text: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department Chair On Faculty since 2007 Phone: (630)752-5646 Email: email@example.com Education Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2006 B.S., Chemistry, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2000 About Becky Eggimann As an undergraduate student, I found chemistry to be fascinating and mysterious. I felt as though I had been given a window into another world, a molecular world. Having no better plan, I decided I would study chemistry until it began to seem uninteresting and common. As it turns out, that has never happened. I'm still fascinated by the molecular world. In fact, my area of research is intensely focused on molecular details. As a computational chemist, I use computers and programs to create models of chemical systems, and then explore the interactions of the molecules and atoms that comprise the system. Rather than just imagining what I might see through my "window" to the molecular world, now I can make an actual (well, virtual anyhow) window and see for myself what really goes on in complex chemical environments. Apart from research and teaching, I enjoy spending time with friends and being a part of the Wheaton community. Courses Taught General Chemistry Chemistry in Context Biochemistry Advanced Biochemistry Special Topics in Biochemistry Drugs and Society Physical Chemistry I and II Methods of Physical Chemistry Independent Research Chemistry in Context Computational Biochemistry Membership in Professional Societies American Chemical Society Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) Research My research involves using molecular simulations, primarily Monte Carlo methods, to investigate the microscopic properties of interesting aqueous systems. For more information on my current projects and the students involved, please visit my research page. Publications and Presentations Publications Eggimann, Becky L., AMARA J. SUNNARBORG, HUDSON STERN, ANDREW P. BLISS, and J. Ilja Siepmann 'An online parameter and property database for the TraPPE force field,' Molecular Simulation, 40, 101-105 (2014). Eggimann, Becky L., Vitaly V. Vostrikov, Gianluigi Veglia, and J. Ilja Siepmann 'Modeling helical proteins using dipolar couplings, sparse long-range distance constraints, and a simple residue-based force field,'Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 132, 1388-1388-16 (2013) Lindsey, Rebecca K., Jake L. Rafferty, Becky L. Eggimann, J. Ilja Siepmann, and Mark R. Schure 'Molecular simulation studies of reversed-phase liquid chromatography: A review,' Journal of Chromatography A, 1287, 60-82 (2013) B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, 'Size-effects on the solvation structure of ions at the aqueous liquid-vapor interface,' J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 210-218 (2008) J. L. Rafferty, L. Zhang, N. D. Zhuravlev, K. E. Anderson, B. L. Eggimann, M. J. McGrath, J. I. Siepmann, 'Large-scale Monte Carlo simulations for aggregation, self-assembly, and phase equilibrium,' in Large Scale Molecular Dynamics, Nanoscale and Mesoscale Modeling and Simulation, pp. 180-200, eds. R. B. Ross and S. Mohanty (Wiley, New York), 2008 B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, L. E. Fried, 'Application of the TraPPE force field to predicting isothermal pressure-volume curves at high pressures and high temperatures,' Intl. J. Thermophys., 28, 196-804 (2007) I-F. W. Kuo, C. J. Mundy, B. L. Eggimann, M. J. McGrath, J. I. Siepmann, B. Chen, J. Vieceli, D. J. Tobias, 'Structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of the aqueous liquid-vapor interface: A comprehensive particle-based study,' J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 3738-3746 (2006) A. Mascioni, B. L. Eggimann, G. Veglia, 'Determination of helical membrane protein topology using residual dipolar couplings and exhaustive search algorithm: Application to phospholamban,' Chem. Phys. Lipids, 132, 133-144 (2004) Presentations B. L. Eggimann, 'Simulating Aqueous Systems,' Invited Presentation, Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference, South Bend, IN, 6/2010 B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, 'Influence of Polarizability on Ion Distribution Near the Liquid-Vapor Interface of Salt Solutions,' Seventeenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, 7/2009 B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, 'Size-effects on the solvation of anions at the aqueous liquid-vapor interface,' Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference, Ames, IA, 6/2007 B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, I-F. W. Kuo, C. J. Mundy, 'The role of ion size in partitioning at the aqueous liquid-vapor interface,' Sixteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, 7/2006 B. L. Eggimann, J. I. Siepmann, 'Ions at the Air-Water Interface,' ACS National Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 8/2005


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Here's some of the deep-dive copy from the Mac Pro review that I reserved for my on-line readers. I'm sure I made some formatting errors in copying it from [product W] to Ecto. I've deleted some text that points to the conclusion of the review. I'm not messing with you there. I can't share a review's conclusions prior to its publication, and I ask that you don't presume a conclusion from what you'll read here.
The best sub-$5,000 workstation ever made, Apple's Power Mac G5 Quad, has been supplanted in Apple's lineup by Mac Pro, a quad-core workstation based on Intel's newest 64-bit Core Microarchitecture Xeon processor. Intel's marketing promotes the new dual-core Xeon, nicknamed Woodcrest, as being faster and yet more power-efficient than the Netburst (Pentium 4) Xeon CPUs that preceded it. Woodcrest certainly is fast by Intel standards, thanks to its huge cache and cranked-up front-side bus. Intel and all of its OEMs are delighted about Woodcrest, but it nets Apple no advantage. It looks like Apple is setting Mac Pro up to be just another mid-tower Woodcrest box in a landscape choked with mid-tower Woodcrest boxes.
Mac Pro shares most of the external characteristics of Power Mac G5 models. I got my first tip-off that Mac Pro follows in the Power Mac tradition when I lifted it: It weighs a ton. Well, 60 pounds to be exact. Remember, the overall chassis design was cooked up (no pun) for 64-bit PowerPC, renowned for being fast as hell and twice as hot. Just before this chassis made the jump to Intel, it contained a pair of dual core, 64-bit IBM PowerPC CPUs, replete with massive heat sinks, routed airflows and a fluid cooling boost for those times when China Syndrome threatened. Workstation users are accustomed to trading heat and noise for performance, but to Apple's considerable credit, Apple's engineers made Power Mac G5 Quad run markedly quieter than top-end Netburst Xeon, Opteron and RISC workstations. Design victories scored in Mac Pro make Power Mac G5 Quad no less stunning a machine.
