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Trey Songz releases the full version of his new single, featuring Jeezy & Lil Wayne. Video coming soon. Trey Songz' album "Chapter V" dropping August 21st.
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Clean up your SOAP-based Web services
The Test Center inspects five worthy tools for keeping your services squeaky clean
SOAP is the currency of the SOA marketplace – for now, anyway. Though SOAP's significance may diminish as Web services evolve, its importance for the time being is unquestionable. Therefore, a substantial portion of the QA work by Web service providers and consumers must entail verifying the accurate exchange of SOAP messages. Not surprisingly, several SOAP-focused Web service testing tools have appeared.
I had an opportunity to look a five such tools: AdventNet's QEngine, Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar, iTKO's LISA, Mindreef's SOAPscope Server, and Parasoft's SOAtest.Readers of my earlier reviews of open source Web service testing apps will recall that those products required a relatively technical command of XML, SOAP, and WSDL (Web Service Definition Language). That is less a requirement with these tools; virtually all provide a user-friendly means of manipulating SOAP request-and-response data in ways that insulate the user from hands-on XML work.
Fundamentally, testing a SOAP-based Web service involves three activities: constructing a SOAP request, submitting it, and evaluating the response. As easy as that sounds, it is anything but. An effective SOAP-testing tool cannot simply rely on a user-friendly mechanism for building requests. It must also enable the user to organize and arrange requests in realistic sequences, provide a means of altering request input values, and intelligently tweak requests so as to expose the Web service to a range of good and bad usage scenarios. In short, you want the tool to run the Web service through a reasonable approximation of real-world activity.
In addition, the tool must be equipped with a collection of gadgets for evaluating responses. Such gadgets should include everything from simple string matching to executing an arbitrarily complex XQuery on the SOAP payload.
All of the tools reviewed here provide variations on the preceding capabilities. All make valiant attempts to shield the user from direct exposure to XML, and some keep users entirely in a protective GUI so that coding is never necessary. Meanwhile, most of the tools supply "authorized personnel only" doorways into more advanced testing functions that involve scripting, feeding request data from databases, parsing and filtering results, and so on.
Most also provide conformance verification of the format of SOAP messages and Web service WSDL files to the growing list of Web-service related standards and specifications – primarily the profiles from the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) and the WS-* specifications from the likes of OASIS and others. Some also offer load-testing capabilities so that you can unleash a squad of virtual clients on the Web service and measure its response to the increased traffic. Some take a "holistic" approach to Web service testing, recognizing that SOAP-based Web services are not the only form of service being presented on the Web.
The offerings are complex, and each could support an entire review on its own. I've done my best to cover the distinguishing features of each tool. You should consult the associated comparison matrix for a high-level glimpse of some of the more important characteristics.
AdventNet Qengine 6.8
QEngine's UI is a browser, which means that when you launch the tool, you're really launching an application server. In this case, the application server is Tomcat, which also fires up an instance of MySQL server for the tool's data storage system. QEngine tries to mitigate the inconveniences of running in a browser by installing the QEngine toolbar browser plug-in, which adds buttons that make it easier to control the QEngine system.
Logging into QEngine ushers you into the suite manager screen. From there, you can either create or import a new test suite, or choose to work with an existing suite. If you choose the latter, a dialog materializes, giving you the option to work on Web functionality, Web performance, Web services functionality, or Web services performance. In other words, a single suite can host up to four categories of tests, and these categories are never really aware of one another. So, for example, if you're doing Web functionality test work, you don't see the Web services performance tests within that same suite. This takes some getting used to.
Scripts perform actual test execution. When you add a new Web service to a test suite, QEngine queries the Web service's WSDL and from that generates a set of basic test scripts – one for each Web method on the service. Select a script from a suite's explorer tree, and the generated source code appears in an editor window. QEngine's scripts are written in Jython, the implementation of the Python language that executes in a Java virtual machine.
The prebuilt test scripts are extremely spartan; you have to flesh them out for them to be useful. This is a two-step process. First, you supply the content of the requests using a pair of menu selections: DataSet Configuration and Parameterization. Dataset Configuration lets you set the sources of your input data as either a database (QEngine supports Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL) or a CSV file. After you've configured your datasets, choose Parameterization and you can set specific input values to be supplied either by the dataset you just configured or by manually entered values.
Second, you add response analysis to the script. This requires coding, but QEngine helps out with a large selection of built-in response-processing functions. A Function Generator dialog simplifies choosing the right method to call. Select a function from the categorized list, and the dialog provides a description and an input parameter list. In effect, it fills out the function call for you and pastes it into the script.
Even with QEngine's hand-holding, validating a response is not particularly easy, unless you choose a simple processing function. To really get inside the response, you have to pretty much peel apart the XML, so you might want to keep an XPath manual on hand. When you execute a script, the results are gathered into a report summarization screen. It's loaded with links that you can click to drill down into the specifics of the success or failure.
QEngine strikes a good balance between reliance on the UI and raw coding. Through the Parameterization dialog, you can enter test data without having to wrestle with XML. But when XML-wrestling is unavoidable, you can drop into Jython code and wreak whatever havoc you deem necessary. However, QEngine's user interface is not easy to navigate; more than once, I found myself unable to backtrack to a known location. In addition, inactivity for a period of time (which I was unable to deduce) logs you out. You have to log back in and crawl back to where you left off.
Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar 3.0.5
SOAPSonar offers numerous ways to feed data into SOAP requests. Using the tool's Automation Data Source, you can input data from an SQL database via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), an Excel spreadsheet, or a raw file. If you want to reuse data in a previous SOAP request, you can configure the request to use a recalled entry, which propagates data from a previous response into subsequent requests. For the ultimate in data-generation flexibility, you can call upon an automatic data function. Such functions are drawn from an extensive library that ranges from manually entered data series to arbitrarily complex user-defined data generation algorithms.
SOAPSonar's fundamental testing unit is a test case. Normally, test cases are organized into suites; however, SOAPSonar's project tree view allows you to work with test cases in a sort of staging area. Test cases appear as nodes in the tree, attached to the parent node of WSDL-based Web service to which they apply. You can craft as many test cases against a given WSDL as you wish. Once you have a test case that has been verified and deemed ready, it can be moved into a test suite.
