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CFO Moves this week include:
|Norfolk Southern Corporation
|RealNetworks, Inc.
|Callaway Golf Company
|Land O'Lakes, Inc.
|MEDITE Cancer Diagnostics, Inc.
|Northwest Federal Credit Union
|Eight Dragons Co.
|ROSS Companies
|Highlands Bankshares, Inc.
|Compass Minerals
|AMERI Holdings, Inc.
|Old Second Bancorp, Inc.
|Hawkins, Inc.
|Symphony Talent
|Kansas City Life Insurance Company
|MTS Systems Corporation
|Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
|Jonah Energy LLC
|Black Box Corporation
|ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation
|Northwest Natural Gas Company
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Norfolk Southern Corporation [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Marta R. Stewart, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Norfolk Southern Corp., intends to retire. Prior to Stewart's appointment as executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2013, she assumed roles of increasing responsibility in finance and served as vice president accounting and controller, and vice president finance and treasurer.
RealNetworks, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced the appointment of Cary Baker, as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Baker succeeds Marjorie Thomas, who is leaving RealNetworks. Baker was previously with HEAT Software, Inc. where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to HEAT Software, Inc. he served as Chief Financial Officer at NetMotion Software and held senior roles at Clearwire Corporation, Boost Mobile and Sprint Corporation.
Callaway Golf Company [CARLSBAD, Calif.] (NYSE: ELY) announced that Robert K. Julian has left the Company and that it has appointed Brian P. Lynch, its General Counsel, to the additional role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. candidates in its search for a Chief Financial Officer. Brian Lynch has been with Callaway in various roles for more than 17 years and was named General Counsel in 2012.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. [ARDEN HILLS, Minn.] announced that Bill Pieper has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pieper joined Land O'Lakes in 2005 as vice president, finance and accounting for Purina and has had progressive roles across the businesses to move into his current role of vice president, chief accounting officer and treasurer. Prior to joining Land O'Lakes, he held senior finance roles at ADC Telecommunications and NRG Energy. He also spent seven years at KPMG earlier in his career.
Marco [ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA] announced the addition of Chris Pudenz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the transition of Jennifer Mrozek from CFO to Executive Vice President of Business Development and Operations. Pudenz was the former Executive Vice President and CFO of ABRA Auto Body & Glass. Prior to ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Pudenz was CFO at Milk Specialties Global. Pudenz's experience also includes investment banking, public accounting at Price Waterhouse and multiple senior financial leadership roles at ConAgra Foods.
MEDITE Cancer Diagnostics, Inc. [ORLANDO, FL] (OTCQB: MDIT) announced the appointment of Susan Weisman as Chief Financial Officer. Susan Weisman, a Financial Executive focused on operations, financial reporting, treasury management and strategic planning and cost controls during her 30 year career with Mitsui & Co (USA), BankAtlantic Bancorp and various other companies, previous to joining MEDITE Cancer Diagnostics, Inc.
Northwest Federal Credit Union [HERNDON, Va.] hired Joe Hasto as its new Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. Hasto most recently serviced as EVP/CFO with Elements Financial Federal Credit Union in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to that, Hasto's 23 years of credit union experience included Public Service Credit Union in Denver, Colorado and Wegmans Federal Credit Union in Rochester, New York.
Eight Dragons Co. [MIAMI, FL] (OTC: EDRG) announced the appointment of Martin Schmieg as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schmieg is a seasoned executive with 35 years of financial and executive-level experience, with much of that time in CFO roles in the global biotech, med-tech and pharmaceutical industries. In 2006, he was CEO of Freedom-2, Inc.
ROSS Companies [BETHESDA, Md.] announced the promotion of Billy J. Edwards to chief financial officer. Edwards had served as the company's senior controller since January 2016. Prior to joining ROSS, Edwards worked in public accounting with CohnReznick LLP as a member of their Private Enterprise Practice Group.
Highlands Bankshares, Inc. [ABINGDON, Va.] (OTCQX: HLND) announced the appointment of John H. Gray as executive vice president and chief financial officer of both the parent company and its banking subsidiary, Highlands Union Bank. Gray will assume the duties previously held by Jim Edmondson, who recently announced his resignation to pursue a new opportunity. Gray joins Highlands from Yadkin Financial Corporation, where he managed the accounting function as Corporate Controller. He joined Yadkin in 2014. He began his career at First Citizens BancShares, Inc.
Compass Minerals [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: CMP) announced that its chief financial officer, Patrick "Doug" Linehan, is departing the company. Concurrently, James "Jamie" Standen, vice president, finance and treasurer, has been named interim CFO and treasurer. Standen joined Compass Minerals in 2006 as assistant treasurer and has held positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, Standen spent six years in various finance roles at Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
AMERI Holdings, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (OTCQB: AMRH) announced the appointment of Viraj Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ameri100, Viraj served as the Chief Financial Officer of two technology start-ups and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for UTStarcom. Viraj started his career with the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Old Second Bancorp, Inc. [AURORA, Ill.] (NASDAQ: OSBC) announced that Bradley S. Adams will join the Company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Adams will also serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. He most recently served as executive vice president and director of corporate development and strategy for TCF National Bank. Adams began his career with Fifth Third Bancorp where he served as director of investor relations. Subsequently, he held leadership and operating positions as managing director and chief financial officer of W2 Freedom, LLC; and, from 2011 to 2016, as executive managing director of corporate development for Talmer Bancorp, Inc., the position he held before joining TCF Financial Corporation.
Hawkins, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: HWKN) announced the hiring of Jeffrey P. Oldenkamp to join the Company as Vice President on May 16, 2017. Mr. Oldenkamp will assume the additional roles of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is expected in early June of 2017. Kathleen Pepski had previously announced her planned retirement and will remain in the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer until that time. Mr. Oldenkamp joins Hawkins, Inc. from MTS Systems Corporation, where he served as Chief Financial Officer since January of 2015. Prior to being appointed CFO, Oldenkamp was the Vice President of Finance for the MTS Test business. He has held various financial positions at Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. and Emerson Electric, Inc.
Symphony Talent [NEW YORK] announced the appointments of Carl Calarco as chief financial officer. Calarco currently leads Symphony Talent's finance, legal and IT teams. His experience includes serving as chief financial officer at technology companies, Qognify and Createthe Group. He also served as divisional chief financial officer at DoubleClick. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Kansas City Life Insurance Company [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Philip A. Williams has been elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Williams was also elected to serve as Senior Vice President, Finance. He replaces Tracy W. Knapp, who has retored. Mr. Williams joined Kansas City Life in 2002 and has served as Vice President, Securities, since 2003. Mr. Williams had extensive insurance and banking experience prior to joining Kansas City Life and prior experience as Chief Financial Officer in the banking industry.
MTS Systems Corporation [EDEN PRAIRIE, MN] (NASDAQ: MTSC) announced the appointment of Brian Ross, currently MTS Systems Corporate Controller, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the company. Mr. Ross will replace Jeff Oldenkamp who is resigning. Prior to joining MTS Systems as Corporate Controller in 2014, Mr. Ross was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Digi International Inc. Earlier in his career, Brian served as Controller at Restore Medical, following a seven year tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: HRTX) announced the appointment of Robert E. Hoffman as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance. Prior to joining Heron, Mr. Hoffman served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. Hoffman was Chief Financial Officer of AnaptysBio, Inc., from July 2015 until September 2016. He was part of the founding management team of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1997, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer until March 2011, and then again from August 2011 until July 2015. From March 2011 to August 2011, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Polaris Group. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the board of directors of CombiMatrix Corporation, Kura Oncology, Inc., and MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. He also is a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Small Business Advisory Committee and is a member of the steering committee of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers.
Jonah Energy LLC [DENVER] announced that Patrick Welch has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Welch most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of JP Energy Partners from November 2013 through its recent merger with American Midstream Partners. Previously, Mr. Welch held Chief Financial Officer roles with Atlantic Power Corporation and a privately-held renewable energy company, and provided consulting services to many upstream and midstream energy companies. Mr. Welch began his career in public accounting with PwC and Deloitte before transitioning to leadership roles with DCP Midstream and Dynegy.
