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Thinking in 4T — Target, Talent, Technology, and Technique. In this interactive session we will practice evaluating work designs and finding new ways to enhance bottom-up approaches to the future of work.
People, Technology, Organizations
Thinking in 4T — Target, Talent, Technology, and Technique. In this interactive session we will practice evaluating work designs and finding new ways to enhance bottom-up approaches to the future of work.
Terri Griffith helps organizations analyze their people and technology resources to accelerate performance and prepare for the futures of work. Through her speaking, writing, teaching, and research, Terri brings energy and evidence-based leadership and innovation to organizations spanning high tech, education, and global agribusiness. She inspires and coaches groups on how to negotiate change and uniquely mix existing and new capabilities.
Her award-winning book, The Plugged-In Manager: Get in Tune with Your People, Technology, and Organization to Thrive, offers clear examples and frameworks for succeeding now and in the future -- not just leadership, not just technology, but a powerful combination that leverages all your resources. For over 25 years she has offered programs and projects for companies and associations including Oracle, IBM, Cisco, ESADE, Sonera, and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. She serves on the advisory boards for startups and advisory groups and was honored as a 2012 Woman of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Terri practices what she preaches as an Associate Dean and Professor of Management in Santa Clara University's business school. Through her blog, Technology and Organizations, and freelance work (Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review Blog, Women 2.0, MIT's Sloan Management Review), she has the opportunity to follow organizational trends and the leaders who bring them to life. Her academic work is published in top journals such as: Organization Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, IEEE – Transactions on Engineering Management, and the Academy of Management Review. Some of this research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. She is a senior editor for Organization Science, an editorial board member of IEEE Transactions on Engineering and Group Decision and Negotiation, as well as a past associate editor for MIS Quarterly. Her undergraduate degree is from UC Berkeley; her master's and doctorate are from Carnegie Mellon.
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LIVE MARKETS-Afternoon snapshot: IBEX hits five-month high
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Welcome to the home for real time coverage of European equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Julien Ponthus. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: email@example.com AFTERNOON SNAPSHOT: IBEX HITS FIVE-MONTH HIGH (1349 GMT) European shares have turned slightly higher, pushing the STOXX 600 index back to its highest point since Aug. 2015 and the euro zone's STOXX to 10-year highs, milestones already reached on Friday. Only the IBEX in Madrid is breaking new ground after Fitch upgraded Spain's credit rating to "A-". The Spanish top share index has just extended its gains to 1.1 percent, hitting a five-month high and helping it recover from the losses linked to the Catalonia crisis. (Danilo Masoni) ***** IS THE MARKET POSITIONED FOR CROSS-BORDER BANK M&A? (1257 GMT) Mediobanca Securities analysts don't think so. They see opportunities for stock pickers, but have a word of caution over the broad benefits of such deals. "European regulators and governments are getting more and more explicit about their desire to have in-market and cross border consolidation within the Banking Union. By contrast, both CEOs and investors seem very cold about it given the limited cost synergies and the higher execution risk," they say. "Yet, we see some combinations making sense as they either offer in-market synergies or material upside from capital arbitrage. None of this is included in current prices... and we stress it would make sense to gain exposure to attractive stand-alone names also offering free upside potential from M&A," they add in a note to clients. Here are their possible M&A picks in the space: * Bankia and Monte dei Paschi among government-owned banks * Italian mid-cap banks on valuation * Commerzbank as the only entry ticket into the German market or as the way to create a large German player (Danilo Masoni) BOND YIELD REPRICING SHOULDN'T SINK STOCKS (1249 GMT) The thing keeping most stock investors up at night right now, according to JP Morgan, is the potential for bond yields to reprice and drive a re-rating of equity P/E. But JPM analysts reckon equities will be able to absorb a potential repricing in bond yields as the move up in yields is happening for the 'right reasons', i.e. strong economic growth. And earnings momentum is more important to valuations staying strong - they see "at worst" stable P/E multiples ahead. So far from being a threat to stocks' outperformance, JP Morgan analysts see the potential repricing in bond yields as a reason to stay constructive on stocks. "If yields move higher we believe equities could in face benefit from, among other factors, a rotation in investor flows." Regardless of the impact bond repricing may have on the P/E multiple, JPM recommends hedging this risk by rotating out of Growth and into Value stocks - a trade which, if it plays out, will favour the European market which is heavier in Value stocks. "It is very difficult to see Eurozone underperform the US if the Growth-Value rotation does materialize this year," says JPM. (Helen Reid) ***** FUEL PRICE SURGE SPELLS TURBULENCE FOR AIRLINES (1225 GMT) While the New Year surge in oil prices, has buoyed global markets and energy stocks, it isn't good news for everyone. Airlines are one sector set to suffer from higher cost pressures. The cost of jet fuel has increased by more than 30 percent in 12 months, Bernstein analysts write. They forecast fuel costs to rise by 2.4 billion euros this year, or 14 percent. "Rising costs are increasingly worrying airline executives as the days of cheap fuel appear to be over," Bernstein analysts say. And they don't see any chance the airlines can pass on this cost to consumers through higher fares. "We see this translating into a very different picture for earnings at individual airlines as differing hedging policies, profit margins and 'locked in' hedge prices for fuel and currency create different levels of exposure." Ryanair's fuel bill is the most sensitive to further changes in oil price, according to Bernstein, but they reckon rising prices won't dent margins too much because the airline has hedged its exposure at a low price so far. Meanwhile Air France-KLM faces the largest increase in fuel prices in 2018 given its relatively low hedging amount and after it enjoyed the lowest fuel price across the analysts' coverage in 2017. The French airline is already down 3.4 percent today after Davy Research analysts downgraded the stock to neutral after a strong run. (Helen Reid) ***** A SOBERING VIEW ON FRANCE: STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT IS A DRAG (1138 GMT) With growing optimism on the health of the Euro zone economy and its equity markets, it's easy to forget that GDP growth in some countries such as France is somewhat below what one would expect at this stage in the cycle, with forecasts of under 2 percent for 2017 and 2018. According to Natixis' research, structural unemployment and the rise in numbers of young people with no qualifications are a drag on the Gallic economy and will keep holding it back. "When the structural unemployment rate is as high as in France currently (more than 9%), recruitment difficulties will very prematurely stop growth," Patrick Artus, who heads research at the French bank, says in a note. "Periods of vigorous growth in France will necessarily be short, since recruitment difficulties rapidly become severe," he argues, noting how the last ten years have hurt growth potential: (Julien Ponthus) ***** NO NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT U.S. SHUTDOWN (1044 GMT) That's the view from investment manager Rathbones on the U.S. government shutdown. "I believe investors shouldn´t get too panicked. It's important to remember that financial markets barely blinked at the last two shutdowns in 1995/96 and 2013," Ed Smith, head of asset allocation research at Rathbones, said in a note. The U.S. Senate is due to vote on a funding bill at 1700 GMT later today. "Markets do not react because the economic impact is not that large," Smith added. In Europe markets are still flat, suggesting the focus remains on M&A activity and upcoming earnings reports. (Kit Rees) ***** BANKS: CAN YOU SEE Q4 THREATS IF YOU TAKE THE HELICOPTER VIEW? (1039 GMT) As mentioned in the post below, the rotation to banks has been a very popular trade so far in 2018, seen as a proxy to play the buoyant Euro zone economy and monetary normalisation. But while this seems to make perfect sense when one takes a helicopter view on the sector, in the short term, Q4 could be a tricky one, just as UBS