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Anti-Poverty Ambassador Laces Up For Walk Across AfricaSometimes its easier to walk away from the harsh realities of poverty; it can seem too overwhelming and too far away. But Australian poverty ambassador Matt Napier is doing just the opposite. Matt will be putting his feet to the test and walking his way to a better world by walking across Africa.
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Changes to Pool Fencing LawsThe NSW Office of the Local Government (OLG) announced changes to swimming pool barrier regulations on 11 March 2016. Any home sold after 29 April 2016 must have a current pool inspection certificate that accompanies the contract of sale.
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2016 Kidsafe National Playspace Design AwardsThe 2016 Kidsafe National Playspace Design Awards (the Awards) recognise excellence and innovation in the provision of safe, creative playspaces. The Awards are open to playground owners, service providers, design professionals, students, and landscapers from across Australia.
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Indonesian center offers former inmates a second chance
Yohanes Bambamg Mudiarto has found new life after prison
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Yohanes Bambamg Mudiarto never thought he would end up in prison. But after holding a knife to his business partner, he was sentenced to nine months behind bars in March 1998.
"I was so upset. He cheated me," he says.
Bambang found it hard to live with the confinement and squalor of prison life, and when he was freed things did not get much easier. Bambamg, 47, says he lost self esteem and wanted to hide from people.
"No one welcomed me until an institution run by a Protestant church in South Jakarta allowed me to work there for about five months," he says.
Bambang's difficulties in building a new life after spending months behind bars has since motivated him "to do something to help other ex-prisoners."
In 2006, he started a small video games kiosk where he hired ex-prisoners but the business only lasted two years. Then he thought about helping ex-convicts in a more organized way.
Bambang received help from a friend in setting up a small training facility for ex-prisoners in Bekasi, West Java in 2008. A Catholic since birth, Bambang had Rumah Socius blessed by Father Josaphat Kokoh Prihatant, an advisor at the center.
"In Rumah Socius, ex-prisoners are encouraged to let go of all burdens and to live a normal life," says Bambang.
In the past five years, the center has worked with 40 ex-prisoners convicted for crimes ranging from drug abuse to murder, helping them find jobs as taxi drivers, sailors and mechanics.
Whatever they make and sell is added to funds from donors to pay each of them a monthly allowance of between 600,000 and one million rupiah (US$63 to $105) per month.
Many of the activities are Christian-focused. Some ex-prisoners at the center are currently learning how to make Church-related images such as the nativity, Mother Mary and rosaries, even those who are Muslim.
There have been suggestions that Bambang hand the center over to Jakarta archdiocese but he has refused over concerns that an overtly Christian initiative might scare off some ex-prisoners in this majority Muslim country.
Ivan, a Muslim who has stayed at the center for the past five years, said he had no complaints about the Christian theme. Bambang had been an inspiration, he said, adding that religious difference was not a concern.
"For me, he is like my own father who I can share stories with whenever I have problems," said the 28-year-old. "He even helped cover my wedding ceremony."
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Spacious, historic urban condo located in downtown Wilmington. It is a nonsmoking condo. Also, no pets are allowed.
The Condo: You'll love this second story, two bedroom, two-bath condo with its open airy space (1500 sq ft). The unit contains 10 foot ceilings, hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, granite counter-tops, stainless steel appliances and skylights. The master bedroom has a queen bed. The second bedroom has two twin beds, and there is a queen sleeper sofa in the den. The unit sleeps 5-6. You can end the evening sipping a glass of wine or cup of coffee from the large deck at the rear of the condo with a view of the downtown. Located in the Federal National Historic Registry, the Strauss Building was built in 1914 and was the original "mixed use" development. The ground floor contained retail establishments for most of its life – including A&P Grocery and Sears – while the second story has always been residential. In recent years, the building has been the used occasionally for television and movies – including "The Crow","Young Indiana Jones", "One Tree Hill" and a recent appearance in NBC's new television series "Revolution." The building is known locally for its refrigerator door, which provides entrance to the condo from 4th Street. Note: this is a second story unit without an elevator; the unit is not handicapped accessible; you must be able to climb stairs to access the unit.
