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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 182 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
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Female, 16yrs and older. We want women of all ages to feel like this is the place for them. Edgy, modern, and hip for the younger women, but also classy and comfortable for the older females. We are offering several different membership packages to help cater to all women's needs and goals. Our "all-inclusive" package allows members access to everything the gym has to offer (see below). We're also offering more specific packages in case some women feel like they won't use everything within the gym. We don't want them to feel like they're paying for more than what they're using. These limited packages includes: Aerobics only membership, Tanning only membership, Gym/Cardio equipment only membership.
This logo is going to be recreated into lighted sign to hang over the gym's front entrance. We have not decided on whether it is going to be a light box sign or free standing letters design sign, so please keep that in mind. This logo will also be used within apparel and advertising/marketing pieces. Therefore, I need the format of the logo to be in .eps and .jpeg.
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ORONO, Maine - A data-collection buoy that can be plopped in the ocean and used to determine the suitability of remote locations for offshore wind farms is ready for real-world testing, the University of Maine announced Friday.
The university's advanced composites center worked with private industry partners to create a buoy-based system that utilizes a laser system to track wind speeds 400 to 500 feet overhead, the height of offshore wind turbines. The data is relayed to scientists on shore via wireless technology.
The university said the devices would allow wind power companies to assess potential offshore wind sites for which data is not currently available.
The futuristic-looking buoy will be deployed initially alongside a one-eighth scale offshore wind turbine prototype that will be deployed in about a week off the coast of Castine, Maine.
It utilizes a light detection and ranging system, known as LIDAR, which collects wind speed data by sending a laser beam into the sky. Reflected light in the atmosphere is used to determine wind conditions.
"Floating LIDAR technology, once fully validated, will provide us with a cost-effective method to assess the wind resource in areas traditionally off-limits to offshore wind developers," said Habib Dagher, director of UMaine's composites center.
The device, formally unveiled Friday, was created by a partnership that included NRG Systems Inc., AWS Truepower LLC and Leosphere SAS, along with the university's composites center and its Physical Oceanography Group, which develops and operates real-time ocean observing systems.

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WELCOME to our Friday blog. Every Friday we hand over to Carl and Alex Smith – known online as simply Carl & Alex.
Two of the keenest youngsters we've come across, with a passion for making a variety of fishing videos, they'll provide a youth dimension to our new blogging mix.
We hope you enjoy the blog, written by Alex, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the icons above, or by the "old skool" method of telling fellow anglers!
Feel free also to comment by using the special space at the bottom on this page
AS you may know, we are both on our quest for a 20lb carp. I managed mine a few months ago and since then I've had a 26lb carp that was the lake record. So all we had to do now was get Carl his 20!
We arrived at the day ticket Tanyard Fishery, in East Sussex a warm, humid day. The carp were basking in the sun but weren't feeding however we were hopeful that the evening would be bite time.
As we were hoping for Carl's 20 he set up in the most likely looking spot near the inlet on Specimen Lake 2. Speci 2 holds some of the biggest carp at Tanyards but can be the hardest lake on the fishery. I set up opposite him in the car park swim and we both positioned our rigs and baited our spots.
The rigs consisted of a length of supple braid about 7 inches long, a size 10 hook and a piece of shrink tubing to help the hook turn better. On the hair was either 3 grains of artificial corn or a small chunk of Peperami. We kept our lines tight to the bottom of the lakebed by using small blobs of tungsten putty. We fed mini pellet over our pepperami rigs and corn over the other spots.
We fed our swims throughout the day but left them until the evening, before casting out. Carl stalked for a while and a few fish were interested but nothing was caught. As darkness fell we positioned our traps and managed to get some sleep.
A few hours after dark Carl was woken by his bite alarm sounding, but soon after striking the fish came off. There was no more action during the night although come the morning we found a lot of the carp at the deeper end of the lake. We had learnt something: the carp seem to go to the dam end of the lake at night when the water cools down.
Carl tried stalking again with a few large fish sucking in but quickly spitting out the bait. It was all a matter of striking at the right time.
With the wind picking up and heavy rain showers developing we decided to get our carp rods out and hide in the bivvy. It rained non-stop for about two hours, but when it finally subsided the fish seemed to be feeding heavily around the island where I had baited a little before the rain.
Later that day my friend Michael turned up to see us as he had just passed his driving test. He, Carl and I were all crowded around my swim when one of my bobbins shot up to the rod and the bite alarm screamed! I struck into it and a heavy fish whizzed towards the other side of the lake pulling line from my clutch.
Whatever I'd hooked desperately wanted to go around the corner of my swim into the pads and reeds. All of us had seen the fish a few times and Carl jokingly said it was Shoulders (a known 30). All I knew was that I was connected to a very strong creature, and one that wasn't giving up!
Suddenly everything went solid but we could still see the fish stuck in some weed. Sam, who was fishing along the bank, said that someone had to go in and net it! While they discussed who should go in, I was praying the size 10 hook would hold…
Michael took off his shirt and trousers and waded out into the lake. His feet sunk down into a foot of silt – lovely! He had just come to see how we were doing and now he was soaked!
With a bit of difficulty Michael slipped the fish into the net. I could not believe it…. what a huge carp! Thanks Michael, a true fisherman's friend. When we all peered into the net we knew it was one of the big ones!
Steve, the bailiff, came along and confirmed it was Shoulders, the well-known 30. I was speechless, the most amazed I have ever been, I didn't know what to say! It weighed 30lb 4oz, I could hardly lift this incredible fish, and a new PB 4lb bigger than my old one.
I went in the lake with it and had some photos taken. Sam threw a bucket of water over me (a tradition for catching a fish over 30) but I didn't care. Even now I can hardly believe I actually caught it.
There were no more fish that session but it can't be long now before Carl gets his 20lb carp!
Thanks again Michael, Sam and Steve for helping out!
Click below to watch the video now…
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- Cut stem off the pumpkins
- Find a new stem to use (I used sticks found in my front yard)
- Spray paint pumpkins and stems silver and let them dry completely
- Polka Dot Pumpkin - using a glue stick lid press it onto the pumpkin just enough to make a circle outline. Paint each circle with craft paint. I didn't have any small brushes so I used a q-tip.
- Diamond Pumpkin - Draw diamonds on with a marker and then paint with craft paint and foam brush.
- Striped Pumpkin - Paint every other section of the pumpkins with craft paint and foam brush.
- Initial Pumpkin - Spray paint thumb tacks black. Once dry stick in pumpkin making your initial.
- Hot glue new stems in place and add ribbon.
- Easy easy easy! You're done! Enjoy!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Black and Silver Pumpkins
24 comments:
- Felecia Cofield said...
Love these! They're beautiful!
- October 13, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- WhyCuzICan said...
I have seen the reference to the Dollar Store pumpkins all over blogland (yours too)...I better get over there if I could have something that turned out HALF as cute as yours! Very cute and nice job :)
Visiting form The Shabby Nest Linky Party,
~Suzanne in NW IL
- October 13, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- {Kim} said...
Cute idea marie! I'm loving the new decorations on pumpkins lately rather than cutting them out.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- E said...
I love it! You have great pumpkin decorating ideas. I am going to have to steal some of them and make my own :)
- October 14, 2011 at 3:26 AM
- Estelle @ Cosy/Chic said...
Beautiful colour combo, makes a very stylish display! x
- October 14, 2011 at 3:42 AM
- Patti @ Pandoras Box said...
Very elegant looking...Tablescape is fabulous!
- October 15, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Shannah @ Just Us Four said...
These look great! I picked up some dollar store pumpkins the other day and can't wait to get started on them.
- October 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Megan Stoker said...
I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Check it out...thestokerkitchen.blogspot.com!
- October 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee) said...
Fabulous fall post!Your table turned out very elegant. Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
- October 17, 2011 at 2:58 AM
- Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...
Hi Marie! I just saw your post over on Southern Institute. LOVE these pumpkins! Very pretty! All of your decor is just lovely. I am now your newest follower; and I hope you will follow me, too! Many blessings to you!
