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The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland
Press release by the University of Eastern Finland
Pay parking will be introduced to the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses of the University of Eastern Finland as of 1 September 2018. Pay parking will be enforced from September to May on weekdays between 7 am to 4 pm. At other times, parking on the university campuses is free of charge.
Over the past years, many cities, major employers and universities have introduced pay parking, and this has also been decided for the parking arrangements of the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses. Alterations to the city plan affecting both the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses are under way, and these changes will also have an influence on the number and availability of parking areas. Pay parking is also used to cover costs that result from parking to the university.
In accordance with the principles of sustainable development, the university encourages the use of public transportation, as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic. In connection with city planning affecting the campus areas, attention will be paid to the safety of pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as well to the sufficiency of bicycle parking racks.
From September onwards, the price of a permanent staff parking permit is 110 euros/12 months. The price takes the summer months' free parking into consideration. The price of a fixed-term staff parking permit is 15 euros/month.
The price of a permanent student parking permit is 90 euros/12 months. The price of a fixed-term student parking permit is 12 euros/month. A student parking permit entitles to parking in areas reserved for student parking.
A limited number of parking spaces with electricity are available to the staff. Their prices are 170 euros/12 months as a permanent permit, or 30 euros/month as a fixed-term permit. The additional costs of the five-month heater-use period (November-March) has been taken into consideration in the prices.
Parking permits with a 12 month invoice interval are permanent and can be renewed by paying the invoice by the deadline. Information about an outstanding invoice will be sent by email.
Staff and student parking permits can also be extended to the other campus.
Parking permits are tied to the vehicle registration plate and are vehicle-specific.
Short-term parking costs 1 euros/hour, but will not exceed 6 euros/day. Short-term parking can be paid at the payment machine or as a mobile payment.
Pay parking does not concern maintenance parking, disabled parking, rental car parking or parking by clinical patients arriving at the university.
The university will introduce an electronic parking management system, which enables an increasingly efficient use of the parking areas. Parking permit reservations can be made from 1 August onwards at eparking.fi. More information about the service is available on the website, and the customer care contact details can also be found there. Staff members and students log in to the eParking service by using their UEF usernames and passwords (HAKA login).
Companies and other users of the university's parking areas will be informed of the new parking permit arrangements separately.
With the introduction of pay parking from 1 September 2018 onwards, the old parking permits issued for 2018 will no longer be valid.
The parking areas of the Kuopio Campus will remain mainly unchanged in the upcoming autumn. At the Joensuu Campus, there are changes to the parking areas by Tulliportinkatu, i.e. the parking areas P4, P5 and P6 by the Taitola building and the Tulliportinkatu school and sports hall, as well as the parking area P2A, which will no longer be used for parking. The maps indicate the parking areas that are in use as from September 2018 at the Joensuu Campus and at the Kuopio Campus.
There are traffic signs in the parking areas to provide further parking instructions. Parking control on both university campuses is carried out by the city.
Director of Administration Tuomo Meriläinen, email@example.com, +358 294 458 002
Head of Facilities Management Tarja Harjula, firstname.lastname@example.com, +358 50 3310 736
Parking areas at the Joensuu Campus
Parking areas at the Kuopio Campus


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The offshore wave crashes on home shores
A look at how knowledge based services are replacing offshore business processes.
In light of the recent shift, from organisations outsourcing and offshoring business processes (BPO) to take advantage of the lower cost of labour in developing countries, towards more knowledge-based services (KPO) that sit far closer to the core business, Vijay Rangineni, CEO of Mahindra Satyam BPO explains why organisations need both BPO and KPO to address the current challenges of the global economic slump.
The outsourcing of business processes by organisations is not a new phenomenon. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), a form of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business process to a third-party service provider, has traditionally been used to create a leaner organisation without compromising on service quality and to enable organisations to benefit from lower cost labour in developing countries such as India or China.
In the early days, BPO mostly consisted of outsourcing processes such as payroll, before growing to include employee benefits management and customer contact centres. These days, BPO encompasses a number of functions key to the customer's business strategy. This is a sure sign of IT-BPO services providers and pure-play BPOs gaining in terms of customer confidence. In light of the increased scope of BPO, Gartner research recently predicted that BPO would reach $55.9 billion in outsourced operations by 2012 (Gartner on Outsourcing, 2008-2009).
However, following the news that some UK organisations are encountering issues with offshoring - such as customer service agents with poor language skills and lack of expertise - these low-value BPO contracts have run into some severe and well-publicised problems. In the wake of these recent concerns, many organisations are now considering partnering with globally renowned BPOs to leverage a better skill-set to deliver business processes that are much more core to their strategy.
KPO - the next wave
This process, known as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), a form of outsourcing in which knowledge-related and information-related work carried out by employees in a different company or by a subsidiary of the same organisation, offers higher-value processes that takes advantage of the wider availability of highly qualified talent in developing countries. Analyst firm IDC recently estimated that the KPO market would reach $15-20 billion by the year 2010 (IDC Outsourcing forum 2009).
An example of KPO would be when an insurance company that outsources the data entry of its claims forms (as part of a BPO initiative), also chooses to use a KPO service to evaluate new insurance applications based on a set of criteria or business rules. This work would then require the efforts of a more highly skilled set of workers than BPO.
KPO has several dimensions - market research (consumer behavior, segmentation, market sizing, competitive intelligence), financial research (equity research, business planning, valuation models, portfolio analysis) and business analytics (risk analysis, data cleansing and modeling, credit score carding, consumer loyalty, consumer satisfaction studies). Clearly, this involves a vastly different set of activities from BPO, and can easily be called the next step in the evolution of process outsourcing.
The basic idea is that, by harnessing new knowledge and skill-sets that were not previously affordable or available, organisations can offer new services or capabilities that, in the past, could not be considered feasible, therefore achieving a different outcome from a pure BPO approach. The recent shift to the KPO approach also has benefits for providers - involvement in these areas of a client's business brings greater understanding of their business issues and the opportunity to serve clients better. For outsourcing vendors who also offer IT services, there are opportunities to bundle together different services and offer complete packages to their clients, taking increased accountability for delivering business outcomes.
The best of both worlds
However, despite the recent interest in KPO, the significant growth predicted in the coming years and the strategic benefits it brings to customers, cost still remains the overriding factor in outsourcing decisions. It is important that companies first consider a service that helps them stay competitive without compromising on quality.
Especially in the current context, cost management and resource optimisation are critical. So, while BPO can serve as the low-hanging fruit or the 'bread and butter' activity of the customer organisation that needs to be undertaken with immediacy, KPO needs to be the end-goal that outsourcing organisations should look at. Engaging with a BPO service provider of repute can help the customer organisation achieve this objective. A renowned BPO company will dig deep into the customer's business to understand the multiple opportunities for outsourcing (either BPO or KPO), advise the customer and help them to create a structured roadmap that will enable them to truly benefit from outsourcing.
Selecting a single service provider
The most critical aspect in outsourcing is the choice of the service provider. Today's competitive service provider space makes it almost impossible for companies to evaluate each one of them accurately. It is therefore advised that a company consolidates processes with a single service provider. While a process such as multi-sourcing - a combination of business and IT services from multiple internal and external providers - may have had its advantages when the focus was more on rapid expansion and leveraging service provider specialisation, adopting a single service provider approach can help organisations to manage costs better and maximize the benefits from outsourcing in the current scenario.
More specifically, consolidation can help the companies create a centralised service centre with better best practice sharing and service levels, cut service provider management costs substantially and involve senior leadership of the service provider at key stages. It can also help to create a roadmap for outsourcing more high-end processes over time and, most importantly, lay the foundation for a long term partnership with the chosen service provider that is critical to tap into the true potential of outsourcing.
Outsourcing certain knowledge processes and functions is an obvious choice for companies in the UK as well as other countries in Western Europe that are increasingly facing a shortage of highly trained and specialised professionals. In times of economic uncertainty, it is not only just what a company outsources but also who it outsources to, achieves prime importance. Partnering with a tried and trusted service provider and adopting a structured approach to outsourcing presents an opportunity for all organisations, regardless of where they are based. This is not only so they can cut costs in the immediate future, but also to create a lean organisation that will deliver enhanced customer value and be well positioned to be more profitable when the economy starts to recover.