SOAPSonar operates in one of several modes. You choose the Current mode from a menu selection, and typically, you run SOAPSonar in QA mode, which provides functional testing. However, if you switch to Performance mode, SOAPSonar's load-testing features are enabled. You can define multiple virtual clients and configure them to execute tests against target Web services. SOAPSonar can also exercise a Web service's resilience to security attacks, using a patent-pending XSD Mutation technology. XSD Mutation modifies an outgoing SOAP request in ways that expose the Web service to known assaults such as SQL injection, XML bombs, and so on.
Although SOAPSonar is, in accordance with its name, primarily a SOAP-testing application, it can test REST (Representational State Transfer)-style Web service interfaces as well. For a given REST-style test case, you can enter comma-separated name-value pairs that the tool assembles into the request URL. You can also use SOAPSonar's entire range of input data creation capabilities to generate input values for the request, giving you the ability to craft as rich a set of REST-style tests as SOAP-style tests.
Once your army of tests is created, you can automate their execution, provided you purchase the additional APC License Component. This component adds features to the standard SOAPSonar package that include a command-line interface for integrating test scripts with the Windows Task Scheduler.
There is also a free edition of SOAPSonar: Personal Edition. It lacks features such as WS-Security validation, performance testing, and vulnerability testing. A comparison between the Personal Edition and the Enterprise Edition is available at the company's Web site.
SOAPsonar presents itself as the critical tool you need to fulfill Crosscheck Networks' vision of a Web service testing way of life: the "four pillars of SOA deployment diagnostics." There's the functional pillar: verifying a given request produces the correct response and that a Web service fulfills its design requirements. Second is performance: measuring a Web service's throughput and response times. Third, compliance: verification of adherence to recognized standards. Last is vulnerability: ensuring that the Web service is tolerant of and resistant to malformed requests. This is a fine collection of Web service testing principles, and SOAPSonar does an admirable job of upholding them.
iTKO LISA 3.6e
LISA's learning curve is smooth and easy. The tool imposes a cyclic test development process. Create a new test case, and LISA builds a test structure consisting of skeletal test steps that act like bookends – one is the start step, the other is the end step. Import a WSDL through the Web Service Step Wizard, and you're handed a list of that WSDL's Web methods. Select a method to work on, and the wizard opens an object editor to supply input data, simultaneously adding a new step between the bookends. Enter test data for the request, then submit the request to the Web service and see if what comes back looks right. If not, go back, tweak the step (or correct the Web service method), and try again. There are more details to this, of course – compliance testing, for one, but LISA supports that as well.
Apply the above process repeatedly for the different Web methods on the WSDL, and ultimately you'll have a complete test case for a specific WSDL. Test cases can, in turn, be gathered into a test suite, which is really just a kind of folder in the LISA environment.
LISA provides a healthy collection of test step types, though in most test cases, the majority of steps are of the "Web service execution step" type: Send a request, examine the response, and determine success or failure. Other step types can verify a Web service's compliance with various standards, execute external Java classes, or even call command-line scripts.
In addition, each test step can be adorned with a variety of filters and assertions. The former is provided to parse the content of response messages. For example, you might apply a filter to fetch a specific response value and store it in a property for use in later steps. The assertions manage verification of response data, WSDL, and message conformance. Also, the assertion section of a step specifies whether it has passed or failed, and it identifies whether execution control should proceed to the next step or to some other step.
The full LISA product is very Java-aware. It can generate JUnit tests, functional tests of Java classes, database tests via JDBC, and EJB tests. The free version, WS-Testing, is limited to generating only test cases and for Web services only. In addition, some test steps types are unavailable (it lacks any J2EE-related test step types, for example).
For all the initial ease of learning LISA, navigating the UI is sometimes bumpy. For example, when entering a new value for a field in a test step, there is no obvious way to save that value, nor to cancel the change. I found the only way to cancel input was to select a different node in the explorer, then dismiss the dialog that asked if I really wanted to do that.
The LISA documentation makes a big deal of no-code test development, as if that is the high road to simultaneously simplifying and accelerating test development. Perhaps, but while LISA's pure UI-approach does have the benefit of live interaction and is more accessible to QA engineers inexperienced at coding, it has limitations that a tool with easier access to scripting does not. Some testing nuts can only be cracked by a well-sharpened piece of code.
Mindreef SOAPscope Server 6.0
SOAPscope Server, like QEngine, is a thin-client-based tool. Behind SOAPscope's browser UI is a Tomcat server, girded by an RDBMS (relational database management system) that can be MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or the embedded Apache Derby database. (Derby is supplied with SOAPscope but not recommended for even moderately large installations.)
SOAPscope Server's service spaces are the overarching containers of testing assets. An administrator will use service spaces to organize users into groups. Within a service space, member users can create one or more workspaces in which to store their, well, work.
Inside a workspace you'll find WSDL contracts, tests, notes, and other ancillary material needed to support actual testing. Typically, a workspace corresponds to a WSDL: When you create a new workspace, the first prompt you encounter is for a WSDL URL. You can, however, add more WSDL contracts to the workspace once it is created. Once you've imported a WSDL into a workspace, you can begin adding messages to that workspace. A message is really a SOAP request/response pair, created when you invoke a Web method on a WSDL. The invocation also optionally creates an "action" within the workspace.
The distinction between "message" and "action" gets a bit tricky. Messages are a kind of journal of your interactions with the Web service; each message is a request/response pair stored in a list each time you invoke a Web method. Actions are also messages, but they are kept in a separate area in the GUI. More importantly, actions can be arranged in an arbitrary sequence and replayed in that sequence. Such a replayed sequence is a test script. SOAPscope lets you fortify scripts with realistic behavior; for example, you can pass values among actions in a script so that a subsequent request is altered based on a preceding response.
Messages become actions when you enable a Recording flag (from a menu selection), so you tweak a message until you arrive at a request/response pair that you've determined will make an acceptable test instance. Then you turn on Recording and invoke the message; the associated action is created in the actions section, where it can be incorporated into a script.
