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According to our WSS (Smartphones) research service, BlackBerry smartphone shipments fell sharply worldwide during Q2 2014. The Canadian vendor continued to struggle in all regions worldwide. However, cost-cutting and inventory destocking helped BlackBerry to trim its financial losses to the lowest level for over a year. A partnership with Amazon Appstore also improved its services portfolio and there are tentative signs that BlackBerry may finally stabilize in the second half of this year.
At the breakout session today -- in ZTE's annual analyst event in China -- the keywords are online channel and voice interaction.
Like many other Chinese vendors, ZTE has emphasized the critical role that online distribution channels play in branding equity enhancement. For instance, all of its three 4G models recently launched focus on online channels by working with big Chinese e-tailers, such as JD and T-Mall. ZTE targets that 20% of total smartphone sales this year will go via the online channel. Interestingly, offline and online is not completely exclusive. In contrast, as we have seen from Xiaomi, ZTE also tries to leverage online resources to do branding, and blur the boundary between the two to bring more online models to offline channels to generate volumes. For example, it plans to open up over hundreds of Nubia physical stores this year to enhance the penetration into offline channels.
ZTE showcased more voice-recognition usages today, such as voice-print unlocking, voice navigation, etc. ZTE claims the voice-recognition rate has improved to over 90% with its own technology by working with Nuance and other technical partners. Moreover, it will adopt more voice-interaction functions by integrating it with ZTE's own UI-MiFavor 3.0 later this year. We like the idea very much, but it remains to be seen how users / consumers will embrace it or not -- the industry might need a more influential American player, such as Apple, to make voice-recognition adoption more widely available.
Something missing today from the session was the topic of LTE-Advanced -- it was not really covered. It is also surprising that ZTE confirmed they will adopt their own chipset mainly in modem products -- rather than their own smartphones -- in the short term, making us suspect it might still need time to improve and optimize the chipset products for cellphones.
According to recent research from our WSS (Smartphones) analysis service, some 231 million Android smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q1 2014. Samsung remains the clear number one hardware vendor for Google's platform. However, among the tier-two brands, there is a growing wave of Chinese players picking up marketshare, led by Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi. What can other rivals, such as Sony or LG, do about it? Clients can read additional data in this published report.
According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) research service, global smartphone shipments grew +33% annually to reach 285 million units in the first quarter of 2014. Leaders Samsung and Apple lost slight traction in the quarter, while Huawei and Lenovo each held five percent marketshare worldwide.Global smartphone shipments grew 33 percent annually from 213.9 million units in Q1 2013 to 285.0 million in Q1 2014.Smartphone growth was mixed on a regional basis during the quarter, with healthy demand in Asia counterbalanced by sluggish volumes across North America due to changes in the operator subsidy mix.SAMSUNG shipped 89.0 million smartphones worldwide and captured 31 percent marketshare in Q1 2014, dipping slightly from 32 percent a year earlier. This was Samsung's first annual marketshare loss in the smartphone category since Q4 2009. Samsung continues to face tough competition from Apple at the higher-end of the smartphone market and from Chinese brands like Huawei at the lower-end.APPLE grew a below-average 17 percent annually and shipped 43.7 million iPhones worldwide for 15 percent marketshare in Q1 2014, falling from the 17 percent level recorded during Q1 2013. Apple remains strong in the premium smartphone segment, but a lack of presence in the entry-level category continues to cost it lost volumes in fast-growing emerging markets such as Latin America.The combined global smartphone marketshare of SAMSUNG and APPLE has slipped from 50 percent in Q1 2013 to 47 percent in Q1 2014. There is more competition than ever coming from the second-tier smartphone brands. HUAWEI remained steady with 5 percent global smartphone marketshare in Q1 2014, while LENOVO has increased its global presence from 4 percent to 5 percent share during the past year. Huawei is expanding swiftly in Europe, while Lenovo continues to grow aggressively outside China into new regions such as Russia. If the recent Lenovo takeover of MOTOROLA gets approved by various governments in the coming months, this will eventually create an even larger competitive force that Samsung and Apple must contend with in the second half of this year.
Exhibit 1: Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments and Market Share in Q1 2014 [1]
Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments (Millions of Units)
Global Smartphone Vendor Marketshare %
Total Growth Year-over-Year %
Source: Strategy Analytics
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There are over three hundred analysts worldwide attending Huawei's Global Analyst Summit, held from April 23 to 25 in Shenzhen, China. Our analysts from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service also joined the event.
The key theme of day one is about the overall corporate performance review and strategy outlook. Clearly, operator business still makes up the lion's share of overall revenue, but the enterprise business and consumer business have been growing faster in 2013. Geographically, China contributed to 35% of total revenue in 2013, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America also saw healthy growth. In contrast, North American performance remains lackluster and posted year-over-year decline last year. Company overall profitability improved.
For the smartphone business, in which Huawei ranked the third largest vendor worldwide in 2013, according to this report from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, Huawei reiterated its commitment to the smartphone business but indicated it will shift focus from volume growth towards sustainable growth and profitability. Compared with the two giants Apple and Samsung, the operating profit margin on Huawei's handset business was still quite slim in 2013. Our Wireless Device Strategies (WDS) service tracks the top 12 handset vendors' value and profitability figures on a quarterly basis in this report.
Looking forward, Huawei's consumer business needs to identify its own way to fulfill its growth target, rather than sometimes copycatting other players' strategies (e.g. Xiaomi's online distribution, or Samsung's vertically integrated model, etc.). To avoid a price-war and further improve profitability, it seems, is the keyword for Huawei's global smartphone business in 2014.
According to a new report from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone wholesale (trade) revenues will grow +21% over the next 7 years. Increasing smartphone volumes will be partly offset by decreasing average selling prices (ASP), as vendors and operators penetrate deeper into the price-sensitive prepaid market. Falling component prices will enable sales expansion in lower price-tiers, particularly for emerging markets like Asia and Latin America. Meanwhile, Apple and others will continue to target the subsidy-led premium category.
Our extensive published report, available to clients, forecasts global smartphone sales volume, revenues and wholesale average selling prices (ASP) by 6 major regions and 8 price-tiers from 2003 to 2020. Extensive analysis of the premium, high, mid, entry and ultra-low price-bands is included. The report is a valuable tool for device vendors, operators, component manufacturers, software developers, financial analysts, car makers, and other stakeholders who want to measure the smartphone market by value and benchmark their pricing strategies.
According to our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, Chinese vendor Oppo is choosing to address the Android smartphone differentiation challenge by attempting to beat its competitors to the most cutting-edge specs. The Find 7, launched today, claims the ability to take 50MP images as its signature USP. The device itself has a 13MP sensor for its main camera, but takes a burst of images and uses software to combine them into a 50MP shot. The ultimate function of such a feature is similar to the post-processing capability enabled by the 41MP sensor in the Nokia Lumia 1020.
Other notable high-end specs in the Find 7 include one of the first QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) screens in this 5.5-inch phablet and 4K video recording at 30fps. All this is supported by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC and quick-charging technology. Oppo has so far offered little further information bar the marketing video below, but our WSS service thinks it's significant that the latest company to attempt to raise the smartphone spec bar services primarily the Chinese market.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iZIJlWGHU40?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone shipments grew 41 percent annually to reach a record 990 million units in 2013. Android captured 79 percent share of all smartphones shipped worldwide and extended its lead over Apple, Microsoft and other rivals.