seems to show this morning. Looking at the French banking sector, Deutsche Bank notes three potential threats to Q4 results: * Retail banking is still suffering from low interest rates and that's hurting net interest margins. * Low volatility is a drag for market activities, and that has been clearly exposed last week in the results of U.S. investment banks. * One-offs such as SocGen's recent tax fight with the French government, are not a thing of the past. JP Morgan has made a similar warning to its clients, advising them to be selective in picking the right banking stock. Interestingly, DB, like JP Morgan, also recommends favouring Natixis over Societe Generale and notes its recent underperformance: (Julien Ponthus) ***** DOES UBS SHARE DROP SET A PATTERN FOR Q4 BANK RESULTS? (1010 GMT) UBS kicked off European bank earnings with buybacks and higher dividends despite a U.S. tax-related writedown, but the shares are down 1.6 percent. Cyclical stocks like banks have been buoyed the most by the flood of money into equities since the start of the year and UBS is no exception. The Swiss bank´s earnings forecasts were in line with consensus, but that was still enough to trigger some selling, one analyst tells us. It seems the market was holding out hope for more ambitious targets from UBS given wealth generation in the world is increasing, new money is growing and markets are strong. (Tom Pfeiffer) ***** VIEWS FROM THE STREET: RICHEMONT'S OFFER FOR YNAP (0950 GMT) Surging up to the top of Italy's stock index is Yoox Net-a-Porter, up 24 percent to a record high after Richemont put in a bid for the remaining shares in YNAP, at a 26 percent premium to Friday's closing price. "The deal seems to reflect Richemont's aim to expand but at the same time control its distribution channels," note Baader Helvea analysts. The deal is in a similar vein to Richemont's recent move to increase its stake in duty free retail company Dufry. "Given the lack of interesting acquisition targets up for sale in their core business of hard luxury, Richemont has decided to put at work its big cash pile investing into distribution channels," write Bernstein's Mario Ortelli and team. Crucially, Bernstein analysts note, Richemont will continue to run YNAP as a separate business in order to make sure third-party luxury brands continue to see it as a neutral platform. The already strong ties between the companies mean analysts don't see counter-bids as likely. We're just under the offer price of 38 euros now. Richemont shares meanwhile are down 1 percent as investors digest the bid. "Due to [YNAP's] relatively lower ROIC profile, some investors may question the group's decision to go back to the lower return e-commerce business rather than look to expand its existing brand portfolio," says Berenberg. (Helen Reid) ***** OPENING SNAPSHOT: STOXX 600 FLAT (0813 GMT) European shares have opened little changed with the broader pan-regional STOXX 600 stuck at Friday's level and sectoral indexes also showing small moves. Germany's DAX is up a little as Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives prepare for formal coalition talks after the centre-left SPD voted narrowly to go ahead following months of political deadlock. Below the surface, the price swings are much bigger. Top 2 movers on the STOXX 600 are Sweden's Orphan Biovitrum, up 15 percent, which is a partner of haemophilia drug maker Bioverativ that Sanofi agreed to buy, and bookie William Hill, down 14 percent after the Sunday Times reported that Britain will limit gambling terminal stakes to two pounds. (Danilo Masoni) ***** SANOFI'S MOVE BOOSTS BIOTECH M&A PIPELINE (0747 GMT) Investors betting on a pick of M&A deals in the pharma sector will likely be emboldened by news that French healthcare group Sanofi has agreed to buy U.S. peer Bioverativ in a $11.6 billion transaction. Check out our story here for more details on the cash deal which comes after Sanofi had failed to land major takeovers in recent years. Separately, Biotest said late on Friday it sold its U.S. operations, allaying U.S. national security concerns and paving the way for the German blood plasma products maker's sale to a Chinese investor. Just in recent weeks there has been a flurry of M&A deals in the biotech space worth several billion dollars. Here's a quick recap of dealmaking that has involved European companies: Novo Nordisk/Ablynx; Roche/Ignyta; and Takeda/TiGenix . (Danilo Masoni) ***** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (0740 GMT) It seems to be business as usual so far on European stocks markets with futures indicating shares to rise slightly, expect in London with the FTSE losing a few points. That could change however with a prolonged stalemate in Washington but in the meantime, in Europe, prospects of talks between Merkel allies and the SPD should support sentiment. Main newsmaker this morning is France's Sanofi, which confirmed a bid for U.S. peer Bioverativ , another sign that M&A should indeed continue to spice things up. Switching from spice to sugar, Italian airports and motorway operator Atlantia is open to sweeten its bid to Abertis and other takeover preys, such as Ablynx in Belgium or GKN in the UK, expect their would-be suitors to cough up more cash to woo investors. A deal is not always needed though for shareholders to get extra cash: UBS proposed an increased dividend and new share buyback programme despite a hefty write down from a tax overhaul in the United States. Other movers today could include troubled South African retailer Steinhoff which plans to sell about 7.5 billion rand ($620 million) of shares in investment firm PSG Group it scrambles to plug a liquidity gap. Possible impact also of the chief executive of Dixons Carphone leaving Britain's largest electricals and mobile phone retailer to run the Boots chain. Also, platinum miner Lonmin reported a 65 percent drop in 2017 profit, citing higher costs and subdued commodity prices but reiterated its 2018 targets Please have a look below for a summary of our main headlines. (Julien Ponthus) ***** MAIN HEADLINES (0740 GMT) Healthcare group Sanofi agrees to buy U.S. peer Bioverativ for $11.6 bln Richemont offers 2.8 bln euros to buy Yoox Net-A-Porter Steinhoff to place shares in PSG Group worth around $620 million UBS ups investor returns as US tax overhaul socks bank with quarterly loss Takeover target GKN raises forecast for electric driveline sales Dixons Carphone reports 6 percent jump in underlying revenue Dixons Carphone CEO James quits for job at Boots TUI sees record sales, earnings in 2018-paper Atlantia opens door to sweetening Abertis bid Takeaway.com says merger with Delivery Hero an option -paper UK Q4 motor insurance premiums fall 1.3 pct-survey Britain to limit gambling terminal stakes to two pounds-Sunday Times LVMH hires Hedi Slimane for Celine brand Engie to keep separate CEO, board chair roles -finance minister Deutsche Telekom expects steady dividend hikes -paper Hearing on Vivendi's appeal against Italian antitrust ruling postponed Schaeffler CEO says splitting company would be unwise -paper UK Takeover Panel extends deadline for IWG bidding Sika CEO says share price rise could end takeover battle UK's Computacenter says to beat 2017 expectations, sees stable 2018 Lonmin reports 65 percent fall in 2017 profit on higher costs (Tom Pfeiffer) ***** EUROPE'S STOCK FUTURES SLIGHTLY UP (0705 GMT) Futures have opened with slight gains overall but London's FTSE 100 is seen, as earlier indications from spreadbetters showed, opening in negative territory. (Julien Ponthus) ***** WHAT TO EXPECT ON MARKETS DURING A U.S. SHUTDOWN? (0645 GMT) While many see minimal impact on the economy from a short-term government shutdown, analysts say a prolonged stalemate in Washington could dampen investors' confidence in U.S. assets. Here's how Nordea sums up what's to be expected based on the previous shutdowns: (Julien Ponthus) ***** EUROPEAN MORNING CALL: SHARES SEEN OPENING SIDEWAYS (0625 GMT) Good morning and welcome to Live Markets. European shares are set to open sideways on Monday with the U.S. government still shut down but with hopes of an end to the political deadlock in Germany with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives getting ready to start formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD). Earlier, U.S. stock futures, Asian equities and the dollar pulled back slightly as the U.S. government is shut down amid a dispute between President Donald Trump and Democrats over immigration. London's FTSE 100 is expected to open 14 points lower, Germany's DAX 31 points higher and France's CAC 40 up 5 points. (Julien Ponthus) ***** (Reporting by Danilo Masoni, Helen Reid, Kit Rees and Julien Ponthus)
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Liberia's self-proclaimed "kingmaker," Senator Prince Johnson, has made his decision: He will support President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in next month's run-off, despite accusing her of rigging the Oct. 11 first-round election.
It's "for the sake of the nation," he says.
Mr. Johnson, best known around the world for ordering the 1990 torture and murder of then-President Samuel Doe, has emerged as one of the most important political players in Liberia's presidential elections.
