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As a Dutch-American I like to Combine Idealism and Capitalism
Total Energy Group News September 27, 2019
Peter Stuyt, Total Energy Group, reflects on the US's glasshouse history.
"As a Dutch-American, I like to combine idealism and capitalism"
A sea of glass. That is what the young son of a horticulturist, Peter Stuyt, used to see from his bedroom window on Vlietweg in the Dutch town of Naaldwijk. At the age of 22, he left for California. There he was met with an ocean of a different kind – the Pacific Ocean. Peter found himself in the glasshouse cultivation hub of Carpinteria. But, the size of this glasshouse area was nothing compared to that of Westland in the Netherlands.
"The ocean is never far away."
Peter's father was one of the first gerbera growers in the Netherlands. He had a greenhouse of 11,000m2. For that time, this was a sizeable business. But Peter did not want to follow in his father's footsteps. He longed for more freedom.
"As a farmer, you are bound to your business 24/7. You have to be OK with that. I opted to go and work for the greenhouse builder Smiemans. First in the Netherlands, and later in France and Italy. There, for 18 months, I learned the craft. After that, the work dried up in the Netherlands. I went looking for something new. I had no desire to work in the Northern European rut. So, I went to California," Peter says.
There, he joined old neighbors, and friends, of his parents. "I lived in a caravan with no running water for the first year. I got my electricity via an extension cord. It had the most beautiful view of the ocean." In the beginning, Peter kept himself busy with greenhouse maintenance. There were many wooden structures covered in fiberglass. This fiberglass had to be replaced every ten years or so. "The second generation of immigrants started building greenhouses. Then, my experience, of course, came in handy."
Economic Difficulties
Peter remembers when Dutch people sometimes came to visit. "After a cup of coffee, we, of course, took a walk through the greenhouses. More than once we heard them saying what a mess things were. They often asked how we could work in greenhouses such as these. We laugh about this. Dutch horticulturalists were drowning in debt. They were only too happy to be able to leave their businesses to the next generation. Here, good money is being made. Businesses are being paid off." Growers in California, however, have had their fair share of economic difficulties over the years.
South American Imports
"The Andean Trade Preference Act was signed in 1991. This opened the border to free imports from South America. This action almost sank the flower industry in the US. Production figures in South America could not compare to those in California. But, labor costs were much lower. The lower land prices there also meant people were looking at buying more than just a hectare or two."
The rose industry in California was hit the hardest. Case in point – 98% of the roses on the American market are imported now. Nevertheless, this did not spell the end for glasshouse horticulture in the United States. The most difficult cultivars, such as gerbera and lilies, survived. "These have been successful for years. At one point, gerberas from Carpinteria were good for half the supply of these flowers," Peter remembers.
Canadian Exchange Rate
Let's take a leap in time to 2007/2008. These were challenging years in their own right. Horticulturalists had a hard time making ends meet. The reason this time? The US/Canadian exchange rate. "Production costs for Canadian growers were relatively low. This, while prices remained at an excellent level. After all, for a wholesaler in New York, it did not matter whether the flowers came from Canada or California. The recession made it very tough for growers in California. They were barely keeping afloat."
Vegetables Under Glass
Growing vegetables in greenhouses became more popular. "Before, you could only find Roma tomatoes and iceberg lettuce in the supermarket," Peter remarks. "Now, the average US supermarket's fresh produce aisle is on par with those in Dutch supermarkets. Modern greenhouse construction has contributed to this to a certain extent. Floriculture remains somewhat in the realm of the small business. In contrast, cultivating vegetables under glass is growing by leaps and bounds. All at once, 50 acre – about 20 hectare – businesses are springing up all over."
Opportunities for cannabis, lettuce, and potted orchids
In the past four years, things have been looking up for horticulture in California. This is mostly thanks to the expansion of cannabis legalization in 2016. "It is amazing to see the impact this has had. All of Carpinteria has benefitted from this. There are good opportunities for growing lettuce under glass. Potted orchids are helping too. The remaining cut flower growers have also had a slight upturn."
You can still see the history of glass horticulture in the region. "You still find the wooden greenhouses from the 60s here and there. In Michigan, they switched to steel sooner due to the weather conditions there," Stuyt explains. "But, in California, you could get away with wooden greenhouses for longer. We have refurbished many of these in the last three years. They are now suitable for cannabis cultivation."
A blackout screen, heating, and ventilation in a cannabis greenhouse in Carpinteria, California.
Hammer and Nails
In 1986, Peter set up Horticultural Labour Services with Bert Neeft. Looking back, Peter says, "It is incredible to consider what we have experienced over the last 33 years. We started with just a hammer and a few nails. When we applied for our license, we were classified as a landscaping company. So, a little gardening business. They did not know what greenhouse construction was. Soon we started supplying screens as the energy crisis had affected us too. If you wanted to grow your business, you had to leave the state. So, since 1997, under the name, Total Energy Group, we have been supplying not only screens, we also supply heating and ventilation systems, LED lighting, and climate control computers throughout the country."
Every year, Total Energy Group has a stand at Cultivate in Ohio.
Peter admits that years ago, he would not have foreseen the enormous growth in the scale of the horticultural sector. "I did not anticipate the far-reaching mechanization of our sector. You see this, with ever-larger machines, in agriculture. Such large machines will not fit in the greenhouse, I reckoned. I thought growers would always be more important than machines. Now it is no longer strange to see 100-hectare companies in the US too."
Horticulture is the Future
In the United States, there is no end in sight for developments in the horticultural sector, thinks Peter. "Also not worldwide. Climate change, water scarcity, labor shortages, urbanization – concentrated agriculture is the answer to all these problems. And this is only possible in the modern greenhouse. You can place these structures in the craziest places."
"You can use raw materials very efficiently. Not to mention the mechanization and automation possibilities. It makes me proud that we, as the horticultural sector, can offer solutions for the issues the world is facing. I sometimes wonder if we acknowledge that enough. Of course, there is money to be made in this sector. But as a Dutch-American, I like to combine idealism with capitalism," Peter concludes.