Global smartphone shipments grew 34 percent annually from 217.0 million units in Q4 2012 to 290.2 million in Q4 2013. Global smartphone shipments for the full year were just shy of the 1 billion level, but they nonetheless reached a record 990.0 million units in 2013, increasing from 700.1 million in 2012. Global smartphone shipment growth decreased slightly from 43 percent in 2012 to 41% in 2013, due to high penetration in some major markets like the United States.
Android shipped a record 781.2 million smartphones worldwide for 79 percent marketshare in 2013. Android shipped four times more smartphones than Apple and Microsoft combined. There is little doubt that 2013 was the year of Android. However, Android's annual growth rate slowed to 62 percent in 2013, its lowest level in the platform's history. We expect Android's growth to slow further in 2014 due to market saturation, and rivals like Microsoft or Firefox will be ready to pounce on any signs of a major slowdown for Android this year.
Apple iOS grew a sluggish 13 percent annually and shipped 153.4 million smartphones worldwide for 15 percent marketshare during 2013. Despite record volumes, 2013 is arguably a year that Apple will want to forget as growth slowed sharply and its new 5c model performed less strongly than expected.
Microsoft is now firmly established as the smartphone industry's third major ecosystem, shipping 35.7 million units worldwide to capture 4 percent marketshare in 2013. However, the Windows Phone platform is still struggling to gain traction in the low-tier and premium-tier smartphone categories and they remain serious weaknesses that Microsoft will need to address in 2014.More analysis of the software players in the quarter can be downloaded by clients in this published report.
Exhibit 1: Global Smartphone OS Shipments and Market Share in Q4 2013 [1]
Global Smartphone Operating System Shipments (Millions of Units)
Apple iOS
Global Smartphone Operating System Marketshare %
Total Growth Year-over-Year %
According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, global smartphone shipments grew 41 percent annually to reach a record 990 million units in 2013. Huawei, Lenovo and LG were the star performers, capturing a combined 14 percent marketshare worldwide and closing the gap on Apple.
Samsung shipped a record 319.8 million smartphones worldwide and captured 32 percent marketshare in 2013. This was the largest number of units ever shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single year. Despite tough competition from a long tail of Chinese and American brands, Samsung continued to deliver numerous hit models, such as the Galaxy S4 and Note 3.
Apple grew a sluggish 13 percent annually and shipped 153.4 million smartphones worldwide for 15 percent marketshare in 2013, dipping from the 19 percent level recorded in 2012. Apple remains strong in the high-end smartphone segment, but a lack of presence in the low-end category is costing it lost volumes in fast-growing emerging markets such as India.
Samsung and Apple together accounted for almost half of all smartphones shipped worldwide in 2013. Large marketing budgets, extensive distribution channels and attractive product portfolios have enabled Samsung and Apple to maintain their grip on the smartphone industry. However, there is clearly now more competition coming from the second-tier smartphone brands. Huawei, LG and Lenovo each grew their smartphone shipments around two times faster than the global industry average and captured a combined 14 percent marketshare. Huawei is expanding swiftly in Europe, while LG's Optimus range is proving popular in Latin America, and Lenovo's Android models are selling at competitive price-points across China. Samsung and Apple will need to fight hard to hold off these and other hungry challengers during 2014."
Exhibit 1: Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments and Market Share in Q4 2013 [1]
Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments (Millions of Units)
Global Smartphone Vendor Marketshare %
Total Growth Year-over-Year %
The full report, Global Smartphone Shipments Reach a Record 990 Million Units in 2013, is published by the Strategy Analytics Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, details of which can be found here.
[1] Numbers are rounded.
It has recently been reported online that Nokia has been developing a smartphone, codenamed "Normandy", which is based on the Android platform. We are not in a position to either confirm or deny these rumours, but if there is anything to them they would mark a remarkable change in strategy for Nokia, which committed 100% to Windows Phone as its sole smartphone platform almost three years ago. So we thought it would be interesting to explore the viability of such a move and ask why Nokia might consider it.
From one perspective, it fully makes sense that the Finnish vendor is trying to build its own Android devices to regain its losing market share in the low-cost handset segment, currently dominated by a lot of Android vendors including Samsung. Under the current circumstances Android is capturing more than 80% market share of all smartphones shipped during Q3 2013 identified in our published report from Wireless Smartphone Strategies, while even Nokia's Asha smart feature phone line-up, designed for low-tier handset markets, is being squeezed by increasingly cheap, but still app-rich Android devices.
Our smartphone model tracking report for Q3 2013 forecasts Nokia's lower-priced WP-based Lumia 520 to be the most popular Nokia-branded smartphones, outselling most Asha-branded phones. This indicates that Nokia still has some market influence in the low-cost smartphone market with the appealing UI and Windows ecosystem in both emerging and developed markets. It's possible that Nokia wants its "Normandy" to replace the role of Lumia 520 in the lower-tier markets, based on the low price, well-established Android ecosystems and Nokia's established skill in selling handsets.
Of course this is all speculation on a product that may not even exist, and even if it does it's hard to imagine Microsoft continuing to develop an Android handset after its acquisition of Nokia's devices business is complete. But as a vertical handset player Microsoft does need to find a way of increasing its smartphone market share. A if it's struggling to scale Windows Phone down into the lower price-tiers it needs to find an alternative.
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The Effects of a Sudden CO2 reduction in Spain
AbstractSpanish emissions of carbon dioxide have grown by more than 40% in 2004 with respect to 1990. This is not compatible with the EU allocation of Kyoto-mandated CO2 reduction, even taking into account that Spanish emissions are allowed to rise by 15% in 2010. The reasons for this situation stem from a combination of economic growth and an inefficient energy domain, coupled with a total absence of climate change policies. In this paper, we use a static general equilibrium model to assess the effects of a sudden and intense (ie, with a limited time to carry out significant abatement) CO2 reduction by the Spanish economy. Our results show that the costs of immediate and medium-size reductions are not significant in the short run and could lead to the attaining of the EU agreed emissions level for Spain. However, delaying such action means that the degree of Spanish CO2 emission reduction is much higher and that economic costs are far more important.
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Discount Retailers Boosted by Change
By Hussain Asghar - August 19, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO
During the recent economic and financial crisis, discount retailers flourished in the US. The shrinking middle class and declining median household incomes have led to a drastic change in the spending habits of US residences over the years. Aided by greater availability of information and poor economic conditions, more and more shoppers are actively searching for bargains and value. And per a Kantar Retail report, this change in consumer shopping more »
Five Below's Continued Success
By Brian Sanders - August 14, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO, FIVE
Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) is a specialty retail company that offers a large variety of accessories for five dollars or less. The company was founded in 2002, went public last year in August 2012, and rocketed 53% on the IPO from $17 to $26 and continued to surge into the 30s soon after. The stock was already recognized as a great growth story and instantly became a Wall Street more »
Why is This Buyout of a Humble Kansas Retailer More Than It Appears?