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In this special Wired Sussex event for Brighton Digital Festival, respected designer Andy Budd gives you his take on automation and how to design for it.
His talk takes you through 2,000 years of robot evolution, from the mechanical statue of Cleopatra in Alexandria, to the latest lab experiments.
During this journey, Andy will touch on issues of technology, morality and the socio-economic effects of a world dominated by robots.
As a UX design and service designer, Andy looks at how robots will be increasingly used to deliver service experiences, and what designers need to do in order to create the perfect human-robot interaction.
More about Andy:
Andy was one of the first pioneers of web standards and his blog and best-selling book, CSS Mastery: Web Standards Solutions, helped set the tone for progressive web-design in the UK. As well as being one of the founders of UX agency, Clearleft, he organises UX London each year, and founded Leading Design in 2016.
This event is proud to be a part of Brighton Digital Festival.
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Our events are a benefit of Wired Sussex membership and therefore exclusive to Wired Sussex members, including all employees of member companies.
If you're not a member but would like to come along to this event, membership is just £72 + VAT for the year. Find out more about all the benefits of membership in the Join Us tab above.
Not sure if your company is a member already? Just search our online directory or get in touch.


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FluidEdge Social Mission Adopts Local Family for the Holiday Season
December 27, 2016Each December, FluidEdge Consulting's Social Mission Committee partners with various organizations to give back to communities in need. "It's important for local businesses to remain connected to the communities that they are part of during the... Read more
Consultant Spotlight: Dominique Delgott
November 16, 2016Years of Healthcare Experience: Over Five Years Areas of Expertise: Project Management Capital Budgeting Business Planning Business and Requirements Analysis Process Improvement, Six Sigma LSS Green Belt Change and Communication Management Vendor Selection,... Read more
FluidEdge Consulting Ranked by Philadelphia 100 for Sixth Consecutive Year
October 28, 2016FluidEdge Consulting has made Philadelphia 100's list of fastest-growing businesses for 2016, making it our sixth consecutive year of recognition. Started in 1988 by the Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Business Journal and the Wharton... Read more
FluidEdge Consulting ACO Partner & Practice Leader panelist for ZeOmega webinar
October 26, 2016On November 10, FluidEdge Consulting's Joe Taylor will serve as a panelist for software development company ZeOmega's complimentary webinar, "Driving Payer/Provider Collaboration with the Dynamic New Jiva™ 6.1 Release". The webinar comes after the company's... Read more


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ByGB Blog Official 2017-03-20 3922
As one of the true MVP smart products available from GearBest, the GV18 Aplus Smartwatch Phone has sold thousands of units thanks to its combination of powerful specs and great functions including NFC, camera, sleep monitor, sedentary reminder, and anti-theft. However, based on some of their feedback, some problems may occur during daily use. We've listened and we're ready to help you resolve the most common issues.
● Connect and charge the phone using its original charger. Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds to activate the battery, then release the button. Let the phone charge for 10 minutes before rebooting the device.
● To rule out the possibility of defective peripherals, change to another USB cable and/or power charger. Charge the smartwatch phone for half an hour and then try to boot it.
● If it's the first time you've charged the GV18 Aplus, please charge using a high-power mains wall socket for at least 3 hours, then try to boot the phone.
● Should the above solutions not resolve the boot problem, the most likely cause is either the battery or the phone's internal hardware. Please contact the aftersales service to arrange a product return and repair, or take the smartwatch to a local tech repair store.
● Please check whether the smartwatch phone supports the SIM card's network frequency band. GV18 is only designed to work with GSM networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz.
Related: Country-based mobile phone network frequency bands coverage guide
● Ensure the SIM card is inserted securely and correctly into the card slot.
● The SIM card may need to be cleaned. Just power off the phone, take out the SIM card, and gently clean the chip in the SIM card.
● Remove the SIM card from the phone and insert it in another phone. Check whether the SIM card is faulty or not. If it still cannot be recognized in another phone, the SIM card will need to be replaced by the service provider.
● If the SIM card can be detected by another phone, the SIM card slot of your primary phone may be damaged. Just arrange a product return for a factory repair.
● Check your phone's OS and Bluetooth versions, check to see whether they meet the minimum requirements of the watch. This watch is compatible with all Android OS devices, and the Bluetooth version should not be lower than V3.0.
● If the devices are compatible, but they cannot pair over Bluetooth, check whether you have activated the Bluetooth feature on both your phone and the watch.
● Check whether there are simply too many Bluetooth connections / pair records. If so, remove and forget the connection. Then search for the watch again and connect with it.
● Check whether the smart watch battery is fully charged, low power can cause Bluetooth connection failures.
● Make sure you do not interrupt the Bluetooth connection by using too many Bluetooth devices at the same time, e.g. headsets, keyboards, or speakers. Similarly, if there are too many actions, e.g. transferring files, these can also increase the chances of disconnecting the Bluetooth connection.
● The maximum Bluetooth transmission range is approximately 30 feet (10 meters) with obstacles also able to affect and disrupt the signal strength. Ensure your phone and watch phone are within range of each other with as few obstacles as possible.
● Turn off the phone's Bluetooth and then reactivate it to retry. Alternatively, reboot your phone.
● Try to connect the watch with another phone to check whether the Bluetooth connection is working. If it still cannot connect, it indicates either a watch component fault, or an individual quality issue. Contact our aftersales service for further technical assistance.
It supports 16 different languages: English, French, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Malaysia, Indonesian, Dutch, Thai, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew and Greek. The screenshot is as follow:
The GV18 Aplus smartwatch phone is a feature phone with no system, and therefore does not support firmware updates.
Yes, the smart device can connect to both a phone and a Bluetooth headset. It supports the Bluetooth V3.0 standard.
No, this is not possible.
Yes, you can still use the smartwatch without a SIM card. It's possible to make a call with the device.
The battery can last between one to two years with normal use. It can last between 5-6 hours in standby mode each day.
No, it is not waterproof. To avoid damage, please do not expose it to water.
Click the link to visit the English user manual.
GearBest customers can access our aftersales service center here. For further questions and help with the bestselling GV18 Aplus smartwatch phone, simply navigate to the page and fill in your ticket information before submitting it. We will deal with your issues as soon as we receive them.
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Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna
Porrassalmenkatu 9, 50100 Mikkeli
+358 10 764 2100 (0,0835 €/puhelu + 0,1209 €/min)
Sokos Hotel Vaakuna is in the centre of Mikkeli - in the city, in the heart of life. The hotel comprises 176 rooms and two restaurants. The great sauna department features a bubble pool; massage and treatment services available. The hotel has two parking lots and covered outdoor parking spaces, parking is chargeable. The hotel also has 6 well-equipped meeting rooms and an auditorium.
The railway station is just a 5 minutes' walk away.