- October 17, 2011 at 5:04 AM
- Wendy said...
Lots of good ideas and tips. I like the final display too.
- October 17, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- michele said...
found you and your lovely blog via BBC and would love to have you visit and have a great giveaway at the moment!
- October 17, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- Kristen said...
Love these! They look so pretty :) I actually want to do something like this, just don't know when :) Thanks for linking up to Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings. www.ladybug-blessings.com
- October 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- J's mom said...
Love it! Please post this, and anything else you may have,in my link party at
- October 19, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- Marilyn said...
This is so unique and awesome..So creative....I would LOVE for you to share this at my Pin'Inspirational Thursday creative linky party pweease -- TY .. http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/10/pininspirational-thursdays-linky-party.html ..
- October 20, 2011 at 3:28 AM
- Lexi said...
I love the look of the silver and black together. Very nice!
- October 20, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Fonda @Southern Scraps said...
Love your pumpkins and the black and silver color scheme.
- October 20, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- Melanie @ bear rabbit bear said...
Love the glam Halloween items! Thanks for linking to Things I've Done Thursday.
- October 21, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Love these! Had to pin them for my fall craft ideas! :)
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- October 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- alisamm said...
These look fantastic! I love them. (Found you on We Did It! Wednesday...so glad I stopped by, this is a great creative space you have here.)
- October 22, 2011 at 8:10 PM
- Carrie said...
those are soo beautiful:)
your newest follower,
- October 24, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Carrie said...
those are soo beautiful:)
your newest follower,
- October 24, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Allison @ House of Hepworths said...
I featured you today at my Hookin Up with HoH Party!
Congrats!! Feel free to stop on by and grab a button if you'd like.
Allison @ House of Hepworths
- October 26, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Maureen said...
So fabulous! I love the contrast of the black and the silver!
I would love for you to link up my my very first Fresh Friday Link Party!
- October 27, 2011 at 11:01 PM


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Pacific EyeClinic Forest Grove
Pacific EyeClinics are currently closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have an urgent eyecare need, please call the clinic. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, please contact your primary healthcare provider.
Our full-service EyeClinic in Forest Grove welcomes members of the public on an appointment basis for eye/vision examinations. If there are openings in the appointment schedule, we can also accommodate walk-in patients.
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Pacific EyeClinic Forest Grove is located in Jefferson Hall on the Pacific University Forest Grove Campus, near the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street. Patient parking is located in the west end of the lot accessed via Cedar Street. TriMet bus route 57 also stops nearby at the corner of Pacific and Cedar.
Monday | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Whether it's a tax deadline, client deadline, or a "drop dead" date on your honey-do list – the benefits of getting things done before the deadline far outweighs the luxury of procrastinating.
These tips for getting things done without panicking before they're actually due are from Vancouver-based writer, Daphne Gray-Grant.
"Do deadlines make you nervous?" she says. "Instead of dreading them, I say you should welcome them with open arms. Deadlines don't have to destroy your day. Instead, they can make you MORE productive…."
If you struggle to get things done, take a peek at The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play – it's one of the bestselling books on procrastination.
And, check out Gray-Grant's tips for looming deadlines…
Why and How You Need to Get Things Done Before the Deadline
More than 30 years ago, when I was completing my undergraduate degree, I found myself in an 'open-book final exam. Talk about the magic of threes… I had to write three essays on three different books in three hours. As allowed, I had lugged into the exam an impossibly tall stack of books.
But for some strange reason — the professor's poor communication or my own stupidity — I'd managed to pre-read only two of the books. Fortunately, I had the third one with me. But it was completely and utterly unread. I hadn't even cracked the spine yet.
I felt a moment of panic when my mistake hit me like a punch to the solar plexus. This was a fourth year course and the exam was worth a great deal of my grade. What the hell was I going to do?
I took a deep breath and made a plan. I would spend the first hour skimming the book I hadn't read (it was more than 300 pages) and then I would write three essays in 40 minutes apiece. The most stressful part? Simply reading, while everyone around me was writing like a fiend. But I controlled my breathing and used lots of positive self-talk to get me through it. My final grade? 86%!
That was undoubtedly one of the worst deadlines of my life, but it taught me some valuable lessons. Unfortunately, it was more than another 10 years until I translated them into writing lessons.
Here are five tips that should help you demolish your deadlines without defeat…
No matter how close your deadline, always make a plan
If I could devote five minutes of a 180-minute exam to planning, surely you can spend five minutes on a project that's not due until next week, or even tomorrow! When you need to get things done, planning will help calm you, no matter how difficult the circumstances you face.
As Abe Lincoln said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax."
Start with the end in mind
Start with the end (the finished piece of writing, if you're on a writing deadline) in mind and work backwards to ensure you've allowed for every step of the writing process. Remember: if time is tight you may be tempted to skip a step or two. DON'T! Instead, just do them faster.
Be particularly careful to protect your incubation (the time before editing when you leave your writing aside without looking at it.) I always try to allow for one day but if you don't have time for that, allow at least one hour.
If you tend to procrastinate, read Overcoming Procrastination for Writers – 5 Ways to Start Writing.
Don't start writing until you have finished your research
If you're on a writing deadline, you will NOT save time by writing early. In fact, this is one heck of a way to guarantee a bad case of writer's block that can last for months or even years. Finish your research, think about your writing and THEN write.
The only exception is if you are waiting for an obligatory quote (likely from a very senior person.) If the quote is truly only obligatory and won't add substance to the story then you may use _____ or XXXXX marks and fill it in later. But otherwise, always finish your research first!
Create a mindmap – one of the best tips for getting things done
Mindmapping is the closest thing to a magic bullet for writing. I'm late producing today's column (it's a long story relating to various client crises) but I still did a mindmap in less than five minutes. In fact, it was the mindmap that caused me to remember my anecdote about the exam 30 years ago.
To learn more about how mindmapping can help you get things done, read Mindmapping for Writers.
Use a pomodoro to meet your deadline
Employ a kitchen timer (or computer-timer) to give yourself a mini-deadline and to encourage your productivity. I am using one right now (I have 1 minute and 23 seconds left to finish this column) and, instead of finding it a burden, I find it wonderfully corrective. I write using "pomodoros" — 25 minute bursts of hard work (no email, no web surfing, no phone calls) followed by a five-minute break.
Deadlines needn't demolish you. In fact, they can be bedazzlingly energizing and brain-blowingly productive!
What are your best tips for meeting deadlines and getting things done? Comments welcome below…
Daphne Gray-Grant is a writing and editing coach and the author of the popular book 8½ Steps to Writing Faster, Better. She offers a brief and free weekly newsletter on her website. Subscribe by going to the Publication Coach.


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When the video villain of "Wreck-It Ralph" decided to turn hero, it was game on: instead of his trademark path of destruction, his film instead resulted in mountains of quarters for Disney and an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.
As "Wreck-It Ralph" makes its home video debut, director Rich Moore is coming off a heady, highly rewarding tour of the Hollywood awards circuit. Moore took time out to reflect on his film's triumphs, as well as to ponder a return to Ralph and Vanellope's video graphic landscape and point out freeze-frame worthy eye candy to consume.
What kept you motivated about this project in particular while you were doing it?
What I felt was really cool about it was this was the first time I ever worked at Disney, but Disney was what inspired me originally as a child to chase after animation. When I was five I saw the 'Jungle Book' with my family, and I can remember that night so clearly and what that night felt like and the ideas that I went to bed with after the day was done, that I just absolutely wanted to be a part of whatever that world was that was making movies like the 'Jungle Book.' And it became this guiding star, this magnetic north that I followed all my life.
I'm really, really lucky that from an early age I knew what it was that I wanted to do as an artist. So there would be moments of making this film when I would remember that, because sometimes the production gets so busy that it's hard to kind of have reflective moments or be able to stop and think, in a deep way, when you're just trying to solve problems and being creative for fourteen hours, fifteen hours a day. But there would be times when I would kind of stop and think about that and remember. And I would be able to see everything from a very, very wide view and think, 'Wow, what I'm doing right now, it's connected to that moment when I was a little kid.'