So it's almost sad to remove Mac Pro's side panel, which still requires only the lifting of a lever on the back, and see all that heat and noise control ingenuity gone. The Mac Pro's case, which is more holes than surface at the front and back, seems to have started life as empty box full of moving air. Apple wasn't going to ditch the indestructible, interference-immune and familiar Power Mac case, so it set its engineers loose on useful ways to fill it.
Tricking it out
Apple's Woodcrest motherboard is not a wee twist on Intel's reference design, as is the prevailing standard among Intel's OEMs. You needn't take up my appreciation of circuitry as art to learn this yourself: Apple knows that workstation users are defined, first and foremost, by their insatiable desire for places to plug things in. Mac Pro's back panel features an insane variety of connectivity ports: Three USB 2.0, two FireWire (one 800 Mbps and one 400), optical digital audio in and out, line-level analog audio in and out, and dual gigabit Ethernet. And just to cover the risk that users would run out of sockets for things, Mac Pro's front panel has two FireWire (again, one 800 Mbps), two USB and one headphone/line level analog audio output ports.
Inside, Apple took advantage of the cavernous chassis to keep riffing on the "you want it, we got it" theme. The system has four full-length PCI Express slots, one of which is double wide to accommodate large graphics cards without wasting a usable slot. One of the primary criticisms I expressed related to Power Mac G5 was the poor design of the card cage, specifically, that the tiny, non-standard screws holding the cards in place stripped too easily—an unrecoverable condition, I learned—and were too weak to hold cards with heavy cables that would be frequently plugged and unplugged. Now Apple holds Mac Pro's cards in place with a single metal panel secured by two thumbscrews. Little things mean a lot to people like me who demand unbreakable hardware.
Mac Pro adds room for a second parallel ATA optical drive, including a second garage door that opens and closes when discs are inserted and removed. Mac Pro uses full-sized, tray loading drives, so you can add your own as long as you can pop the drive's face plates off. Of course, you can also snap the tray when you don't know it's out (the tray is black and easy to overlook), a fact that makes slot-loading drives look rather smart. On the other, other hand, slot-loading drives can only accept 5.25-inch discs.
Will you be having the 250 gigabytes, or the three terabyte special?
Hearing the cry of workstation users that they never have enough storage, Apple made room for four Serial ATA drives inside Mac Pro's chassis. That's not unheard of; a full-sized tower Opteron workstation in my shop has five drive bays. But Apple put six bays in a mid-tower box by lining up a row of four easily removable, zero cabling drive trays just above the expansion card area. The trays are precisely the size of 3.5-inch hard drives and—get this—Apple does not require that you purchase Apple-branded drives. All Mac Pros come with four trays, and you can fill the empty ones with off-the-shelf SATA drives at will. SATA drive densities are rising at a dizzying pace, and with the present ceiling at 750 GB, you can stuff a Mac Pro with a remarkable 3 terabytes of storage. You know you're a true workstation user if you greet that figure with, "is that all?" Yes, you'll have to make do with 3 TB for now. (at this writing, Apple maximum drive size is 500 GB)
Mac Pro uses 667 MHz fully-buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory, as is standard with Woodcrest systems. Using a very fast serial bus, FBDIMM has a lot of potential, but its advantages over more widely-used DDR2 are sometimes exaggerated. However, FBDIMM serves Woodcrest's shared-bus design well, because there wasn't much more parallel bandwidth Intel could pull out of its design. As is generally true, FBDIMM trades performance for heat and power draw, but in a two-socket design like Mac Pro the difference is insubstantial.
Apple adds an implementation twist to its memory that might slip by most observers, but which represents a radical change for the better in workstation and power desktop system design. Instead of fixing FBDIMM sockets to the motherboard, as is the norm, Apple placed the memory sockets and supporting circuitry on removable riser cards, minicomputer-style. Like the hard drive trays, the memory risers are held in place with friction and extremely easy to install and remove. There's no more laying your computer on the floor to mash skinny DIMMs into stiff sockets on a fragile motherboard.
The only disadvantage to easily removable disks, memory and expansion cards is that even though they are not hot-pluggable, meaning they cannot be removed from a powered-up system without the likelihood of damage, they will pull out while the machine is running. The drives have an interlock with the side panel lift lever; you have to raise it to a higher position to pull any of the drives, reducing the likelihood of accidental removal, but you can raise the lever that while the machine is on. There is one of those situations where Apple should relax its policy against LEDs. There's no tip-off from inside the Mac that it's powered up. There isn't a single LED on the motherboard, the fans are not readily visible and the machine runs virtually silent. Further, in sleep, the machine seems to be powered down, but pulling memory while it's in this state is just as dangerous as if Mac Pro were in active use. Just get in the habit of pulling the power cord before you open the case.
If you're feeling frisky, get in there with a scope and a soldering iron and poke around for a place from which to tap 5V or 3.3V. It'll be good practice for you if you're the type who plans to follow instructions on the 'net for overclocking this puppy. Apple scowled at me when I asked if Mac Pro's CPUs are field-upgradable. The official word: "I don't think it's possible, but if it is, we won't support that." Given that the CPUs and heat sinks are on risers, too, field performance upgrades and botched attempts at same will be real issues after Mac Pro gets traction in the gaming market, in which area I believe Mac Pro is a strong contender. Apple gets a much bigger installed base, but also a subculture of people who figure out ways to avoid buying Apple's next model. You have to take the bitter with the better, and for my money, it's better to stay wide open. At least sites with the hardware hacks will sell Mac Pros to people who want to try the hacks out themselves.
Apple's memory and CPU risers make Mac Pro's cooling much, much simpler and quieter. The memory risers are several inches apart for maximum airflow, and they share the straight line push-pull fan pair that cools the Xeon CPUs. The CPU modules, which are concealed under a plastic panel, are also mounted perpendicular to the motherboard and topped with generous aluminum heat sinks. The heat sinks do not have small, buzzy top-mounted fans.
Air flow is generated by three massive fans, two up front and one in the back. The front and back panels are, top to bottom, a honeycomb in which roughly half of the space is open to air flow. The full-height grilles wrap around a little at the the top allow iMac-style convection cooling when the system is not under load. As a point of interest, the front, top and back of Mac Pro are fashioned from a single piece of aluminum. It doesn't just look slick. It cuts vibration and airflow leakage.