Black Box Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: BBOX) announced that David J. Russo has joined the Company as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Russo was previously the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for L.B. Foster. Prior to joining L.B. Foster, he was Corporate Controller at Wesco International. Prior to joining Wesco, Mr. Russo held several financial leadership roles for Life Fitness and Bally Manufacturing Corporation. He started his career with Grant Thornton as an Auditor.
ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation [LINDON, Utah] announced the resignation of Jack Eldridge as CFO.
Mspark [HELENA, AL] appointed Julie Abraham as chief financial officer. She will also join the Mspark senior leadership team. Prior to joining Mspark, Abraham served as chief financial officer at Scan-Optics LLC. She also worked for 17 years at shared mail company ADVO, during which time she held various senior-level roles of increasing responsibility that culminated in senior vice president, chief financial officer and operating committee member.
FlitWays [CULVER CITY, CA] (OTC PINK: FTWS) named Dean Skupen to the newly created role of chief financial officer (CFO).
SentinelOne [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Bob Parker, former CFO at SnapLogic, will lead the company's financial, accounting, operations and legal teams. Prior to SnapLogic, Parker worked at NetApp for a decade as vice president of corporate finance.
Northwest Natural Gas Company [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NYSE: NWN) hired Frank Burkhartsmeyer to serve as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Burkhartsmeyer comes to NW Natural from Avangrid Renewables where he served as president and CEO. Prior, he was senior vice president of Finance at Iberdrola Renewables US. He also held various director-level positions at PPM Energy, ScottishPower and PacificCorp.


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Jesse's Girls: Sandra Bullock Vs. Michelle McGee!
The ladies in Jesse James' life couldn't be more different!
We were shocked when we first heard about Jesse James' alleged affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, and the shocks just keep on coming with each new detail we learn about her. She's the total opposite of Sandra Bullock in every way, and we've put together a handy little side-by-side chart to help make that point a little clearer.
Sandra Bullock
"America's Sweetheart"
Michelle McGee
"America's Sinner"
|45-year-old stepmom of three
|32-year-old mother of two
|No tattoos
|Covered in tattoos
|Natural chest
|Major implants
|Stars in major movies & is an Oscar-winning actress
|Stars in homemade porn & is a stripper
|Nickname: "Sandy"
|Nickname: "Bombshell"
|Very private person
|Tweets about every intimate detail about her life, including getting her "cheeks" tattooed
|Thanked her mom in her Oscar speech & shares an office with her dad and sister
|Grew up Amish and her parents no longer speak to her
|Appeared on the covers of major magazines, including Glamour, Vogue and Vanity Fair
|Appeared on the covers of lesser-read magazines, including Tattoo Review and International Tattoo Art
|Battling for custody of her husband's children against his porn star ex-wife
|Her ex-husband is trying to get custody of their children because she has been making porn and doing live nude broadcasts from her house
|Wore Marchesa, Alexander McQueen and Bottega Veneta to recent awards shows
|Dressed up like a Nazi for an outrageous photo shoot
|Dressed up in matching gorilla suits with Jesse on Halloween
|Used Jesse's Halloween costume with Sandra to come up with a sex-nickname for him, "Vanilla Gorilla"
Get More on the Jesse James cheating scandal:
- Hey BFFs — What A Burn! Watch Sandra Bullock Gush Over Jesse James!
- Shock! Sandra Bullock Moves Out! Is Her Marriage Over?
- Does Jesse James Have a Type … Tattooed? And Is Ink-Free Sandra The Odd Woman Out?
- EXCLUSIVE! The Day After The Oscars, Jesse James' Alleged Mistress Complained About A Lack Of Sex
- Sandra Bullock Heartbroken! Will She Still Fight For Jesse James To Win Custody Of His Little Girl?

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1. It is a good idea to meet with your lawyer before the deposition to talk about the case and what to expect at the deposition.
_______ True _______ False
2. Depositions aren't as important as trials.
_______ True _______ False
False. It is just as important as trial testimony and may be used in a trial.
3. A judge will be at the deposition to resolve disputes that may arise during the deposition.
_______ True _______ False
False. The lawyers are responsible for conducting the deposition in a professional manner.
4. You are not under oath.
_______ True _______ False
False. The court reporter will swear you in.
5. Your lawyer can advise you during the deposition.
_______ True _______ False
False. You cannot ask your lawyer for advice before you answer a particular question.
6. You lawyer may make objections during the deposition.
_______ True _______ False
True. However, in most situations you will still have to answer the question.
7. Your lawyer can instruct you not to answer a question.
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Your lawyer may do this when he or she has a serious disagreement with the lawyer taking the deposition about whether the lawyer is entitled to know the answer to the question. The most common situation is a question that requires you to divulge private or privileged information. Otherwise, lawyers can ask you pretty much whatever they want.
8. You don't have to tell the lawyer taking the deposition about things your spouse has said
or done.
_______ True _______ False
True. Conversations you have with your spouse and things you know about your spouse do
not have to be disclosed.
9. You can go back and correct/clarify something you said earlier while you are under oath.
_______ True _______ False
1. It's a good idea to provide the information the lawyer seems to want to know, even if he or she has not yet asked you a direct question.
_______ True _______ False
Don't volunteer any information. It's the lawyer's job to ask questions that will elicit the information. If he or she doesn't do it, it's a lost opportunity. Too bad for the lawyer.
2. It never hurts to elaborate on your answer.
_______ True _______ False
Elaborating on your answer is the same thing as volunteering information. Wait for a specific question instead.
3. If you know about a document that the lawyer taking your testimony hasn't shown you, you should mention it.
_______ True _______ False
Again, don't volunteer information.
4. You should reply promptly to the lawyer's questions.
_______ True _______ False
Do not reply until you have thought over the question. Take your time if you need to.
5. If your lawyer objects, don't answer the question unless your lawyer tells you that you can answer.
_______ True _______ False
The objection may force the other lawyer to change the question or to drop the subject. Again, don't volunteer!
6. If you don't understand a question, you should ask the lawyer to rephrase it.
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Make sure you clearly understand every question.
7. If you don't remember something, you should just say so.
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If you don't remember, you don't remember. That's the truth.
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First, your little jokes will be transcribed, without the benefit of your tone of voice, your expression, or your gestures. It will almost surely be misinterpreted or twisted to your disadvantage. Second, the other lawyer probably doesn't have a keen sense of humor during testimony.Third, the tension in the room is not your problem. Stay on task.
Tell the truth (it's ok to say I don't know)
Pay attention, focus, concentrate, listen so you clearly understand the question
Take your time—pause to think before you speak
Answer outloud, and answer only the question asked
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Be serious
Do look at the questioner
Stop talking & listen when an objection is made
Summarize whenever possible
Request a recess if you need a break and/or to confer with your lawyer
Don't assume or guess
Don't answer a question you don't understand
Don't volunteer information
Don't explain your thought processes
i.e. if asked when, don't answer "had to be December bc in January I was already away…"
Don't lose your temper
Don't help the questioner
Don't agree with the questioner unless you agree with all of the question
i.e. if asked …
Don't interrupt
1. Arrive Early—you MUST be on time—parking, security, finding courtroom all take extra time.
2. Dress nicely.
3. Don't use cell phone, chewing gum, candy, or chewing tobacco, while testifying.
4. Review attorney's instructions.
5. Bring any checklists, documents, notes to show your attorney before.
6. Be completely honest with your lawyer.
7. Visit the courthouse/court room in advance of your hearing.
8. Silence your cell phone!!!
Witness testimony can be uncomfortable and awkward. Use these tips to prepare yourself to give credible testimony.
Body language tells a story. Comfortable, natural, sit up straight-gives a witness more credibility.
Facial expressions are very telling. Maintain eye contact, avoid smirking, eye rolling, frowns… when being questioned.
