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Formtek File Linking Extension
Using standard Alfresco® Share, if you want a document to be accessible from multiple locations, the document must be physically copied or duplicated. In many cases, the preferable solution is to simply create a reference in those other locations that points to the original physical document rather than duplicating the document itself.
The Formtek File Linking Extension allows a single document stored in Alfresco to be accessible from multiple locations without physically duplicating the document. A user who is able to access the primary document is able to create a reference in any number of locations that links back to the physical document. Any changes made to the physical document or its metadata are immediately accessible from all referenced locations.
- Allows a single document stored in Alfresco to be accessible from any number of locations without physically duplicating the document
- Provides references with immediate access to content and metadata changes made to the primary document
- Displays different icons to indicate if a document has a reference or is a reference
- Allows references to be removed without deleting the primary document
- Warns you that existing references will be removed when deleting a primary document
- Maintains existing references if the primary document is moved to a different location
- Installs via a JAR file and includes an installer and an uninstaller


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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:29 am
Post subject: Water in the Core...
So I noticed 2 days ago that I lost the circular piece that had a tie off point in the nose of my old longboard had somehow popped out and gone missing.
This left a 2"-3" diameter hole in the nose of my board, exposing core foam. I don't know how long ago this happened, but I definitely have some water in the core foam, probably a lot of it. I tried to let it dry out over the past couple of night, but the foam is still wet to the touch.
What are my options here? I don't want to do anything expensive to fix it (it's a 20+ year old long board). I also unfortunately don't have time to get into an extensive project if that's what it takes. I do want to get back out on the water as soon as possible. Is there a simple way to get all the water out and repair the hole? Should I be looking into a new board?
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:56 am
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Stand the board nose down against a wall, put a shop-vac hose over the hole and leave it on for 1/2 hour, then stuff it full of paper towels and put it out in the sun for a couple of days. Patch over the hole & you're done! Low tech, but should be good enough for the board you're describing.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:27 pm
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I tried many things to dry my old long board with not much success. From my estimate of 15 pounds of water, there are still probably 10 in it.
My board soaked water for years outside, so the water migrated a long way in the board. You might be able to get better results since water may still be close to the opening.
Once you are done with drying, repair the hole as spennie said. No need to get rid of the board, unless it is now too heavy for you.
In my case, I was afraid that the board wouldn't pass freezing winter here in Canada due to expansion but it did well. And it spent several weeks in the water this summer without picking up more. We left it moored at the cottage. It easier for the kids to use it that way.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:33 pm
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Thurston wrote:
Is there a simple way to get all the water out ? Should I be looking into a new board?
No. Yes.
ANY moisture in a core triggers terminal cancer (disingtegration), and even months of active (pumps, etc.), professional drying will not remove enough moisture to cure it. The vapor expands and migrates to contaminate and destroy the entire core. I'd buy a fish tank pump, pump air into one hole and out another (drill one if necessary at the other end of the board), set the board in the sun, leave it there for months, then patch the holes as best as I could ...
Naaaah. Never mind; it's doomed. Just do what Spennie said, then plug/cover the leaks and sail it 'til it falls apart. It might last years if seldom used and kept indoors otherwise. In the meantime, find a dry replacement in somebody's garage for the price of a tank of gas.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:05 pm
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Drill a series of 1/4" diameter holes into the core in a grid pattern (2" or so apart). Keep drilling holes until you get to dry core. Let the board sit out in the sun for a few days so the core dries out. After the core is dry, fill the holes with expanding urethane foam to seal up. I wouldn't do this on a board I cared a lot about, but for a 20 year old board, it should get the core dried out quick and cheap and get you back on the water.
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:16 am
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What kind of board is it, epoxy or plastic?
Many of the older plastic skinned boards had a closed cell foam core that won't absorb much water, they were just heavy to begin with.
If the board has an EPS core, the manufacturer probably would have sealed it with something more than just the towing eye plug. The hole you have may be where they injected a PU foam into the core of the board.
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:43 pm
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We have had success drying boards out but not in two days.
When you lay it up in the sun for several months just like spennie said, with a trash bag or black cloth on it, you can get good results.
If it migrated through the core it can migrate out just as well ,but it will take a long time.
Take his advice and open it up to fix the water over the next storage period.
We fixed one by cutting 16 ins off the front before we dried it. We thought it would sail like a shorter board.
Wrong. It sailed exactly the same. That part of the board is not in the water very much so has been omitted on modern big boards.
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:46 pm
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Good post Hilton If the OP. doesnt know already EPS is loose white bubbles.the other foams come in colors and are uniform in texture.
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:52 pm
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As above, what company what model.
PU boards don't soak much water, and can be drained stood on the nose in 2 days. NOT nights.
Styro boards suck in water, might take triple the time to drain 80% of the water out.
My car has a problem. I won't tell you what car I have.
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:34 pm
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spennie wrote:
Stand the board nose down against a wall, put a shop-vac hose over the hole and leave it on for 1/2 hour, then stuff it full of paper towels and put it out in the sun for a couple of days. Patch over the hole & you're done! Low tech, but should be good enough for the board you're describing.
I'd go 4 or 5 days in the sun w/ the hole at the lowest point, but I wouldn't do the shop vac thing, that's a great way to burn out the motor, I've gone thru too many shop vacs already, not for that, but similar forms of abuse.
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Project managers in IT have a tough job. I've been there myself, and I have also coached a large number of project managers (PM) throughout my travels consulting for a number of organizations around the world. One of the biggest challenges a PM faces is managing the iron triangle of time, cost and scope while wrestling with never ending waves of change and uncertainty as they sheppard the team and project to completion. The typical tool most PMs have been trained on is the work break down structure (WBS) and being schooled by institutions such as PMI, that the best way to manage change and gain predictability is to track at the task and resource level. Unfortunately this approach tends to fail as project complexity increases and most experienced PMs that have the battle scars of large complex projects learn quickly that detailed planning and tracking doesn't help manage change or gain predictability. Trying to keep up with a large rapidly changing project is like playing Tetris on level 20, good luck.
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At this stage of their career, the tendency is to move from detailed task and resource tracking to focus on milestones and deliverables tracking to reduce the detailed planning that doesn't justify the cost vs value of keeping it up to date. While this lighter weight approach is better as it frees up the PMs time from updating project plans and chasing people for status and allows them to spend more time on managing the client, leading the team and resolving issues, it has also has flaws. At some point in the large hairy project, the client or someone else will launch a large number of changes at the project. Change is inevitable in projects for knowledge work. During this time, the PM is struggling to answer the questions of "what is the impact of these changes?", "will we be on time?", and "what can we do to get on track again?". Tracking milestones and deliverables fails miserably at answering those questions. The PM desperate for answers and in need to "show progress" tends to fall back to detailed plan in an attempt to resume control forgetting why they avoided doing this in the first place. It's a vicious cycle and leaves the project at risk.


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Reaching Out to Members with Disabilities
February 4, 2013
An article in the January Ensign called "Embracing Ethan, Accepting Autism" shows how one ward family reaches out with love to a young man with autism and his family. It also gives tips for including member with disabilities.
More information on reaching out to members with disabilities can be found under the First Presidency Statement on Disabilities in General Information.
Featured Video: My Brother Hyrum
December 7, 2012
A past statement by the First Presidency on disabilities says, "We urge leaders, teachers, neighbors, friends, and families to help increase awareness and understanding of disabilities." This week's featured video "My Brother Hyrum" on Create and Share Your Media Talents on lds.org is an example of how Rusty Earl is working to "increase awareness and understanding" of autism.
Autism affects everyone differently. Rusty Earl said, "Autism is a hard condition to explain to others. Even when your child has had it for years, it's still hard to put into words."
If you have a video that will "help increase awareness and understanding of disabilities," please submit it to share with others.
More information about autism can be found on disability.lds.org under autism in the disability list.
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October 30, 2012
As technology progresses so does the Church's ability to make the scriptures available in many different formats for people with disabilities. The Church News recently highlighted these various formats in an article called "The digital word of God."
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Monday, June 30, 2003
NetRegulus addresses total life cycle for quality, clinical, and regulatory data management
Over the past few months, I've been gathering information on software vendors that address quality data management in the life sciences industries. Related to this effort, I attended a half day presentation by NetRegulus earlier this month.
NetRegulus is one of the more prominent players in this space, which includes dozens of vendors offering solutions for quality management, such as Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), complaint tracking, internal and external audit, Six Sigma, non-conformance, and adverse event tracking. Some other well-known vendors in this space include Pilgrim (SmartSolve, SmartCAPA), Sparta Systems (Trackwise), and AssurX (CATSWeb).
