Paul Urriola as William Barfee and and Alexa Renee as Olive Ostrovsky in The Theater Barn's endearing production of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," at The Theater Barn in New Lebanon, N.Y. Thursday through Sunday.
Where: 654 Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y.
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — That thunderous noise you may have been hearing lately from the direction of Lebanon Valley isn't emanating only from the cars kicking up dust at the speedway. It's the steady, hearty laughter shaking the walls and roof of The Theater Barn, which is ending the summer portion of its 2018 season with a thoroughly captivating production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," a musical by William Finn (music and lyrics) and Rachel Sheinkin (book) — the same duo responsible for the misguided "The Royal Family of Broadway," earlier this summer at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield.
"Spelling Bee" also originated at Barrington Stage — in 2004 in the company's second stage at its home at Mount Everett Regional School— in a thoroughly beguiling production that caught a lot of us unaware.
At once smart, stylish, compassionate and with the good sense not to overplay its hand, "Spelling Bee" went on to enjoy great success in New York, first Off-Broadway, then on, where it won a 2005 Tony Award for best book of a musical and best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical (Dan Fogler for his performance as William Barfee, a role he created in BSC's original production in Sheffield). But in the process, "Spelling Bee" took on a glossy sheen; that Broadway polish that turned an unassuming, unpretentious, witty musical into something just a bit more glitzy.
Well, it's lost that Broadway/national tour sheen at The Theater Barn, all for the better, in an exquisitely performed production that catches the unassuming, unpretentious temperament and style that made this musical so appealing in the first place.
"Spelling Bee" is set in a high school gym where the very best school spellers in Putnam County, N.Y. are competing for a $200 bond that will be applied to the winner's college education.
There are six in the running and, just to keep things honest, four audience volunteers are selected before the show begins to join the merriment on stage.
It's an eccentric crew of contestants that includes Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (a wonderfully sincere and honest Liz Erardi), who is being raised by a gay couple whose sense of decency and fair play lags far behind their daughter's; Leaf Coneybear, who seems to exist in an ether all is own (an absolutely adorable Xavier McKnight, who doubles as one of Logainne's parents); Marcy Park (perfectly played by Christy Yin), a prodigy who is perfection in everything she does (which she catalogs in her song "I Speak Six Languages"); Chip Tolentino (nicely played by Patrick Scholl), a perfectly obnoxious, self-centered Boy Scout and spelling bee champ who has a bit of a problem with his testosterone; Olive Ostrovsky (a touching, poignant Alexa Renee). She understands the dynamics of words; of letters and the myriad ways in which they relate to other letters. She is Barfee's intellectual equal. She is surrounded by kids with overachieving parents. By contrast, her parents seem indifferent. Her mother is at an ashram in India. Her father, who promised he would be in the audience at the bee and bring with him her $25 entry fee, has yet to show up. She is on her own — disconsolate, insecure and, despite the fact they have found a kinship, a bond, the one clear threat to Barfee.
The one to beat is the least likely looking — the supremely confident William Barfee (pronounced Bar-fait, if you please), played to absolute perfection by Paul Urriola. Overweight; his black hair reaching out like an abandoned crow's nest; his eyeglasses held together by tape, he is the walking definition of super-bright nerd. One nostril is blocked so his breathing is somewhat impaired. He also is violently allergic to peanuts, which proved his undoing in the 24th annual Putnam County spelling bee. Now, he is back with a vengeance.
Each contestant has an idiosyncratic device for finding their way to the correct spelling before actually sounding it out for the spelling master— the school vice-principal, Douglas Panch (played by Travis C. Brown with a smooth blend of composure, authority, roiling resentment and devastating vulnerability), who is making a comeback after an "incident" at the 20th spelling bee that has kept him in exile. Barfee's technique involves spelling the word out with his right foot before articulating it for the judge; a method that gets its due in one of the show's few "big" production numbers, "Magic Foot."
Hosting the bee is Putnam County's No. 1 Realtor, Rona Lisa Peretti, played by Alexandra Folety with poise and self-assurance.
Levi Squire's comfort counselor, Mitch Mahoney, is an ex-con trying to make amends by handing the losers their juice box as a consolation prize as he escorts them out of the gym.
Marc de la Concha has directed "Spelling Bee; with a keen understanding of its tone and temperament. he lets the musical's characters shine in all their strengths and vulnerabilities without patronizing them. His uniformly irresistible, expert ensemble responds accordingly. De La Concha's choreography is as stylish and witty as Sheinkin's book and Finn's lyrics. Finn's music is handled with seeming ease by music director Ollie Townsend and his four-member pit band.
In the end, the biggest winner here is the audience, hands down.