Johnson's National Union for Democratic Progress (NUDP) party came in third in the first-round presidential vote, with 11.6 percent. But with neither President Johnson-Sirleaf's Unity Party (UP) nor the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) – headed by Harvard-educated Winston Tubman and his vice presidential candidate, soccer legend George Weah – able to command a majority of the vote required for victory, Johnson's support will likely decide the winner of the second-round vote.
The former warlord turned evangelical Christian is well known in Liberia for his dramatic public statements and erratic political behavior – his pledge of support for the UP followed his threat, made with other opposition parties, to boycott the runoff due to alleged electoral fraud. And senior NUDP members criticized his current support for Johnson-Sirleaf, saying they did not endorse his support of the UP over the CDC.
But for Johnson, who has been a vocal critic of President Johnson-Sirleaf throughout the campaign, the choice seemed logical. Johnson-Sirleaf is not an Americo-Liberian like Mr. Tubman. Mr. Weah insulted Johnson and rejected his proposition to be his running mate because Johnson was indicted under recommendation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). But most importantly, Johnson-Sirleaf says she would not implement the recommendations of the TRC to try Johnson.
In front of numerous supporters on the stoop of a hotel in Ganta, a town in Johnson's political stronghold of Nimba County, Johnson said jokingly said that it was better to support one who has also been indicted by the TRC, than someone who was not an indictee.
The contentious TRC recommended that Johnson-Sirleaf be banned from Liberian politics for 30 years, due to her alleged support for former President Charles Taylor in the early stages of the insurgency. It also recommended that Johnson by prosecuted for human rights violations, including sanctioning killing, abduction, torture, forced labor, and rape. Tubman had previously said he would implement the recommendations and prosecute, but later retracted his statement when Johnson announced he would support Johnson-Sirleaf.
Despite his allegations of electoral fraud, Johnson has said that he will support Johnson-Sirleaf "for the sake of the nation," and his own presidential ambitions in the 2017 elections.
"I know there was massive rigging and there are flaws and we have evidence," says Johnson. "But the evidence of fraud we got cannot make us make trouble…. When you have two evils, you must go with the lesser of evils."
UP media coordinator Bushuben Keita has said "The Unity Party wholeheartedly welcomes the support and think it will push us ahead in the run off."
But how did Johnson become a powerbroker in these elections? And can he "deliver the people of Nimba to the Unity Party," as he claims?
Warlord or "freedom fighter"?
While Johnson may have few admirers and commanded few votes outside his political stronghold of Nimba, he is widely regarded in his home county as a freedom fighter who saved his people from the then brutal dictator President Samuel Doe.
Samuel Dahn, a forester from Ganta, says he would support the UP in the run-off now that Johnson had endorsed the party.
"We love the way he does things; we love his platform," says Mr. Dahn. "What he says, he follows it. Before he said he would liberate his country, which he did.... He liberated us from the Samuel Doe regime. He saved us by preventing Samuel Doe's soldiers from massacring us."
In 1985, after an unsuccessful coup attempt by Thomas Quiwonkpa, a member of Gio people of Nimba and Doe's former second in command in the armed forces, Doe retaliated with military force and state repression against ethnic Gios and Manos both in Nimba and other parts of Liberia.
Dr. Joseph Saye Guannu, also a Gio Nimbadian, was the Liberian Ambassador to the United States at the time and was fired by Doe, as were many Gio and Mano public officials. Now a historian at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Dr. Guannu said that Johnson's popularity can be traced back to this period, when he, with the help of his then-ally Charles Taylor and training and support from Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, drove Doe's forces out of Nimba.
Guannu advised Johnson during his senatorial campaign, and like many people from Nimba, he regards the senator as a freedom fighter rather than a former warlord.
"He was a real revolutionary," said Guannu, later adding: "It's not that he owes the people of Nimba, the people of Nimba owe him."
From senator to powerbroker
Johnson's popularity is read by many as an example of the continuing role that ethnicity plays in Liberian politics.
"The emphasis on ethnicity is declining," Guannu said. "But take the Johnson case in Nimba, voting strictly on ethnic lines despite his popularity. Where you see him receiving votes outside of Nimba, it is because his two groups, the Mano and Gio have sizable communities."
But Johnson's popularity in Nimba, coupled with the large number of votes he has commanded, have put him in a powerful position. Last week he said that he would demand 30 percent of ministerial, ambassadorial, and agency positions in the government, and is now negotiating with the UP over the conditions for his support.
The next president?
At an old concrete hall in the middle of Sanniquellie, the small capital in Nimba, Johnson is met by thousands of supporters. During a round of thunderous applause as he spoke on the stage, some yelled: "Here's the next president."
But while some people in Nimba, like Johnson himself, believe he will be the next president, most analysts think that Johnson's political appeal among voters will never extend beyond his home county.
"To be a president you need to be more then popular" Guannu said. "He is not highly educated, even though he was high in the ranks and rose to lieutenant in the army. He cannot stand toe-to-toe with any of the leaders in Africa who are highly educated and experienced."
While Johnson states with certainty that he can "deliver the people of Nimba to the Unity Party," it remains uncertain whether Johnson will be able to convince all of his voters to back Johnson-Sirleaf, according to Dan Sayree of the Liberian Democratic institute.
"The general voting patterns of the population would suggest that it will be an automatic win for her," said Mr. Sayree, adding that voting patterns and support for political parties can change during the second round. "But Johnson has a lot of work to do. It is uncertain that those voters who carried him previously will support him again in backing the UP.
An uneasy alliance
The details of the agreement between the Unity Party and Johnson have yet to be finalized or made public, but Johnson-Sirleaf's alliance with Johnson could raise eyebrows among her supporters in the international community and questions domestically regarding the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's commitment to justice. Sayree has said that Johnson's justifications for backing Johnson-Sirleaf, who has yet to comment on the alliance, could raise challenges for the president and possibly damage her profile domestically and abroad.
"His statements put Madame Sirleaf in a difficult position of providing reconciliation between the Nobel Peace Prize that she has won and the implications of the prize, versus the implications of a TRC Commission indictee saying that 'I am joining you because I don't want to be prosecuted,'" says Sayree. "The issue is of concern because we want to build a society that will thrive on justice and not impunity, and Madam Johnson-Sirleaf has said repeatedly that she subscribes to the rule of law and justice."
But for Johnson this matters little; he is the king, the father of a county that could determine who becomes Liberia's next president.
"I don't trust Ellen; I don't trust even the CDC. But it is better the devil you have than the angel that is waiting to come."


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DOVER — The region continued Saturday making preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, dubbed "Frankenstorm," for its expected combination of tropical storm and Nor'easter-like weather pounding the area starting Monday.
Senior Meteorologist Mike Kistner with the National Weather Service said the now Category 1 hurricane will bring stormy conditions to the area, starting Monday afternoon and continuing into Tuesday, with gusts of wind up to 70 mph and large amounts of rain.
"Whatever people call it, they've still got to know, it's a very intense system, no matter what," he said.
Meteorologist Andy Pohl said the storm will likely make contact with the U.S. in New Jersey first.
"We're trying to impress upon people whereever the storm makes landfall is not as important…," Pohl said. "It's a very large storm, and extends hundreds of miles … Much of southern New England will be affected."
Sandy is currently making a path north of the Caribbean, where it left nearly 60 people dead. Many in the New England area are preparing for what some say may be the worst storm experienced in recent memory.
Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) reported they have additional crews on standby in the event of power outages, as well as additional tree staff to tend to downed branches. They advised residents to not park their cars underneath trees, to avoid damage.
Somersworth has announced a storm shelter will be available at the high school during the storm.
Several communities have moved their planned trick-or-treating times to Sunday evening. Hampton has rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. along with Newmarket, from 5 to 8 p.m., Kittery, Maine, from 5 to 8 p.m., Rollinsford from 4 to 7 p.m. and Lee, from 5 to 7 p.m.
North Hampton Emergency Management urges all traffic to avoid Ocean Boulevard (Rte. 1A) during the storm, saying they have concerns for rocks, large stones, and other debris launching onto the roadway.
The storm has had an impact on political plans, too.