Enjoy the activity and excitement of historic downtown Wilmington with a quiet night's sleep in the historic Strauss Building located 3 blocks from the waterfront. The location (703 N 4th Street) is convenient to everything downtown Wilmington has to offer: Thalian Hall, The Brooklyn Arts Center, casual to fine dining, hip coffee houses, art galleries, excellent county library, horse drawn carriage rides, Shops of Old Wilmington or the Cotton Exchange, historic tours, Screen Gems Studio tours, Ghosts of Wilmington Tour, haunted pub crawls, Wilmington's Farmer's Market (April – December), the Azalea Festival (April), Riverfest (October) and the NC Battleship. PPD, Cape Fear Community College and the new convention center are within easy walking distance. You can experience the night life, then walk a couple of blocks back to the condo and spend a safe and quiet evening in your beautifully furnished unit. If you have a car, there is an abundance of free on-street parking or there is free parking provided in a private lot behind the building. No need to pay for parking.
If this property is not available or you need something bigger, check out our other property located across the street www.vrbo.com/702663.
Around Town: The Brooklyn Arts Center, where a variety of concerts and performances take place year round, is just across the street. Modern dancers, chamber orchestras, concert pianists, singers, comedians, theater companies, jazz ensembles, and many other concerts are featured at the Brooklyn Arts Center. The Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews is the most stunning and spectacular small-market concert venue in the Southeast." After a show stop by the Goat and Compass Tavern for a nightcap.
Located one-half mile south of the condo is Thalian Hall. The 1858 Thalian Hall is one of the most significant theatres in the United States and has been in almost continuous use since it first opened. The theatre has been under the management of the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. since 1963. Last year there were over 250 shows, events and films for a total of 495 performances, and these programs attracted audiences totaling more than 85,000 people. The events ranged from music to ballet and theatre, from pop, jazz, folk and country music to the finest in domestic, independent and foreign films.
A five minute drive across the Cape Fear River is the USS NORTH CAROLINA. Moored in quiet dignity and majesty the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, across the river from downtown Wilmington, beckons visitors to walk her decks. Envision the daily life and fierce combat her crew faced in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.Step back in time and let history come alive through the crews' stories. Discover and build your personal connection by steering the ship, starting her engines or even firing the guns.
Area beaches are a short drive away: Wrightsville Beach (15 minutes), Carolina Beach (30 minutes), or Kure Beach (45 minutes).
This unit is owned by four local Wilmington families. Collectively, we restored this unit and work together to maintain and lease it as a vacation rental. We collectively participate in the lease of this unit so as to provide superior service to our tenants.
Anthony purchased this condo in 2005
We were intrigued by the history of the property and by recent economic development in the area surrounding the property.
This property can be found in the Federal National Historic Registry. Although the unit was completely renovated and updated in 2008, there are architectural features that can't be found in other condos or apartments.
This condo was even better in person. It was so much larger than I expected. It was a great location. Extremely quiet and peaceful area. I would go back there every time! Everything was great! The owner was very quick to respond to any questions! 5 stars all the way!
The pictures do NOT do this condo justice!! I stayed with 2 other ladies for a bachelorette weekend and while the other attendees stayed in a dive motel, we had the good fortune to stay in this amazing condo. It was clean, spacious, and comfortable and I will definitely be staying again. The condo was decorated so nicely and had amenities such as silverware/glasses/dishes, towels, bedding, TV, games, and books. There was plenty of space for the 3 of us and we were very happy with the experience. There's also a GREAT little cafe across the street where they serve coffee, espresso, baked goods, etc. I would HIGHLY recommend this condo to anyone interested in visiting the charming town of Wilmington, NC.
We walked into the rental and were immediately impressed with the high ceilings, beautiful kitchen, and all the space. We could walk to a few restaurants and drive to the river walk in minutes. We would stay there again if we return to Wilmington.
Thank you Anthony for making this Christmas a special one for the family. The condo was the perfect way to visit our daughter who moved to Wilmington to attend college and could not make it home for Christmas. We are thinking about making this a new holiday tradition for now! Thanks again.....
Our family was in Wilmington for a family member's wedding. We needed a large location for 6 adults. The condo was perfect for our needs! clean, spacious and conveniently located near the wedding venue and other wedding event locations. We had a great time, and highly recommend for first time visitors to Wilmington.
I travelled with three friends for a weekend away. When we arrived on the Friday night (following the very easy and clear directions of location and access to the property) we were all taken aback as to how spacious and 'wow' this apartment was. The photos in the listing do not do it justice. We were super happy with our choice of rental.
The free parking next to the property was appreciated. It was a good 20-25 minute walk to the heart of Wilmington.