The video game world you created in this film with your collaborators is so rich and deep. Is it a world you want to return to now and play in again?
Yeah, man, I would love to return to the world! In fact, I even feel like I haven't left it, to be honest with you, it's so alive in my head, I've still been doing work with the film overseas, to open it in other countries. Right now I still feel like I'm in that world. I would love to stay in that world and discover more things about it and tell more stories. Because so much of making the film is about the relationships you have with other people working on the film, and I got to work with some old friends, people who are some of the first people I met when I went to college to get into the career of animation and then a lot of new people that are just beginning their careers in animation. ... And the voice cast, John [C.Reilly], Sarah [Silverman], Jack [McBrayer], and Jane [Lynch] would be so thrilled to do another one. So the will is definitely there. Everyone would love to jump back in there, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed and it's looking pretty good, that we just might be able to pump another quarter into the machine.
Now that people can watch 'Wreck-It Ralph' with the advantage of slow motion and freeze-frame, tell us something they should keep their eyes peeled for on the Blu Ray?
I would say lots of characters in the background in Game Central Station. Lots of different graffiti tags on the walls of the station, especially on the train platforms, lots of candy references, stuff like sweets and sugar rush. And definitely some of the artists put in what they call a 'Hidden Mickeys,' which are Mickey Mouse-shaped head silhouettes that are worked into the patterns and designs in the backgrounds – the classic three circles that look like Mickey Mouse. I know several of the artists hid a lot of those in the background. So there's lots of fun things like that. I come from 'Simpsons' which was the birthplace of the freeze-frame jokes, and that's just another way to add humor or realism to the movie or the show. It's something I like to do, regardless of 'Futurama,' or 'Simpsons,' or 'Wreck-It Ralph.' So the things are there and the fans that are patient enough to scroll through will be rewarded, I'm sure.


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I often receive queries about the history of Hallet and Cumston pianos and requests to value pianos. I regret I know nothing about pianos but I do know something of this particular line.
HALLET & DAVIS PIANO COMPANY HISTORY: The Hallet & Davis Piano Company (spelled "Hallett & Davis" in earlier years) is one of America's more historical and illustrious makers. The firm was originally established as Brown & Hallet in 1835, and their factory was located on Washington Street in Boston. In 1843, Brown retired and George Davis joined the firm. Davis retired in about 1847, and Hallet became part of Hallet, Cumston & Allen. Allen resigned from the firm, and in 1850 he formed the Brown & Allen Piano Company. With Allen gone, Hallet & Cumston formed partnership, building pianos under both the "Hallet & Davis" and the "Hallet & Cumston" names. In about 1879, the business was incorporated as "Hallet, Davis & Company" and the "Hallet & Cumston" name was dropped.
The Hallet & Davis Piano Company was known for building very high quality, expensive pianos during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. They offered a full line of square, upright and grand pianos until about 1890 when they discontinued the square piano and increased production on the ever more popular upright. After the turn-of-the-century, they built a full line of high-quality player pianos under the brand names of Virtuoloa, Underwood & Sons, and Bowen. After the Great Depression, Hallet & Davis became part of the large Aeolian American Corporation, and the Hallet & Davis name was built by Aeolian until the 1980s era. Today, the Hallet & Davis name is being applied to Asian import pianos.
You can read a full story about the piano designer on my website at http://www.cumpston.org.uk/#/hallett-cumston-piano/4535432388
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Wadjet America Opens North American Offices
New US branch of Switzerland-based Wadjet AG.
Wadjet AG, an international manufacturer of wide-format digital printers based in Switzerland, has announced the start of operations of its North American subsidiary, Wadjet America, Inc. Earlier this year, Mantel Digital AG spun off its wide format digital printer manufacturing business into Wadjet AG, a separate, standalone company.
"We have been evaluating how to grow our highly innovative, wide-format printing businesses for several years now," says Jon-Andri Mantel, CEO of Mantel Digital. "We believe that the combination of the business that we have built so far, with new investment and additional management expertise, into a new company is the best way to ensure the success of these products."
John Harwell has been appointed CEO of both Wadjet AG and Wadjet America, Inc. The Wadjet America offices will be located at the same location as the former Mantel Digital, Inc., in Laguna Niguel, California.
"The spinoff will give both businesses the ability to focus on and pursue their respective growth strategies," says Harwell. In terms of timing and positioning of the new company, says Harwell: "It comes at a very good moment as we begin to roll out the next generation of DuralPrint (formerly DataPrint) and DataScreen products with much higher resolution."
The Wadjet corporate website highlights two products:
• The DuralPrint, which it describes as a 4-color flatbed with a working surface measuring 71 x 116 inches, specifically engineered for direct photorealistic printing onto anodized aluminum.
• The DataScreen, which is a piezo printing unit that is designed to produce screen stencils directly from Adobe, QuarkXPress, and CorelDraw files, using a light-impervious, water-based ink.
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Tourists found closed doors this morning at the Cathedral of Sainte-Cécile and the Saint-Salvi church, two of the main places to visit in the historic heart of Albi. The diocese confirms the temporary closure of the two buildings. The order was given by the prefecture following the temporary occupation of the cathedral on Monday evening by Albanian Roma who have been camping in the city centre for several days. This is the first time that the Cathedral cannot be visited, causing surprise to tourists visiting the Episcopal city.
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LITTLE ROCK � The state Board of Education voted Monday to allow the Harrisburg School District to close Weiner High School in northeastern Arkansas and transfer its students to Harrisburg High School.
LITTLE ROCK � The state Board of Education voted Monday to allow the Harrisburg School District to close Weiner High School in northeastern Arkansas and transfer its students to Harrisburg High School.
The Weiner district was annexed to the Harrisburg district in 2010 after its enrollment dropped below 350 students. The Harrisburg School Board voted in December to close the Weiner High School campus, which serves students in grades 7-12.
Because the vote was not unanimous, the district was required by state law to obtain approval from the state Board of Education before closing the campus.
Harrisburg Superintendent Danny Sample told the state board Monday that the district is spending more to keep the Weiner campus open than it is collecting in revenues attributable to the campus, which has seen enrollment dwindle to 134 students.
He also said that the students now attending Weiner High School would have access to increased educational opportunities on the Harrisburg High School campus.
�Our goal is for student success for every child in the Harrisburg School District,� he said.
Testifying against the petition, Ray Keller of Jonesboro, who grew up in Weiner and still farms there, said Weiner High School has a stronger record of academic success than Harrisburg High School. He acknowledged that enrollment has declined on the Weiner campus, but he attributed the decline to uncertainty about the school�s future.
�That uncertainty has created the need for some parents to think they should move their kids to another district. I�m totally convinced that if we give some stability and that if Superintendent Sample will begin to support that campus, I believe those people will come back,� he said.
The board approved the district�s request in a 5-2 vote. The closure will not affect Weiner Elementary School, which will remain open.
Also Monday, the board voted to allow the Bauxite School District to create a conversion charter school, or a charter school operated by the district. The school will be known as Miner Academy and will serve students in grades 6-12 with an enrollment cap of 200 students.
The board also voted to renew the charter of eSTEM Public Charter High School in Little Rock for 10 years and to allow the open-enrollment charter school to merge with eSTEM Public Charter Middle School and eSTEM Public Charter Elementary School so that all three will operate on a single charter.
The school had asked for a 13-year renewal.
The board granted a request by KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open enrollment charter school with campuses in Helena-West Helena and Blytheville, to renew its charter for 10 years. The school serves students in grades K-12.
The board voted to renew the charter of LISA Academy North Little Rock, an open-enrollment charter school in Sherwood, for five years and to increase its enrollment cap from 500 to 700 students. The school had asked for a 20-year renewal.


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|Mayim Bialik
Another thing you should know about Mayim is that she is also extremely human. She is smart, she is down to earth and she deals with her life's challenges with such integrity that I thought it would be a real treat to have her share some of her wisdom and experiences with us.
Mayim graciously agreed to do an interview on the current events of her personal life. She was vulnerable, she was open and she was so honest. I was moved by many of the things she said and I am sure you will all walk away from this interview with at least one thing that hits home.