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Swedish FM Wallstrom - The Palestinian activist fighting against Israel
Swedish FM Wallstrom – The Palestinian activist fighting against Israel
Margot Wallstrom is praised as a real Palestinian. She fights for Palestinians, no matter what, and she should not be in the Swedish foreign ministry.
By – Tobias Petersson
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Ever since Margot Wallstrom took office as Sweden's Foreign Minister, recognized the PA territories and Gaza as a Palestinian state and insinuated that Israel responded to Palestinian knife terror with "extrajudicial executions" she has made herself known as a persona non grata in Israel.
Palestinian Arabs around the world have praised Wallstrom, placing her above the PA president Mahmoud Abbas and celebrating her as the real Palestinian.
Wallstrom also mentions recognizing a Palestinian state as a token of Sweden's solidarity and respect in a statement in Arabic called "Islamophobia and solidarity" on the Swedish Foreign Ministry's website. All the other tokens of respect and solidarity Wallstrom mentions in this statement are related to showing respect for the Islamic faith.
Clearly Wallstrom in this statement used the recognition to play with the minds of religious extremists, that want to ignite a religious conflict between Jews and Muslims. Meanwhile in Swedish she is holding on to that it is important not to turn the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a religious one.
Wallstrom has never stopped being a controversial and shocking foreign minister.
After the terror activities in Gaza on May 14 (the so called "return march") in which 50 proven terrorists were killed trying to break the border into Israel with the clear aim to carry out terror attacks in Israeli communities, Wallstrom told Swedish media that she thinks we can not be judges regarding the role of Hamas in the terror activities.
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On May 23 she again shocked Swedes, attending a Nakba art exhibition in the Palestinian embassy in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. At the exhibition the Swedish defence minister Peter Hultqvist was also present as the Swedish foreign minister held a very biased and anti-Israeli speech about maps and fighting for her Palestinian allies:
"It couldn't be more befitting then to put me in front of the paintings and pieces of arts that we see here and thank you to the artists because I want to say something about maps and keys.
"A visit to Palestine is very much about maps", Wallstrom began her speech.
"People will come and show you maps, saying this is where I used to live, this is where Palestine is, this is where our people lives.
"And maps become very very important, exactly how they are drawn, exactly how the borders are drawn, and unfortunately the maps change because on the other side they also show maps and the Israelis show maps and they move the borders."
In her speech Wallstrom added: "Maybe these maps could be realized. But they also represent history, they represent something that was and that has to be recognised by everybody. This is where we come from, this was our land."
What is Wallstrom saying here? Well, there should be no doubts that Wallstrom is trying to satisfy her new fanbase by hinting that those Palestinian maps which have erased Israel and replaced it with an Arab Palestine should be recognised by everybody, including Israelis.
"You know how much we care about Palestine, you know that we are a friend of Palestine, that we will continue to hopefully fight with you and for you and we will fight for a two-state solution."
She is also hinting that the Palestinian maps have the right borders while Israel moves the borders and changes conditions on the ground, in the land that according to the Palestinian narrative once was Palestinian.
However we must be clear that there has never ever been a Palestinian state and consequently there have never been any Palestinian borders and no such borders to move. It is up to the Israelis and the Arab Palestinian individuals to decide through a future peace deal if there ever will be any Palestinian borders.
In case someone wasn't sure of her government's devotion to the Palestinian cause, Wallstrom also spoke about mobilizing friends of Palestine and stated: "You know how much we care about Palestine, you know that we are a friend of Palestine, that we will continue to hopefully fight with you and for you and we will fight for a two-state solution."
Wallstrom is as full of contradictory statements as she is full of Palestinian propaganda. First she talks about recognizing the maps she has seen on her trips in the Palestinian territories, maps that she knows have erased Israel and replaced it with a Palestinian one-state solution. Then she talks about fighting for a two-state solution.
This is a contradiction. Wallstrom talks like a Palestinian activist. Which country does she represent if she will fight with and for the Palestinian Arabs? It surely is not Sweden.
Sweden's prime minister Stefan Lofven must fire Wallstrom. She may be suitable as a pro-Palestinian activist on board Ship to Gaza or as a speaker at a Palestinian art exhibition. However she is not suitable to rule our foreign ministry.
Why should Sweden support a terrorist anti-Semitic Wallström?
Arab Gaza Islam Mahmoud Abbas Margot Wallström Muslim Palestinian Terror	2018-06-05