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On May 25, AGC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Rhode Island Supreme Court in the Bacon Construction case, where the court will soon decide whether the standard form of the additional insured (AI) endorsement provided a general contractor's with coverage under its it's subcontractor's insurance policy for a "third-party-over" action.
At the heart of the case lies a commercial general liability policy that granted the subcontractor coverage (with certain exceptions) for bodily injuries or property damage resulting from any "occurrence" or "accident." The AI endorsement granted the general contractor coverage under the same policy but only for injuries or damage "caused in whole or in part" by the subcontractor's "acts or omissions." The question that the case presents is whether that language cut off the general contractor's coverage under the relevant policy for a "third-party-over" action that one of the subcontractor's carpenters brought against the general contractor. In that other action, the carpenter alleged that the general contractor was responsible for injuries that he suffered when he slipped and fell on an open and apparently icy stairway that the subcontractor had yet to enclose.
Last July, the Superior Court of Rhode Island held that the wording of the endorsement cut off the general contractor's coverage. In a somewhat murky ruling from the bench, the court emphasized that the carpenter had only alleged that the general contractor was negligent.
The problem is that the carpenter had no reason to level an allegations against the subcontractor. The state's workers compensation statute precluded him from taking any legal action against his own employer. In its legal brief, AGC acknowledges that the endorsement "does not provide insurance coverage if the loss is cause solely by the additional insured's acts or omissions" but goes on to explain that that "it does provide coverage if the loss is potentially caused at least in part by the named insured." On that basis, the association urges the court to hold that the carpenter's allegations against the general contractor "and its employees, agents or servants" were broad enough to require coverage.
For AGC, the brief also provides another excellent example of national-chapter collaboration. Together, AGC of America and the AGC of Rhode Island studied the facts of the case and determined that it threatened the insurance coverage that general contractors should expect additional insured endorsements to provide. Together, they also selected Jeffrey Vita at Saxe, Doernberger & Vita to write and file the brief. Indeed, they collaborated on every step of this effort to protect the interests of the construction industry.
For more information, contact AGC's General Counsel, Michael Kennedy, at email@example.com or 703-837-5335.


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"MySpace" - one of the pioneers of social media - is in decline. So much so, that it no longer calls itself a social network but an entertainment destination.
It claims that it has lost traction to Facebook as the reason for it's pullback. However, it seems that their product is in decline because they didn't develop it like many of the other sites. Many sites have been building and growing, adding functioanlity, members, and employees.
In the past 12 months, MySpace has gone from 110 million users to 63 million, with a loss of 10 million from just January and February this year.
They claim to have reduced their workforce by 50% down to a paltry 500. Not sure what their future holds, but it seems they are no longer pursuing what they started.
I have attempted several times to delete my profile on the site. Not only is it complicated, so far it's been nonresponsive - for me and many others.
For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com, or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. © Steve Hoffacker.