The kitchen was stocked with all the basics, but a pizza cutter would've been handy!!
I have rated the apartment 4 stars, but I would say it is just short of 5 stars. The only other comments to make this apartment a complete 5 stars would be a full length mirror and better quality toilet paper!! There were plenty of towels and the beds were comfortable - even the sofa bed!
If (or more hopefully when) we return to Wilmington, we will most certainly consider this apartment as an option for our stay. I have no reservations in recommending it to others.
Super communications with the owners too. Stand up job :)
Thanks for letting us stay!
Enjoy our beautiful city mid-week for only $100.00 per night! Our lowest rates ever for our spacious condo! Good Monday through Thursday from May 31 -- September 30. Three day minimum is required.
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My Standard Rate
2 night minimum stay
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Full refund if reservation is cancelled at least 30 days prior to arrival; Full refund less $50.00 administrative fees for cancellations less than 30 days but at least 14 days prior to arrival; No refund for cancellations less than 14 days prior to arrival
A major credit card is required to reserve the property. We require a credit card in lieu of a security deposit. We charge $200.00 to the card upon the execution of the contract. You may cancel up to 30 days prior to your arrival and receive a refund of $100.00 The balance of the rent is charged 30 days prior to your arrival and is non refundable.
* Approximate monthly rate. Actual rate will depend on the days of the month you stay.


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|May 20, 2014 12:15 PM EDT
Static data structures have been at the heart of data processing tools since the dawn of computing, but they have always limited the flexibility of the organization leveraging the data. Recently, the rise of flexible formats like JSON have led to schemaless data as an attempt to increase agility. However, schemaless data have proven difficult to work with, because of hidden rigid structure in the form of implied schemas.
EnterpriseWeb addresses the problems of both the inflexibility of structured data as well as the impracticality of schemaless data, by enabling schemaless data to be dynamically and logically structured.
From the fixed-length fields of the 1950s, to the relational structures of modern database management systems, to the semistructured data formats XML and JSON, the structure of our data has always informed code about how it should be processed. Data are defined by their relationships, and we used to hard-code those relationships into rigid structures. That approach allows only one static view, which is difficult to work with, and even more difficult to change. Nevertheless, such rigid data structures – and the models that represent them – are an integral part of enterprise information management.
Traditional relational database management systems (RDBMSs) exemplify this point with their static entity-relationship models (ERMs) and tightly interconnected data structures. XML improves this situation slightly, allowing semi-structured information, but schemas still constrain flexibility and performance. With both approaches, fixed definitions, views, and reports limit the ability for businesses to freely transform information into insight and become obstacles to systemwide change.
The Rise of Schemalessness
This challenge of inflexible data structures has given rise to schemaless data. With JSON in particular, we can create whatever data structure we like when we author data. We don't have to shoehorn data into rigid data structures, thus allowing every record to have its own structure.
But there is a problem with schemaless data. Consider this simple task: how do you create a query for all the addresses in a particular Zip Code if every record has a different name or format for Zip Code? Schemalessness, after all, isn't magic – even schemaless data require some kind of metadata so the code will know how to process such information, what software development guru Martin Fowler calls an implied schema.
Implied schemas represent the structure inherent in any data record. If each address record has its own format, then that format provides the implied schema for that record. Dealing with implied schemas thus falls to the developer, who must figure out how to code software to process these implied schemas, which are different for each and every record.
In Fowler's tutorial on schemalessness, he explains the pros and cons of implied schemas. Despite acknowledging the power of schemalessness to support more flexible and responsive user experiences, he recommends avoiding it and implied schemas for developer convenience. Good advice with respect to traditional software, but the world of data is changing. Today we live in an increasingly schemaless world, where more often than not, the structure of our data is fluid or nonexistent.
Raising the Discussion to Dynamic Schemas
Fowler makes it clear that in the past it has been impractical from the developer's perspective to work systematically with schemaless data, because implied schemas are difficult to deal with. After all, structure is itself useful, and isn't the problem per se. Rather, how to avoid the limitations of static structure without falling into the trap of unmanageable schemaless data that is the real challenge.
EnterpriseWeb's unique approach to modeling solves this critically important challenge by leveraging dynamic schemas that have flexible, metadata-driven relationships with underlying information. Using metadata this way separates concerns, letting people consider relationships from multiple perspectives, rather than from a single static point of view. In addition, it's now possible to change and extend metadata to meet diverse business needs without disruption.