Feeding Mac Pro
Power consumption is on everyone's minds. Apple's 32-bit iMac set records in my tests by operating at about 85 watts, including the display. Mac Pro's power efficiency is entirely in line with other Woodcrest systems I've seen. Apple adds relatively little magic here, and I don't know how much opportunity Apple had that it didn't use. Intel's power sparing can be automatic and OS-directed, so I'm hopeful that Apple will use firmware and OS updates to push the idle power utilization down from the 220 watts I measured in my tests. That figure does not include the display.
In sleep, power draw falls to about 7 watts with Ethernet ports actively listening for administrative commands. It took the Mac Pro eval box with 4 GB of RAM only four seconds to wake from sleep, so sleep mode ought to be used liberally. Unfortunately, the idle timer used to trigger sleep is reset only by the keyboard or mouse, so background renders, compiles and the other non-interactive operations common to workstation use might cease when the user walks away. However, sleep mode can be triggered from a script, and Mac Pro will sleep and wake on a user-settable schedule. Instead of disabling sleep out of frustration, find a way to make it work for you. It matters.
Floating some points and flinging some pixels
Performance ranks rather high among things that workstation users desire in excess. Given the same CPU and core logic, Woodcrest systems from PC vendors A, B and C, running at the same clock speed, will turn in identical computing performance. The hilly playing field that Apple set up with PowerPC is now flat; on everyday benchmarks, anything can run as fast as a Mac workstation. [...]
Mac Pro can hold two or three more hard drives than users expect to find in a workstation or power desktop, and I've found that one of the best uses for that gravy is a RAID 0 (simple interleave) stripe. OS X Tiger, which ships with Mac Pro, makes child's play of creating easily restorable drive images on external storage. So I created a three-drive RAID 0 set on Mac Pro and set the machine to back itself up to a parity-protected Xserve RAID volume during the wee hours. When OS X Leopard ships, that protection will be continuous and genuinely automatic. People understandably get nervous about striping without parity, but if you're a workstation user whose disks are constantly active, the performance boost of RAID 0 for work in progress files shouldn't be disregarded as long as you balance the risk.
Apple takes a more liberal approach to thermal thresholds than its competitors do. By that, I mean that Apple does not throttle the CPUs down when they get a little warm, hot or downright incandescent. Like all Macs, when Mac Pro is running full-out with a maximum compute load, it will hold top CPU clock speed and voltage past what other vendors consider to be the thermal danger zone. Apple does this without cranking the fans up to intolerable noise levels. I made Mac Pro go loud by letting the room heat up to over 90 degrees. But in ambient temperature that's more favorable to human existence, Mac Pro keeps itself quiet.
I ran, and am still running, a number of performance and endurance tests, but the simplest one that hits both the CPU cores and the graphics processing unit (GPU) is SPECviewperf. The savvy will point out that SPECviewperf is strictly a test of the speed at which pre-computed 3-D scenes can be displayed. However, SPECviewperf 8.1 turns in usefully varying CPU usage patterns that tend to favor the 60 to 90 percent utilization window. SPECviewperf is a single process, single threaded benchmark, so the thing to do is run multiple simultaneous instances, one per core. All I cared about was noise and power consumption, and with four SPECviewperf 8.1 processes running side-by-side, Mac Pro ate around 300 watts. The fan never got loud, and the frequency and timbre of its noise is actually pleasant and easy to block with a unidrectional ("noise reducing") microphone.


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My first two sounds are neat; a kind of sheet,
That starts with spread, not the kind on a bed.
Of my sounds, the third is what will be heard,
alphabetically, in the middle of modus operandi.
If you want to hear more, then like the shore,
I end at the sea, that's a hint, you see.
What word am I?
HintThere are four letters that sound just like a word of ten letters. The word is a title of honour given to certain high officials.
AnswerExcellency (XLNC)
The four letters, XLNC, sound just like the ten-letter word excellency.
The first two sounds (XL) are the name of a spreadsheet program.
If you arrange the letters in modus operandi alphabetically (addeimNooprsu), the letter N is the middle letter. Also, modus operandi is usually written as an abbreviation, MO, which in the alphabet, would have an N in the middle.
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HIGH-PROFILE Labour MP Shabana Mahmood has urged more Asian women to become councillors in Blackburn during a visit to the borough.
Her call was backed by Blackburn Labour Party secretary Phil Riley, and leading community figure Iftakhar Hussain The Birmingham Ladywood MP, from Azad Kashmir, in Pakistan, addressed an audience of 200 people at the Kashmiri Association, in Whalley Range.
She said: "As one of the first Muslim women MPs to be elected to Parliament, this is a particularly important issue for me.
"I want to see more women from ethnic minorities, and the Asian and Muslim communities, involved in politics.
"They are passionate and knowledgeable about political issues.
"This is not just about your neck of the woods in Blackburn with Darwen.
"We recently got the first Muslim women elected to Birmingham City Council and I want to see that happen all over the country.
"It is a message I try to carry as I go around the nation."
Coun Hussain said: "Shabana is absolutely right.
"We need more Asian women to become involved in politics, involved in the Labour Party, and become councillors."
"Shabana said it was important the community looks at the policies of each party before voting.
"She also urged the community to back more females to come forward and play their part in the community.
"She also praised the Lancashire community for their awareness and the way they have bucked the trend in the past."
The Bastwell councillor said: "We have been a bit behind the times with this in Blackburn with Darwen borough.
"We need to catch up on the involvement of Asian women in democratic and civic life,."
Coun Riley, who represents Roe Lee ward, said: "We certainly do need more Asian women on Blackburn with Darwen Council.
"We have tried to put up female candidates from this important community before, but they did not get elected. What we need to do is find the right Asian women to stand as candidates, in the right wards, at the right time."
Borough Conservative group leader Mike Lee said: "I would certainly like to see more Asian women on Blackburn with Darwen Council.
"It should be a truly representative group of people."


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October 27, 2012
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - The Lady Mustangs showed their resolve as they defeated No. 21 Vanguard University Saturday night in three sets (25-22, 25-20, 25-21), improving their record to 22-4 overall and 7-3 in Golden State Athletic Conference play.
