more than two hours, one by one–and sometimes in pairs and triples–people came forth and told the hundreds of people in attendance how much the teacher had influenced their lives.
Attention to Parents of Rising Sixth Graders:
Williston Middle School is excitedly anticipating your child transitioning from fifth grade to sixth grade. Our desire is to make the transition a smooth one and positive academic growth and low anxiety. We believe the key to making this a reality for your child and your family includes having information about WMS and getting answers to your questions. To facilitate this we have scheduled the following dates of orientation:
Joyce Bullock Elementary School announces the honor roll for the third nine weeks:
A Honor Roll – First Grade
Chorvat: Victoria Dosey
Coleman: Anthony Griffith, James Loock, Carol Pudlo
Cooper: Sarah Dykstra
Griffith: Eli Davis, Delaney Holcomb, Kayla Munden
Hogle: Narisa Ali, Abigail Carey, Zachary Chism, Silas Jacobs, Amari Robinson
Milton: Carter Boyd, Alexis Dillard, Abigail Lowrimore, Maclayne McGowan, Adam Sistrunk
Odom: Della Bird, Chase Eschbach, Trinity Peacock, Ryan Staley,
Jack Wilkinson has taught generations of Levy County students during his lifetime, and a his gift to Central Florida Community College will ensure that generations more have access to higher education.
Mr. Jack, as he is known in Chiefland, has donated $2.5 million to help build a new CFCC campus in Levy County. The donation is the largest, one-time gift ever received by CFCC.
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CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- State Sen. Greg Ball (R,C,I-Patterson) is set to co-host a Veterans Roundtable on Saturday, March 1.
The "Hudson Valley Jobs For Heroes Roundtable" is set to start at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1 at Carmel Town Hall at 60 McAlpin Ave. in Mahopac. Ball and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) will co-host the roundtable. Former Chief Executive Officer of HBO and Yorktown resident Bill Nelson will join the roundtable.
Ball represents District 40, which includes Cortlandt, Peekskill, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, North Salem, Somers and Yorktown in Westchester as well as three towns in Putnam County.
The event is open to all veterans and their specific needs, but will also touch upon Ball's legislation "to create a state contract preference for service-connected disabled veteran owned small businesses in New York State," according to a release.
"The legislation mirrors the highly successful federal program that is presently established for a three percent contract set aside, and similar legislation has been enacted in over forty other states," representatives said in a release.
"Providing this earned opportunity to our heroes is commonsense. New York state is behind the over forty other states that have already enacted this set aside. I am honored to join with Representative Maloney to host a joint roundtable to focus on this NY Jobs For Heroes Program," said Ball, Chairman of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee. "One in seven veterans are self-employed or small business owners. The same attributes that make these people so vital to defending our freedom are the same hard earned intangibles that make them exceptional at running their businesses and creating jobs. We have been trailing the nation on this front for far too long. I urge residents to join our cause by signing the NY Jobs For Heroes petition on my website and joining us at the roundtable. The time to get this done is now."
Maloney, the son of a Navy veteran, said more than three million veterans have come home to start small businesses, according to the release.
"We must do all that we can to support our heroes, and I commend Senator Ball for working to give our veterans access to billions of dollars in state contracts in order to ensure our highly skilled veterans gain meaningful employment upon their return to civilian life," said Maloney.
Nelson is a Vietnam combat veteran who actively supports efforts to help our veterans and their families in need through his participation in veteran focused charities.
"I believe it is the obligation of every U.S. State to follow the lead of the Federal Government in providing a contract preference to small businesses owned by our service connected disabled veterans. Forty-four states have done so over the past years. It is time for NY State to join in as well. How is it that NY State, attacked on 9/11, leaves behind its sons and daughters who volunteered for military service because of that very attack," Nelson said. "The great majority of citizens in New York would like to know the rationale for not supporting this effort which simply mirrors the legislation passed by the Federal Government and almost 90 percent of the US States."
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the British Columbia soccer community are in mourning this week following the sudden passing of BC Soccer first vice-president Les Sinnott near his home of Terrace, BC, over the weekend.
Originally from Liverpool, England, Sinnott immigrated to Canada and BC in 1965, where he first settled on Vancouver's North Shore. He served as a coach, referee, equipment manager, and club chair of North Shore Girls Soccer Club before becoming chair of North Shore Youth Soccer - BC's largest youth soccer district.
In 2000, Sinnott moved to Northern BC, where he served as chair of Terrace Youth Soccer until 2002 and chair of the 2004 BC Boys 'B' Provincial Cup tournament in Terrace, BC.
Sinnott also served on the board of BC Soccer since 2003. This included the roles of youth vice-president, chair of the governance committee, and first vice-president. He was also considered a tireless 'face of BC Soccer' to members throughout Northern BC, as he regularly visited for district meetings and events.
A member of the Canadian Soccer Association's Governance Committee since 2008, Sinnott also contributed to soccer nationally, as the CSA developed its important governance initiative.
Sinnott is survived by his wife Debbie, daughters Melanie and Joanne, and their three grandchildren - Jordan, Leslie, and Lynnette.
Whitecaps FC join BC Soccer and the entire BC and Canadian soccer community in extending their condolences to Sinnott's family, colleagues, and friends at this difficult time.


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