Invoking a Web method to generate messages and actions is fall-off-a-log easy. SOAPscope is a very visual environment; similar to LISA, there is little or no programming involved. Request inputs can be either fixed values (entered manually), global values, or fed in from a data grid (such as a small spreadsheet built into SOAPscope). Also, SOAPscope can perform load testing, but you must first purchase the Mindreef Load Check module. The workloads employed by a load test are scripts imported from workspaces, and they're configured to expose the target Web service to different quantities of virtual clients executing those scripts.
SOAPscope can test the client side of Web services via the SOAPscope Server. You create a set of requests and responses – a request/response pair in this context is called a reaction – and store these pairs with the SOAPscope Server. Point the client to be tested at the server and submit requests. The server will search through the reactions; when it locates one with a stored request that matches the incoming request, it sends back the associated response. The upshot is a mock Web service – not particularly elaborate, but effective.
SOAPscope's documentation is first-rate, particularly helpful to anyone new to SOAP and Web services. And noncoding QA engineers will welcome the tool's code-free environment.
Parasoft SOAtest 5.1
As with other tools, Parasoft's SOAtest will jump-start a project by automatically creating test cases. Point SOAtest at a WSDL; the tool will crawl it and build a set of positive and negative tests for each Web method on the WSDL, so SOAtest's initial boost propels your testing further from the launch pad than the other tools.
SOAtest's auto-generated tests, though minimal, are instantly executable and are actual tests, not completely empty test skeletons. Each test node in the tool's explorer is accompanied by a "traffic object" subnode that retains the most recent request/response pair generated by that test. So you can execute a test, then click on the traffic object to examine the exact exchange in Literal (unadulterated XML), Tree (a navigable tree explorer), or Element (pseudo code) representation.
All the tests associated with a single Web service are represented as a test suite node, and within that will be yet more test suite nodes, each representing tests on a particular Web method. Only when you get down to single request/response nodes do suites become simply tests.
Although Parasoft follows the standard pattern of representing projects in an explorer tree, nonleaf nodes in the tree are not simply containers. Adjusting attributes on a parent node alters the behavior of all child nodes accordingly. For example, select the test suite node corresponding to a complete Web service, and a tabbed configuration window appears. From that window, you can alter the execution order of all child test suites, setting them to either run sequentially or in parallel, or specifying that, say, Test B execute only if Test A succeeds. Hosts of other attributes – what version of SOAP to use (1.1 or 1.2), message encoding, default timeout, and more – are similarly alterable. This makes for quick and easy manipulation of project-wide behavior.
When you identify a WSDL on which to create a collection of test suites, you must tell SOAtest of the messaging pattern – synchronous or asynchronous – employed, and SOAtest will create tests suited to the pattern. Also, you can set SOAtest to enforce policy configurations on a project's WSDLs and SOAP messages. A policy configuration is a set of predefined rules, roughly analogous to coding standards. SOAtest will alert you when a WSDL or SOAP message violates one of the rules, so policy configuration provide a means of enforcing best practices among all your organizations Web-service assets.
A SOAP request's input data can be entered manually; drawn from a data source such as a database, a spreadsheet, a file, an SOAtest-provided Table Editor (a sort of anemic spreadsheet); or even generated by script code. While SOAtest has a particular affinity to Java, it also supports scripts in Python or JavaScript that can be used to extend the behavior of a test.
SOAtest lets you turn a set of functional tests (which is how tests start their lives) into a load test with near flick-of-a-switch ease. Simply select the Load Tests item from the menu and choose how the load is applied (that is, whether the number of virtual users increases linearly, is steady, or tracks a more complicated curve). Once the load testing has started, you can view real-time graphs that plot the current load, as well as request-response turnaround times. You can halt the testing at any point, change the subset of suites being used, and restart.
SOAtest is overrun with useful support tools. Examples are an XML beautifier, various XML encryption tools, and a module that manages callbacks for asynchronous HTTP testing. SOAtest also supports client-side testing. Point it to a WSDL, and it will examine the WSDL structure and create "stubs" that will mimic the Web service's behavior. SOAtest handles testing coming and going, and it has an overall feel of maturity missing from several of the other tools.
Peering through the suds
This is a complicated field from which to draw a favorite. If your testing involves more than just Web services, and your development is primarily Java, then tools such as LISA or SOAtest are worth considering, in that they'll let you drive two nails with one hammer. If, however, you are only interested in SOAP-based Web service testing, and your QA staff is relatively new to the technology, SOAPscope is the obvious choice.
On the other hand, your choice may be based more on your philosophy of testing. Specifically, which is better: coding tests or building them visually (in other words, from menu and button selections within a GUI)? Tools such as SOAPSonar, LISA, and SOAPscope have chosen the latter to escape the former. But shielding the user from code necessarily places that user in a constrained environment. Those tools tacitly assume that their GUIs are flexible enough to meet all or most testing demands. I am not so sure. I favor the tools – QEngine and SOAtest – whose scripting capabilities are easily accessed. And of those two, SOAtest does the better overall job.
Finally, you should take advantage of the fact that almost all of these tools – SOAPscope being the notable exception – offer free versions that enable you to sample their capabilities with no time limitations.
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AdventNet QEngine 6.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar 3.0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | |
iTKO LISA 3.6e | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |
Mindreef SOAPscope Server 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | |
Parasoft SOAtest 5.1 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
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Cherries boss Eddie Howe is urging his players to learn from their Boundary Park disappointment but not dwell on it. Howe watched Cherries squander more precious points during their 2-1 defeat by League One rivals Oldham on Saturday. The Latics overturned a 1-0 deficit thanks to efforts from Kieran Lee and Oumare Tounkara, with both goals coming late on and in the space of three minutes. It was the second time in three weeks that Cherries had conceded twice in quick succession, with two injury-time goals depriving them of victory in a 3-3 draw with Notts County. Howe said: We responded well to defeats last season and that is something we are going to need to do again. The disappointment is that we feel like we have chucked away five points this season and that rankles with us because we think of where we could have been. But it has gone and we just have to focus on the future and put it right. You have to react well to negatives, setbacks and disappointments. That has always been the case and it is the same at any level. Maybe on another day, we wouldn't have got punished but we did by Oldham. Although we had control of the second half, we didn't get our passing game going. Oldham work extremely hard to close you down from the front and their game is all about tempo and pressure. On a tight pitch, that was difficult to deal with. But it is something we have to adjust to when we come to difficult places away from home. Cherries had looked set to claim a fourth win of the season and go top of the table after Rhoys Wiggins had netted for the second game in succession to give them the lead. But disaster struck when Lee and Tounkara scored to turn the contest on its head. Howe added: Any disappointment hits them hard and I think that is a good thing. But, in a sense, you can't let it affect you in the heat of the game. You can reflect on it afterwards. That is perhaps something we need to work on to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Temecula Youth Baseball league adds division for championsWednesday, April 23rd, 2014 Issue 17, Volume 18.