NetRegulus, however, covers a broader set of functionality than most vendors. It provides quality and regulatory data management for the production phase of the product life cycle, and it also provides support for the "study" phase, such as management of data for preclinical and clinical studies as well as postmarket and other studies. Study Management functionality includes ability to define study protocols, design and manage case report forms (CRF), define study sites, collect and verify study data, and prepare study data for regulatory submissions and other reporting. The system makes good use of open standards, such as Adobe Acrobat, to collect and manage study data.
The business case for NetRegulus is both tactical and strategic. On the tactical side, the system can reduce cost of studies, cost of compliance, and cost of quality. On the strategic side, the system promises to improve time-to-market through better management of study data. This strategic aspect gives NetRegulus a strong selling point for many life sciences companies, for whom easier and better preparation of FDA submissions and shorter approval cycles translate into faster generation of revenue from new products. Public health and safety is also enhanced if companies use the system to provide better correlation and trending of quality data with integration of complaints or adverse events with study data.
Pricing, however, might be an obstacle to early stage start ups that are accustomed to doing things on the cheap. NetRegulus is a Tier I solution, with pricing starting at about $50,000, for a limited number of user seats. NetRegulus points out, however, that when compared with the cost of outsourcing a single study to a contract research organization (CRO), the cost of the system, which can be used for study after study at no additional charge, begins to look reasonable.
NetRegulus is not alone in addressing requirements for study management. Phase Forward offers similar functionality, and some major application vendors offer study management as part of their enterprise suites. Oracle with its Oracle Clinical product and Siebel with its Siebel Clinical product are two examples.by Frank Scavo, 6/30/2003 01:09:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
For the IT industry, 2002 is shaping up as the worst year ever. IDC is concluding that the worldwide IT industry in 2002 suffered its largest decline ever, with a growth rate of negative 2.3% in contrast to average annual growth of 12% over the past 20 years. Although IDC expects the growth rate in 2003 to resume at more than 5%, it cautions against higher expectations. Constraints to higher growth include continued weak demand in the software sector, sharp price competition in hardware sector, and a continued trend toward smaller projects in the services sector.
According to IDC's Stephen Minton, "Although the industry as a whole won't return to the kind of growth enjoyed before the downturn, there will be a number of bright spots over the next several years." For the U.S. market, spending growth in 2003 will be led by renewed demand for servers, security, and network equipment, with growth in storage and software expected starting in 2005. IDC's press release has more details, including projections for international markets.by Frank Scavo, 6/25/2003 12:31:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Revenue recognition problem in PeopleSoft's refund offer to prospects?
The trade press is admiring PeopleSoft's latest tactic to frustrate Oracle's hostile takeover bid. At the risk of oversimplification, PeopleSoft is offering prospects double-your-money back in the event that Oracle acquires PeopleSoft. According to Computerworld, which obtained a copy of a letter from PeopleSoft to a prospect, "the payment would be triggered should PeopleSoft be bought within a year and if within two years the new owner drops the purchased applications or sets plans to stop supporting them."
But there's a problem with PeopleSoft's tactic. Earlier this week I was discussing this latest development with an experienced sales executive, and he asked how PeopleSoft can properly recognize the revenue from such sales if there is a refund condition attached? Revenue recognition is a sensitive subject in the software industry. A number of vendors in the past, including Oracle, have been investigated by SEC for using "side letters" that put conditions on the sale. Everyone is lauding PeopleSoft for its clever tactic in trying to close new business before the end of the quarter. But no one is talking about the accounting problem of booking sales with refund conditions attached. Am I missing something here?
Computerworld has an article on PeopleSoft's tactic, but no mention of the revenue recognition problem.by Frank Scavo, 6/25/2003 08:33:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
Monday, June 23, 2003
In spite of relaxed deadline, Sarbanes-Oxley is giving urgency to some IT initiatives
Much to the relief of corporate officers, last month the SEC pushed back the deadline one year for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (internal controls). Although one would expect that companies would respond by relaxing their efforts to beef up internal controls, apparently this has not been the case. Research firm AMR recently found that many companies are actually using the extra time to expand their efforts in strengthening internal controls. In terms of information technology, AMR found that Sarbanes-Oxley is giving urgency to three types of projects:
- ERP instance consolidation. Public companies that have different ERP systems across multiple business units are using Sarbanes-Oxley as a reason to migrate to a single system, making internal controls easier to standardize. AMR found that "Nearly 65% of public companies are strongly considering ERP instance consolidation as a remedy to process standardization."
- Better implementation of existing controls and processes. In many cases, ERP systems already have features and functions needed to strengthen internal controls--but they are not fully implemented. AMR found that "nearly 40% of companies surveyed will evaluate the existing features and functions of applications and platforms already in place and configure their systems to take advantage of this built-in and often-ignored functionality."
- Investments in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). One hot class of applications in light of Sarbanes-Oxley is EPM--software that gathers and operating metrics across multiple operating units. AMR found that "slightly more than 32% of companies surveyed are considering EPM....Demand for better internal and external disclosure, and longer term requirement for near real-time reporting of material events to outside regulators."
The full article is on AMR's web site.by Frank Scavo, 6/23/2003 10:54:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
Friday, June 20, 2003
IFS wants a piece of the JDE installed base
Seeking to capitalize on uncertainty surrounding PeopleSoft's proposed acquisition of J.D. Edwards, IFS is offering its mid-market ERP suite at no upfront license charge to installed clients of J.D. Edwards. This "rescue plan" only applies to vertical industries where IFS is currently focused, such as automotive, electronics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, fabricated metals, heavy machinery, and process industries such as food and beverage and paint and adhesives. Although takers don't need to pay an upfront license fee, they will need to sign up for three years of maintenance fees at $1000 per named user, plus implementation consulting support.
IFS is a solid mid-tier ERP vendor, with headquarters in Sweden and offices in 45 countries, including nine in North America. IFS began actively selling in the US in the late 1990s and frequently shows up today against J.D. Edwards in manufacturing deals, especially in those verticals mentioned above. Its strong points are its component based architecture, which allows parts of the system to be upgraded independently, its full-blown product data management and document management functionality, and its integrated plant and equipment maintenance system. All of these features are rare to see in a mid-tier offering, although J.D. Edwards itself has a well-regarded plant and equipment maintenance offering. IFS also has a strong offering for aerospace and defense contractors, with functionality for compliance with US Department of Defense regulations.
That said, I would be surprised if IFS gets very many takers on its offer to the JDE installed base. I am not hearing much concern among JDE users about the proposed acquisition by PeopleSoft. However, if a JDE client were already planning to switch, this offer from IFS could be quite attractive. Details are on the IFS web site.by Frank Scavo, 6/20/2003 08:26:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
SSA adds Ironside Technologies to its ecosystem. SSA GT continues on its acquisition binge this week, picking up Ironside Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Ironside offers B2B e-commerce solutions for both sell side and buy side. Its strategy in the past has been to provide off-the-shelf adapters to a variety of ERP systems, offering companies a way to add Internet e-commerce capabilities to their legacy systems. Right from the start in the mid-1990s, Ironside was targeting the BPCS installed base, among others. I have evaluated Ironside products from time to time since then, and I think it will make an excellent addition to the SSA portfolio.
SSA's press release gives the details.by Frank Scavo, 6/19/2003 07:44:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Monday, June 16, 2003
PeopleSoft rallies dog lovers against Oracle. There's a good article on Bloomberg today, contrasting the personal style of Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison with that of PeopleSoft's founder Dave Duffield and its CEO, Craig Conway. The best quote is at the end, where Conway comments on Oracle's stated intention to stop development on PeopleSoft's products if Oracle succeeds in its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. He says, "It's like me asking if I could buy your dog so I can go out back and shoot it.''by Frank Scavo, 6/16/2003 10:49:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
Details behind the PeopleSoft/JDE deal. The Denver Post has an interesting story on how the deal evolved over the past eight months between PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards, including the extraordinary measures taken to ensure rumors of the deal did not leak out. At one point, a group of JDE executives were put on a plane to California without knowing why they were traveling, to be told when they got there.by Frank Scavo, 6/12/2003 08:24:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Who's next in the vendor consolidation trend?
There's a lot of speculation over the past two days in the business press concerning which enterprise software vendors will be next to be acquired. Siebel is most frequently mentioned. But the one that strikes me as most intriguing is Manugistics, a Tier I supply chain management vendor. Interestingly, one of the investors in SSA GT is General Atlantic Partners, which was one of the original investors in Manugistics. If SSA were to acquire Manugistics, it would give SSA a premier brand in supply chain management, a strong installed base in consumer product manufacturing and distribution, and a foothold in the aerospace and defense industry, through Manugistics' ownership of Western Data Systems (WDS), an ERP system that is well-established among large A&D contractors.