Try not to sound rehearsed, avoid long pauses and short one word answers. If needed, explain why you can't recall certain facts or dates during a deposition.
Try to avoid moving around too much. Keep your hands comfortably on the table to maintain good posture and stillness.
Wear light colored/neutral comfortable clothing with minimal patterns. You need to be comfortable to maintain composure so as not to be mistaken as hiding something and to remain credible.
Witnesses are often confronted with difficult questions during testimony.
Test your skills with some of these practice questions.
Chose the better answer as a witness
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"Oh but you were made, by a God who knows your name , He doesn't make mistakes. For you, you are wanted, you, you are wanted" – Dara MacClean
Little Miss, out of the blue, started asking questions about her birth last night. It went something like this…
LM: Did you buy me from the store?
Me: No, I made you. I grew you inside me and kept you safe until you were born.
LM: God made me.
Me: Yes, He helped. But you were inside me, growing big and strong, until you were ready to come out.
LM: I didn't like being in there (putting her hand on my tummy).
Me: That's true. You wanted out early on, that's why I was on bed rest for eight weeks and then you arrived two weeks early.
LM: Yeah, I remember.
At this point, Fussypants jumped into the conversation to tell his sister (erroneously) that I pooped her out my bum and that's how she was born. Thankfully, she laughed and isn't traumatized for life.


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Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2012 after rising 2.0 percent in the first quarter, according to the third estimate released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The second quarter growth rate was revised down from the second estimate released in August.
Second-quarter highlights
- Consumer spending decelerated, reflecting a downturn in durable goods, mainly in autos.
- Business investment slowed, led by a downturn in spending for power and communication structures.
- Residential housing also slowed in the second quarter.
Offsetting these reductions in real GDP growth were smaller decreases in federal government spending and in state and local government spending as well as a step-up in exports.
Revisions to GDP
The downward revision to second-quarter real GDP growth reflected a downward revision to inventories, mainly to farm inventories, which were revised down due to this summer's severe heat and drought. In addition, consumer spending for services was revised down, reflecting a downward revision to finance and insurance. Exports was revised down as well.
Personal income and saving
Real disposable personal income (DPI), which adjusts personal income for taxes and inflation, rose 3.1 percent in the second quarter, compared with 3.7 percent in the first quarter. The personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of DPI—rose to 4.0 percent from 3.6 percent.
Corporate profits
Second-quarter corporate profits turned up, rising 1.1 percent at a quarterly rate, following a 2.7 percent decline in the first quarter. Second-quarter nonfinancial profits rose 2.6 percent, and financial profits fell 9.3 percent. Profits from the rest of the world rose 8.3 percent in the second quarter, reflecting a 1.6 percent increase in receipts and a 10.3 percent decline in payments.
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Getting Started with Papyrus UMLLight
Getting Started with Papyrus UMLLight
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing Papyrus UMLLight
- 3 Starting Papyrus UMLLight
- 4 Online Shopping System (OSS) Project Overview
- 5 Use Case Modeling
- 5.1 Basic Use Case Diagram Concepts
- 5.2 Creating the OSS Use Case model
- 5.3 The workspace is now ready for the creation of the use case model
- 5.4 Populate the OSS Use Case Diagram
- 5.5 Tips
- 6 Documentation View
- 7 Adding Structure to models
- 8 Use Case Analysis
- 8.1 What do we mean by "Use Case Analysis"?
- 8.2 Using activity and Sequence Diagrams
- 8.2.1 Activity Diagrams
- 8.2.2 Sequence Diagrams
- 8.2.3 Basic Sequence Diagram Concepts
- 8.2.4 State Machine Diagrams
- 8.2.5 Basic State Machine Diagram Concepts
Getting Started with Papyrus UMLLight is a tutorial that will let you:
- Learn how to download and install Papyrus UMLLight.
- Become familiar with the various aspects of the modeling environment such as workspaces, menus, views, perspectives and palettes.
- Become familiar with the elements that make up the"Papyrus UMLLight" UML subset.
- Through the implementation of a sample modeling project, become familiar with a simple model development approach that will enable you to understand the usage and purpose of the elements that are provided by Papyrus UMLLight.
What this tutorial is and is not
|what this tutorial IS
|What this tutorial Is NOT
|An overview of the Papyrus UMLLightuser interface
|A UML specification tutorial (but we do talk about the UML elements we use)
|An overview of the UML diagrams and elements available in Papyrus UMLLight
|An exhaustive tutorial on all UML diagrams, entities, and semantics
|An hands-on experience developing a UML model with Papyrus UMLLight
|A tutorial advocating a specific method for modeling software systems
Papyrus UMLLight and Papyrus
What is Papyrus
- * A complete open Source model editor that Conform to UML, SysML, and other Object Management Group (OMG) standards
- * [An Eclipse Project [1] where this project resides.
- * A family of modeling tools:
- * Papyrus itself (both tool and platform) ("Papyrus")
- * Papyrus for information modeling ("Papyrus-IM")
- * Papyrus for Real-time ("Papyrus-RT")
- * and now Papyrus UMLLight
- * A family of modeling tools:
- * [Supported by the Papyrus Industry Consortium, a community of developers, committers and contributors from many organizations and involved in different application domains.
What is Papyrus UMLLight
A specialized variant of Papyrus that provides:
- * a streamlined user interface for creating, viewing, and editing models using:
- * an optimized "Foundation level" subset of UML;
Comparing Papyrus and Papyrus UMLLight
Papyrus UMLLight personae.
Discussions with early stakeholders enabled the Papyrus UMLLight team to define the following three user personae, describing the users targeted by this product.
|Papyrus UMLLight User personae.
|Short Description
|Detailed description
|a Papyrus novice, is knowledgeable in UML but not familiar with Papyrus or Papyrus UMLLight
| Nicole is already knowledgeable in UML at or above the OCUP2 Foundation or intermediate level contents.
Nicole's goal in using Papyrus UML Light is to quickly get familiar with Papyrus UML Light and how it supports UML-based modeling. Ze appreciates and benefits from Papyrus UML Light's streamlined editor with the most common concepts of UML, so that ze can focus on getting to know the Papyrus UML Light user interface and way of working without being exposed to the full spectrum of UML model elements.
|a student and novice in UML, Papyrus, and Papyrus UMLLight
| Steve is new to the modeling world and has no or very limited familiarity with the UML. Steve is starting to learn about UML and faces the dual tasks of learning to use UML at the same time as learning to use a UML modeling tool.
Using Papyrus UML Light, Steve will be exposed to fewer language and tool concepts at a time, which results in a lowering of the learning curve.,In addition, the alignment of Papyrus UML Light to OCUP2 (Foundational) is beneficial, as it ensures that ze first deals with the most most important concepts of UML before tackling the more complex aspects.
|a basic UML User
|Brisha only uses UML from time to time and then only for basic purposes such as documentation or, presentations, discussions, etc. Ze is not interested in a full model-based engineering tool or method and rather uses it to "sketch" using UML to ensure common understanding of the graphics. As such, ze only needs the basic concepts of UML. In this context, an easy to use UML modeling tool such as Papyrus UML Light, which provides a reduced, targeted user interface and ease of use is easiest to adopt.
Recognize yourself in these personae? This product is for you!
Installing Papyrus UMLLight
To install Papyrus UMLLight, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that you have Java 8 (or later) installed and configured for your operating system.
2. Go to: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Papyrus_UMLLight#Downloads
3. The list of downloads for different operating environments will be displayed:
- * Papyrus UML Light 0.0.1 RC2* for Windows 64bit
- * Papyrus UML Light 0.0.1 RC2* for Linux 64bit
- * Papyrus UML Light 0.0.1 RC2* for MacOS X 64bit
4. To download the archive, click on the link for your development environment.
5. Extract the executable from the downloaded archive into the proper location for applications on your operating system.
- Tip: On MacOS and some Linux, you may need to use "gunzip" followed by "tar xvf" to successfully extract the archive.