TYB was incorporated in 1993 and is an affiliate of PONY (Protect Our Nations Youth) Baseball International, which was originally established in the 1950's and is dedicated to helping young children grow into happy and healthy adults through baseball and softball. The Champions division enables boys and girls with physical, medical, and mental challenges, aged 4 - 18, to enjoy the sport of baseball through the use of "buddies" and was unanimously adopted at the PONY Baseball and Softball International Board of Directors meeting on October 13, 2009. The new division was hosted by Major League Baseball and debuted at the 2009 All Star game Fanfest activities in St. Louis, Missouri. A "buddy" is a volunteer who guides the player throughout their turn at bat and in the infield or outfield. Each team plays with standard equipment on regular fields and players learn not only the fundamentals of baseball, but also how it feels to be part of a team. The most fundamental goal of the Champions Division is to give everyone a chance to play, regardless of limitations. Eric Willis, the father of a special needs player and who spends his days as a local High School Baseball Coach and who is also on may committees in the area as well as a TYB Board Advertisement In its inaugural season the Temecula Champions Division has over 100 players at the fields at the Ronald Reagan sports park each Saturday morning and President of the division, Phil Brown, couldnt be happier. Phil started this program and ran it with the help of other youth baseball organizations for the past 2 years, but he says his time working with TYB and PONY has been one of the best things to ever happen for the program. "I continue to run this program because of how important this has become for the families in our community and even our surrounding communities," says Phil, who also added, "The endless stories that people share with me of their experience with this program and how it has given them a moment away from the typical doctor visits has been my inspiration." The Champions League began in March, but the league is organizing volunteers, sponsors, and interested participants now. The league includes all children who reside in Temecula. We are currently looking for interested players and coaches. If you are interested in finding out more information, look for the "Champions" headline on the TYB web site at www.temeculapony.com, visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TemeculaChampions or contact Phil Brown at email@example.com. 0 comments Be the first to share your opinion on this article!
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Today, 19 June, South Africa will mark the centenary of the 1913 Natives' Land Act, a piece of legislation which effectively excluded the black population from the ownership of some 90% of the country's land. The emotive issue of the land reform programme, initiated in 1994 by the African National Congress (ANC) to redress historical injustices, has been brought once more to the fore.
During a recent budget debate in the South African Parliament, an outgoing Freedom Front Plus MP, Pieter Groenewald, warned the government that "whipping up emotions" about land reform threatens to create a "Zimbabwe situation". Gugile Nkwinti, Minister in the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (RDLR), responded disarmingly by calling the comparison with Robert Mugabe an "honour".
New legislation – The Expropriation Bill, Restitution Amendment Bill and Valuation Bill – has raised the temperature of the public debate about land reform. It is accompanied by gloomy news from other quarters. Last year witnessed levels of industrial unrest "not seen since the days of apartheid", in the words of the Financial Times. At the end of May 2013, the World Bank slashed South Africa's growth forecast for the current year from 3.2% to 2.5%. This was followed by the shooting of two National Union of Mineworkers officials at Lonmin PLC's Marikana platinum mine – the site where 44 people died last August. Meanwhile a recent Business Day editorial was headlined: "South Africa approaches tipping point".
Warnings of the land issue being a "time-bomb" or a "tinder box" have thus far proved alarmist, given the lack of significant, coordinated protest to the slow progress of reform over the last 19 years. But against the backdrop of subdued economic growth, widespread industrial unrest and rising inequality, meandering land and agrarian reform is susceptible to political opportunism. During his leadership of the ANC Youth League, Julius Malema made expropriation of white-owned land one of the League's main rallying calls. "The land question must be resolved, if needs be the hard way," Malema said, quoting Oliver Tambo, an emblematic figure in ANC history.
In 1996, two years after the end of apartheid, some 60,000 white commercial farmers owned almost 70% of land classified as agricultural and leased a further 19%. The ANC pledged to redistribute 30% of white-owned agricultural land to black farmers by 1999, and to restitute property lost as a result of racist legislation. By 2012, some 7.95 million hectares had been transferred, only about a third of the 24.6 million originally targeted. An estimated $3.2 billion was spent on the land reform programme between 1994 and 2013 – equivalent to a single year's budget for housing development.
The slow progress of land redistribution and high cost of land restitution have been pinned on the adherence to a 'willing seller, willing buyer' (WSWB) principle. In the absence of compulsion, most landowners have been reluctant to sell to the state. Collusion between sellers, land valuers and government officials – and instances of corruption – have inflated market prices and made purchases prohibitively expensive.
WSWB has now been abandoned and replaced by expropriation with "just and equitable" compensation, as is sanctioned by the South African Constitution. The government hopes that a new Expropriation Bill, the introduction of land ceilings and the creation of a Valuer General will speed up land transfers and prevent inflation of land prices. Sceptics predict more red tape, lengthy legal challenges from landowners, and the alienation of white commercial farmers.
Complex legal issues present further obstacles to land reform. Section 25 of the constitution both guarantees secure property rights and obliges the state to "enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis". The ANC government also has to maintain its appeal to core voters and international investors alike. An estimated 62% of the population is urban.
While land dispossession was a historical event, solutions must be found amid the economic and social realities of contemporary South Africa. Although the speed of redistribution matters, simple shunting of hectares is not sufficient. Land reform must go hand-in-hand with a restructuring of the rural economy. This may take a generation – or more.
Successive administrations in Pretoria have equated national food security with large-scale commercial farming – a sector dominated by white South Africans. The potential for millions of black smallholders to increase production, raise incomes and create much needed jobs has been overlooked. This was the bedrock of agricultural transformation which fuelled the rapid economic growth of most Southeast Asian economies. In South Africa, the government has prioritised grafting redistributed land onto existing commercial units. Much of this land has been deemed "no longer productive" by RDLR.