Information Week has a good summary of the events of the past week in vendor consolidation and potential next targets.by Frank Scavo, 6/10/2003 11:08:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
Monday, June 09, 2003
Made2Manage going private
With all the hoopla around Oracle, JDE, and PeopleSoft last week, no one seems to notice that the Tier III ERP vendor Made2Manage agreed to be bought out by an affiliate of IT venture capital firm Battery Ventures for $30m in cash. The buyout price is 35% over the current share price, a nice pop for shareholders.
M2M is a small footprint, easy to install system, with good vertical functionality for manufacturers of fabricated metals, industrial and commercial machinery, electronics, and rubber and plastics products. It is currently compliant with the Microsoft .NET framework, and a new version rewritten using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is slated for general availability in early 2004. According to one source inside M2M, the company has been renewing its connection with its 1,600 installed base customers and has been having some success in cross-selling additional products, such as advanced planning and scheduling, CRM, financial reporting tools, and enhanced BOM functionality for reference designators in the electronics industry.
Made2Manage has been bumping along at about $30M in revenue for the past three years, with a slight loss in the fiscal year ending March 31. With cash reserves of over $16M, the company was not in immediate trouble. So why did M2M agree to the deal? One reason might be to get out from under the harsh spotlight of the public markets, which make it difficult for vendors to work beyond the results for the next quarter. Another might be Sarbanes-Oxley, which adds additional cost of compliance for publicly held companies. But the more strategic reason might be eventually to position M2M for sale to a larger enterprise system vendor. M2M might make a good acquisition for a larger vendor that is looking to offer a Microsoft-based ERP package and not have to build it from scratch. Or, it might be a good target for a CRM or SCM vendor that is looking to move into the ERP space.
The press release is on the M2M web site.by Frank Scavo, 6/09/2003 10:35:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
The SAP ERP ecosystem. Dick Kuiper, commenting on my previous post, points out that SAP is also developing an ERP ecosystem around its mySAP Business suite. Dick writes, "SAP is marketing this as a component architecture, but it's really a modular ecosystem, breaking down the monolithic R/3 system into plug-and-play modules."
In the case of SSA, the large installed base for the ecosystem is being built by acquisition, and the complementary products require custom integration to each of SSA's legacy ERP systems. In the case of SAP, the installed base is a single system (with some clients on older versions, of course), clearly a more workable environment. But in either case, the goal is the same: keep customers in the ecosystem so that revenue from additional products and services can be derived from the installed base.by Frank Scavo, 6/09/2003 08:53:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Sunday, June 08, 2003
ERP ecosystems: a sustainable business model?
Last week I attended one of the SSA GT "Road Shows" in Irvine, CA, which SSA is hosting around the country to update its installed base users on current product directions. As I have written previously, over the past 18 months, SSA has been building a large installed base (now over 16,000 customers, in 90 countries) by acquiring other software vendors that have fallen on hard times.
Coming away from this presentation, I am convinced that SSA's strategy is to build an "ERP Ecosystem" (my phrase, not SSA's) of complementary products that it can sell into its installed base, to keep clients on maintenance and sustain them as a source of revenue for many years. Such a strategy has strong appeal for two reasons:
These two factors lead to the concept of an ERP ecosystem, where a vendor's revenue model depends less on constantly finding new customers and more on sustaining a large installed base of existing customers with sales of complementary products and services to integrate them with client's installed system. SSA already had an impressive list of multi-national customers of its BPCS ERP system, especially in key verticals such as pharmaceutical manufacturing. Over the past 18 months, it has been adding to this installed base through its purchase of a number of other ERP systems, such as PRMS, Infinium, KBM, ManMan, and most recently, Baan. SSA is not alone in attempting to build an ERP ecosystem around a large installed base. MAPICS appears to be adopting a similar strategy, as I described in my post on April 29.
- From the vendor side, in the maturing market for ERP systems, new license sales are becoming more difficult and increasing revenue from existing customers becomes more important.
- From the client side, although companies want new functionality, they are increasingly reluctant to undergo wholesale change-out of functioning ERP systems to get it.
In the Road Show, SSA outlined the common complementary products it is now offering to its large installed base. These include the following:
In an ERP ecosystem, complementary products such as those listed above do not need to be best-of-breed. They just need to be "good enough" for an installed base client to stay with SSA and avoid a completely new ERP system or costly custom integration with third-party products. SSA's plan to build such an ERP ecosystem will be tested over the next 12-18 months by whether the installed base begins to purchase these complementary products. If SSA is successful, watch for other vendors to adopt a similar strategy.
- Warehouse Management (WMS): SSA is offering Warehouse BOSS, which it picked up in with its acquisition of PRMS. Interfaces were already in place for PRMS, of course, and interfaces to BPCS were just released in April. WMS is a frequently-desired complementary product, and for companies that need it, it usually carries a strong tactical ROI. Warehouse BOSS is a good mature multi-site WMS that should be well-received in the BPCS installed base.
- HR/Payroll: SSA is promising integration of its Infinium HR/Payroll system to its BPCS and PRMS installed base within 60-90 days. Infinium was always considered a solid HR/Payroll vendor, especially for the IBM iSeries (formerly AS/400), and this offering increases the attractiveness of SSA for the BPCS and PRMS installed base. The Infinium offering has been updated over the past few years with a functionality for manager and employee Web-based self service.
- Enterprise Performance Analytics (EPA): For data mining and business intelligence, SSA is offering pre-built integration to Cognos, a well-regarded business intelligence solution. Current EPAs are limited to financial reporting and sales analysis, two of the most-often requested, with more on the way. Integration appears limited to BPCS users of V6.1 and higher, which would put this out of reach for the large number of BPCS users on older versions.
- CRM: SSA is offering "BPCS CRM," which is based on Applix. (The Applix web site, however, indicates that its iCRM product has been acquired by Platinum Equity Holdings.) SSA currently has interfaces to Applix built for BPCS, with interfaces promised to PRMS later this year.
- Forecasting and Demand Management: SSA is offering interfaces to Logility from BPCS, with interfaces from PRMS later this year. SSA refers to this offering as "collaborative commerce," probably because of its support for Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR). However, the offering is basically a high-powered demand planning tool. This is a good offering for SSA's consumer product customers.
- Web-enablement: SSA is offering a "BPCS Enable," which is basically a private label version of IBM's WebSphere Express. This platform allows older IBM 5250 character-based versions of BPCS to be deployed over a browser-client and also allows them to interoperate with newer SSA offerings for e-commerce, CRM, and business intelligence. If the uptake of this product by the installed base is good, it will serve to extend SSA maintenance revenues on these older versions of BPCS.
- Knowledge Management: Although not discussed in the Road Show, SSA has just signed a letter of intent to acquire, Elevon, a vendor of knowledge management and collaborative commerce systems.by Frank Scavo, 6/08/2003 12:01:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
Friday, June 06, 2003
Vendors behaving badly. Well, PeopleSoft's CEO puts to rest any idea that Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft is anything but hostile. In a press release just now, Craig Conway refers to Oracle's offer as "atrociously bad behavior from a company with a history of atrociously bad behavior." Furthermore, my interpretation appears confirmed that Oracle is simply trying to spoil the deal between PeopleSoft and JDE. "Obviously it is a transparent attempt to disrupt the acquisition of J.D. Edwards by PeopleSoft announced earlier this week," said Conway, adding "If anyone needed any further validation of the strength of the J.D. Edwards acquisition, we heard it today from Oracle."by Frank Scavo, 6/06/2003 02:02:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Oracle trying to spoil the Peoplesoft/JDE deal. Just four days after PeopleSoft offered to buy J.D. Edwards, Oracle announces this morning that it is offering to buy PeopleSoft for $5.1 billion. Although by every sign, the PeopleSoft/JDE deal is friendly--the two CEO's claim to have been talking about this for months--the Oracle bid for PeopleSoft is hostile. Furthermore, unlike PeopleSoft and JDE, whose products and markets can be viewed as complementary, Oracle and PeopleSoft are fierce competitors, going head to head in many high end deals, especially in financial applications, human resources, CRM, and e-procurement. So Oracle's offer isn't about any great desire to get a hold of PeopleSoft's products. It's about breaking up the PeopleSoft/JDE combination. Oracle's press release gives away the motivation: it clearly states that if Oracle wins, it will stop actively selling PeopleSoft products and will re-evaluate the acquisition of J.D. Edwards.