By Mike Thiessen - August 12, 2013 | Tickers: ALCS, DG, FDO
Investors who live outside of the U.S. heartland have probably never heard of Abilene, Kansas-based ALCO Stores (NASDAQ: ALCS), one of the few remaining retailers to maintain the "neighborhood general store" concept in an increasingly competitive and fragmented marketplace. However, ALCO could turn into the subject of a rare and potentially lucrative bidding war that draws investors from all corners of the market.
Argonne Capital launched the opening round more »
This Dollar Store Will Continue to Outperform
By Piyush Arora - August 7, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO
History has shown that during austerity drives, companies that help in cutting costs are the ones that benefit the most. So it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the shares of most discounted variety stores have outperformed over the last couple of years. And since the unemployment rate is still high, while the inflation rate is below 2%, these retail chains will most likely continue their more »
Buy This Company If You're Bearish on the Market
By Michael Douglass - August 7, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO
Note: This article has been amended to correct Dollar Tree's operating margin. Motley Fool apologizes for the error.
If the world returns to a recession (not something I view as likely, but you never know), there are a series of companies which will do comparatively well – dollar stores. They have an obvious value proposition, and solid margins – Dollar General (NYSE: DG) reported an operating margin of 10.2% for more »
Every Move You Make Stocks
By AnnaLisa Kraft - August 2, 2013 | Tickers: CAB, FDO, JWN
Depressed 22 year old man walks into a store. The girlfriend just dumped him. On his smartphone reads a message," Shake it off dude, here's 10% off your favorite beer."
The technology is already there to read your mood, guess your gender, and your approximate age. As a New York Times article reported earlier this week several retailers are already using or testing the technology like Family Dollar (NYSE: FDOmore »)
This Retailer Is Growing Despite Challenges
By ANUP SINGH - August 1, 2013 | Tickers: DLTR, FDO, WMT
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) operates a chain of approximately 7,600 self-service general-merchandise retail discount stores in 45 states, providing consumers with a selection of merchandise in neighborhood stores. It primarily caters to low- and middle-income consumers in the United States, which makes it an interesting stock to buy since it might offer investors the much-needed protection their portfolio may need in times of economic uncertainty.
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Are Drug Stores Really a Threat to Dollar Stores?
By Daniel Jennings - July 31, 2013 | Tickers: FDO, WAG
Dollar stores like Family Dollar would like to be a threat to drugstore operators like the Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) and CVS Caremark. The so-called small box discounters sell many of the same products as drugstores at a lower price, and they target many of the same low-income customers. Yet the truth is that it might be drugstores that are the threat to dollar stores.
Family Dollar's newspaper inserts more »
This Grocer's Comeback Is on Track
By ANUP SINGH - July 30, 2013 | Tickers: FDO, SVU, KR
Wholesale distributor and independent retailer SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) recently released its quarterly earnings. The results were better than expected as the company was easily able to beat consensus estimates.
If you think that investment in a grocer is not a potentially good use of your money, I think you should reconsider because, according to me, if the company sticks to its plans, it should deliver good returns.
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Companies Doing Well Despite Signs of Weakening Economic Growth
By Eileen Rojas - July 24, 2013 | Tickers: BBBY, FDO, F, GM
While the U.S. economy continues to chug along, there were signs of weakening growth in the second quarter. The Commerce Department reported that June retail sales increased 0.4%, not quite the 0.8% average growth estimated by 82 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
Demand did not change much from May, and the recent data reported lead to a downward revision of May's retail sales, from 0.6% to more »
These Stocks' Dividends Are Skyrocketing
By Justin Pope - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, FDO, HRL
As a dividend growth investor, I look to compound my gains through companies that consistently increase their dividends. However, there is more to it than finding a company that pays out a juicy amount. If you invest in companies that are growing their dividends rapidly, your income stream will compound faster.
Let's take a look at some companies that fit this criteria. We will examine dividend growth rates over more »
This Earnings Surprise Might Turn Out to be a Shock
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After the announcement of positive third-quarter results, Family Dollar Stores' (NYSE: FDO) share price rose 7% the very same day. However, investors failed to observe the results closely, thus they didn't realize that falling profits and declining margins are not very good signs for the company.
The company took a major beating in January after its results for the first quarter were published as it trimmed its whole year more »
How Discounters Stack up to the Giant
By Marshall Hargrave - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, WMT
The two leading dollar stores have been on a tear thanks to the economic downturn. Yet, even as the economy is rebounding, Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO), continue to outshine the retail giant Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). Each dollar store has outpaced the retail giant by nearly 100 percentage points over the last five years.
The beauty of what the dollar store operators have done includes more »
A Discount Retailer to Watch
By Amal Singh - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, WMT
Discount store Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) has been constantly looking to expand its neighborhood stores and widen its reach by opening new stores, renovating existing ones, adopting innovative merchandising strategies, and expanding the supply chain. This was the reason why the company saw an improvement in revenue in its previous quarterly report.
But the company's margins fell because of higher sales of low margin products leading to a more »
Can This be a Dollar Store, Literally?
By Dhara Thakkar - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO
A typical discount store is one that sells products at prices lower than those asked by traditional retail outlets, with most of them offering a wide assortment of goods while others specialize in such merchandise as jewellery, electronic equipment, or electrical appliances. Post-recession, discount retailers gained great strength as many customers traded down from regular retail channels. Dollar stores gained a particular popularity owing to their product prices, which are more »
A Different Kind of Dollar Store
By Daniel Jennings - July 22, 2013 | Tickers: BIG, DG, FDO
Low-end retailers like Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO)(NYSE: FDO)(NYSE: FDO) are taking too many risks to be good investments. I recently argued that at least two of them have entered bubble territory because of over expansion.
Yet that doesn't necessarily mean I'm totally bearish on all discount retailers; there's one I'm actually long on because it doesn't take on the same risks as the others. Although more »
Modest Prospects For This Discount Retailer
By Vladimir Zernov - July 20, 2013 | Tickers: FDO, PSMT, WMT
Discount retailers have been performing mostly in-line with the general market this year. PriceSmart (NASDAQ: PSMT), which is up 16% this year, is not an exception. The company has recently released its quarterly earnings. This gives us a chance to look more thoroughly at PriceSmart's performance and evaluate whether it is a buy right now.
Currency issues and pricing strategy
PriceSmart has missed on both earnings and revenue. There more »
Should You Invest Dollars in this Dollar Store
By Ben Popkin - July 19, 2013 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO
Low income households continue to be financially squeezed and have turned to discount retailers such as Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) to provide cheap goods. Family Dollar recently posted earnings per share of $1.05, beating analyst estimates by $0.02. Sales also increased 9% to $2.6 billion during the quarter, but where does this growth come from and can Family Dollar continue its recent success?
Consumer's consumables
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This Store Is Changing the Face of American Retail
By Rashmi Singh - July 17, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, WMT
With giants like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Tesco and Metro running over the small mom and pop stores, Family Dollar(NYSE: FDO) has done well to firmly establish itself as one of the fastest growing discount retail chains in the American landscape.
With the American economy in a rebuilding phase, consumer spending is still tight as people grapple with the after effects of the economic meltdown.
Nevertheless, the tide is passing more »
How Jim Cramer Loses Even When He Wins
By Jon Quast - July 17, 2013 | Tickers: FDO, FIVE, MA
As a contributor on the Motley Fool blog network, I get quite an assortment of "colorful" comments. One of my favorites went something like this:
"You're a complete fool! Everybody knows that if Jim Cramer says to buy a stock, you buy it!"