The storm forced the presidential campaign to juggle schedules. Romney scrapped plans to campaign Sunday in the swing state of Virginia, and switched his schedule for the day to Ohio. First Lady Michelle Obama has also cancelled her appearance at a grassroots event for Tuesday at University of New Hampshire (UNH) in Durham, where the campus has already announced closures for Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Massive storm to hit Monday
DOVER — The region continued Saturday making preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, dubbed "Frankenstorm," for its expected combination of tropical storm and Nor'easter-like weather pounding the area starting Monday.


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Bear Flat offers a variety of local events, including the Bloomfield Community Orchard Picnic. Usually held in late July, the picnic is advertised as a great way to meet old friends and make new ones.
Alternatively, The Bear Flat Art Trail, held over the late May Bank Holiday, offers the chance to meet and explore the work of local artists, who open their studios and venues to the public.
Again, if you're prepared to make the trip into the city centre, the choice of entertainment on offer opens up significantly. The Theatre Royal, for example, shows a broad and varied range of performances throughout the year. Meanwhile, Odeon and The Little Theatre Cinema – which specialises in showing independent and foreign language films – cater for the city's film enthusiasts.
There are a number of beautiful parks and interesting places to visit in Bear Flat and its surrounding areas. If you're looking for an environment where kids can play, the adventure playground at Royal Victoria Park – roughly 1.6 miles from Bear Flat – is the ideal place to tire your little ones out.
Central Bath also boasts a variety of museums and attractions that will help broaden your kids' horizons. The aforementioned Roman Baths, Jane Austen Centre and Holburne Museum are all great. However, if you're kids love animals, Bath City Farm – located 1.5 miles from Bear Flat – is a picturesque location that is worthy of a visit.
The Bath Healthcare Clinic, on Wells Road, provides Osteopathy treatments. Meanwhile, the walk-in centre in central Bath has been replaced by the Urgent Care Unit at the Royal United Hospital, which is located two miles from Bear Flat. The nearest library to Bear Flat is in central Bath, above the Waitrose supermarket.
Because there are no public car parks nearby, Bear Flat is restricted to off street and resident parking. To park in many of the residential parking spaces in the Bear Flat area, you will need a parking permit, which you can purchase from the local council.
Many of the roads in Bath and the Bear Flat areas were originally designed for horse and cart, which means they can become quite narrow in places. As a result, the area's roads can become congested with traffic – especially during the morning and evening rush hours.
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- D The Dragon asked if I was going to give out a BASTOW for week 4. I believe Mr. Miyagi said, "You cannot receive, what you do not earn." Or maybe it was Yoda. Either way, it was someone way more impressive than anyone on Green Bay's special teams last week.
- Ryan Pickett on Justin Harrell: "I don't ever see him. I've seen him, like, once in a blue moon." Same with us, Ryan, same with us.
- This week, Tony "The Incredible Bulk" Mandarich, confessed to be addicted to painkillers and booze during the three years he was a member of the Green Bay Packers. Ummm...Tony, don't you get it? In Green Bay, that's not an excuse for sucking harder than anyone's ever sucked. (See Favre, Brett; addiction)
- Matthew Berry of ESPN actually makes his living "reporting on" and "analyzing" fantasy football. If this is the case, I think I can get a halfway decent job analyzing coin-flipping. I believe Berry hosts a radio show called Captain D-Bag and Why I Never Get Laid.
- Charles Woodson's toe called, and it reminded Ryan Grant, Donald Lee, Donald Driver, Brandon Jackson, and James Jones that it has more TDs than them.
- Mike McCarthy's jowls shake when he is disgusted, they've been registering a 4.2 on the Richter Scale the past two weeks.
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Feb 18, 2011 - Quiz 1 - Winner: "johncenaa"
Today I want to stretch your tired brains
Tell me who I'm talking about here:
He was a good friend of World Chess Champion Emanual Lasker. In an interview with the New York Times in 1936 he said, "I do not play any games. There is no time for it. When I get through work I don't want anything which requires the working of the mind.". He did take up chess in his later life.
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Kilmore Historical Society
- Kilmore Historical Society P.O. Box 206, Kilmore, Vic. 3674 Kilmore Historical Society Old Kilmore Courthouse, Powlett Street, Kilmore, Vic. 3764
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Research Costs
- See http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kilmore/research_service.htm
Open Hours
- Tuesday 10.00 am - 3.00 pm First Saturday in the month 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Other times by appointment
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- Single $25 Family membership $35
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The Kilmore Historical Society was formed in 1964 and since then has gained an extensive collection of historical and regional manuscripts and records. Our new Research Centre was opened in April 2000 to make these resources available to the public. The Centre is currently operated by members on a volunteer basis to assist you in researching your Kilmore history.
Public usage of the Centre's resources is free for members. Non-members can purchase a daily Readers Ticket at a cost of $15.
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Satellite necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Seeking logo design which reflects the inspriration behind the co name (see below for more detail), and recognises the style of industry the company operates in.
Satellite Capital Partners
Industry and Clientele
Satellite Capital Partners is an investment management company, with a broad cross-section of investors as its clients. It seeks to create investment opportunities for people, and then apply wisdom and prudence to managing those investments.
Meaning of Company Name
The name Satellite is inspired by the latin term "satelles", meaning "guard" or "attendant", because the satellites (i.e. the moon) accompanied their primary planet in their journey through the heavens. This reflects the company partnering with it investors in seeking good investment returns.
The original term satellite referred to moons and planets. Modern day Satellites (as we now principally use the word) which are used for communication etc are not the focus behind the name, its the traditional latin meaning.
- Clean, sophisticated and simple design
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- It must be able to be converted/printed in black and white and still look just as good, without loosing quality/detail of the design.
- The logo may but does not need to use any of the words in the company name. Some images which you may use as inspiration however these are definitely NOT required are:
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- 5 phases of the moon
We are seeking creativity (that has meaning attached to it), and memorability!!
- logos incorporating a picture of a modern day satellite (like a communication satellite)
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Game development's most seductive over-promiser doesn't work at Microsoft anymore. He's doing his own thing, starting up a company called 22 Cans and promising a life-altering experience in his next game Curiosity. The world at large hasn't really seen a look at the game. Until now.
Molyneux showed a live demo of Curiosity at the Unite 2012 conference, which is organised by the creators of the popular Unity game development engine. He talks about the thought process behind the game and starts showing it off towards the end of the talk. Don't get too excited; there's no sign of the amazing treasure at the heart of Curiosity's cube in the demo. We'll all get a chance to see what the heck is in Molyneux's fancy box when the game comes out in September.


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Nobilis Health Corp, a recognized healthcare leader and marketing innovator, develops, owns, and partners with ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and physician practices to provide high-yield procedures in the rapidly expanding, minimally invasive, elective surgery market.
Using a unique direct-to-consumer marketing process, Nobilis is able to generate and convert leads and direct patients to personalized care that is quicker, clearer, and more hassle-free than conventional patient acquisition methods.
With headquarters in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Nobilis operates first-class facilities in six states and serves traveling patients from all over the country. Nobilis believes in aggressive but prudent growth through mergers, acquisitions, and the establishment of new brands. The approach has resulted in robust revenue and caseload growth.
Using unique, proprietary technology to fuel streamlined customer acquisition, billing, and physician services, Nobilis brings together parties in the healthcare system that have been misaligned for too long. The success of Nobilis—for physicians, facilities, and patients alike—rests on a multi-pronged commitment to facility management, comprehensive marketing, partner physicians, and the patient experience.
As owner, operator, manager, or co-manager of over 60 ambulatory care centers, clinics, and hospitals, Nobilis ensures that its patients are treated at top-of-the-line, comfortable, and convenient facilities.
Nobilis Health Corp partners with physicians and practices to more effectively market services, increase surgical volume and improve operational efficiency.
Nobilis Health Corp is a national healthcare company poised for sustained growth due to an expanding market and effective physician partnerships.
Nobilis partners with established physicians to develop and market brands optimized to the outpatient, minimally invasive surgery market.