Oracle is only offering a 6% premium over PeopleSoft's current market cap, so the deal is by no means certain to be approved by PeopleSoft shareholders. But Oracle's offer throws the PeopleSoft/JDE deal into uncertainty. My prediction is that Oracle will not be successful in acquiring PeopleSoft. But even if Oracle does not win, the short-term tactical benefit in creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the future of BOTH PeopleSoft and JDE in the mind of potential buyers is invaluable to Oracle for sales over the next couple of quarters. With the enterprise systems market starting a modest recovery, Oracle's hostile bid is simply a tactical maneuver to strengthen its own position in sales opportunities this year.by Frank Scavo, 6/06/2003 07:54:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, June 05, 2003
It's no party like 1999, but still welcome news to enterprise system vendors. In another sign of a turnaround, AMR Research is projecting a 3% increase sales of enterprise systems this year, to $36.9 billion, to be followed by a 5.9% increase in 2004. The research firm sees the fastest growing segments as CRM (9% growth) and supply chain management (5.6% growth). AMR attributes the optimistic outlook to an improving economic climate, pent up demand for new systems, and increased penetration of ERP vendors in markets such as supply chain management and CRM.
The San Jose Mercury News has a summary of the report.by Frank Scavo, 6/05/2003 08:18:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Another day, another enterprise software vendor merger
Yesterday, it's PeopleSoft acquiring J.D. Edwards. Today it's SSA GT acquiring Baan from Invensys, which has been rumored for almost two months. (Technically, it's Baan being sold to an investment group, comprising Cerberus Capital Management and General Atlantic Partners, which also owns SSA GT.) I've already given my perspective on this acquisition in my post on April 19. Now it's official.
There are more details in Baan's press release. But, interestingly, there's nothing yet on the SSA web site about this.by Frank Scavo, 6/03/2003 01:10:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
Monday, June 02, 2003
PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards. The number of Tier I ERP vendors is shrinking by one, with PeopleSoft announcing this morning that it is buying J.D. Edwards. This is one of the biggest and most significant deals in the enterprise systems space in a long time. The combined company will have annual revenue of about $2.8 billion and about 13,000 employees. Both vendors cut a very broad applications footprint. Both are very strong in financial applications, while PeopleSoft has an edge in HR and CRM, and JDE has a stronger presence in manufacturing and distribution. Nevertheless, these two vendors go head to head in many deals. The press release indicates that JDE will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of PeopleSoft, which means that existing clients will probably not see much change immediately. But it will be very interesting to see what happens when a prospect wants to look at both JDE and PeopleSoft.
Why is PeopleSoft doing this? There is already some speculation that PeopleSoft needs a stronger mid-market strategy to compete against Microsoft (with its Great Plains acquisition) and that of all the major enterprise system vendors, JDE has the strongest mid-market presence. CNET already has some analyst reaction.
The deal is expected to close by early fourth quarter 2003.by Frank Scavo, 6/02/2003 08:28:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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text: I recently returned to Jolly Rogers in New London, I have to admit I hadn't eaten there in awhile, and this is only the second time. I was on my way home from Milwaukee and decided to stop and pick up pizza. The gentleman behind the bar was very nice and he also happened to be the person making our pizza. So I ordered my pizza and I sat at the bar and was able to see him in the kitchen making it. I was really impressed, they have a dough ext-ruder (I think that's what it's called) that has various settings and you run the pizza dough through it and continue to thin it out, because we ordered thin crust. The last step in working with the dough was he threw it up in the air, like wow, it was cool to watch. Then, he proceeded to put it on the pan and add our toppings, and then into the oven it went. He came back to the bar and we were talking about their expansion project, they are planning to move the bar into the adjacent building and in fact it will be an Irish Pub (very fitting for a City that holds one of the largest St. Patty's Day Festivals and parades in the state of Wisconsin), and the previous bar area will be converted to more family dining. They also have a frozen pizza business called "Jolly Bob's" which is carried in many locations here in Central Wisconsin, and their frozen pizza business will also be in a part of the new building. They will also be offering outdoor dining by the river, which will be really great, very serene to be sitting near the water enjoying a meal with friends and family. Of course they are known for their pizza, but are not just a one trick pony. They also offer pastas, homemade calzones, sandwiches, burgers, wings and you can get take out, and even delivery of any items on the menu in the New London area. And in the tradition of "Man vs Food", they have a 26″ pizza challenge, if you can eat one 26″one topping pizza by yourself in 1 hour, you can win $100 and get your picture on the wall of fame….that my friend's is a lot of pizza no matter which way you slice it. He also told me of a story of a local Dr. who had climbed Mt. Everest and in one of his blog posts stated he was really craving a bacon cheeseburger pizza from Jolly Rogers, now that is customer loyalty personified. So next time your in the New London are, or have a hankerin' for a good pizza, stop on in to Jolly Rogers located at 220 N. Water St. or call them at 920-982-2333 www.jollyrogerspizzeria.com.


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Governor Lingle releases $48 million to develop UH West Oʻahu campusUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Ryan Mielke, (808) 454-4753
Executive Director of Public Affairs, Chancellor's Office
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Posted: Jul 2, 2010
Governor Linda Lingle has released $48,000,000 to the University of Hawai'i to finance construction of the permanent UH West Oʻahu campus.
"The UH West O'ahu campus will not be just a set of buildings, but a place for people to realize their potential and pursue their goals," said Governor Lingle. "The new university campus will provide an environment for students to expand their knowledge and advance their education. The permanent campus is a critical component of the growing West O'ahu region that will uplift the community while creating a better future for our entire state."
"We are extremely pleased that Governor Lingle has released the funding for this important project," said UH President M.R.C. Greenwood. "This will help us bring to fruition the university's plan of providing higher education to the rapidly growing West O'ahu region. Increasing the state's educational and intellectual capital is crucial to Hawai'i's long-term success, and our West O'ahu campus will help us achieve that goal."
Of the $48 million, $31,224,000 will be used to develop three buildings, including a two-story, 41,136-square-foot classroom building; a two-story 41,798-square-foot laboratory building; and a two-story, 12,671-square-foot maintenance and mechanical building.
The balance of the funds, $16,776,000, will be used for infrastructure, including mass grading of 10.5 acres; a 12-inch waterline, a 10-inch sewer line and driveways and roadways from Kualaka'i Parkway to the campus; electric power lines from Farrington Highway; a 183-stall parking lot, utilities to support the three initial buildings and landscaping.
"Governor Lingle's release of the funding for our campus in Kapolei is a milestone for our university and the thousands of students who will soon walk through the doors of our new campus," said UH West O'ahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni. "We have been without a permanent campus for nearly 35 years. Through it all, our communities have stood by us, supporting our efforts. This campus is for them as well as future generations who will soon have accessible higher education in West O'ahu. With Governor Lingle and our legislators' help, the dream of an entire region will soon be realized."
For more information, visit: http://www.uhwo.hawaii.edu/newcampus


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Two walkers Jack and Jill walked by the same road and at the same time from point A to point B. When Jack was 50 miles from point B, he passed a jogger who was jogging towards point B at 6 miles per hour. Two hours later, Jack met a cyclist going in the opposite direction at 8 miles per hour. Jill overtook the same jogger when she was 30 miles from point B. Exactly 20 minutes before Jill reached a point 16 miles from point B she met the cyclist. Where was Jill when Jack reached point B?
Thanks for your help
I wish that Graeme would come back and give us the solution. I spent over an hour playing with this problem to no avail. It is one of those where creating the correct variable to begin with is imperative. Alas, I keep picking the wrong ones and I am sure that it isn't that difficult. You know the ones where you smack yourself in the head when you see how simple it is with the right perspective.
So Jack and Jill walk faster than a jogger. I've seen some slow joggers before. Actually, I'm one of them, on occasion.
igloo myrtilles fourmis
I can't figure this out, but here is a graph
that makes some progress on the
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Note that the only real slope I know is that the
jogging line has slope .6, which is analagous to
6mph, and the bike has slope -.8, which goes with
-8mph. The other two, Jack and Jill, I am
simply guessing around 7.7 and 7.0 mph, respectively.
I assume Jack and Jill leave at same time, so those
lines go thru origin not shown on graph.
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What if the problem was modified so that they walked at the same rate (ie left at different times, Jack leaves before Jill). How far would Jill be from point B when Jack reached it in this case?
That they are walking at different rates is not the problem. I have now spent over two hours pouting over this one. The problem is the number of variables. Whenever you solve a problem like this you come up with a system of equations relating all of the variable to one another. The problem with this one is that there is not enough known to solve for all of the unknowns. You wind up with a bunch of relationships and no specific answer.
I came up with three time variables, two velocity variables, one distance variable, and over ten relationships among them. I have since given up as I feel that not enough informations is provided to solve it. I went to college for mechanical engineering and am pretty good at these types of problems.
