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urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-3404f8c4-d29c-4d8e-a7dd-f93b13530a6b Middleware Conversations - Tags - project The official blog of the IBM Middleware team, sharing expert opinions on the important role that middleware plays in your digital transformation. 5 2016-02-29T11:37:42-05:00 IBM Connections - Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-4fea3474-af18-4a12-acfe-cf61b6c07446 Six tips for implementing BPM without perishing in the attempt Maria Aldehuela Lucena email@example.com 120000KP78 active Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes 2014-06-20T12:09:00-04:00 2014-06-20T12:09:00-04:00
 When you start using IBM Business Process Manager (IBM BPM) the first time, the path can seem difficult, confusing and long, almost like a labyrinth! In this post I will give you some guidelines that hopefully will become your survival kit on the BPM journey.

 1. Divide and conquer
 Recently a client asked me, "What if I want to print a process with 100 activities? How is it split?" A process with 100 activities! I was about to reply, "Well, if you have such a process, printing it is the least of your problems!"

 One of the most important things to consider when creating a model is that the result needs to be easy to understand. It's a good practice to use different levels and follow the "rule of seven," that is, having no more than seven activities per level. Our goal should be that each level can be explained in five minutes or less. In this way, anybody who sees the process can understand how it works. Divide and conquer!

 2. From project to program
 Processes are everywhere inside an organization, so how can you select the right process to start with? Most likely, the first one that comes to mind is a complex process that involves many steps, systems and departments. But this is too ambitious a project to start with if you have no experience with BPM! I often see this mistake with clients.

 A best practice would be to start a process with a reduced scope that adds value and can be measured and optimized. This will bring trust because you will be able to implement it in the short term, and it will enable you to implement more complex processes later.

 While you are growing, implementing more and more business processes, you are scaling from a single project to a program that involves all the different areas in the organization. Our goal is to establish a center of excellence.

 For more information refer to the IBM Redbooks publication, "Scaling BPM Adoption: From Project to Program with IBM Business Process Manager."

 3. Alignment of business, operations and IT
 To succeed in a process implementation is important to have the right people involved.

 First, you need a business sponsor, so don't forget that the "B" in BPM means business! Convincing IT people to employ BPM can be pretty challenging, but they have to be on board to implement the activities and build the integration with existing systems. And don't forget the final users for the process; their feedback is key during the whole development lifecycle.

 Follow the agile approach and run some playbacks or process iterations to validate what you are doing. You don't want to come back to the beginning of the road in a couple of months, right?

 4. Integration needs
 BPM relies on existing systems. You don't need to reinvent the wheel, but instead can reuse what you have. It is important to consider which integration needs you have before choosing the technology and starting the project.

 Exposing services through an enterprise service bus (ESB) such as IBM Integration Bus Advanced can simplify integration within your process. Let this ESB take care of the connectivity to services from your process.

 If you don't have an ESB, you'll need to do some development in the first process implementation. Then just reuse the developed artifacts with toolkits!

 5. Data matters
 A process uses business data that needs to persist. It is quite common to manage a high volume of data, so where should you store and maintain it all?

 For long-running processes where the state must be persisted, a leading practice is to keep the business data in a system of record. You don't want to use your process database as a business repository or to duplicate data!

 6. Security
 BPM is managing business logic, so it is clear that you need to invest in securing your systems.

 For long-running scenarios, using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is another great practice. Users, groups and skills levels are already defined in the LDAP and can be shared across multiple applications. BPM can easily connect to a LDAP repository and get the users from it.

 Again, reuse what you already have!

 For sure there are more tips to consider for implementing BPM, but remember this was just a survival kit for your BPM journey.

 What else would you put inside this kit? Are there any best practices you would like to share? Please leave a comment below or send me a tweet @mariaAldehuela.
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 Over the last 10 years I have personally visited loads of customer business process management (BPM) deployments, and it is uncanny to see how common the problems can be regarding enterprise BPM adoption. In this post, I share my current top-five pitfalls.

 1. Lack of a strong BPM leader
 This one may be obvious, but with the complex nature of most BPM projects and the expansive nature of the stakeholder map, an experienced and effective BPM leader will need a strong set of skills to ensure success. Too often, companies simply recruit a project manager without any BPM, agile or integration experience.