Successful large farms will always have a key role in South Africa's agricultural economy. But the current model is not compatible with a critical need to create more rural jobs. Between 2006 and 2012, the number of South Africans employed in agriculture fell from 1.09 million to 661,000. Rural unemployment stands at 52%, twice the national average. Acute poverty is rife in rural areas.
Alarmingly frequent murders of white farmers usually feature prominently in coverage of the land issue in foreign newspapers. Yet, rather than being an expression of a determination to seize land, rural crime in South Africa is mostly prompted by astounding – and rising – inequality and a historically antagonistic relationship between white commercial farmers, black labourers and local communities. Some farmers' associations have acknowledged that their responsibilities to surrounding communities have fundamentally altered and need urgent attention. Others have proved far more resistant to change.
It is far too soon to predict whether the reinvigorated debate about land reform, and the accompanying flurry of legislation, translates into tangible results. But the ANC's undertaking to create a million agriculture-related jobs by 2030 might suggest that it is beginning to recognise a real opportunity in agriculture. It is clear that if this opportunity is to be realised, a bolder – and more wholesale – approach to restructuring South Africa's rural economy is needed.
This article was originally published here by the Africa Research Institute. To find out more, see the Africa Research Institute's most recent briefing note: Waiting for the green revolution: Land reform in South Africa.
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For further reading around the subject see:
Land Reform in South Africa | Land, Labour, and South Africa's Tumultuous Agrarian Landscape | South Africa: ANC at a Crossroad |
Good Day, Think Africa and those who are reading. It is fully understandable that we all have the right to own property, but my question is, "What are we doing with the land that we have?" It is like children, the one sees his brother has something that he wants and after he got it by pushing his brother over; he then throws the toy aside... It is many times that we want something that somebody else has and not using what we have... We in South Africa many times work the wrong way around, we would rather import because it is cheaper. On the one hand we promise new jobs, but we import??? If we produce ourselves then we create jobs, we are self sustained and if we excel, we can also export. But we are working backwards by wanting more land but not using the land and resources we already have!!! Shame on us...
Thanks for an interesting article. What is missing however is an account of how well the land is being managed that has already been re-distributed. From an article I read some while ago it sounded like the newly settled black farmers have a dismal record in terms of productivity and sustainability. If this were the case then it would be a tragic misuse of the nation's most basic resource - its land.


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Phytochemical composition of Potentilla anserina L. analyzed by an integrative GC-MS and LC-MS metabolomics platform
- Angela Mari,
- David Lyon,
- Lena Fragner,
- Paola Montoro,
- Sonia Piacente,
- Stefanie Wienkoop,
- Volker Egelhofer,
- Wolfram Weckwerth
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Potentilla anserina L. (Rosaceae) is known for its beneficial effects of prevention of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS). For this reason P. anserina is processed into many food supplements and pharmaceutical preparations. Here we analyzed hydroalcoholic reference extracts and compared them with various extracts of different pharmacies using an integrative metabolomics platform comprising GC-MS and LC-MS analysis and software toolboxes for data alignment (MetMAX Beta 1.0) and multivariate statistical analysis (COVAIN 1.0). Multivariate statistics of the integrated GC-MS and LC-MS data showed strong differences between the different plant extract formulations. Different groups of compounds such as chlorogenic acid, kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside, acacetin 7-O-rutinoside, and genistein were reported for the first time in this species. The typical fragmentation pathway of the isoflavone genistein confirmed the identification of this active compound that was present with different abundances in all the extracts analyzed. As a result we have revealed that different extraction procedures from different vendors produce different chemical compositions, e.g. different genistein concentrations. Consequently, the treatment may have different effects. The integrative metabolomics platform provides the highest resolution of the phytochemical composition and a mean to define subtle differences in plant extract formulations.
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- Phytochemical composition of Potentilla anserina L. analyzed by an integrative GC-MS and LC-MS metabolomics platform
- Open Access
- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
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Volume 9, Issue 3 , pp 599-607
- Cover Date
- 2013-06-01
- 10.1007/s11306-012-0473-x
- Print ISSN
- 1573-3882
- Online ISSN
- 1573-3890
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Medicinal plants
- Metabolomics
- Flavonoids
- Genistein
- Mass accuracy precursor alignment (MAPA)
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- Angela Mari (1)
- David Lyon (2)
- Lena Fragner (2)
- Paola Montoro (1)
- Sonia Piacente (1)
- Stefanie Wienkoop (2)
- Volker Egelhofer (2)
- Wolfram Weckwerth (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
- 2. Department of Molecular Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria


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An article from The Guardian.
The status of the crime and SF genres is being raised by great modern writers. Why hasn't horror received the same treatment?
For a while now, so-called "literary" and "genre" fiction have been moving from outright opposition to a cautious rapprochement. Literary writers such as Jonathan Lethem, Donna Tartt and Michael Chabon increasingly deploy tropes and images from genre, while genre writers have upped their stakes considerably in terms of complexity, moral resonance and style. Sophie Hannah, Josh Bazell and Denise Mina have reinvented crime fiction; Charles Yu, Iain M Banks and M John Harrison have given a literary uplift to science fiction; while China Miéville, Jeff VanderMeer and Kelly Link have done the same for fantasy. But horror – the third aspect of "speculative fiction" – has had markedly less success. Yet it might be the genre most tractable to our contemporary concerns.
Horror has its classics – Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, for example, though both are better known from celluloid than paper. (Victor Frankenstein, in the novel, doesn't use lightning to animate the creature; Dracula is perfectly able to walk abroad at noon on the page.) Horror has its early 20th-century pioneers – MR James and HP Lovecraft, both, in their own way, traumatised by modernity itself. Look at James's "Casting the Runes", in which an advertisement in an "electric tram" brings the first shudder, or how a doll's house, a mezzotint or hotel bedsheets can become eldritch. This is even clearer in Lovecraft: in "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", he writes: "He tried to drive them out, and repeated the Lord's Prayer to himself, eventually trailing off into a mnemonic hodge-podge like the modernistic Waste Land of Mr TS Eliot." Futurism, cubism, Einstein, Pluto, non-Euclidean geometry … all are entry points for the unspeakable. On top of this, Lovecraft possesses less-than-palatable racial beliefs, which are unfortunately not an isolated phenomenon. A great many horror novels are reactionary, prurient and misogynistic. A gradual detoxification has taken place, but the genre still languishes.