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Former Stepinac High School assistant football coach was in White Plains City court Thursday on charges for endangering the welfare of a child.
More than 40 past and current players, Stepinac teachers and parents were there in a show of support. Many wore bow ties, which Wilson often wears, in a show of unity.
A petition supporting the former coach had been signed by 2,587 people.
A few dozen Archbishop Stepinac High School students, alumni, teachers and parents showed up at White Plains City Court on Thursday morning to support former assistant football coach and teacher Sheddrick Wilson, who resigned last month after he was accused of hitting a player two years ago.
Wilson, 44, was arrested Nov. 2 after turning himself in to White Plains police, accompanied by his lawyer. He resigned from the school later that day.
He's charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, accused of hitting a then-16-year-old football player in two separate incidents. The alleged victim is now 18 and attends New Rochelle High School.
Wilson appeared briefly in court Thursday for a pre-trial conference; The case was adjourned until Jan. 3. His lawyer, Bruce Bendish, said more than 40 past and current players, Stepinac teachers and parents were there in a show of support. Many wore bow ties, which Wilson often wears, in a show of unity.
They were urged to attend yesterday's court proceeding in a Change.org petition that was launched shortly after Wilson's arrest. As of Thursday morning, the petition supporting the former coach had been signed by 2,587 people.
STEPINAC FOOTBALL: Crusaders ranked No. 1. Again.
COACH ARRESTED, RESIGNS: Coach accused of hitting a player.
Wilson, a former star receiver at Louisiana State University, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment last month and remains free without bail. Bendish has called the charges "outrageous" and said the confrontations with the student followed the boy's use of the "n-word." Wilson "was known throughout the community as very forceful" in challenging the use of that term, Bendish said.
According to court papers, Wilson hit the then-sophomore on the side of the head in a locker room on Dec. 2, 2016, and again in a classroom in early 2017. Both incidents occurred in front of other students and were captured on cellphone videos which have been obtained by The Journal News/lohud.
Although the incidents were reported to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office some time ago, the Special Prosecutions Unit did not turn the investigation over to White Plains police until October. The long lag "brings severe doubt to these allegations," Bendish said after his client's arrest.
However, the district attorney's office, disputed the time frame in a statement issued Friday.
At Louisiana State University, Wilson was named as a second team All-South East Conference player in 1995. He signed with the Houston Oilers — now the Tennessee Titans — in 1996 and the following year played with the Barcelona Dragons in the World Football League.
Wilson was an assistant coach at Stepinac for six years and also taught health and physical education there.
Jared Rice, the alleged victim's lawyer, has said he was preparing a civil lawsuit against Wilson and Stepinac. The suit has not yet been filed, he said Thursday.
He said that, if the student did use a racial slur, he shouldn't have been hit.
"There are better ways to teach that," Rice said last month.
Stepinac has been the Catholic High School Football League's most successful team during Wilson's tenure, winning four of the last five championships in the AAA division, which is regarded as the most competitive league in the state.
Most recently, the Crusaders won their fourth state title under the tutelage of head coach Mike O'Donnell. Stepinac destroyed the Buffalo-based St. Francis Red Raiders 49-7 on Nov. 24, just a few weeks after Wilson's departure.