In a week where TMC eclipsed their win total from last season, The Mustangs kept on rolling as they entered a stretch of their schedule where four of their next five opponents are ranked nationally in the NAIA's Top 25. Vanguard, which began the season ranked #10 in the NAIA, fell out of the poll back on Sept. 4th, but returned to the national scene last Tuesday after a seven week absence.
In a surprisingly laid-back Bross Gymnasium with an atypical late arriving crowd, junior Sam Dougherty (Madera, CA) led the NAIA's #8 team with 13 kills and 10 digs. Aubrey Bekendam (Orland, CA) had six kills, 18 assists, and 8 digs. Libero Rebecca Peluffo (La Crescenta, CA) had 13 digs for the Mustangs. Collectively, the Mustangs had 39 kills, 37 assists, seven serving aces, and 49 digs.
Set one was entertaining as the Lions and Mustangs were tied 12 times, the last of which was at 21-all. Master's completed the set by winning four of the next five points on two service aces from Sam Dougherty, and a kill from Aubrey Bekendam, with the final swing coming from senior Rachel Taylor (Sun Valley, CA) to close out the set at 25-22.
The beginning of set two was reminiscent of the first set, as the Mustangs trailed by three points early on. With senior Jenna Kapuscinski (Sylmar, CA) serving, the home team ran off five straight points to take an 8-5 lead, a lead that they would not relinquish, save one tie, for the rest of the second stanza. TMC held a strong defense, while rescuing a few points with improbable digs to keep rallies alive en route to a final score of 25-20.
Heading into the third set, the Mustangs hit a rough patch, and at one point trailed by eight points (18-10). "We got down pretty far in game three, and I'm just so proud of the girls, they stuck with it. They fought hard," said head coach Bobby Blanken.
Once again with Jenna Kapuscinski serving, The Mustangs ran off six consecutive points to close the gap to 19-17. The Lions and Mustangs would trade points with Vanguard maintaining a 21-19 advantage. A 6-0 run to finish the set was jump started when Sam Dougherty single-handedly awakened the home crowd with a thunderous kill which seemingly rattled the visiting Lions, who committed errors on the final four points to give the Mustangs the third and final set at 25-21.
"I am really proud of all of our team tonight, we have been training really hard in situations like we saw tonight where we are coming from behind, I thought the girls showed great poise…just a humble confidence and a diligence to know and make sure the match isn't over until the last whistle is blown," said Blanken.
The Mustangs season isn't over yet. "I am looking forward to the next few games. They won't be easy. It definitely gets harder from here. But tonight was a good spring board in that direction. Every day we are preparing. We are just bringing up the intensity in practice, making things a little more difficult for the starters every day. They can expect to see that when they come in, and they are responding well," said Blanken.
The Mustangs will hit the road this Tuesday, October 30th when they travel to Santa Barbara for another top 25 showdown against No. 12 Westmont College in a 7:00 pm first serve.


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Brazilian dude wrote:...Gavin likes getting up early because it's so quiet.
Pete likes to get up early so he can get to work before the rush hour starts.
Who enjoys getting up early? Who chooses to get up early, but may not particularly enjoy it?
My take would be that we are dealing with a distinction that has more to do with semantics than syntax. Let us rewrite the first sentence of the above pair in two ways :
Gavin likes getting up early (in order) to enjoy the quite.
Gavin likes to get up early (in order) to enjoy the quiet.
Both these sentences are, to my mind, well-formed and describe the same attitude on the part of Gavin, i e, pleasure.
What about Pete ?
Pete likes to get up early (in order) to enjoy getting to work before the rush hour starts.
Pete likes getting up early (in order) to enjoy getting to work before the rush hour starts.
Max Weber would probably be disappointed in me, but I find both the above a bit odd, I think because I find it difficult to believe that this is a matter of positive pleasure (enjoy) for Pete. He surely likes avoiding the rush hour snarl, but that sort of negative pleasure doesn't seem - to me at least - to merit the description «enjoy». Therefore, I think BD's textbook is right in substance, but wrong as to the cause - it's simply easier for us (at least those of us who haven't really internalised the Protestant work ethic) to enjoy the quiet, rather than getting to work. (That being said, I usually enjoyed working late at night at the hospital, just because it was quieter, and I was reasonably assured of not being interrupted....)


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Richard Dawkins
The British biologist Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most prominent proponents of Darwinism. However, Professor Dawkins also admits the impossibility of the very theory of evolution that he espouses so passionately:
So the sort of lucky event we are looking at could be so wildly improbable that the chances of its happening, somewhere in the universe, could be as low as one in a billion billion billion in any one year. If it did happen on only one planet, anywhere in the universe, that planet has to be our planet-because here we are talking about it.121
This attitude, on the part of one of the best-known authorities on evolution, clearly reflects the imperfect logic on which the theory is constructed. The above statements, taken from Dawkins' book Climbing Mount Improbable, boil down to the argument that "If we are here, that means evolution must have happened"—a striking example of a logical paradox that actually explains nothing at all.
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In the sample for "Create a Data Services application for the Experience Server that returns data", it showed how to bundle your class for data service project into the template application and build/deploy the bundle using Maven. There are several ways to build the bundle without using Maven. I will add all the options here.
For our sample, the class we need to build is this:
package com.adobe.myexample;
public class EchoService {
public String sayHello(String val){
return "Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform says: " +val ;
• Using CRXDE
This is the easiest option for this task. It will compile your java class, build bundle and automatically install and start in the OSGI container. New user should use this option. For details, see "Creating a Bundle" section of the doc here. The following steps should be clear.
Note, whenever work with CRXDE Lite, you have to click on "Save ALL" at the left top after you made any change (create/modify/delete) in CRXDE, and click on refresh to make sure the change has been saved/updated.
1. Start your experience service and go to CRXDE Lite via http://localhost:4502/crxde
2. Create a project by right click on apps, select create-create project, put in the following info:
Project name: myapp
Java package: com.adobe.myexample
This will create folder /src, /install, and /components under myapp for you.