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I used to think that it's hard to backup oracle database. But with Bacula plugin it's easier that ever to do oracle backup and recovery. Also you can look through Bacula oracle backup whitepaper to learn more details.
- Oracle Backup and Recovery with Bacula Enterprise
- Possible Types of Oracle Backup and Recovery
- Part 1: Configure the Oracle backup and recovery plugin in Bweb
- Part 2: Configure the Oracle Database Backup Plugin on the Oracle server
- Part 3: Test Plugin Connectivity and Run Oracle Backup:
- Oracle Database Recovery
- Final Thoughts on Oracle Backup and Recovery
Oracle Backup and Recovery with Bacula Enterprise
Essentially a copy of your important data that you're keeping separately from the original to restore it in case of all kinds of data loss is called a data backup. Any business has some sort of data that they need to protect and don't want to lose - that includes Oracle database users, as well. Data loss is the main reason why you need to have a backup to keep your Oracle database environment reliable and secure.
Most of the companies using Oracle prefer to have a separate person to manage their Oracle backup operations - this position is called a "backup administrator". Typically, this person would be tasked with a number of duties, including:
- Working out a proper backup schedule;
- Being ready to solve problems that can arise in relation to the whole backup and recovery process;
- Both thinking through and testing different situations with different kinds of possible hardware or software failures related to data loss;
- Not directly related to the backup process but still possible tasks are data preservation and data transfer;
- Being ready to recover in case of data loss of any scale.
Speaking of Oracle database loss, a wide variety of possible reasons for that is the best way of proving that taking Oracle backups is a good thing in general. For example, the cause of data loss can be either:
- Hardware crash;
- Accidents with mishandling data;
- Data corruption because of a virus;
- Errors in the process of data migration from one device or system to another, etc.
There are many ways to backup Oracle database. Clustered modes provide resilience to hardware issues, and highly available, cloud, and converged infrastructures offer new options for data assurance and freedom along with redundancy. However, Oracle backup remains a critical issue in order to ensure that a small mistake, corruption, or hack doesn't destroy the critical data residing on even the best infrastructure. Database servers remain a key component of most organizations, and often contain the most critical information for the continuity of operations. The guide that follows will show you how to execute Oracle backup and recovery using RMAN's SBT functionality, which allows data to stream directly to Bacula Enterprise Edition.
Possible Types of Oracle Backup and Recovery
There are two methods to backup Oracle database:
- Bacula managed backup using Oracle dump mode. This is quick and easy to set up, but is limited in scope to smaller databases and does not support point-in-time recovery or incremental backups.
- RMAN managed backup (Oracle SBT mode). Also known as Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN), it is an original Oracle database server feature, meaning there's no need to install it manually - it's already included on the server side. This mode uses the excellent RMAN backup tool and APIs to allow Bacula to initiate more advanced backup modes that support PITR, incremental and differential database backups, and can take advantage of RMAN's change tracking feature to improve incremental backup performance. It's also the most user-friendly since RMAN uses one interface for all of the operating systems which makes it a lot less complicated.
Since RMAN-based backup type is the preferred solution, here are some of the most noticeable advantages of using it:
- Binary compression. This type of compression mechanism is integrated in the Oracle database as a system and its main purpose is to reduce the overall size of an average backup.
- Automated database duplication. A number of features implemented in Oracle allows for easy creation of your database's copy using a large number of storage configurations.
- Incremental backups. This type of backup is keeping and backing up only those blocks which were changed in some way since the last full backup. This backup approach requires far less storage space than the traditional one and adds more flexibility to the restoration process in case of some sort of disaster.
- Encrypted backups. RMAN can easily encrypt your database using the integrated backup encryption capability. There's one distinction between creating such backup on a disk and creating that same backup directly on a tape. For disk - the database in question much enable the Advanced Security Option. For tape - RMAN has to use Oracle SBT interface but there's no need for Advanced Security Option to be enabled.
- Block media recovery. If the amount of corrupt data is relatively small, you don't really need to restore the entire backup to fix it - this feature is called block media recovery and can be used without taking the file itself offline, as well.
For this how-to, we'll be setting up Oracle SBT backups.
Part 1: Configure the Oracle backup and recovery plugin in Bweb
Step 1. In Bweb, configure a new fileset for the job. In the 'Plugin' tab on the fileset, select Oracle SBT.
Step 2. The Oracle backup and recovery plugin is configured primarily on the client side, so in most cases no further configuration is required on in Bweb. The new fileset can be committed.
Step 2a: Please note the different options to backup Oracle database available if the Oracle plugin (non-SBT) is chosen. The Oracle Plugin Whitepaper covers these alternate methods in depth.
Part 2: Configure the Oracle Database Backup Plugin on the Oracle server
As with other database plugins, the Bacula Enterprise File Daemon and the relevant database plugin component (Oracle SBT in this case) must first be installed on the database server. This places the necessary tools for Bacula backup onto the database server. Please review the Oracle whitepaper or contact Bacula Systems support if you need help with this step.
Step 1: Install the Bacula File Daemon and the Oracle backup plugin packages
Step 2: Install the sbt library into Oracle
/opt/bacula/scripts/install-sbt-libobk.sh install
Step 3: Restart oracle
Step 4: Copy bconsole and make sure Oracle can read it:
cp /opt/bacula/bin/bconsole /opt/bacula/ oracle
cp /opt/bacula/etc/bconsole.conf /opt/bacula/oracle
chown oracle:dba /opt/bacula/oracle/bconsole*
chmod go-rxw /opt/bacula/oracle/bconsole*
Step 5: Edit /opt/bacula/etc/sbt.conf to indicate the job name, bconsole path and configuration, and client name:
bconsole="/opt/bacula/oracle/bconsole -n -c /opt/bacula/oracle/bconsole.conf"
Fileset and Job examples:
Below are examples of the simple fileset configured in BWeb in Part 1, and a sample job that uses this fileset. For in depth Bweb tutorials, please see the Bacula Systems video documentation:
FileSet {
Name = SBT-FileSet
Include {
Options {
Signature = MD5
Plugin = oracle-sbt
Job {
Name = SBT-Backup
FileSet = SBT-FileSet
Client = oracle-fd
Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 10
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Storage = File
Part 3: Test Plugin Connectivity and Run Oracle Backup:
Step 1: Test the plugin
/opt/bacula/scripts/install-sbt-libobk.sh test
Step 2: Manually run a backup through RMAN:
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE sbt;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c2 DEVICE TYPE sbt;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c3 DEVICE TYPE sbt;
BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 DATABASE plus archivelog;
A typical successful RMAN backup output looks like below, and is an indication that the SBT plugin is installed, correctly configured, and ready to run backups:
[oracle@centos07 ~]$ rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 188.8.131.52.0 - Production on Thu Mar 23 11:02:22 2017
Copyright (c) 1982, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: CENTOS07 (DBID=2213460080)
RMAN> run {
2> allocate channel c1 type sbt;
3> backup database plus archivelog;
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: c1
channel c1: SID=44 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel c1: Bacula Enterprise Oracle SBT Plugin 184.108.40.206
Starting backup at 23-MAR-17
current log archived
channel c1: starting archived log backup set
channel c1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=23 RECID=1 STAMP=894837644
input archived log thread=1 sequence=24 RECID=2 STAMP=894882191
input archived log thread=1 sequence=25 RECID=3 STAMP=894882226
input archived log thread=1 sequence=26 RECID=4 STAMP=894924027
input archived log thread=1 sequence=27 RECID=5 STAMP=912953744
input archived log thread=1 sequence=28 RECID=6 STAMP=912955548
input archived log thread=1 sequence=29 RECID=7 STAMP=912955554
input archived log thread=1 sequence=30 RECID=8 STAMP=912955561
input archived log thread=1 sequence=31 RECID=9 STAMP=912955564
input archived log thread=1 sequence=32 RECID=10 STAMP=912964429
input archived log thread=1 sequence=33 RECID=11 STAMP=939375680
input archived log thread=1 sequence=34 RECID=12 STAMP=939380476
input archived log thread=1 sequence=35 RECID=13 STAMP=939380575
channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
piece handle=07rvrjqv_1_1 tag=TAG20170323T110255 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 22.214.171.124
channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
Finished backup at 23-MAR-17
Starting backup at 23-MAR-17
channel c1: starting full datafile backup set
channel c1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00001
input datafile file number=00003
input datafile file number=00004
input datafile file number=00006
channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
piece handle=08rvrjrp_1_1 tag=TAG20170323T110321 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 18.104.22.168
channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:56
channel c1: starting full datafile backup set
channel c1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
including current control file in backup set
channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
piece handle=09rvrjth_1_1 tag=TAG20170323T110321
comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 188.8.131.52
channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03
Finished backup at 23-MAR-17
Starting backup at 23-MAR-17
current log archived
channel c1: starting archived log backup set
channel c1: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=36 RECID=14 STAMP=939380664
channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-MAR-17 channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-MAR-17
piece handle=0arvrjto_1_1 tag=TAG20170323T110424 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 18.104.22.168
channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished backup at 23-MAR-17 released channel: c1
Oracle Database Recovery
While a backup on its own is incredibly important - it's also worth mentioning that restoration and recovery functions are both an important part of the whole process in Oracle database backup and recovery cycle. Just having a backup with no means to restore it isn't that much useful, too.
But first we have to cover some basics. As we said earlier, there are a large number of possible circumstances that will have you recovering your database's backup. For example, we can list a number of hardware failures and firmware issues:
- Block corruption;
- Data loss;
- User error;
- Issues with upgrading;
- Natural or unnatural disaster.
You'll have to connect to recovery catalog first if you want to either restore or recover a database using RMAN. The next step is to allocate channels to either tape or disk. The purpose of recovery catalog is to provide all kinds of information about database backup or backups. You can also configure a separate control file for similar purposes. The difference between restore and recover commands is that "restore" does exactly what you'd expect - restores database files, but "recover" is somewhat different since it applies all of the changes recorded in the archived data logs.
Oracle database backup and recovery as a process is able to provide several recovery options, including:
- Specific Point Recovery
When you're using Oracle, the recovery process is not that complicated. You can easily restore the entire database and after that use "recover" commands to choose the specific point to which you want your database to be recovered. There are also several other options included aside from the basic complete recovery if you're using RMAN - you can bring the state of your database to a specific point in time or you can match its condition to specific archive log.
- Tablespaces/Datafiles/Blocks Restoration
If your database includes a lot of tablespaces - you can choose this recovery mode to limit the database downtime only to tablespace users that were using now damaged files. In general, restoring tablespaces is a bit more complicated than the usual restore database function since you can't recover specific tablespace after the restore. That's why a backup is advised straight after restoring those tablespaces. One more specific of using RMAN is that you'll be able to provide both block number and datafile number, thus making the recovery process easier.
- Data Recovery Advisor
Oracle's service also includes a feature called Data Recovery Advisor which you can bring up if you're having problems with one or several of your database files. This advisor is able to provide you with both the repair script based on your database and can show you how much you can recover in your current situation, as well. You can also quite easily enable provided script right after launching the advisor.
Final Thoughts on Oracle Backup and Recovery
Because the Bacula Enterprise Oracle SBT plugin leverages RMAN for advanced backup features, some additional configuration must be done in Oracle.
Retention period:
When using RMAN SBT plugin, the backup retention defined in RMAN should match the Bacula volume or job retention.
Archive log:
In order to use the RMAN backup mode, the database must be in ARCHIVELOG mode.
Please consult the Oracle Backup whitepaper and Bacula Systems Support if you need more information, assistance, or have questions after reading this Oracle backup and recovery guide.


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The creeping influence of video game brands on the floor of the New York Toy Fair hints at the emergence of a new powerhouse player in licensing. What's more, the branded toys and games emerging from this space have broad appeal to both children and adults.
Retail sales of licensed merchandise based on video game/interactive/online-based properties amounted to $61 million in 2016, up from $59 million in 2015, according to TLL's Annual Licensing Business Survey.
Hot properties on the floor included, in no particular order: Minecraft, Overwatch, Mario, Pokémon, Mega Man, Five Nights at Freddy's, Halo, Destiny, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Hello Neighbor, Silent Hill, Rocket League, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Angry Birds, and Mortal Kombat. The one exception? Yo-Kai Watch has not been performing as well as expected.
But it's not just video game-branded goods that are seeing an uptick, but a broader aesthetic. Retro-inspired designs like "pixel blocks" are playing off of the construction toy trend and rebounding into areas like plush, fashion, and home design.
The surge in video game-based licensing is, in part, thanks to speciality retailers like GameStop and mass retailers like Target and Walmart that have signaled a greater willingness to stock this type of merchandise next to their video game selections. Although sales of physical game disks and console systems has been unstable, retail sales of merchandise like plush, figures, blind bags, t-shirts, and accessories like wallets and key chains has remained strong.
This summer, Warner Bros. film Ready Player One is expected to pique further interest and nostalgia in video game brands with hundreds of pop culture references to properties new and old. While it's doubtful the movie itself will have much in the way of officially licensed merchandise, all video game-inspired goods are expected to see a jump in sales. Just in time for the Minecraft and Angry Birds movies opening in 2019.
And on the sports side, some esports analysts believe that the gaming competitions could be added to the Olympic Games roster as early as 2024. Esports is already confirmed to be an official medal event at the X Games and the Asian Games, making its inclusion in the world's largest sporting platform only a matter of time.