I am fond of Stephen King's novels, but he regularly fails to nail the dismount: Under he Dome was claustrophobic and compelling, but the final reveal was bathetic and frustratingly arbitrary: it didn't seem to matter whether a demon or an alien was responsible. Granta recently devoted an issue to horror, with work by Will Self, Roberto Bolaño and Don DeLillo, but its relationship with supernatural horror was at times (especially in the extract from Paul Auster's memoir) oblique. There have been a few worthy attempts at modern horror: I'd recommend Robert Jackson Bennett's Mr Shivers and Will Elliott's The Pilo Family Circus. Good as they are, though, clowns and hobos are almost nostalgically fearful. Perhaps the most successful attempt was Mark Z Danielewski's House of Leaves, a book which self-consciously integrated the "hauntology" of French theory into an avant-garde puzzle box. The person who comes closest to a "new horror", to my mind, is Brian Evenson: Altmann's Tongue is far more frightening than anything Bret Easton Ellis could create.
Nevertheless, I'm convinced horror can raise its game. Our postmodern, capitalism-in-crisis, media-saturated world is ripe to describe it anew. Our very language seems to demand it. A mortgage, literally, is a death grip. Negative equity means being haunted by your own house. Corporations have legal personhood: they can be held responsible for criminal actions and claim "human" rights, but ironically they have no body. PR and political spin are referred to as "dark arts". Your computer can be a zombie, "possessed" by a Trojan virus. Charley Douglass started to make canned laughter in 1953 – and it's still in use. Every episode of Friends is accompanied by the cachinnation of the dead.
Theodor Adorno, in Minima Moralia, wrote that "just as in a short-circuit, sparks are scattered, in reality one delusion communicates like lightning with another. The points of communication are the overwhelming confirmations of persecution fantasies which, mocking the invalid with being right, only plunge him deeper into them. The surface of life then at once closes together again, proving to him that things are not so bad and he is insane. He subjectively anticipates the state where objective madness and individual helplessness merge directly, as when fascism, a dictatorship by persecution maniacs, realises all the persecution fears of its victims. Whether exaggerated suspicions are paranoiac or true to reality, a faint echo of the turmoil of history, can therefore only be decided retrospectively. Horror is beyond the reach of psychology." Might this be a starting point for the redemption of the horror genre?


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Lamb Chops with Smashed Peas and Red Onion Vinaigrette
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Tender and leaner than other cuts, loin chops are a succulent proteinbut they also tend to be pricier. Trim costs by using less expensive rib chops or shoulder chops, which are still full of flavor.
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Calories | 548 |
Total Fat | 34g |
Saturated Fat | 11g |
Cholesterol | 110mg |
Sodium | 742mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 20g |
Dietary Fiber | 7g |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 39g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 4
Total Time: 25 min
Prep Time: 25 min
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- 5 tablespoon(s) (plus 1 tsp) olive oil
- 8 small lamb loin chops (about 2 lb total)
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
- 1 package(s) (16 oz) frozen peas, thawed
- 1/2 cup(s) fresh mint, chopped
- 2 tablespoon(s) white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup(s) crumbled feta (1 oz)
- Heat oven to 400°F. Heat 1 tsp of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the lamb with 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper and cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking sheet and roast, 4 to 6 minutes for medium-rare.
- Meanwhile, wipe out the skillet and heat 1 Tbsp of the remaining oil over medium-high heat. Place 2 Tbsp of the onion in a medium bowl and add the rest of the onion to the skillet. Cook, stirring often, until tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the peas, 1/4 cup water, and 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper, and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes; gently mash with a fork or potato masher.
- To the medium bowl with the onion, add the mint, vinegar, remaining 4 Tbsp oil, and 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper, and mix to combine; fold in the feta. Serve the lamb with the peas and drizzle with the vinaigrette.
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9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Meeting Minutes
Present: Beran, Bullock, Dahlstrom, Di Leo, R. Faulk, Ferguson, Hudson, LaBrecque, Neill, Norgard, Phillips, Ramamoorthy, Rice, L. Smith, Stansell, White
I. Organizational Business
The minutes of the April 9, 2008, meeting was unanimously approved as written.
II. Business
A. 2008 Summer Flex Schedule Guidelines—Ms. Laura Smith
Ms. Smith handed out the guidelines for the 2008 Summer Flex Schedule for cabinet members to review, noting this is the third year of the summer flex scheduling for UHV. After a brief discussion it was recommended we continue the summer flex program.
(Note: There was a correction to the handout concerning the July 4th holiday. Due to the July 4th holiday falling on Friday, it will not be necessary to work the extra hour on Friday June 27 as noted in the handout provided at the cabinet meeting.)
B. FY 2009 Holiday Schedule—Ms. Chari Norgard
Ms. Norgard shared the proposed 2008-2009 holiday schedule, noting that there would be 16 holidays and that the proposed calendar is align with Victoria College and Victoria Independent School District.
Cabinet unanimously approved the proposed schedule.
C. Disclaimer for UHVconnect Employment Center—Ms. Chari Norgard
Ms. Norgard brought to cabinet a couple of disclaimers that will be added to the UHVconnect web site. One disclaimer is for the students who post their resume and the other disclaimer is for employers that are seeking to employ students. When the UHVconnect web site was discussed earlier the sentiment from cabinet was that something was needed due to liability.
Cabinet unanimously approved the disclaimers.
D. Fitness Release Program Proposal—Mr. Randy Faulk
Mr. Faulk passed out a Fitness Release Program Proposal to cabinet members, stating that UHCL and UH Downtown have similar proposals. Proposal summary:
It was noted that the proposal has to be approved by the Texas Department of Health Services.
After a brief discussion, cabinet proposed to support the release program proposal.
III. Roundtable
Mr. Ferguson had nothing to report.
Dr. Rice said the steering committee report has been sent to the chancellor's office where it was turned over to the consultants. When available, this document will be shared. 331 students applied for graduation for this spring, with 275 participating in commencement. This will be UHV's largest number of participating graduates. Dr. Rice announced UHV's outstanding faculty, staff and students are being honored at a reception at the home of Drs. Tim and Deidra Hudson. Dr. Rice announced the Morgan Dunn O'Connor Endowed Scholarship has raised $20,000 so far.