An Interview with Mayim Bialik
Q: We all go through our own set of challenges in life. Right now, you are going through a divorce from your husband of 9 years. You also homeschool your 2 children, ages 4 and 7. Surely they have questions. What is your approach when your kids ask? Are you open with them and share with them exactly what is going on? Are you vague? And do you have any specific reason for the approach you have with your kids when filling them in?
At the ages of 4 and 7, the questions are very limited. Our younger son is only recently fluent verbally so as we were told to expect, questions from the 7-year-old mainly revolve around how, if at all, his daily life will change with the changes going on. It was suggested to us by the child specialist we spoke to, and using the book "The Truth About Children and Divorce" by Robert Emery, that it is age appropriate and normal for children to be "egocentric" and that you don't need to speak to them at a level they're not ready to operate at simply because you understand things at a more sophisticated level. In general, in all arenas of parenting, I never lie but I may choose to keep certain things private and age appropriate since children can be easily overwhelmed by too much information and too much sophisticated information, especially emotionally speaking. Since I am not an expert in child development or family therapy, we have relied heavily on support from professionals who deal with this, as well as friends who have gone through it and the aforementioned book.
Q: You clearly seem very level headed and things seem very civil between you and your soon to be ex- but surely there are times when things might seem overwhelming and all you want to do is be by yourself. But being a working actor as well as a homeschooling attachment parent, alone time is hard to come by. How do you deal with those difficult moments when your little guys need your attention but your mind is simply not there?
Being alone is always something that's been important to me and becoming a parent can be a real scary challenge to those of us who value alone time. Part of our decision to not use outside help for child care has gotten me accustomed to learning to simply be there for my kids. It's hard not being able to run away and sometimes I want to, but at those times, I do what one of my mentors who has older kids has told me to do: be gentle on myself, eliminate superfluous commitments, order in dinner or serve leftovers (I've been known to feed my sons canned vegetarian beans and corn for dinner, which they love!), and go to sleep when the kids do so that sleep deprivation doesn't add to my desire to run away!
Q: As women, we are very emotional and hormonal creatures and personal challenges can often bring us to tears (guilty as charged). Kids don't quite know what to do when they see their mommy cry or feel sad/down. Have you been sad or cried in front of your kids, and is there anything you say or do to help them deal with it?
I have "lost it" in front of my kids and they have certainly seen me cry. What I've been told is that it's important to not pretend you're fine when it's clear that you're not because even very young children know when your words don't match your affect. It's also important to communicate that, although you are upset/sad/frustrated, you will be okay and that you can handle what's going on. Sometimes I'll tell my boys that I need a mommy time-out so that I can compose myself, rather than make them feel in any way responsible for making me feel better. My older son in particular is very empathetic and sensitive and both of my boys like to give me a kiss when they see I'm upset. I make sure to use this as my wake-up call to thank them for the kiss and try and move on so that they don't continue to feel responsible for making me feel better.
Q: You and Mike obviously are working things out very civilly but whether you are married, divorced, getting divorced or a single parent, we all have arguments with our significant other. Are there any methods of communication that you use with Mike to get through difficult conversations/arguments when the kids are present?
It's very important to know when to stop communicating almost more than it's important to know to continue communicating. I think it's important to not have extended emotionally difficult conversations in front of children and I also think it's important to model civility in arguments, never name call, and let children hear you use phrases such as, "I'm really upset right now and it's hard for me to think straight. I'd like to discuss this later. I appreciate you respecting that."
Q: Finally, do you have any specific words of encouragement and/or advice for other homeschooling moms/attachment style parents who are going through their own set of challenges- be it a divorce, an illness, financial issues etc. who are with their kids for extended amounts of time during the day and need to "be on and be present" with their kids without the 'luxury' of being able to fall apart?
My suggestions would be the ones I've been given, which I mentioned above: go easy on yourself, know that no parent is perfect, there is no parent who never gets upset, yells when they don't intend to, or acts selfishly when they ought to act selflessly. Children are resilient but they're also incredibly fragile. The tension and balance of their existence depends on our ability to manage it for them and for ourselves as well. I'm told that if we are okay, our children will be okay too. It's not fun going through a divorce, but I try to be guided by honesty, compassion, and always looking towards the big picture and wanting the best for my children as the children of a divorced couple.
Thank you Mayim.
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Claressa Shields has become the first American boxer of either gender to win two Olympic boxing gold medals.
Shields on Sunday beat Netherlands fighter Nouchka Fontijn by unanimous decision to win her second middleweight gold. She was the star of the London Games and again was the class of her division.
"I wanted to let everyone to know that I'm not just a great female boxer, but I'm one of the great boxers that ever lived," Shields proclaimed.
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The 21-year-old Flint, Michigan native, raised her arms in the corner toward friends and family in the stands after the third round. The fourth round was simply a coronation for a fighter who put women's boxing on the map. Women's boxing made its debut at the London Games.
Shields rocked Fontijn with a big right to the face in the second round that jolted the crowd. She gestured toward Fontijn to come fight in the fourth round. By then, it was way too late for Fontijn.
Shields said after the fight, that her strategy going in was to "be smart, use my jab, and then the right hand when I could and not get touched by those long arms she had. And I did it."
She performed a cartwheel in the ring, then took a victory lap with the American flag on her back.
Shieds hasn't lost a fight since the London Games, winning two world championships and a Pan-Am Games title.
Her final bout in Rio de Janeiro was the culmination of a four-year stretch in which she hasn't lost a fight and has rarely even been tested — certainly not yet at the Rio Olympics, where top female fighters only must win three bouts to claim gold.
"A lot of girls are here just to beat me, but I'm here to win a gold medal," Shields said. "Beating me is winning a gold medal to them, so they go out there and they fight me a lot harder than they did any other opponent."
Shields is increasingly competing largely against her own preparation and motivation — something she does well.
She gave herself a C-minus grade for her opening bout, but she figured out why she didn't feel right against that Russian opponent. Because she can no longer stomach the food in the athletes village cafeteria after a month in Rio, she had consumed only a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and some chocolate milk on the day before her first fight.
She stopped eating like the college student that she recently was, eating proper meals and subsequently dominating Kazakhstan's Dariga Shakimova to reach the final.
Koroma and head women's coach Billy Walsh work on game plans with Shields, but her superior skills and athleticism often make it relatively easy work. With her confidence fairly bursting, Shields doesn't appear to require much help to dominate.
"You don't have to worry about if I'm going to get out there and not let my hands go," Shields said. "That's never going to happen. I don't even have to warm up for that."
Shields beat Fontijn at the world championships in May. Fontijn has a better chance than just about anybody in the world to end Shields' dominance, but the talent gap between Shields and the middleweight field has been larger than in any division in Rio.
Shields' one-sided success and ensuing fame have been an enormous boon for USA Boxing, which is coming home from Brazil with one silver and one bronze from its men after failing to win anything in London.
The rising popularity of women's boxing in general has allowed USA Boxing to get the funds to hire veteran Irish amateur coach Walsh, who oversees the entire team from his official position as the women's head coach.
Walsh only got the job late last year, and his true focus is on the 2020 Olympics as he attempts to build a cohesive program. After some initial conflicts with his star, he has become a fervent backer of Shields, lauding her example to his other seven fighters.
"None of these guys understood what I was trying to build with Team USA when I got here," Walsh said. "Claressa is the only one that caught on. It was massive. She said, 'You're trying to build a team.' Exactly. We're trying to build a bond, and she sees it better than anyone."


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Hope College launches its swimming/diving season on Friday, Oct. 19, by competing in the MIAA Relays to be hosted by Calvin College at its Venema Aquatic Center. The meet involving all MIAA-member colleges will begin at 6 p.m. The meet is non-traditional in that every event is a relay. The outcome does not figure into the conference standings.
John Patnott begins his 33rd season as coach of Hope's swimming/diving program. He has coached Hope teams to 31 conference championships -- 19 by the women and 12 by the men. In terms of total conference championships won (31), he is the winningest active MIAA coach in any sport.