6. You are now ready to start using Papyrus UML Light!
Starting Papyrus UMLLight
1. Double-click on the Papyrus UMLLight application you installed in the previous step.
2. A dialog is shown asking you to select a workspace.
About Workspaces
- Workspaces are folders on your computer where your models and associated files are stored.
1. Click on browse to select a folder that will hold your work.
2. Click "Launch" to start Papyrus UMLLight
3. The Papyrus UMLLight modeling environment's workspace is shown.
- Palettes are the toolboxes of the Papyrus UMLLight modeling environment and are found attached to the right side of the diagram area.
- Palettes
Palette Structure
Customized Palettes
In addition to the common tools, every Papyrus UMLLight diagram has a customized palette" containing the model elements that can be used with that diagram. You can think of it as your modeling "toolbox". Each Papyrus UMLLight diagram's palette is customized to meet the simplification goals of Papyrus UMLLight.
Diagram Palettes
Views of all the Papyrus UMLLight Palettes (in alphabetical order)
- Before we go any further, let's have a look at the tutorial project so we can start implementing it!
Online Shopping System (OSS) Project Overview
The Online Shopping System (OSS) is a web-based system that allows customers to
- browse and search for products available in the catalogue and view their information;
- Add/remove products to/from a virtual shopping cart;
- View the content of the chopping cart;
- Purchase shopping cart products using a Credit or an online payment service (e.g., PayPal)
- Have the purchased items delivered.
Actors and use cases
Given these descriptions, we can deduce the following preliminary list of actors and use cases:
|Product Manager
|Payment Service
|Product Database
|Use Cases
|Add product
|Accept Payment Request
|Store product information
|Find products
|Remove product
|Return payment status
|Store shopping carts
|Add product to cart
|Update product
|View Cart
|List existing products
We will further elaborate on this as we go through the creation of a model that will describes the OSS system.
Use Case Modeling
- Use case modeling is about visualizing the environment and requirements of the system being built.
Therefore it is about about users, their needs, and how they interact with the system being built, as well as how the OSS system interacts with other systems.
- Before We start, let's understand the main concepts of use case modeling.
Basic Use Case Diagram Concepts
The subject represents the system under consideration ("OSS" in our case) to which a set of use cases applies. As such, it also represents the boundary between our system and it's interactions with the "outside world." What is inside the subject constitutes the functionality of the system and what lies outside represent elements that interact with OSS, by providing input or services.
An Actor models a role played by an entity that interacts with the subject (e.g., by exchanging signals and data) but which is external to the subject, e.g., users accessing OSS or providing a service, e.g., an bank's payment service). As you can see, both people and external systems actors can be actors.
Use Case
A use case is the specification of a set of actions performed by the system, which yields observable results of value to one or more actors or other stakeholders of the system. { Adapted from UML Superstructure Specification, v2.4.1}.
Use cases are typically described as a sequence of steps. This sequence can be illustrated by using a sequence diagram to model the sequence of steps and can also be expressed textually (an example is provided a the end of this tutorial for those interested).
The relationships that are available to you in Papyrus UMLLight can be found in the "Links" section of the use case diagram palette and consist of:
- Association
- * The association relationship is used to link actors to the use cases affected by them.
- * The association relationship, being bidirectional, does not indicate directionality and can therefore be draw in either direction.
- Generalization
- * The "Generalization" relationship is used to specify inheritance/generalization relationships between use cases or actors.
- * The relationship is drawn from the specialized entity to the general entity.
- Include: enable composition of use cases
- The include relationship is used to:
- * Simplify a use case by decomposing it into smaller use cases with the goal of increasing modularity and reusability.
- * The include relationship is drawn from the including element to the included element.
- * A use case "A" included in use case"B indicates that "B" requires "A" to accomplish its goals.
- Extend is used to specify an optional part of a use case
- * The extend relationship is drawn from the extender element to the extended element.
- * a use case "C" Extends use case "D" indicates that use case "C" is an optional part of use case D.
- Comment Link
- * The comment link is used to connect a comment to the element to which the comment applies.
Creating the OSS Use Case model
The time has come to get you modeling!
Create and initialize the OSS Project
First, you need to create a project For your OSS model:
. From the Papyrus UMLLight main menu, select "File >New UML Light Project" to create the OSS project.
2. In the New UML Light Model Project" resulting dialog, set the project name to "OSS" 3. Note that the model name is given the same name as the project.
4. Leave the location as is (default).
5. Click on [Next] to display the initialization dialog
6. check the box left of the "Light Use Case Diagram.
- This will create an empty case diagram as part of the project creation.
7, Click on "Finish"
Your project has been created and its Initialization information dialog is displayed.
What was created
Before we move on, let's look at what was created...
The project Explorer
In the project explorer, There is now an entry titled "OSS" That is the project you just created as stored on disk. If you expand it, it will look like this:
The are two things you need to know about the "di", "notation", ad "uml files:
1. They contain a machine-readable serialization of your model and its notation (diagrams) that is not meant for human eyes!
2. You must NEVER edit them directly! ... That's why Papyrus and its variants were built!
The Model ExplorerStart by expanding the OSS Model element in the project explorer by clicking on the arrow to the left of the model elements to see the content of the model.
The model elements under OSS have been created as part of the initial model creation.You can see that a "Light Use Case Diagram has been created as expected. In addition, Papyrus UMLLight also automatically includes a library of UML primitives that define data types. Those will be useful later in the tutorial.
The workspace is now ready for the creation of the use case model
Populate the OSS Use Case Diagram
Adding the Subject
- In the palette, click on the Subject and then click in the middle of the diagram to create the subject.
- Note that the subject object is also visible in both the model explorer and in the Properties view. Each of these views (diagram, model explorer, and property) provide a representation of the same, single model element in each of these particular contexts. Each "view" provides a set of information about that model element.
- Rename the subject to "OSS" by clicking on the Subject to display its properties view and, from the the properties view, change the value of the name property to "OSS". You will notice that the name also changes in the diagram and Model Explorer.
- Now Click and drag an actor from the palette to a location at the left of the subject. Drag and drop is another way to place elements on a diagram.
- Rename the actor to "Customer" to match the list of actors in the system.
- To complete this diagram, add a use case named "sign-in" to the subject and then add an association from the Customer to the use case, indicating that the customer starts the sign-in use case.
The diagram should now look like this:
Complete the use case diagram
Now that you know how to add use case diagram elements, Use the information from the Actors and Use Cases table to complete the use case diagram.
When done, Your use case diagram should be similar to:
Documentation View
The documentation view provides a mechanism to add documentation to a model element. Although this is useful in many areas of modeling, it is very helpful when doing use case analysis at the beginning of the project where you can use this capability to add textual information to better textually describe the actors and to provide a textual description of the use cases. To show the documentation view and edit its content, right-click on a model element on a diagram and select "Show Documentation view" and the Properties view will display the documentation view.
Adding documentation to a use case
- Right-click on the "FindProducts" use case and select "Show Documentation View" command
- In the "Find Products" input, add your documentation for that use case.
Example of the documentation view.
This is an example of a use case's requirements documented with using user stories.
Adding Structure to models
- Using packages to add structure and layers to a model
- The purpose of packages is to contain other NamedElements in order to organize a
model, typically to manage groups of similar or related model elements.
- Examples of package usage:
- * Separating common elements into logical groups
- * Separating parts of the model using packages also enables reams to work in parallel on different packages (although this is out of the scope of this tutorial).
- :: An example of the use of packages can be seen in the implementation of a layered model architectures (e.g., with presentation, business, persistence layers).
- * The use of packages also facilitate the visualization of a coarse level of traceability across the development lifecycle.
Package Diagram
- Build a simple package diagram for a layered model development approach
Creating the package diagram
- Click on the model in the model explorer.
- From the main toolbar, Select Papyrus > "New Diagram > Light Package Diagram.