This comment reflects a common investing strategy: choose an analyst and follow their recommendations every time. In so doing, you will win in the stock market more »
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A few days back, i was working with a friend of mine who owns a startup and helped him with setting up an internal chat server for his internal team and employees and this article gets its motivation from there.
In order to get your own chat server running, you would need a software called OpenFire. The article will install and setup a chat server running over Windows. We will then also use a Jabber client to connect to the OpenFire chat server.
Openfire (previously known as Wildfire Server) is a Jabber/XMPP server written in Java and dual-licensed under both a proprietary license and the GNU General Public License.
In order to get started with OpenFire, first you need to download the OpenFire chat server software from here. Once downloaded, run the Openfire installer. The application will be installed to C:\Program Files\Openfire by default.
Once the application installs, you can navigate to the standard admin console by typing in http://127.0.0.1:9090 (9090 is the default admin port).
Once you have the OpenFire setup installed and configured, you can use any Jabber client to connect to the OpenFire chat server.
Follow the steps below to setup OpenFire Chat Server ( assuming you have already downloaded and extracted the contents of the zip file)
1.) Launch OpenFire by navigating to the bin folder and double clicking on Openfire.exe .
2.) Configure OpenFire by providing valid values for Domain ( this will be used by the clients to connect to the server).
3.) You can setup your own external database or use an internal database. If you are setting up the chat server for a group of more than 10 people, i would recommend that you setup your external database. You can read about how to setup an external database here.
4.) You will also be required to choose a user and group system to use with the server. You can opt to create users and assign them passwords, integrate Openfire with LDAP or integrate with a clearspace integration. If you are setting it up for a small firm, my guess is you would be using the default option.
5.) Create an admin account user id and password. You will be required to login using the admin user id next time.
The above steps help you setup and configure OpenFire. Next, you need to login to the admin console and create users for chat. Click on the menu tab Users/Groups and create new users.
Users can then use the account credentials to connect to the OpenFire server using any Jabber client. For this tutorial, i will use Spark. You can download the relevant version of Spark from here. (Look for product name "Spark")
1.) Enter the username and password ( as created using the steps mentioned above).
2.) Enter the server hostname or IP address of the server. ( in my case, 127.0.0.1)
If you have provided correct details, and if OpenFire server is running, you should have logged in now. You can see all those users who are logged in by clicking on the menu tab called Sessions.
OpenFire also provides very useful features through Plugins. You can consider installing Monitoring Service Plugin which Monitors conversations and statistics of the server. Another interesting plugin is Packet Filter which ensures that certain words are not used in the chat conversation. I also like IM Gateway which Provides gateway connectivity to the other public instant messaging networks.
You can access and search for available Plugins by navigating to the menu tab called Plugins and then clicking on the Available Plugins link.
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Pic! Beyoncé in Mommy Mode with Blue Ivy
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Singing superstar Beyoncé showed off her gorgeous daughter Blue Ivy on her Tumblr page.
The doting mom posted a sweet pic of herself giving the 8-month-old a bottle, while Blue sported a t-shirt promoting daddy Jay-Z's "Watch the Throne" tour.
Singer Rihanna also joined in celebrating her beautiful friend by posting a photo of Bey and tweeting, "This pic could single handedly destroy the self esteem of an entire nation." [photo credit: Instagram]
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This Halloween, channel your love for books by dressing up as one of your favorite literary characters. Whether you're obsessed with The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen, you can't get enough of Gatsby, or you'll always be a fan of The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield, we've gathered a range of iconic book characters, old and new, to help inspire your Halloween costume. Even better? We've done the work for you, sharing links so that you can shop the perfect products for each outfit. Take a look at these memorable literary characters to inspire your creative, bookish costume!
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The Ravens' Sam Koch discusses family and holidays
Prior to being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2006, Koch played in his native Nebraska at University of Nebraska, where he earned a degree in business administration. He and his wife, Nikki, live in Westminster with their three sons, Ryan, 15, Braxtyn, 9, and Kamdyn, 7. The couple will welcome a daughter this fall. Along with his thoughts on youth football and fatherhood, Koch says that, yes, everyone in his family has one of No. 4's signature "Punters are people too" T-shirts.
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I think it looks pretty gosh-darn good, myself. That's the style that I'm usually most comfortable with - lots of icons, 'artsy' mountains, etc, so you've got one big fan here.
Just saw the progress on this map myself. I'm very happy to have been a (small) part of the creative process! The new mountains look fantastic and I agree that the shaded ones are the better of the styles.
I'll be the first to admit that my brushes aren't perfect, but hopefully they served their purpose. You may have better luck using them if you made them smaller. The original brushes were done quite large and don't take on a very hand-drawn appearance until they are relatively small. It helps with all the smooth edges.
I didn't have any difficulty distinguishing water from land in the first images and can't imagine anyone would have trouble with it now. I was also concerned with the resolution and pixilation of the borders but once I saw that it was simply part of a larger map those fears melted somewhat.
I would just keep plugging away. You seem to be finding what works slowly but surely. I've been down (still down?) that road.
I'd give more specific advice, but I'm really only familiar with photoshop. Good luck!
I think it looks pretty gosh-darn good, myself. That's the style that I'm usually most comfortable with - lots of icons, 'artsy' mountains, etc, so you've got one big fan here.
Thanks guys. Wag, I think your mountain brushes rock but I was struggling to find a style of mountain that fitted with the map I was drawing and I think for this map, this style works quite well and (with a bit more practice) putting them down shouldn't take too long at all.
I'm begining to find that making convincing and pleasing hand drawn symbol type mountains depends on three things: Scale, placement and character.
If the scale is tiny (i.e. the area of the landmass is huge) then symbols should be small to reflect this (mutatis mutandis if the scale is larger.)
In terms of placement, I think that a range should be no more than 2 or 3 symbols wide. Any more than that and the effect starts looking a bit dodgy (see the mountains on the top left of the map for an example) - narrower ranges seems to be more pleasing than wide ones. On small scale maps (tiny symbols) maybe no more than 1 or at the most 2 wide.
Character is the hardest thing for me to nail down. That means making the mountains look similar but different and introducing features like cliffs, cyms, gradations to hills etc.
I might put this all down in a tutorial, but I fear that it might just be a case of stating the obvious.
I've now got a commission to test this style but I'm not sure how easily it will port as the size of the landmass is huge (about 5 times the size of North America).


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If anyone has ever doubted the feasibility of a green, eco-friendly hybrid car possessing the kind of power that would make its rivals sick with envy, then it would be a good idea to learn a thing or two from Bisimoto Engineering.
Known for being one of the most aggressive tuners of its kind, Bisimoto went to the SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas to present their one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a 533 horsepower Honda CR-Z Hybrid . Yeah, we just put "533 horsepower" and "hybrid" in the same sentence. Bisimoto has that effect on us.
The tuning firm took the CR-Z's 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine and rebuilt it using Arias pistons, a Bisimoto valvetrain, and a billet Turbonetics turbo, cranking the powertrain all the way up to a mind-blowing 533 horsepower.
As a sports hybrid hatch, the CR-Z may look the part of an innocuous sporty city car, but inside that fascia lies the heart of a lion, one that only needs a little fine-tuning to unleash. For that type of final product, turn to Bisimoto Engineering to do the tuning.