 2. Stakeholder buy-in
 There are typically many key stakeholders in the business, IT and operations functions in most BPM projects. Across the different BPM projects, and as the corporation embraces enterprise-wide BPM adoption, some of these stakeholders are likely to include part of the executive C-suite audience. Without clear and effective stakeholder management, even if individual BPM projects succeed and deliver value, it is rare that enterprise adoption will be successful.

 3. Incorrect data design
 One of the key technical problems that I see time and time again is incorrect data design. BPM projects often use a data design linked to the user interface, and this sometimes misses the complexities of an integration-centric canonical structure. Without a clear understanding of the intricacies of this domain, projects often become excessively complicated to change and can lead to performance issues.

 4. Agile and BPM
 While companies have now started to adopt agile development within their organizations as their key development method, few actually have certified practioners leading the effort, which can mean sporadic adoption of the key components of the method. This is one of the main reasons IBM licenses its own BPM implementation methodology, ISIS, to customers and business partners. (Check out this download on the ISIS implementation methodology for more info.)

 5. Wrong first project
 Picking the right first project can also be a daunting task. Choosing an initial project as complex as "account opening," even though you might have had the best intentions to justify a business case, often leads to stalled adoption. I typically advise clients to start with something smaller and less enterprise focused. This will allow you to gradually build skills, best practices and so on that you can use in later projects.

 To avoid these common pitfalls, it is often useful to engage a trusted third party to ensure success, one with proven BPM practitioner experience. Spending this time planning will lead to a much better chance of success.

 What other challenges have you seen in your BPM adoption? Connect with me on Twitter @aggarwal_sunil to hear and share more on this subject.
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 I was recently inspired by tales of Spommer, a blogger detailing the trials and tribulations of a Scandinavian supermarket chain implementing a BPM program ["Are you on a path to process wilderness"], to consider what makes BPM projects fail. I wanted to take a moment to share my insights into why some BPM programs were always destined to fail, and what to do about it.

 Failure Scenario #1: The BPM Supertanker
  Often, what starts out as best intentions by IT to make the business more efficient grows into a Frankenstein monster; too big to succeed, or even so big that it has to fail! Scope quickly grows out of control, loads of decision makers become involved, each with conflicting priorities and requiring a global delivery team – none of which will help the program succeed. The resulting BPM 'supertanker' drains life from the business and becomes a sump for resources, capital and innovation. The initial business case was doomed from the outset.

 Failure Scenario #2: Waterfall kills adoption
  As detailed on Spommer's article, we often see instances where large project teams are spending huge amounts of time detailing requirements with the business up-front before disappearing into their mysterious cave to start development. Months later the team resurfaces with the project now resembling something like Grendel the monster. Waterfall delivery for business-led projects rarely works; it is vital that the business and technology work together to deliver benefits.

 Failure Scenario #3: The inevitable change dilemma
  This topic comes up time and time again; at pretty much every meeting we attend and it is a question that has its roots in the underlying approach. How do you stop the business resisting change when implementing a BPM project? The answer is to understand WHY the solution will improve the day-to-day operations of those it affects – and then to communicate that clearly and at all levels. Failing to do so will lead to resentment, conflict and opposition for what you are trying to achieve. That's why we believe BPM should be viewed as a change project, not an IT project. People and Processes are fundamental aspects of the new way of working – and technology should be viewed as the catalyst for success, not the cornerstone for implementing change for the sake of change.

 The Solution
 I recommend small, agile projects that demonstrate value quickly. BPM doesn't have to be a long erroneous and expensive journey; it should be short, sharp and focused on delivering business value. BPM projects can (and are) delivered in months for hundreds of thousands, not millions. Agile enables the project team to release something quickly, gain feedback and buy-in from the business, which can then be improved in the next iteration. T-Impact has delivered many BPM projects where our BPM implementation approach has provided a sound and robust agile methodology for surpassing expectations. It is built upon close and structured collaboration between line of business and technology, allowing confidence to be built in both camps. By delivering a small yet impactful project it is possible to deliver benefits quickly, with future iterations delivering more and more benefit as the project scales out.
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  Contributed by Rajat Bhatla, Sr. Managing Consultant & IT Architect, IBM

 After getting a couple of BPM projects under my belt, I started to wonder if I had come closer to devising the recipe for a successful BPM project. The recipe that I have come up with may not perfect, but I think I am approximating closer to a palatable one, and also, to identifying the ingredients that if omitted, can make it all go wrong.

