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The deadline for submission (originally 31 May 2016) has been extended to 10 June 2016.
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UNFSA Review Conference – A step forward towards the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources
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—The Resumed Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (UNFSA) finished last Friday after one week of intensive negotiations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 23rd to 27th May.
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—Blue growth is here to stay, concluded the 1200 marine and maritime economy stakeholders who gathered in Turku, Finland, last week to celebrate the 9th edition of the European Maritime Days. "A sustainable marine economy is not a dream, it is a reality", said Commissioner Karmenu Vella in the Opening Session of the conference. "Across Europe – he went on - people are working hard on innovation and pushing boundaries". European Commission Vice-President Katainen listed a number of blue economy projects already selected for EFSI support, stressing the importance of new investments for all maritime innovations.
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6 Months, 85 Films - An Overlook
The year 2013 had a good start as far as the Malayalam Film Industry is concerned. It kicked off with the release of Annayum Rasoolum, starring Fahad Fazil and Andrea Jeremiah. The film portrayed a new theme of love and was a hit. NiKoNjaCha (Ninneyum Kollum Njanum Chakum) had a good theme and was also a success. Sunny Wayne played the hero in the film.
Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon were seen together once again this year through Romans, where they were seen as priests and the flick too was a commercial hit. Kammath And Kammath starring Mammootty and Dileep was the next release, but it proved a flop within a few weeks of releasing.
Kamal directed film Celluloid became talk of the town by winning the best movie award. Prithviraj was selected as the best actor for his performance in this film. This movie highlighted the personal life of the father of Malayalam cinema, KC Daniel. Then came Sreenivasan and Lal starred Shutter, which was not successful commercially, but surely impressed the audience.
Amen was the next flick that entered and that too became a big hit. It had Fahad Fazil as the main lead. Lal Jose made his presence with his movie Immanuel starring Mammootty. Dileep movie Sound Thoma became the most successful film with regards to the collection rates.
Nivin Pauly and Nazriya starred Neram was another short film that won many hearts. The new onscreen pair Nivin and Nazriya were well accepted by the viewers. Even though, Left Right Left had some issues, it was a hit. Anju Sundarikal, Honey Bee and ABCD were the other flicks that were commercially hit. It is sad that half year has seen almost all Mohanlal movies to be a flop. Ladies And Gentleman was the only movie that went well for him.


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Augusta, Ga. (WRDW) -- Sunday a group of Fort Gordon soldiers said goodbye to loved ones and hello to a mission. The 518th company is heading to the Middle East. This deployment marks the 5th trip overseas for the group, but the soldiers aren't the only ones making a sacrifice their families are too.
Pictures, smiles, and families. That's the type of crowd soldiers heading to Kuwait and Afghanistan marched into. The 518th Tactical Installation Networking Company stood straight, listened, and even prayed before their 5th company deployment.
With babies too young to understand watching, the service men and women marched towards the doors and headed outside. After troops picked their bags up, they went and said their final goodbyes.
The 518 will provide communication support to the US and its Middle East allies during their 9 month deployment. Something Darius Stokes says is a challenge welcomed by his buddy 19 year old, Private First Class, Justin Conti.
"Your first time going out of the country and going to a deployment station is a lot," he told News 12.
Shandora Eady's husband rode out on the white bus carrying soldiers too. Eady's husband is going on a second deployment that she says is tough for the family.
"We have a four month old this time around. So, it makes it a little harder this time for daddy to leave us," she said.
Loved ones wave their heroes off with hopes of a completed mission and a safe return
The unit's first time to the Middle East was back in 2006. They stayed two years. This time 9 months will keep them away, but some say it could be shorter, with another withdrawal due in November.


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Next test for new Rangers GM Jeff GortonPosted by: | Comments
While the preseason is all about getting into game shape, finding line combinations and putting a competitive roster together it's also about asset management. The Rangers have several selection dilemmas coming up and it will be another test for new general manager, Jeff Gorton.
Several Ranger prospects are in danger of being waiver claims and as a club with a relatively shallow prospect pool (thanks to graduations, a strong, young roster and asset stripping trades) the Rangers cannot afford to lose players for nothing. There isn't the organisational depth to accommodate several losses.
A player such as Oscar Lindberg looks increasingly assured of a roster spot so 'managing' Lindberg will be more about putting him in a position to succeed. Lindberg has made a good start to the preseason and with several teams around the league reportedly interested in him (according to the always well informed Elliotte Friedman) the Rangers need him to make the team.
Where does Kevin Klein stand now?Posted by: | Comments
Much was made yesterday of Alain Vigneault's decision to dress defenseman Kevin Klein back-to-back nights this week given the developing competition for the final spots on the blueline in training camp.
On the one hand, Klein only dressed Monday because Dan Boyle was a last minute scratch, so perhaps some are reading into it too much. However, there were many other players Vigneault could switched with Klein last night, but he still chose to play the 30-year-old veteran again.
Despite Klein's struggles late last season, it was still widely assumed that the final spot on the bottom pairing was all his entering training camp, but there are a few other things to consider. Read More→
Third annual New York Rangers top 25 under 25 (Part Two)Posted by: | Comments
Last week, I went through the bottom half of the third annual Top 25 Under 25 for the New York Rangers. The bottom half of the list is fairly interesting, because it had some players fall off the list completely, and players like Ryan Bourque, Cristival "Boo" Nieves, and Steven Fogarty fall significantly. This has a lot to do with the recent influx of talented prospects from the 2015 draft.
Remember though, there are a good number of players under 25 years of age that are on the NHL roster, and naturally that puts them ahead of a lot of players that still qualify as prospects. So let's round out the top-12 players in the Top 25 Under 25 for the Rangers.
12. Adam Tambellini – Forward, 2013 3rd round (LY: 16)
Rangers agree to terms with RFA Dylan McIlrathPosted by: | Comments
Jeff Gorton continues to cross things off his to-do list, this time inking RFA defenseman Dylan McIlrath. The deal is for one-year at $600,000. McIlrath needs to clear waivers this year (as does Lindberg), so this is a definitive "show me" deal. Show me that you can play at the NHL level.
McIlrath, the Rangers oft-criticized 1st round pick in 2010, showed significant improvements last season, but is still viewed by many as a long shot for the NHL. He's not going to light the lamp, but the Rangers are hoping he can play a decent stay-at-home game while serving as a brutal physical force. Skating will be his biggest issue.
Is this the last chance for Dylan McIlrath and Oscar Lindberg?Posted by: | Comments
Before the offseason began, many were penciling Dylan McIlrath and Oscar Lindberg into their October lineups. It makes sense, as the Rangers are in a cap crunch at the moment, and Derek Stepan's contract could be more expensive than initially anticipated. The Rangers need to save cap space, and two kids on sub-$1 million contracts is a perfect place to make up that cap space. The most popular solutions involved trading Tanner Glass and Kevin Klein, two players who may be too expensive for the roles they play on the team.
But the Rangers appear to be hesitant to trade Klein, and we all know that Glass isn't going anywhere. So that casts a shadow on the future for these two kids. Both are 23 years old, and both will turn 24 in the upcoming season. Both are going to be on their second contracts with the Rangers organization, and both will need to pass through waivers if they don't make the club out of camp.
Mailbag: Offensive zone time, Toughness, McIlrath/Lindberg, McDonaghPosted by: | Comments
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Q (More of an FYI, from Ray): I questioned the SAT data showing the Lightning dominated the first two periods of Game 6 in a BSB comment. Anyway, I actually didn't watch the game live – I taped it -and so I could revisit it. I tried to keep track of zone time in the first period (too mindless to do the entire game).
My numbers aren't perfect, I'm sure, but they are unbiased with presumably small errors which likely mostly balance out.
I believe OZ time itself is a better indicator of possession, but the NHL stopped tracking it in 2001 for some reason. We use SAT because, logically, if you have the puck in the offensive zone, you are getting shot attempts. Yes, this does undervalue the cycle, and wearing down and pinning the opposition, but the goal of the cycle is to get shot attempts. You can cycle all you want, but if you don't get shot attempts, the puck won't go in.
Your email was very detailed. I'm posting the full email in the comments so that people can discuss.
Kevin Klein's injury should have represented a prospect opportunityPosted by: | Comments
In a season where the Rangers, from top to bottom, have done almost everything right the decision to insert Matt Hunwick straight into the line-up is the sign of a missed opportunity. When Henrik Lundqvist went down with an injury the team turned to Cam Talbot. Slowly but surely Talbot has turned himself into a legitimate NHL starter – at worst a high end backup – and moving forward, has developed into an asset for the franchise.
When Lundqvist eventually returns the embarrassment of riches in goal will be a huge advantage for the Rangers. On top of that the team has identified a young netminder in Mackenzie Skapski who may also have a future with the big club. In injury, opportunities lie or so they say.
While Talbot's form was critical to the Rangers pursuing a high seed and playoff position, there is less pressure (to an extent) on Klein's replacement in the line-up. Barring a collapse of the most epic of proportions the Rangers have a playoff spot sown up and barring a slightly less but still epic collapse they have a high seed in the bag too. The timing of Kevin Klein's injury should represent an opportunity to test one of the younger Hartford blueliner's.
Which kids can be considered trade bait?Posted by: | Comments
As the NHL trade deadline approaches and Glen Sather adjusts his moving-target-deadline-strategy, the conversation is likely to shift from which roster players can be dealt to which kids can be dealt. As the push for a Stanley Cup in the Henrik Lundqvist era continues (and, frankly as the window closes), the Rangers are going to push and go for it all, meaning they aren't likely to deal established roster players for immediate help.
This turns the conversation to the farm system, and identifying which prospects may be blocked from making the roster, or may not even be in the long term plans of the organization. This includes kids that have developed nicely, kids that are former first round picks, or kids that seem to have flamed out.
Prospect fatigue and Dylan McIlrathPosted by: | Comments
For those of you that have been around for a while, you know that in the beginning, Mike Axisa of River Ave Blues was a bit helper in getting us off the ground here. Naturally, I'm a Yankee fan, and I read RAB daily. Recently, Mike penned a post about prospect fatigue, and how fans and experts alike sometimes get tired of mentioning the same prospect for multiple years in a row. This is not a concept that is unique to baseball.
This same concept, I believe, applies to Dylan McIlrath. Drafted in the first round in 2010, McIlrath was a project pick who would take several years to develop. A huge, punishing defenseman meant to be that big time crease clearer that the Rangers haven't had since Jeff Beukeboom. Five years later, McIlrath is still developing along his slow timetable.
For the first few years, McIlrath was always ranked somewhat highly in the prospect rankings coming from Hockeys Future, Corey Pronman, or more recently, Adam Herman. But the longer he was in the system, even when he was still in the AHL, he dropped in the rankings. On Hockey Future, McIlrath is ranked as the 5th best defenseman. Pronman had him 9th overall. Herman 8th. McIlrath, up until this year, usually was in the top-five.
So what changed?
Rangers assign Dylan McIlrath to Hartford; Kevin Klein expected to playPosted by: | Comments
The New York Rangers have assigned defenseman Dylan McIlrath to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL. McIlrath was called up following injuries to Kevin Klein and Ryan McDonagh over the weekend. McIlrath filled a hole while Klein was out, but Klein is back and expected to play tonight, so McIlrath is headed back to Hartford. McIlrath had 9 PIMs on Monday.
Since Klein is coming back, the logical move was to send McIlrath to Hartford. I don't think this was indicative of his play.


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Racine Prairie's Gabrielle Ortiz takes step to state
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Gabrielle Ortiz was 5 years old playing in a YMCA youth basketball league. She was always on the boys' teams - in all sports - in middle school. And as a junior, she recently became the all-time leading scorer at Racine Prairie.
"As a coach, I'm honored she wanted to come to The Prairie School and be part of the high school and my program," Hawks coach Melody Owsley said. "Gabby Ortiz is the best player I have ever coached, and I've had a number of Division I players."
Ortiz will soon become Owsley's next college player. The point guard has about 15-20 Division 1 scholarship offers, including Marquette and Wisconsin. She says nearly all of the Big Ten schools have recruited her.
Thoughts of college can wait, however, as Ortiz and 24-2 Prairie faces 25-1 Colfax at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in the Division 4 semifinals of the WIAA state tournament at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon.
"My focus is on winning the gold ball, hopefully," Ortiz said.
Ortiz learned basketball from her father and was playing "with a tiny ball and tiny rim" at the YMCA. Yes, she was even good back then.
"People said I was," Ortiz said. "I was very quick back then. I could actually use my left hand because my dad always taught me the fundamentals. I was fundamentally sound compared to the little kids."
All through middle school, Ortiz was so good she was on the boys teams.
"Boys on the other teams would say, 'What the heck? They've got a girl on the team? We're going to kill 'em,'" Ortiz said. "When the game started they didn't say anything. That's how I got my game to the level it is now. Just the speed of the game, the toughness. I've been used to growing up with that."
Owsley also saw Ortiz at a young age as her physical education teacher as early as sixth grade.
"I could see the athleticism," Owsley said. "Any gym class, she dominated."
Ortiz has been a starter on varsity since she was a freshman, when she averaged 18 points per game and made second-team all-state. Ortiz scored 19 points per game as a sophomore and made first-team all-state.
"What you don't see in the stats is her ability to control the flow of the game," Owsley said. "Her calmness, her court vision, her demeanor. Not only is she an offensive threat, she's a lock-down defender. She anticipates extremely well.
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Ortiz is averaging 21 points, six rebounds and five assists this season and has scored at least 17 points in every game.
She scored her 1,000th point in her 53rd high school game, becoming the first junior to reach the milestone in Owsley's 23 years as coach.
Ortiz became Prairie's leading scorer in a sectional final victory over St. Mary's Springs and has 1,332 points despite missing six games as a sophomore with an ankle sprain.
"Gabby's a driving force, but we're not just the Gabby Ortiz show," Owsley said.
Junior center Kate Andreucci averages 12 points and seven rebounds, and junior guard Megan Wolf adds seven points and three assists per game for the Hawks.
But without Ortiz, Prairie would not be at state for the first time since 2004. She was 6 at the time and went to Madison to watch the games with her dad.
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Well looks like Rangers Tax Case feel there work is done. I'm not so sure myself, but I wouldn't want to claim that I knew more than the writers of probably one of the finest blogs on the web. They have shone a light on the truly disgraceful goings-on at Rangers FC. I for one hope the club does start life on the Third Division and if the people running the club had a shred of decency they would too. It's interesting to reflect that despite being demoted their budget is still likely to dwarf anyone but Celtic's. So I won't shed too many tears for them.
On 27th March 2011, this blog started what was to become a remarkable odyssey. Attracting a range of very well qualified contributors from across the Scottish professional world, this blog quickly grew to become the place for informed debate on the subject of the disintegration of Rangers. It was also behind the vast majority of the factual revelations on this sorry story until it went mainstream with the broadcast of the BBC Scotland documentary "Rangers- The Men Who Sold The Jerseys" in late May 2012.
The motivation to write this blog was fired by a fear that backroom deals would allow Rangers to escape responsibility for its actions. After Darrell King (Evening Times & The Herald) rushed to get the first stories with specifics about Rangers' tax problems into print in April 2010, the Scottish media (including King) implemented a policy of black-out and denial. In the silence of the first…
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This article assumes you have some familiarity with both products. If you're unfamiliar with the IBM BPM or Lotus Forms products, refer to Getting started with WebSphere business process management V6.1 software for an overview, or Clips and Tacks: Getting started with the IBM BPM suite of products for hands-on experience.
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Whenever a JK Direct sales manager wants to put major items on sale, a paper form must be completed and sent overnight to headquarters for approval. This process takes at least three days, which occasionally results in JK Direct losing the competitive advantage. The JK Direct management team decides to optimize this process and shorten the time it takes to get approval by using electronic forms and IBM BPM products. They ask their in-house BPM team to build a business process to achieve this improvement.
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The steps the BPM team follows to complete and run the business process are:
- Convert the paper form into a Lotus form using the Lotus Forms
Designer. The completed form, promotion.xfdl, is included for
download with this article. Using the Lotus
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article. Refer to
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for more information.
Figure 1 shows the Lotus form, promotion.xfldl, that was created based on the existing paper form. This electronic form can be imported into Modeler during business process modeling, or into Integration Developer during integration development. You'll see later that this form will become part of the human task user interface.
Figure 1. The Lotus form promotion.xfdl
- Create a new business process model, by doing the following:
- Start WebSphere Business Modeler with a new workspace. The Start Process Modeling wizard opens.
- Enter a Project name and a Business Process
name, as shown in Figure 2, and click Next.
Figure 2. Create a new business process model
- In the next dialog, uncheck Create business item and click Finish.
- The ProductPromotion process diagram displays. Delete the Start and Stop nodes from the process diagram, and change the modeling mode to WebSphere Process Server.
- Import the Lotus form by doing the following:
- Right-click Process in the process tree and select Import.
- Select Lotus Forms from the list and click Next.
- Click Browse and select the directory containing the Lotus form.
- Select promotion.xfdl and click Finish to import the form.
- Expand Business service objects in the project tree to
display the business service objects created by importing the
Lotus form. Figure 3 shows the ApprovalForm business service
object. The Lotus form used is an Xform and the data service
object names come from the names of the data items used while
creating the form. XForms create a separate data layer inside
the form, letting you collect data from the form and copy it
into a separate block of XML that you can format as you like.
Figure 3. ApprovalForm business service object
- Create the process diagram by doing the following:
- Open the ProductPromotion process diagram by double-clicking ProductPromotion under Processes in the project tree.
- Click the create local human task icon in the palette, and then click the process diagram to create a human task in the process.
- Rename the human task to Promotion Approver.
- Right-click the Promotion Approver human task and select Associate Form.
- Click Browse and select the promotion form as
shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. Select the promotion form
- Click OK, then OK again.
- Click the Connections icon in the palette and wire the
process diagram as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. Wire the process diagram
- To export the process model, do the following:
- Right-click SaleCampaign in the left pane and select Export.
- Select WebSphere Integration Developer from the list and click Next.
- Select a target directory and click Next.
- Select Module from the Select the export context menu and click Finish. Verify that SelectCampaign appended with the current date is in the directory you selected.
- Start Integration Developer with a new workspace, and import the SaleCampaign process model exported from Modeler.
- Open the ProductPromotion assembly diagram and delete the ProductPromotion Export. Later you'll add an inline invocation human task to start the process.
- Save the updated assembly diagram. Figure 6 shows the modified
assembly diagram.
Figure 6. Modified assembly diagram
- Expand Interfaces and open ProductPromotion.
- Change Input and Output to INSTANCE as shown in
Figure 7. The input and output names must match for the Lotus form to
work properly.
Figure 7. Change Input and Output to INSTANCE
- Expand Business Logic and open the ProductPromotion process diagram.
- Click the Properties tab, then the Details tab.
- Change Automatically delete the process after completion to
No as shown in Figure 8. This retains the completed
processes for you to review later.
Figure 8. Specify not to delete processes after completion
- To start the business process with the Lotus form, you'll need an
inline invocation human task using the promotion.xfdl form as input
and output. To create this task, do the following:
- From the process diagram, select ProductPromotionReceive, then click the Properties tab, then the Details tab.
- Select Variable and select ApprovalFormVariable, then click the Authorization tab.
- Click New to open the human task wizard.
- Click the + sign under UserInterface and select IBM Lotus Forms Client.
- Click Browse under Client Settings, and select
the promotion.xfdl form as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. Select promotion.xfdl
- Select ProductPromotionReply from the process diagram, then click the Properties tab, then the Details tab.
- Change Variable to ApprovalFormVariable.
- To interact with the business process you've created, you need to
create a client. Because you're using Lotus form, you need to create
an IBM Lotus Forms client. To do this, complete the following steps:
- Right-click SaleCampaign and select Generate User Interfaces.
- Select IBM Lotus Forms client for Generator
type, and click Next.
Figure 10. Select generator type
- In the next dialog, specify
SaleCampaignUIand click Finish.
- You'll use the Integrated Test Environment supplied with the
Integration Developer to deploy and run the process. To deploy and run
the process, do the following:
- If not already started, start the server.
- Use Add and Remove Projects to add both of the projects you created (SaleCampaignApp and SaleCampaignUIEAR).
- Open a browser to http://localhost:9080/SaleCampaignUI, and log in.
- Select New => ProductPromotion_InputCriterion.
The Promotion Approval Form displays, as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11. Promotion Approval Form
- Enter appropriate data and click Create.
- Select Open under My ToDo's in the left navigation, then select the item under Task Name.
- Select Claim so that you can work on the form.
- Click Add Signature and sign the form.
- Click Complete to complete the process.
- To view the completed processes and forms, select Status and then follow the links.
Start with a form in Integration Developer
Starting with a form in Integration Developer is essentially the same as starting with a form in Modeler, with the team first creating the form in Lotus Forms Designer. However, the team does process development in Integration Developer and doesn't use Modeler.
- To create a module in Integration Developer, start Integration
Developer with a new workspace, and create a new module called
SaleCampaign, as shown in Figure 12.
Figure 12. Create SaleCampaign module in Integration Developer
- To create a business process from the Lotus form:
- Right-click the SaleCampaign module in the left pane and select New => Business Process.
- Select New from Pattern.
- Expand Business Processes and select Human Task Client from Lotus Form.
- Click Next as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13. Create human task client from Lotus form
- In the next dialog, specify
ProductPromotionas the Name and click Next.
- In the next dialog, check Process is initiated by
invocation task, then click Browse and select
Import from File System followed by
promotion.xfdl. Click Open, then select
promotion.xfdl and click OK. Click
Add and select promotion.xfdl. (Note that you
can create multiple tasks from a single Lotus form; however,
we'll create only one task.) Click Finish, as shown in
Figure 14, to create the business process.
Figure 14. Create the business process
The process created from the Lotus form also created the business object and interface shown in Figures 15 and 16.
Figure 15. New business object
Figure 16. New interface
- To generate the client, change Automatically delete the process after completion to No as you did in the Modeler scenario.
- Generate the user interface, deploy the artifacts, and execute on the integrated test servers as described in the Modeler scenario.
Generate a form in Integration Developer
In this scenario, a data item, or business object, is used to generate the Lotus form in Integration Developer. This is a great way to prototype an application while the production-quality forms are being created. To create and run the business process, do the following:
- Start Integration Developer with a new workspace, and create a new module called SaleCampaign
- To create the business process, do the following:
- Right-click SaleCampaign and select New => Business Process.
- In the New Business Process dialog, specify
ProductPromotionas the Name, and click Next, then Finish, as shown in Figure 17.
Figure 17. Create new business process
- To create the business objects, do the following:
- In the left pane, expand SaleCampaign, right-click DataTypes, and select New => Business Object.
- Specify
OrderItemsas the Name and click Finish, as shown in Figure 18.
Figure 18. Create OrderItems business object
- Add two new attributes as shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19. Add attributes to OrderItems
- Add two more business objects, Promotion and ApprovalForm, as shown in
Figure 20 and Figure 21.
Figure 20. Add Promotion business object
Figure 21. Add ApprovalForm business object
- Update the interface by doing the following:
- Open the ProductPromotion interface.
- Change the type from string to ApprovalForm as shown in Figure 22.
- Rename Input and Output to
ApprovalForm. This is required for the Lotus Forms attachment to work properly.
Figure 22. Update the interface
- Update the business process as follows:
- In the ProductPromotion business process, click input1 under Variables, then click the Properties tab, then the Description tab.
- Change the Data Type from string to
- Click Receive, then click the Properties tab, then the Details tabs.
- Change Variable to
- Change Variable to
input1for Reply also.
- Select No for Automatically delete the process after completion.
- To create the invocation task:
- Select Receive, then select Properties => Authorization, then click New.
- In the human task wizard, click + under User Interface, and select IBM Lotus Forms client.
- To create the Lotus form, click New as shown in Figure 23, then
click OK.
Figure 23. Create new Lotus Forms client
Figure 24 shows the generated Lotus form. As you can see, it is generic and contains only simple representations of the fields defined in the business objects. You can use the Lotus Forms Designer to improve the look of this form and add a signature section. However, we'll just use what we have for prototyping and testing the process.
Figure 24. Generated ApprovalForm
- Add the Promotion Approval human task and attach the generated
form to it, by doing the following:
- In the ProductPromotion business process diagram, click Human Task in the palette and click below the Receive node.
- Select the ProductPromotion interface and click OK.
- The human task wizard opens. Click + under User Interface and select IBM Lotus Forms client.
- Under Properties, click Browse and select
ProductPromotionTask1.xfdl, then click OK,
as shown in Figure 25.
Figure 25. Select ProductPromotionTask1.xfdl
- Save and close the human task.
- In the business process diagram, click Human Task and rename it
Promotion Approver, as shown in Figure 26.
Figure 26. Rename human task
- Under Properties, click Details and change the
Variable for Input and Output to
input1, as shown in Figure 27.
Figure 27. Change input and output variables
- Create the assembly diagram by double-clicking it to open an empty assembly diagram.
- Drag the ProductPromotion process to the assembly diagram.
- Save all unsaved items.
- Generate the client user interfaces the same way as you did in the previous scenarios.
- Deploy and run the process the same as in previous scenarios. However, you'll notice that the form's look and feel is different. Also note that this form does not have a signature section for the Approver to sign. You can add that section using the Lotus Forms Designer if you like. For more information, see to Installing optional software and documentation in the WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1 Information Center.
Generate a form in Modeler
This scenario is very similar to the previous one. However, in this case the team builds a business model and Lotus form in Modeler.
- To create the business model, do the following:
- Start Modeler with a new workspace.
- In the Start Process Modeling wizard, specify
SaleCampaignas the Project name, and
ProductPromotionas the Business Process name, and click Next.
- Uncheck Create business item and click Finish.
- The ProductPromotion business process diagram opens. Delete the Start and Stop nodes from the diagram.
- Change the mode to WebSphere Process Server since the completed process will run there.
- Click the Create local human task icon and then click in the process diagram to create a human task.
- Rename the human task to
Promotion Approver.
- Click the Connections tool and wire the process diagram as
shown in Figure 28.
Figure 28. Wire the process diagram
- To define business items, expand SaleCampaign in the left pane, then right-click Business items => New => Business Item.
- Specify
OrderItemsas the name of the new business item and click Finish, as shown in Figure 29.
Figure 29. Create OrderItems business item
- Click Add to add the attributes as shown in Figure 30.
Figure 30. Add attributes
- In the same way, add the following Promotion and ApprovalForm business
items, as shown in Figures 31 and 32.
Figure 31. Create Promotion business item
Figure 32. Create ApprovalProcess business item
- To associate data, do the following:
- Open the ProductPromotion process diagram.
- Right-click the link to the Promotion Approver task and select Associate Data.
- Select ApprovalForm and click OK.
- In the same manner, associate ApprovalForm data on the link leading away from the Promotion Approver task.
- To generate the Lotus form:
- Right-click Promotion Approver and select Generate Form.
- Click New Form next to Input Form.
- Specify
ApprovalFormas the name of the form, and click Finish, as shown in Figure 33.
Figure 33. Create ApprovalForm
- Right-click the Promotion Approver human task and select Associate Form.
- Browse and select ApprovalForm, and click OK to associate the same form to the input and output of the human task.
- Complete the following steps, as described in the first scenario, to
execute the new process and form.
- Export the model.
- Complete the development in Integration Developer.
- Generate the client.
- Deploy and run the process.
In this article, you learned about different ways you can create and use Lotus Forms in IBM business process management products. Depending on your business situation and familiarity with the products, you can decide which approach is the best for your team. However, the recommended approach is to start with WebSphere Business Modeler, and let a business analyst build the model, use Modeler's simulation and analysis capabilities to optimize the model before implementing the final version. Leveraging the domain expertise of business analysts in designing the forms will result in fewer modifications during the implementation and test cycle.
The authors would like to thank Stefan Ruettinger (IBM Germany) and Aparna Katti (IBM Canada) for their thorough review of this article.
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Plank Road Apple Orchard is a professional farm serving the Sycamore, Illinois Area with fresh wholesome locally grown Apples, Homemade Syrup and/or Honey. In addition to fresh fruits and veggies they offer for your convenience. They have U-pick and baked goods.
Knutson's Country Harvest is located in Newark, Il. We have pies, (made from scratch) baked or frozen. Jams,Pickles, honey, etc. Our u-pick orchard includes strawberries, blueberies, apples, peaches and many other fruits and veggies.
This is a you pick berry business. Red Raspberries are available seasonally. Open every day from 8:00 AM to sunset during season. Check the website for all the details.
Freeman's offers canoe and kayak rental, bait & tackle, metal detectors, fly tying supplies, fishing & hunting licenses. Call to schedule a trip. Freeman's is your one-stop-shop for river recreation.
Yak Shack makes paddling possible. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner looking for lessons or an expert looking to gear up, they've got what you need to get on the water! Self Guided trips are available for those interested in a calmer recreational paddle. Canoes, recreational kayaks and tube tracker inflatables can be rented for use within the course. Shop is located on the south bank of the Marge Cline Whitewater Course.
This premier public golf course was designed by architect Greg Martin on the farmland locally known as "The Ridge" in 2007. The front nine plays as a links-style course, while the back nine features elevation changes and spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. 18 holes, par 71. Distance: 6,604. Whitetail Ridge offers the perfect venue to host your wedding or golf outing. The 24,000 square foot clubhouse features a beautiful restaurant and bar that seats 100 people, with a balcony that overlooks the front nine. The elegant Ballroom accommodates parties of up to 350 people, and is complimented by the Terrace Room, with a private balcony, that can host business meetings and smaller events such as wedding and baby showers, and business meetings. The lower level of the clubhouse features the 19th Hole with a private bar, and seating for up to 50. The patio and outdoor party area provide an ideal place for your outdoor wedding, party, or post-outing summer fun and socializing. Three-time winner Bride's Choice Award and 2014 Couple's Choice Award winner.
We are a diverse, modern farming operation located in the heart of Illinois farm country with state of the art facilities and equipment. We can arrange tours and have banquet and meeting space for groups and weddings.
Golfers will enjoy all that Bliss Creek has to offer, from the casual atmosphere of the bar and grill, to cocktails on the deck overlooking the first hole. With the addition of the Pine Room, a dedicated building designed specifically for golf outings, it is the perfect course for any size outing or fundraiser. Open to the public daily, it offers beautiful, tree-lined fairways, well-placed water hazards and a challenging 18 holes of golf that can most often be played in less than four hours. Truly one of the best golf values in the Chicagoland area.
CITY:Sugar Grove
This forest preserve has miles of wooded trails and a quarry lake suitable for hiking and horseback. Fishing, canoeing and kayaking permitted in season.
CITY:Big Rock
The Genoa Farmers Market features locally-grown produce, wine, baked goods, flowers and artisan crafts. Located on the corner of Genoa & Main Street. 2016 Dates are 5/21, 6/4, 6/25, 7/9, 7/23, 8/6, 8/27, 9/3, 9/17, 10/1
Plano Synergy is a wholesale distributor, whose foundation is built on a dream and a passion for the outdoors. As a newly created family of high performance outdoor brands, Plano Synergy embodies over 150 combined years of industry experience, values and product quality all thanks to each one of its founders. As devout fishermen and passionate hunters, each Plano Synergy brand sought out to create the finest products for their fellow outdoorsman; dedicating themselves to producing top quality tools of the trade to outdoorsmen of all experience and ability levels. Thriving on new challenges, new goals and bold endeavors to become the latest and greatest in the field, the makers of Plano Synergy products are determined to remove all limitations on the water, and on the field-because this isn't simply a hobby…it's a way of life. Our brands include Ameristep, Avian-X, Barnett Crossbows, BloodSport, Caboodles, Creative Options, Evolved, Flextone, Frabill, GroundEFX, Halo Optics, Plano Molding, Wildgame Innovations and Zink Calls with hundreds of products made in the United States. With this desire and strive for excellence instilled in the minds of the innovators behind our products, the possibilities for our future are endless. The people who work at Plano Synergy often come and stay awhile, and the same goes for the people that use our products. As a fellow outdoorsman, we feel you will be happy with our products and may go confidently knowing that your outdoor experiences go beyond the what you bring home at the end of the day, but the experience you get out of it.
The Sycamore Farmer's Market features locally grown produce, wine, baked goods and artisan crafts! Enjoy some live music from local artists and fresh foods brought to you directly from the farmers themselves! Every Tuesday (June 7th - Sept 27th) 3pm - 7pm - Corner of Somonauk & Elm St, Sycamore, IL.
Illinois' Largest Waterpark, featuring 20 slides, quarter-mile long lazy river, wave pool, two kiddie areas and more.
The Fairways Golf Course is a serene 18-hole golf course designed by Perry Maxwell, ASGCA, which is open to the public and cherished by those in the Rochelle area since 1929. We are host to immaculate tree-lined fairways and an exceptional restaurant, Beacon on The Green, for lunch, dinners and banquets.
Windy City Soaring Association is a non-profit organization (club) dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of soaring (flying sailplanes aka gliders). Based at Hinckley Airport (0C2) in the friendly village of Hinckley IL, situated about fifty miles West of the hustle and bustle of downtown Chicago.
Chicago Golf and Tiki Tees course commands some of the finest views of Dekalb open space and trails. The facility features a challenging 9-hole championship golf course. Its beautiful, mature and lush foliage and trees complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Combined with its exceptional course design, golfers of all skill levels return time and again to play. There is also a Club House, Tiki Bar for outdoor events, and indoor banquet hall for up to 160 guests.
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Campground
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Camp would like to invite you and your family to come camping with us! Can host family reunions, company or church picnics, and many themed weekends! Situated on 177 acres of woods, fields, streams and ponds!
Located in the center of campus, the Hotel at Holmes offers the convenience of meeting spaces, restaurants, recreation, and more—all under one roof. We are also within walking distance of downtown DeKalb and a 5-minute drive to the NIU Convocation Center. The Hotel at Holmes is DeKalb's only high rise hotel with magnificent views. Did you know….The Hotel at Holmes offers 78 rooms and suites including three executive suites on the 15th floor along with seven full floors of hotel rooms? We are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Meeting room available for up to 2,200, NIU Huskie Den with bowling and pool tables on site.
This public course has tree-lined fairways and a hilly terrain. There is a creek and lake that come into play on six holes, and out-of-bounds stakes on just about every hole.
Kauffman Turkey Farms is one of the last remaining independent family owned and operated turkey farms with its own dressing plant in the country. Providing fresh dressed turkeys to the Northern Illinois area for over 80 years. These big, beautiful tom turkeys are some of the thousands that are range grown here on the Kauffman Turkey Farm. The turkeys are grown from one day of age until they are dressed in the farm's federally inspected plant. They raise their birds with the emphasis on quality. This means that the turkeys grow more slowly and develop a richer flavor and denser texture.
Since 1981, Theis Farm Market has been providing high quality, exceptionally great tasting local produce. Family owned and operated, they take pride in their work and are constantly striving to meet new demands by delivering even better tasting produce and higher quality products. They started out with a wagon by the road full of vegetables. Greenhouses came as a necessity for the starting of our field plants. They decided to do a few flowers for fun and that quickly turned into the place to go for top quality beautiful bedding plants, including Barb's original mixed planters and baskets. Now they have bedding and vegetable plants starting in the spring following through to summer with ripe tasty vegetables and into the fall for pumpkins, squash, gourds and all your other fall decorations. They always carry fresh eggs, homegrown popcorn, honey from the bees on their farm, syrups and jams from slack's. May1st-October 31st Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm Sundays and Holidays 10am-5pm Closed: July 4th
CITY:Maple Park
Franklin Creek State Natural Area
Developed by local volunteers, it offers scenic trails, horseback riding, fishing, and limited hunting. The site contains the historic Franklin Creek Grist Mill and a 180-acre dedicated nature preserve.
CITY:Franklin Grove
For those with an urge to explore a genuine Illinois prairie, this ride takes you past one of the largest pieces of preserved prairie in the state. The Rock River Cruise is 34.7-miles of moderate difficulty, with a few small climbs along the way. Stop off and visit some of the many attractions along the way, including the John Deere Historic Site and the charming town of Oregon.
CITY:Franklin Grove
Buena Vista is a par 32, nine-hole golf course with a driving range, pro shop and snack bar. Open seven days a week during the season, weather permitting.


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Tracking Bank Failures: Regulators Shut Four More Banks
Regulators closed four banks in Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin and California Friday.
In Michigan, regulators closed Peoples State Bank, which had about $390.5 million in total assets and $389.9 million in total deposits as of the end of last year. First Michigan Bank of Troy, Mich., agreed to assume all the deposits of Peoples at a 0.25% premium, and to purchase essentially all its assets, according to the FDIC.
Regulators also seized Canyon National Bank of Palm Springs, Calif.. The bank had about $210.9 million in total assets and $205.3 million in total deposits at year's end. Pacific Premier Bank agreed to assume all the deposits and essentially all the assets.
In Florida, Premier American Bank of Miami assumed all the deposits of Sunshine State Community Bank. The bank, the second Florida bank to fail this year, had about $125.5 million in total assets and $116.7 million in total deposits as of Dec. 31.
Badger State Bank became the the second Wisconsin bank to fail this year. It had about $83.8 million in total assets and $78.5 million in total deposits at the end of 2010. Royal Bank of Elroy, Wis., is taking over all the deposits and essentially all the assets of Badger.
The FDIC estimates that the cost of the failures to the Deposit Insurance Fund will be $144.9 million, 60% of which stemmed from the Peoples closure.
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No era in the millennia of Chinese History is as fascinating as that of the Three Kingdoms. It was a time of trouble, which gave birth to the most daring warriors, to strategists of unrivaled cunning, to many a legendary rogue -- all household figures throughout Asia. Now, with 117 cards and one d6, it is your turn to rise to the highest challenge! The fate of the Empire lies in your hands. The game does not only rely on sound tactics, it also promotes interaction between the players, who can strike a deal at any time. No two games can ever be the same: each one is a challenge, a renewed test of nerve and skills!
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Season 13, Episode 4: A Suitable Twist
Sponsor challenge! Sponsor challenge! We open at a Red Robin restaurant slightly removed from NYC, where the designers are lined up before an array of male models in slightly oversized vintage men's suiting from all sorts of dark corners of fashion history. Corduroy, floral print, tweeds, lapels wider than a highway, truly misguided color palettes...it's a nightmare, really. A restaurant spokesman explains that Red Robin is a burger joint that likes to look at things with a fresh perspective, and that they're interested in prompting the designers to do the same. Ghosts of Sponsored Challenges Past flash before my eyes. Are they going to redesign the Red Robin waitstaff uniforms? Make clothing inspired by cheeseburgers? Is this going to be the season's awful hot mess of a menswear challenge?! Blessedly, it is none of the above.
Challenge: Create a high-fashion womenswear look using the jacket and pants of a vintage men's suit.
Parameters: The suit must be a prominent part of the final design. Supplemental fabric can be purchased from Mood. As the winner of the previous challenge, Sandhya gets her first choice of suit, as well as the power to assign suits to the rest of the designers.
Say what you will about the fairness of allowing one designer to assign fabric to the others, but Sandhya seems to take the job very seriously. She attempts to assign the suits based on what she thinks each designer would like, which is waaaay more charitable than many of the other contestants would've been; that some of them (Mitchell, Amanda, Sean, Hernan) feel that they were cheated suggests to me that they might be slightly in denial about the kind of vibes their work so far this season has given off. Is it really Sandhya's fault if her impression of their aesthetics doesn't match the way they see themselves?
In the workroom, Hernan whines and whines and whines. His fabric is gross! He can't match the color! Nothing is draping right! Tim tries to counsel Hernan away from treating vinyl like fabric instead of, you know, vinyl, but Hernan remains stubborn as ever. He tries to direct his annoyance at Sandhya, but she's over it: "If you can't make something good from what you've got, then you're not a good designer." That's some Real Talk right there.
Meanwhile, Kristine and Korina go head-to-head with different motorcycle jackets, yawn. Kini, who was given arguably the easiest suit to work with -- a relatively understated grey pinstripe -- finishes with hours to spare. He's some kinda sewing wunderkind, that Kini. My favorite workroom observation is Alexander's take on Mitchell's look: "It looks like he put the awful blue polyester suit that he was given and stuffed it into a Ziploc bag." IT TOTALLY DOES THOUGH.
On to the runway, with our guest judge, teen YouTube star (I know, I know) Bethany Mota.
Amanda - Heidi fawns over the mixed patterns and the fringe; you can see her imagining herself wearing it. Nina appreciates the resourcefulness on display. The judges all agree that this look offered the greatest transformation from original suit to runway look, and in the end I think that's what gave Amanda the edge. She gets her second win of the season and another round of immunity.
Kini - The judges are very impressed. "This is sharp suiting," Zac says, complimenting Kini's use of neoprene for the shoulder. Nina approves of the tailoring, Bethany likes the cut-outs at the sides, and Heidi notices the smart inclusion of the suit's original pockets at the back of the skirt. From the way this garment was discussed I was sure it'd be the winner, but even though Kini didn't come out on top this time, the look cemented his place on the judge's radar. Not a bad place to be at this point in the season.
Alexander - The judges all like this one quite a bit. They praise the flirtiness and volume of the skirt, especially compared to the more structured top. He gets bonus points for showing just the right amount of skin. Zac says it's the best work he's seen from Alexander so far.
Kristine - The panel is flummoxed by the organza extensions on the trouser legs, which Kristine says was a necessity based on the amount of fabric she had to work with. Heidi asks why Kristine didn't just make a miniskirt, to which Kristine doesn't have a very compelling response. Nina says it feels like a "mish-mosh" of too many elements.
Sean - Zac calls it "orthopedic" (also "like peeling skin," which is a gross but fair comparison). Sean tries to defend the awful ragged edges and hemline as intentional deconstruction, but the panel knows better. "It doesn't feel like an inventive use, in any way, of the suit," Zac says. Sean is safe for now.
Hernan - "How do you feel about your look?" Heidi asks, which gives Hernan an excuse to make excuses. He reiterates that his original suit was difficult to work with, and tells the judges that the material fell apart on himi when he tried to get a better fit. Unfortunately for him, the judges get a closer look at the garment and see for themselves how sturdy (albeit awkward) the fabric is. Nina and Heidi point out how costume-y the outfit looks, especially from the front and the side; Bethany says it looks like a popstar's Halloween costume (hah). The judges decide his look was the worst and send him on his way.
This week's real winner, I think, was Sandhya, who strategized her way through to the next round while also eliminating her most obnoxious competitor. "Runway" is primarily as a skill-based competition, so it's not often the designers get a chance to outmaneuver each other directly; I was pleasantly surprised to see Sandhya own her brief window of power so thoroughly. Meanwhile, Kini and Alexander are both on the up and up, and Amanda has won half the season's challenges already. Do you think the distribution of the suits was fair? Was Sean's mummy-bridesmaid look more worthy of elimination than Hernan's bizarro costume? Who do you have your eye on heading into the fifth challenge? Let me know in the comments!
Side note: If there was ever an episode of "Runway" that deserved the Smell-O-Vision treatment, it's this one. Can you imagine? The scent of charred meat and fried potatoes mixing with the moth-eaten mustiness of super old menswear. Delicious.


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