"Nobilis Health is an organization that is dedicated to fostering a prosperous long-term relationship with their partner physicians. I have been working with them for many years and from top to bottom the organization has done an excellent job of meeting my needs medically, financially and professionally. Patient care has been put first and the requests and suggestions I've made have been quickly addressed to improve the experience for my patients before, during and after surgery. It has been a pleasure working at their facilities and they have made efforts to continue to improve their processes. The corporate staff is forward-thinking and understands the importance of helping physicians grow and develop their practices. Nobilis Health has a vision for the future of healthcare and I look forward to being a part of that vision and I encourage other physicians to become a part of their team."
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I created these unique modern photos of LDS temples with my film camera (these images are NOT photoshopped, they are created in-camera). Each photo is taken by shooting the same frame twice. The first exposure is of the temple silhouette and the second exposure is of an interesting scene or something that I bring with me. I feel it is important to make sure each second exposure image represents the area influenced by these beautiful buildings. For the nature photos I shoot an entire roll of film and then re-roll it and go for a hike and photograph the surrounding areas to complete each image. After the images are developed and scanned by a professional film lab, I produce a high quality Giclee Print.
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I design clothes because I don't want women to look all innocent and naïve…I want woman to look stronger…I don't like women to be taken advantage of…I don't like men whistling at women in the street. I think they deserve more respect. I like men to keep their distance from women, I like men to be stunned by an entrance. I've seen a woman get nearly beaten to death by her husband. I know what misogyny is … I want people to be afraid of the women I dress
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This morning, Ray Lewis talked about yesterday's Sports Illustrated report that he was given a banned deer-antler spray to recover from an injury earlier this season.
He was forceful in his denial, calling S.W.A.T.S. founder Mitch Ross — the person who says he gave Lewis the performance-enhancing spray — a coward and an outsider who just wants publicity.
Here's the full transcript of his answer when asked if he took the spray or not:
"I think, honestly, and I'm going to say it very clearly again, I think it's one of the most embarrassing things we can do on this type of stage. I think it takes totally away from, — you give somebody the ability to come into our world. You know, our world is a very secret society. We try to protect our world as much as we can, but when you let cowards come in and do things like that, to try to disturb or something.
"I've said it before, I've said it a million times. The reason why I'm smiling is because it's so funny of a story because I never, ever took what he says. ...
"And it's just sad, once again, that someone could have this much attention on a stage this big — where the dreams are really real. I don't need it. My teammates don't need it. The 49ers don't need it. Nobody needs it. It just really shows you how people really plan things and try to attack people from the outside.
"It's just foolish, it's very foolish. And the guy has no credibility, he has been sued four or five times over this same BS. And just to entertain it, I can't, I won't, and I just truly believe he doesn't have the privilege for me to speak about it ever again."
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Back before Ruthless Reviews imploded and became the derivative mess it is today, we were pretty funny. The site was so freewheeling that we were going to start reviewing films we hadn't watched. We never did, but we should have. Now I'm advocating a book I haven't read, yet. I promise you that I will. Why? Well aside from being a Red at heart, who can resist a chapter about "The Sexual Politics of the Domestic?" Certainly not moi. Why do I mention Barthes's book on the fanboy site that exists in the form of jalopnik.com? Cause our favorite French post-structuralist (or is that semiotician?) tosses in a section about "Technocratic Icons of Modernization." Which is Ivory Tower shorthand for our favorite topic: cars. Specifically, one of our favorite cars, the Citroen DS. Jump for a little bit more.
Here's a few choice quotes from the second part of a University of Sunderland lecture on the Mythologies;
"In postwar France the car became the very symbol of modernity. This is reflected in a number of films of the period such as Lola (1960), La Belle Americaine (1961) and, more catastrophically, Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend (1967). The automobile industry was central to France's increasing industrialization with Renault's vast modern factory at Billancourt as its most visible reminder. This factory, incidentally, provided the setting for Claire Etcherelli's Elise ou la vraie vie (1967). In La nouvelle Citroen (Barthes: 1970 p.150-2) Barthes understands this perfectly and analyses the ways in which the car has become the very icon of France's modernization. He compares the car to a mediaeval cathedral: both are works produced by anonymous artists which enchant the masses."
Ooh, I wonder what hotshots like Bangle, Mays and Donckerwolke have to say about that last bit? The lecture (and Barthes) continues into advertising, like so;
"More than this, however, advertizing [sic] is responsible for promoting the 'myth' of free choice. In Saponides et detergents (Barthes: 1970 pp.38-40) he discusses the different advertising approaches to Omo and Persil. Their advertising promotes two different products with two different properties. In reality, these two products are almost the same and are both manufactured by the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilver."
We're pretty sure that not a single soul working at Ford, Lincoln or Mercury has ever even heard of Messiuer Barthes. [Sexy lady cowboy boots off to our brainy pal Vera for the tip]
[Roland Barthes: Mythologies (1957)]
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Sunset - Hidden Beach, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
One of my most favorited picture to date, I held on to the raw unprocessed image for several months before I ever realized what a great picture I had. Some thunderstorms in the area had dissipated and stretched across the sky pulling the colors across the image. The rocks up front appear almost placed that way on purpose. This was shot mid summer on Tahoe's east shore facing north towards the Incline Village area. This was an extended exposure, as it took 16 seconds to create the overlapping waves and keep the surface of the lake smooth.
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Sunrise - Sand Harbor, NV USA
My first Sunrise ever! I finally got my butt out of bed early - This sunrise is still one of my favorites ever. This photo was taken about 30 minutes before actual "sunrise" in what is referred to as "First Light". Taking 90 seconds to expose this shot, it fused the blue/violet white balance, with the hot pink highlights from the distant sun. Photo was taken the north side of Sand Harbor with a snow-capped Rose knob and surrounding mountains.
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Platinum Dawn II
Sunrise - Hidden Beach, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Same as "Platinum Dawn I" except a vertical composition with a small angle change. And at a differing time. I swear though, it's practically the same image...the question would be, do you like vertical or landscape orientation?
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Lake Tahoe at Sunset
Winter Approaches
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200+ second long exposure of Bonsai Rock
Floating Isles I
Evening - Hidden Beach Area, East Shore, NV
The atmosphere here is so calm and still, you could here a pin drop. I looks as though there are boulders floating in nid-air. One of my favorite photographs I've taken. Photo was taken cliff side over-looking Lake Tahoe.
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Carmine Dusk
Sunset - Hidden Beach Area, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Evenings like this are probably my favorite. Zero wind and color in the sky can make for some incredible reflections. Being in a good spot to create the right composition either requires pre-planning (doesn't usually go as planned) or sheer luck. During this shoot, I didn't realize the lens was out of focus until right before I took this photo. One of my favorites for color, warmth, and simplicity.
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A Tear in Time
This was taken just after a large T-Storm rolled through the area. I had been slowly walking down the shore, taking pictures of different compositions for the past hour and a half. Finally, At just the right time, I landed here to photograph an intense ray of light on the most interesting boulder there. It looks like I set up the rocks this way, but I assure you, I could not move one of them. Taken at Hidden Beach - East Shore.
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Sunrise - East Shore, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Taken from the east shore at a popular diving spot where the water looks shallow enough, because you can see the bottom so easily but it is about +25ft deep. Photo shoots like these are welcome, as they are easy and laid back - no snow stinging your face, or having to wipe the lens dry. Just peaceful relaxation with a camera and a tripod.
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Emerald Cove
Pollen floating on Lake Tahoe during a thunderstorm at sunset
Sunrise - Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
This was a bitterly cold morning with lots of wind and water from the lake spraying me. It took me 6 attempts at taking an extreme long exposure. Finally as the sun rose some more and it got lighter outside, I finally dialed it in right and the result was this image that took 360 seconds, adding motion to the sky and turning the waves into misty smooth water. This photo was taken on Easter.