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Book presentation "Journey for Peace"
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With 'Journey for Peace', a captivating and touching, intimate and respectful, serene and sorrowful portrait of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, which through its sincerity becomes an aesthetically and morally impressive book, Manuel Bauer delivers a clear answer. When we succeed in redefining photo reportage the way Manuel Bauer has succeeded in doing so, leading it away from the fast-paced, result-oriented reporting and directing it toward a very personal way of dealing with a theme over the course of many years, then photo reportage – perhaps under the name "longterm reporting" – further fulfills an important task. Decisive is thus not only a series of formally successful images; decisive is above all the stance of the photographer expressed in each of his pictures."


One thing to keep in mind is that Miranda extends to misdemeanor offenses as well. This was not always the case.
Early on Miranda was not extend to OVI matters or to any misdemeanors in Ohio. Thus, Ohio only applied Miranda to felonies. This was decided in the case State v. Pyle. The court in that case reasoned that interrogation in misdemeanors were inherently less intrusive and coercive than in felonies.
However, the case was overruled in State v. Bucholz. In doing so, the court ruled that Miranda should apply to misdemeanors as well. Thus, the right to self incrimination applies to ALL cases in Ohio.
Knowing that, it is important that an Ohio OVI attorney assess a case thoroughly to decide if Miranda was properly executed when the State is using the defendant's statements in court.


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I have many clients wanting scripts for a course of Roaccutane, doxycycline until they realise what damage can be done post treatment. Below explains briefly about Roaccutane and lists the side effects that can be caused.
Roaccutane capsules contain an active ingredient isotretinoin. Isotretinoin is an ingredient which belongs to a group called Retinoids which is a derivative from Vitamin A.
Acne is caused by an over production of sebum and over active sebaceous glands. The sebum blocks the sebaceous glands which prevents the oil from flowing freely, bacteria feeds on the sebum and produce waste products and fatty acids that irritate sebaceous glands causing them to become inflamed and produce a spot.
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However, Roaccutane isn't as amazing as it sounds, yes it takes all those horrible breakouts away, but the side effects and the long term effects aren't so amazing.
Inflammatory bowel disease (stop taking this medicine and consult your doctor straight away if you get severe diarrhoea, particularly if it contains blood, while taking this medicine).


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Q: picketlink-sts ws-trust mustunderstand header Is there a way to configure picketLink-sts to accept soap requests with mustUnderstand headers?
I'm using: https://github.com/picketlink2/picketlink-quickstarts/tree/master/ws-trust/picketlink-sts
The request I send is:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tns="urn:picketlink:identity-federation:sts" xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/v1.4/cd/ws-trust.xsd" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <soap:Header>
      <Action xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Renew</Action>
      <MessageID xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:9cfedcee-2ebf-47e0-a24a-45281d785136</MessageID>
      <To xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">https://namsb.blr.novell.com:443/nidp/wstrust/sts</To>
      <ReplyTo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
         <Address>http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</Address>
      </ReplyTo>
      <wsse:Security soap:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
         <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-1">
            <wsu:Created>2014-02-10T23:36:42Z</wsu:Created>
            <wsu:Expires>2014-02-10T24:36:42Z</wsu:Expires>
         </wsu:Timestamp>
         <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="UsernameToken-2">
            <wsse:Username>admin</wsse:Username>
            <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">novell</wsse:Password>
         </wsse:UsernameToken>
      </wsse:Security>
   </soap:Header>
   <soap:Body>
      <wst:RequestSecurityToken Context="context">
         <wst:TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</wst:TokenType>
         <wst:RequestType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Issue</wst:RequestType>
      </wst:RequestSecurityToken>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