Exterior and Interior
Bisimoto knows a thing or two about dressing up their tuned vehicles and this CR-Z is definitely no exception. Over at the exterior, the hybrid sports hatch was wrapped in a custom Gatorwrap laminated body wrap with Type 2 graphics. On top of that, they also gave the CR-Z a Bisimoto-VIS carbon fiber hatch and wing while also putting in a Burns stainless muffler. In the interior, we can find an L&T interior paint finish, Buddy Club P1 racing seats and harness, and Bisimoto reservoir socks with Rywire harness.
This is where Bisimoto did most of its work, turning the CR-Z from a mild-mannered sports hatch to a car that produces a mammoth 533 horsepower. The tuning firm installed a 1.5-liter LEA1 engine with a Turbonetics Billet turbocharger that shoots up its output to over 533 horsepower. Bisimoto also added their own valvetrain, rods, intake gasket, and a level 2.4 camshaft, as well as Arias pistons, AEM EMS, Torco oils, a Griffin radiatior, Supertech valves, a Golden Eagle sleeved block, ARP head studs, a Portflow custom head, Kinsler fuel rail, filter, and injectors, and finally, a custom Bisimoto 70mm throttle body.
Bisimoto Engineering is known worldwide for awe-inspiring street, show, and race vehicles. With no fear of the unknown, Bisimoto is always on the cutting edge of automotive technology. The Bisimoto 2011 CR-Z was no exception with a 533+ hp turbocharged hybrid powerplant, which retains the drivability, reliability, and eco-friendly nature of the original engine.
The car itself has no price tag, although you can avail of each of the individual parts that Bisimoto used to create this maddening 533 horsepower machine.
Finding a Honda CR-Z that produces north of 500 horsepower is extremely rare in this world. Heck, even the CR-Z Turbo and the HPD CR-Z Racer , two cars that were also in attendance at SEMA, could only reach 200 horsepower on their own. Having a car that comes with well over 500 horsepower is above and beyond what any tuned up CR-Z is capable.


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Molycorp losing the Investor Confidence?
Sandeep is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP), a leading manufacturer of rare earth and rare metal products announced the financial results for the year 2012 on March 14th. The company reported annual revenue of $528.9 million and a loss of $460.9 million or $4.31 per share. Loss has been primarily due to $258 million write-down on the acquisition of Neo Materials.
High loss and weak outlook suggests that Molycorp is no longer an attractive investment destination as it used to be. Will Molycorp be able to regain its past glory or fade out among other stocks? Let's find out...
SWOT Analysis
Competition Scenario
Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX: LYC), Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (NYSEMKT: AVL) and Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSEMKT: REE) are among the major competitors of Molycorp.
Lynas is based in Australia and was once considered at par with Molycorp in rare earth production. The company has started a plant in Malaysia and is expecting to double its rare earth production capacity. It has reported net loss of A$ 59.1 million and A$ 88.8 million in FY11 and FY12 respectively.
Avalon is focusing majorly on the rare earth deposits in Canada. It also expects to start a rare earth separation unit in the US by 2016. It reported net loss of C$ 8.7 million and C$ 11.2 million during FY11 and FY12 respectively.
Rare Element Resources reported net loss of $16.7 million and $35.0 million during FY11 and FY12 respectively. The company plans to start production from a high grade rare earth resource in North America.
Outlook and Future Prospects
Molycorp has projected lower revenues for the first quarter of 2013. The revenues are expected to be weaker than third and fourth quarters of 2012. These projections are mainly attributed to low global demand of rare earths and delays in achieving full commercial production at the Mountain Pass facility.
As per the IMCOA projections global demand for rare earths is expected to increase steadily in the coming years after passing through a serious dip during the 2008 crisis. By the second half of 2013, supply and demand levels are expected to achieve a healthy balance.
Supply from Molycorp is expected to be almost steady for the coming years. This may be a great concern for the investors because the company seems to be lagging behind on the growth front.
Moreover the company experienced at negative cash flow of $89.6 million during 2012 and has put forward a modernization strategy for the coming years which supposedly has high capital requirements.
Molycorp has lost over 90% of its stock value since 2011. The company has been struggling with high costs, production delays, outdated infrastructure and high competition. Moreover fluctuating demands of rare earth is also adding to the chaos. The company is in need of heavy investment to modernize its existing facilities and achieving operating efficiencies to bring down cost.
Long term demand projection for rare earth seems positive, but Molycorp will have to adopt a well balanced strategy to leverage upon growing demands. Moreover investors have lost their confidence in the company and it will be a tough challenge for the company to regain its market value. Both short term and long term investment perspectives seems negative for Molycorp.


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Man Ray, La ville (from the portfolio Electricité), 1931
Source: J.Paul Getty Museum
"I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions"
Anna Atkins, Page from Britsh Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843
Anna Atkins (1799-1871) British botanical and photographer, was the first person to publish a book illustrated only with photographic images and is considered the first woman photographer.
With books like British Algae (1843) or Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853), she pioneered the use of photography as an accurate means of scientific illustration.
The artistic beauty of her images, was a strong inspiration for the avant-garde artists.
George Hoyningen-Huene, Divers (Photographer Horst P. Horst in Swimwear by Izod, photo for Vogue, 1930)
Hoyningen-Huene's best-known photograph shows two bathers—one, his lover and protégé, Horst P. Horst; the other, an androgynous female model—facing away from the camera, staring across an infinite horizon toward the "sea" (in reality, the balustrade on the roof of Vogue's Paris studio).