- Name the diagram "Packaging exercise" and click "OK"
- The use case diagram has been replaced by the new diagram Package in the model editor, but is still available as a tab if you need to get back to it. As you create new diagrams, they will be listed there until you close them.
- As well, the palette has changed to display the tools for package diagrams.
- Using the palette, add a package at the top left of the diagram and name it "Use Case Model
- Add another package below and slightly to the right of the Use Case Model package and name it "Design Model".
- Draw a dependency from the left side of the Design Model package to the bottom of the Use Case Model
- To make the dependency look better, click in the middle of the dependency and drag left and down to make a nice elbow connector.
- This dependency indicates that the "Design Model" is dependent on one or more element found in the "Use Case Model" package.
- In the Model Explorer, you can now the use case model elements into their UseCase model package and do the same for the design models elements into the Design package.
- . Your diagram and model should look similar to:
Use Case Analysis
- Moving from use cases to design
What do we mean by "Use Case Analysis"?
Using activity and Sequence Diagrams
- At the use case analysis level, Activity and Sequence diagrams are used to provide the bridge between the use case and the system design models.
- Sequence diagrams and activity diagrams provide two complementary graphical views of use cases
- * Activity diagrams focus on the description of the use cases as a workflow or process
- * Sequence diagrams focus on the order of the message with regards to time.
Activity Diagrams
Role of Activity diagrams
- At the use case level, the role of activity diagrams is to describe the use cases as a sequence of 'actions' performed by the system and the different actors
Basic Activity Diagram Concepts
Refer to the activity diagram palette for the icons associated with the following model elements.
|Basic Activity Diagram Concepts
|Initial Node
|Acts as a starting point for executing an Activity
|Input Pin
|Holds input values to be consumed by an Action
|Output pin
|Holds output values produced by an Action
|Value Pin
|Provides a value by evaluating a ValueSpecification
|Opaque Action
|Action not specified within UML, e.g., using normal language.
|Call Behavior Action
|Directly invokes a Behavior
|Control Flow
|Used to control the execution of ExecutableNodes
|ActivityEdge that can carry,object,tokens that may hold values
Creating an activity diagram for a customer purchase
In this exercise, you will create an activity diagram for a customer purchase.
Sequence Diagrams
- This happens then that happens: Creating a sequence diagram for the Login use case
Role of sequence diagrams
- At the use case analysis level, the role of sequence diagrams is to describe the use cases as a sequence of interactions between the system and the different actors
- * Sequence diagrams also include the specification of the main internal actions executed by the system in the execution of the use cases.
- While UML provides a rich set of concepts/notations for sequence diagrams the subset provided by Papyrus UMLLight is more than adequate for our purpose.
Basic Sequence Diagram Concepts
Refer to the sequence diagram palette for the icons associated with the following model elements.
|Basic Sequence Diagram Concepts
|A Lifeline represents a single individual participant (e.g., instance of an actor) in the sequence diagram.
|Action Execution Specification
|The specification of a single executable unit of functionality.
|Behavior Execution Specification
|Whereas the Action was a single unit of functionality, behaviour is a specification of events that may occur dynamically over time (e.g., an ordered set of actions.
|Interaction Use
|Allows the reuse of an interaction from within another one. Tip: Often seen as an "include" relationship in the use case diagram.
|Sync Call Message
|A message generated by a synchronous call to an operation - a reply is automatically provided
|Async Call Message
|A message generated by an asynchronous call to an operation. A reply message is not provide but is expected.
|Reply message
|Used to reply to an Async Call Message
|Create message
|Create a new lifeline
|Delete message
|Delete (end) a an existing lifeline
Creating a sequence diagram for a TBD
State Machine Diagrams
- Creating a state machine diagram for the TBD
Role of State Machine Diagrams
- At the use case analysis level, the role of State Machine Diagrams is to describe the various states of the system or its components and the possible transition between these states.
Basic State Machine Diagram Concepts
Refer to the sequence diagram palette for the icons associated with the following model elements.
|Basic State Machine Diagram Concepts
|Situation during which an invariant condition holds
|Where the system starts
|Indicate the completion of the state machine
|Dynamic conditional branching to select a continuing path
| Connect multiple Transitions into compound paths between
|Textual annotation attached to a set of elements.
|Represents a path from a single source element to another single element
|Comment Link
|Represents a link from a comment to the element being commented upon.


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Check-in time is 14:00 hrs. Whilst the hotel's check-out time is 12:00 hrs, we do understand that at times, this may not be very convenient. Should you require a late check-out, please contact your guest service coordinators in the lobby who will make every effort to accommodate your request subject to availability. Late check-out charges will apply for requests beyond 15:00 hrs.
ID Requirement & Age Policy
All guests are required to produce a valid government approved ID (passport, driving license, PAN card, voter ID) at the time of check-in. Foreign nationals must also produce a valid visa.
All guests must be 18 years of age in order to be registered at the hotel.
Please Note: Aadhaar is no longer accepted as proof of identity at the time of check-in.
Credit Card Policy
Debit and credit cards will be authorized at check-in for the amount of your stay, plus an amount to cover incidentals. The authorization will hold the funds until check out, at which time the amount actually incurred during the stay will be charged. Authorized amounts may take up to 30 days after departure to be released by your bank or financial institution and the hotel will not be responsible for any resulting fees or charges.
Early Arrival & Late Departure
We are pleased to accommodate early check-ins and late check-outs upon request, subject to availability. In the case of a late checkout before 6pm, an additional half day charge will apply. For checkouts after 6pm, a full day charge will apply.
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I look forward to October every year for one simple reason: it's Pumpkin Everything Season! And despite living in Southwest Florida where the temperature rarely drops below 60 degrees, once autumn shows up on the calendar, I morph into that girl.
Yep, I'm basic apparently. So sue me. Fall is a glorious time. And pumpkins are a direct result of that gloriousness.
These seasonal superfoods are rich in Vitamin A to promote vision health, Fiber to increase digestive regularity, Antioxidants to support immune function, Potassium to stimulate post-workout energy and Carotenoids to reduce skin aging effects.
Plus, they get all the Instagram likes, so…
But I digress. If you wanna experience those nutritional benefits for yourself, not just during autumn but year-round too (Why isn't the PSL Summer Edition a thing? Looking at you, Starbucks!), might I suggest these no-bake Pumpkin Quinoa Protein Balls.
They're perfect for a healthy plant-based breakfast or afternoon snack. And, all basicness aside, they taste like fall is supposed to taste. *insert brown leaf emoji*
I rest my case.
yields 2 dozen protein balls
1 can Pumpkin Purée (organic)
1 tbsp. Sunflower Butter (organic)
1/3 c. Rolled Oats (whole grain)
1/4 c. Quinoa (organic)
1 Apple (peeled & diced)
1/2 tsp. Pumpkin Spice
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Ginger
- Cook the quinoa according to its package instructions, then set aside.
- Combine the pumpkin purée, rolled oats, sunflower butter, cinnamon, ginger and pumpkin spice in a mixing bowl.
- Slice the apple into small chunks, then stir into the pumpkin mixture.
- Add the cooked quinoa to the pumpkin mixture, then stir these ingredients until thoroughly combined.
- Divide the batter into bite-sized balls and place in the freezer for 1 hour before serving.
So. Much. Yes.


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A West Yorkshire lass who discovered on 22 December that her boyfriend had cheated on her has dumped his unopened Xmas gifts on eBay as she will "definatly not be getting back together" with her former squeeze.
Leanne Joseph, 24, of Huddersfield, was apparently "gobsmacked" when a workmate told told her she'd been sleeping with her partner. "We had been together for three years," she lamented to the Daily Mail.
Her sales pitch declares: 'Here for sale are a lot of unwanted, unopened Christmas presents from my very ex-boyfriend we fell out on the 22nd and we will definatly not be getting back together... so I do not want anything he had chosen for me this year."
One of the items up for grabs is "guaranteed to be jewellery", and Joseph also promises "a saucy little thong".