The answer is:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Body>
      <soap:Fault>
         <faultcode>soap:MustUnderstand</faultcode>
         <faultstring>MustUnderstand headers: [{http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd}Security] are not understood.</faultstring>
      </soap:Fault>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

The exception:
    09:19:56,112 WARNING [org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain] (http-/0.0.0.0:8380-5) Interceptor for {urn:picketlink:identity-federation:sts}PicketLinkSTS#{http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws/provider}invoke has thrown exception, unwinding now: org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.SoapFault: MustUnderstand headers: [{http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd}Security] are not understood.
        at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.MustUnderstandInterceptor.checkUltimateReceiverHeaders(MustUnderstandInterceptor.java:150)
        at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.MustUnderstandInterceptor.handleMessage(MustUnderstandInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.interceptor.MustUnderstandInterceptor.handleMessage(MustUnderstandInterceptor.java:49)
        at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:262)
        at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:121)
        at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:237)
        at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:95)
        at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.transport.ServletHelper.callRequestHandler(ServletHelper.java:156)
        at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.invoke(CXFServletExt.java:87)
        at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:225)
        at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:145)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:754) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final.jar:1.0.2.Final]
        at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.service(CXFServletExt.java:135)
        at org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.WSFServlet.service(WSFServlet.java:140) [jbossws-spi-2.1.1.Final.jar:2.1.1.Final]
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final.jar:1.0.2.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:481) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
09:19:56,296 ERROR [org.jboss.as.webservices.invocation.InvocationHandlerJAXWS] (http-/0.0.0.0:8380-5) JBAS015594: Method invocation failed with exception: Security Token Service Exception: javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Security Token Service Exception
    at org.picketlink.common.DefaultPicketLinkLogger.stsWSError(DefaultPicketLinkLogger.java:957)
    at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.PicketLinkSTS.invoke(PicketLinkSTS.java:133) [picketlink-federation-2.7.0.Final.jar:]
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor432.invoke(Unknown Source) [:1.7.0_76]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptorFactory$ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptor.processInvocation(ManagedReferenceMethodInterceptorFactory.java:72) [jboss-as-ee-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.WeavedInterceptor.processInvocation(WeavedInterceptor.java:53) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.interceptors.UserInterceptorFactory$1.processInvocation(UserInterceptorFactory.java:58) [jboss-as-ee-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.WeavedInterceptor.processInvocation(WeavedInterceptor.java:53) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.interceptors.UserInterceptorFactory$1.processInvocation(UserInterceptorFactory.java:58) [jboss-as-ee-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InitialInterceptor.processInvocation(InitialInterceptor.java:21) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor.processInvocation(ChainedInterceptor.java:61) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.interceptors.ComponentDispatcherInterceptor.processInvocation(ComponentDispatcherInterceptor.java:53) [jboss-as-ee-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.webservices.deployers.WSComponentInstanceAssociationInterceptor.processInvocation(WSComponentInstanceAssociationInterceptor.java:49)
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor.processInvocation(ChainedInterceptor.java:61) [jboss-invocation-1.1.1.Final.jar:1.1.1.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ViewService$View.invoke(ViewService.java:165) [jboss-as-ee-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.webservices.invocation.AbstractInvocationHandler.invoke(AbstractInvocationHandler.java:111)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker.performInvocation(JBossWSInvoker.java:149)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:96)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.AbstractJAXWSMethodInvoker.invoke(AbstractJAXWSMethodInvoker.java:178)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JAXWSMethodInvoker.invoke(JAXWSMethodInvoker.java:66)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.JBossWSInvoker.invoke(JBossWSInvoker.java:129)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:107)
    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:262)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:121)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:237)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.RequestHandlerImpl.handleHttpRequest(RequestHandlerImpl.java:95)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.transport.ServletHelper.callRequestHandler(ServletHelper.java:156)
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.invoke(CXFServletExt.java:87)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:225)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:145)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:754) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final.jar:1.0.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.CXFServletExt.service(CXFServletExt.java:135)
    at org.jboss.wsf.spi.deployment.WSFServlet.service(WSFServlet.java:140) [jbossws-spi-2.1.1.Final.jar:2.1.1.Final]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847) [jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec-1.0.2.Final.jar:1.0.2.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:295) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:149) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:481) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:169) [jboss-as-web-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:145) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:97) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:336) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:653) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:920) [jbossweb-7.2.0.Final.jar:7.2.0.Final]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_76]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: PL00067: Parsing has failed:CloseSequence
    at org.picketlink.common.DefaultPicketLinkLogger.parserFailed(DefaultPicketLinkLogger.java:470)
    at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.parsers.wst.WSTrustParser.parse(WSTrustParser.java:63) [picketlink-federation-2.7.0.Final.jar:]
    at org.picketlink.common.parsers.AbstractParser.parse(AbstractParser.java:108)
    at org.picketlink.identity.federation.core.wstrust.PicketLinkSTS.invoke(PicketLinkSTS.java:131) [picketlink-federation-2.7.0.Final.jar:]
    ... 57 more