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(Reuters Health) - About 90 percent of young to middle-aged Americans have antibodies against the mumps virus -- a level of immunity that is at the low end of what's needed to prevent significant outbreaks of the infection, a government study finds.
The findings underscore the importance of having children receive the recommended two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
Mumps is a viral infection that causes fever, headache, muscle aches and swollen glands around the jaw. Most people recover in a few weeks, but in a small number of cases the infection can have complications such as inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) that can be life-threatening; hearing loss (usually temporary); or painful inflammation of the testicles or ovaries.
A mumps vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1968, and was recommended for all children in 1977, as part of the combined MMR vaccine (which had been licensed in 1971). After a resurgence of mumps outbreaks...
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Scientists have found a new mechanism that explains how certain immune cells are activated to create protective antibodies against infections or pathological antibodies such as those present in autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Led by Dr. Andrea Cerutti, MD, Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, researchers studied human tissue and immune cells from people with mutations of TACI and MyD88, two proteins required to activate the immune system.
MyD88 is a signaling protein that alerts the so-called innate immune system. TACI is a receptor protein used to activate immune cells in the so-called adaptive immune system.
"Our research shows that TACI and MyD88 are part of an immune circuit that bridges the innate and adaptive immune systems. This circuit makes our immune response more flexible, allowing a more effective generation of protective antibodies during infections.
Genetic defects of TACI and MyD88 cause immunodeficiencies characterized by recurrent, life-threatening infections. On the other...
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Kawasaki and Nagoya, Japan, August 2, 2010 — Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Nagoya University today announced the development of technology that enables high-speed detection of toxic proteins(1) that cause food poisoning. A new sensor that detects the presence of toxic proteins was manufactured, by employing a combination of artificial antibodies (DNA aptamers) which capture the toxic proteins, with a signal converter which converts those "capturing events" of captured toxins into optical signals. The new sensor enables detection of toxic proteins 100 times faster than with previous methods. This new technology can be used for shipment inspections of various foods to enable faster and more accurate inspections, thus contributing...
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Chemists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Scripps Research Institute have developed an innovative technique to create cheap but highly stable chemicals that have the potential to take the place of the antibodies used in many standard medical diagnostic tests.
James R. Heath, the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and professor of chemistry, along with K. Barry Sharpless, the W. M. Keck Professor of Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and their colleagues, describe the new technique in the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie, the leading European journal of chemistry.
Last year, Heath and his colleagues announced the development of the Integrated Blood-Barcode Chip, a diagnostic medical device, about the size of a...
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HASSELT, Belgium - Biotechnology company MabCure, Inc. (OTCBB: MBCI) today announced that a confirmatory study demonstrated the company's proprietary monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) successfully identified ovarian cancer in blood (94 percent accuracy) and with no false positives or cross-reactions with benign ovarian tumors or healthy blood. MabCure's serum diagnostic test is the first to recognize unique tumor markers or cancer fingerprints present only in ovarian cancer, the deadliest of all gynecological cancers.
"Our findings are an important step in that direction and also have significant implications for the future development of cancer-specific targeted therapies."
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Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) and Agensys, Inc., an affiliate of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., today announced that they have initiated a phase I clinical trial of ASG-5ME for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. ASG-5ME is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that is being co-developed by both companies for the treatment of solid tumors.
"There is significant need for new pancreatic cancer therapies, demonstrated by the fact that most patients with advanced disease die within one year from diagnosis," said Jonathan Drachman, M.D., Senior Vice President, Research and Translational Medicine at Seattle Genetics. "We believe ASG-5ME, which is an ADC designed to deliver the potent cytotoxic agent MMAE directly to tumor cells, has the potential to provide a new therapeutic option for this aggressive disease."
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immune-mediated adverse drug reaction that is associated with a procoagulant state and both arterial and venous thrombosis. After observing two cases of repeated hemofiltration-filter clotting associated with high anti-PF4/heparin antibody concentrations, we systematically measured the anti-PF4/heparin antibody concentration in all cases of unexpected and repeated hemofiltration-filter clotting during continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH).The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with positive anti-PF4/heparin antibody in the case of repeated hemofiltration-filter clotting.
We reviewed the charts of all patients who had an anti-PF4/heparin antibody assay performed for repeated hemofiltration-filter clotting between November 2004 and May 2006 in our surgical intensive care unit. We used an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (heparin-platelet factor 4-induced antibody) with an optical density (OD) of greater than 1 IU considered positive.
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XOMA Ltd, leader in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies, has published a peer-reviewed paper describing the novel mechanism of action of XOMA 052, a potent, high affinity antibody that inhibits the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) while having no effect on the binding of IL-1 beta to the decoy receptors that clear excess IL-1 beta from the body.
XOMA 052 is currently in phase-2 development for the treatment of patients with Type 2 diabetes, Type 1 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The paper is expected to be included in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and has been published online at http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2010/04/21/jbc.M110.115790.full.pdf+htm... .
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Scientists have claimed to have found a plant compound to kill leukaemia cells faster and more effectively.
The Simon Flavell Research Laboratory in Southampton suggested that an element from common gypsophila breaks down the membrane, which consequently allows antibodies to penetrate and eradicate problem cells.
Last week, the team presented its findings to the American Association of Cancer Research in Washington DC, the BBC reported.
Dr David Flavell said that the development was very exciting and allows advances in patient treatment not achievable before.
'It will open up a whole new revolution in this kind of antibody therapy - if we can make it work in people,' he added.
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Heating Euro 6 per m3 (if used).
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Mark Zuckberg and Priscilla Chan have penned a response to an open letter sent last week by a group of over 140 scientists who are working on projects funded by the Chan Zuckberberg Initiative. The letter, included in full below, expressed concerns about how Facebook manages misinformation and harmful, offensive and discriminatory language toward specific groups of people -- and specifically around its treatment of Trump's offensive, racist and dangerous rants.
The response from Chan and Zuckerberg thanks the scientists for expressing their concerns, and says specifically that both are "personally [...] deeply shaken and disgusted by President Trump's divisive and incendiary rhetoric," and it also acknowledges that despite CZI and Facebook existing as wholly separate entities, they obviously share a common leader in Zuckerberg.
The letter goes on to point to some of the recent blog posts and resources that Facebook has published regarding its chosen position, as well as what it will be doing to review its existing policies around its products as they pertain to racial issues and social justice.
The response from CZI's top leaders does say that Facebook's policies are not its own, however, and goes on to suggest that from its perspective, it will be committing to doing more around addressing racial inequities and injustice.
Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan have responded to the 270+ scientists at the @ChanZuckerberg Initiative who called on Zuckerberg to curb misinformation.
Zuckerberg says he and Chan are "deeply shaken and disgusted by President Trump's
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Ultimately, the letter from Chan and Zuckerberg doesn't say very much of substance, and if anything actually re-emphasizes the problem at the core of the letter from the concerned scientists to begin with. It notes the contradiction in having the entities remain separate in terms of elements of their guiding principles while led by a common individual, but doesn't directly address the main ask of the scientists, which is that Zuckerberg use his position at Facebook to wield the power of that platform for greater social good, not that the CZI change its behavior necessarily.
This is bound to be a recurring tension for CZI and Facebook going forward, given the relative positions and participants in each. It's unlikely that responses like this one will do much to quell any long-term concerns on the part of CZI researchers and academics.