Since our last "Robot Art" overview came out, these cute little bots multiplied like rabbits or Google spiders, and they all look good, so it's time for an update!
Most of these robot figures (often called "nerdbots") are made from found objects, purely for your esthetic appreciation - and yet one can't shake the feeling that they might one day come to life (as if in some Stephen King story) and invade your cubicle, making shrill R2D2 sounds and mounting attacks on, say, a hated monstrous copy machine in the corner.
Shown on the right, is how they start their existence - in a bin.
...or at least, robots more humanlike in shape, having legs and even female curves. Brotron creator Greg Brotherton says that he strives to make "heroic icons", not just sculptures, investing ordinary (found) object with fantastic, sometimes diabolical, function.
More "devices" are in this gallery, such as "The Migraine Machine" and various death ray blasters.
That shining example of robotic design above is called a Munbot - a robot, or a bug zapper? Probably both.
His site has a disclaimer: "All ray guns for sale here have been deactivated and the power cells drained...." Good! No unnecessary casualties.
It´s really fantastic. Very, very nice.
Lovely stuff. I must try it myself.
I think you'll find the "riveted, highly evocative face" is actually spot welded.
But no serious round of contemporary retro robots would be complete without the work of Clayton Bailey. He's been making these for 35 years!


"Eagle III Films" is a film company located in New York City, NY. It is a collaboration between film university students, consisting of directors, filmmakers and screenwriters, who release their short films & videos under this name.
Design of the logo perfectly defines the company, by the slick & playful logo design, combining the handmade Carosello font, the symbol of an eagle & the #3, which have a personal significance to the founder of the company.


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Pentagon Report: Islamic State Down But Not Out In Syria And Iraq
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Posted by	HSN on	 Monday, 29 November 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Saturday, 20 November 2021 in Terrorism
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DHS Issues Fresh Warning Of Terrorism, Citing 'Diverse And Challenging Threat Environment'
Posted by	HSN on	 Friday, 12 November 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Wednesday, 10 November 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Friday, 29 October 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Tuesday, 26 October 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Monday, 25 October 2021 in Terrorism
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Posted by	HSN on	 Thursday, 21 October 2021 in Terrorism
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Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis és una espècie de peix de la família dels làbrids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia
Els mascles poden assolir els 7,5 cm de longitud total.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba al nord del Mar Roig, Oman i Sri Lanka.

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Bibliografia

Enllaços externs

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Era sorella del compositore Eduard Lucerna.

Biografia
Figlia del revisore imperial-regio e consigliere di corte italo-austriaco Johann Lucerna e di sua moglie Maria Scheuchenstuel, trascorse la sua giovinezza nel castello di Falkenburg / Wolfnitzhal . Per completare la sua formazione si mise in viaggio, compiendo soggiorni in Croazia (Litorale dalmata , Laghi di Plitvice), Germania e Francia . Nel 1889 superò l'esame di abilitazione all'insegnamento per le scuole elementari. Nel 1892 divenne insegnante di tedesco e francese presso l'istituto privato di lingua e istruzione a Zagabria. Nel 1894 prese servizio presso la scuola femminile superiore di Gospić . Conobbe il poeta Bude Budisavljević, che le permise di migliorare la conoscenza della lingua croata . Divenne poi docente di tedesco nel liceo femminile di Zagabria. Finché insegnò, ebbe anche modo di pubblicare studi letterari, occupandosi soprattutto di filologia germanica e di letteratura croata. Nel 1919 andò in pensione ma dopo qualche tempo riprese la sua attività di studiosa.

Fu autrice del dramma lirico Zlatorog, musicato poi da suo fratello Eduard.

Gli scritti autografi di Camilla Lucerna sono in gran parte conservati nella Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria di Zagabria e nella biblioteca del Dipartimento di studi tedeschi presso la Facoltà di Lettere di Zagabria.

Opere

Teatro
Tko je kriv?, dramma, Zagabria 1896.
Zlatorog, dramma lirico in 3 atti, musica di Eduard Lucerna, Klagenfurt 1900.

Studi
 La ballata slava meridionale della moglie di Asan Aga e la sua replica di Goethe . Monaco di Baviera 1905.
 Fogli di studio sulla letteratura croata e serba . Zagabria, novembre 1909.
 La fiaba: la filosofia naturale di Goethe come opera d'arte . Lipsia 1910.
 L'ultima imperatrice di Trebisonda nella poesia slava meridionale . Sarajevo 1912.
 Asseneth . Vienna 1921.
 Il dramma della ballata degli slavi del sud . Leipzig 1923.
 Ballate dello "sconosciuto": studio sulla poesia popolare croata . Matica hrvatska, Zagreb 1943.