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Claude Cahun, Jacqueline and André Breton, 1935-36
Nadar, Self-portrait, c.1865
Herbert Bayer, Humanly impossible (Self-Portrait), 1932
Charles Ebbets, Rockefeller Center, 1932
John Stezaker:
Film Portrait (She) I, 2005
Marriage (Film Portrait Collage) LXI, 2010
Marriage I, 2006
Pierre-Louis Pierson, Scherzo di follia (Countess of Castiglione), c.1863-66
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News about Alaska, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Sep. 13, 2014
Alaskan police are investigating whether members of Sarah Palin's family participated in a brawl during a birthday party in Anchorage; Palin, in a Facebook post, says that she had been traveling the day the party was held. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Alaska Gov Sean Parnell, upon request, receives resignation of adjutant general of Alaska National Guard Thomas Katkus; request by governor came after report into allegations of sexual assault in Guard found that victims do not trust system due to lack of confidence in the command. MORE
Sep. 3, 2014
Byron Mallott, Democratic candidate for governor of Alaska, says he will withdraw and run instead for lieutenant governor alongside independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker; says move is aimed at defeating incumbent Gov Sean Parnell, Republican seeking his second term; decision means that for first time since Alaskan statehood in 1959, no Democrat will be on the ballot for governor. MORE
Sep. 2, 2014
Alaska gubernatorial candidates Byron Mallott, Democratic, and Bill Walker, independent, are discussing whether to merge their campaigns on bipartisan or nonpartisan ticket in effort to unseat incumbent Republican Gov Sean Parnell. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
Royal Dutch Shell submits plan to the federal government, trying once again to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic following years of setbacks and dogged opposition from environmentalists; notes that it has not made final decision on whether to drill in the summer of 2015, but that filing preserves the option; proposal would consist of two rigs working simultaneously in the Chukchi Sea, which could produce more than 400,000 barrels a day. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Hard-fought ballot referendum that would have overturned Alaska's system of taxing oil industry profits fails by narrow margin after absentee ballots are counted; Ballot Measure 1 drew millions of dollars in contributions from oil companies and raised political passions across state. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
Alaskans are preparing to vote in Senate race between Republican Dan Sullivan, former state attorney general, and Democratic incumbent Sen Mark Begich in race that could determine which party controls the chamber; people in both parties say candidate able to make a personal connection with voters in urban areas, especially Anchorage, will win the contest. MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
The Upshot; Tea Party Republicans in Alaska hope to prevail in primary election to determine who will challenge incumbent Democratic Sen Mark Begich; Republicans have largely evaded Tea Party rebellions in current primary season, and while establishment candidate Dan Sullivan is regarded as the favorite, Tea Party-backed candidate Joe Miller remains a threat. MORE
Aug. 18, 2014
Referendum in Alaska that proposes to change how oil companies are taxed is stirring passionate public debate. MORE
Aug. 16, 2014
Gail Collins Op-Ed column describes political climate in Alaska leading up to state's Senate primaries and outlines positions of those running for Senate; notes that Alaska is one of states that will decide which party controls Senate in coming term. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014
Dispute between Alaska Sens Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich over television commercial extolling Begich's ability to work with Murkowski bursts into view with cease-and-desist letter demanding that he stop using her image in his ads. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Democrats, fighting to preserve their tenuous Senate majority, are building vast outreach operation across rural Alaska; effort extends even to tribal villages in state's northern reaches, where small population of voters were key factor in Sen Mark Begich's 2008 win; party intends to work with local chiefs and community leaders, utilizing face-to-face tactics that are critical in remote areas. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
House Ethics Committee orders Rep Don Young, Republican of Alaska, to pay a fine of almost $60,000 for using campaign money for personal purposes and for accepting 'impermissible gifts.' MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Remains of 17 people who died aboard a military plane when it crashed in Alaska in 1952 have been recovered and identified from wreckage in melting glacier; service members' remains will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. MORE
Jun. 8, 2014
Alaska has unwillingly become a giant receptacle for money from so-called super PACs and other out-of-state groups fighting over control of the United States Senate; more than $20 million worth of ads have been reserved so far in Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen Mark Begich and whoever will become his Republican challenger. MORE
May. 30, 2014
Political Memo; Democrats' hopes of holding the Senate in midterm election rest significantly on the political equivalent of what businesses call brand loyalty; Arkansas, Louisiana, Alaska and Georgia are running Democratic candidates from families with multigenerational records of political success. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Officials say that rain forecast may help crews gain control over large, wind-whipped wildfire in Alaska that began May 19. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Op-Ed article by author and fisherman Brendan Jones opposes planned logging of old-growth trees in Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska; argues trees are necessary to ecology of salmon spawning, vital part of Alaskan economy; holds forest produces both more value and more jobs in salmon than in timber; urges United States Forest Service, which approved sale, to reconsider and to put health of Alaska's fish population before destructive logging project. MORE
May. 13, 2014
Five gay couples file federal lawsuit in Anchorage, challenging Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. MORE
Apr. 27, 2014
Stuart Miller travel article on a family hiking trip to Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve; one of Alaska's most vital treasures but also one of least-visited national parks, park offers exhilarating climbs and mesmerizing glacial views. MORE
Apr. 22, 2014
Alaska's legislature approves Gov Sean Parnell's plan to join four energy companies in plans to build infrastructure to transport and market 35 trillion cubic feet of North Slope gas, which will be shipped by 800-mile pipeline to liquefied natural gas export plant. MORE
Apr. 8, 2014
Devastating earthquake that struck south-central Alaska on March 27, 1964 greatly expanded scientists' knowledge of earthquake mechanics; geologist George Plafker observed changes in landscape to verify theory of plate tectonics, then still doubted by many. MORE
Apr. 6, 2014
Cindy Hirschfeld travel article describes girl's getaway to Alaska for a heli-skiing adventure. MORE
Apr. 2, 2014
Unseasonably warm weather leaves trails bare in places during the Iditarod Trail Invitational, mixed ultra marathon long known for freezing temperatures and deep snow; shift allowed Jeff Oatley and several others to shatter 15-day record, and left many observers speculating about the impact of climate change. MORE
Feb. 28, 2014
Alaska Lt Gov Mead Treadwell certifies initiative that proposes to raise state's minimum wage, along with one to legalize recreational use of marijuana. MORE
Dec. 8, 2013
Soldotna Journal; homelessness is hidden problem on Alaska's Kenai peninsula, where region's smattering of tiny towns offer few social services; in a state where camping is both a way of life and part of the heritage, living in a tent may be by choice, or may be a sign of just how meager the Alaskan social and economic safety net is. MORE
Dec. 6, 2013
Alaska's Gov Sean Parnell will urge in his 2015 budget plan that state tap $3 billion in one of its savings accounts to pay down $11.9 billion unfunded liability in its two largest pension funds. MORE
Dec. 1, 2013
Plane operated by Hageland Aviation crashes near remote Alaskan town of St Mary's, killing pilot and three passengers. MORE
Nov. 28, 2013
Democrats in Alaska are fighting to restore former Republican Gov Sarah Palin's old tax policy, which included big new taxes on oil profits, after Gov Sean Parnell repealed it for more lenient tax law; in strange political move, Democrats are seeking to make Palin years under her oil taxes look good, while Republicans and many business leaders are pulling in opposite direction. MORE
Nov. 16, 2013
Gov Sean Parnell rejects calls to expand Medicaid in Alaska, citing cost concerns and prompting outcry from critics who say decision will leave thousands of Alaskans without care. MORE
Oct. 22, 2013
Alaska's salmon fishing industry essentially declares victory in bitter dispute with the Marine Stewardship Council over sustainability certification; fight involved Walmart and other customers that wanted such certification; $6.4 billion industry will move forward with its own labeling efforts. MORE
Oct. 16, 2013