3. Create a bundle by Right click the folder apps/myapp/src, select create-create bundle , put in the following info:
Symbolic Bundle Name: com.adobe.myexample.TestEcho (this can be any name)
Bundle Name: TestEcho Bundle (this is the name will be displayed in Felix console Bundle )
Bundle Description: This is my Test Bundle
Package: com.adobe.myexample (This must be your java package name)
This will create com.adobe.myexample.TestEcho folder and com.adobe.myexample.TestEcho.bnd under it.
4. create your java code by Right click on folder /apps/myapp/src/com.adobe.myexample.TestEcho/src/main/java/com/adobe/myexample, create–>create file, enter EchoService.java as name. Make sure it is at the same folder as Activator.java. Then click on EchoService.java , and then put your java code into the right side edit area. Save it.
package com.adobe.myexample;
public class EchoService {
public String sayHello(String val){
return "Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform says: " +val ;
Note, If you already have your classes in a jar, then instead of creating class here, create a folder libs under /apps/
5. build your bundle by Right click on com.adobe.myexample.TestEcho .bnd, select Tools–>build Bundle
This will compile your java class, build bundle and automatically install and start in the OSGI container.
To verify the bundle has been install into OSGI, you can check from Felix, http://localhost:8900/system/console/bundles/
you can search by the Bundle name " TestEcho Bundle" to find it. Click on the arrow to see the info about the Bundle. Make sure you have all the class in there and the proper packages are exported.
• Convert a jar File into an OSGi Bundle
When you have your classes in a jar, you can convert it into an OSGI Bundle, see details here
1. Creating manifest file.
This is the key to the process. In order for Bundle to be created correctly, there are several elements you need to pay attention to. You should have the following in the manifest file:
Bundle-Name: (this will be the name displayed in the Felix console Bundle tag, you can search this name to check if the bundle is installed or active.)
Bundle-Version: (should always use a higher number than the provirus version if a version has been installed, otherwise the new bundle will not be installed. But if you include SNAPSHOT like 1.0- SNAPSHOT, it will always install.
Bundle-ClassPath: .,myapp.jar (make sure you have the correct name of the jar you want to convert.)
Bundle-SymbolicName: (can be any name)
Import-Package: (if you have dependency class/jar for your class, you need to import them)
Export-Package: (this is the name of your java package name, must have this so that the class can be accessed by others)
2. Create the bundle jar (myapp-bundle.jar) by using zip or java command:
jar cvfm myapp-bundle.jar manifest.txt myapp.jar
3. Install the bundle.
Use content loader to load the jar under your app's /install or /libs folder, like /apps/myapp/install/ and jar under /install or libs folder will be picked up.
Note, the /install or /libs should not be at more than 3 layer under apps, for example, /apps/myapp/component/bundle/install, the bundle jar will not be picked up in this case.
This can also be done by using curl command line described here.
Another option is to install OSGi bundles via CRX packages as described in this techNote.


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Video chat is becoming more sophisticated and social, with developers working out how better to combine media streams and groups of friends in online conversation.
Rabbit, which launches in beta today on Macs, was designed by game developers and introduces more visually appealing video chatrooms and easier ways to connect with friends. Glide, which debuted at Macworld last week, offers a video group walkie-talkie service on the iPhone. Both are free to download and use. Read more


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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The 10th-ranked Saint Leo men's basketball team found itself on the wrong end of the scoreboard for the first time this season as the Lions dropped a 63-57 decision to 23rd-ranked Winston Salem State in the championship game of the Fresh Coast Classic on Saturday night.
The back-and-forth contest came down to a final 7:32 where the Lions (3-1) were held scoreless from the field as WSSU outscored Saint Leo 14-5. The scoring drought overshadowed a game where neither team led by more than seven points and Saint Leo held a 31-30 advantage at the half.
Despite the loss, the Lions had four players in double figures, led by 16 points from Trent Thomas, who came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and play 25 minutes. Marcus Ruh was next on the list with a 13-point night while both Shaun Adams and Jerrel Harris had 12 points apiece. Those four were responsible for all but four of the points scored by the Lions in the evening.
Winston-Salem St. (3-2) was led by 18 points from Wakefield Ellison and a 12-point night from Fresh Coast Classic MVP Marcus Wells.
The Lions will return home and prepare for The Ames Classic next Friday and Saturday. Saint Leo will face Armstrong Atlantic State University on Friday night at 6 p.m.
This postgame recap is brought to you by Papa Joe's Italian Restaurant in Brooksville, Fla.
For more on the nationally-ranked men's basketball program, visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook at Facebook.com/SaintLeoLions.com, and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter at Twitter.com/SaintLeoLions.


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VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Saint Leo men's tennis team continued to deliver solid performances as they concluded the USTA/ITA South Region Tournament with 11 victories, Sunday afternoon from the Valdosta Tennis Complex.
The Lions saw two singles competitors reach as far as the Round-of-16 at in the main draw. Meanwhile, the Lions' doubles teams of Matt Nicholson-Lewis/Victor Lozier and Aloua Adjenak/Jake Fleishcer also made a run to the Round-of-16 at main draw doubles.
View the complete Saint Leo results for Friday below.
Main Draw:
(SLU) Victor Lozier def. (FSC) Nathan Levitt, (6-3, 7-5)
(SLU) Matt Nicholson-Lewis def. (PBA) Giuseppe Guarnieri, (6-0, 6-0)
(UWF) Leandro Ferreira def. (SLU) Antoine Raffaelli (7-6(6), 2 (10-6)
(LU) Vlad Cirla def. (SLU) Aloua Adjenak, (6-3, 6-2)
(RC) Lucas Jovita def. (SLU) Jake Fleischer, (6-0, 6-0)
(LU) Willi Wolfer def. (SLU) Victor Lozier (6-0, 6-1)
(UWF) Savi Bruno def. (SLU) Matt Nicholson-Lewis (7-5, 6-2)
Back Draw
(UNO) Dominick Kardell def. (SLU) Tim Balz-Herrmann (8-5)
(RC) Bernardo Barroso def. (SLU) Jose Morales (8-4)
Doubles Main Draw
(LU) Pavanelli/Wolfer def.(SLU) Adjenak/Fleischer (8-3)
(UWF) Pozhidaev/Sano def. (SLU) Lozier/Nicholson-Lewis (8-4)
On the weekend performance, Coach James Bryce was excited about his team's efforts, "Our guys played multiple quality matches. We had the opportunity to play against some of the region's elite players and I feel we handle ourselves well. I am looking forward to more training and the Varner Classic next month."