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In our last epistle in this space, we discussed the world-leading approach of Canada's public insurance provinces in adopting 'universal' collision repair standards covering training, equipment and business operations. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and B.C. are addressing consumer safety and insurance cost control through the regulatory powers of government insurance agencies.
In Saskatchewan, this involves a two-tier accreditation scheme with a top tier modelled after the manufacturers' specifications for operation and repair, and with these, the 'rights' to repair a far greater number of collision types. Tier 2 will have similar training requirements without the same investment in equipment. The sweetener in the deal is a payment of up to $15,000 per shop to compensate for investments in training and equipment. The tiered system is very similar to that operating in Manitoba since 2018 and that proposed for BC in the coming months.
By any standard—no pun intended—these three western provinces are taking an enlightened approach to improving safety and controlling escalating insurance rates. But if training, equipment and operational standards are an obvious answer, how are other provinces following suit?
It is true that a provincial insurance agency provides an ideal regulatory mechanism to drive changes to the collision repair industry, and there are no signs that other provinces are considering this direction, but there is a wide range of alternatives to government regulation.
Quebec's insurance approach might be called 'quasi-regulated'—the Groupement des assureurs automobiles (GAA) was created in 1978 to bring risk sharing, claims settlement and rate-setting standards to private insurers operating in the Province. Clearly, it would be an easy step to adopt training and equipment standards as well.
Ontario, with the largest population of collision repair facilities, has been very active in looking for ways to reduce insurance costs. AIA Canada has been in discussion with Ontario's Conservative government regarding the adoption of the Canadian Collision Industry Accreditation Program (CCIAP) as a form of industry self-regulation. These discussions are based on an AIA White Paper entitled "Collision Repair Facility Accreditation: Implications for the industry and the public and the role of a national accreditation program – An AIA Canada Position Paper"—available on the AIA website. Alberta has recently created an expert advisory committee to review the province's automobile insurance system to reduce costs for consumers—they may well consider the same options being reviewed in Ontario.
One could confidently predict a trend to further regulation of the repair industry, particularly as we move rapidly toward autonomous vehicles, increased complexity and growing safety concerns. Industry self-regulation, through programs such as CCIAP, provides governments with an effective model which avoids red tape and reduces public costs – and at the same time serves the collision repair industry itself by avoiding the regulatory burden of paperwork, licenses and inspectors.
Andrew Shepherd is the executive director of I-CAR Canada, a non-profit organization that provides collision repair training and ongoing education. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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My name is Wendy and just over a year ago after a few glasses of wine with a friend & chatting about her Food Blog….How did it go….I couldn't do anything like that….go on give it a try post something on Twitter…..since then I haven't looked back! So I have to say a "Special Thank You" to that friend!
So you see….I have a passion to Bake, Make & Share anything which I feel family, friends etc will enjoy. My dream is to have my own small Cafe/Bistro near the coast so that I can use locally sourced products to Bake, Make & Share whilst visitors sit in comfortable surroundings with a view of the sea, with a piping hot drink on a cold day or a beer/glass of wine when the sun shines! But for the time being I hope to get you all baking & making so that you can also share my recipes with your family & friends.
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Windows 10 IoT version 1709 also known as Fall Creators Update is now available for download. The new update comes with new features, bug fixes and improvement.
Windows 10 IoT build 16299 has added additional support for controlling line displays including customization of the cursor style, brightness, blink rate, and character sets. In addition, Microsoft also added support for custom glyphs, transaction descriptors, and marquee mode for scrolling text.
What's New in Windows 10 IoT Fall Creators Update
- .NET for UWP apps, the set of managed types that can be used to build Universal Windows Platform apps using C# or Visual Basic, has been augmented with thousands of new APIs to make it compliant with .NET Standard 2.0.
- Updated language support on Windows 10 IoT Core including English (en-US and en-GB), French (fr-FR and fr-CA), Spanish (es-ES and es-MX), and Simplified Chinese (zh-CHS). You can create FFUs supporting multiple languages – see MultiLangSample and SingleLangSample for more information.
- Support for Emergency Management Services on Windows 10 IoT Core.
- Improved ink support on Windows 10 IoT Core. With a compatible pen digitizer, you can now utilize DirectInk APIs for highlighter, pencil, and vector-based ink. We've also added XAML ink controls for UWP, including InkCanvas and InkToolbar, which enable stencils like rulers and protractors, and multi-modal interactions such as simultaneous pen and touch on compatible hardware. Smart Ink features such as ink recognition and ink analysis are not supported.
- Additional support for controlling line displays including customization of the cursor style, brightness, blink rate, and character sets. We've also added support for custom glyphs, transaction descriptors, and marquee mode for scrolling text.
- On Windows 10 IoT Enterprise enable access to industry standard buses like GPIO, I2C, SPI, and UART from user mode through the Windows.Devices APIs.
- Assigned Access is a feature in Windows 10 IoT Enterprise which lets you restrict a specific user account to using only one Universal Windows app. Expanded Assigned Access support to allow running multiple UWP and Win32 apps in a lockdown experience and manage those settings from the cloud.
- You can change the system language using IoTSettings.exe or new APIs. For details, see the language configuration section of the Command Line Utils and Language Support documentation.
- Updates to Raspberry Pi UEFI to enable Boot Volume Monitor.
- Added SMSC network driver to all architectures of Windows 10 IoT Core.
- Enabled exclusive-mode audio streams for audio endpoint devices on Windows 10 IoT Core.
- Added new APIs in WinRT for setting the system date and time on Windows 10 IoT Core.
- Added support for Universal BSP (wm.xml). Use the iot-adk-addonkit v4.0 with the current version of the ADK.
- Added language selection and localized layouts to On-Screen Keyboard. For more details, see On-Screen Keyboard Layouts.
Known Issues
- F5 driver deployment from Visual Studio does not work on Windows 10 IoT Core. Drivers must be manually copied and registered on the device.
- The Windows IoT Remote client does not work for Raspberry Pi. Use a board with accelerated graphics such as Minnowboard Max or Dragonboard or attach a monitor for local display.
Microsoft also released Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for end users.


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Coach is one of the most popular brands producing leathers bags, accessories, and clothing for women and men. The brand started with six workers who made billfolds and wallets from pure leather, and soon a couple who had profound knowledge in the field of leather handbags and accessories joined the company and started to take the company to great heights. Coach clothing line is also quite popular and is preferred all over the world. Later the company hired a sportswear expert named Bonnie Cashin who helped them to design handbags and other products. He also worked as the head of the creative department and worked a lot in favor of the company.
Some important dates in the history of coach!
1985: Coach sold
In 1985 the owners at that time felt that they don't have enough time to devote into coach clothing and other accessories as they wanted to focus more on their goat farms and business of cheese production in which they entered in 1983. So, they decided to sell Coach to Sara Lee Corporation for a whopping $30 million. Sara lee took coach under its group names Hanes and various boutiques were established in different corners of New York and San Francisco. Different coach stores for coach clothing and coach handbags and accessories were opened up in departmental stores.
1996: design lead by Reed Krakoff
In 1996 a surprising decision came into effect. Lew Frankfort was appointed as the chairman and CEO of company coach, and in the same year, Reed Krakoff was hired as the head of the design department. His vast imagination and creative commercials made the products of coach more stylish and functional. It was because of Krakoff only that a small company turned into a vast brand renowned all over the world. Coach became Coach, Inc in the year 2000.


