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QlikView integrated with Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) running on IBM Power Systems

QlikView is a business intelligence tool that allows data to be discovered and visualized. QlikView supports Hadoop environments as a data source. Read this article for details about how QlikView was tested to integrate with and visualize data in Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) on IBM POWER8.




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Automate operational business decisions with Weather Data and Business Rules services on IBM Cloud, Part 2: Complete your sample weather cancellation service

In this second installment of a two-part tutorial on how to combine Weather Data and Business Rules IBM Cloud services to automate operational business decisions based on weather conditions, you will take a closer look at the decision operation created in Part 1, learn how to create simple business rules that use weather data and a rule flow that includes these rules, and deploy the decision operation to IBM Cloud. A Node-RED flow will orchestrate a call to the weather data, the Business Rules service, and take action based on the outcome executing business rules.




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Cleansing, processing, and visualizing a data set, Part 1: Working with messy data

Discover common problems associated with cleansing data for validation and processing, with solutions for dealing with them. You'll also find a custom tool to make the process of cleansing data and merging data sets for analysis.




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Using N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) with kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) guests on IBM Power servers

This article provides the basic steps to use N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) technology in a kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) guest. Additionally, the article also provides the significance of NPIV allowing multiple guests to make use of a single physical host bus adapter (HBA) to access multiple storage devices.




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Get started with Docker and Kubernetes

Docker and Kubernetes are the building blocks of the next generation of DevOps. In this tutorial, you'll see how to build Docker images, run them locally, and then push those images to your IBM Cloud account so you can deploy them to a Kubernetes cluster running in the IBM Cloud.




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Changing IBM Connections behavior with IBM Connections Customizer

If you’ve ever wanted to change the way IBM Connections looks or behaves, the new IBM Connections Customizer gives you the control you’ve been looking for. In this article, you’ll learn how Customizer lets you change the behavior of Connections to suit your business processes.




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Getting started with the IBM Cloud, Part 2: Build an advanced Cloud Foundry app on the IBM Cloud platform

See how to develop and deploy advanced Cloud Foundry applications in the IBM Cloud. Doug Tidwell shows you how to create a globally available app that uses a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.




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Scale single sign-on with App ID for your Node.js cloud apps

In this tutorial, you will learn about implementing scalable Node.js applications when you are using the App ID service. This IBM Cloud service allows you to add authentication to your mobile and web apps and protect your APIs and back-ends running on IBM Cloud. App ID provides authentication with email/password through a scalable user registry or you can add social login, so that users can sign in with their Facebook or Google credentials. With App ID, you can also host user profile info that you can use to build engaging experiences.




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IBM i ILE RPG cloud integration sample with IBM Cloud

In this article, you can learn how to connect your ILE RPG programs from cloud applications such as Node-RED on IBM Cloud by using the REST web service call functionality of the integrated web services server.




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Getting started with the IBM Cloud, Part 3: Doug Tidwell demos how to work with containers on the IBM Cloud platform

See how to develop and deploy advanced Cloud Foundry applications in the IBM Cloud. Doug Tidwell shows you how to create a globally available app that uses a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.




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Build a connected-car IoT app with Geospatial Analytics

Deploy and extend an Internet of Things (IoT) Connected Vehicle starter kit on IBM Cloud with the Internet of Things Platform and Geospatial services. The starter kit enables you to simulate, view, and manage vehicles driving through a city and set up geofences for notification.



  • Internet of Things
  • cloud

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Getting started with the IBM Cloud, Part 4: Learn how to use serverless computing with the IBM Cloud Functions platform

See how to use IBM Cloud Functions to make the most of serverless computing. Doug Tidwell shows you how to generate code that manages a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.




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Getting started with IBM Cloud Node.js applications, Part 1: Create a front-desk visitor log with Node.js

In this article, you learn how to use the IBM Cloud to write a Node.js application for an organization’s front desk, which needs to log visitors in and out. Along the way you will learn how to use Node.js, the Express HTTP server library, and a Cloudant database. You will learn how to do this in the highly available IBM Cloud. This is a basic introduction to Node.js programming on the IBM Cloud platform.




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Getting started with IBM Cloud Node.js applications, Part 2: Create a front-desk visitor log with Node.js

In the first article in this series, you learned how to build a Node.js application on the IBM Cloud. However, that application was not very responsive or visually appealing. In this article you learn how to use the Bootstrap theme for your application to look better, and how to use the AngularJS library to make it more responsive.




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Beginner's Guide to Rust: Start coding with the Rust language

What better way to learn a new programming language than to create a favorite old game? In this tutorial, learn how to create a simple game of Tic-Tac-Toe.




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Hosted VMware environments and recovery solutions in IBM PureApplication Platform, Part 1: Getting started with hosted VMware environments

With the release of IBM Bluemix Local System and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 1, you get started with creating and deploying hosted VMware environments in Bluemix Local System. Specifically, you learn how to allocate resources, configure external access to VMware components, and configure and deploy virtual machines in VMware.




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Hosted VMware environments and recovery solutions in IBM PureApplication Platform, Part 3: Building a disaster recovery solution with PureApplication Software

With the release of IBM PureApplication Platform and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the PureApplication Platform W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 3, you set up disaster recovery and learn how to perform three different disaster recovery procedures.




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Take care with mum on Mother’s Day

Australians are being warned to take care when visiting their mums on Mother's Day, particularly if they are elderly.