The Lions will continue their fall on Friday, October 7 when they head to Winter Park, Fla. to compete in the three-day Varner Memorial Fall Classic, hosted by Rollins College. For the latest news, information, and updates on both the men's tennis teams, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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WORCESTERSHIRE County Council has set its budget for 2013/14.
The budget was agreed at the authority's full council meeting on Thursday, February 14.
It will aim to provide for investment in a number of initiatives that include health and well-being, the environment and children and families.
The budget also takes into account a significant reduction in funding from Central Government. The council now needs to plan for annual savings, on average, of at least of £20million per year, rather than the previously estimated £14 million per year.
Achieving these savings will require the council to reduce costs by becoming more efficient with its resources.
During the meeting, councillors also endorsed the recommendation to accept Central Government's offer of a council tax freeze grant for 2013/14.
This means that residents will receive the benefit of a freeze for the third year running. By deciding to adopt the grant in 2013/14, in addition to the previous decisions in 2011 and 2012, it has replaced the need to potentially raise the average Band D equivalent Council Tax bill by £69 from £1,039 to £1,108.
Members also agreed to keep their allowances at current levels for the fifth year running.
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|Dubai Weather for Holidays to the United Arab Emirates
|Dubai Weather | Dubai Holidays | Flights to Dubai | Dubai Hotels | Feedback
Below is the typical weather in Dubai in December including day-time maximum and night-time minimum temperatures, monthly rainfall figures and the average number of daily hours of sunshine & daylight and sea temperature.
|Daytime Max Temperature
|27°C (81°F) in December
|Night-time Min Temperature
|15°C (59°F) in December
|Sunshine Hours (Daily)
|8 Hours per Day in December
|Monthly Rainfall
|16 mm (0.6 inches) in December
|Days with some Rainfall
|2 Days in December
|Heat and Humidity Discomfort
|Low in December
|UV Index (Maximum)
|5 (Moderate) in December
|Sea Temperature
|25°C (77°F) in December
The average maximum daytime temperature in Dubai in December is a warm 27°C (81°F), while the average minimum night-time temperature is a comfortable 15°C (59°F). On average 16 mm (0.6 inches) of rain normally falls in Dubai during December with rain falling on 2 days of the month. You can expect on average 8 hours of sunshine a day in Dubai during December.
From the moment you touch down at the airport you get a feel for how luxurious Dubai is. Forget San Tropez, or the 'new' San Tropez, Croatia's Hvar. Forget Monaco. If you want to rock up on the beach alongside people wearing shirts made of gold who carry mobile phones covered in the stuff, Dubai is the place for you.
After the completion of the famous Palm Jumeirah, and a series of artificial islands off the coast, Dubai garnered more press attention than the President of the United Arab Emirates could have asked for. If it wasn't previously a top glamorous holiday destination, Dubai certainly earned it after that.
Dubai also has the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, named after that same president. The building has a 30-acre lake by it, where the Dubai Fountains shoot impressively high jets of water into the sky in time to music.
Dubai is certainly a crowd pleaser. It has miles and miles of golden sands and although many of the beaches are owned by hotels, and obviously you can book to stay at a resort with a private beach, there are also several beaches you can enjoy for either very little or for free.
The Jumeirah Beach Park charges just a small fee and gives you access to not only a wonderful beach, but to great facilities and lovely lawns. The popular Wild Wadi Water Park is also located here - perfect for when the kids get bored. The water park features 23 slides and a thunderstorm simulation. The terrifyingly tall Jumeirah Sceirah ride is a favourite with many.
Al Mamzar Beach Park is a good alternative to Jumeirah Beach Park. It has similar features but is useful if you aren't staying over on the Jumeirah strip. There is also the Kite Beach, aptly named because of the amount of kite surfers who use it. Kite Beach makes for some nice photos and pleasant people watching as a result of all the colourful kites.
Not only a clean and attractive beach, although sometimes overcrowded, the Burb Al Arab beach is a perfect spot to take pictures of Dubai's most memorable building, the Burb Al Arab. Once the tallest hotel in the world and with the onetime invented line that it is the world's only seven star hotel, it is best viewed from the outside, as aside from anything else, the Rolls Royce guarded entry will cost you at least a meal in one of the expensive restaurants if you aren't going to stay in the hotel itself.
Astonishingly, even though much of the city now resembles something out of a futuristic desert sci-fi epic, there's still a good history-filled section worth a visit. The Bastakia District with its sandstone buildings, amphorae and souk will give you a feel of what Dubai once was.
Away from the beaches and souks in the giant playground that Dubai is, there's also immensely popular Dolphin Bay Atlantis the Palm. Here hotel guests and visitors can swim or scuba dive with dolphins in a 4.5 hectare dolphin habitat. Dubai even has Ski Dubai if you get too hot. Ski Dubai is the size of three football pitches, is filled with real snow and comes complete with penguins.
Select a month from the list below to see the Dubai weather for a particular month. The monthly weather averages are the best indication of conditions in each month and are based on long-term (30 year) climate statistics.
|Dubai Holiday Destinations
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AN Accrington teenager has been named as the top nursing cadet in Lancashire and Cumbria, realising a 'life-long' dream.
Layla Bridges, 18, received the Skills for Health Academy Cadet of the Year 2014 award at a glittering ceremony after passing her course at Blackburn College with flying colours.
Layla, of Dill Hall Lane, was named the cadet of the year in front of 2,000 people packed in the Liverpool at The Arena and Convention Centre after beating competition from the likes of Burnley College and Blackpool and The Fylde College.
The former St Christopher's CE High School student said that she always wanted to be a nurse, even dressing up as one when she was a little girl.
She has just completed her two-year course in Blackburn which included placements at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, which ran alongside the health and social care course.
Layla said: "I really wasn't expecting the award at all.The course was very enjoyable and I really liked being on placement.