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Sunday, June 13, 2010
H2H Challenge--Scrapbook Pages
Close up of journaling block.
Be sure to visit the H2H CHallenge blog for all the wonderful pages!
Edit: I finished one more set of Disney pages tonight. I'll just add them rather than start a brand new post. Still Zippidee papers and Stickease. I also used the Cricut Mickey Font for all the lettering and the mouse ears.
10 comments:
- Tamytha said...
Absolutely adore both of your layotus. If you don't mind, I would love to scraplift them for personal use. Let me know.
- June 13, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- scrappernic said...
No problem, Tammy. The first one is Cherish Silver Screen, and the second is Cherish Gallery Collections.
- June 13, 2010 at 9:12 PM
- The Closet Crafter said...
These are really great! I love how the black makes everything pop in the second layout. Thanks for playing this week and sharing these!
- June 14, 2010 at 3:12 AM
- Carol Labuski said...
Awesome layouts! Thanks for playing along with H2H!
- June 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM
Wow! Great layouts!
- June 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Cheryl Even said...
Love the layouts. The story on the second one is so cute. TFS.
- June 14, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Unknown said...
congrats on being a Friday Five! Your layout is so great!
- June 18, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Jen Rubio said...
Awesome pages Nicole! It's nice to see you busy creating more often again!! Congrats on making the top five!
- June 18, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Tamytha said...
Congratulations on being selected for Friday Five. Well deserved!
- June 18, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Carol Labuski said...
Congrats on making the Friday Five! Love your artwork!
- June 21, 2010 at 8:25 AM


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We're closer to this Christmas than we've ever been, so of course it's time to start thinking about gifts. This time round, we're looking at electricals. If it seems too early, just remember the stresses of getting those "must-haves" last year… and remember that when you buy in good time online, you can raise money for your charity through Give as you Live.
Four to buy now
Modern Moses: Apple's New iPad
Moses would have found the iPad 3 a lot lighter. Third-generation iPad, from £399.99
The UK is split up into two sets of people: People who don't have an iPad and want the latest one, and people who do have an iPad and want the latest one. Apple's uber-cool tablet is the obvious must-have Christmas gift.
- Read Wikipedia on it, pretend it's the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Put the ten commandments on it, imagine you're a modern Moses
- Show off to the most possible people because it's so portable
Raises £3 for your cause from Currys
Swap Brontë for Blu-Rays: Kindle e-reader
Don't look so sad, Mr Rochester. There will always be a place for you on my shelf. Amazon's e-book reader, from £89
If you like reading, the Kindle has it all. You can store hundreds of books on one lightweight platform. Never lose your page again. Download a bunch of classics for free. Or read the complete Dickens for less than the price of a bag of chips. Plus, "buy without having to look anyone in the eye" for literature (*cough*) like 50 Shades of Grey.
- The perfect excuse not to lend anyone your books
- Free up your bookshelves and swap Brontë for Blu-Rays
- Look smug on holiday
Raises £3.11 for your cause from Amazon
Apples and oranges: Google Nexus 7 tablet
You shouldn't need to make the comparison. Google's tablet computer, £199.99
At half the price of Apple's offering, Google's Nexus is the perfect gift for anyone seeking a tablet this Christmas without wanting to stretch their credit card. Most people seem to recommend going for the 16GB version: the extra memory makes a difference.
- You can still show off
- Buy an Apple sticker for the back and everyone will be fooled anyway
- A fantastic device in its own right
Raises £1.50 for your cause from Currys
Janeway loves it: Dyson DC34
The best handheld vac in the known universe. Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner, £199.99
Yes, it's a vacuum. But it's not just any vacuum. It's the most powerful handheld vacuum on the planet. Be warned: the next time you clean up those cookie crumbs on the rug, you'll be running the risk of opening a wormhole into another dimension. If a vacuum cleaner with the potential to defy space/time doesn't impress, we don't know what will. We bet Stephen Hawking has it on his list.
- If Captain Janeway had one, Star Trek: Voyager wouldn't have made it past the pilot episode
- Great for cleaning up post-Christmas mess
- Not actually capable of defying space/time
Raises £5 for your cause from Dyson
Four to watch out for
The new iPhone 5
We all know the team at Apple aren't exactly coy about their product releases, but when you catch a whiff of the possible release date why resort to sleeping outside one of the high street stockists? It's much warmer to camp at your computer, refreshing Apple's online store in your browser all night…
The new Kindle Fire
It's rumoured to have a larger screen than the first, and more importantly to actually be made available to technophiles in the UK.
Dyson DC44 vacuum cleaner
This has been voted a must-have gift for 2012 by Currys and PC World, but it's not available yet. So we've given you details for the DC34 above, instead.
Nikon S13200 compact digital camera
If you're thinking about getting a digital camera this Christmas, this is the one that's been tipped to sell out. Don't say you weren't warned!
What gifts will be at the top of your list this Christmas? Tell us and we'll investigate on the blog, as well as letting you know how much they raise for your cause.
Do you represent a charity? If you want your supporters to raise extra cash at Christmas through Give as you Live, we can create a bespoke festive campaign for you. Email email@example.com for more details.


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This new book by Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew is filled with ideas for doing maths out and about with the kids. There are things to do at home, in the car, and even in a queue. You don't need any kit or expensive materials - just a bit of imagination!
To win a free copy, just tell us how you do maths on the go via Twitter, Facebook or email. We'll pick five names out of the hat on 8th April to receive a free copy of the book!
Here are some ideas from the book for inspiration:
If A = 1p, B = 2p, C = 3p then how much is your name worth?
How many different ways can you cut a piece of toast in to quarters?
Can you work out your age in dog years? What about hamster years?
Keep an eye on our social media pages during Easter as we'll be sharing our favourites!
The competition is now closed, as of 3.00pm 08/04/16.
Visit #MathsOnTheGo on Twitter
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LAFOLLETTE (WATE) – A suspect wanted in Ohio on child molestation charges was arrested Thursday in LaFollette.
Jamie Lee Jones, 33, was wanted on a 2015 five-count indictment out of Defiance County, Ohio, for sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14. He pleaded guilty in February, but then failed to appear for a sentencing hearing in April.
An investigation by the Defiance County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Marshal's Service determined he was in East Tennessee. U.S. Marshals and Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force officers tracked Jones down to the 1100 block of Highway 25W in LaFollette and took him into custody.