I think that I could solve it if either the distance from A to B or any of the initial positions of the jogger or cycle were known. But the way it is now, is horrible to say the least. I hope that you didn't make it up off the top of your head. Spending a couple of hours on an unsolvable problem is quite frustrating.
One of the time/distance relationships has over 20 terms in just the numerator! If you did make it up, please learn from this experience.
Oh I can assure you that I didn't make this one up off the top of my head. This came from a small maths paper and I will be waiting in anticipation for the "solution".
I know exactly how you feel, I have spent a long time on this also to no avail. However, I am only 17, so I thought that I would open it up to the more qualified mathematicians on here who may have been able to offer an approach I wasn't familiar with.
this doesn't sound like a particularly great question
I am looking forward to the solution as well. I am relieved to hear that it wasn't some sort of pipe dream. If it is solvable without a computer program then it is a very good question indeed. It has left me baffled so far.
I will try to get my drawings on the other problem as well. I am almost sure that it was just a two dimensional solution.
I'm confused about the wording of this problem:
Two walkers Jack and Jill walked by the same road and at the same time from point A to point B. When Jack was 50 miles from point B, he passed a jogger who was jogging towards point B at 6 miles per hour. Two hours later, Jack met a cyclist going in the opposite direction at 8 miles per hour.
When it says 2 hours later, does it mean two hours after they first started walking? Or two hours after he passed the jogger?
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
I am not sure, I can only assume that it is from when he passed the jogger.
I hate when the wording is debatable!
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Mikau, I assumed it was two hours AFTER passing the jogger as well....but judging at my track record lately it probably is not the case. (That was supposed to be funny darn it!)
Well I managed to crank 11 equations out of this problem. There are 11 variables to consider so it should just be a matter of rearranging now. But I'm too exhausted to do it at this point so I'll just post what I found for now.
We'll let A = 0, and t = 0 be the time when they first begin. Also I changed jack and jill to boy and girl, so we can represent them with different letters.
1. The position (or distance traveled from A) when the boy saw the cyclist equals the time in hours from when he first started, times his rate. Thus Pbc = Tbc * Rb
2. Supposedly, the boy passed the cyclest two hours after he passed the jogger. So Tbc = Tbj + 2
3. When the boy saw the jogger, he was 50 miles from point b. So Pbj = B - 50
4. The position of the boy when he saw the jogger equals his rate times the time it took to get there. Thus Pbj = Tbj * Rb
5. Supposedly, the girl saw the cyclist 20 minutes before she got 16 miles from point B. How long would it take her to get 16 miles frome point B? Well, Rg * T = (B - 16) T = (B - 16)/Rg. But she saw the cyclest 20 minutes before this time. We're working the problem in hours so thats 1/3 hour before. Thus Tgc = (B - 16)/Rg -1/3
6. Position of the girl when she saw the cyclist equals her rate, times the time it took her to get there. Thus Pgc = Rg * Tgc
7. We are told the girl met the jogger when she was 30 miles from be, thus Pgj = B - 30.
8. Position when girl saw the jogger equals her rate times the time it took to get there. Thus Pgj = Rg * Tgj
9. The cyclist drove from the position where he passed the boy, to the position where he passed the girl. So the distance he traveled between the 2 was (Pgc - Pbc). He did this from the time he passed the boy, to the time he passed the girl, and was driving at 8 mph. Thus the distance between the two also 8 * (Tgc - Tbc). These two distances are equal so (Pgc - Pbc) = 8 * (Tgc - Tbc)
10. The boy met the jogger 50 miles from B and the girl met the jogger 30 miles from B. Thus the positions where they met the jogger were 20 miles apart. Thus Pgj - Pbj = 20. (this is provable using equations 3 and 7)
11. The jogger traveled 20 miles from the position where he met the boy to the position where he met the girl. We don't know how long this was but we do know his rate was 6. So 6 * T = 20. T = 10/3. Thus The time from when the boy saw him to when the girl saw him was 10/3 hours. So Tgj - Tbj = 10/3. Rearraned Tgj = 10/3 + Tbj
12. Oops! I wrote this already. My bad!
Ok so thats 10 equations then. Not 11. 10 is just a combination of equations 3 and 7 (ironicly) so it doesn't count. And 12 I wrote already (in a rearranged form)
The equation may still be solvable at this point, with a lot of rearranging. But I'm going to see if I can find one last equation.
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Oops. The position where the boy saw the cyclist on the graph I drew is obviously wrong. But fortunatly, that should have no effect on the truthfullness of the equations. (if I did them right in the first place)
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Isrpower, as you can see I also got 10 relationships. Did you get one I didn't get?
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Great minds think alike. I think that you got all of the same foundation relationships that I had. Now the hard part is upon you. When I started to rearange these formulas is when I got a headache. I have still not stumbled upon the combination which yields a single variable. That is why I told Graeme that even one more piece of information would have made this problem much easier.
I think that the crucial formula is for the time when the girl meets the cyclist. If you can solve for that time you would simply add 1/3 hour and know that it equals B - 16. I think that everything else would fall into place from there. I spent most of my time trying to solve for this time which I called t2.
I'm glad to atleast see that someone else has come up with the same relationships and that I am not crazy.
Notice that Tgc = f(Rg,Tbj) = f(Rb,Tbj) = f(B,Tbj), which become very large expansions.
Taking two of my large functions for Tgc and subtracting one from the other resulted in:
where x = B (total distance) and y = Tbj (or t1) ; I got this mess;
51x²y - 27x² + 48x²y² + 9x²y^3 - 2606xy + 1200x - 2080xy²....
-96xy³ + 72xy^4 + 5680y - 1600y² - 17700y³ - 3600y^4 - 11700 = 0
Now you may want to use the quadratic equation to solve for B, but I can't imagine the answer providing anything that humans would want to read.
If you like putting things like this into electronics devices then by all means go ahead.
I plugged the above refuse into my TI-89 and 20 seconds later it solved for B. Even then it spat out a implicit function which is useless because you need B to use it.
I have since set the calculator on a quest to solve for Tbj, but it is now five minutes later and the TI is still only producing heat! ( I have since had to remove the batteries )
Take that for what it is worth. I still think that some other piece of information is needed. Maybe we are looking at this wrong. Would a final position of Jill in terms of variables be acceptable?
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Mikau, by the way it is irspow and not irspower. The I.R.S. already has unconstitutional power, it does not need any praise from us. My name is irspow, as in I.R.S. and P.O.W. and it has been the same on the internet for over 15 years.
My apologees!
Anyway, I was thinking about this problem a lot last night.
At any rate, maybe we should just keep cranking out rearragned forms and see if we find anything.
Pgj * Tgc = Pgc * Tgj = Rg
Pbj * Tbc = Pbc * Tbj = Rb
Pgj = 20 + Pbj
Tgj = Tbj + 10/3
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Wouldn't you think that the level of difficulty for such a problem should fit the purpose? I mean if you want to see if someone can solve a system of equations, why does it have to be such a large system?
I give up myself. I am not even interested in the solution that much. If it were a real world example or if the solution would provide some new insight then it would be worth the effort. But this is all starting to feel kind of like wasted time.
Good luck to you in this quest.
Did anyone get anywhere with the simplification?
However, I think I have my own solution to the problem. I will post it very soon, once I have checked it
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text: What if the portraits of the Old Masters were painted in the twenty-first century? According to designer Anna Utopia Giordano, the Venuses of works like Botticelli's Nascita di Venere would be subjected to the same stringent morphological standards of today's supermodels and starlets. Here are some postcards from this alternate reality where even Renaissance deities are beholden to Hollywood.


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March 21, 2012
|Consumers could find the Nissan Leaf and other EVs more accessible under a plan proposed by the PEV Dialogue Group.
Credit: Nissan
A coalition of automakers, electric utilities, environmental groups, state officials, and DOE on March 13 outlined joint recommendations for accelerating the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) nationwide. The PEV Dialogue Group, convened last year by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), presented its recommendations at a Washington, D.C. event.
The group's report, An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid, provides a roadmap for coordinated public and private sector action to ensure that PEV owners can conveniently plug in their cars without overtaxing the grid. It recommends steps to ensure compatible regulatory approaches nationwide, balance public and private investments in charging infrastructure, and better inform consumers about PEVs. Over the coming months, C2ES will support DOE-funded Clean Cities coalitions working in dozens of communities across the country to develop local PEV deployment plans.