"It was similar to the health and social care course but we were given more experience in hospitals.
"I got to spend a lot of time on the wards which was a great experience for me.
"I hope that this award helps me in the future and opens doors."
After graduating from the college alongside 10 other cadets, Layla is now set to attend UCLan to study nursing.
The ceremony celebrated cadets graduating from programmes in health, finance, business administration and dental nursing; from across Greater Manchester, Chesh-ire, Merseyside, Cumbria and Lancashire.
There was a 'Cadet of the Year' award for each college and an overall winner for each region.
Her mum Sharon O'Hanlon, 42, said: "I'm really proud of her.
"I knew that she had done well during the course and she has just thrived after joining Blackburn College.
"I thought that she deserved the award before it was announced but I also knew that she was up against so many other people who were are also fantastic.
"I hope it will set her up well for the future because she has been so focused throughout the course."


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How Can I Rent the Quilt?
The Parkinson's Quilt is current unavailable for rental. Contact us at email@example.com if you are interested in displaying the Quilt.
Those wishing to rent the quilt must share the intended display of the quilt and include a small rental fee. Fees will vary based on corporate or nonprofit status and the total number of sections rented. All monies raised from these fees will be used to maintain the project with additional funds earmarked for research exploring the therapeutic value of creativity in Parkinson's (See Fees & Registration for more information).
Each 8' by 8' quilt panel is now available for rental. Organizations can rent one or multiple quilts during the same time period, if available. Quilts will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Who Can Display the Quilt?
Sections of the Parkinson's Quilt are available for short-term rental to individuals, groups, communities, organizations and companies and other venues around the world for awareness-raising purposes. Here are just a few examples and be sure to scroll down for a video presentation from one of our recent displays:
- Support Groups / Local Community Display
Support groups and community organizations play an important role in raising awareness on a grassroots level across the US. The next time you're holding an educational, fundraising or awareness event, consider displaying a section of the quilt to inspire people to take new action in the fight against Parkinson's.
- Academic Displays
Whether it's a charity event, a health awareness week or an individual exhibit, a quilt display at your college or university campus can offer a valuable and unique opportunity to raise awareness of Parkinson's.
- Workplace Displays
Sections of the quilt can be displayed at corporations and businesses as a centerpiece of Parkinson's education and awareness, leaving a lasting impact on employees.
- Parkinson's Awareness Month Displays - April
Each April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. This is a great time to display the quilt, but sections will be in high demand. If you are interested in displaying the quilt during April, please send in your application as soon as possible.
- Libraries
Many libraries display PD materials throughout the year - including during Parkinson's Awareness Month - educating their communities about the disease. This year, display the quilt alongside your exhibit.
Applications are currently closed.
Sample Quilt Display
Kim Vitcenda Cade displayed blocks the Parkinson's Quilt in Viroqua, WI a few years ago. These blocks included two panels that Ms. Cade had created. See her slideshow below.
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Latest News
November 13, 2015
The Portland Business Journal's Nov. 13, 2015 Higher Education Special Report features Concordia in its featured story and in its list of top colleges and universities.
The edition includes a story on "new models for the halls of academia" beginning on page 18.
October 1, 2015
Oregon Business Magazine Features Concordia & Partners
A public-private partnership serves up a solution.
According to Portland Public School's Faubion School Principal LaShawn Lee, "This is a university 122 steps away that is graduating the top teachers. And I had the need to have those teachers in my building," she says. "We had to connect our institutions."
September 24, 2015
Dr. Ceiridwen Terrill will raise awareness about Hanford's nuclear waste and clean-up
Join Concordia students, faculty and staff for a Send-off Rally on Oct. 8, 2-2:30 p.m. under the Portico of Concordia University's George R. White Library & Learning Center. Beginning Oct. 9, follow Dr. Terrill on Instagram using hashtag #peaceORbust.
September 23, 2015
Concordia Featured in Emergency Management magazine
Emergency Management magazine's "Disaster Zone" column by Eric Holdeman highlights Concordia University Portland's Homeland Security Simulation Center as taking advantage of a wave of technology change in the world of emergency management and disaster preparedness.


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DUDLEY residents can bag a bargain to make the most of their waste during National Compost Awareness Week, which starts on Monday May 5.
Borough people are being encouraged to make compost in their gardens using outdoor bins which are being sold for as little as £14.98 as part of a buy-one-get-one-half-price promotion during the event.
Items suitable for home composting including fruit and vegetable peelings, garden waste and shredded paper. The waste breaks down naturally to produce a fertiliser, which can be used to grow tasty fruit and vegetables and beautiful blooming flowers.
John Millar, Dudley Council director of urban environment, said: "This is a fantastic offer and we hope that lots of our residents will get together to save money on composting.
Compost bins can be ordered online at www.getcomposting.com, or by phoning 0844 571 4444. The offer is available on selected products only and a one-off delivery charge of £5.99 applies.


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EIWA Championships Schedule | Flowrestling Signup
PHILADELPHIA – The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and the University of Pennsylvania have announced that the 110th EIWA Championships be held March 8-9 at The Palestra will be live streams in their entirety by Flowrestling as part of its Flo Pro live streaming programming.
Every match of the tournament will be available for viewing, starting with the championship first round at 10 a.m. on March 8 and concluding with the single-mat championship finals on March 9 at 4 p.m.
"We are excited to again serve as hosts for the EIWA Championships and looking forward to Flowrestling providing our fans across the country and all over the world with a great experience," Penn head coach Rob Eiter said. "The EIWA Championships are always a competitive and exciting event and we look forward to putting on another great show."
The EIWA s earned 47 automatic qualifying spots for the 2014 NCAA Championships and those bids will be on the line for a record 18 competing teams at the largest EIWA Championships ever contested. Every weight will have at least three qualifiers.
"The EIWA tournament will again be one of the most exciting qualifying tournaments in the NCAA, with 18 teams and 180 wrestlers battling for a title in the historic Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania campus," Martin Floreani, CEO of Flowrestling said. "Flowrestling is determined to give the sport of wrestling the exposure it deserves and we are excited to partner with the EIWA and Penn Athletics on adding the 2014 EIWA Wrestling Championships to the Flo Pro live schedule."