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Evening - Hidden Beach, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Taken at Hidden Beach. It was raining hard in this photo. All I could do for the most part, was wipe my lens dry over and over again. I was eventually able to find a downward angle for a composition and keep the rain from hitting the lens. After going trough several minutes of setting up and drying, a rogue wave came and slapped me in the face, getting me completely soaked. I took the photo for 180 seconds, resulting in a very smooth transitional photo. This was the only photo I salvaged, and before I cropped it, half of the image was wet and blurry. The rocks in the foreground are beautiful and vivid, but when dry, they are bland and unnoticeable.
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Sunset - East Shore, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Smoke from a large fire fills the Lake Tahoe Basin with intoxicating smoke and turns the sun red. I think the large rock kind of resembles Pikachu from Pokemon, but maybe that's what I want to see. Memorial point at dusk. It took 322 seconds with the camera shutter, to expose this image. Long Exposures are fun, but are a test in patience. 322 seconds is an eternity when waiting for one photo.
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Calm Before the Storm
Sunset - East Shore
I always love going out in stormy weather, mostly because I get away from people, bu also because it creates some very dramatic scenes. In this one, I was able to incorporate a fallen tree into the photo giving the whole scene depth. In a couple hours, it would have been dumping snow and I'll be warm and cozy by the fire.
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Sunset - Sand Harbor, NV
While coming to Sand Harbor unprepared, I came away a winner. Once arriving, I noticed hordes of photographers at the beach. I didn't want to just get what everyone else was photographing - plus there was no snow at the beach. I had worn my bald, no tread, tennies. So there I went, hopping from one to the other - very scary, very stupid, but certainly worth my effort.
Facing North toward Incline Village.
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Charged Currents
Evening - Hidden Beach Area, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Taken during the onset of a major winter storm. Waves were about 4ft high. I had to perch me and the tripod on a tall skinny rock to avoid being knocked over by the waves. This image is the result of a 10 second exposure creating an effect of overlapping water.
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Memorial Point during a winter storm
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Ataraxian Dusk
Sunset - East Shore, NV USA
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Evening - Lake Tahoe Shore after a thunderstorm
Rainy and breezy in this photo, taken half a mile south of Sand Harbor. It has some of the finest detail of any of my photographs. And no, I did not place that red rock there - nature did.
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Deep End
Sunset - East Shore, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Deep End gives the illusion that the camera is half way in and half way out of the water. The cool thing about Tahoe is its clarity and the fact that while this may not look too deep, it is actually about 30ft deep to the bottom. This is a great spot for rock diving. It is located on the peninsula just north of Sand Harbor.
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Champagne Dusk
Sunset - East Shore, Lake Tahoe, NV USA
Taken in the neighborhood of Hidden Beach. During the drought years, all of these beautiful rocks were exposed, not after the winter of 16/17, they are gone for a very long time. The landscape has since changed dramatically. I really like the way that the champagne color of the sky is surrounding and highlighting the lonely tree perched all alone. It was a lovely, rather calm evening.
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Some software that I install on my Ubuntu doesn't appear on the Dash Home menu.
For example, I installed Komodo Edit (thru a .sh file). If I want to run this program, I have to go to the directory where its located and then click on it. If I type Komodo on the dash home menu, it just won't appear.
Could it be it's because I didn't install it thru 'apt-get' (komodo is not available there)
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How much more heartache can Astros fans take? Finally, a game in which they were actually competitive and didn't give away the winning run while Benny Hill music seemingly played in the background. No, the Astros suffered a hard-luck loss tonight, putting the winning run on first base in the 12th inning before Washington center fielder Roger Bernadina pulled a miracle out his glove and sent home
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A professor in the Department of Sociology, Bulman's research interests include public education and inequality, class divisions in classrooms, Hollywood's depictions of high school education and the history of social movements.
Bulman can address news issues surrounding the privatization of public education, school choice and vouchers and the charter schools movement. Bulman is also the author of "Hollywood Goes to High School: Cinema, Schools and American Culture" (Worth, March, 2015) and an expert on Hollywood's depictions of American culture — youth culture in particular — and the education system in cinema.
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The Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences remains closed for building renovations.
Visitors are welcome to Historical Collections on the third floor of Lister Hill Library. Material from the collections of the Museum, the Reynolds-Finley Historical Library and the UAB Archives are on display.
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There are three main areas in which you can use Web Services in ODI, invoking ODI scenarios/sessions over the web, invoking web services using the ODI tool – ODIInvokeWebServices and finally Data Services. Data Services enable to create a web services against existing DataStores, this is mainly going to be of a RDMS source technology, I wouldn't of thought you could use any different type of technology but maybe I am wrong? The Data Service provides the ability to retrieve, update and delete data governed by the DataStore.
First of all it is important to install the necessary components to use Web Services. To use Web Services with ODI you will need a Java JDK, I recommended downloading and installing the latest 1.5 version. If you go down the 1.6 route you may encounter problems, I know I did and it is a known issue.
OdiInvokeWebService tool is not working properly when using Designer with Java 1.6
It is not possible to invoke a Web Service with the OdiInvokeWebService tool when using
Designer with Java 1.6.
Invoking an operation throws the following exception :
org.apache.crimson.tree.XmlDocument.getXmlStandalone()Z at
com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.setDocumentInfo(DOM2TO.jav a:373)
at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:127)
at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:94....
I actually encountered the issue when trying to create a web service from a DataStore. The JDK version I installed was 1_5_0_18.
The environment variable ODI_JAVA_HOME was updated to point to the JDK installation, if you are using an agent service you will need to restart it to pick up the JDK.
To run web services an application server is required plus Axis2 which is Apaches web services engine.
The documentation recommends "J2EE 1.4 compliant application server, such as OC4J 10.1.3 and above."
I already had Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 installed so will go ahead with using that as the app server.
It is important that you download the correct version of Axis2 or you will encounter issues, Version 1.2 seems to be the best option anything later and you will hit errors.
If you are just going to use the web services standard functionality then the WAR file will suffice and can be deployed from the application server.
If you are using Tomcat you can just place the axis2.war file in the webapps directory of the Tomcat installation, restart the server and axis2 will be auto-deployed.
After axis2 has been deployed you should be able access the administration console from http://
The default username password for axis is admin/axis2.
Once logged in select "Upload Service", the ODI public web service file is available at :- OraHome_1\oracledi\tools\web_services\odi-public-ws.aar
Once uploaded if you select "Available Services" you should see the service OdiInvoke and the operations that are available.
If you have read through my previous blogs I covered the Java invocation API that does pretty much the same thing except that uses TCP/IP to communicate directly with the ODI agent.
Clicking on OdiInvoke will display the WSDL, this information is required for testing.
If you intend on using the public web service you will need a source application that will generate and handle SOAP requests which is the protocol for communicating with Web Services. For testing purposes, I highly recommend soapUI and that is what I will be using to demonstrate any SOAP related material, you could use the ODI tool ODIInvokeWebServices but I am going to cover that off later.
If you are using soapUI then you can just create a new project and put in the url to the ODIinvoke WSDL.
This will generate all the operations that are available.
If you want to get a list of the available Scenarios that can be executed then the listScenario operation can be used, in soapUI it is simple as opening up the request editor and filling in the details and then executing the request.
Executing a scenario is just as simple though you will require an agent running, the format for the SOAP request look like this >
Many of the parameters are optional so once you have stripped out all unneeded elements an example would be :-
A successful request will produce a result of :-
The session number can be traced back to the operator where you can see the results of the execution.
If there are any problems with the request the response would follow the format of :-
Well that is all fine running SOAP requests from a testing GUI but what if you want to build them into a functional application, there are a number of different programming options out there and in the next blog I will use my preferred choice Java to try and accomplish this.


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Letter to the House Urging Support of an Amendment to the 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act
July 23, 2013
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the more than three million members of the National Education Association, we urge you to Vote YES on amendment #108 to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 (H.R. 2397). Sponsored by Reps. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), John Barrow (D-GA), and Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), this amendment prohibits the use of funds to implement sequestration-related furloughs of DoD civilian employees, including educators. Votes on this issue may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 113th Congress.