C2ES will work with the PEV Dialogue Group and others to promote implementation of its plan. Nearly 18,000 PEVs were sold in the United States last year; over the next year or two, all of the major automakers plan to have models on the road. Some PEVs such as the Nissan Leaf rely entirely on battery power, while the Chevy Volt and others have backup engines to extend their driving ranges. Broad deployment of PEVs, which use little or no gasoline, can significantly reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil and curb harmful tailpipe emissions. See the C2ES press release.
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text: On this morning's Today show, Ann Curry interviewed Alia Sabur, who, at 18, became the youngest professor in the history of the United States. Sabur, now 19, is refreshingly adorable and normal — certainly mature for her age, but completely humble about her achievements. She teaches physics and math at Southern University in New Orleans, a school so destroyed by Katrina that students are still attending classes in trailers. Sabur wanted to teach there because she wanted to help Katrina victims but knew she wasn't good at building houses. "I tried to do what I'm good at," Sabur explained. A voice over notes that Sabur "loves celebrity gossip websites," and pans to a shot of Alia looking at Jezebel. Full clip above.


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"The sleek appearance of the Pursuit OS 285 is enough to get your heart racing; but there's a lot more to this boat than simply good looks"
This boat is well equipped and has impeccable service history.
The sleek appearance of the OS 285 is enough to get your heart racing; but there's a lot more to this boat than simply good looks.
The large unobstructed cockpit features a molded-in stern seat with a spacious insulated storage compartment in the seat base. Across from the stern bench are port and starboard aft facing seats for watching lines or for joining in on the conversation. These seat bases conceal a cooler and a 32-gallon livewell for immediate access when and where you need them.
For convenient water access, there's a transom door and ladder to port. On the opposite side, there's a conveniently located rigging station and sink so that you're there where the action is. For additional seating, the helm and companion pedestal seats swivel and can face aft to make the party complete.
Despite the large cockpit, the cabin interior is spacious and inviting with a single adult berth (or two kids) amidships, a galley with sink, microwave, single-burner stove and cabinetry to port, and an enclosed stand-up head compartment opposite it. The forward dinette converts to comfortable sleeping arrangements for two adults after full day on the water.
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Mayor's Office
Lincoln Fire and Rescue (LFR) will participate in the 2012 International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week June 17 through 23. Safety and Health Week is sponsored by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) with the support of a network of fire service, health and safety organizations. The goal of the week is to improve firefighter safety and health to help them survive emergencies and live longer.
"Lincoln Fire and Rescue will observe Safety and Health Week by recommitting ourselves to workplace safety," said Battalion Chief Derald Murrell. "Our firefighters work tirelessly to protect the city. To ensure a constant state of readiness, we'll focus on our own health and safety to help us deliver the high quality of service residents expect and deserve in the most effective, efficient and safest way possible."
The theme for this year's observance is "Rules You Can Live By." Fire and EMS personnel will use the tools and resources of two nationally acclaimed programs - the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section's Rules of Engagement and the NVFC's Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program.
Heart attacks are the leading cause of on-duty firefighter fatalities, and about 81,000 firefighters are injured each year.
LFR employs 295 firefighters and EMS personnel. More information on LFR is available at fire.lincoln.ne.gov. More information on International Fire/EMS Safety and Health Week is available at safetyandhealthweek.org.


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Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Doctor Who - The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later
10 comments :
- Christel Doctor Who said...
sooo....making videos on the hop to get round our own plot holes are we now Moffat? Classy.
- 26 March 2013 at 19:23
- Tom Shearsmith MYP said...
Going to be honest - I feel he's had this planned a while and your POV is just biased because Moffat did it. :P
- 26 March 2013 at 20:38
- Cult_Of_The_Critic said...
Moffat or no, I still think it's the lamest explanation ever used in Who.
- 26 March 2013 at 20:52
- Christel Doctor Who said...
Perhaps it is, but you have to admit, if he did have it planned why not just not "kill" Strax off at Demons Run. Then at least it wouldnt look as half arsed as it does.
- 26 March 2013 at 22:02
- Christel Doctor Who said...
Here here.
- 26 March 2013 at 22:03
- Steve Andrew said...
Oh who cares? Can't it just be a funny little clip?
- 27 March 2013 at 15:01
- Steve Andrew said...
Oh who cares, can't it just be an amusing little clip?
- 27 March 2013 at 15:01
Totally disagreed there Tom. If this was done BEFORE The Snowmen or not at all, then it wouldn't seem so bad, but the sheer fact it is done after it signifies something that went from "Mystifying" to something that's "not very well thought out with a lame excuse to wrap it up".
- 27 March 2013 at 17:09
- Mike Lynch said...
Blocked by the BBC now. Ah well!
- 28 March 2013 at 01:30
- Jack Artagan Mackenna said...
Fans taking stuff too seriously again what a surprise
- 29 March 2013 at 07:43


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Tax Benefits
Tax benefits may be available to you if you are saving for or paying education costs for yourself or, in many cases, another student who is a member of your immediate family. Most benefits apply only to higher education.
Current tax credits that are available are:
- The American Opportunity Credit
- The Lifetime Learning Credit
Other benefits include:
- Student loan interest deduction
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- Tuition and Fees for education deduction
- Establish and contribute to a Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) which features tax-free earnings
- Participate in a qualified earnings program, also referred to as a 529 Savings Plan, which features tax-free earnings
- Take early distributions from any type of individual retirement arrangement (IRA) for education costs without paying the 10% additional tax on early distributions
- Cash in savings bonds for education costs without having to pay tax on the interest
- Receive tax-free educational benefits from your employer
- Take a business deduction for work-related education
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Benefit dinner for Radley O'Neal
Radley is a six year old boy from Hartford, Ark., who has a rare form of cancer. He is being treated in Little Rock. In addition to the medical expenses, travel expenses just add to the heavy burden the family is facing at this time. Please open your hearts to them and help us make this benefit a big success. Please call if you would like to help with donations or serve on a work detail. Follow the signs to the Cameron Community Center. Serving from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, July 21. Plan to have lunch with us after Sunday services. Line attendants will fill your plates so you will not have a long wait. MENU:Spaghetti with home-made meat sauceGarlic bread and saladDessert and beverage$5 per plate DINE IN OR CARRY OUT. Pre-purchased tickets help us be more efficient in planning; call number below. You may also reserve a ticket by signing up on my facebook event page. And of course, tickets will be available at the door. FUN AND PRIZES:$100 Prize for Talent Show Contest***Raffle for gifts every 30 minutes.Raffle for 2 Hand-made QuiltsFree Karaoke Fun-4-AllSILENT AUCTION You do not need to be present to win the raffle prizes or the Silent Auction items.BUT, YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN THE $100 TALENT CONTEST. ***You must register for the talent contest by Wednesday, July 17. Entry fee is $5 which includes your spaghetti dinner. Entertain our dinner guests as you showcase your talent to win the $100 cash. Time restraints will limit entries to the first thirty contestants to register before July 17. Winner will be selected by audience ratings. You must call for complete details to be included in this contest. Contact: Burta Lancaster 1 (918) 654-3552; firstname.lastname@example.com or find me on face book and join the "event" page for automatic updates.


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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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Chris F needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
TLC Pharmacy
Hello, my name is Chris and I am the project web developer for TLC Pharmacy. TLC Pharmacy require a new website design for their online pharmacy store.
teens to senior citizens.
The template has to convey a sense of community, trust and professionalism.
A mock up of the website can be found at: http://tlc.logicalit.com. Note: This mock up site was only put together to show the requirements of the site.
The front page requires the following sections/areas:
- header for logo
- horizontal menu bar
- editorial where images or text can be displayed (refer to "welcome to " image on mock up website.)
- shopping cart status
- Categories
- Viewed Products
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Cambridge UK, September 4, 2014 Abcam plc, a global leader in the manufacture and supply of innovative protein research tools and services, and Cell Marque Corporation, a provider of antibodies and reagents for diagnostic immunohistochemistry, announced today they have signed a global 10-year strategic marketing agreement for Abcam's in vitro diagnostic (IVD) immunohistochemistry (IHC) RabMAb® primary antibody portfolio.
Under the agreement, Cell Marque will apply its extensive IVD expertise to incorporate Abcam's IVD IHC RabMAb primary antibodies into its portfolio and use its established distribution channels to distribute them to the global market. The agreement will give customers faster, easier access to Abcam's high-quality antibodies.
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John Melvin Adams, 91, of Leavenworth, passed away, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at the Twin Oaks Rehabilitation and Long Term Care Facility. He was born on April 18, 1922, in Jackson, Mo., the son of Archie and Elsie (Moore) Adams.
He graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1941 and moved to San Diego, Calif. After working a few jobs in California John enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943, where he served as an Aviation Supply Specialist assigned to the USS Steamer Bay. He saw action in Palau, the Liberation of the Philippines, Leyte Gulf, the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles in the Pacific Theater. He continued his service in the United States Navy Reserve in the personnel field, retiring in 1978 as a Chief Petty Officer. John Adams worked for the United States Army as a Department of the Army Civilian in the Aviation and Logistics field. He served in the Saint Louis area with assignments in Michigan, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. In October, 2012, John culminated his United States Navy experience by participating in the WWII Honor Tour in Washington, D.C. John, with his brother Donald Adams, who served in the United States Merchant Marines Atlantic Theater, participated in the Honor Tour sponsored by the Poplar Bluff American Legion Post hosted by Rob and Deb Callahan. He talked about this trip for months and enjoyed sharing his photo book with family and friends.
John was a man of deep Christian faith and enjoyed Cardinals baseball, eating good food, drinking a cold beer, listening to country music, watching Judge Joe Brown, playing cards, going to antique car shows, Duke basketball and spending time with family.
John was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Woodrow, Harold and Rusby; his oldest son, Michael Lynn Adams, Sr.; a grandson, Justin Lee Adams; and many friends.
He is survived by two daughters, Christine (Mike) Shanahan of Cross Plains, Wis. and Tamara (Michael) Sevcik of Leavenworth, Kan.; a son, Brian (Ruth) Adams, of O'Fallon, Mo.; his grandchildren, Michael Lynn, Jr., Robynn (Mike) Fosen, Joyce (Shannon) Adams, Lindsay (Brian) Rule, Eli (Terry) Logan, John (Shannon) Shanahan, David Shanahan, Jacob (Kristin) Adams, Travis (Sarah) Adams, Matthew (Katherine) Sevcik and Molly Jo Sevcik; great-grandchildren, Erik Fosen, Scott Fosen, Beckett Adams, Kaplan Adams, McKenna Myers, Nova Rule, Kaitlyn Rule, Finley Logan, Ryland Logan, Lucy Mae Shanahan, Jackson Adams, Chloe Adams; a brother, Donald Adams of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and his dear friend, Bill Risso of Massachusetts.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 at the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home. A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at 12:30 at Leavenworth National Cemetery. The services will be officiated by Pastor Vernon Welkner of High Prairie Church. Donations in memory of John may be made to High Prairie Church, Leavenworth, Kansas or the Lansing Kansas American Legion Post 411.


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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period for the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) Reporting Rule to January 19, 2012.
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) had requested a 60-day extension to the original Dec. 20 deadline for filing comments. Instead, EPA granted a 30-day extension to the comment period, until Jan. 19, 2012.
EPA is proposing a rule that would require concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to submit basic operational information to EPA so the Agency can more effectively carry out its CAFO permitting programs on a national level and ensure that CAFOs are implementing practices to protect water quality and human health. The proposal is part of a settlement agreement reached with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Sierra Club. Under the proposed rule, EPA is co-proposing two regulatory options regarding which CAFOs would be required to submit information to the EPA. One option would require every CAFO to report this information to EPA, unless states with authorized NPDES programs choose to provide this information on behalf of the CAFOs in their state. A second option would require CAFOs in focus watersheds that have water quality concerns associated with CAFOs to report information to EPA.
NPPC expressed concerns that producers will incur substantial legal liability due to the reporting rule, and that in compiling the information the biosecurity of producers' operations may be compromised. Furthermore, NPPC believes the rule would provide little or no added benefit to improving manure management or protecting water resources.
EPA is requesting public comment on both proposed rule options for gathering the information identified in the proposal and the alternative approaches to achieve water quality protection
Comments must be submitted by January 19, 2012. Learn more at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/afo/aforule.cfm.


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Lots happening these days. First, and foremost, for a limited time, Amazon is offering both the paperback and Kindle versions of I Dream of Genies for $2.97 and $2.82 respectively, so grab 'em while they're hot:
Links :
Kindle for $2.82 at: http://amzn.to/muzMfY
Paperback for $2.97 at: http://amzn.to/knEkvi
This book received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly:
"Cute as a pink Persian kitten, this scamper of a romance is populated by a whimsical cast of characters: Humphrey the baby dragon, Obo the talking cat, a villainous vizier, a cross-dressing High Master genie, the Egyptian goddess Bastet, and a hunky carpenter. Centuries-old genie Eden (her name one of several nods to the book's namesake TV show) escapes her bottle only to fall for Matt Ewing, the handsome jogger she's been watching from her glass prison's position in the window of Murphy's Antiques. When Eden's magic malfunctions, the nonstop cinematic gee-whiz results will keep the reader enraptured. Fennell (Catch of a Lifetime) also tosses in sultry sex scenes, a bubble-gum–sweet but passionate romance, quick-moving action, and a variety of puns and riddle-making beasts, many of which are sure to reappear in the two planned sequels."
Also happening:
I, and many other authors, editors and agents are offering critiques for bidders in Brenda Novak's Online Auction to benefit Juvenile Diabetes. The auction runs for the month of May and has some AMAZING items: 2 tickets and Meet & Greet with Celine Dion, Hawaiian Getaways, iPad 2, vacations, autographed books, crafts, jewelry, etc. There are daily one-day special items to bid on and so many wonderful things I can't list them all here.
Plus, of course, a 30-page manuscript critique from moi.
This is the 7th year for Brenda's auction and last year, it broke the $1M mark. This is my 3rd year participating both donating and bidding, and I can tell you, it's a lot of fun on both ends.
Stop by, take a look, and maybe you'll win that critique that will start you on your career or break out the one you already have.
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- Aldosterone, which regulates the water and salt balance in the body
- Cortisol, which regulates the body's metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The release of this hormone is controlled by the pituitary gland.
- Adrenaline (epinephrine) and norepinephrine. These hormones are released when we are excited or afraid. They cause the heart to beat faster, more blood to flow to the muscles, blood sugar to increase and other changes that enable us to respond to a sudden emergency.
- Hormones that help reduce inflammation and reactions to allergies
- Hormones that influence secondary sex characteristics that make men different from women
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Because of the important role played by the adrenal glands, adrenal tumors can be very serious.
At the Urology Academic Practice, adrenal tumors are treated using the latest in minimally invasive techniques.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with restaurant and outdoor pool
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Situated in Miramar, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Shops at Pembroke Gardens, Pembroke Lakes Mall, and C.B. Smith Park. Flamingo Gardens and BB&T Center are also within 16 mi (25 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 128 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Languages Spoken
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Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale SW/Miramar
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale SW/Miramar features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
A 24-hour business center is on site at this 3-star property. Event facilities measure 1200 square feet (111 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale SW/Miramar is a smoke-free property.
- Express check-in
- Picnic area
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour front desk
- Grocery/convenience store
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- Meeting rooms
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop or café
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
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- Outdoor pool
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 111
- Luggage storage
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 1200
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 128
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Microwave
- Premium TV channels
- Shower/tub combination
- Flat-panel TV
- Refrigerator
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
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- Free newspaper
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Designer toiletries
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- Daily housekeeping
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- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
The Bistro - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 4 and USD 15 for adults, USD 3 and USD 10 for children (approximately)
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While the selection of elementary-school Principal Cindy Marten as the next San Diego superintendent has won praise in many quarters, the process leading to her appointment has raised questions about whether the board followed open-meetings laws in making its choice.
All five San Diego Unified School District trustees voted in closed session last Tuesday to offer the job to Marten, a career educator who has served as Central Elementary principal for five years.
Trustees were holding a closed-door meeting with only one thing on the publicly posted agenda — the performance evaluation of Superintendent Bill Kowba.
During that meeting, Kowba informed the board he planned to retire June 30, trustees said. The discussion quickly turned to who might succeed Kowba and the board unanimously chose Marten, 46.
Board members introduced their candidate at a news conference the next night.
"We believe we were in full compliance with the law and we were doing it with the advice of our counsel," said Trustee Richard Barrera, a community organizer who has long advocated for the public to be included in critical decisions. "When it becomes clear that the board unanimously knows who we want to hire, it just wouldn't be honest to go out to the community as if we hadn't made that decision."
Hiring a superintendent is one of the most important decisions a school board can make. The process generally takes weeks or months and includes input from teachers, parents and other stakeholders.
The state's Ralph M. Brown Act requires the public's business to be conducted in public, although there are exemptions for discussions about litigation and personnel matters.
The law requires public boards to announce decisions made in closed session upon reconvening in public. In the case of the Marten pick, the board did not announce its decision until more than 24 hours after that.
U-T Watchdog asked school board President John Lee Evans how deciding to offer the job to Marten — during a closed meeting called for the purpose of evaluating the current superintendent — complies with open-meetings laws.