A: I found the answer, I post it here, it could help someone.

*

*You need to define a new SOAPHandler and link it to your webService endpoint.
This is done by annotating the endpoint with: @HandlerChain(file = "soap-handler.xml")
For example:
package org.picketlink.identity.federation.app.sts;
/**
 * imports...
 */

    @WebServiceProvider(serviceName = "PicketLinkSTS", portName = "PicketLinkSTSPort", targetNamespace = "urn:picketlink:identity-federation:sts", wsdlLocation = "WEB-INF/wsdl/PicketLinkSTS.wsdl")
    @ServiceMode(value = Service.Mode.MESSAGE)
    @Addressing(enabled = true, required = true)
    @HandlerChain(file = "soap-handler.xml")
    public class PicketLinkSTService extends PicketLinkSTS {
        private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PicketLinkSTService.class);

        @Resource
        public void setWSC(WebServiceContext wctx) {
            log.info("Setting WebServiceContext = " + wctx);
            this.context = wctx;
        }
    }

*Create your handler SOAPHandlerMustUnderstand.java
package org.picketlink.identity.federation.app.sts;
/**
*imports...
*/
public class SOAPHandlerMustUnderstand implements SOAPHandler {
    private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(SOAPHandlerMustUnderstand.class);
@Override
public Set<QName> getHeaders() {
    final HashSet<QName> headers = new HashSet<QName>();
    headers.add(getWssSecurityHeader());

    // notify the runtime that this is handled
    return headers;
}

private QName getWssSecurityHeader() {
    return new QName("http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd",
            "Security", "wsse");
}

@Override
public boolean handleMessage(SOAPMessageContext context) {
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean handleFault(SOAPMessageContext context) {
    return false;
}

@Override
public void close(MessageContext context) {

}

}
The class defines the headers it understands
Then in the handleMessage() method I just return true to continue the handler chain, but this is where you want to check username and password.

*Create the soap-handler.xml file

In the resources folder create folders to match your webservice package.
If your package is: org.picketlink.identity.federation.app.sts then you need to create this path: org/picketlink/identity/federation/app/sts under resources folder.
Then create a file named: soap-handler.xml in the created resources folder.
In the end you have something as: src/main/resources/org/picketlink/identity/federation/app/sts/soap-handler.xml
soap-handler.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<javaee:handler-chains
        xmlns:javaee="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">
    <javaee:handler-chain>
        <javaee:handler>
            <javaee:handler-class>org.picketlink.identity.federation.app.sts.SOAPHandlerMustUnderstand
            </javaee:handler-class>
        </javaee:handler>
    </javaee:handler-chain>
</javaee:handler-chains>

Soap-handler.xml defines which class the handler chain have call.

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Q: Defining abilities via attributes from a polymorphic association in CanCan I have the following models:
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :responses, as: :responseable, dependent: :destroy
end

class Call < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :responses, as: :responseable, dependent: :destroy
end

class Meeting < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :responses, as: :responseable, dependent: :destroy
end

class Response < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :responseable, polymorphic: true # Tested
end

In CanCan I am trying to define the abilities on a specific custom Responses action via attributes in the polymorphic association. The action looks like this:
class ResponsesController < ApplicationController

  before_filter :authenticate_user!
  load_and_authorize_resource

  respond_to :html, :xml, :js, :json, :pdf

  # GET /responses/polling
  # GET /responses/polling.json
  def polling
    responseable_type = params[:responseable_type]
    klass = [Post, Call, Meeting].detect { |c| responseable_type}
    @responseable = klass.find(params[:responseable_id])
    @responses = @responseable.responses.where("created_at > ?", Time.at(params[:after]))
  end
...