As of this afternoon, bids had hit £350 with 22 hours left to run on the auction. Joseph has promised that all proceeds will go to a local hospice. ®


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At UNC, SIGN membership is open to medical students and affords opportunities to:
- shadow neurologists and neurosurgeons;
- apply for SIGN scholarships;
- meet students, residents, and faculty sharing your interests in neurology and the neurosciences.
You will also be added to an email list notifying members of monthly lunchtime presentations and other events both on and off campus.
To join or request information please email:
Amanda Crooks (email@example.com)
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Thank you,
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Rekluse Joins HRT Honda for 2013
January 8, 2013 11:35am
Boise, ID - Rekluse is the official clutch supplier to HRT Honda for the 2013 Supercross and Motocross season. All riders will be racing Honda's fitted with the Rekluse Core EXP Auto-Clutch or Rekluse Core Manual clutch. HRT Honda is owned by Todd Hansen and has signed the following riders:
- Jimmy Albertson #55; 450 class
- Austin Politelli #76; West Coast 250 / 450 East Coast rounds
- John "JJ" Pauk #655; East Coast 250


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I think it's possible. It seems like Nissan needs to have something splash-worthy that they're not divulging.internalaudit wrote:Anyone thinks this is possible or for the 60 kWh not to be too good damn expensive like the 221st (out of production) LR Model 3?
Why Nissan Has A Trick Up Its Sleeve With The New LEAF
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/16/ni ... -new-leaf/
I agree with the part about Nissan lowering the price substantially after the first few months. The 2017 came down as low $23K locally.
Another question is if utilities will still offer the $10K off on the new model.


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Camp Guide 2011
The YMCA offers week-long day camps featuring various themes for children ages 5 to 12. Visit the website or contact locations for more information. Financial aid is available.
Best Of 2015: Place to Work Out in Winter
The oldest formations in Garden of the Gods, such as Kissing Camels, started as sand dunes some 300 million years ago. It's a magical place. So we're beyond fortunate that the Perkins family gave 480 acres of the park to the city in 1909 — with the stipulation that it always remain free to enter and open to the public. Since then, the city has expanded the park to more than 1,300 acres. In addition to the famous rocks, the Garden is also home to a nonprofit-owned visitor and nature center, which recently was expanded and remodeled. It now features state-of-the-art exhibit halls where you can explore the area's geology, flora and fauna; learn about early explorers; and even look at photos of the Garden from each of the past 365 days. — J. Adrian Stanley
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|Thematic search
First type in the phrase you are looking for and select the search area. Then click on the "Search" button - you will see the results. You can also type in more chains separated by gaps. In this case, the terms are implicitly linked with a logic conjunction "and also".


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Playing nice during the 2013 election was a dismal failure, and in the next election the NDP must run "a more aggressive, bloody-minded campaign," says an internal document penned by Adrian Dix's campaign leader.
The 40-page post-mortem is a blunt, extensive analysis of how the NDP lost the spring election despite being ahead in the polls, and what the party needs to do differently four years from now.
The Sun obtained a copy of the document, written by NDP campaign director Brian Topp, who took responsibility for his part in the election loss, noting the entire campaign team played a role in the final outcome.
A better finish for the NDP next time, he writes, will require major changes to how campaign 2013 was run, including: defeating or at least matching the Liberals on economic issues; offering a platform that engages people and makes them want to vote; and criticizing opponents, rather than the more principled route of attacking policies but not people.
"The Liberals prosecuted us better than we prosecuted them," Topp wrote.
"While the B.C. Liberals attacked our leader in personal and sometimes arguably libellous terms, the premier and her record in government were often off limits. This was a mistake."
Topp, who was personally recruited by Dix to run the campaign, sent the analysis to NDP brass, who are conducting a review of what went wrong during the election. He wrote it with four members of his campaign team, many of whom worked with him on Jack Layton's successful federal campaign.
Topp declined to comment on the report, saying it spoke for itself. Party president Moe Sihota did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.
The Sun obtained two copies of the document: a draft written in June and the final version dated Aug. 21.
Dix's office told The Sun the draft document "did not accurately capture a number of significant elements of the campaign's planning and execution" and was withdrawn from the review panel. However, The Sun found the two versions contained the same key messages.
Topp praises Dix for taking a fractured party and building it into a cohesive machine that almost upset the incumbent Liberals.
However, Dix was also an easy target for the Liberals' attack ads: He resigned as former Premier Glen Clark's chief of staff in 1999 after backdating a memo that was intended to protect Clark, who was accused of helping a friend get a provincial casino licence.
The NDP did not counter these attacks with similar criticisms of Premier Christy Clark because Dix wanted to run a positive, principled campaign. The end result, Topp wrote, is that the Liberals raised serious doubts about Dix and Clark was "exonerated" from any past misdeeds because the NDP didn't talk about them.
For example, the NDP in February lambasted the Liberals in the legislature for their "quick wins" strategy targeting ethnic voters, at a time when many senior Clark ministers and staff were quitting. At the time, Dix's criticism of the Liberals bumped the NDP ahead 20 points in public opinion polls — but this scandal was never mentioned during the election.
"A more aggressive, bloody-minded campaign than the one we conducted would have nonetheless acted on the traditional political principle that the best time to kick your opponent is when they are down," Topp wrote.
"By deciding never to 'name the enemy' by never mentioning Christy Clark, our campaign lost the opportunity to work with the B.C. Liberals' greatest liability — their leader."
Topp and his team say they also failed to counteract the Liberals' main message that it is too risky to change governments in uncertain economic times. The NDP must improve at arguing its party has better policies on job creation and is more caring about core fiscal issues.
"That is what we tried to do in 2013 in B.C. We didn't succeed," Topp wrote. The 2017 campaign needs to be more appealing to voters. "There was no 'wow' in our campaign, which focused on reassurance and responsibility while taking an unwisely complacent approach to our opponent," he wrote.
The next NDP campaign needs a "big dream" message to inspire voters. He said the Liberals' "ridiculous" pledge to find a trillion dollars in "imaginary revenues" from LNG projects at least gave voters hope.
The next NDP leader, Topp continued, must also do what Clark does well: share personal stories about her life and loved ones so voters feel a personal connection to her. Dix, by comparison, kept his personal life private.
Another page the NDP needs to steal from the Liberals' campaign script, he said, is providing the leader with "tight, focused, brief, and consistent messages" that can be repeated daily.
The NDP, Topp said, laid "out vast smorgasbords of policy for the media to poke around in, looking for the most unhelpful morsels."
Focus groups told the NDP that they could easily identify Clark's main messages — jobs and the economy — but couldn't identify any specific NDP messages.
Future campaigns must also make announcements that are focused and planned out far in advance. Last spring, there were too many last-minute changes that lead to "communications decisions (that) were too often made on the fly and with little time for reflection and planning," Topp wrote.
In 2017, the NDP must return to traditional campaign events that show excited supporters waving party banners and applauding the leader as he enters the room. Dix was opposed to these types of events, calling them scripted and contrived.
Clark, by contrast, was always in a hard hat, surrounded by children, seniors and members of multicultural communities. "Our reluctance to embrace the political theatre aspect of modern campaigning led to the B.C. NDP losing the 'shot of the day' to the B.C. Liberals too often."
Preparing for future debates, Topp said, should not involve being "mired" in research and policy, but should instead focus on "zingers" and presentation skills.
In 2013, the leader did not rehearse over and over again the opening statement "in order to nail it" and make an initial impact with voters.
The NDP is collecting election post-mortem submissions from many people linked to the campaign. A panel reviewing the submissions will release its report at the NDP's convention in November.


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(CNN) -- It's a shame what "Family Guy" has done to its dog.
On Sunday's episode of the animated Fox series, the Griffin family pooch, Brian, was killed. (Seriously.)
The intelligent and verbose pet was headed into the street to play with his ace companion, mischievous baby Stewie, when he was struck by an oncoming car. His injuries were so severe, he ended up having to say farewell to the family he's bonded with since 1999.