Instead of settling for complex ERMs with their inflexible, tightly coupled data structures or dealing with the coding complexities of implied schemas, developers can project dynamic schemas from the metadata simply by writing different transformations. As a result, dynamic schemas are developer friendly and dynamic – a welcome change from the difficult problem of schemalessness.
Add an Agent for Performance
So far so good, but how do we build software to process all such data in a general way, freeing ourselves from custom coding for implicit schemas? The solution is an intelligent agent.
EnterpriseWeb's intelligent agent, SmartAlex™, is a distributable transaction manager that resolves dynamic schemas for each interaction. Every human or system client interaction is a request for SmartAlex to interpret dynamic schemas (as well as other models and additional metadata) and translate them to a context-specific set of resources in order to construct a custom response.
This Agent-Oriented approach maximizes performance for such dynamic computing. In the background, SmartAlex handles all run time connection and transformation details, sparing programmers from manually integrating resources for varied and unanticipated uses, greatly improving IT productivity while enabling business agility.
SmartAlex logs all system events, indexes all new and updated resources, and tags all changes in relationships for detailed and navigable audit history. This practice creates a feedback loop as SmartAlex leverages the same indexed logs to guide its execution. Data, code, and user interface components, as well as connectors for federated services, systems, databases, and devices, can be updated or replaced without breaking related apps and processes – as SmartAlex is 'aware' of the changes. In this way EnterpriseWeb supports real time exception and change management for resilient solutions that can evolve naturally.
The EnterpriseWeb Take
Schemalessness was a reaction to the limitations of structured data. People struggled with the constraints of static structure, and figured that if they simply got rid of structure, then the problem would go away. But this move was merely a shell game, as the limitations of fixed schemas shifted to implied schemas, now without the benefits of structure to inform the code responsible for their processing.
The solution is to raise the level of abstraction, and instead of arguing over fixed vs. implied schemas, to work at the dynamic schema level. Such an approach is model-driven, allowing application designers to build models that capture their data structures, and allowing an intelligent agent to use the metadata each model represents to meet the specific needs of each interaction. The real lesson here is that the solution to resolving the challenge of schemalessness combines both dynamic schemas and the action of the agent. Stay tuned to my next newsletter for more information.
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CHICAGO, April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Features: UBS (NYSE:UBS-Free Report), Deutsche Telekom (OTC:DTEGY-Free Report) and Baidu (NYSE:BIDU-Free Report).
3 Stocks to Sell to Pay Taxes
Tax day is right around the corner, and investors that are facing a large tax bill might be thinking about what stocks to hang on to and which ones to sell to pay those taxes.
Not all investors think of this issue the same way, but let's take a look a few stocks that saw substantial gains over the prior 52 weeks that have also had recent negative earnings estimate revisions.
Bank On It
The first stock that could see potential selling pressure is in the financial sector. Those stocks had a good run in 2013 and might now be in the cross hairs of sellers due to recent HFT revelations.
UBS (NYSE:UBS-Free Report) was up about 39% over the last 52 weeks, and recently analysts have been lowering their estimates on the stock.
Right now, the stock is a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), and has seen consistent decreases earnings estimates. Analysts can move their estimates lower for all sorts of reasons, but the end result is a company with earnings that look to be decreasing. That is the case with UBS.
The 2014 Zacks Consensus Estimate was as high as $1.83 in May of 2013, but that number has fallen throughout all of last year and into 2014. By October, the estimate had slipped to $1.62 and the current forecast is calling for $1.33. That is a decline of more than 27%.
The 2015 Zacks Consensus Estimate is also seeing a decline. The estimate stood at $2.03 in October of last year, but dropped to $1.85 in January and is now at $1.75.
One of the best ways to look at earnings estimates and their impact on stocks is to go to the Zacks site for a graph called the price and consensus graph.
ET Shouldn't Phone Home
When ET wanted to "phone home" telecom stocks were a sure thing. Remember the days of paying for long distance? I sure do, but that isn't the concern of today's generation. They hardly use the phone and much more likely to eat up a texting plan or data consumption.
Deutsche Telekom (OTC:DTEGY-Free Report) saw a significant run up over the last 52 weeks, but again analysts have been lowering estimates. That stock was up 52%, much more than UBS, but it has a better earnings picture.