Developing young talent will be the name of the game for the Flying Dutchmen this season.
Hope adds 11 new athletes to the team and will look to the talented newcomers to fill in the openings left by graduated seniors.
Leading the way for the Dutchmen this year are seniors Josh Grabijas (Howell/Howell HS) and Nick Hazekamp (Janesville, Wisc./Joseph A. Craig HS) as they return for their final season. Both are returning MIAA individual conference champions and members of the MIAA all-conference team.
Grabjias earned MIAA championship titles in the 500-yard freestyle and the 1,650-yard freestyle. His time in the 1,650 was a Hope College record as well as an MIAA league record. It also qualified him for a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships where he placed 12th and earned Honorable Mention All-American.
Hazekamp finished first in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke at the 2012 MIAA Championships.
The Flying Dutchmen will also rely on seniors Geoff Ludema (Ada/Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Gregg Elhart (Zeeland/Zeeland East HS), juniors Jake Hunt (Muskegon/Mona Shores HS) and Andrew Larson (Jackson/Jackson HS), and sophomore Chris Waechter (Ventura, Calif./Foothill Tech) to make a significant contribution at the conference level.
The large incoming class combined with the group of returnees will provide depth for Hope in the breaststroke, butterfly and distance freestyle events.
The Flying Dutch look to build on the success from last year and have high hopes for the new season.
Coming off a second place finish in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA), the Flying Dutch will rely on their experienced returnees to lead the way in the pool.
Hope returns three conference champions from the 2011-12 season. Senior Libby Westrate (Grandville/Grandville HS) won MIAA titles in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and the 200-yard freestyle. Junior Maria Kieft (Spring Lake/Spring Lake HS) was crowned champion in the 100-yard backstroke and senior Kyeigh Sheldon (Hastings/Hastings HS) took first on the three-meter board.
All four members of the conference champion 400-yard medley relay team (Kieft, senior Sarah Krueger (Wixom/Walled Lake HS), senior Erin Holstad (Traverse City/Traverse City West HS), and Westrate) are back for another year.
Westrate, Holstad and Sheldon also return this year with experience from the 2012 NCAA Championships.
In her third consecutive trip to nationals, Westrate competed individually in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle. She earned Honorable Mention All-American honors with a 15th place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Joined with teammate Holstad, the two competed as members of four Flying Dutch relays. Their performance on the 800-yard freestyle relay earned them a 12th place finish at the championships and Honorable Mention All-American honors.
Kyleigh Sheldon qualified for the NCAA Championships on the one-meter and three-meter boards, finishing 19th and 21st respectively.
The Flying Dutch add 17 new athletes to the squad this year that look to make a significant contribution to the team. The added depth brings strength to the freestyle and backstroke events as well as team relays.


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BELMONT � As children in a family of 10, Kay, Lydia and Hannah Schellenberg were quite active as children growing up in Jacksonville, Fla.
With parents who played college sports and five younger siblings, the Schellenberg sisters played whatever sport they could throughout their childhood.
Nowadays, Belmont Abbey College�s volleyball program has been the biggest winner because of those pursuits, even as it took the combination of the teaching of an elementary school volleyball coach, family connections to the area and a Christmas phone call offering the chance help build a program with no winning volleyball history whatsoever to make it all happen.
Although the sisters grew up playing basketball, softball, tennis and golf, their mother Catherine Schellenberg thinks the teacher�s role in identifying Kay Schellenberg�s talents started the sisters on their path to Belmont Abbey.
�One of her coaches saw that Kay was pretty good at being a setter when she was in the fifth grade,� said Catherine Schellenberg, who lives in Jacksonville with her husband Tom and their other five children. �Once Kay learned how to set, I think the others just sort of followed her lead.�
Each of the girls first played at San Jose Catholic School until attending the Bolles School in Jacksonville that has produced several top-flight athletes over the years, including Atlanta Braves� All-Star Chipper Jones.
And while the girls clearly grew up around several sports � their father played baseball at St. Leo�s and their mother played tennis at North Florida � volleyball became their favorite.
When Kay Schellenberg was a senior, she began looking for schools where should continue her career in that sport � among them St. Leo�s, Winthrop, Marymount and Belmont Abbey.
�I really wanted to go to a Catholic school that had a balance between serving the church, academics and sports,� Kay Schellenberg said.
But then-coach Lettie Wilkes initially told her she didn�t have room on her roster for another setter.
All that changed during the holidays � or when a setter decided she wasn�t returning for the 2009 season.
�Coach Wilkes called her at Christmas,� Catherine Schellenberg recalls. �And it was one of the best Christmas presents we�ve ever gotten.�
Adding to the interest in the school was that uncle Bob Schellenberg was a 1973 Belmont Abbey graduate who lived in Charlotte, aunt Anne Schellenberg Bader attended the Abbey in the 1970s and lived in Lake City, S.C., and Catherine Schellenberg had family in Rock Hill, S.C.
After Kay Schellenberg�s visit, she was all set for the Abbey � even as Wilkes left to pursue a position in high school administration in Catawba County (Wilkes returned to volleyball coaching two years ago and is currently head coach at Charlotte�s Queens University).
Kay Schellenberg says now that she and current seniors Morgan Kirby, Angela Jubb and Julianna Pisano agreed the school was still the right place for them.
�We were just happy we got a coach that we liked,� Kay Schellenberg said.
That�s exactly what happened when Mary DeJute was hired less than a month before the 2009 season began.
And after a 6-18, 6-11 finish that season, Kay Schellenberg and several other Lady Crusaders keyed a 12-game improvement to win a school-record 18 games while also having the first winning record (18-10) in school history.
How significant was that improvement?
Until the 2010 and 2011 seasons � the Abbey also won 18 games in 2011 � the Lady Cruaders had won 10 or more games only three times.
Meanwhile, Lydia Schellenberg had been recruited and added to the Abbey roster in 2011.
�I wanted the same things Kay wanted from a school,� said Lydia Schellenberg, who also considered Catholic University in Baltimore and Ave Marie, Fla., before choosing the Abbey. �Plus, my sophomore year in high school I had to do a project on a college and I picked Belmont Abbey, so this was a school I was very familiar with.�
Last year, Hannah Schellenberg became the third family member to choose the school.
�I went through the recruiting process, but Belmont Abbey was always in the back of my mind,� Hannah Schellenberg said. �I wanted the spiritual, athletic balance that I�d seen at the college when I came to see my sisters play.�
Hannah Schellenberg�s decision also gave DeJute the opportunity to make history.
While the three sisters played on the Bolles High team together in 2008, they had never played on the court at the same time.
�Hannah was such a late-bloomer, she was behind them at that time,� said Catherine Schellenberg of Hannah Schellenberg, who was 5-foot-2 in high school but is now 5-9.
DeJute made sure they got on the court together in a match quickly this season.
�When I recruited Lydia and Hannah, I didn�t want them to feel any kind of pressure to play with their sisters,� DeJute said. �We recruited both of them because we thought they could help our team win, not just because they had sisters already in our program.
�Each of them has been major contributors from the first day they got here, so it was easy to make sure they all played together once Hannah got here after Kay and Lydia.�
The on-court results confirm DeJute made the right decision.
While the previous teams set a school records with 18 victories, this year has been the most successful in school history � a 19-4 overall record and 10-2 conference mark entering this weekend�s final regular season home matches on Friday (Barton at 7 p.m.) and Saturday (Mount Olive at 2 p.m.).
They�ve been so successful the Lady Crusaders are assured of having another home match � or maybe three � when the conference tournament begins on Nov. 10.
�It�s been such a blessing to play with two of my younger sisters and see all the work we�ve put in pay off,� said Kay Schellenberg, who has four younger brothers (5, 7, 11 and 15 years old) and a younger sister (9).
Added Lydia Schellenberg: �We really click as a team and have great chemistry.�
What would you expect with three of the team�s top eight players coming from the same family?