Dean Stansell reported the School of Education and Human Development has hired two new faculty members for fall, in counseling and special education. They have also hired a Recruitment Assistant at Cinco Ranch and will soon advertise for an additional Recruitment Assistant for Cinco Ranch to begin in the fall. He said he is working with Eunice Mesa of Career Services to plan an event with the goal of raising awareness of certification, employment trends, hiring incentives and more.
Mr. Beran reported the Board of Regents Committee approved the Regional Economic Development Center/Allied Health building but tabled the tuition and fee increases for all campuses until the May 15 Board of Regents meeting. Mr. Beran said he and Dr. Hudson had met with UH System Facilities Planning and Construction Department to finalize choices on interiors for the new Sugar Land building.
Mr. Phillips reported that the UHSSL art committee will recommend a water fountain feature to the UHS art committee for the new UHSSL building. He also indicated he and Mr. Beran are working on contracting grounds maintenance for UHSSL with the city of Sugar Land. The Fort Bend County Library construction is scheduled to begin after the first of the year. Amy Bradford has been hired to assist Mr. Phillips with development work at UHSSL and Amy Mundy has been hired as the Director of Annual Giving at UHV. Mr. Phillips thanked Mr. Beran for his efforts on the Sunrise Rotary $2,500 donation to UHV. He stated the Greater Texas Foundation had visited UHV last week and reported the meeting was very productive. There is an upcoming fund raising golf tournament in Victoria scheduled for May 19. The George Foundation approved a $54,500 scholarship grant for UHS; $18,000 for Nursing, $16,500 for UHSSL, $10,000 for UH, and $10,000 for UH-Downtown.
Ms. White noted Student Senate elections were taking place and reported there will be a full senate for next year. May 2 is the final senate meeting with the new senators taking over on May 30. 6 out of the 8 current Students Senate members are graduating this spring.
Mr. Faulk thanked the cabinet members for working with the Staff Council on the Fitness Release Program.
Dr. Dahlstrom continues to work on the termination of the shared integrated library system contract with the city, which will occur near the end of this calendar year.
Dr. Ramamoorthy announced the last Faculty Senate meeting of the year will be this Friday. Plans for a Faculty Council Scholarship are underway. Dr. Ramamoorthy thanked Dr. Hudson for his service.
Dean Di Leo announced the Board of Regents Committee had approved the Masters in Publishing. He thanked Laura Smith for her part in getting the Memorial students' attendance at the last ABR. The presentations by Farnoosh Moshiri were well attended both at UHV and the public library. Dean Di Leo also reported the DeLeon Symposium was well attended. The Humanities Director search is ongoing.
Dr. Neill announced the search committee for the Dean of Nursing has identified 2 candidates that will be coming for campus interviews. The first advisory board meeting in Victoria prompted a nursing forum recruiting event, where they plan to target nurses in the hospitals and associate degree schools in the surrounding areas. May 9 area hospitals, Victoria College and AHEC will sponsor a nurse academy for 7th and 8th graders in the area. July 17 the second degree program will be on the Board of Nursing agenda. Summer student enrollment includes 32 masters, 70 undergraduate and over 100 people interested in the 24 open spots available for the second degree program in the fall. Dr. Neill stated that May 6-12 is National Nurses' Week.
Ms. Smith reminded cabinet members that Ms. Nancy Penry, UHV's new Training Coordinator, will begin work this week. She reported the new tracking system is about to start. There was some discussion concerning the new regulations for 403Bs.
Ms. Norgard announced UHV has been receiving 60 – 80 applications a week since March. She reported the first week of Student Solutions they received 1,165 telephone calls. Ms. Norgard shared a handout on summer 2008 enrollment and semester information.
Dean Bullock said he had enjoyed working with the Nursing Dean Search Committee and that UHV should have a nursing dean by fall. He reported the School of Business Administration enrollment is up 12% over last summer. He thanked Stephanie Solansky for the outstanding job she did concerning the leadership pilot program and announced they had 300+ principals in attendance this year and are expecting to have 500-800 participants this next year. Dean Bullock said Joe Harper, the new SBDC Director, is doing an outstanding job in setting up satellite centers in the surrounding counties. He reported he had met with the Asian Chamber and the Asian Professionals Association and is working on scholarships. He announced that we have received 21 applications from China from 3 partnership universities. Dean Bullock stated he is working on a dual admissions program with Houston Community College to the MBA and English Second Language programs.
Dr. LaBrecque reported that at Monday's Board of Regents Committee meeting there was a discussion on the importance of reflecting commitment in recruiting faculty and staff and that she felt UHV was doing well in our recruitment. She reported the Academic Affairs office is working on 2 big projects, UHV has been invited to apply to Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for a curriculum engagement award and The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Table of Programs and Mission Statement are up for reapproval. She stated the new Mission Statement needs to reflect our new programs. She also said the System wants us to predict what we want to pursue in academic programs for the next 4 years.
Dr. Hudson announced that Dr. Richard Gunasekera will be offering a high school summer camp program that will be run through UHV's Continuing Education. He also complimented our deans on an excellent job of hiring very qualified faculty. He noted that the deans' job has changed; interactions have increased external constituent expectations. Dr. Hudson reported that twice in a row that the A.A.U.P. Survey, at every rank, our faculty members are above median salaries in our peer group. He announced that the Board of Regents Retreat will be this weekend and that the System issues will be discussed on Saturday. Consultants will be making the report. He stated UHV is doing everything we can to fight for our student athletes and convince the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to allow our baseball team to participate in the playoffs.
Meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.
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Big Bob is a regular on the British Comedy Award-winning show Al Murray's Happy Hour. He has been on every single episode and is truly a star in his own right. Surely its time that he got the recognition he deserves and gets to cement his celebrity status by going into the jungle - it's what the Beautiful British Public want!
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Campus Specific Questions
What is UNMC LiveGreen?
UNMC LiveGreen is a campus wide initiative designed to make people aware of the steps the campus is taking to reduce energy usage, save money, and make the planet a better place. In addition this website will provide you with tips you can use at work and home to help the cause. Want to be more involved? Take the pledge or consider joining one of our teams!