Only lately have the analysts moved their estimates lower. Throughout almost all of 2013, the Zacks Consensus Estimate held steady at just about $1.00. A few times the number moved a penny one way or the other, but the majority of the year saw estimates looking for $1.00. In March, the consensus slipped to $0.89 and that is where it stands right now.
The 2014 Zacks Consensus Estimate was calling for a little growth from 2014 and was mostly in a range of $1.04 to $1.07. In March, the estimate for 2015 slid to $0.88 and that implies negative year over year earnings growth. That is not what investors want to see.
I should note that T-Mobile, the wireless play for the company, has seen a recent resurgence. I am no telecom analyst, but I can say that the CEO of this company has made a lot of highly visible moves. I happen to be partial to his "crashing" of the AT&T concert at CES, only to be thrown out by security. This guy wasn't just after the press either, he later had the performer play for T-Mobile.
Searching For China
A lot of people have been pointing out stocks from China as being dangerous plays. Some point to frauds and other say the accounting is all wrong. Most people can agree that China wants to slow its roll in terms of economic growth right here, and that may hurt some stocks that rely that growth.
Baidu (NYSE:BIDU-Free Report) had a terrific run up over the last 52 weeks, notching a gain of more than 80%. This stock has not really followed the EPS estimates like most stocks, so this is not the strongest of plays in my thesis. That said, a lot of momentum plays have been getting hammered of late and this stock is down from a recent high of nearly $190.
BIDU is coming off back to back quarterly earnings misses of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company reported on 2/26 and beat on the top-line for the tenth straight quarter and investors ended up liking what they heard from the company as shares traded higher by 5% in the session following the announcement.
Estimates didn't fare as well. The 2014 Zacks Consensus Estimate had been moving higher throughout 2013, but abruptly dropped at in February. As early as May of last year, analysts were looking for $6.02 in EPS, and they were as bullish as late as January of this year when they had adjusted estimates to $6.46. The number dropped to $5.66 in February and is now at $5.40.
The 2015 Zacks Consensus Estimate also saw a decrease. The number was $8.88 in January, but it slipped to $8.10. That still implies a very healthy growth rate of 50% for next year, but again, given the current market, this stock could be in the cross hairs of sellers.
The Ides of March was a bad day for Caesar... and that is an understatement. The next Ides is a bad day for tax payers as those of us that booked significant capital gains need to have our payment in to the IRS by April 15. Some investors will be looking to take some gains and sell stocks to pay that tax bill. Knowing where estimates are going is a good way to pick which stock you plan on selling out of your portfolio to pay that tax bill.
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The IoTs will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, will demonstrate how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and share the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the development proc...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Alert Logic, Inc., the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Alert Logic, Inc., provides Security-as-a-Service for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures, delivering deep security insight and continuous protection for customers at a lower cost than traditional security solutions. Ful...
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Cloud computing changed data analytics for good. It enabled companies to drastically decrease resources and architecture previously assigned with business intelligence departments. It also enabled laymen to run advanced business analytics. Cloud was also the architecture of choice for storing and processing big data. Data piling is a continuous process, which is going to explode with emerging Internet of Things concept. Answer to this issue developers found in new concept called fog computing. ...
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Washington: Scientists will begin excavation early next week of an ancient Wyoming sinkhole containing a rare bounty of fossil remains of prehistoric animals, such as mammoths and dire wolves, preserved in unusually good condition, researchers said on Thursday.
The two-week dig, set to begin next Monday under the direction of Des Moines University paleontologist Julie Meachen, marks the first exploration of Natural Trap Cave in north-central Wyoming since its initial discovery in the 1970s.
At that time, scientists found that the 85-foot-deep cavern formed a natural repository for a rich fossil record that may date back as far as 100,000 years, but a full-scale expedition into the sinkhole has not previously been attempted.
The cave, formed by the collapse of limestone bedrock at the base of the Bighorn Mountains, became a tomb for thousands of ancient mammals that stumbled into the 15-foot-wide mouth of the sinkhole, then concealed by vegetation, and plunged to their deaths.
Conditions in the underground chasm, which widens to 120 feet at its base, are cold and damp, offering a degree of preservation for fossils generally associated only with those found frozen in ice in Siberia and the Arctic, Meachen said.
"They fell into a refrigerator," she said of animals such as camels, American lions, cheetahs, woolly mammoths and short-faced bears.
Meachen will lead a team of international scientists as they rappel from the outer rim of the cave`s opening – covered for decades by a metal grate installed by federal land managers – to the depths below, where they will load fossils into buckets to be hoisted to the surface.