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22


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DURHAM, N.H. – UMBC junior Hannah Schmidt (Catonsville, Md./Mount de Sales) matched her career-high with 19 kills and senior Mallory McIntyre (Winnipeg, Manitoba/St. Mary's Academy) dished out 56 assists, but it was not enough as New Hampshire rallied to defeat the Retriever volleyball team in five sets (22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-29, 15-9), to win the America East title, Saturday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium.
With the win, UNH (20-12) earns the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament while UMBC's season ends with a 19-12 overall record after posting a 9-5 mark in league play.
Schmidt, an All-Conference Second Team selection, and McIntyre, the two-time conference Setter of the Year, were chosen to represent UMBC on the All-Tournament Team. Over the course of the two tournament matches, Schmidt sent down 35 winners while picking up 21 digs, collecting two double-doubles to bring her season total to ten. McIntyre, meanwhile, totaled 89 assists for the weekend for an 11.13 assists per set average.
Senior Ali Goc (Oshawa, Ontario/R.S. McLaughlin) registered her team-leading 15th double-double of the season versus UNH, putting away ten kills and scooping up a team-high 22 digs. Classmate Emily Witsaman (Medina, Ohio/Medina) was also instrumental in the Retriever attack in the final, slamming 12 kills with sophomore Krystal Mlemchukwu (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech) tallying ten put-aways.
On the back line, freshman libero Casey Griffith (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) dug 17 balls to join Goc and Schmidt in double figures.
Tournament Most Outstanding Player Taylor Dunklau led UNH to a .249 hitting percentage while handing out 50 assists in the championship match. America East Regular Season Player of the Year Morgan Thatcher benefitted the most from Dunklau's setting, recording 22 kills in the match. Tori Forrest and Destiny Tolliver also notched double-digit kills, sending down 15 and 14, respectively.
UMBC looked strong out of the gate, turning a 2-2 tie into a 7-2 lead with five straight points, the last on a UNH attack error. The Retrievers then endured multiple Wildcat rallies, but never let them within less than two points, and claimed the opening frame 25-22 as Schmidt ended the set with her fourth winner.
The hosts responded quickly in the second set, winning the opening three points, and never trailed throughout. The Retrievers battled early, pulling even at 5-5 on a Schmidt service ace. UMBC could not put back-to-back points together again until a two-point run cut the UNH lead to five, 16-11, and the Wildcats salted away the remainder of the set to level the match with a 25-17 set win.
The third set was the most emblematic of the match as the two teams traded the lead four times and were level on nine occasions. Trailing for most of the set, including at 23-21, UMBC rallied late to capture the final four points of the set and take a two sets to one advantage. Schmidt was superb for the Black and Gold, knocking down six kills in the frame, but it was a block from Witsaman and sophomore Sherelle Walker (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) which secured the set win.
The Retrievers continued the run in the fourth set, grabbing the first two points of the frame, the second courtesy of a McInytre and Witsaman block, but UNH then ran off four straight and never trailed the rest of the way. Tolliver keyed the hosts in the frame, sending down six winners while Forrest tallied three put-aways.
In the decisive fifth set, New Hampshire opened by claiming the initial four points and then held off a valiant UMBC rally. Trailing 10-4, the Retrievers earned back-to-back points on a kill from Goc and a Wildcat attack error to make the score 10-6, but could get no closer than four points. With UNH leading 14-9, the Wildcats claimed the set and championship on a UMBC attack error.
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- New Hampshire has now won five straight over UMBC and leads the all-time series 14-9.
- Saturday's championships match was the first non-regular season America East match between the two schools.
- Goc's 22 digs bring her career total to 1,469, the third most in program history.
- McIntyre recorded 50 or more assists in seven contests this season, handing out a total of 1,127 this season, the tenth-most in a single season by a Retriever. Her 10.34 assists per set ties Lanae Baker (2006) for sixth-best in program history.
- For her career, McIntyre dished out 2,049 assists, the eighth-highest total in Retriever history.


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Explore the latest releases and updates for SAP HANA
Continuous innovation is a key component of our strategy for SAP HANA. Uncover the features and updates introduced in the latest support package stack (SPS) and stay up to date with breaking news. Use the drop-down below to explore specific release versions.
SPS 04: Database Enhancements
- Simplify administration and boost the performance of large deployments with recommendations for system optimisation and data tiering based on actual operating conditions and delivered through the SAP HANA cockpit
- Scale hybrid transactional analytical processing (HTAP) workloads efficiently with fine-grain control in allocating computing resources to different types of consumers
- Streamline infrastructure administration and accelerate resource provisioning through software-based, centralised management of computing, storage, and network resources with a choice of certified hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) from SAP partners
High availability
- Increase system availability with new multitarget system replication options that can change replication paths automatically after system failures and improve recoverability across distributed landscapes
- Improve system recoverability and resource utilisation by deploying multiple active secondary systems at regional locations, which can deliver faster local-read access to data
- Optimise the latency for written transactions across geographically distributed landscapes by rotating the primary system across data centres as business activities come to life in new time zones
Data security and privacy
- Share data with employees, customers, and partners without compromising data privacy
- Apply expanded anonymization models, such as L-diversity, as well as simplified hierarchy configuration and configurable data retention policies to improve auditability
SPS 04: Advanced Analytics Processing
Geospatial data processing
- Reduce sampling bias and aggregate geo-coordinates quickly with support for in-database hexagon clustering, which is accessible from Esri ArcGIS
- Reduce the storage footprint of geospatial data by a factor of two and use the tools of your choice with the expanded support for open source geo-services
- Benefit from cloud APIs for global forecasting and historical weather, simplify custom modelling by taking advantage of ready-to-use statistical models, and use an intuitive labelling tool, powered by machine learning, to identify landscape features in earth observation images – all available in SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA service
SPS 04: Application Development and Tool Enhancements
Tools and prepackaged content
- Create more demanding applications by extending the memory capacity for SAP HANA, express edition in the cloud, to 256GB, which can be purchased on the Amazon Web Service Marketplace
- Improve development productivity with compatible tools, available in the cloud and on premise, with more support for the cloud application programming model in on-premise tooling for SAP HANA
- Accelerate the development of data models and intelligent applications by embracing the data and machine-learning capabilities of SAP HANA from native R and Python environments through standard APIs
- Achieve results faster with a broader portfolio of native machine-learning algorithms, embedded R functions in SAP HANA streaming analytics, and the choice of managing the lifecycle of a TensorFlow model directly from SAP HANA
SPS 04: Data Management Enhancements
Data federation
- Query remote data more effectively with new enhancements in SAP HANA smart data access (SDA)
- Provide federated access to high-availability Hadoop clusters
- Adopt a new generic adapter framework to connect more remote data sources easily
Data tiering
- Achieve an optimal cost-to-performance ratio for warm data access by taking advantage of the new SAP HANA native storage extension.
- Manage warm data of virtually any type on disk
- Load warm data in memory automatically, when queries need to access it
SPS 03: Database Enhancements
- Gain insights on sensitive data and explore new business opportunities while safeguarding data privacy with real time data anonymization.
- Provide reassurance to your data protection officer with integrated access control, auditing, and anonymization reporting.
- Simplified security management with extended LDAP integration, enabling automated user provisioning and native LDAP authentication.
- Easily share complex security authorisations between native SAP HANA Applications/Extensions and SAP Business Applications (e.g. S/4HANA).
Administration and monitoring
- New visibility and management of data in a distributed system through visual table redistribution monitoring and control.
- Greatly reduce database administration effort through parallel execution of SQL across many systems and a SQL Statement library to save statements for repeated use.
- Simplified ability to analyse and simulate workloads to reduce cost/time when implementing change.
- High availability for SAP HANA cockpit, enhancing its reliability and ensuring uninterrupted SAP HANA administration and monitoring.
High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
- Reach higher levels of system availability with multi-target system replication (multi-tier chains of secondary hosts).
- Improved business continuity through SAP HANA native invisible takeover (fault-tolerant SQL-routing).
- Simplified ability to fixing logical errors (e.g. dropped tables) with new Secondary Time Travel, without the need of a point-in-time recovery on alternative hardware.