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Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, a prominent architect of Bangladesh, and chairman of Nirapon board, announced the formal launching of the platform
Nirapon, a platform of 21 foreign RMG brands, has officially launched in Dhaka on Monday.
The launching program took place on Monday, where it was pledged to help building capacity towards a locally sustainable culture of safety in RMG factories, and work to keep up the safety achievements, the country's garments sector has so far made.
Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, a prominent architect of Bangladesh, and chairman of Nirapon board, announced the formal launching of the platform.
He said: "I am proud to announce the inauguration of a brand-initiated, locally-oriented organization, 'Nirapon,' whose mission is to strengthen the safety achievements that Bangladeshi RMG industry had reached so far."
"Nirapon will work to help protect and grow the safety achievements of the last five years. The unprecedented partnership will help build capacity towards a locally sustainable culture of factory safety," Jamilur added.
Nirapon was established as a common platform, by global RMG brands, for whom Bangladesh is an important sourcing destination, to sustain and build on the safety achievements of the past six years.
As of now, there are 21-member brands and more than 600 factories under Nirapon, which requires to meet the National Action Plan on a continued basis, harmonize standards for physical, structural, fire, and electrical safety.
Nirapon is not a regulating body. It will use a brand-led approach of safety monitoring, through oversight and reporting services, for its subscribed members based on the laws of Bangladesh, so as to help member factories to build their own self-sustaining culture of safety.
The member factories will perform routine maintenance and safety training, and continue to work with a proven effective helpline.
The factories will provide regular updates, including documentary evidence, to the brand and to Nirapon, about their performance in these areas, and work with vetted local training and engineering firms who will conduct regular safety, and training audits.
Nirapon will provide oversight and quality assurance on the work of the factories, and their engineering and training consultants. The brands will work with the factories to assist them in addressing any problems that may arise.
"Nirapon's roles are of oversight and to independently verify safety and training compliance, and reporting these results to its members. It cannot and will not suspend factories, nor share factory information with any other than with its members," said Nirapon Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Moushumi Khan.
"Rather, factories will now work directly with third party service providers under guidance from their Nirapon member brands, and oversight from Nirapon," said Moushumi.
"In this transition to help build a more locally sustainable safety culture, Nirapon will vet, test and train local engineering and training service providers, who will be selected and retained by factories themselves, to give independent assessments of a factory's compliance to building safety and Nirapon processes," she added.
After the collapse of Rana Plaza, which killed 1,135 people in 2013, Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a platform of North American apparel brands and retailers, started to work with Bangladeshi apparel industry to improve safety standards within a five year time frame.
As of today, 93% of remediation is complete across Alliance-affiliated factories, while 428 factories have achieved completion of their initial Corrective Action Plans (CAPs).


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AMC's "The Walking Dead" Returns To Universal Orlando Resort's Halloween Horror Nights With The Most Iconic Scenes From Series History
ORLANDO, Fla., UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (June 3, 2016) – Don't Enter…Dead Inside. Don't say we didn't warn you. This fall, Universal Orlando Resort is bringing back AMC's hit series, "The Walking Dead," to Halloween Horror Nights, propelling guests into the most horrifying highlights of all six seasons – all in one unbelievably terrifying haunted house. Guests will walk – orRead more


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'Beat the Bug' Program Helps Pulaskians Sleep in Clean beds.
Published on Jan 25, 2019
By: The Commonwealth Journal - Somerset, KY
A collaboration between several entities has helped 104 people in Pulaski County, Kentucky obtain good, quality, bug-free beds to sleep in through the "Beat the Bug" mattress program.
God's Food Pantry director, Brenda Russell has seen an increasing number of families who have indicated to her that they have been sleeping on pallets on the floor. For many, this was due to loss of mattresses because of bed bug infestations and the financial inability to obtain new ones. A partnership between God's Food Pantry and Good360 provided the perfect opportunity to address this problem.
Good360 is the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving. They partner with socially responsible companies to source highly needed goods and distribute them through a network of diverse nonprofits that support people in need. Through them, God's Food Pantry was able to receive a full semi-truck of Tempur-Pedic mattresses to help those in need in Pulaski County.
"Anthem has a long-standing commitment to supporting consumers through partnerships that can help address key social barriers and economic disparities to help improve their health," said Leon Lamoreaux, Anthem Kentucky Medicaid plan president. "We are honored to have the opportunity to work with such a tremendous partner like God's Food Pantry, as together we can make a positive difference in the communities we serve."
The logistics of the program were handled by Janice Thomas, an Associate Professor of Nursing at Somerset Community College. Thomas developed the program and selection process as well as encouraged an educational component on bed bug treatment and prevention be added to it. Somerset Community College provided the support team and venue for distribution. Matt Hess of Four Season's Pest Control provided the education to the families receiving mattresses. Coretrans provided the transportation to get the mattresses to Somerset as well as the use of the trailer for storage until the distribution event.
"This program was a wonderful gift for so many families in need," said Russell. "During distribution, I saw several families with small children and the children were literally dancing because they were finally going to have a bed to sleep in! It was so sad, so touching and so exciting all at the same time.
"I am thankful for the sponsors of this program," she added. "They have made such a positive difference for so many. I am hopeful that we can continue to bring more programs like this to Pulaski County."


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Brown Tiger Head Print Mini Vest DressSKU: 007571
DescriptionWant to be it-girl? Highly recommend this rakish mini vest dress for you. Brief round neck and sleeveless styling, eye-popping tiger head prints in front and back make you look gorgeous.Occasion: Party, Holiday, Work, Valentines, Daily Casual, Rave Club, Office
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That the Caribbean has a thriving tourism industry should be a surprise to no one, given the region's beautiful beaches, temperate weather, and breathtaking views. However, the area also has a lot to offer in the way of business opportunities. Foreign investment in the Caribbean is on the rise, and Puerto Rico is especially becoming known as a hot spot for business expansion. There is the potential for business to grow with far greater returns compared to the conventional markets of the U.S. and Europe. In fact, for those companies and interests looking for entry into Central and South American markets, Puerto Rico is probably one of the better places in which to be.
Big Benefits of Doing Business in Puerto Rico
As a U.S. Commonwealth territory, Puerto Rico is the recipient of federal funding for programs and initiatives such as research, education, and infrastructure. Federal laws (such as intellectual property laws) also apply here. At the same time, Puerto Rico offers the competitive advantage of a favorable foreign tax structure.
Puerto Rico enjoys close access to the Americas with well-established transportation routes and networks. The cost of doing business is 10% lower on average in Puerto Rico than in the U.S, and there is a large workforce that is educated and able to speak both Spanish and English.
Puerto Rico's government has been very busy creating and boosting incentives to bring in more business and investment funding. In addition to low taxation, businesses and investors can expect to operate with significant benefits in terms of regulations that support export of services and the starting of new business. It's a win-win for investment interests as well as the country; investors see far bigger returns on what they put in, and the country sees an increase in their economy and jobs.
If the incentives work at bringing in sufficient interest, the country expects that the activity could be self-generating in growth, creating more manufacturing, technical training, finance and income to support the activities of the original investment.
Proactive Government Involvement
The government is saddled with a $72 billion debt figure that it is working towards managing and paying down. One of the most effective ways to do this is by stimulating the economy and attracting new investment to create income-generating market centers for both domestic and international benefit.
Puerto Rico's administration has been extremely busy in augmenting its existing business sectors in tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing. The government is also regularly looking for ways to reduce operating costs with utilities, as well as reducing regulatory costs for doing business on the island. This proactive and aggressive approach is all part of Puerto Rico's economic recovery goals.
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On Oct. 28, the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program debuted at the library. The goal of the program is to encourage parents to read 1,000 books with their child before kindergarten.
Colleyville Library Director Mary Rodne said picture books and reading the same book to a child multiple times count toward the total number of books.
"I think it's so important for them to be encouraged to read," Rodne said, citing the program's research finding that children who are read to at an early age are more likely to be successful in school.
Reading aloud to infants and children encourages social, emotional and cognitive development, according to the program.
The program is more manageable than it sounds, Rodne said. Reading one book a day with a child every day will have a child reaching the 1,000-book goal in less than three years, she said.
For every 100 books a child reads, a prize will be awarded, Rodne said. Each spring the library will hold a ceremony recognizing the children who have completed the program.
To learn more about the program and how to sign up, call the Colleyville Public Library at 817-503-1150.


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Hugel Vendange Tardive Tokay Pinot Gris 1996 Alsace
Tokay is the former Alsatian name for Pinot Gris. Vendange Tardive, or late harvest, means that the grapes were picked at full ripeness with a high natural sugar content, resulting in a wine with a slightly sweet character.
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