Tens of thousands of K-12 students attend DoD-run schools in the United States and overseas. Their schools are preparing to shut down for a week even as their parents, men and women in uniform, are fighting for our nation's freedom.
Due to the sequester, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is getting ready to furlough teachers for five days and education support professionals for 11 days, a significant disruption of the school year. Shortening the school year by even one day would be a disservice to military families. In addition to classroom instruction, students will lose learning time essential to their preparation for post-secondary education and success in the global economy of the 21st century.
To ensure that the sequester does not interrupt the education of children from military families, we urge you to vote YES on amendment #108. Thank you for your attention to this vitally important matter.
Mary Kusler
Director, Government Relations


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Let's say I have a function that sets a number of local variables like this:
Will the memory used by the function always be freed once it ends? Are there any circumstances under which the memory wouldn't be freed upon exit?Code:void test_func(){ long a = 1; //4 bytes long b = 2; //4 bytes long c = 3; //4 bytes long d = 4; //4 bytes char text[] = "Hello, this is some text!"; //26 bytes //Total memory usage: 42 bytes }


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Man repeatedly stabbed in bar fight
STAMFORD -- A city man was stabbed in the back several times while another was stabbed in the back of his head during a fight in a Bedford Street bar early Saturday morning, police said.
Capt. Richard Conklin said that just before 1 a.m. Saturday, a bouncer at Bradford's Grill and Tavern at 83 Bedford St. saw three men attacking another man. While two of the attackers were punching and beating the man, a third was stabbing him in the back with a small knife, Conklin said.
By the time the bouncer got to the victim, the three had left. Medics were called and the 22-year-old man was taken to Stamford Hospital, where police said doctors found more than six puncture wounds in his back. He was treated and has been released from the hospital.
The man, also was the victim in a shooting in Stamford about 18 months ago, told police he vaguely knew the men who assaulted him, Conklin said.
Told about a second stabbing victim, police were able find this man until Monday, Conklin said.
The man received a severe stab wound to the back of his head and is still in the hospital, he said; the man did not immediately go to the hospital after the stabbing.


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text: Honor -- Respect -- Dignity The BCFA Honor Guard is a joint effort of the fire, EMS, and rescue agencies of Buncombe County, it is their duty is to provide reverent honor to fallen members of the emergency services. This 18 member team was established in September 1999. They have spent countless hours training to perfect their routines, most of which are based on traditional military and fire service ceremonies. These team members are career and volunteer personnel from a variety of the fire and EMS agencies in Asheville and Buncombe County. In addition to funerals, the team participates in events such as memorials and dedications as well as presenting of the colors for special events.


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Guardsman would rather face Taliban than U.S. economy
DELARAM, Afghanistan — Around the barren military base, which sits at the crossroads of the Taliban's poppy trade route, news arrives slowly. A single issue of the U.S. military's newspaper arrives by airlift about every two weeks. While on patrol in remote villages, Afghans sometime shout at the Marines in Russian to go away, unaware that the troops are promoting democracy. Most Marines here said that they didn't know about President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet picks, including his decision to keep Robert Gates as their secretary of defense.
However, the domestic economic meltdown has reached even here. The National Guardsmen who serve with the Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Corps Regiment, based here, say they fear that their jobs won't be there when they return.
With uncertainty at home, some are doing what they once considered unthinkable: extending their tours. They say that they'd rather tackle a resurging Taliban than a struggling economy.
Among them is Sgt 1st Class John Russell, 45, of Royal Oak, Mich., who works alongside the Marines who are based here.
Russell, a 22-year National Guard veteran, has extended his tour of duty here, hoping that the economy will turn around while he serves. He left his job as a manager at a car dealership in Carmel, N.Y., where he sold General Motors, Ford and Chrysler cars.
This is his fourth deployment, but the first one that he fears will leave him with no job to return to. When he finishes in May, he'll have served 17 months.
"By May, how much more will it change? What will I come home to?" Russell asked.
Russell trains soldiers of the Afghan national army. Daily, he walks to the Afghan side of the base, an even more barren section that the troops often call "the dark side." From within its confines, Russell trains the soldiers in everything from how to shoot to how to run a base.
U.S. officials have said that the Afghan army will double to more than 120,000 soldiers by next year, a tacit acknowledgment that foreign troops alone can't assure the country's security. So it falls to the coalition forces here to build an army as quickly as possible.
That was never Russell's goal. Married and with sons aged 15 and 7, he deployed last January in part, he said, because the economy was getting worse. Car sales were down, and he was having trouble making his mortgage payments.
He extended his tour in the fall, just as financial institutions were begging for a $700 billion bailout. "It was a lot of scary talk about a lot of companies breaking down. . . . At the dealership, they said things were slow," down to 60 cars a month from a peak 110. "Everything convinced me extending was the right thing to do."
With 20 years of service, Russell gets a base pay of $47,830 a year as a sergeant first class — and no bonuses.
These days, what little news he hears is bad. Curious, he once looked at a news site on the Internet and learned that GM was on the verge of bankruptcy. He thinks that Chrysler might not make it. His wife sends him updates as well as hints about his future career. "I think a lot of it is her telling me, 'You need to find something else.' "
Until he does, he keeps serving. Next month, he'll begin training police officers.
"I do it for my country. I believe it's for the good of my country, but I miss out on a lot of good times with my kids and wife," Russell said.
Russell, of the Army National Guard's 427 Brigade Support Battalion in its Logistics Task Force, joined the Army National Guard out of college, in part because he didn't know what he wanted to do.
He started selling cars in 1994. For seven years, he sold 20 cars a month on average at a dealership that sold about 110 a month; for five of those years, he was the salesman of the year. He was called up just once, for nine months in Bosnia, but he was confident that his job would be there when he got back.
In 2001, when he became a sales manager, sales were down slightly. "Leading up to 9-11, it looked like there would be problems. Afterwards, there was a tremendous boost."
He was called up again, this time to protect New York's subway system in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
In 2004, he deployed to Iraq for 15 months. As he left, he worried: "How was I going to come back to work? Would they be understanding?" They weren't. On returning to work in May 2005, he was put in charge of used cars and worked as a finance manager.
He turned in his retirement papers to the Army in late 2007. However, he changed his mind as sales kept falling. By last January, he was getting ready for a deployment to Afghanistan.
Serving at Bagram Air Field, a major military installation, he could monitor the economic downturn over the Internet. He e-mailed friends in search of a job in government or the police, but they always wanted him before his deployment was over. By the fall, he was sent to Delaram, which borders Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, to train the Afghan army.
Not hearing the news about the economy is perhaps a blessing, he said, because he can't focus on what's happening back home. For now, he's stopped looking for work. He said he'd try again when he got home. He hears from his friends at the dealership occasionally, and they try to shield him from the news.
"I don't think they want to give me depressing information. They think I am in a worse place," Russell said.
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The Philadelphia International Airport is just six miles outside of the city center. It is an enormous airport with non-stop flights from 132 cities around the world. Philadelphia Airport has thousands of international and domestic flights every day. Many low-cost airline deals exist and it is very easy to find cheap flights to Philadelphia from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other west coast cities.
Philadelphia is a major hub for two companies: US Airways and Southwest Airlines*. The competition between the two airlines often results in bargain flights to Philadelphia for savvy consumers. Other major airlines that fly into Philadelphia include American Airlines, Delta and JetBlue.
For the best cheap flight deals, use Hipmunk's search engine, which allows you to sign up for free price alerts to make sure you don't miss a great deal.
Although the best flight deals usually lead to Philadelphia International Airport, there are several smaller airports that service the Philadelphia metro area including Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Wilmington-Philadelphia Regional Airport, Trenton-Mercer Airport, and Atlantic City International Airport. If you are flying regionally, it is possible to find cheap flight deals from airlines like Frontier and Spirit.
When booking a flight, keep in mind that several of these airports are more than an hour away from the city. The cost of transportation from these airports to downtown Philadelphia may negate the value of a cheaper flight. For proximity and convenience Philadelphia International Airport is by far the best option.