 The key ingredients: BPM project essentials

 Product is of course a key ingredient. Pick a market leader, but keep in mind that product is just one of many important elements. The success of your final solution will be just as dependent upon the product as on how you use it. The analogy is that you are buying a factory that manufactures cars; the quality of the car it produces does not depend on the equipment alone. There are other variables, including the employees and the specifications for the car, at play.

 Requirements. Most requirements have a process, but not every process is suitable for BPM. For example, an eCommerce process which involves adding items for purchase to a basket and paying for them is a process, but it is not a suitable process for BPM. In contrast, the process for returning and sending back purchased items, receiving them, verifying them, and approving refunds to the customer, is.

 BPM is suitable for stringing together multiple transactions across system and human actors, to complete a long running process. For each transaction there may be a specialist system best suited to complete that transaction. BPM does not replace these specialist systems, it merely ties them together. Do not succumb to pressure to have BPM do what it should not be doing, just because it seems it can.

 Mindset. Know what you expect to get out of your BPM project. BPM is about process optimization and improvement, but it works only if you have the mindset to accept and apply the rigor and discipline that comes with it. You must be prepared to subject your processes to a fine grained visibility of performance.

 Top Down Buy-In. Your project will not succeed if the vision at the executive level is unclear at operations level. When that happens, your BPM project will struggle and the benefits will lag the investments. The people on the ground who will be using BPM must buy into the rationale for BPM. Don't mass produce before they have.

 The recipe: Bake it all together, or struggle to blend later

 BPM requirements constitute:

 Process flow

 Roles and responsibilities

 KPIs and metrics

 System interactions

 Rules and change governance

 As with many a recipe, the timing at which the ingredients are added can be critical. Unless all of the elements of your BPM project are defined at the outset, you can end up playing catchup, or worse, derailing the entire project. Addressing the requirements will involve stakeholders from different parts of the organization, including IT and line of business. It is critical that these stakeholders are on board and engaged throughout the project.

 The executive chef: Find your BPM champion

 SMEs who understand process improvement are MANDATORY. Having bright business analysts and architects trained on BPM helps scale, but not deliver. Having a consulting or delivery partner can help you bring thought leadership to the table and drive the BPM mindset with stakeholders. Otherwise, you may get started down the road towards a grand vision but wind up in a place that looks pretty much like the as-is.

 The test batch: Cook a few tasters before you feed the party

 It is important to have a few use cases exploring the idea of BPM from end to end built early on. Demonstrators can be a powerful means of proving, influencing and getting buy in from those who may be skeptical about your project.

 Do you agree? What is your recipe for a successful BPM project?
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 Companies (and individuals) often choose to mitigate risks by buying insurance. This doesn't keep bad things from happening, but it reduces risk and helps you return to a steady state. In the cloud, governance is a kind of insurance; it provides a structure for managing multiple projects, avoiding redundant work, and allowing your organization to exploit investments in services by managing your service portfolio.

But planning and implementing governance is often incremental. In fact, most cloud usage starts with no governance at all (except that SOA governance may already be in place). Early cloud usage is often associated with projects at the departmental level; it's hard to justify or "sell" governance, which represents an additional expense, before the deployment of additional projects makes it clearer what benefits governance offers. (Of course, if you can convince cloud users to start with governance, or provide governance as an IT-funded service, so much the better.)

Governance can help manage consumer/provider relationships. It can manage contracts for SLAs and charge-backs and manage the provisioning of services such as check approval and credit card processing. But to consume these fine-grained services, governance is required; otherwise, each time the service is used it will probably be written again.