Naturally, fans don't know what to make of this shocking news, with some having suggestions for another character who could've said goodbye:
OUT OF ALL CHARACTERS THEYRE KILLING OFF BRIAN. WHY COULDN'T THEY KILL OFF MEG?— ☯ rydrsly ☯ (@__bbyc) November 25, 2013
it's too bad brian insisted on doing his own stunt's. he might not have died #hedidhisownstunts a true professional— rigamarock (@rigamarock) November 25, 2013
YOURE A COMEDY, NOT A DRAMA. DONT GO KILLING OFF CHARACTERS. GO HOME FAMILY GUY, YOURE DRUNK. #BringBackBrian— Sammi (@sammibxtch1108) November 25, 2013
To make matters worse, the series has replaced Brian with another pup named Vinny, voiced by "The Sopranos' " Tony Sirico.
So Brian gets hit by a car and dies, the Griffins get a new dog, and if Stewie doesnt rebuild the time machine, I'm boycotting. #familyguy— Todd Bailey (@ToddABailey) November 25, 2013
According to "Family Guy" executive producer Steve Callaghan, creator Seth MacFarlane is a "big fan of 'The Sopranos' and always loved Tony Sirico in particular, and he thought it would be fun to write a character based around his voice and his personality," he told E! News.
Apparently, the idea to kill off Brian was thrown out into the writers room, and "it sort of caught fire" as "a fun way to shake things up."
"As soon as this idea came up, we started talking about what the next couple episodes could be, and we got very excited about the way this change will affect the family dynamics and the characters," Callaghan said.
MacFarlane's hit is now in its 12th season, and the creator has said that he'd be OK with "Family Guy" ending its run. In an October 2011 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the multitasking actor/writer/producer said he'd have been fine with wrapping the series a few years ago.
"Part of me thinks 'Family Guy' should have already ended," he told the magazine. "I think seven seasons is about the right lifespan for a TV series. I talk to fans, and in a way I'm kind of secretly hoping for them to say 'we're done with it.' "
Viewers might wonder whether this move is a way to dissuade them from tuning in, but Callaghan doesn't foresee any backlash.
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DMS-R, in the Russian Service Module Zvezda, is a set of computers, that provides for the overall control, mission and failure management of the entire Russian segment of the International Space Station.
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- Guidance, navigation and control for the entire International Space Station
- Onboard systems and subsystems control
- Mission management with supervisory control by the on-board and ground crews
- Failure management and recovery
- Time distribution, time tagging and synchronisation
- Data acquisition and control for on-board systems and experiments
- Exchange of data and commands with the other parts of the International Space Station
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- 2 Control Posts for command and control by the crew, for commanding experiments and ERA
The DMS-R was developed by ESA with an industrial team lead by Astrium in Bremen, Germany.
The application software for the on-board computers was developed by the Russian Zvezda contractor, RSC Energia, using an ESA-provided ground system - the hardware and software environment supporting software design, development, simulation, test and validation.
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Young Futures-Navy team excites at Tournament 12
TORONTO -- The Futures-Navy team at the Tournament 12 showcase at Rogers Centre may have been the youngest of 10 squads, but a number of players turned some heads during their four games.
Despite getting knocked out after losing both its Monday contests, the Futures team has nothing to hang its heads about. Players who have officially put themselves on the map include 14-year-olds Cooper Davis and Adam Hall, who play for former big leaguer Adam Stern's Great Lake Canadians elite team composed of players from Southwest Ontario.
Hall -- the youngest player on the Great Lakes team -- who had two triples in the tournament, and Davis picked the right time to make a good impression.
"They played their butts off out there," said an American League scout. "It has been fun to watch those young kids go out there and compete with the 19- and 20-year-olds."
Another Futures player who opened up some eyes was 16-year-old lefty Isaac Anesty, who had the top velocity of the day at 90 mph, despite having some control issues over his two innings of work. Bryce Dimitroff came close to hitting a homer for the Futures, one-hopping the wall in left field in a 5-1 loss to Ontario-Maroon. The Ontario squad clinched first place in Pool B with the victory and will play in Tuesday's semifinal.
Ontario was led by Tristan Clarke, who continued to impress with another strong showing at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Big-time prospect Mitch Brigas, known for the potential in his bat, was given the start on the mound and went three innings, allowing one run on one hit with two strikeouts. Bigras was sitting in the low-80s with good armside run on his fastball, and while there are some who want to see the 6-foot-5, 185-pounder on the mound more, Greg Hamilton -- a coach of the Canadian Junior National Team -- said the upside in his bat is about as high as any prospect in Canada. Hamilton is also high on Bigras' ability in the field.
"It's the ease at which he plays the game defensively and it's the ease of swing that's going to generate power," Hamilton said. "He makes contact, he doesn't miss a ton."
The Futures also lost to Alberta-Red in the first game of the day, 8-0. Alberta received strong performances from starter Nolan Bumstead, who allowed a hit over three innings while striking out six, and slugger Wylie Johnston.
Johnston went 2-for-2 with a homer down the left-field line, and he drove in five runs.
The Prairies-Brown team, which was eliminated from advancing through to the next round on Sunday, ensured it wouldn't go home winless, dropping Quebec-White, 5-1, in its only contest of the day. Every team in the tournament recorded a victory following the Prairies win, and after British Columbia-Orange beat Maritimes-Grey, 2-0, it meant no team finished the first round undefeated.
Maritimes took a 3-0 record into the contest but was unable to solve British Columbia left-hander Bradley Smith, who allowed one hit over four innings while punching out seven. British Columbia didn't do much against the Maritimes pitching, either, and only recorded two hits -- one each from Toch Semlacher, who continued his strong tournament, and Mitch Robinson.
Codey Shrider started for the Maritimes and struck out six over two innings. The 21-year-old was overpowering and his fastball reached 88 mph. Despite the loss, the Maritimes will be playing in Tuesday's semifinal after going 3-1 in the first round of play. Some called the Maritimes' first-round success surprising, but the team appears to be using that as a source of motivation.
The Maritimes, an older team consisting of many college players, is not full of the high-upside players like the Ontario teams.
"I'm not surprised at how we played," said coach Mark Noel. "We knew our guys could play. Quality-wise, we are probably as good as anyone else; quantity-wise is where we lack."
Noel believes his team, which has become the feel-good story of the tournament, has enough arms left in the tank to win. The club will be shorthanded Tuesday, however, as two players -- including top player Evan Comeau -- have to go back to school, while others were scrambling to make last-minute travel changes. While Noel said the bunch is confident after sizing up the level of play, many didn't expect to stick around for this long. It cost a lot of money for the players from the Maritimes -- which consists of three Eastern Canadian provinces -- to travel to Toronto, but the team isn't complaining, as playing in big showcases is foreign to most of the players.
Following the Maritimes' loss, and after every team concluded its fourth game, the players got a tour of the Blue Jays' clubhouse and received baseball and life advice from alumni coaches Roberto Alomar, Devon White, Lloyd Moseby, Duane Ward and Sandy Alomar Sr. It was a nice touch, filled with moments of reflection, guidance and laughter.
"It was a great experience for everybody," Noel said.
In other action, Quebec-Blue strung together a six-run sixth inning to come from behind and drop Ontario Black, 6-5. The win made Quebec-Blue the favorites to join the Maritimes as the two teams from Pool A to advance to the next round. British Columbia (1-2) would have to rout Quebec-Blue (2-1) in an 8 a.m. ET game to advance due to a tie in the standings. Since Ontario-Green also finished with a 2-2 record after eliminating Ontario-Black, 10-8, in the last game of the day, the tiebreaker would come down to a plus-minus differential, and Quebec-Blue has a comfortable cushion in that regard.
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what makes it acceptable for homosexuals to routinely use gay slurs aimed at each other?
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I love when idiots like you prove themselves wrong. No chance of winning? You don't know shit.