There are several simple and inexpensive options to travel from the airport into downtown. Philadelphia's public transport system, SEPTA, runs a dedicated train line to the airport. The airport rail stops at every terminal, then travels twenty minutes to downtown Philadelphia, with stops at the Amtrak Station, the Convention Center and more. Passengers can buy tickets on the train, which cost $8 one way. The train runs until midnight.
An even cheaper option is the public bus. The #37 SEPTA bus stops at every terminal and then runs to the Snyder subway station in South Philadelphia. The price is $2.25.
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We first wrote about Mitch Marrow, a former NFL player and a hedge fund vet (he cut his teeth at Penn) who opened upscale doggy spa The Spot Experience a few years ago in New York City.
After opening six spas around the city, the company just announced a partnership with Rose Associates to bring its services to residents of the luxurious New York City buildings managed by Rose. The program allows select Rose residents to receive the highest level of daycare, dog walking, transportation, grooming, and training from Spot's staff.
Click here to see photos from the launch party >
Here's the backstory--and it's a good one. As a junior partner at a multi-million-dollar hedge fund, Mitch traveled often and worked gruelingly long hours during the week. His numerous 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. shifts left him struggling to find adequate care for his St. Bernard and Bullmastiff. When he would drop them off at "doggy day cares," Mitch found the results to be unacceptable and sometimes appalling. In one instance, handlers refused to give his St. Bernard, Reggie, the amount of water he required because they were afraid the dog would pee too much.
Overall, Marrow found that his dogs were being sent to cramped, understaffed, and overcrowded facilities. He compares what he saw to sending your dogs to live at the notoriously dingy and repressive Rikers Island Prison in New York.
In 2010, Marrow decided to change the way dogs are cared for by establishing Spot, a luxury concierge service for dogs and their owners. Instead of cages and untrained staff, Mitch has filled Spot with countless canine amenities and a team of expert staff members -- all to ensure dog owners that their animals are receiving the best care that money can buy.
Spot clients enjoy a wide range of amenities, including New York's largest and only private outdoor dog park, a certified team of dog behaviorists and veterinarians, top groomers, and even the ability to watch their pets remotely from Spot's on-site cameras. And now, with the concierge service, dogs who live in participating buildings will get complimentary Spot memberships, access to a designated shuttle service, and at-home visits by Spot's experts.
Wednesday night, Rose and Spot rolled out their partnership to residents of The Ashley and The Aldyn buildings on New York's Upper West Side.


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MIDDLETOWN — Prosecutors allege that a Deep River man used a fire poker, buck knife and his hands to kill his mother.
Twenty-two-year-old Robert Owen Rankin was arraigned Friday in Middletown Superior Court. He is being held on a $1 million bond and is on a suicide watch.
The New Haven Register cites state police affidavit in reporting that Rankin was arrested Thursday after his father called 911, telling authorities, "my son killed my ex-wife." The name of the 45-year-old victim has not yet been released.
Police said Rankin confessed to the murder and showed no remorse or distress. He allegedly cut open his mother's abdomen and began removing organs, saying he was "looking for a baby."
The state medical examiner's office will determine the manner and cause of death.


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Portable electronics from are compact and versatile devices. Sears carries a wide variety of portable audio players to bring anywhere. A new iPod or MP3 player can make a long, sleepy commute on the bus or train every morning a little brighter. Slip on some comfy wireless headphones and stream high-energy music from a cell phone while keeping track of the miles on the trail or a treadmill at the gym.
Whenever you hit the road, it's important to have different portable electronic devices on hand. With a GPS on hand, getting lost in a new city won't be an issue, and visual and auditory directions make navigating unfamiliar places as easy as possible. A portable DVD player will keep the kids entertained on long trips in the car or on an airplane. When you arrive at your destination, a clock radio will help prevent jet lag and keep everyone running on schedule.
After a long day at the office, take some time to relax and kick back with a good book on an eReader or play soft, soothing music on wireless Bluetooth speakers while you unwind. Compact audio players and portable electronic devices from Sears make it easy to take your favorite things on the go, so you can make the most of leisure time.


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Sanaa: A U.S. Drone airstrike on a car east of Yemen`s capital of Sanaa killed two suspected al-Qaida militants and wounded three others, two of them seriously, according to security officials.
They said the five were traveling in a pickup truck when it was hit today in the province of Maarib. The three wounded were traveling in the vehicle`s back bed, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
The two killed were identified as fellow Ali Saleh Toaiman and Qassim Nasser Toaiman. Members of the same clan, both men were freed by authorities in April last year after several months in detention on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaida, according to the officials.
The two are thought to have fought government forces in the southern Abyan province, where al-Qaida militants gained a foothold before they were driven out last year.
Yemen`s government, aided by the U.S., has waged a campaign against al-Qaida`s Yemeni branch. The group is considered among the world`s most active, having planned a series of foiled or aborted attacks on U.S. Territory. The United States rarely comments on its military role in Yemen but has acknowledged targeting al-Qaida militants in the past.


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Like all of you guys probably already know, memory is as cheap as it's ever been right now. Newegg recently had 16gb of DDR3 for around $62. When I see prices like that I start to get tempted, but like most of you probably as well, I don't need to be spending additional money without a good reason. Then I read an article here stating that memory prices are almost surely going up next year.
My question here is pretty simple. I plan on having my system for about 4 years. Is my current memory of 8gb good enough? I know right now it's more than adequate, and 10 years ago more memory was always better, but it just seems to me that for the last 5 years even 4gb gets you by quite nicely. I just wonder if 16gb of memory is still going to be a waste 4 years down the road.


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Ok, I participated in a software competition & exhibition. There were this bunch of programming students, who asked me why I hadn't built my software in Java (i wrote it in VC++ 6).
Then, we started discussing JAVA - yea right!
They said that Java forms the backbone of the internet, which i think is not the true.
So, would guys give me your opinion. Has java actually become such a crucial part of the web ?


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This course will be about parallel I/O with a special focus on portable data formats. It will introduce the use of the HDF5 and NetCDF (NetCDF4 and PnetCDF) library interfaces, and hands-on exercises (in C/C++ or Fortran) will allow to immediately test and understand their usage. Performance hints, optimization potential, and best practices for I/O will be discussed in detail throughout the whole course.
This course is organized by the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC).
Please find further information on this website.
Agenda (preliminiary) & content:
23.11.2018: Parallel I/O and Portable Data Formats
08:45 - 09:00 ––––––– Registration –––––––
09:00 - 10:00 Introduction to parallel I/O and portable data formats
10:00 - 11:00 PnetCDF and NetCDF4
11:00 - 11:30 ––––––– Coffee Break –––––––
11:30 - 13:00 PnetCDF and NetCDF4 (cont.)
13:00 - 14:00 ––––––– Lunch Break –––––––
15:00 - 15:30 ––––––– Coffee Break –––––––
15:30 - 17:00 HDF5 (cont.)
17:00 - 17:00 ––––––– End of course –––––––
Unix /Linux and either C/C++ or Fortran in particular; a basic understanding in parallel programming with MPI would be advantageous but is not mandatory.
Sebastian Lührs (Jülich Supercomputing Centre)
Date, Time, and Location:
23.11.2018, 08:45 - 17:00
FH Internet-Raum FH1 (TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, ground floor, red area)
Registration will start on September 27, 2018.
Registration deadline is Wednesday, October 24, 2018, with priority rules. Acceptance will be approved on October 25, 2018. As long as seats are available there will be an extended registration period without priority rules.
Priority for acceptance: first - active users of the VSC systems, second - students and members of Austrian universities and public research institutes, third - other applicants.
VSC users: none
Students and members of Austrian universities and public research institutes: none
Students and members of other universities and public research institutes: 60 €
Others: 200 €
Information about payment will be provided with the confirmation email.
Coffee breaks are included in the course fee (lunch is not included).
A link to the presentation slides will be available at course start.
Training events of VSC: