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Hailing from Paris, Tchami, is no stranger to the dance music industry. Coming on to the scene with his remix of Janet Jackson's "Go Deep". The track became an instant over night hit! With much critical acclaim, he soon followed up with his first original production "Promesses" with Kaleem Taylor via Fool's Gold Records and Ministry of Sound. It was not too long after "Promesses" that Tchami released "Shot Caller" under the same EP for Fool's Gold Clubhouse. From then on, Tchami subsequently released his remixes of AlunaGeorge's "You Know You Like It", JackU's "Take U There", and many more. Having gained the support from some of today's top DJs such as A-Trak, Diplo, Dillon Francis and Skrillex, to name a few.
In March 2015, Tchami released his first single off of his upcoming EP "After Life" as well as the music video. Soon following he released the remix package for the single featuring producers Point Point, Malaa, DJ Snake & Mercer, San Holo, and Jauz. The next single off the EP, titled "Missing You" features AC Slater and the vocal talent of Kaleem Taylor, is set to come out by the end of this month. The exact release date of the whole After Life EP has yet to be announced but it's something all fans are yearning over! Tchami is taking Europe by storm this summer from the likes of London, Ibiza, Amsterdam, and many more. North Americans will get the chance to experience "The After Life" on his upcoming tour this Fall featuring his own production and music from the EP.
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Westgren Named Department Head of Business Administration
Champaign, Ill. – The College of Business at the University of Illinois is pleased to announce that Professor Randall Westgren has been appointed to head the Department of Business Administration effective August 15, 2007. Westgren assumes the position from long-serving head Huseyin Leblebici who will continue to enjoy research and teaching pursuits in the College.
Westgren joined the University of Illinois in 1995 as a professor of agribusiness management in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and has recently served as a professor of business administration and director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) in the College of Business.
Prior to joining Illinois, Westgren was department chair in agricultural economics at McGill University and assistant professor of agribusiness at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. He holds a bachelor of science from Cornell University, an MBA from Denver University, and a PhD in agricultural economics from Purdue University. His research applies behavioral models from organizational economics, management theory, strategy, complexity theory, and sociology to the study of firms, supply chains, and producer organizations.
"Randy is an accomplished researcher and teacher whose direction of CIBER is testimony to his ability to lead a complex organization and draw impressive results from the collaboration of faculty and staff," states Avijit Ghosh, dean of the College of Business. "As department head of business administration, Randy's innovativeness, energy, and the esteem to which he is held by his peers are certain to propel the department and College to even greater prominence. Randy will carry the mantle of leadership with integrity, just as Huseyin Leblebici has done with excellence over the past seven years."
Of his affiliation with the College of Business, Westgren states, "Many of my most gratifying sources of professional fulfillment over the past twelve years have been the collaborations I have had with faculty in Business Administration – research projects, graduate student committees, classroom experiences, and CIBER activities. The privilege of serving as department head will offer the opportunity to extend these collegial relationships. I look forward to the chance to participate in the development of one of the preeminent departments in North America."
Westgren assumes the post as the department reformats its degree offerings and, beginning fall 2007, requires students to declare a major from among five disciplines: Business Process Management, Information Systems and Information Technology, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, or Management. Students will have the option to earn a double major, and those pursuing a Management degree will be required to concentrate in international business or entrepreneurship.
Nationally recognized as one of the leading business schools, the College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has outstanding programs in accountancy, business administration, and finance. The College enrolls approximately 3,000 undergraduates and 775 graduate students in MBA, master's, and doctoral programs.
From Left to Right: Randall Westgren, UIUC Vice-Chancellor for Public Engagement Steven Sonka, Thibaut Chirouzes, Professor Françoise Goulard and Director of Research Jean Daydé of l'École d'Ingenieurs de Purpan. EIP is a partner school to the University of Illinois in Toulouse, France. Mr. Chirouzes completed a double degree (a 5-year EIP engineering degree and the Illinois Master of Science) in June 2007. This photo marks the successful completion of the thesis defense with the joint committee.
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The Django Reinhardt NY Festival Brings The Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz to Birdland, 6/25
The Django Reinhardt NY Festival returns with The Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz headed by the very talented guitarist Samson Schmitt, son of legendary gypsy guitarist/violinist Dorado Schmitt.
Location: Birdland, 315 W. 44th Street
Shows: June 25-30, 8:30 & 11:00 pm
Reservations: 212-581-3080 or
Full dinner menu - Parking nearby
"The greatest jazz show in town" says Will Friedwald of The Wall Street Journal.
With the immortal Django Reinhardt as its life spring, the 14-year old festival as its central nervous system, the Django festival brings the legendary Gypsy guitarist's legacy fully into the 21st century. Hot jazz at it's sweetest and meanest with a full palette of jazz expression on loving display. The festival is produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta.
As Samson Schmitt grew up alongside his dad on the Birdland stage, it was time to move on and break out on his own. He heads the pack with the great Parisien accordionist/accordina player Ludovic Beier on one side and virtuoso violinist Pierre Blanchard on the other. The new addition to the band is the very talented rhythm guitarist Doudou Cuillerier who brings the crowd to its feet when he 'breaks out into scat singing'. All from France, one American holds it all together with his swinging bass, Brian Torff. The very talented guitarist KRUNO from Philadelphia will be a Special Guest.
Other top Guest Appearances: June 25 & 26: Peter Beets/jazz pianist from Holland, 27: David Langlois /washboards, 28: Anat Cohen /sax&clarinet, 29 & 30: Edmar Castaneda/Jazz harp.
It's a rip-roaring event, now in its 14th year with a new CD just released titled DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS on Three's A Crowd Records. Each of the artists from France, above mentioned, are part of the recording. Interesting to note, the band exists only 'for America', Birdland, and the tours that surround the Festival appearances. Once over, they go their separate ways with the exception of Samson and Ludovic who perform together occasionally in France. So it becomes a great reunion on the Birdland stage filled with smiles and joy! One might call it a lovefest !
Much of the music will be from the new CD, many originals along with well-known Django compositions and standards. Guitar virtuosity is naturally on display alongside the enormously talented musicians bringing the audience to its feet.
Participating sponsors: VERIZON, RD WRIGHT INC.
John and Joan D'AdDario Found., John Pearse Strings
With the Support of France Rocks and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
The most meaningful tribute that can be paid to great Jazz artists is not to simply pay homage, but to be inspired by that legacy to create new and vibrant music in that same spirit. From that perspective, The Django Festival Allstars CD on Three's A Crowd Records is an unbridled success. With the immortal Django Reinhardt as its life spring, the 14-year old Django Reinhardt New York Festival as its central nervous system, and the Schmitt Gypsy family dynasty as its heartbeat, the Django Festival Allstars bring the legendary Gypsy guitarist's legacy fully into the 21st Century.
While the essence of Django, and his Quintet of the Hot Club de France partner Stephane Grappelli, is fully represented by the remarkable music on this CD, a full palette of Jazz expression is on loving display throughout the 15 delightful tracks.
Django has always been revered as Jazz royalty, but his popularity in New York City has received a tremendous boost through the efforts of the Django Reinhardt Festival's co-founders and producers, Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta through the annual celebration at Birdland that has occurred every year since 2000. But not only has the Festival created a slew of new fans for this timeless music, it has also provided the impetus for a union of amazing musicians who have connected through these events and now are permanently represented by this spectacular recording.
Schmitt family patriarch Dorado, a legendary Gypsy guitarist himself, and his son Samson have been longtime members of the family here. They have since been joined by the younger family members Bronson (21) and Amati (17) to create a veritable guitar dynasty, and all are featured prominently on this CD. The Birdland stage was also the place where the Schmitts were introduced to the two other primary contributors here, accordionist/accordina player Ludovic Beier and violinist Pierre Blanchard. These six are buoyed by the stalwart support of rhythm guitarists Doudou Cuillerier and Francko Mehrstein and the highly sympathetic and rhythmic Xavier Nikq on bass. So it's an all-France lineup on hand for this historic recording. Extra spicing to the heady brew is added by the soprano sax of Anat Cohen and the cello of Jisoo Ok, who join in the festivities on one track apiece.


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You probably know that gorgeous home decor doesn't have to break the bank, but do you know exactly where to look for bargain finds? If flea markets and garage sales aren't your jam, not to worry! We've rounded up the best shopping sources to find everything from furniture to rugs for a steal. Brace yourself — these prices will shock you (in a good way!).
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The Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange (CREATE) focuses on translating research to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with particular focus on the prevention, treatment and management of chronic diseases. The Centre is a collaborative enterprise between The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI; Professor Alex Brown, Professor Ngiare Brown), The Joanna Briggs Institute, University of Adelaide (Associate Professor Edoardo Aromataris), and The School of Public Health, University of Adelaide (Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer).
The aim of CREATE is to assist the Aboriginal health sector to use existing knowledge (published and unpublished) on best practice chronic disease prevention and treatment as well as sustainable primary health care funding and service delivery models to improve the coverage and appropriateness of their services and care. CREATE is guided by a Leadership Group comprising of senior representatives from Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations around Australia.
- To use existing evidence and, where necessary, develop and collate new evidence to inform guidelines, policies and/or other tools focused on improving care and outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with, or at risk of developing, a chronic disease.
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Custom pinback buttons, magnets, & bottle openers in Portland, Oregon since 2000 & now as a brick & mortar shop. Plus, books, zines, & catalog button designs.
We are moving! That doesn't really mean much to this Etsy site but we are excited to move into our new Portland shop at the end of April.
Custom pinback buttons, magnets, & bottle openers in Portland, Oregon since 2000 & now as a brick & mortar shop. Plus, books, zines, & catalog button designs.
We are moving! That doesn't really mean much to this Etsy site but we are excited to move into our new Portland shop at the end of April.
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Perfect. I'm savoring every word. This is the zine I didn't know I needed.
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Custom button from Portland, Oregon since 2000!
Alex Wrekk started selling her zines, catalog buttons and custom buttons on Etsy in 2006 under the name Brainscan and changed the Etsy shop name to the same as her brick and mortar shop: Portland Button Works in 2012.
Alex Wrekk and Derek Neuland* joined forces to create Portland Button Works and zine distro in April of 2012! With a collective 15 years of button making experience, they felt their custom button making skills would be even more awesome if they worked together. Portland Button Works is an online store, and a brick and mortar storefront in Portland, Oregon.
Portland Button Works specializes in making custom buttons, magnets and other items for your project, school, band, non-profit, memorial, pub crawl or whatever reason you may need tiny pictures to pin to your clothes! We can make your buttons for you or you could come into the shop and we could show you how to press them yourself! We have buttons available in 4 sizes.
PBW also offer a large selection of our own button designs, as well as a growing zine, comic, and book distro that is carefully curated by the Portland Button Works Zine Distro Collective.
Paul Burke joined the Portland Button Works team full time in 2014.
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Alex's life revolves around making things; primarily zines, buttons, vegan food, travel plans, and space for a cat in her bed.
Alex moved to Portland, Oregon from Salt Lake City, Utah in 1999 and worked for Microcosm Publishing from 1999 to 2006. Then she started and ran Small World Buttons until 2012. In 2012 Alex opened Portland Button Works and zine distro, an online and brick and mortar shop in North Portland, blocks away from her home of 12 years. Alex maintains the Portland Button Work website and physical shop. She relishes putting stuff in envelopes for the postal carrier to bring to you!
Alex Wrekk has been creating the zine Brainscan since 1997 with stories ranging from travel, reproductive health, love, emotional abuse recovery, zine culture, and even fiction all wrapped up in text and photocopier art. She also wrote the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY guide for zines and zine culture that is now entering its 5th printing.
When Alex isn't doing zine things she is doing other zine things like organizing the Portland Zine Symposium, establishing July as International Zine Month, commiserating with Zine Event Organizers around the world, updating the zine event listings on the StolenSharpieRevolution.org website, hosting the podcast Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine Podcast, fidgeting with her Risograph printer, reading from her zines out loud on zine tours or singing in a zine themed back called The Copy Scams.
Alex also enjoys fine craft beer, collecting dice and playing Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, hanging out with her partner Paul, traveling, talking to birds and squirrels on the way to work and is a semi-recent convert to the church of cats thanks to Jackie and OJ.
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What does Persia mean?
Persia [per-sia] as a girls' name. Place name: the Middle Eastern country now known as Iran.
VariationsCREATIVE FORMS
(female) Perzia, Prisia, ..
(male) Perila, Pernix, .. MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Persia Lillyanna (P.L.), ..
How popular is Persia?
Persia is an uncommon first name for females but a somewhat popular last name for both adults and children (#81414 out of 150436, Top 54%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Persia has yet to be recorded in the list thus far. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2015)
Similar NamesSuggested similar names are Ceria, Cerria, Cesia, Hermia, Hersila (see Ersilia), Jessia, Kerria, Kesia, Lesia, Marsia, Mercia, Nessia, Paris, Parisa, Parissa, Parris, Pelia, Pera, Perdita, Peri, Perita, Perla, Perlita, Perri, Perrie, Perrin, Perris, Persis, Perssis, Persys, Petria, Porcha, Porscha, Porschia, Porsha, Portia, Precia, Pris, Prisca, Pureza, Tercia, Teresia, Tersa, Tersha, Tersia, Tersina (see Theresa), Tersita, Tertia, Tesia and Tessia. These names tend to be more frequently used than Persia.


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The Takeaway
Voting in a Disaster Area
When Hurricane Sandy hit land earlier this week, millions of people were left without electricity, miles of roads were left clogged with debris, and thousands of homes were either flooded or ripped from their foundations.
But while Sandy's main impacts have been felt on roads, in homes, and in communities, they also have the potential of being felt at the voting booth.
Will all the displaced people be able to make it to the polls? Will the absentee ballots be delivered? And in places that rely on electronic voting machines, will voting even be possible?
Scott Colabella, the county clerk for Ocean County, New Jersey — one of the places that was hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy — explains the voting situation in his county.


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Riot police in Zimbabwe blocked an address on Tuesday by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, whose uneasy unity rule with President Robert Mugabe is set to end within months at the ballot box.
"Riot police have just disrupted a community meeting I was due to address," Tsvangirai tweeted on Tuesday night. "Their actions today show that the leopard has not changed colours."
A pick-up truck loaded with helmet-clad police officers carrying riot shields and batons could be seen in pictures posted on Tsvangirai's Facebook page.
The meeting was set to start at 6pm (local time) in the capital, state-run newspaper The Herald reported on Wednesday.
But around 20 riot police ordered people to leave the meeting before it had started.
Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said the meeting was stopped as it had not been cleared with authorities.
The area's district police officer "was not given the notice of intention to hold the meeting" as legally required, she was quoted as saying.
However, a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the documentation had been sent to the police.
"We were unlawfully dispersed," Senator Obert Gutu told The Herald, adding that the meeting was to discuss an upcoming vote on a draft constitution.
"For the police to say they dispersed the meeting because it was in the evening, it would be a frivolous excuse," he added.
Zimbabwe's security forces are seen as loyal to Mugabe who shares power with Tsvangirai in an uneasy unity government that was uneasily formed after chaotic polls in 2008.
Zimbabweans will vote on March 16 in a draft referendum which is set to pave the way for fairer elections.
Fresh polls are set for July to steer Zimbabwe onto a new track after a series of votes were marred by violence, intimidation and economic hardship.
The run-up to the polls has been marked by a crackdown against political activists, media and civil society groups.
Radio stations have been raided, members of non-governmental groups have been arrested and the son of an opposition leader died in a suspected firebomb attack.
Zimbabwe police have found no foul play in the house fire that killed the 12-year-old boy.
Mugabe, who turned 89 on February 21 has ruled the southern African nation since independence in 1980.
The former rivals set up a unity government in early 2009 after the violent polls of the previous year tipped the country into crisis.


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Hi there, I'm having circumferential lipo of waist (also inner and outer thighs) with fat graft to buttocks. What is the aesthetic recovery time? How long after the procedure will the bruising, swelling, and lipo scars heal to the extent that they are not noticeable by others? How long after would one be able to wear a bikini for instance? Thanks!
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Scars after a Brazilian Butt Lift
The scars with a Brazilian Butt Lift are very minimal and usually easily hidden. In general scars do take 6 months to a year to reach their final appearance. You will be bikini ready long before this, however. You should feel pretty good about the way you look within 6 weeks.
Swelling and Recovery after Brazilian Buttlift
Much of this depends upon the amount of liposuction performed and the amount of fat transferred. In almost all of my patients, I liposuction 5 liters and transfer 1200 cc to 1500 cc per buttock. Usually by 3 months, the swelling is minimal. I advise that scars not be exposed to sunlight for the first year due to risk for hyperpigmentation. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Liposuction and fat transfer
You seem to have lots of questions regarding your surgery. You need to be fully informed by your surgeon about the surgery, recovery, and what you can and cannot do, complications risks. If your surgeon is not giving you the time to discuss all this with you then you need to find someone else who can spend the time to explain all that to you.
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Re: st: seqlogit with repeated observations
firstname.lastname@example.com (Brendan Halpin)
Re: st: seqlogit with repeated observations
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:10:48 +0100
On Wed, Jun 20 2012, email@example.com wrote:
> Hello members of Statalist,
> I have a query concerning my dataset. I am convinced that I have to use
> a sequential logit model to address the nature of the dataset, but one
> stage of the sequence has repeated observations. Hence, I am not sure if
> using a sequential logit model through the seqlogit function in Stata is
> the right way to go about my problem. Let me detail the data a little
> below:
Maarten can answer you with more detail, but I would imagine the
repeated events issue can be dealt with by either clustering on firm-id,
via -logit ..., cluster(firmid)- or -xtlogit-. Note that the model
estimated by -seqlogit- can be estimated by restructuring the data and
fitting individual logits, so incorporating the cluster() option or
-xtlogit- should be easy. There is a simple example at
-- see section 5.3.4.
That said, I'm not convinced that your implicit dependent variable is
necessarily suited to sequential logit.
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By Jimmie Ferguson
Killeen Daily Herald
Several veterans and veterans organizations Friday joined the American Legion J.Q. Adams Post 223 of Killeen in celebrating the American Legions 86th birthday.
This ceremony is dedicated to all veterans the past, the present and the future who cherish this country and are willing to sacrifice their lives for our freedom, said Thomas R. Fisher, the local posts commander, as he kicked off the patriotic ceremony at the post at 208 S. Park St.
Killeen Mayor Maureen Jouett paid tribute to the American veterans and expressed her appreciation to T-Mobile USA Inc. for erecting a 100-foot tower at the American Legion that is also used as a flagpole.
The freedom of Amer-icas citizenship is ours because of the dedication of our military, Jouett said. They are the gift that keeps on giving. We will never forget their support of the community and the sacrifices that they made so that the freedom of American citizenship will be ours.
The American Legion was founded March 15, 1919, in Paris at the first caucus by members of the American Expeditionary Force, said Fisher, a retired Army first sergeant.
The organization officially adopted the name, The American Legion on May 9, 1919, at a caucus meeting in St. Louis, Mo. The Legions draft constitution was approved May 9, 1919, and so was its preamble which begins, For God and Country, we associate ourselves together ... The preamble with its heartfelt dedication to freedom and democracy is still recited today at official gatherings of the American Legion, Fisher said.
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, mutual-help, wartime veterans organization. Its also a community-service organization that now numbers nearly 3 million members men and women in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide. These posts are organized into 55 departments, one each for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, France, Mexico and The Philippines.
The American Legions national headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Ind., with additional offices in Washington, D.C. In addition to thousands of volunteers serving in leadership and program implementation capacities in local communities to the Legions standing national commissions and committees, the national organization has a regular full-time staff of about 300 employees.
The J.Q. Adams Post 223 was chartered May 27, 1920. It was named after J.Q. Adams, a Killeen native, who was killed one day after the end of World War I.
He was on the front lines, and word of the armistice had not reached his unit at the time of his death, Fisher said.
As an appreciation of T-Mobiles gift, Jouett presented its two representatives, Rich Steinbrink, the project manager; and Alyce Krekel, the zoning administrator, each with a city of Killeen coin.
The flagpole/communication tower was erected a month and a half ago. Its a mono-pole tower stealth with cylinder on the top that contains the antennas, Stein-brink said.
Killeen City Councilman Dan Corbin, the posts judge advocate and the ceremonys master of ceremonies, also expressed his appreciation to T-Mobile.
Not only for giving us a wonderful gift, but allowing us to receive payment every month for allowing this to be here, Corbin said.
The ceremony was concluded with the sounds of Retreat and To The Colors, as the flags were lowered from the pole for the day, performed by the Multi-Ethnic Cultural Arts Association.
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Handpresso has a mission to get you espresso wherever you want it, and they just introduced the Handpresso Auto - a new espresso maker that not only heats the water, but creates a great looking espresso with 16 bars of pressure.
The Original Handpresso versions required a bit of pumping like you had a flat bike tire to get the pressure, and required you to have access to hot water. Two varieties allowed you to use either ground espresso or ESE Espresso pods. The New Handpresso Auto can turn out an espresso in just about 2 minutes; pretty good for a 12volt, go-nearly anywhere machine.
If you're worried about "making-while-driving", the folks at Handpresso clearly think stopping to make your espresso is a good thing. Check out their video below.
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Beskorowany strong in 2-1 loss to Binghamton
Despite a stellar effort from goaltender Tyler Beskorowany, the St. John's IceCaps fell 2-1 to the East Division-leading Binghamton Senators Friday at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, NY.
Beskorowany made 38 saves but it wasn't enough as the Senators scored twice in the third to record the comeback victory.
Jason Jaffray scored the lone goal for St. John's, while Matt Puempel and Shane Prince had the tallies for Binghamton. Andrew Hammond stopped 40-of-41 shots for the win.
After nearly two scoreless frames between two of the top offences in the AHL, Jaffray got the visitors on the board at 16:59 of the second. Ben Chiarot corralled the puck at the left point and wristed a shot towards the net that was redirected by the IceCaps captain for his 18th of the season.
The Senators tied it up in the third on a four-minute power play. Stephane Da Costa gained the offensive zone and slipped a pass in front to a streaking Puempel, who shovelled in his 25th to make it a 1-1 game.
At just past the halfway mark of the third, the Senators took the lead. Da Costa made a great feed cross-ice to Shane Prince, who rifled a wrist shot past Beskorowany for the eventual game-winner.
The IceCaps travel to Hershey to face the Bears in the final game of a six-game road trip that has seen the club post a 3-2-0-0 record to date. Catch all the action with broadcaster Brian Rogers at www.stjohnsicecaps.com and on 930 AM, or watch at www.ahllive.com. Puck drop is set for 8:30 p.m. NT with the pregame show getting underway at 8:00.
Notes: Not dressed for St. John's: Cody Lampl, Colton Beck, Ryan Schnell… Forward Jamie MacQueen was released from his PTO prior to the game… Patrice Cormier was reassigned to St. John's by Winnipeg late Thursday but was not with the team in Binghamton and will join the club in Hershey… St. John's went 0-for-2 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill… Both teams reached the 40 shot plateau… Molson Canadian Three Stars: 1. Andrew Hammond 2. Matt Puempel 3. Tyler Beskorowany… Mary Brown's Hardest Working Player: Blair Riley.


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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:17:15 EDT
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> Oh love of God, how rich, how pure, how measureless and strong. It shall
> forevermore endure, the saints and angels song."
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Measure C, which sought to legalize three marijuana dispensaries and establish a 4 percent tax on gross receipts from these establishments, went up in smoke Tuesday night with only 38 percent of the voters supporting it and 62 percent opposing it. Of the 21,263 votes cast, 13,252 opposed Measure C and 8,011 supported it.
The brainchild of former Ronald Reagan adviser Thomas Gale Moore, the marijuana measure landed on the Palo Alto ballot after proponents of legalizing medical marijuana received more than the required 4,800 signatures to qualify it for the election.
The voters' decision to strike down Measure C illustrates the city's complex and, at times, almost contradictory views toward legalized marijuana. The majority of local voters supported Proposition 215, a 1996 law that permitted cultivation and distribution of marijuana for medical use. While both the City Council and the school board passed resolutions opposing Measure C, many based their opposition on the measure's language and the cloudy legal landscape rather than on the drug's effect.
Vice Mayor Greg Scharff, who led the opposition to Measure C, predicted before the results came out that 60 percent of the electorate would vote against it. He was pleased to see the results exceed his expectations.
"I'm really pleased that the people of Palo Alto voted that way," Scharff said at a political party at the Garden Court Hotel. "It's good for the community."
Mayor Yiaway Yeh said the vote demonstrates the "thoughtfulness" of Palo Alto voters, who sent a clear message that they are concerned about dispensaries opening in the city. Many have seen the legal problems these facilities have caused elsewhere, he said.
"More people are aware of what is going on in other communities (with dispensaries)," Yeh said.
Peter Allen, spokesman for the Measure C campaign, said he was not surprised by the result. The decision by Palo Alto's elected leaders to oppose the measure helped doom it, he speculated.
"I'm disappointed with the result, but given the opposition from the City Council and the lack of any organized 'Yes on C' campaign, it's not surprising," Allen said.
The vote gives Palo Alto an effective reprieve from a complex debate that has involved other cities where marijuana shops have been legalized, including Oakland, San Jose and Los Angeles. In recent years, both proponents and opponents of medical marijuana have filed lawsuits to back up their positions, with supporters citing Proposition 215 and opponents consistently noting that marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
The state Supreme Court recently considered a case in Long Beach that focuses on whether a state can legalize marijuana without violating the federal Controlled Substances Act but declined to issue a ruling on the issue. The court has also been considering three different cases pertaining to the city's ability to ban marijuana without violating state law. A ruling on these cases is expected in the coming months.
In a memo to their council colleagues, Yeh, Vice Mayor Greg Scharff and Councilman Larry Klein cited the legal confusion when they urged the council to adopt a resolution opposing Measure C (the council passed the resolution unanimously).
"If the City issues permits for marijuana to be grown and sold within the City of Palo Alto, it is unclear what the legal ramifications of this could be," the memo stated.


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Carrie Underwood has signed on to reprise the role made famous by Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music." The three-hour NBC television special will air sometime next holiday season in 2013.
NBC's Chairman of Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt, said in a statement, "Speaking for everyone at NBC, we couldn't be happier to have the gifted Carrie Underwood take up the mantle of the great Maria von Trapp. She was an iconic woman who will now be played by an iconic artist."
The producers of the special, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also weighed in. "We're thrilled to be presenting the Broadway version of 'The Sound of Music' live. Having Carrie Underwood as the star brings it to a new generation who will fall in love with it for the first time as many millions of people already have. It's a particular joy to us as producers to see this amazing artist stretch into new territory with this classic musical."
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Saudi royalty buys Paris' Crillon hotel: source
The luxury Crillon hotel, a top name in Paris tourism, has been sold to Saudi Arabian investors close to the royal family for about 250 million euros (355 million dollars), sources close to the sale told AFP on Friday.
The Figaro daily said that US-based Starwood Capital was in the final stages of the sale which excludes a 100-million-euro programme to renovate one of the world's oldest luxury hotels.
The Kempinski Hotels group is to manage the Crillon, the paper said, built in the 18th century on what would become the Place de la Concorde. The hotel is next to the United States embassy.
Starwood Capital and the Crillon declined to comment on the deal.
The deal comes following a months-long legal battle between Starwood Capital and previous potential buyer JJW Hotels and Resorts, owned by Saudi Sheikh Mohammed al-Jaber.
Starwood Capital bought the hotel from the former Taittinger group in 2005.


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Troubled bookmaker Betezy is headed back to the Northern Territory Racing Commission for the fifth time in four years in a dispute over $169,000 worth of alleged winning bets.
On Wednesday, the commission will hear a complaint laid by a Perth punter who claims Betezy refused to pay the bets, lodged by SMS with the bookmaker's VIP manager.
The punter, who said he has bet up to $1 million a year, claims Betezy's VIP manager said he would place $1 of his own money at the same time as the punter to prove the bets were laid before the start of each race.
Former Sportsbet chief executive Matthew Tripp bought the assets of Betezy in early March, rebranding the business Beteasy.
He said if the commission found for the punter, the cost would be borne by the old business, not his new operation, which had a separate licence.
Any potential liability was ''certainly not mine and nothing to do with me'', he said.
However, he confirmed that the VIP manager allegedly involved still worked at the new Beteasy.
He said he was aware of Betezy's history before the commission.
''It's been a bit of a painstaking task cleaning it up, but we're getting there,'' he said.
A new Beteasy website is to be launched on August 12.
"We're going to invest heavily in the new Beteasy," Tripp said. "It's all about technology for us."
Company records show Beteasy is run by Tripp, his father, pioneer offshore bookmaker Alan Tripp, and two former Sportsbet executives, Nicholas Tyshing and Grant Griffiths.
The company is owned by the Tripp family, Tyshing, Griffiths and other former Sportsbet executives.
The NT Racing Commission last sanctioned Betezy in February, 2012, finding a "prevailing culture of arrogance, passive governance, and complete administrative disorganisation" at the company and fining it $45,000 for a series of breaches.


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Mary, Seat of Wisdom School, a U.S. Department of Eudcation Blue Ribbon Award-winning school, offers quality Catholic education for students aged 3 to Grade 8. Our Wee Wisdom program offers half day classes for three and four year-olds as well as full-day Kindergarten. The Extended Day Program provides safe, nurturing care before and after school.
Mission Statement
Mary, Seat of Wisdom, believing that our children are our greatest resource, is committed to excellence in education and the holistic development of the child. An integral part of Mary, Seat of Wisdom is the faith community, which actively involves itself in the fostering of Christian values, and serves as a role model of Catholicism in action. Mary, Seat of Wisdom strives to empower its students with the knowledge, values, and skills which will enable then to become active participants and effective leaders in both the church and world community.
Our Philosophy
We, at Mary, Seat of Wisdom, believe in Catholic education in order for our students to become responsible members of family, Church, parish and society. It therefore is necessary to integrate faith into their lives and to create an awareness of the needs of others in the broader world community. We strive to give the necessary skills to develop each student's uniqueness and potential and to encourage academic excellence.
Each parent is the primary source and teacher of life-giving values for the student. This relationship is followed by a partnership of parent, teacher and staff that supports the continued development of these values. We see active participation in the liturgical and sacramental life of the Church as a vital part of the role of the parent.
Children learn best when they feel secure; therefore we believe in the need to build a child's self-direction as well as to foster trust relationships between teacher and student. We believe each child has his or her own learning style which we address by providing a variety of teaching techniques that actively involve the child in the learning process. Students are expected to work to their full ability and potential, to show leadership and to be aware of their role within the school community. As Christian witnesses, they are to assume responsibility and respect for themselves and others.
The role of teacher is to be a model of Catholic Christian values and to create an environment conducive to learning within an atmosphere of openness to the needs of the students. We encourage students to take risks, accept challenges, and profit from their mistakes. All of these are a natural part of the learning experience.
We, the faculty, believe we must prepare the student for the challenge of future academic and life endeavors. To meet this challenge there is on-going review and updating of curriculum and methods to enable us to meet the needs of the whole child - intellectual, emotional, physical, social and spiritual. Critical thinking, use of technology, and self-direction are fostered, preparing the student to function in society. Catholic Christian values are instilled throughout the curriculum along with programs that prepare students for the sacraments.
We believe in the formation, education and clarification of our Christian values in an ever-changing world. It is our task to cultivate these values of peace, justice, service and stewardship in our students by modeling for them and by teaching as Christ taught. We make a concerted effort to be aware of and consider unique family situations. The teaching of Christian values and beliefs permeates the entire curriculum and the entire day.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WCBI/UA Athletics) – Arkansas starter Ryne Stanek held the Alabama bats in check for eight innings and the No. 9-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks posted a 6-0 Southeastern Conference victory over the No. 22 ranked Crimson Tide on Friday night from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The loss drops Alabama to 19-13 overall and 7-4 in the SEC, and Arkansas rises to 23-8 overall and 8-3 in conference play.
"(Ryne) Stanek pitched really well and was as good as he was advertised, he had a really good night," Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "As I told the team, we've got a lot of games like this in the SEC and we are going to see a lot of good arms, elite arms. At the same time, on our side you've got match that pitching wise and defensively you've got to keep the score down to allow your offense to get generated and get some momentum."
Stanek (3-2) earned the win after pitching eight shutout innings for the Razorbacks, giving up only four hits and surrendering no walks with five strikeouts. Michael Gunn struck out one Alabama batter in a perfect final frame for Arkansas to complete the shutout.
Sophomore south paw Jon Keller (3-4) picked up the loss in his eighth start of the year, giving the Tide six innings of work and allowing four runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk. Keller struck out seven of the 27 batters he faced and threw a total of104 pitches. Sophomore righty Jay Shaw allowed two runs in his 1.1 innings, and freshmen Mitch Greer and Mike Oczypok combined to pitch a final 1.2 scoreless innings.
Freshman second baseman Kyle Overstreet stroked two singles for his ninth multi-hit game of the season. Freshman center fielder Georgie Salem was hit by a pitch, marking the ninth straight game that he has reached base safely, and freshman shortstop Mikey White was 1-for-3 with a single to notch the 10th straight game in which he has reached safely.
"After two games, Arkansas has beat us up in a lot of different ways," Gaspard said. "But as I told the team, you have good weekends in this league and you have some rough ones, but you got to find a way to get a game. Obviously now, with losing the first two games, tomorrow's game is the most important game. We've got to find a way to get the offense moving, put some good swings together, and put some pressure on their defense. They've really been dominate in the first two games. "
Following a throwing error by Kenny Roberts on Brian Anderson's ground ball, the Razorbacks loaded the bases on hits by Dominic Ficociello and Matt Vinson. An infield base hit by Jake Wise and a sacrifice fly by Jacob Morris brought in Anderson and Ficociello, respectively, for a 2-0 Arkansas lead in the second inning. The Razorbacks added two more runs in the next frame off of back-to-back doubles by Joe Serrano and Anderson, and a wild pitch and a base hit by Vinson brought Anderson home to push the Razorback advantage to 4-0.
Keller eventually settled in, finishing his start with three scoreless innings before giving way to Shaw in the seventh inning. The Razorbacks got a single from Serrano in their second at-bat of the seventh, before he advanced to second on a wild pitch. Serrano went on to score on an Anderson single, but the damage was limited when Moore threw out Anderson at the plate on a Ficociello single.
Shaw was chased in favor of Greer after allowing back-to-back singles to Wise and Eric Fisher in the eighth inning. Although Greer was able to minimize the danger, Arkansas was able to pull one across home plate on a Morris sacrifice fly, extending the lead to 6-0.
The Alabama Crimson Tide finishes up the series with the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. CT. Alabama will start RHP Spencer Turnbull (3-1, 2.59), and the Razorbacks will counter with LHP Randall Fant (2-0, 1.26).


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NPR Presses Democrat Into Saying Democracy In Cuba Would Cause Lack of 'Diversity'
For a network that calmly bowed to the "advantages" of totalitarianism in Cuba's natural-disaster preparations, it was a bit shocking to hear National Public Radio anchor Melissa Block pressing a leftist congressman on Tuesday's All Things Considered about Cuban repression.
Employing what should be the standard practice of presenting the opponent's position, in this case on normalizing relations with Cuba and the Castro brothers. She found that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, touring Cuba with the Congressional Black Caucus, may be a "Democrat" but he celebrates a "diversity" of government styles, including lock-step communism:
BLOCK: Well, congressman, you well know that supporters of current Cuba policy -- supporters of the embargo -- say that if you lift sanctions you are going to just aid and justify a repressive regime. You're going to kill any hope of democracy. Now that regime will just use more resources to become more oppressive than it already is.
CLEAVER: Well, the world operates at its best when there is diversity. Every nation does not need to be like the United States. And frankly we already have diplomatic ties to repressive nations. And frankly if there is repression in Cuba, we didn't see it. We mingled with Cuban people. I preached at an Episcopal Church, Sunday, where we were told that there was no freedom of religion, which is not true.
BLOCK: You did not though, as I understand it, during your five days in Cuba, you did not meet with any Cuban dissidents. Do you think there's a case to be made that you were presented with a sanitized, distorted view? If you had met with dissidents, you would've heard a very different story.
CLEAVER: Well, this trip was aimed at first of all, creating communication and hopefully opening the door for some dialogue between our government and the government of Cuba. It's not going to be helpful for us to throw our fingers in the face of the Cuban leadership while we're saying to them we believe that dialogue is possible. We talked to our enemies all around the globe. I mean, the president has already said he wants to have some open and candid dialogue with Ahmadinejad in Iran, and so we are saying the same thing should be true with our neighbor 90 miles away from the Florida coast. So we did not meet with dissidents. And, be certain of this, that issue most definitely will come up when official discussions take place between the U.S. and Cuba.
Kudos should also go to CNN's Kiran Chetry as she interviewed leftist Rep. Barbara Lee, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Wednesday's American Morning. Chetry also pressed questions about human rights and meeting with dissidents:
CHETRY: Congresswoman, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, they've documented a litany of human rights violations by the Cuban government. They talked about torture. They talked about arbitrary arrest, imprisonment with charges or trials, intimidation of dissidents and even executions. By meeting with the Cuban leadership and pushing for normalization, do you risk appearing to condone some of these human rights abuses?
LEE: Absolutely not. Well, we went down to Cuba to discuss with how we can help push the ball forward, what it would take to begin dialogue. Once, and we heard over and over again that every issue that the United States feels important, wants to discuss every issue that has been raised for the last 50 years would be on the table for discussion. And so our purpose was to see if there were preconditions on the Cuban side. We heard that there were no preconditions. And, in fact, we wanted to find out if they were interested.
We have to remember that every country in Latin America, 15 countries, have normal relations with Cuba. Most of the EU. We're the country which is isolated. The American people should have a right to travel to Cuba to determine their own perspective and so all we're saying is do we need to move forward to have a constructive dialogue based on national sovereignty and mutual respect? And members of our delegation believe that's the case. We will communicate this to our president prior to the Summit of the Americas which will be held in Trinidad, April 17.
CHETRY: Senator Mel Martinez, as you know, staunchly opposes normalizing relations under the Castro regime. He's born in Cuba. He came to the U.S. when he was 15. And this is the statement he issued to us last night.'
"Regardless of one's position on Cuba policy, one should expect that any U.S. official or member of Congress visiting Cuba would have the courage to meet with members of Cuba's struggling independent civil society and to raise concerns about the regime's systematic violation of human rights with Cuban officials."
Why didn't the delegation meet with any dissidents?
LEE: Well, let me say first of all, members of the delegation have met with the dissident community on many occasions. I am one who has done that. The purpose of this trip was to talk primarily to Cuban officials to determine whether or not we needed to recommend to our president to maintain this 50-year policy or if, in fact, it made sense to recommend that the policy be changed. And we believe that American citizens deserve the right to travel to Cuba and also, we will be recommending that it's about time that we find some kind of avenue to begin to have this discussion and dialogue with the Cuban government so that we can begin to normalize our relations and to end the embargo.


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Danelle Devenport, Ph.D.
Danelle Devenport's research focuses on how cells assemble into highly ordered structures to produce functional organs. Currently, she studies how directional signals instruct cells to organize cellular structures at specific positions and orientations across a tissue. This phenomenon, called planar polarity, can be found in nearly all epithelial tissues but is particularly striking in epidermal structures like scales, feathers, and hairs that are precisely and coordinately aligned over the entire surface of the vertebrate body. Using mammalian epidermis as a model system, she is dissecting the mechanisms of how cells 'sense' direction and coordinate cellular morphogenesis over long distances. In addition, she focuses on how highly regenerative tissues maintain their precise organization despite continuous proliferation and turnover.
Her honors and fellowships include the Searle Scholars Award, Vallee Foundation Young Investigator Award, American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for postdoctoral research, The Wellcome Trust Fellowship and PhD Studentship, Overseas Research Student Award from Cambridge University, International Student Fellowship from the University of British Columbia and a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
Danelle received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2004 and was a postdoctoral fellow at The Rockefeller University until 2011. She holds an M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and a B.S. from Humboldt State University in California.


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Fair Booth
The Steele Co. SWCD has had a display at the fair in the Izaak Walton Fish & Wildlife Building for as long as anyone can remember. Staff or Supervisors are scheduled to be there each evening of the fair.
Stop by and register for free trees. A drawing will be held every day and listed at the booth. The winners will receive information on when to pick up their free tree or trees in the spring. Along with this information, they will receive information on the next year's District's Tree Program.
There will be free information on our conservation programs. If there are questions that can't be found at the booth, please call or stop by the Conservation Office.
Fair booth at the Steele County Fair located in the Izaak Walton Fish Building.
2012 Steele County SWCD Fair Tree Winners
Pick-up next Spring (2013) – 1 potted evergreen
- Newell Sommers, New Richland
- Nyla Rysavy, Claremont
- Dot Jacobson, Owatonna
- Lori Kos, Claremont
- Elwood Hansen, Owatonna
- Monica Kelly, Waterville
- Duane Klecker, Owatonna
- Oliver Hansen, Owatonna
- Ronda Fisher, Owatonna
- Richard Hansen, Owatonna
- Jerry Perron, Owatonna
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Very helpful easy access godd area for eating and entertainment unable to get hot drink later part of evening in the cafe area
accessibility to southbank, its market and resturants. The fact that for the 5 nights I was there the gym and sauna were not operating due to renovations. This was not stated on the Hotel.com site. It was one of the reasons I booked it.Very disappointing. The hotel did provide alternative places but its just not the same and inconvenient.
Comfortable room, nice size The TV was slow to operate and awkward to turn on. Room prices seemed quite high, probably related to the Ashes being played in Brisbane at the time.
Perfect Location to the Southbank Markets, Brisabne and beautiful restaurnants Not so much the hotel, but the Taxi service they phoned for us & used was very poor.
Rydges has a great location. Close to South bank, concerts, shopping, galleries, etc.
very helpful and friendly staff, very efficient at check in and check out bed was not ideal - one side sagged, bathroom a bit outdated/tired
The location is second to none for ease to walk everywhere. I think it is expensive for what you get-i.e. no wireless internet included.Unable to book through reception over the weekend.
The offer of an upgrade of rooms for only a little more each night. I was attending a conference, all facilities and events well coordinated and of a high standard. Great location, spent most of my time in South Bank. Everything was at our door step. Friendly, knowledgeable staff will to help us with all requests. All good , I can't think of anything not to like
its ease to the Convention Centre and South bank. Train services very accessible also. Probably a little excessive in price during peak periods.
Dining room menu was limited and food was not of the highest quality.The CBD bar had basic food( chips.burgers etc) but extremely noisy. As a rydges priority guest, because we booked through you,we were not allowed the 10% room rate discount.next time we will book direct with the hotel.
Convenient to Mater Health Services Close to South Bank -- about 10 min walk Nice bathroom and shower. Room not serviced well. Twice a week cleaning performed poorly which really made the stay unpleasant. Furniture old and tired, e.g., one sits "in" the couch not "on" the couch. No television guide
The location was good, and it was one of the cheaper hotels in Brisbane. Although I never used it, there was a sauna and a nicely warmed spa. There was free parking, and they let us park the car there for a few more hours after we had checked out. The shower was warm with good water pressure and good height on the nozzle. The entire hotel had a strange smell (I think it was cheap cleaning products). The room had thin windows and the air conditioner/heater had some holes around it (as it was propped within the window) and we had a view of the M3, so the noise was horrific. We could have tried to turn on the heater to drown out some of the noise, but it was louder and more erratic than the motorway. The room was dusty. You could easily feel the springs through the thin mattress. We were quite cold both nights, as we couldn't turn on the heater because of the noise and there weren't enough blankets. They didn't bring us refills of shampoo and conditioner for the second day, and when I told the receptionist upon check out, she didn't apologize.
Close to public transport, great views from the hotel room and friendly, knowledgable staff.
We enjoyed our stay,the location was great & the room comfortable,the rate was also very affordable & it included parking.
The room was clean and very comfortable. The bathroom can be updated.
The Staff were very friendly, quiet location & close to Southbank and the Gabba bathroom could do with a minor upgrade
The staff were extremely helpfull, the location was excellent within walking distance of Southbank and the view from 610 was superb! First room was not so good but the staff quickly changed to a better room.
The staff are courteous, prompt. They should use eftpos machines which accept Visa or Master or other international cards or alternatively accept international currencies.
Convenient location.
The view of the Brisbane River, Southbank and the lights of the city at night was breathtaking. Including breakfast with the overnight stay was a bonus. Parking was free
The staff right from directing us to the hotel ( we got lost) to finding me a coffee plunger, extra blankets, just fantastic thanks Jas. So close to Southbank just perfect Nothing if you cant complain what can i say


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Technote (troubleshooting)
Attempting to create a virtual portal from the Virtual Portal Manager portlet results in:
EJPAH2012E: Can not find xmlaccess script WebSphere:assetname=VirtualPortal.zip:InitVirtualPortal.xml.
The virtual portal is created. However, when users access this virtual portal, the page just displays:
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This page does not support content.
If the Portal administrator attempts to re-initialize the virtual portal from the Virtual Portal Manager portlet, the same exception (EJPAH2012E) is thrown.
Initially, when WebSphere Portal was installed, the user "wasadmin" was used as the administrative ID for both WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and Portal. Sometime afterward, the ConfigEngine task "wp-change-portal-admin-user" was run to change the Portal administrative user from "wasadmin" to "portaladmin". The "portaladmin" is the administrative user for Portal but has no proper privileges on the WAS, thus cannot access the file used to initialize the virtual portal.
(In a Portal 7.0 stand-alone installation, the VirtualPortal.zip is located in the directory:
.../<profile_name>/config/cells/<cell_name>/assets/VirtualPortal.zip/aver/BASE/bin )
Diagnosing the problem
Collect data as noted in the related URLs. With tracing enabled, trace.log records the following:
[3/3/11 12:12:02:281 EST] 00000033 AssetMgrImpl 1 Created exportAsset
[3/3/11 12:12:02:281 EST] 00000033 AssetMgrImpl 1 Set assetID parameter to WebSphere:assetname=VirtualPortal.zip
[3/3/11 12:12:02:531 EST] 00000033 AssetMgrImpl E Cannot process command parameters
com.ibm.wps.portlets.managevirtualportals.utils.VpFFDCException: Cannot process command parameters
at com.ibm.wps.portlets.managevirtualportals.asset.AssetMgrImpl.exportAsset(AssetMgrImpl.java:462)
at com.ibm.wps.portlets.managevirtualportals.asset.AssetMgrImpl.getFile(AssetMgrImpl.java:219)
Caused by: com.ibm.wsspi.management.bla.op.OpExecutionException: CWWMH0276E: Authorization failure. Insufficient authority to access asset "VirtualPortal.zip". This operation requires "monitor" role on the cell or on the asset.
at com.ibm.ws.management.bla.commands.ADTCommand.finishOp(ADTCommand.java:294)
at com.ibm.ws.management.bla.commands.ADTCommand.opCompleted(ADTCommand.java:337)
Resolving the problem
This issue was reported under APAR PM39581, which was released as part of Cumulative Fix CF006 for Portal 18.104.22.168, but unfortunately the WAR is not redeployed in CF06, CF07, or CF08. The WAR is properly redeployed in CF09.
Therefore, in CF06, CF07, or CF08 to take advantage of this fix, customers should manually redeploy the WAR by copying PortalServer/ap/wp.ap.virtualportal/installableApps/ManageVirtualPortals.war to PortalServer/installableApps/ManageVirtualPortals.war and then running the ConfigEngine.sh/bat deploy-portlet-upgrade-wp.ap.virtualportal
If you cannot upgrade the Portal, the following workaround will also resolve the issue.
Log in to the IBM® WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) admin console as the WAS administrative user and give the "portaladmin" "Monitor" role, which is the minimum requirement.
* Steps to add "Monitor" role for a user:
Go to: Users and Groups >> Administrative user roles >> Add
Highlight the "Monitor" role in the Role(s) box
Search for the user and select the user from the search results
Click the "Add" button
Click "OK". Then save to the master configuration.
Restart Portal
After these steps, user should be able to create virtual portals using the Virtual Portal Manager portlet and to initialize the virtual portal created previously that failed to initialize.
Related information
Administering virtual portals: wp7
Collecting Data and Traces: Virtual Portals
Document information
More support for:
WebSphere Portal
Virtual portals
Software version: 7.0
Operating system(s): AIX, IBM i, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS
Reference #: 1469910
Modified date: 22 September 2011
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Pulling out of the U.S., in particular, has riled the various stakeholders in Canada's tourism sector, which employs roughly 603,000 people across the country.
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"It's not that we're just leaving money on the table," he said. "The government has pushed my chair back so I can't even get my hands on the table."
He added that the Canadian industry is also becoming overly reliant on Canadian travellers. Prior to 2002, domestic travellers made up roughly 60% of the tourists in Canada, with the remainder coming from abroad. Mr. Goldstein said that has shifted to 80% Canadian versus 20% foreign travellers last year.
Mr. Goldstein said the CTC does an incredible job representing his members' interests internationally – but it's incredibly underfunded.
If Canada were able to restore its place as one of the top ten tourist destinations, TIAC estimates it would bring another $5-billion to the Canadian economy, create 50,000 direct jobs across the country, and return an additional $700-million in tax revenue for the federal and provincial governments, he said.
"Given the amount of money the government is earning from this sector, we think it should be reinvesting an appropriate amount to marketing Canada," Mr. Goldstein said.
TIAC and its members would like to see Ottawa increase its funding to the CTC to between $120-million and $140-million, or roughly the same as a place like Australia.
"To us, that's not a subsidy. That's a reinvestment, or a co-investment into further returns," Mr. Goldstein said.
Industry Canada was unable to provide an explanation for why the CTC was hit especially hard in the budget cuts despite repeated requests for comment.
But Mr. Goldstein said the pushback he has been receiving is that the 2% increase Canada is receiving annually in tourists receipts is adequate for the federal government. But he argues that is a short-sighted approach as other countries make inroads in emerging travel markets.
"I can see where the federal government would say there's no fire to put out here," Mr. Goldstein said. "But next to what's happening globally, the average [tourist receipts increase] is 5.5% to 6%. So, we're losing share precipitously."
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