"That's a legal question and I can't give you a legal answer to that," he said.
As to the decision to announce the decision on Wednesday, Evans said, "We decided that Wednesday would be a good time to make that announcement."
The news conference, technically a meeting of the school board, was not publicly noticed until earlier that day. The Brown Act requires public boards to provide a three-day notice disclosing the topics for their meetings, except in emergencies.
School board members referred legal questions to the district lawyer, Lawrence Schoenke, and Schoenke declined to answer questions.
"As the district's attorney, I cannot comment on closed session matters," he wrote in an email.
Trustee Scott Barnett said the events complied with state requirements.
"There are a lot of armchair lawyers to have opinions and they certainly (are) entitled to those whether they're accurate or not," he wrote. "Legal counsel was asked to come into our closed session last week at one point and legal counsel has been consulted with and given us advice throughout this process."
Marten said she would defer to the board about the process, although she would have supported a full public vetting. She said she is going to hold and attend a series of meetings and events so the public can get to know her before she takes over.
James Gazell, a professor of public administration at San Diego State University, said there may be room in the regulations governing the Brown Act but the San Diego school board did not comply with the intent of the law.
"It's a public institution," he said. "There's a presumption that public institutions do business publicly to the greatest extent possible."
Gazell said the school board actions are the latest example of public agencies appearing to flout the open-meetings rules.
"There's a more general problem and that is the tendency among public institutions to do seemingly more and more of their business in private," he said. "The school board is just an example of that."
Last August, the county Board of Supervisors appointed Helen Robbins-Meyer to succeed retiring chief administrative officer Walt Ekard without any public input or discussion, just hours after his surprise resignation was announced. That, too, happened at a meeting at which the appointment was not on the posted agenda.
At 5 tonight, school board members are set to direct their staff to negotiate a multiyear contract with Marten. Evans said community members will have a chance to comment on that proposal at the public meeting.
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Revs compete against other MLS teams for a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh grant with an aim at providing CPR and AED training to youth coaches
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Energized by the hometown crowd at Gillette Stadium, Chris Tierney scored his first MLS goal in last weekend's victory over Seattle Sounders FC. Now he and his New England Revolution teammates need the help of the Foxborough faithful to reach an even bigger goal.
Tierney is the Revolution's player spokesperson for the league-wide Pepsi Refresh Project competition, in which the Revs are competing against the other 15 MLS teams for a $50,000 grant to better the teams' greater communities. The competition is decided by fan voting, which runs through Monday, Sept. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Fans can vote up to 25 times per day at MLSsoccer.com/PepsiRefresh.
Should the Revs win the Pepsi Refresh grant, the team will provide free CPR and AED training to approximately 500 youth soccer coaches throughout New England through the American Heart Association. Additionally, the coaches will receive at-home training and practice units for their teams and leagues.
"We've had a relationship with the American Heart Association for a couple of years through work that some of our players have done on their own, and we wanted to find a way to get more involved and do something to make our relationship worthwhile to our fans," said Director of Communications Lizz Summers, who also oversees the New England Revolution Charitable Foundation and the team's community initiatives. "The American Heart Association has a very strong CPR and AED educational curriculum and we thought it was a great match to have a program where we could involve the youth soccer communities and make a difference in the greater community at the same time."
The cause hits close to home with Tierney, who has firsthand experience to reinforce the importance of CPR and AED training for youth coaches. Tierney played high school soccer for Noble and Greenough School of the Independent School League, and an athlete from another school within the league passed away as the result of a heart attack on the field.
"Had there been that sort of training in place, it's something that could've been prevented," said Tierney. "The chances are few and far between that something does happen, but it's important. It saves lives and it's important that coaches and staff are ready to deal with it if it does arise."
Tierney was also drawn to the uniqueness of the Revolution's Pepsi Refresh idea, which is unlike any of the other proposals around the league. While other clubs submitted plans to build soccer fields and provide free clinics, the Revs went off the beaten path with their campaign.
With that said, all 16 Pepsi Refresh ideas would better the community and there will be no losers in this competition no matter who is ultimately awarded the $50,000 grant. According to Tierney, any impact the league can have will be beneficial.
"For anyone to be a spokesperson, it's important," he said. "Whatever we can do as pros to use our position as public figures to better – whether it's your local community or whatever you want to do around the world – it's always important. It can only be a good thing."
Of course, Tierney would love for the Revolution to win the $50,000 grant, especially since he and his teammates – many of whom are youth soccer coaches themselves – would be a major part of the CPR and AED training process.
"Besides Chris, who has helped us spread the word about this contest, we'll have our players who are coaching at the youth level, as well as our coaches, both first team and youth, involved in the training, too," said Summers. "We think it's just as important for our folks to learn CPR since they're also out in the local soccer community regularly, too. You can't predict when an incident could occur, so it's better to have as many people prepared to help as possible."
While winning the Pepsi Refresh Project's $50,000 grant would be an ideal method for the Revolution and the American Heart Association to provide CPR and AED training to local youth coaches, the Revs are hopeful their idea can move forward even if they don't win the competition.
"If we don't win, CPR certification is certainly a program that we'd like to find a way to incorporate into some of our group benefits packages, especially for the youth soccer organizations," said Summers. "There are limitations right now, but hopefully we'll generate enough excitement through the Pepsi Refresh Project that we can find a way to work with the American Heart Association to offer the training to our partners so we can make our soccer fields safer for all of our fans and families."
The Pepsi Refresh Project contest runs through Monday, Sept. 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Fans can cast up to 25 votes per day at MLSsoccer.com/PepsiRefresh.


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- United States Grand Prix - Qualifying
Alonso has a 'feeling' he will finish ahead of Vettel
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Fernando Alonso has a feeling he will score more points than Sebastian Vettel at the United States Grand Prix despite starting eight places behind the Red Bull driver on Sunday's grid.
Alonso was ninth fastest in qualifying but will gain a starting position on Sunday thanks to a five-place grid drop for Romain Grosjean. However, at the last grand prix Alonso came back through the field from sixth on the grid (after being seventh fastest in qualifying) to finish second in the race.
"We [Ferrari] were seventh and ninth in Abu Dhabi and the car is more or less the same and we are seventh and ninth in Austin - it's not surprising for us, to be honest," he said. "We said yesterday that Red Bull will be one and two and we will be seventh and eighth and people will be thinking it's all over. Then on Sunday we will show that we can score more points than Vettel - I don't know how exactly, but I have this feeling inside."
Alonso said he had been a little bit off the pace all day and, while a mistake at turn 19 ahead of his flying lap didn't help, he was not that surprised to start behind team-mate Felipe Massa.
"In turn 19 I went off and the tyres got a little bit dirty and it was not good for the next three or four corners. But Felipe was quicker than me in FP3, Q1, Q2 and Q3. So he was doing a better job today and tomorrow I will try to do better and make up some places."
However, Alonso said the start would be crucial to his chances as overtaking will be tough around the 3.4-mile circuit.
"I think overtaking here will be tricky because the detection point is after the high-speed corners in the first sector. The first lap and start will be the majority of the places we can gain. So we need to plan this well."


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City of Lincoln
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2006 Media Releases
As part of this evening's dedication of Government Square Park at 10th and "O" streets, City Councilman Jonathan Cook and Mayor Coleen J. Seng sent the first wireless Internet (wi-fi) message from the park.
"The dedication of Government Square Park is a renewal of a wonderful park with 21st century wireless technology," said Mayor Seng. "Wi-fi is quickly becoming the preferred way to access the World Wide Web. Having wi-fi access in this new park is just one example of how the City is working to increase wireless access around the City." The wireless access point is provided by the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County in Old City Hall, just west of the park. It provides service generally covering the block between 9th and 10th, and "O" to "P" streets.
The dedication ceremonies this evening also included remarks from Mayor Seng and representatives of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, the Downtown Lincoln Association, the Preservation Association of Lincoln, the City Urban Development Department and the City Parks and Recreation Department. The event was held in conjunction with the "First Friday" gallery walk and featured live music by John Walker, refreshments and a virtual tour and map of the downtown art galleries.
The park features a new central fountain donated by the Duane and Phyllis Acklie family. The park also includes pathways, park benches and landscaping and architectural accents highlighting the surrounding historic buildings. This project was a cooperative effort between the Parks and Recreation and Urban Development Departments and was funded through tax increment financing.
The County-City Building, 555 South 10th Street, has been equipped with free wireless connectivity to the Internet since spring of 2005. The public is able to access the Internet with personal laptop computers at most locations on the first floor, including the chamber where the City Council, County Board and Planning Commission meet.


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