Workload management
- Reduced administration efforts with wildcard support for workload classification and system level query timeout parameters.
- Enhanced autonomous statement classification and reduced latency for OLTP workloads to further improve mixed workload scenarios.
SPS 03: Advanced Analytics Processing
Predictive analytics and machine learning
- Increased performance and agility by building and applying segmented models, e.g. building a separate time series model for each store.
- Gain high availability and load balancing for TensorFlow™ integrations by configuring multiple TensorFlow Model Servers per server workload.
- Ensure the best possible model accuracy and model selection using automated hyper parameter search and cross validation.
Text Analysis, Graph and Geospatial data processing
- Improve the relevance of your search results by including spatial distance in relevance ranking calculations.
- Extend sentiment analysis to the Japanese economy (which is third largest in the world, based on GDP) by identifying opinions in Japanese character sets
SAP HANA, spatial services
- Easily integrate SAP HANA spatial services, available in the cloud, into custom business applications.
- Act with live spatial intelligence, create location-aware business applications faster and adopt advanced spatial capabilities without barriers.
SPS 03: Application Development and Tools Enhancements
SAP Cloud Platform, SAP HANA service
- Develop business-ready cloud solutions quickly with a fully managed cloud service and innovate faster with ready-to use business content, built-in enterprise-class data security, and a wealth of services in SAP Cloud Platform and from major cloud service providers.
- Innovate with live data intelligence and create smart business processes that combine analytics and transactions or agile data marts, that extract insights from data in SAP HANA or virtually connected data sets.
- Overcome cloud barriers and limits, by running your applications on any cloud of your choice, through a single contract with SAP.
SAP HANA, express edition
- Get free development experience to the modern in-memory data platform SAP HANA, which can be installed on your personal computer, laptop, or server.
- Immediately develop real-time applications that combine analytics and transactions on any data, with SAP HANA express edition – now featuring all SAP HANA 2 SPS 03 enhancements.
- SAP HANA, express edition comes with non-production and production licenses that can be used for personal learning, group training, testing, demo, validation, and productive use.
- SAP HANA, express edition is now also listed directly on the AWS® Marketplace, in addition to the listings on Google Cloud Platform™, Microsoft Azure®, and the Huawei® Cloud marketplaces. An additional container image with development and administration tooling has been added in the Docker® Store.
- Gain enhanced SAP HANA development and administration tools along with Kubernetes® support.
Tools and languages
- Streamline application development with new built-in and user-defined libraries in SQLScript, native Ruby and Hibernate™ dialect client interface support and new rules for Code Analyser.
- Improve enterprise application performance and stability with prepared statement caching, continuous connections during server failover and a plan profiler for performance analysis.
SPS 03: Data Management Enhancements
Enterprise architecture
- SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, Cloud Edition now available as an application service on SAP Cloud Platform. Start with architecture and design, even before an SAP HANA system has been set up.
- Benefit from a flexible model-to-model generation option for hybrid cloud environments by transferring models between on premise and Cloud versions.
- Define business level structures with a conceptual data model, which can generate the implementation model, using an end-to-end tool.
- Collaboration features to support multiple stakeholder personas.
Data integration and federation
- Benefit from additional options to access, synthesize or integrate business data between multiple SAP HANA systems or from external sources, e.g. Apache Spark™ on SAP Cloud Platform Big Data Services, Microsoft Azure HDInsight®, Google® BigQuery, and Apache Cassandra™ support.
- Reduce processing time for high-volume reads with auto-partitioning of the source table with SAP HANA, smart data integration.
Multi-tier storage
- Leverage all functionality with warm data at lower cost through native SAP HANA extension node support with up to 4x warm data capacity.
- Benefit from improved performance for cross-store queries, and faster backups to 3rd party tools with reduced storage needs with SAP HANA dynamic tiering.
Persistent memory support
- SAP and Intel® co-innovate to deliver SAP HANA support for Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory support.
- Process larger volumes of data in real-time with increased memory capacity while reducing TCO through lower data management and storage cost.
- Improve business continuity and reduce downtime through minimised SAP HANA start times, as data is persistent in main memory.
*Note: Hardware now available
SAP HANA Blockchain service (planned release)
Easily leverage blockchain innovation for better trust, traceability and transparency while getting real-time insights form all transactions and streamlining business processes across the entire business landscape.
- SAP HANA, with the SAP HANA Blockchain service, provides a single platform providing a unified, holistic view of enterprise data with blockchain data.
- Monitor and analyse blockchain data to make quick decisions. Take actions by running advanced analytics on blockchain data.
- Simply build applications leveraging blockchain data on the SAP HANA platform without having to know the complexities of blockchain networks.
SPS 02: Database Enhancements
High availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR)
- Gain flexibility with the ability to copy/move tenant databases across different multi-tenant environments while system replication is still running.
- Expand your SAP HANA high availability landscape with the flexibility to deploy multi-tier system replication chains - beyond 2 secondary systems.
- Simplify active/active, read-enabled access to your data assets through a closer integration with cluster managers.
Workload Management
- Reduce administration efforts and ensure that important workloads get appropriate resources with SAP HANA's ability to automatically manage incoming database requests according to assigned priorities and enforce limits on the cumulative memory and CPU resources that each user / application / workload class consumes.
Administration and Monitoring
- Improve efficiency and productivity by assigning administrators to specific user groups and taking advantage of a simplified way to manage user groups, encryption, and database copies within the SAP HANA Cockpit.
- Enforce best practices across your landscapes by applying standard parameters across SAP HANA systems for centralised control.
SPS 02: Advanced Analytics Processing
Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning
- Empower users with smarter recommendations from fresh intelligence with a broader support for real-time scoring and with integration to external machine learning frameworks - now including Tensorflow™.
- Accelerate predictive application development with a simplified way to invoke algorithms and the ability to use SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA for developing predictive and machine learning models using SAP HANA Predictive Analytics Libraries (PAL).
Text Analysis, Graph and Geospatial data processing
- Speed up the deployment of text analysis assets with a simplified end-to-end process all managed through SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA - now including the custom configuration for different data domains and the automatic generation of language-specific inflections for custom dictionaries.
- Gain faster insight from your connected data sets with new GraphScript extensions to facilitate navigation and manipulations of sub-graphs, inverted graphs, and more.
- Increase the accuracy and depth of insight from geospatial data with improved validation of geometric objects.
SPS 02: Application Development and Tools Enhancements
Tools and languages
- Innovate faster with new and enhanced SQLScript and SQL functions, simplified XML and JSON document handling, and more efficient support for SQL hierarchies.
- Streamline application development with a more efficient Python driver and a newly released Go driver.
SAP HANA, express edition
- Get instant access to a modern data platform to develop real-time applications that combine analytics and transactions on any data, at no cost with SAP HANA express edition – now featuring high-speed data provisioning, bulk data movement, and federation through SAP HANA smart data integration.
SPS 02: Data Management Enhancements
Enterprise landscape management
- Simplify data and process management across your enterprise landscape with SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer Edition for SAP HANA. Now you can import models from SAP Solution Manager, represent native Datastore Objects, and deliver a comprehensive data movement view across data sources and targets.
Data integration and federation
- Get a broader view of your business with an improved integration of external data sources that brings increased performance for data provisioning adapters and a simplified configuration for third-party databases adapters.
- Streamline the setup and management of federated data access to remote sources with the automatic creation of virtual tables, and ensure the continuous access to remote data with automatic system failover.
Multi-tier storage
- Enhance system availability and deliver continuous access to all your data with the support for 2-tier and 3-tier system replication in SAP HANA dynamic tiering.
- Gain instant access to the data your business needs at a lower cost with faster data transfers from extended stores to memory, and a simplified management through enhanced diagnostic tracing and troubleshooting.
SPS 01: Database Enhancements
Multitenant database
- Centralise tenant backup and recovery through an intuitive interface in SAP HANA Cockpit.
- Improve tenant security with separate access ports for different user roles and encrypted connection for end-users.
High availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR)
- Shorten set-up time for secondary nodes with faster data pre-loads using multi-streaming and parallelization.