Bibliografia
Birgit Buchegger, Stiller Brotberuf o ribellione sovversiva? Traduttori austriaci nel 19º secolo: una ricerca di indizi, Graz 2002, p. 87 f .
Giulio Franz Schütz , Elza Kučera (ed.), Camilla Lucerna: 1868-1824, VI. - 1938, Stiasny, Graz 1938 (Festschrift).
Inst. F. Studi slavi d. Univ. Graz (a cura di), Camilla Lucerna: Bibliography of the Works 1938 - 1958/Bibliografija radova Camille Lucerna 1938 - 1958, Graz 1958.
H. Giebisch, L. Pichler, Piccolo lessico letterario austriaco, a cura di A. Vancsa, Fratelli Hollinek, Vienna 1948.
Svjetlan Lacko Vidulić, Cosa rimane: Ritratto della scrittrice e filologa Camilla Lucerna
CV e opere di Camilla Lucerna in Ariadne progetto Donne in movimento della Biblioteca Nazionale Austriaca
Christoph König (a cura di), in collaborazione con Birgit Wägenbaur u. a., Lessico Internazionale Germanista 1800-1950, Volume 2: H-Q. De Gruyter, Berlino / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015485-4 , pp. 1118-1119

Premi
1911: Medaglia d'oro del re Nicola I del Montenegro (Zlatna kolajna cara Nikole I), Cetinje
1932: Medaglia d'argento dell'Accademia tedesca, Monaco
1955: Medaglia Goethe del Goethe-Institut, Monaco di Baviera

Collegamenti esterni
 Letteratura di e su Camilla Lucerna nel catalogo della Biblioteca nazionale tedesca

Scrittori austriaci
Saggisti austriaci
Slavisti austriaci
Drammaturghi austriaci
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Visiting artist drums up energy at Orwell School
By KATHRYN FLAGG
ORWELL — Outside of the Orwell Village School last week, a dull gray sky and patchy spots of February slush and snow signaled midwinter doldrums.
But drifting out from the Orwell town hall, where the town's schoolchildren congregate for assemblies and gym classes, came a sound decidedly more cheerful than February's chill might typically inspire.
Rhythmic drumming rang out across the schoolyard, and stepping into the town hall, a visitor to the school last week would have found the space transformed. African fabric and school art projects covered the walls of the gymnasium, and heaped in the center of the room was a herd of drums of all different shapes and sizes.
There, gathered in a tight drum circle, eighth-graders at the school tapped out a rhythm in unison. Their leader, drummer Julie Corey, led the way through a complicated pattern of thumps and taps, and cheered along with the students when the group ended with one last, heroic bang.
Corey was on hand every day last week as an artist in residence at the Orwell school, bringing her expertise as a drum circle leader to the school.
"This truly has been the most uplifting thing," said Maureen Reardon, a kindergarten teacher at the Orwell school.
Reardon applied for the wellness grant that brought Corey to the school, and said she's been eager to bring a drumming program to Orwell for years.
As the eighth-graders filed out of the gym, they were replaced by an excited gaggle of second- and third-graders, led by teachers Susan Young and Doreen Sweeney-Dodge. They took their seats in the drumming circle, and listened as Corey explained the day's lesson.
In addition to banging out a song of their own — a tune Corey called "Power of the Drums," which the students sang out and augmented with rhythmic shakers — they also gathered around the Native American "mother drum," where they led their classmates in dance to a song called "Blessings of the Animals."
As Reardon took up her seat at the mother drum, Corey sang and played her own djembe drum, and the students threw themselves wholeheartedly into their impressions of ravens and hawks, the "flying ones" and "hunting ones" and "swimming ones."
This, Reardon said, is exactly what the drumming grant was all about.
"To me it's truly the mind, the heart and the spirit, in a fun way," she said, pointing out that the students' inhibitions melted away when the drumming started up. "Everyone can succeed at some level."
At the school, drumming last week stood in for art classes, P.E. instruction and music lessons — but managed to blend all three, Corey said. She said she sees it as a wellness activity, and that group drumming provides exercise, intellectual stimulation, creative expression, social support and stress reduction.
Corey has been drumming professionally for 11 years, and has worked with groups ranging from the corporate to the collegiate. She's also specialized in bringing therapeutic drumming to groups like the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life fund-raisers and breast cancer survivors' groups.
The best part of working in schools?
"Oh, the energy," said Corey, "and the excitement, and (the kids') willingness to try new things."
That enthusiasm was in abundance as Orwell's second- and third-graders gathered around individual drums and picked up their "shakers" to play along with Corey in the "Power of the Drums."
It was the song they'd debut for their classmates at the Orwell Village School on Friday, in an assembly that marked the culmination of the weeklong residency. Also a highlight of the week was a Wednesday night community concert, attended by dozens of Orwell families.
"You weren't watching a performance," said Orwell School Principal Sue DeCarolis. "You were part of it."
The kids, for their part, had trouble articulating just what it was they enjoyed about the drumming. Most agreed with third-grader Rhiana Carr's succinct assertion.
"I just like it all," Carr said.
But after all, over the thumping of the drums and the twinkling of dance bells, there wasn't much time for chit-chat to be had.
For more photographs from the Orwell Village School drumming residency, and to hear one of Corey's songs, check out an audio slideshow at our Web site, www.addisonindependent.com.