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Dealing with the mental health impact of coronavirus

From virus fears to job fears, isolation to homeschooling worries, financial stress to family stress, Australia’s pandemic lockdown is having an unprecedented effect on our mental health.




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Amazing story of baby born with rare birth defect

HELPLESSLY watching her newborn son Colton fight for his life just hours after she nearly died in childbirth is something mother-of-three Kaila Stace will never forget.




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How Coast celebs are coping with ‘iso’

AGAINST the sad backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, we are discovering – or rediscovering – the pleasure of spending time with family, baking, watching TV and life without gym. The Bulletin asked a few Gold Coast celebs about their life in ‘iso’ and what they are looking forward to when social distancing restrictions are lifted.




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Eastwood’s ‘torrid affair’ with local at Movie World launch

THE star in the car was Clint Eastwood who came to town, not on a horse,




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The day our future Queen escaped to party with the people

The Queen has marked the 75th anniversary of the allied Victory in Europe remembering how she sneaked outside Buckingham Palace in 1945 to celebrate with the joyous crowds.




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Erin Molan lifts lid on feud with NRL great Andrew Johns

Erin Molan has put to rest her rumoured feud with rugby league great Andrew Johns.




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How urban design can help people with dementia navigate neighbourhoods and public spaces

As waitlists for care facilities grow longer and more people with dementia are choosing to live within their own communities, urban planning and design will play an increasingly important role in helping them live safe, comfortable and independent lives.




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Working from home? Trust is key, says CEO of company with completely remote workforce

Employees at Wildbit have been working remotely for 20 years. Natalie Nagele, the software company's CEO and co-founder, shared some of the keys to remote working success for those who are just starting out.




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4 ways we connected with each other before the internet

We explore the early moments in Western culture that hinted at our internet future.




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How to stay in touch with our basic senses in isolation

Working and studying from home mean much more time spent in front of screens, which we counterbalance with hands-on activities. Dr. Christine Law offers tips for managing eye strain from extra screen time; and neuroscientist Victoria Abraira explains why touch is so important to us as social beings.




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Ellen Page expresses frustration with 'absolutely horrifying' environmental racism in N.S.

In a new doc, the Canadian actress takes a searing look at injustices in her home province.




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KFC came out with 'finger lickin' good' nail polish

The world of business is all about growth. To stimulate growth, companies have to win new customers by taking a chance and thinking outside the box. Or the bucket.



  • Radio/Under the Influence

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'Connecting with people': The quest for common ground on climate change

Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and sustainable energy economist Mark Jaccard join host Chris Hall to talk about how to talk about climate change. Plus, we speak with Donald Savoie, scholar of Canadian public administration, about his magnum opus Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions, and discuss tackling social isolation with Baroness Diana Barran, the U.K.’s "minister of loneliness".



  • Radio/The House

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With long-term care facilities in the crosshairs of COVID-19, should Canadians bring loved ones home?

As of this week, at least half of all coronavirus deaths in Canada involve residents of seniors' homes and nursing homes. But Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte cautions against pulling all relatives out of these facilities, telling CBC Radio’s The House that often, “families don't have the supports” that are needed to keep them safe.



  • Radio/The House

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Susan Choi's Trust Exercise is an intense coming-of-age story — with a surprising twist

In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, the American author spoke about the novel's timely depiction of power dynamics, memory and consent.



  • Radio/Writers & Company

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How can we live with coronavirus uncertainty?

In little more than a month, the coronavirus has exploded the sense of certainty, confidence, optimism and control on which so much of modern life, the economy and politics are predicated. Were these always just illusions?



  • Ethics
  • Community and Society
  • Government and Politics
  • Health
  • Epidemics and Pandemics
  • Business
  • Economics and Finance

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Videos: Nikki Bascome Working With Mayweather

Professional boxer Nikki Bascome has been training with Jeff Mayweather in Las Vegas in advance of his IBA International Welterweight fight against Mexico’s David Martinez, which is set to take place on Saturday, 24 November at the Fairmont Southampton. “One thing when Nicky he’s got power in both hands, good skills and good movement,” Mr […]

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'Ruin Porn' and our obsession with empty spaces




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Comedy without the festival




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A lesson in ska with the Melbourne SKA Orchestra




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Getting 'hygge' with it and creating cosy homes




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The Loudness of Unsaid Things with Hilde Hinton




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Marlon Williams and his brush with Hollywood




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Let's Get Quizzical with Nazeem Hussain and Gen Fricker

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?



  • Government and Politics
  • Business
  • Economics and Finance

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Your guide to teaching at home, without the tears and tantrums

If the home teaching ideas are starting to run thin, trust us, you're not alone. Dr Karl joins RN Drive to share a few great ideas for making science fun at home.




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Kindness in the time of coronavirus: Dancing with myself

Where many are likely bored of their home surroundings and ready to break loose into the world, Neridah in Brisbane is inspiring her community to stay indoors with her Quarantine Dance Class.




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Research Filter: Seal comes off second best after fight with Australian ghostshark

Extensive medical scanning of a seal found at Cape Conran on the Victorian east coast has revealed not one, but six fish spines embedded in the seal's face after the fight of its life.




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Let's Get Quizzical with Tom Ballard and Mel Buttle

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?




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Heidi Talbot - Angels Without Wings

A fifth solo album somewhat unbalanced by inappropriate guest turns.




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Is the Swedish model a death sentence? And, does Australia need a post-Covid economic partnership with the US, Japan and India?

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?