For those not already subscribed to the Flo Pro service, a monthly subscription costs $20.00 and a yearly subscription costs $150.00. To sign up, please click here.


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Forums: Index > Watercooler > Encounter time frame
hello im new here and to being a dungeon master and i was wondering how long should the time frame be for a non boss battle encounter (ex: 30-60 min)? also how long would be ideal for a boss encounter?
sorry if i didnt sign correctly not really sure what im doing (if post signed correctly disregard --184.108.40.206 16:13, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Ah, well, for real-world time for combat, it really matters how elaborate the combat setup is and how important it is to the plot and flow of the game. If it's just a little random encounter, keep the time short to prevent the players from getting distracted or forget what they were doing. If you can keep random encounters to about 10 minutes, you should be fine.
- Plot important battles with NPC opponents who talk to the players are likely to run longer and involve more than "I attack" as the players manage strategies, tactics and resources. It's okay to keep these encounters a little longer, and longer still if it is a dire situation, since your players are going to be looking in rulebooks to glean every little bit of capability out of their characters to win. Thirty minutes to forty five minutes for a mid-session encounter is just fine.
- Now, if you set up an elaborate, key encounter, feel free to drag it out longer, but keep in mind that players will get distracted and lose concentration after a while, so make sure you keep it fresh and not too cluttered, unless you're trying to establish a feeling of overwhelming chaos and confusion.
- You can run a final session encounter for a while, taking proper care to add the appropriate feeling of importance and weight to the combat for difficulty. Campaign-ending encounters might last for more than an hour, with probably a whole session of smaller encounters leading up to it.
- Ideally, you'll want to keep notes and judge what amount of time works best for certain kinds of encounters for your group's play style. I hope this was helpful for you. --Ganteka Future 19:54, September 3, 2010 (UTC)


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
Acronyms and Acrostics are often used to help people remember specific facts.
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To remember the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), try this man's name:
For naming the planets in order from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto):
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The biological taxonomy (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species):
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(Christ Not Made By Hands or Holy Napkin)
Commemorated on August 16 / 29
According to Bishop Nikolai Velimirovch in The Prologue from Ohrid:
"In the time that our Lord was preaching the Gospel and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people, there was in the city of Edessa, on the banks of the Euphrates, a certain Prince Avgar, who was riddled with leprosy. He heard of Christ, the Healer of every pain and sickness, and sent a portrait-painter, Ananias, to Palestine with a letter to Christ, in which he begged the Lord to come to Edessa and heal him of his leprosy. In the event of the Lord`s not being able to come, the prince commanded Ananias to paint His likeness and bring it, believing that the portrait would heal him. The Lord replied that he could not come, as the time of His Passion was at hand, and He took a napkin and wiped His face, leaving a perfect reproduction of His most pure face on the napkin. The Lord gave this napkin to Ananias, with a message to say that the prince would be healed by it, but not entirely, and He would therefore send him later an envoy who would rid him of the remainder of the disease. Receiving the napkin, Avgar kissed it and the leprosy fell from his body, with just a little remaining on his face. Later, the Apostle Thaddaeus, preaching the Gospel, came to Avgar, healed him secretly and baptised him. Then the prince smashed the idols that stood at the city`s gateway and placed the napkin with the face of Christ above the entrance, stuck onto wood, surrounded with a gold frame and ornamented with pearls. The prince also wrote above the icon on the gateway: `O Christ our God, no-one who hopes in Thee will be put to shame`. Later, one of Avgar`s great-grandsons restored idolatry, and the Bishop of Edessa came by night and walled-in the icon above the gateway. Centuries passed. In the time of the Emperor Justinian, the Persian King, Chozroes, attacked Edessa, and the city was in great affliction. The Bishop of Edessa, Eulabius, had a vision of the most holy Mother of God, who revealed to him the secret of the icon, walledin and forgotten. The icon was found, and by its power the Persian army was defeated."
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Date: November 19 2012
South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson has hailed Russell Crowe's contribution to the NRL club but said the Rabbitohs would cope without the Hollywood superstar.
New Zealand-born Crowe is selling his 37.5 per cent share in the club citing family reasons following his recent marriage split.
The Oscar-winning actor bought 75 per cent of the club with Sydney businessman Peter Holmes a Court in 2006 and Richardson credited him with helping transform Souths from a laughing stock to a profit-making company with a premiership-contending team.
"This club wouldn't be here without Russell Crowe's involvement," Richardson said at a packed media conference at Redfern Oval on Monday.
"He got involved simply for the reason of trying to make it successful again.
"He bought money into this club, ideas, thoughts and all sorts of things."
Richardson said before the arrival of Crowe and Holmes a Court, wages were regularly not paid and the club was at the foot of the NRL ladder.
"Today, we wouldn't be here having this conference with all that membership, have that profit or sit here at this magnificent ground, which was a hell-hole," he said.
"He'll be remembered, when we win our 21st premiership, as the man who brought us back. What he has done for this club has been enormous and his legacy will be remembered forever."
After initially playing a major role in securing sponsors and attracting players, Richardson said Crowe had now taken a back seat - making it a sensible time to withdraw.
"I have only seen Russell about three times this year as he has been busy with work," he said.
"This year we have made a six-figure profit and that will become a seven-figure profit next year.
"Russell never set out to make money, he set out to help make the club the great club it once was.
"He feels never before has there been a better time for him to be able to make that decision."
Souths chairman Nick Pappas said it was Crowe's responsibility to sell his shares and that the club's members would have the option to match any future offer.
Pappas said Holmes a Court, who's now based in Europe, was still to decide if he would also sell his share of the club.
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Jovana Ducica 3
From Tuzla International Airport: Head east toward M-4 for 3.1 km and than turn right onto M-4. In 4.4 km slight left to stay on M-4. Take the road M-18 and keep it for about 9.5 km when you will go left toward Nikole Tesle street. Keep this street for 48 km, and than take the Miroslava Krleze street. In 160 m, go right onto M-14-1. In 400 m go left to stay on M-14-1. In 200 m take the 1st right onto Jovana Ducica and you will see the destination on the right in 200 m.