And my abilities file looks like this:
...
can :polling, Response, :responseable_type = "Post", :responseable => { :user_expert_private => false, :countries => { :id => user.country_ids} }
...

This action is run via a javascript function that polls for new responses every 5 seconds. However, when this runs I get the following errors in the log:
A NameError occurred in responses#polling:

  uninitialized constant Responseable
  activesupport (3.2.8) lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:230:in `block in constantize'

Any idea the right way to define abilities on attributes from a polymorphic relationship?
Basically, I don't want users to be able to view/create a response unless they can? show: the parent object.

A: Take a look at the wiki article.  There's a section on polymorphic types.  You need to use nested authorization.  Here's the relevant section:

Let's say tasks can either be assigned to a Project or an Event
  through a polymorphic association. An array can be passed into the
  :through option and it will use the first one it finds.

load_resource :project
load_resource :event
load_and_authorize_resource :task, :through => [:project, :event]

Here it will check both the @project and @event variables and fetch
  the task through whichever one exists. Note that this is only loading
  the parent model, if you want to authorize the parent you will need to
  do it through a before_filter because there is special logic involved.

before_filter :authorize_parent
private
def authorize_parent
  authorize! :read, (@event || @project)
end


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Powerful El Nino likely to bring heavy precipitation—and possible flooding—to California over the next several months
Filed in Uncategorized by Daniel Swain on November 19, 2015	• 5,462 Comments
Summary of recent conditions
There continues to be much conversation surrounding the relative lack of major storms in California so far this autumn. Precipitation so far this season has been somewhat below average across the more populated coastal parts of the state, although very early Sierra Nevada snowpack numbers are actually looking pretty good at the moment. Temperatures have (finally!) cooled from their record-shattering October values, and have been fairly close to average over the past couple of weeks.
Recent modest rains and cooler temperatures, though, have so far done little to mitigate California's worst drought on record. Iconic drought-related milestones are still being reached, from Folsom Lake's all-time record low level to the recent discovery that as many as 20% of California's trees could eventually die as a result of the drought and bark beetle stresses already experienced.
Interactions between El Niño and the jet stream's seasonal cycle
Should we be worried that California has yet to experience an epic deluge so far this fall? What happened to the ostensible "parade of storms" that is so often talked about in the context of major El Niño events? I would argue that the most appropriate answers to these questions are "no" and "it's coming," respectively.
The effect of even very strong El Niños upon the Pacific jet stream is much more pronounced during December-March than during September-November. (NCEP via ESRL)
After four consecutive years characterized by a remarkable lack of storms in California at any time of year, it's easy to forget that the autumn can be an extremely variable period from a meteorological perspective. Transitions seasons (autumn and spring) in tend to be highly volatile throughout the Earth's middle latitudes as cold, dry polar and warm, moist tropical airmasses interact with high frequency. But California is a bit unique in the sense that it lies near the southern margin of the Pacific jet stream, and is therefore quite susceptible to relatively subtle shifts in the storm track. This is especially true during the September to November period, as during these months the Pacific jet stream is often quite strong but tends to be focused well to the north of the state, up in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. California does sometimes experience major storminess this time of year due to transient, temporary shifts in the jet, but in general sustained wet periods are the exception rather than the norm.
Schematic by Emily Underwood showing why the Pacific jet stream does not respond strongly to El Niño during autumn.
Since the west-to-east flowing jet stream is fundamentally driven by the large temperature differences that exist between the warm equatorial region and cold polar region, its location, strength, and trajectory depends strongly on the orientation and magnitude of temperature variations across the Earth's surface. With the approach of winter, temperatures in Northern Hemisphere begin to cool more rapidly—and the region of maximum north-south temperature differential over the Pacific Ocean starts to shift southward. The net result: the jet stream's typical latitude from December through March is much reliably further south—and closer to California—than during the autumn.
Why is this seasonal cycle critically important during an El Niño year? Well, the primary means by which El Niño affects California precipitation is by enhancing the low-latitude (subtropical) branch of the jet stream. The subtropical jet stream is not always a totally distinct feature in the weather charts—it tends to be weaker and more discontinuous than its more robust northern cousin (the subpolar jet). Sometimes, the subtropical jet is not discernable at all in a particular region, and at other times it effectively merges with the northern stream. But during major El Niño years, the subtropical jet over the northern Pacific Ocean tends to be stronger, better defined, and further to the south.