How can my unit/department/office get involved?
You can take the pledge and encourage your co-workers to do the same, join a LiveGreen Team, sign up to receive email announcements, and visit this site regularly to learn about the little things you can do that can make a big difference!
How does UNMC calculate energy usage?
UNMC Facilities has, or is installing, meters on every building on campus that display the amount of steam, chilled water, and electricity used in the building. This amount is recorded and will enable us to know if energy usage has changed—hopefully gone down! Would you like to see the totals? Check them out here!
What does UNMC recycle?
Currently UNMC recycles paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum and tin. Paper is placed in its own bin, cardboard needs to be broken down flat, and plastic, aluminum and tin can be placed together in a separate container.
What can we place in the recycle bins we have near our desks?
Desk side recycle bins are only for paper.
Why can't we place everything in one container?
To be HIPAA compliant, all paper is shredded prior to recycling and therefore must be collected separately.
What types of lab plastic are recyclable on campus?
UNMC recycles plastics 1-6, which include plastic from labs. Plastics that have been used with biohazardous materials cannot be recycled and must be disposed of with biohazard waste (red bag/bin). Please make sure that all other plastic is generally clean--if petri dishes have a plastic number 1-6, they cannot contain agar/media and need to be rinsed if they will have an odor.
Can I bring recycled materials from home to UNMC for proper disposal?
While we LOVE that you are so willing to recycle, we would prefer you to use your curbside pickup for recycling. If your neighborhood does not have curbside pickup or does not pick up glass you can take those materials to these locations:
Northwest Drop-off Site
Parking Lot at 75th and Corby St
Open daily from 7am to 7pm
Northeast Drop-off Site
International Paper Co., 7202 N 16th St
Open daily from 7am to 7pm
Southwest Drop-off Site
Firstar Fiber, 10330 I St
Open daily from 7am to 7pm
Southeast Drop-off Site
River City Recycling, 6404 S 60th St.
Open Monday through Friday: 8AM - 4:30PM
Saturday: 8AM - 4:30PM, Spring, Summer and Fall
Saturday: 8AM - Noon, Winter
For more information go to http://www.wasteline.org/
Is there a way to shut down my computer and still access it remotely?
The UNMC Live Green team understands that from a technology standpoint, computers must be left on in order to connect from home. IT is investigating some options for users to be able to work remotely and still shut down their computer when they leave, such as waking it u. However, we must be sure that this will be successful and cost effective. In the meantime, be sure to turn off your monitor when you leave for the day. If you know you won't be logging in from home, be sure to shut down or log off.
General Recycling Questions
Can I recycle plastic bags?
Plastic bags are not recyclable on campus, but there is no need to throw them away. Plastic bags can easily be re-used. In addition, some local grocery stores keep collection bins for plastic bags. You can always reduce your plastic bag consumption by using re-usable cloth bags from your favorite retail store.
What do I do with bottle caps?
Before you recycle your bottles, be sure to remove the cap and place it in the garbage. Bottle caps are not recyclable. Also, be sure to rinse your bottles before placing in the recycle bin.
Do I need to remove labels from bottles before recycling?
No. Labels on bottles and cans may be recycled.
Do I have to separate plastic and aluminum?
No. You can put bottles, jugs, cans or containers into the same "Bottles and Cans" recycling bin. Be sure to rinse the containers.
Can I recycle paper with tape on it?
It's OK to leave tape on paper; however, it can cause problems for machines used in the recycling process. If possible, try to remove obvious tape from papers and other items before recycling. However, you don't need to waste your time scraping off all tape.
What items are not recyclable?
Pizza boxes, juice boxes, milk cartons, hardbound books, tissue paper, paper plates, Styrofoam, rubber bands, plastic bags, packing peanuts.
I am holding a public event and want to offer recycling? What can I do?
Keep Omaha Beautiful now has a portable recycling trailer available for organized community events. It can be rented for a small fee. Please visit the Keep Omaha Beautiful website for more information.
Resource Conservation
How can I conserve resources in my office? A few simple tips:
• Replace light bulbs in desk and floor lamps with CFLs. CFLs use 75% less energy than standard bulbs and may last 10-13 times longer. Also, turn off the lights when you leave your office.
• If your office gets too hot, be sure to turn down the thermostat instead of opening a window. The shades in your office or workspace can also serve as a resource. Keep the shades closed to block out heat and sunlight in the summer and open to allow sunlight warmth during the winter.
• Be sure to enable power-saving features on fax machines, printers and other office equipment.
• Re-use paper with one sided printing for scratch paper at your desk or in your workspace.
• Utilize the print duplexing option when available. Check out the Green IT link for tips on computer settings and printer efficiencies http://www.unmc.edu/its/green_it.htm.
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New Mirror's Edge Confirmed by EA
JT Manning / Jun 18th, 2013 1 Comment
A trailer shown during the EA press conference at E3 unveiled the second game in the Mirror's Edge franchise. The original Mirror's Edge released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008 with a PC version releasing a few months later.
The one-minute-long trailer is a brief nod to fans of the series who have been asking for the return of the franchise.
Mirror's Edge was a stunning first-person parkour experience with an emphasis on how quickly players could complete their actions. The game focused lightly on actual combat but delivered impressive visuals and a refreshing take on first-person gaming.
The Mirror's Edge saga was originally planned as a trilogy but it failed to reach the projected goal of 3 million copies sold and any plans to continue the franchise were put on hold. However, fans of the franchise have been clamoring for a sequel to the franchise since and EA finally decided to revive the franchise with a prequel for next-gen consoles.
Developer DICE is creating the new Mirror's Edge title as a prequel to the original release. Gamers will once again take control of main character Faith in a dystopian society before the events of the first game. The new Mirror's Edge will take place in a fully open world with stunning graphics.
A company credited most for their award winning Frostbite game engine, DICE has experienced tons of success recently. The first-person military shooter Battlefield 3, which released in 2011, received several awards from media publications including Best Shooter and Best Multiplayer.
The Mirror's Edge prequel has been confirmed for release on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. According to the trailer, the new Mirror's Edge game will release "when it's ready." The trailer can be viewed below.
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