- Increase system availability with continuous data access - on the secondary node - when the primary server is in restart mode.
Security and compliance
- Gain additional protection for sensitive and confidential data with dynamic data masking.
- Ensure that all your data and log backups are always encrypted by using native backup encryption.
- Increase application isolation, implement enhanced separation of duties, and harden your security settings by leveraging the default multi-container database mode.
- Lower the time and cost of tuning SAP HANA environments with enhanced workload and SQL analysis.
- Streamline system upgrades with expanded result comparison capabilities for replayed workloads.
- Simplify security management with the ability to monitor backup encryption from SAP HANA Cockpit.
- Get an instant snapshot of your SAP HANA landscape health with ability to monitor multiple performance KPIs in one view or drill-down for additional troubleshooting.
- Manage and monitor system replication effectively with all the information you need – including network speed and secondary system stats.
- Simplify backups by using a consistent strategy for all your SAP HANA installations with snapshot-based backup now available for multi-tenant environments.
SPS 01: Advanced Analytical Processing Enhancements
Document store
- Enable a new class of applications that take advantage of schema flexibility and semi-structured data with a native JSON document store that is accessible via SQL.
- Gather new insights by processing structured and semi-structured data in one database.
Predictive analytics and machine learning
- Create powerful predictive applications using an extended collection of pre-packaged algorithms and real-time model scoring capabilities.
Streaming analytics
- Take advantage of enhanced machine learning capabilities – now with the ability to run trained decision tree algorithms against streaming data.
Text analytics and search
- Understand your customers globally by leveraging sentiment analysis multi-language support – now with extended Arabic and Portuguese support.
- Allow your applications to search spatial data using enterprise search API.
Graph data processing
- Analyse graph data more efficiently with enhanced pattern matching and graph traversals in Cypher, expanded GraphScript support, and hierarchies in SQLScript.
SPS 01: Application Development and Tools Enhancements
Application server
- Accelerate the development of new applications with intuitive interfaces tailored to the needs of each user with support for Fiori Launch Pad in SAP HANA Extended Application Server Advanced (XSA).
- Simplify application troubleshooting and compliance with centralised tracing and access to application audit logs.
Tools and languages
- Accelerate application development with enhanced graphical modelling for calculation views in Web IDE for SAP HANA.
- Persist data in new central object (native Data Store Object - DSO) specifically designed for data warehousing (DW) scenarios.
- Take advantage of enhancement in SQLScript, new SQL Functions and multi-context support in SAP HANA Core Data Services.
SPS 01: Data Management Enhancements
Data integration and data federation
- Get a broader view of the business with more data integration sources - Apache Impala - Cloudera; PostgreSQL; Apache Camel JDBC – Generic JDBC adapter – and an enhanced file adapter for real-time access.
- Gain new insights by combining live transactional data with Big Data in the cloud with transparent access to SAP Cloud Platform Big Data Services (formerly Altiscale) via SAP HANA Spark Controller.
- Simplify configuration of data federation with an intuitive import/export of virtual tables across the landscapes.
- Achieve results faster as the manual creation of virtual tables is no longer required for SAP HANA to SAP HANA access through direct link.
Multi-tier storage
- Expand backup options with support for third-party tools in multi-tenancy environments.
- Improve system resilience in multi-tenancy environments with support for system replication for all storage tiers.
- Enhance system performance and simplify IT landscapes by co-locating in-memory store and extended store on a single host.
What is SAP HANA 2.0?
Adopt SAP HANA 2.0 at Your Pace
- Bring new ideas to life with technology enhancements delivered via support package stacks (SPS)
- Get technology enhancements twice-a-year; for example, SPS 01 and SPS 02
- Upgrade required after two SPSs are released to remain compliant with maintenance support (Example: SPS 00 is supported until SPS 02 is released)
- Run applications in a constant environment without the disruption of support package stack (SPS) upgrades
- Obtain maintenance revisions (but no new SPSs) until May 2019
- Upgrade to SAP HANA 2.0 at any time
What's new in SAP HANA 2.0?
SAP HANA Academy
Database Enhancements
High availability and disaster recovery/ backup and recovery
- Load balance read-intensive operations between a primary and secondary instance of SAP HANA with the active / active-read enabled mode
- Automate orchestration of HA/DR processes with enhanced SAP Landscape Management integration
- Optimise workload for 3rd party backup tools by consolidating SAP HANA log backups
- Protect data at rest by using SAP HANA's comprehensive encryption for data and redo log files
- Reduce TCO by using existing LDAP groups for automatic role assignment
- Simplify monitoring of security alerts and configuration of security and users in the new SAP HANA cockpit
- Manage one instance, multiple tenants or thousands of SAP HANA instances within the SAP HANA Cockpit administration and monitoring tool
- Prevent run-away queries and manage system thresholds with enhanced workload management
- Reduce time and cost when implementing change by capturing, comparing and analysing multiple workload replays
Advanced Analytical Processing Enhancements
- Find information faster with improved searching and filtering on dates
- Dynamically configure search rules for duplicate detection
- Run search rules in "batch mode" to check a large number of records in a single call
Text analytics
- Extend the smarts of your applications that use text analysis to all languages using spaces between words
- Easily embed natural-language processing into your products with a new native SQL interface
- Manage your own domain-specific custom dictionaries and rules within the Web IDE for SAP HANA
Graph data processing
- Analyse graph data more efficiently and achieve results faster with new visualisations
- Leverage existing Cypher query language skills with SAP HANA support for Cypher for pattern matching
Predictive analytics and machine learning
- Create richer predictive applications using more pre-packaged algorithms
- Run scoring functions faster with parallel processing across large-scale partitioned data
Application Development and Tools Enhancements
Application server
- Reduce TCO with Bring Your Own Language and Runtimes by running these applications within the XS Advanced framework
- Build native applications in multi-tenant (MDC) landscapes without restriction
- Reduce effort of supporting JAVA based applications with enhanced JAVA / JavaScript runtime supportability and trace features
Tools, languages, and APIs
- Accelerate application development with enhanced modelling for calculation views, core data services, and data types (i.e. spatial, text, graph, etc.)
- Directly create and query hierarchies without dependency on the graphical modeler
- Test and develop MDX based queries and statements against SAP HANA views and leverage additional MDX capabilities
- Increase productivity with improved syntax error troubleshooting and expanded impact and lineage analysis
Data Management Enhancements
SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer, Edition for SAP HANA
- Perform enterprise architecture and business process modelling, as well as architect and plan physical data models that target SAP HANA, with this new web-based tool that compliments existing SAP HANA modelling tools
Multi-tier storage (*targeted release in near future)
- Simplify management of large volumes of data with multi-store tables
- Integrated management of Dynamic Tiering with support for encrypted extended store, system replication and delta back-ups
Data integration
- Simplify and accelerate data movements with parallel data loads, automatic recovery, and data integration with SAP ABAP-based systems (via BAPIs that support virtual procedures)
- Gain access to more data sources with added support for Microsoft Access and SharePoint
Data quality and data federation
- Improve the accuracy of location-based data by taking advantage of enhanced address cleansing capabilities
- Leverage remote metadata synchronisation to simplify alignment with remote data schema copies
What's new in SAP HANA version SPS 12?
SPS 12: Database Enhancements
Administration and security
High availability and disaster recovery
SPS 12: Data Processing Enhancements
Graph data processing
Text analytics and mining
Spatial data processing
Support spatial data types – and build spatial algorithms – with our new application functional modeler (AFM). Automatically import common reference systems and integrate with third-party geospatial tools to simplify your spatial deployments.
SPS 12: Application Services and Development Tools Enhancements
Industry standard support
Development tools
SPS 12: Data Integration and Quality Enhancements
Data integration
What's new in SAP HANA version SPS 11?
SPS 11: Database Enhancements
High availability and disaster recovery
Regain instant access to data after a system failure. SAP HANA version SPS 11 adds support for hot-standby configurations. This capability helps you minimise business disruption because applications can regain immediate access to data by failing over to up-to-date, standby databases.


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