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✔ KEEPS YOUR CATS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY STIMULATED --- Cats are natural predators and it's necessary for them to have activities for regular mental & physical stimulation. When you decide to take care of a pet, remember that they heavily depend on their owners to provide them the best environment and things to play and explore on. So, providing your cats with interactive toys, satisfy their need for stimulation.
✔ HELPS BOOST CONFIDENCE AND TRUST --- Cats too have different personalities. Some are too shy to even play with other cats. You can help your cats build confidence by slowly introducing interactive toys. Always praise them once they are able to catch the prey (toy) as you regularly play with them. Constant praises do not only give them confidence but also it encourages them to develop their trust in you as a friend.
✔ RELIEVES BOREDOM AND FIGHTS STRESS --- One of the main causes of cat's unwanted behavior is boredom. When bored, they engage themselves in annoying acts such as biting & scratching furniture, urinating in different places and manifests aggression towards other animals and humans. They need to be kept entertained and engaged all the time because they are natural explorers. Playing with them and constant interaction also helps lower their high-stress levels.


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Q: Teiid Designer: Always getting "Service jboss.data-source-config. is already registered" error when deploying vdb when I try to deploy a new virtual database (Teiid9TestConnection_DS is the datasource name, a local MySQL datasource for testing) I always get the following error, even at the very first deploy attempt:
ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (management-handler-thread - 8)  WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("enable") failed - address: ([
    ("subsystem" => "datasources"),
    ("data-source" => "Teiid9TestConnection_DS")
]): org.jboss.msc.service.DuplicateServiceException: Service jboss.data-source-config.Teiid9TestConnection_DS is already registered
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceRegistrationImpl.setInstance(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:158)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl.startInstallation(ServiceControllerImpl.java:235)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceContainerImpl.install(ServiceContainerImpl.java:768)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceTargetImpl.install(ServiceTargetImpl.java:223)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$ChildServiceTarget.install(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2401)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceTargetImpl.install(ServiceTargetImpl.java:223)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$ChildServiceTarget.install(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2401)
  at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceBuilderImpl.install(ServiceBuilderImpl.java:317)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.OperationContextImpl$ContextServiceBuilder.install(OperationContextImpl.java:1931)
  at org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources.DataSourceEnable.addServices(DataSourceEnable.java:193)
  at org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources.DataSourceEnable$1.execute(DataSourceEnable.java:87)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:803)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:601)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStepInternal(AbstractOperationContext.java:354)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeOperation(AbstractOperationContext.java:330)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.OperationContextImpl.executeOperation(OperationContextImpl.java:1183)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.internalExecute(ModelControllerImpl.java:362)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.execute(ModelControllerImpl.java:218)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler.doExecute(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:201)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler.access$300(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:128)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1$1.run(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:150)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1$1.run(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:146)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.AccessAuditContext.doAs(AccessAuditContext.java:92)
  at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1.execute(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:146)
  at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.AbstractMessageHandler$2$1.doExecute(AbstractMessageHandler.java:298)
  at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.AbstractMessageHandler$AsyncTaskRunner.run(AbstractMessageHandler.java:518)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)

I have tried different configurations, getting always this error, which doesn't let me deploy the VDB:

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*Teiid designer 11.0.0 + Teiid runtime 9.0.6 (WildFly AS + Teiid downloaded in bundle from 9.0 Downloads · Teiid)  + Eclipse 4.6 Neon + Java 1.8.