You're a fucking idiot. Good luck to you and your idiocy.
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To: Tim Burke
He (Franco Harris) was very professional-Which is much more than I can say for the President and the board of trustees throughout this entire process. They lack intestinal fortitude and do not care about the past, present or future of the university.
It's time for them to actually be leaders
Karen Peetz is ridiculous or incompetent.
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To: Drew Magary
Listen my man, I know it's cool to hate on Katy because she's all pop and synth and bullsh. I get it. Most of the shit you hear from her on the radio is garbage. Two things though:
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Great column otherwise, though. Keep up the good work.
Subject: How about Math
From: Parker Willis
To: Drew Magary
The main contention is over their pensions. Pensions have bankrupted industry after industry (auto and public education for example). The NFL simply cant afford to stay the course or meet the outrageous demands of the Ref's. ITS MATH. They will be paying out multi – million dollar suits in the coming years from Football players. You can call it politics. Ill call it math.
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From: Richard Fetherolf
To: Tim Burke
Knock this shit off. At best half of those were bad calls. The phantom on Ike Taylor, the not lining up or spotting the ball accurately in particular. The talib PI and the ronde barber were plays that happen all the time - whoever suggested that is a giants homer. Barbers was flat out not PI and talib positioned himself LIKE THEY ARE TAUGHT BY THEIR COACHES. The two helmet to helmets were questionable. Dqwell Jackson's was just straight up not helmet to helmet. The timing plays were very close, I've seen them not call delay of game penalties before within the same time frame.
What I'm saying is, you've got to be fucking kidding me. The regular refs make the same mistakes the scabs have been w the exception of the technical (where to stand, certain penalty distance, etc) as a result of their experience in college. The opinion calls by and large have been similar to regular refs.
This entire thing is overblown and why Goodall isn't going to settle bc he's watching the same shit. Replacements that are doing a close enough job to the regulars that it doesn't matter. That was a late hit on rgiii.


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The Red Letters
- Timothy J. Beals Editor
- 2009 26 Mar
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an extract from The Red Letters: The Saying and Teachings of Jesus, edited by Timothy J. Beals (Crossway).
Foreword: The Word
Words are important. They can express reality and shape it. So when the writer of the fourth gospel account articulated the essential nature of the central figure in history, he said:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it (John 1:1–5).
The apostle John could have used other metaphors, but none more clear, elegant, powerful, or true as "the Word." Jesus himself acknowledged the mysterious power of words in the account of the Roman soldier who shared with the Lord his concern for his servant's health. The centurion declared to Jesus, "Only say the word, and my servant will be healed" (Matthew 8:8). And Jesus "marveled" (8:10), literally was "amazed" or "astonished," at this claim—the only time in his earthly ministry he was "surprised" by the faith and understanding of one of his followers. Words make worlds. They have mysterious and undeniable power to share and shape our thinking.
But there is another thing about words: they have their limits. Because of the constraints of space and time, we are often forced to be selective, saying only the most important things (most of the time). That's what makes this volume unique. Here we focus on one thing: the words from the Word. By looking only at the "red letters," Jesus' spoken words, we see what is important to him.
The gospels are not comprehensive; John acknowledges that "there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written" (21:25). So Jesus chose his words carefully. Sometimes he said nothing at all (Mark 14:61). When he spoke, his message was purposeful and poignant, measured and directed for an audience both present in history and extended through all time. Always he said what was true, and everywhere we hear him giving his listeners their proper place in his life.
The following presentation is meant to encourage readers to hear and understand Jesus' message in two ways:
- through a narrated, chronological life of Christ in his own words—the sayings of Jesus (in Part 1)
- through a thematic presentation of Jesus' message—the teachings of Jesus (in Part 2)
The origin of the red letters
Like chapter and verse numbers, center column references, and many other features we take for granted in our modern English Bibles, the red letters idea is a recent innovation. Its creator, Louis Klopsch (1852-1910), was born in Germany but moved to New York at age two and grew up there. By age twenty he had begun a career in journalism followed by a lifetime of service as both a printer and publisher. In 1890 he became the American editor of the British weekly, The Christian Herald, a newspaper that remained in print for over 130 years.
On June 19, 1899, while writing an editorial for the newspaper, Klopsch noticed these words from Luke 22:20: "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood." Impressed by the symbolism of blood, Klopsch asked a trusted publishing colleague if Christ's words could not be printed in red. His mentor replied, "It could do no harm and it most certainly could do much good."
An initial red-letter edition of 60,000 King James Version New Testaments soon sold out. Praise streamed in—from the King of Sweden (by telegram) to President Theodore Roosevelt (through a dinner invitation that Louis Klopsch accepted). Throughout the twentieth century, red-letter editions became standard in nearly all traditional and modern translations. While other trends in Bible publishing have come and gone, the red-letter option appears to be a fixed feature, welcomed and demanded by many Bible readers the world over.
The approach to this edition
A word about my methods and criteria. In the pages that follow, I have compiled every instance of Jesus' recorded message in the gospels from the English Standard Version. In an effort to reduce repetition, however, where two or more gospel accounts refer to the same teaching or event, I have selected only one—usually the fullest and most detailed account.
In Part 1 you will find a complete account of Jesus' life using only his words, including every remark of his earthly ministry recorded across all four gospels. In this section I have focused on Jesus' half of the dialogue with his followers and opponents. For the order of events, I have followed J. Dwight Pentecost's outline in A Harmony of the Words and Works of Jesus Christ.
In Part 2 you will discover every teaching of our Lord touching on the crucial issues of his day and our own. In many instances the accounts you read here are also rendered in similar accounts in one or more gospels. Throughout the book, the commentary and apparatus has been kept to a minimum to allow the power and compassion of Jesus' sometimes comforting, sometimes unsettling message to remain the focus.
My primary incentive is to provide a unique volume that will enable us to become better apprentices of the Master by allowing us to hear directly from him about what matters most. So we can be transformed by the words and share the thrill of the apostle who wrote, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).
Our hope is that the red letters become the read letters.
Part 1: The Sayings
(The boy Jesus in the temple)
Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?
Luke 2:49
(At the baptism of Jesus, many years later)
Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.
Matthew 3:15
(Upon being tempted with food)
It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4
(Upon being tempted to jump)
Again it is written, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test."
Matthew 4:7
(Upon being tempted with the world)
Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve."
Matthew 4:10
(Jesus begins his ministry) |
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
Mark 1:15
(In the synagogue)
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Luke 4:18–19
Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
Luke 4:21
Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, "Physician, heal yourself." What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.
Luke 4:23
But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
Luke 4:25–27
(To Simon and Andrew)
What are you seeking?
John 1:38
Come and you will see.
John 1:39
(To Simon)
So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas.
John 1:42
(To Phillip)
Follow me.
John 1:43
(Of Nathanael)
Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!
John 1:47
(To Nathanael)
Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.
John 1:48
Because I said to you, "I saw you under the fig tree," do you believe? You will see greater things than these.
John 1:50
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.
John 1:51
(To Simon) |
Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Luke 5:4
Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.
Luke 5:10
(To his mother)
Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
John 2:4
Traveling and Teaching
(To the servants)
Fill the jars with water.
John 2:7
Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.
John 2:8
(To those selling the doves)
Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.
John 2:16
(To the Jews)
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 2:19
(To Nicodemus)
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:3
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again." The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.
John 3:5–8
Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, hw can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.
John 3:10–21
(To the woman of Samaria)
Give me a drink.
John 4:7
If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, "Give me a drink," you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
John 4:10
Go, call your husband, and come here.
John 4:16
You are right in saying, "I have no husband"; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.
John 4:17–18
I who speak to you am he.
John 4:26
(To his disciples in Samaria)
I have food to eat that you do not know about.
John 4:32
My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, "There are yet four months, then comes the harvest"? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, "One sows and another reaps." I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
John 4:34–38
The Red Letters: The Saying and Teachings of Jesus
Copyright © 2009 by Timothy J. Beals
Published by Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers
1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.


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