Analysis of recovered fossils is expected to provide new insights into the climate, diets and genetic diversity of North American mammals that disappeared during the Ice Age extinction of more than 10,000 years ago.
Meachen said there may also be an opportunity to draw inferences tied to an emerging theory that the mass extinction was linked more to overhunting by humans, whose appearance in North America coincided with a die-off long thought to be influenced mostly by climate.
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Armed rebels are said to be in control of some of South Sudan's oil fields, raising questions of how long the country's oil will flow and whether Sudan could enter the conflict.
President Salva Kiir implored his country to turn away from ethnic violence and met on Friday (local time) with foreign ministers from neighbouring states, including Kenya and Ethiopia, who flew into Juba, the capital, to help calm tensions after a week of ethnic strife that is estimated to have killed hundreds.
Kiir did not speak publicly, but the government's Twitter feed attributed this quote to him: "Those who may want to take the law into their hands, the long arm of the government will get them."
Fighting continued to spread on Friday in two states, Unity - an oil area - and Jonglei, as armed groups opposed to the nation's military emerged, said a South Sudan expert communicating with combatants and UN officials in strife-torn regions outside the capital.
"We've seen the conflict expand quite rapidly and quite dramatically in recent days. We've seen the emergence of different armed groups under different commands, and we've seen the former vice president say he's not interested in talks that don't end in Salva Kiir stepping down," said Casie Copeland, South Sudan analyst for the International Crisis Group. She added that the arrival of regional foreign ministers in Juba "is genuinely a good thing."
Armed opposition groups appeared to be in control of some oil fields in Unity state, she said. South Sudan's oil fields have historically been a target for rebel movements.
"The potential for oil wealth to exacerbate the current power struggle should not be underestimated," said Emma Vickers of Global Witness, a London-based group that investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource related conflict. "If rebel forces were to capture the oil fields, they could effectively hold the government to ransom."
The United Nations said on Friday that 35,000 people continue to seek refuge at UN bases in three locations across the country, including 20,000 at two bases in the capital.
The US Embassy had a fifth emergency evacuation flight on Friday to move Americans out of the country. British, German and Dutch planes were also scheduled to fly out. Hundreds of foreigners, including aid workers, have hurriedly left South Sudan this week at the urging of foreign embassies concerned about the possibility of out-of-control violence.
Forty-five US troops were dispatched to Juba earlier this week to protect US citizens and property.
A top UN official in the country, Toby Lanzer, said Friday that "difficulties" continued in Jonglei state, including the province capital, Bor, where a top military commander loyal to Machar defected from the army this week, taking his troops with him.
South Sudan gets nearly 99 per cent of its government budget from oil revenues. The country reportedly earned US$1.3 billion in oil sales in just five months this year, Global Witness said.
South Sudan, the world's newest country, peacefully broke away from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war and years of negotiations that former US President George W Bush invested heavily in. The south's oil flows north through Sudan's pipelines, and a rebel takeover of southern oil fields could invite Sudan into the conflict. .
Ethnic violence broke out among South Sudan's presidential guard late on Sunday night, and fighting spread across the country over the next several days, leading to fears of a civil war between ethnic groups.
Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, earlier this week said an attempted coup had triggered the violence, and the blame was placed on fired Vice President Riek Machar, an ethnic Nuer. But officials have since said a fight between Dinka and Nuer members of the presidential guard triggered the violence. Machar's ouster from the country's No. 2 political position earlier this year had stoked ethnic tensions.
After meeting with Kiir, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the ministers from a regional bloc known as IGAD were in the country to "understand the situation first hand." He called the meeting with Kiir productive but did not provide details.
The UN's humanitarian arm said 14,000 people are seeking shelter in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, the scene of heavy violence this week. Several hundred people are also seeking shelter in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state.
The UN sent four helicopters to Akobo, in Jonglei state, on Friday and said on Twitter that it "has received assurances from forces in charge" that the helicopters will be permitted to land. On Thursday armed youths breached the UN compound in Akobo and two UN peacekeepers from India were killed. The UN mission also estimates that at least 11 of the civilians who sought refuge inside the base were killed during the attack.
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The ATIS-MSF partnership will combine ATIS' IPTV standards development with the MSF's success at validating key Next Generation Network (NGN) concepts. The new partnership is intended to validate the efforts of the ATIS IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF) in the areas of IPTV requirements, standards and specifications.
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