*Teiid designer 10.1 + Teiid runtime 9.0.6 (WildFly 9.0.6 AS downloaded separately from Teiid, then merged while unzipping) + Eclipse 4.5 Mars + Java 1.8.

Before this main error, the log shows also Unable to select any database object(s) that match root.
Can anyone help me understand and overcome the problem?
Thanks in advance.

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TV Roundup: January Premiere Dates for Your Favorite Cable TV Shows
When and where to watch your favorite show on the small screen this month
by Aimee Dacanay
(SPOT.ph) It's a new year, which means that the holiday TV hiatus is finally over! Some shows are new while others are returning, but one thing is for sure: There is just so much to catch up on. If you're already feeling overwhelmed at the thought of keeping up with channels and schedules, we're here to help. Think of this as your quick guide to just some of the TV shows you've been dying to see.
This list is not ranked.
Airing on: AXN
Airing date: Returns on January 5 at 8:50 p.m.
For a dose of the dark and twisted, look no further than the visually stunning Hannibal starring Mads Mikkelsen as the famous titular character. This second season, gifted FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is accused of Hannibal Lecter's crimes. Now that he sees Hannibal for what he truly is, Will sets to prove his innocence and sanity.
Airing on: Jack TV
Airing date: New episodes every Wednesday at 8:50 p.m. with replays on Thursdays at 11:40 a.m. and Saturdays at 5:30 p.m.
Suits is a legal drama set in the fictional high-profile law firm Pearson-Specter and revolves around the lives and cases of its lawyers. It's been a rollercoaster of ups and downs for the firm the past four seasons, with the latest one pitting Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) and Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) against each other. While we're anxiously waiting for the show's return on January 28, Jack TV is airing reruns throughout the week.
Airing on: Jack City
Airing date: Mondays at 4 p.m. (via satellite) and 8 p.m. (primetime telecast), with replays on Tuesdays at 1o p.m. and Saturdays at 6 p.m.
Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) are back to solving intriguing cases in this modern and character-driven adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary character. When we last saw our favorite detectives, Sherlock has just returned to New York with a new protégé (Ophelia Lovibond) in tow. The latter half of Elementary's third season is slated to return on January 8.
Airing on: Sony Channel Asia
Airing date: Wednesdays at 9:05 p.m.
The latest heart-stopping drama from producer Shonda Rhimes puts a new twist to the usual legal thriller. The show stars Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, a brilliant law professor to ambitious students who get entwined in a murder plot. New episodes are scheduled to air in the U.S. starting January 29. If you're fuzzy on the mid-season finale details, we finally found out exactly how that big murder happened. (Also read: 5 Reasons to Watch How To Get Away With Murder)
Airing on: 2nd Avenue
Airing date: Returns on January 15 at 8 p.m.
Looking for something a little more fun and lighthearted? Check out The Mindy Project, which stars The Office's Mindy Kaling. The third season brings new and much-awaited romance for Mindy and Danny (Chris Messina), after seasons of longing gazes and heartfelt moments.
Airing on: HBO Asia
Airing date: Returns on January 12 at 10 p.m.
Hannah (Lena Dunham) and her friends are back for an all-new fourth season of Girls, a comedy-slash-drama that follows a group of 20-somethings in New York City. Sure, at that age it's probably all about making mistakes and this new season is chock-full of them.
Airing on: WarnerTV Asia