If SOA governance is already in place (and in many large enterprises it will be) governance for cloud services may be implemented on top of it; otherwise, you will want to implement SOA governance first. SOA governance defines essential governance and management processes for consumer/provider environments including portfolio management, project management, service management, and policy management. Cloud governance requires extensions of SOA service provisioning to support business models that are more contract-driven.

As services (such as HIPPA compliance) begin to become available from industry services providers, governance will enable consuming and integrating these services. But buyers need to be aware of what they're buying; standards are still in their infancy and providers may be using de facto standards rather than broader ones, opening buyers to the possibility of vendor lock-in.

The cloud will drive a significant acceleration in change, making it more important than ever to be able to consume and re-consume services, rather than writing and rewriting custom code. Governance allows this to happen. Already it is apparent that well-governed organizations (on every level from IT governance to SOA governance to cloud governance) perform better because they are dynamically better at adapting to change. For more information about the relationship between SOA and Cloud Governance download this PDF.

In the next blog post, we'll talk about the role of accelerated workload integration and performance.
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From a food truck to your house
In 2010, ex-lawyers Alex and Zack traded in their legal pads for a 1975 Chevy mail-truck turned Kelvin Slush-mobile. Nostalgic for the neon-hued slush of their youth, Alex and Zack set out to create a natural alternative to their favorite convenience store slush, using high quality all-natural ingredients featuring unique and sophisticated flavors.
Shortly after the Kelvin Slush Co. truck hit the streets, Kelvin won the Vendy Award for best food truck in NYC and developed a cult following at Smorgasburg and the Brooklyn Flea. Taking a cue from their loyal customers — who always brought flasks to the truck to spike their slush — Kelvin eventually started collaborating with bars & restaurants to create custom, premium frozen cocktails. Now you can find Kelvin on the menu at bars & restaurants around the county, as well as Madison Square Garden, the Barclays Center, Radio City Music Hall and the Beacon Theatre.
After many requests, we are excited to now offer people a way to make an original Kelvin slush (or frozen cocktail) at home. Just pick up a bottle of our Organic Blender Slush Mixes at a store near you, add ice, spirits (not required – but recommended!) drop it in your blender and enjoy.
All Kelvin products are USDA Organic, non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, kosher and all-natural. We do not use any artificial flavors, ingredients, colors or preservatives and we do not use artificial sweeteners or high-fructose corn syrup. In fact, the only sweeteners we use in our slush are raw organic evaporated cane sugar and organic agave.
Kelvin. Serious about Slush.
Want to learn more about Kelvin? Watch Alex & Zack on AOL Serving Innovation or CNN Erin Burnett Out Front.


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The Apostle
|Release Date: December 17, 1997
|Running Time: 148 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $20,752,203.00
|Genre: Drama
Robert Duvall
Rob Carliner
Farrah Fawcett
John Beasley
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Summary:After learning that his wife is sleeping with another man of the cloth, Euliss "Sonny" Dewey, a popular Pentecostal preacher of deep spiritual convition, commits a crime of passion and thusly, is forced to abandon his home, family, and church. Destroying all traces of his true identity, he takes to the road, dubs himself "The Apostle," and attempts to start life over. Following a long-standing tradition in Southern storytelling, and evoking such forebears as William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, Euliss reinvents himself as the archetypal mysterious stranger who resurfaces in a poor black town where he tries to redeem himself by helping the congregation build a church. And dur... Full Summary >>


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March 27, 2016
Taliban's Easter Sunday Bombing Targets Christian in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan = A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, that intentionally targeted Christians. The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 people and more than 300 others were injured.
March 22, 2016
Brussels Raises Terrorism Threat To Its Highest Level
A series of deadly terrorist attacks struck Brussels on Tuesday, with two explosions at the city's main international airport and a third in a subway station at the heart of the city, near the headquarters complex of the European Union.
November 14, 2015
Update: Paris Attacks: Islamic State claims responsibility; French President Francois Hollande decries "act of war"
November 13, 2015
France On High Alert
Update: France declared a state of emergency and sealed its borders Friday evening after a series of apparently coordinated terrorist attacks struck at sites across Paris leaving at least 129 dead and 352 wounded.
PARIS, France - At least 35 people were killed Friday in shootings and explosions around Paris, many of them in a popular concert hall where patrons were taken hostage, police and medical officials said.
July 3, 2015
FBI and Homeland Security on Hightened Alert heading into July 4 weekend
As Americans celebrate the country's 239th birthday, FBI and DHS remain on hightened alert following an increased threat of a terror attack. There is no "specific, credible intelligence" about an attack; only that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has called for attacks "against members of the military, law enforcement, the U.S. government and the American public."
January 19, 2015
Terror Threat for all Police in Australia raised to High
Australia's domestic security agency has raised the national terrorism threat level for all police to high. The threat level for police moved from medium to high in recognition of the danger they face as first responders and to put it in line with national alert level.
January 16, 2015
Europe on High Alert
UK police on highest ever terror alert after Belgian arrests- Police across Britain have been put on high alert and warned that they may be targeted in terror attacks following the foiled assault on officers in Belgium this week by Islamists with links to Syria. Belgium has raised its terror alert level after two suspected terrorists were killed and a third was arrested during a shootout with police. Germany on high alert following France terrorist attacks France deploys 10,000 troops as terror alert remains high.
January 9, 2015
Update: 3 Hostage Takers Dead
PARIS, France - The French terror suspects are dead at both locations, according to the City Hall of Dammatin and the French ambassador to the U.S..
January 7, 2015
Suspected Islamists kill 12 in Paris attack on satirical weekly
PARIS, France - Hooded, black-clad gunmen burst into the office of provocative French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing 12. The attackers appeared well-armed, well-coordinated and, since they escaped onto the streets of Paris, capable of striking again. The tragedy marks France's deadliest terror attack in decades. The government raised its terror alert to the highest level and reinforced security at houses of worship, stores, media offices and transportation.
September 23, 2014
Washington: U.S. Department of Homeland Security joint intelligence bulletin is warning law enforcement agencies to be on heightened alert for lone-wolf terror attacks on U.S. soil in wake of the airstrikes against ISIS and others in Syria.
September 11, 2014
Australia Raises Terror Alert Level
CANBERRA, Australia—The Australian government has raised its terrorism alert level to the second-highest, warning that the first militant attack on home soil was likely as the country prepares to join an international coalition targeting Islamic State insurgents in Syria and Iraq.
August 5, 2013
Washington: Amid online "chatter" about terror threats, U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least until August 11th, the State Department said.
April 15, 2013 2:50 p.m
Boston Massachusetts: (Updated at 9:43 p.m) Three dead, more than 125 injured after two bombs explode at finish line of Boston Marathon. New York City, Washington D.C. on heightened Terror Alert after Boston bombing. New York City has been operating at an Orange (High) threat level since after September 11, 2001. The U.S. and New York State are operating at a Yellow (Elevated) threat level.
May 1, 2011
Osama bin Laden has been killed. Bin Laden hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, created and funded the al Qaeda terror network, which was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
September 10, 2007 The United States government's national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and
international flights. Only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels
are allowed in carry-on baggage. See the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) website for up-to-date information on items
permitted and prohibited on airlines.
While there continues to be no credible information at this time warning
of an imminent threat to the homeland, the department's strategic
threat perspective is that we are in a period of increased risk. The
National Intelligence Estimate cited heightened activity overseas and
we're mindful of the recent arrests in Europe. There has also been an
upward trend in propaganda tapes and messages coming from al Qaeda and
affiliated networks over the past year.
June 30, 2007 The United States government national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and
international flights. Only small amounts of liquids, aerosols and gels
are allowed in carry-on baggage.
August 10, 2006 Statement by Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff Announcing a Change to the Nation's Threat Level for
the Aviation Sector - The Department of Homeland Security is taking
immediate steps to increase security measures in the aviation sector in
coordination with heightened security precautions in the United Kingdom.
For that reason, the United States Government has raised the
nation's threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights
originating in the United Kingdom bound for the United States. This
adjustment reflects the Critical, or highest, alert level that has been
implemented in the United Kingdom. To defend further against any
remaining threat from this plot, we will also raise the threat level to
High, or Orange, for all commercial aviation operating in or destined
for the United States.
July 7, 2005 (11:45 a.m. EDT) Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff announced a targeted raise in the threat level. In light of
today's attacks in London, the United States Government is raising the
threat level from Code Yellow – or Elevated – to Code Orange – or High –
targeted only to the mass transit portion of the transportation sector.
This only includes regional and inter-city passenger rail, subways and
metropolitan bus systems. We are also asking for increased vigilance
in other transportation systems.
August 1, 2004 Advisory - Homeland Security
Advisory System Increase to Level ORANGE for Financial Sector in New
York City, Washington DC and Northern New Jersey.
May 30, 2003 Advisory - Homeland Security Advisory System Lowered to National Level YELLOW
May 20, 2003 Advisory - Homeland Security Advisory System Increase to National Level ORANGE
April 16, 2003 Advisory - Homeland Security Advisory System Lowered to National Level YELLOW
March 17, 2003 Advisory - National Threat Level Raised, Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge


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CAMAS — Players come and players go, but the landscape of high school girls soccer in Southwest Washington does not seem to change.
Also consistent is the satisfaction that comes from a league championship — even when it's a regular accomplishment for a program.
The Camas Papermakers clinched another Class 3A Greater St. Helens League title on Tuesday, beating Kelso 2-1 at Doc Harris Stadium.
By winning the Class 3A Greater St. Helens League title for the fifth time in the last seven seasons, Camas (10-3-1, 9-1-1 in league play) earned a home match for the bi-district playoffs and will play at Doc Harris Stadium on Nov. 5.
"It's a really good feeling. We felt like we were kind of underdogs this year," Camas co-captain Lauren Oljar said. "It was good that we could prove everybody wrong and that we could still come out on top."
Oljar, a central midfielder, is not as quick as she was before a knee injury that forced her to miss her junior season. But her resilience is symbolic for a Camas team that lost a couple of key seniors to injury and still navigated a competitive 3A GSHL.
Janae Benson, Camas' top forward, suffered two injuries this season, the second a knee injury that ended her high school soccer career. And goalkeeper Andrea Soderberg was sidelined by a concussion.
To fill some gaps, coach Roland Minder gave more responsibility to several sophomores, and two of them produced first-half goals five minutes apart in Tuesday's title-clinching victory.
Both goals came on corner kicks delivered from the right wing by senior Olivia Lovell. First, defender Mackenzie Amos scored on a clean header in the 31st minute. Next was a finish by forward Rachel Gibson when another corner kick bounced free in the goal mouth.
"It's my responsibility to get it in the right spot and it's up to the other girls to put it away," Lovell said.
One of only five healthy seniors on the Camas roster, Lovell said this championship is a nice way to cap her high school career, and a tribute to the hard work put in by everyone on the team.
"We knew in our hearts that we had it in us. But we knew it was going to be a lot of hard work," Lovell said. "The question was whether we were going to put in the hard work to get it done. As we kept training through the year we knew we were going to work really hard" to reach our goals.
The league title became a little less certain early in the second half on Tuesday when Kelso's Mickayla Mury scored from 35 yards out. But the Camas defense held strong. Camas goalkeeper Jamie Carter needed to make only two saves on the night, and the Papermakers avoided any real scare in the final half-hour, even as they couldn't quite put away their own quality chances.
Minder said the way that younger players have stepped up to the varsity challenge is a big part of this championship story.
The coach said that younger Camas players "have taken it seriously. They want to make the seniors proud of them, and I think they really care about each other. In that sense I think they're a special team."
Camas, which also won the 3A title 2010, is one of at least three repeat league champions in Southwest Washington girls soccer this season.
Last week, Skyview wrapped up its sixth consecutive 4A GSHL League title.
Hockinson can run its string of 2A GSHL titles to six if it beats R. A. Long on Thursday. And Ridgefield rolled unbeaten and unchallenged to a second consecutive 1A league title this fall.


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goblin bust 11cm material monster clay by giolord11Watch
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goblin bust by giolord11 contains some lovely styles and designs, not to mention a healthy blend of different textures. ( Suggested by FixMeKnow and Featured by The-Build )
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Thanks for the comments everyone!! You're too kind. The size of bust is 11 cm the material i use is monster clay
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Size? Materials?