Nation's king-crab fishing fleet, prepared to deploy off Alaskan coast for the start of season that supplies holiday tables and restaurants worldwide, is instead stalled in port by federal government shutdown. MORE
Jul. 23, 2013
Juneau Journal; unpredictable flood surges at Mendenhall Glacier, about 14 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska, are threatening homes and property; scientists and safety officials are urgently searching for way to anticipate the pressure that causes torrents of water shooting out from beneath the thinning glacier. MORE
Jul. 8, 2013
National Transportation Safety Board investigators say an air taxi crashed at an airport in Soldotna, Alaska, killing all 10 people aboard. MORE
Jun. 28, 2013
Op-Ed article by Olympic snowboarder Callan J Chythlook-Sifsof warns of impact the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska will have on salmon fishery and indigenous culture in which he grew up; urges Environmental Protection Agency to block mine under the Clean Water Act. MORE
Jun. 19, 2013
Government-backed fishery program meant to help impoverished Alaskans has made some villages haves and others have-nots; Community Development Quota Program was envisioned generation ago to lift up poor, isolated villages where jobs and hope were scarce, but results have been deeply uneven. MORE
Jun. 15, 2013
Alaska Lt Gov Mead Treadwell certifies ballot initiative application that would make it legal for adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, making state next battleground in effort to legalize the drug. MORE
May. 29, 2013
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, lone hospital in Alaska's remote western region, struggles to provide care for mostly native population of 28,000 that is spread out across area size of Oregon; chief of staff Dr Ellen Hodges faces extremely difficult triage decisions daily, deploying limited air transport in harsh conditions to communities that have no access to roads. MORE
May. 19, 2013
Christopher Solomon travel article in which he describes his love of America's most remote corners; one such place is Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve in Alaska, least-visited of the 401 National Park Service properties. MORE
May. 5, 2013
Proposal from General Communications Inc to acquire CBS affiliate KTVA in Anchorage raises questions about fairness and monopoly. MORE
Apr. 16, 2013
Alaska, hoping to reverse two decades of declining oil production, grants oil companies estimated $750 million in annual tax relief to increase investment in North Slope oil field. MORE
Apr. 11, 2013
ConocoPhillips says it is suspending its plans to drill in Alaskan Arctic waters in 2014 because of uncertainties over federal regulatory and permitting standards. MORE
Mar. 7, 2013
Alaska is planning to build 735-foot, $5.2 billion hydroelectric dam, which would create new power supply for more than two-thirds of state's population; proposed dam presents economic and environmental challenges. MORE
Feb. 12, 2013
Royal Dutch Shell, suffering another blow to its Alaskan Arctic drilling program, decides to tow its two drill vessels from there to Asian ports for major repairs, jeopardizing its plans to begin drilling for oil in summer 2013; delay does not necessarily doom Shell's seven-year, $4.5 billion exploration program, but it may strengthen position of anti-drilling environmentalists. MORE
Jan. 18, 2013
Rival oil companies watch intently as Royal Dutch Shell attempts to navigate two federal inquiries into safety management at its fledgling Alaskan drilling program; lapses have caused the Obama administration to become increasingly wary of the dangers related to drilling in the severe arctic environment. MORE
Jan. 9, 2013
Interior Department opens urgent review of Arctic offshore drilling operations following series of blunders and accidents involving Shell Oil that culminated in the grounding of its Kuluk oil rig near Alaska; assessment could halt or scale back company's $4.5 billion plan to open Alaska's Arctic waters to oil exploration. MORE
Jan. 8, 2013
Shell Oil drilling rig that ran aground in Gulf of Alaska is towed to safer waters for inspection. MORE
Jan. 7, 2013
Salvage crews attach tow line to drilling rig owned by Shell Oil, which ran aground in Gulf of Alaska; officials say rig is stable and that there is no sign of environmental damage. MORE
Jan. 4, 2013
Coast Guard and Shell Oil officials say drilling rig that ran aground in Gulf of Alaska has incurred water damage to its deck and electrical systems but is otherwise stable; say there is no sign that any of the roughly 150,000 gallons of diesel fuel and lubricants have leaked or of other environmental damage caused by rig. MORE
Jan. 2, 2013
One of Shell Oil's two Arctic drilling rigs is beached on island in Gulf of Alaska, threatening environmental damage from fuel spill and calling into question Shell's plans to resume drilling in waters north of Alaska. MORE
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General Information on Alaska
Official Name: State of Alaska
Nickname: The Last Frontier
Capital: Juneau
Largest City: Anchorage
Admitted to Union: 1959
Land Area and rank: 571,951 (1st)
Postal Abbreviation: AK
Web site: State.ak.us
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As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
Relieved of billions of tons of glacial weight, land is rising much as a cushion regains its shape after a person gets up from a chair.May 18, 2009 scienceNews
Alaska Is a Frontier for Green Power
Alaska is fast becoming an experiment in oil-state support for renewable energy.February 18, 2009 businessNews
In Alaska's Far North, Two Cultures Collide
The traditions of the Inupiat, natives of Alaska's arid north coast, are coming into conflict with the quest for oil.December 4, 2007 businessNews
Alaska Ad Finds a Target in Begich's Support of Gun Rights
Dan Sullivan releases a new ad criticizing Senator Mark Begich on gun control.
September 22, 2014, Monday
In Senate Battle, the Wild Cards Become Alaska and Kansas
The two states would probably decide the election if it were held today, and they pose unusual challenges for election forecasters.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
Palins Said to Be Involved in Brawl at Party in Alaska
The police in Anchorage are investigating reports of a "verbal and physical altercation" at the party last weekend.
September 13, 2014, Saturday
Democrats Are Seeing More Daylight in Path to Senate Control
With small leads elsewhere, the party will need to pick up one seat in a red state like Alaska, Georgia or Kansas.
September 13, 2014, Saturday
Writing as a Soldier and a Civilian
A soldier takes time out of uniform to pursue an M.F.A. in writing, and discovers that what sets him apart, as a veteran at the keyboard, is not as important as the common ground he shares with other writers.
September 12, 2014, Friday
What a Republican Edge in Alaska Could Mean
The polling in the state is suspect, but the data suggests that the G.O.P. has an advantage in a race that could swing the Senate.
September 10, 2014, Wednesday
Obama Delays Immigration Action, Yielding to Democratic Concerns
In putting off action until after the November elections, President Obama was acting out of concern for Senate Democrats on the ballots, White House officials said on Saturday.
September 7, 2014, Sunday
Alaska: National Guard Head Resigns
Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that he had requested and received the resignation of Thomas Katkus, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard.
September 5, 2014, Friday
Alaska Race Sees Democrat Quit Campaign for Governor
Byron Mallott said he would withdraw and run instead for lieutenant governor alongside an independent candidate, Bill Walker.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
2 Alaskans Weigh Uniting in Race Against Governor
The two challengers to Gov. Sean Parnell are discussing merging their campaigns, with neither seen as being able to win a three-way race with the incumbent.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State
Updated charts now show two views: where people who live in each state were born, and where people who were born in a state moved to.
Letter from Murkowski to Begich Campaign
A cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to her colleague, Senator Mark Begich of Alaska, asking that he stop using her image in campaign ads.
Snowboard Legend Mentors Fresh Talent
Five years ago, Jeremy Jones invited a young Ryland Bell to join him in Alaska. Since that trip, Bell has traveled to the state with Jones nearly every spring, revealing Bell's growth as a rider.
Support for Alaska Senator
Lisa Keller is a mother, a runner, a lifelong Alaskan and a cancer survivor. She says she has health insurance again because of Mark Begich, her Democratic senator.
Camping by Night, Riding by Day
In order to ride a steep face that received minimal sunlight, Jeremy Jones and Ryland Bell spent an evening nestled on a ledge thousands of feet above their base camp in Alaska's Fairweather Range.
Times Minute | Israeli Diplomacy
On the Minute, how American students excel at problem solving and record times on this year's Iditarod Trail Invitational.
Researching a Snowboarding Trip
Throughout the past six years, Jeremy Jones has traveled to Alaska to snowboard new zones under his own power. With each trip, he has refined how he researches these areas.
The Reward Comes After the Storm
Deep in Alaska, the adventurous snowboarders had to shift their focus from filming to surviving a storm. After 12 days in their tents, they quickly made up for lost time.
Skier Flirts With Danger
In this episode of Teton Gravity Research's "Behind The Line," professional skiers Todd Ligare and others discover a technical line in Alaska that requires jumping two crevasses.