Airing date: Thursdays at 9 p.m. with replays on Fridays at 12 p.m. and Mondays at 9 p.m.
Yes, we all know how Gotham ends but the thrill is in seeing how these memorable superhero and villain characters from the Batman universe were created. A much-younger Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is caught in the middle of escalating gang wars in Gotham and the mysterious murder of Bruce Wayne's parents.
Airing on: Jack TV and WarnerTV Asia
Airing date: Mondays at 9 p.m. (WarnerTV) and Thursdays at 3 p.m. (via satellite on Jack TV)
In the third season of the thrilling show, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) has narrowly defeated his biggest threat, Slade Wilson but his journey is far from over. Threat still looms as he continues his crusade to protect and defend his beloved city. Will he succeed?
Airing date: Returns on January 25 at 8:50 p.m.
At 23, Jane (Gina Rodriguez) thought her life was on track. Her life turns upside down, however, when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a routine checkup. The plot only thickens when she finds out the donor is a married man who also happens to own the hotel where Jane works.
Airing date: Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
The adventures of adorable but narcissistic Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) are sadly over (the series' last episode aired on December 30), but that doesn't mean you shouldn't catch the show while it's still on air. A social media-obsessed Eliza quickly realizes that an online following isn't the same as real friendships, so she enlists the help of Henry Higgs (John Cho) to "rebrand" her.
Madam Secretary is a deep and personal look at newly appointed Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni), who takes on the position after the suspicious death of her predecessor. When we last saw Elizabeth, she has just resumed the investigation into her predecessor's passing while tackling political relations with Venezuela.
Airing on: Jack TV and ETC
Airing date: Wednesdays at 3 p.m. (via satellite) and 8 p.m. (primetime telecast)
Based on the DC Comics character, The Flash is a (literally) fast-paced drama that follows Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), a brilliant crime scene investigator with the power to move at superhuman speed. Before the hiatus, we witnessed the rise of a new, compelling villain, as well as Barry coming face-to-face with his mother's murderer.
Airing date: Tuesdays at 3 p.m. (via satellite) and 8 p.m. (primetime telecast)
Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is a New York City medical examiner who studies the dead for criminal cases. The plot twist? He can't solve why he hasn't died yet. Dr. Morgan has been young and alive for 200 years, living through decades and history as he tries to uncover the secret behind his immortality. Luckily, fans didn't have to wait too long to learn the identity of the immortal man who has been contacting Henry since the first episode.
Airing on: WarnerTV
Airing date: Thursdays at 9:50 p.m. with replays on Fridays at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 10 p.m.
Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson) as they investigate two murders. The mystery deepens when they uncover that both murders are tied to a Silicon Valley prodigy named Erich Blunt (Tom Felton). The show wrapped its first season in August with 10 episodes.
Web Therapy is an improvisational comedy series revolving around Fiona Wallice (Lisa Kudrow), a therapist who has conceived a new way of speaking to her patients: via webcam. Fiona's misadventures carry on into the third season, which involves more quirky and hilarious patients and a cheaper replica of her method of therapy called "Net Therapy."
Tv 2015 Cable Schedule