This strengthening and southward shift of the subtropical jet during El Niño occurs primarily because strong warming of an already warm region (the eastern tropical Pacific) tends to enhance the north-south temperature differential across the Pacific basin. Heat from anomalously warm ocean temperatures is transported vertically and eventually northward by unusually active tropical convection (thunderstorms), warming the upper atmosphere in the lower latitudes. (Climatological sidebar: this effectively leads to a regionally-enhanced Hadley Cell circulation). Anomalous El Niño-induced upper-atmospheric warming occurs only so far north, and during the autumn months the jet stream tends to be too far north to "take advantage" of this strong lower-latitude temperature gradient. As the jet shifts southward during winter, however, the subtropical branch of the jet is in a favorable position for intensification. It is this effect that can bring California its infamous "parade" of winter storms—and, in some years, excessive precipitation and eventually flooding and mudslides.
One sentence summary: A strengthened subtropical jet stream—which is the primary means by which El Niño brings increased precipitation to California—is unlikely to occur prior to winter due to the intrinsic seasonal cycle of temperature variations across the Pacific Basin.
Tropical Pacific warming during El Niño increases the north-south temperature differential, strengthening/shifting the jet stream southward and bringing increased California winter precipitation. Illustration by Emily Underwood.
El Niño now appears to be strongest in modern observational record
Over the past 8 or 9 months, there has been a lot of animated discussion over whether the tropical Pacific could possibly warm as much as was being indicated by the dynamical models. A more than +3C anomaly—which was foreseen by most of the flagship international seasonal forecast models (like the American CFS and the European ECMWF), seemed, to many atmospheric scientists, to be an implausibly high outcome. Even in recent weeks, there were concerns that the critically important Niño 3.4 region may have "leveled off," or perhaps had already peaked.
Those concerns ultimately turned out to be unfounded, as earlier this week ocean surface temperatures in the canonical Niño 3.4 region reached 3C above average for the first time in recorded history, validating dynamical model forecasts made many months earlier. This weekly value exceeds the maximum weekly value recorded even during the so-called "super El Niño" events of 1982-1983 and 1997-1998. While El Niño impacts do not correlate directly with the magnitude of SST anomalies in any particular section of ocean (and we're still some way off from an all-time record 3-monthly peak), this is still a major geophysical milestone—and one that has significant implications for the coming winter in California.
El Niño continues to pick up steam, sets a weekly record https://t.co/JGh8JcRfY0 pic.twitter.com/hvZtdrlY1c
— Climate Central (@ClimateCentral) November 20, 2015
Outlook for California Winter 2015-2016
Top-tier El Niño conditions are now an observational reality, not a prediction. As discussed above, we are now approaching the time of year when El Niño's influence upon the Pacific storm track tends to be more pronounced. So, with that in mind, how does the upcoming winter look?
The newly-released November international model ensemble (which includes ECMWF) depicts very wet conditions over California during January-March. (CPC)
In a word: wet. In fact, it's hard to envision a set of mid-November observations and model output that would lead to higher confidence in a wetter-than-average California winter than the ones currently in place. The latest dynamical model forecasts are calling for well above average precipitation throughout California during the January-March period, and the recent forecasts from the CFS model have shifted towards a wet December as well. These same models are suggesting a large-scale atmospheric pressure pattern that is strikingly similar to that which occurred during California's wettest historical winters (including the 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 El Niño events).
Seasonal forecast models are predicting a large-scale atmospheric pattern during January-March much like that during California's wettest years. (CPC)
Ultimately, it is this latter point that matters more for the conditions that might evolve later this winter. While the models used for seasonal forecasting incorporate the same basic physics as those used to predict day-to-day weather, for reasons of computational efficiency they do not have anywhere near the same spatial resolution as weather models. This means that seasonal forecast models can't resolve California's complex topography (in fact, in most of these, the Coast Ranges don't even exist, and the Central Valley is part of a gradual upward slope toward the Sierra Nevada). Ultimately, this makes it impossible for seasonal forecast models to accurate simulate the dramatic orographic enhancement that occurs in California's mountainous terrain during major storm events. Seasonally simulated precipitation anomalies, therefore, are very likely lower bounds on what might actually fall during the coming winter if the simulated atmospheric setup actually occurs.
It's not possible, at this point, to be more specific about how much rain might accumulate in California this winter. But previous top-tier El Niño events have brought annual totals on the order of ~175-200% of average in many spots—and this number is consistent with recent forecasts made by the CFS.