Redefining What's Possible for Skiers
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Officials say one woman who fell during the evacuation was taken to the hospital. Another woman asked to be checked and was taken to Sentara Norfolk General.
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A few days ago we brought the news to you that work on a CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) ROM – based on Jelly Bean Android 4.1 – for the HTC Sensation had begun, but the ROM wasn't in a really stable state at that moment. Well, now it is quite a bit more stable and ready to be used and tried out.
Developed by XDA Senior Member bruce2728, the ROM gets you Jelly Bean features – like a fast and smooth interface, advanced voice recognition assisted Google Search, improved and actionable notifications, smarter keyboard, Google Now information cards for automatic and useful info like weather, traffic, etc, and quite a lot more – along with fast performance and customization options found in CyanogenMod for a great experience.
Keep in mind that this is not an official HTC ROM and is currently under development, so there may be a few bugs and issues in it and some things may not work the way you expect them to. The following things currently work/do not work in the ROM (quoted from the developer):
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WiFi hotspot – use BT tether
Calls & data
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Read on to find out how you can install Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on your HTC Sensation with CM10 ROM.
This ROM and the guide below are compatible only and only with the HTC Sensation. It's not compatible with any other device. Check your device model in Settings » About phone.
The methods and procedures discussed here are considered risky and you should not attempt anything if you don't know completely what it is. If any damage occurs to your device, we won't be held liable.
How to Install CM10 on HTC Sensation
- This procedure will wipe all your apps, data and settings (but it will NOT touch your SD cards, so don't worry about those). Backup your Apps and important data — bookmarks, contacts, SMS, APNs (internet settings), etc. This Android backup guide would help you.
NOTE: Don't forget to at least make a backup of your APN settings, which you can restore later if your data connection does not work after installing the ROM. Use the backup guide to find out how.
- [Important] Your HTC Sensation must have S-Off and its bootloader must be unlocked. You can unlock the bootloader on the phone officially → here. Also, make sure ClockworkMod recovery is installed on your phone.
- Download the latest version of the ROM from the development page.
- Download the Google Apps package. This will install apps like Play Store, Gmail, etc. which are not present in the ROM by default.
Download Gapps | Alternate Link | Filename: gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip
- Copy the downloaded zip files from step 3 and step 4 to the SD card.
- Turn off the phone, then boot into Clockworkmod recovery by simultaneously pressing and holding the Volume down button and the Power button. From the resulting HBOOT menu, press Volume down to select the Recovery option and press the Power button to activate it.
In recovery, use Volume buttons to navigate and Power button to select items.
- Perform a Nandroid Backup of your existing ROM, so that you can always restore it from recovery if something does not work out with this ROM. To perform a backup, select Backup and Restore –> On the next screen, select Backup again. Go back to main recovery menu after backup is complete.
- Select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm. Wait a while till the data wipe is complete.
- Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Scroll to the ROM file on the SD card and select it. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM will start installing.
- After ROM installation completes, select choose zip from sdcard again, then select the gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip file to install the Google apps package.
- After the installation is complete, select go back then select reboot system now to reboot the phone and boot up into CM10. The first boot can take up to 5 minutes, so be patient.
- Important! You must do the things mentioned below after the phone boots up, at least till the ROM gets fixed updates:
- After first boot, go to Settings » Performance » Processor and set the minimum CPU frquency to 384 MHz, then tick "Set on boot".
- Then, every time the phone boots up (including the first time), go to Settings » Developer options and tick "Disable HD overlays".
(NOTE: To go back to your previous ROM, boot into recovery (as given in step 6), select backup and restore then restore your previous ROM by selecting it from the list.)
CM10, based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now installed and running on your HTC Sensation. Visit the development page for more info and to get the latest updates on the ROM. Share your thoughts on the ROM in the comments.


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Why a writing workshop did more for my preaching than a preaching conference
A few years ago I started to get a lot of affirmation for my preaching. People were listening, worship attendance was growing, and I was overhearing parishioners describe me as a good preacher. Soon this shaped my pastoral identity and led me to claim preaching as my "thing."
This prompted me to attend a large preaching conference, to learn from the best in my field. Getting lost in a massive sanctuary full of preachers was paradise for an introvert like me. I relished the anonymity—while also envying the preaching "great" up front. I wonder if I might ever be invited to be up there, I thought to myself and shared with no one.
In fact, the only time I interacted with others was when the preacher forced me to. After a few of these "Turn to your neighbor" conversations, I found a new pew: a single-seater in the far stratosphere of the balcony, where no one was my neighbor.
Even from this isolated perch, I heard sermons that brought tears to my eyes. I took a lot of notes, and I left feeling inspired. So I attended the preaching conference again.
But something was missing. I would come home with better ideas, but not as a better preacher.
Then I moved to Illinois for a new job as a college chaplain. I loved the work, but my academic schedule prevented me from attending the preaching conference. On a whim, I decided to try something different: I signed up for a couple classes at the nearby Iowa Summer Writer's Festival. I'd always loved to write. Maybe I'd even find a way to publish my sermons.
In Iowa, I was a lone M.Div. in a sea of MFAs. I took two classes, one on free-writing and one on "nonfiction for people with short attention spans." I didn't write sermons, but I did write about my faith. Others wrote about their childhoods, parenting, or the pain of death or divorce. We got to know each other intimately—especially since one of the unspoken rules was to check your ego at the door.
But the first time I read my writing to the class, I reverted to my 13-year-old self. I giggled manically, smiled inappropriately and sweated profusely. What I had written was terrible—stiff, awkward sentences, filled with generic words like "nice"—yet I still had to read it aloud and receive feedback.
After I finished, the teacher shared some advice: "If you find yourself writing bad stuff, try to write even worse." Was I supposed to take that as encouragement?
By Wednesday I was in crisis. "I suck at this," I texted to a pastor friend. "This is the hardest thing I have ever done."
I knew I was failing miserably. Everything I wrote was composed in fear, written to the expectations I assumed for myself as a pastor. I wrote stiff and safe.
My classmates responded with polite words, straining to encourage me. My teacher was ruthless. He said I wasn't venturing far enough into the "wilderness" of humanity to be credible. Ouch. My ego was on the ropes.
Then something started to happen. I think it had to do with giving up, or giving in. I had been writing so poorly, I no longer felt the need to impress. So I loosened up and wrote with abandon, freeing myself from my overly pious pulpit. I wrote angry. I wrote questioning. I wrote silly. I swore a lot.
In other words, my genuine self emerged—a self that, to my surprise, wrote about faith with a depth of honesty I had never before dared. It was liberating to write so truthfully. It was also effective. My teacher finally smiled at me, and he said my words held wisdom. My classmates told me that if I wrote sermons like that, they'd come hear me preach.
The ego is a preacher's greatest enemy. Nothing can steer us away from truth more quickly. In Iowa, we shared tremendous honesty, vulnerability and courage as a community of writers. Now I long to engage other preachers in a similar conversation.
We might contemplate questions like these: Why do we preachers feel pressured to be someone we are not? If we're inspired by a humble carpenter, why does the pulpit aggrandize our egos and delude our sense of self? And do we dare tell the whole truth, for the sake of an authentic word?


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