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I have a big, wide ornery streak in me. It is traditionally blamed on my Scottish heritage, although being part of an educational minority (homeschoolers) is probably a bigger factor. It makes me very averse to fashion to start with, which also doubles as a money-saving characteristic. Traditions and trends have a hard time winning me over. I hate catching bouquets at weddings. I have never gotten into Black Friday shopping simply because everyone else is doing it. A lot of this boils down to me hating being told what to do without being given a reason.
I've been surprised at how common and accepted it is in social media to tell people what to do with no explanation. How many times a day do you see things like "Please share to public" and " like if you agree". Why do they ask these things?
All of these have variants with guilt trips attached. Following their instructions helps them, gives you nothing, and requires no thought or engagement. If you talk to anyone who is succesful with social media (whether personally or for business), they're going to tell you engagement (and associated keywords like conversation, interaction, relationship, community…) is key. Do any of these tricks facilitate conversation? Do they foster community? Do they help you to interact with people? Do they build a relationship? How about an even older catchphrase? Quality over quantity.
Now that I've provided reasons that benefit you, I'll issue the order. Do not activate your customers' ornery streaks!


We believe that the value of an organization does not consist so much in its financial or material means as in its human potential.
The human resources policy adopted by FCN's management is based on the necessity to provide the personnel with the knowledge and skills that together with the basic training and gained expertise should result in developing the competence.
In order to predict the number and kind of personnel needed by the company, we use modern techniques starting with the review of the current status of the plant's human resources.
The fast rate of the industrial development and implementation of new technologies and equipment asks for organizing more programs dedicated to our personnel training. This action is developed on a permanent basis depending on profession and qualification.
Developing on-the-job training activities or specific training courses is aiming at keeping the personnel aware of the importance of their activity and of their contribution to attain the plant's goals in each field of activity.
We offer our employees professional and specialization training programs that could ensure the total compliance of the national legal requirements with the European community laws.
Through the adopted organizing measures, FCN's management ensures the periodical examination of the personnel's professional qualification which allows that the activities be performed only by personnel qualified in compliance with the requirements of FCN's procedures.
As the nuclear fuel fabrication requires a high qualification level, our human resources policy needs modern approaches and ways to attract and examine the potential applicants. We consider that our policy meets completely the quality and safety requirements for nuclear fuel fabrication.


It was closed to tall boats while a mechanical problem was repaired.
PINELLAS COUNTY – The Park Boulevard Bridge has returned to normal operations after it was closed to tall boat traffic because of a mechanical problem.
Repairs have been completed and it can now be opened.
Because of a mechanical failure, the bridge had to remain in the closed position for about a week while Pinellas County Public Works staff expedited repairs. It can again be opened for tall boat traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic were not affected.
Constructed in 1979, Park Boulevard Bridge connects mainland central Pinellas County with the barrier islands at Indian Shores and Redington Shores.


By its nature, business intelligence (BI) reporting is sold as the one-stop solution to simplify access to complex business metrics and facilitate decision making. While a visually clean MicroStrategy or Tableau dashboard may be attractive at first glance, it could involve wrestling with underlying data to make it look sleek and perform faster. These behind-the-scenes complexities can unintentionally spill over into the user interface/user experience (UI/UX), negatively impacting an otherwise useful solution.
We have seen many BI solutions, some really insightful, fall by the wayside or become the object of ridicule because influential end users found them difficult to use. So how do we simplify the search results that arise from complex underlying data? Or streamline the tedious steps in navigating the myriad menus in a complex web application? Or ease the transition from existing business terminologies to new naming conventions for a newly created data warehouse?
We recently faced these challenges when a life sciences client wanted to create a simple interface for end users while also ensuring the ability to access their most complex BI reports. Search engines were a perfect solution to this problem.
Search engine technology has some distinct advantages compared to using the standard relational database management system (RDBMS)-based data warehouses. The data in RDBMS are bound by strong data type definitions and an inviolable table structure. A search engine is designed to run across data types and multiple fields to bring back results that can be easily related to specific data points, assuming the user is familiar with how data points relate to each other.
We have a number of options, depending on which flavor of search engine we wish to use. The newer tools also include powerful, appliance-based software like ThoughtSpot, Google, or simple open-source solutions, such as Solr, Elastic Search, and Sphinx. Looking at this client's requirements, we opted for Sphinx based on the presence of structured data as input.
The solution arranges search results by relevance to users' subject areas. For example, when searching for subsidiaries, a finance department user will find the list of reports from the finance domain at top, whereas an HR department user will always see the HR reports at top of search results.
The BI tool also provides the ability to perform just enough filtering and aggregation to allow for expression-based searches. Such a search interface opens immense possibilities for implementing complex search situations that hide complexities behind the efficient cloak of a capable search engine.
We opted to use the second technique for its cost effectiveness. The usefulness of this feature is illustrated by a users' ability to see matching fields where the search keyword has a direct hit. The UI provides a listing of fields immediately related to the search keyword, along with reference to the reports where the direct hits were found. Users can then click on the fields to see related content.
For example, a search for subsidiaries is likely to bring back a listing for products sold by a given subsidiary as part of related fields. Users can then click on products to see the detailed product list that is directly related to the search keyword. A link on this product listing will take the user to the most relevant MicroStrategy report, which will be executed after answering relevant prompts. This eliminates the need for the end user to deal with running a complex BI report.
In the end, those who are determined enough to circumvent the world in a simple yacht always do it, and a determined organization can make use of a given BI tool to achieve desired results. For general users, it makes sense to use the available means of circumnavigating the world; or rather they may just need to move from point A to point B in a commercial plane at a cost. The use of a search engine with BI tool provides that secure, commercial option to make things work in a significantly easier way.
Learn more about how our BI tools simplify decision making for businesses to achieve measurable growth.