Animation of seasonal precipitation forecast by CFS. All of California is likely to be very wet during December-March. (NCEP via tropicaltidbits.com)
Heavy seasonal precipitation totals don't always lead to major flooding if there are substantial breaks between incoming storms. In fact, some of California's most widespread and most damaging individual flood events did not occur during El Niño years. But in general, high seasonal totals mean that heavy storms are more likely to coincide with wet/saturated antecedent soil conditions, and El Niño-induced increases in storm frequency make it more likely for several intense events to occur in rapid succession. Thus, flood (and mudslide) risk will likely be greatly elevated this winter, and certainly will be higher than it has been in the past five years. This risk may also be enhanced by the legacy of California's ongoing, record drought. Chief concerns include increased flash flood/debris flow risk near high-intensity wildfire burn scars and increased risk of levee failures and river flooding due to dramatic land surface subsidence in the Central Valley.
Very strong El Niño + record warm Pacific = wild California winter
The eastern tropical part of the Pacific basin is extremely warm due to El Niño, but oceanic warmth further to the north has been even more anomalous in recent months. Virtually every ocean temperature record in existence for the northeastern Pacific has been shattered over the past six months or so. As I've discussed previously, some of this incredible warmth has to do with the present El Niño event, as well as dissipated energy from the "El Niño that wasn't" in 2014. But it's also broadly believed in the scientific community that at least some of this phenomenal Pacific Ocean warmth is due to Earth's long-term warming trend.
The super-warm North Pacific has the potential to add extra moisture to the atmosphere this winter. While this more generalized warming is unlikely to affect the frequency of storms, it may well act to add "extra juice" to incoming systems this winter. When we consider this effect in combination with the likely increase in storm frequency due to El Niño, it's clear the potential exists for a very active winter overall.
There are currently some early signs of the long-awaited shift towards a more southerly and zonally (west-to-east) oriented jet stream over the next few weeks as we head into December. Various model forecasts are suggesting an imminent transition from the present "wavy jet" configuration to a more consolidated one reminiscent of the classic El Niño pattern. In the lead-up to this pattern shift, Californians should probably expect highly variable conditions (and rather unreliable weather forecasts in the short term), as these kinds of transitions are notoriously hard to capture. But there is now pretty high confidence that a fairly dramatic change in the weather is on the horizon—most likely days or weeks, rather than months, in the future.
The GFS ensemble outlook as of mid-November shows a strengthening zonal jet over the Pacific, characteristic of a strong El Niño. (NCEP via tropicalditbits.com)
Finally, it's important to point out that the planet has experienced nearly 20 years' worth of global warming since the last big El Niño event in 1997-1998, and nearly 35 years' worth of warming since the 1982-1983 event before it. In general, this means that there's more moisture over the world's major ocean basins than there used to be—which can increase the potential intensity of precipitation when it does occur. But other more complex changes have occurred in the coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere system over the past four decades that are harder to quantify, and may have less obvious (and less predictable) impacts upon overall Pacific climate. These influences could hypothetically add to (or subtract from) the overall impact of El Niño in California in the future.
Despite these added uncertainties, however, it appears quite likely that the present El Niño will exert a powerful (and likely dominant) influence upon California weather this coming winter. There has never been a year in California's history with this much advance warning regarding the potential for very heavy precipitation, and there is still time for individuals and government agencies to take steps to mitigate the related hazards likely to emerge in the coming weeks and months (fortunately, all evidence suggests that the relevant authorities are taking this El Niño seriously). And—as California's state government and water agencies have gone to great lengths to emphasize—even a very wet winter in California is unlikely to erase the profound effects of California's multi-year drought. In many ways, the present situation resembles a conundrum that the Golden State is likely to face more often in the future: how to manage a greatly increased risk of extreme precipitation and flooding despite the presence of long-term water deficits.
One sentence summary: One of the strongest El Niño events on record will very likely bring a wetter than usual winter to California, and there will be a substantially increased risk of heavy precipitation events and associated flooding.
Pictured: one heckuva lot of warm water. (NOAA Coral Reef Watch)
Special thanks are due to artist and naturalist Emily Underwood, who distilled several complex geophysical concepts into two beautiful scientific illustrations produced specifically for this post.
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