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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) J2EE Services Developer/Specialist

The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) J2EE Services Developer/Specialist will assist with the development of services and application in a IBM WebSphere SOA environment. The architecture and development of integration services. The analysis, design, implementation of integration services and system components that support cross-platform interoperability through an Enterprise Services Bus (ESB). (WSIAMS) (ERBPAMS) (2252)

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• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 2 years experience in Demonstrated proficiency as a J2EE Application Developer with Web Applications
• At least 2 years experience in Demonstrated experience developing loosely coupled applications with clear separateion between user interface, business logic components, data service layer components and integration components
• English: Basic knowledge

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• At least 6 years experience in Demonstrated proficiency as a J2EE Application Developer with Web Applications
• At least 6 years experience in Demonstrated experience developing loosely coupled applications with clear separateion between user interface, business logic components, data service layer components and integration components
• English : Intermediate

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24 die in latest Boko Haram attack

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28/05/2014 | By MSN Nigeria

At least 24 troops and policemen from a Nigerian military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi after Boko Haram launched yet another attack on Tuesday.

Premium Times reports that 13 soldiers and 11 policemen died in the attack launched by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the report Hilux vans, an armoured tank, and several motorcycles.
The attackers reportedly told the village's residents to return to their homes and that they did not intend to harm them.
The Telegraph reports that rocket propelled grenades were fired at the base and barracks.

Official: We have found the missing girls

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27/05/2014 | By MSN Nigeria

A military official has revealed on Monday that they have managed to find the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on 14 April.

Leadership reports that the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, also said that the military would not use force to rescue them.
According to the report, the military are pursuing other options that would not put the abducted schoolgirls' lives in danger.
"Nobody should say Nigerian military does not know what it is doing; we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back."
The Times reports that the military is very concerned about the girls being killed during an attempted rescue mission.

Qatar 2022: Fifa sponsors back corruption investigation

Sony, Adidas, Coca-Cola, Visa and Hyundai/Kia have expressed concern over claims of wrongdoing in the bidding process. In total, five of Fifa's six main sponsors have issued statements relating to the Qatar bid.
Only airline Emirates has so far declined to comment.
Oil company BP and the maker of Budweiser beer, who also sponsor the World Cup, have also registered their concerns.
Qatar was chosen to host the World Cup in December 2010, beating off competition from Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
Fifa's ethics committee is already investigating allegations of corruption surrounding Qatar's successful bid, with a report due next month.
In response to the clamour for a fresh investigation, Fifa president Sepp Blatter has called for time.
He posted a message on his Twitter account  at the weekend, insisting the organisation was taking the allegations seriously.
However, the concerns of a number of high-profile sponsors will increase the pressure on Fifa to act.
Vice-president Jim Boyce has already said he would support a re-vote if allegations of corruption are proven.
German sportswear company Adidas, which has a long-term sponsorship deal with Fifa that runs until 2030, said in a statement: "The negative tenor of the public debate around Fifa at the moment is neither good for football nor for Fifa and its partners."
Coca-Cola added: "Anything that detracts from the mission and ideals of the Fifa World Cup is a concern to us."

“We are in constant contact with our commercial affiliates, including Adidas, Sony and Visa, and they have 100% confidence in the investigation currently being conducted by Fifa's independent ethics committee”

Thierry Weil Fifa's marketing director

Car manufacturer Hyundai/Kia said in a statement: "We are confident that Fifa is taking these allegations seriously and that the investigatory chamber of the Fifa ethics committee will conduct a thorough investigation."

Fifa issued a statement from its marketing director Thierry Weil, in an attempt to calm the situation.
"We are in constant contact with our commercial affiliates, including Adidas, Sony and Visa, and they have 100% confidence in the investigation currently being conducted by Fifa's independent ethics committee," said Weil.
"Our sponsors have not requested anything that is not covered by the ongoing investigation by the ethics committee."
Last week, the Sunday Times newspaper alleged that Qatar's former Fifa vice-president, Mohamed bin Hammam, paid £3m to football officials around the world to help win support for Qatar in the run-up to the World Cup vote in December 2010.
Now Bin Hammam is facing claims he used his contacts in the Qatari royal family and government to arrange deals and favours to secure the tournament for his country.
According to the emails, some of which have been seen by the BBC, the 65-year-old Bin Hammam:

• Visited Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin to discuss "bilateral relations" between Russia and Qatar a month before the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
• Brokered government level talks for Thailand's Fifa executive Worawi Makudi to push a deal on importing gas from Qatar to Thailand. Makudi told the paper he did not receive a concession for his part in any gas deal.
• Invited Germany's former Fifa executive Franz Beckenbauer to Doha just five months after the vote with bosses from an oil and gas shipping firm which was employing him as a consultant. The firm involved says it was exploring possible Qatari investments in the shipping and maritime sector but that no deal ever came from the talks. When approached by the Sunday Times, former German international Beckenbauer declined to comment.
• Fixed meetings between nine Fifa executive committee members, including Blatter, with members of the Qatari royal family.
• Arranged a meeting between the Qatar bid team and Uefa boss Michel Platini at European football's headquarters in Nyon. Platini, who has openly admitted voting for Qatar, says Bin Hammam did not attend the meeting and insists he has nothing to hide.

Qatar's World Cup organising committee reiterated it was confident the bid had been won fairly. Bin Hammam has so far declined to comment.
Emails leaked to the Sunday Times appear to demonstrate Bin Hammam, banned from football for life in 2012 for his part in another corruption scandal, was working to secure support for the Qatar bid.
But while that might be uncomfortable for Qatar and Fifa, it is not clear that he or the bid broke any of the governing body's bidding rules.
Fifa executive committee members were not subject to the same restrictions placed on bid officials, while all bidding nations used heads of state and senior government figures to try to win votes.

9 June 2014 Last updated at 14:33 GMT

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Steve Sidwell: Stoke City sign former Fulham midfielder

Stoke City have signed midfielder Steve Sidwell on a free transfer following his release by relegated Fulham.

The 31-year-old, the Cottagers' top scorer last season, will join the Potters on a two-year deal on July 1.
"Steve was much in demand and we are delighted to have won the race to secure his signature," said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes.
The former Chelsea player is Stoke's second signing of the summer following the capture of Phil Bardsley.

World Cup 2014: England and Brazil's chances equal - Pele

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World Cup 2014: BBC Sport pundits on England's chances

"I prefer Brazil face Uruguay, then you have the revenge," said Pele.
Asked about England's chances, he responded: "England - like Brazil, Italy, France - have a reputation. We must be prepared for them."
Pele, who won the World Cup three times with Brazil and is widely regarded as the best footballer of all time, added: "We have to respect England because they have the same chance as what we have."
The World Cup begins on Thursday when Brazil face Croatia.

If the U.S. Plays Like It Did Against Nigeria, This World Cup Could Be a Lot of Fun

The U.S. men’s national team has been in a slump for pretty much all of 2014. The team has looked vulnerable on defense, weak in possession in the midfield, and wasteful in their attacking third.

This had caused me to write rather pessimistically about the American’s chances of escaping a World Cup group that includes a heralded German team, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, and the United States’ tormenters from the last two World Cups, Ghana.

I take everything back. The U.S. national team that beat fellow World Cup qualifiers Nigeria 2-1 on Saturday was a different side from the one that had slouched through the first half of the year.

The team that Jürgen Klinsmann fielded against the African champions was confident in the back, in control the entire game against probably the strongest side it has played this year, and creative and dangerous in attack. Klinsmann seems to have unlocked the key to fortifying his defense by shifting Michael Bradley into an attacking midfield position, and bringing on 32-year-old World Cup rookie Kyle Beckerman as a holding midfielder to pair with Jermaine Jones. This strategy worked perfectly on Saturday, as the backline had the support it so clearly needed in the previous two friendly victories over less-than-stellar Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Much more importantly, the defenders themselves looked comfortable for the first time since January. The key stroke seems to have been returning DaMarcus Beasley to the left side of the defense, and standing by the new center-back pairing of Matt Besler and Geoff Cameron despite their struggles to find a rhythm against Turkey and Azerbaijan. It seems as though the Stoke defender and Sporting Kansas City center back just needed some time to get used to one another, time Klinsmann wisely gave them. Fabian Johnson continued to look brilliant defensively and sweeping forward from right back, adding an assist to the goal he scored against Turkey.

Klinsmann seemed to settle the matter of who his starting left back would be against Ghana before the game, declaring it was Beasley. Either way, the 32-year-old former winger settled the matter with his performance. He is now all but certain to play in his fourth World Cup, joining the likes of Pele and Diego Maradona in the four-timer club.

The biggest change from the last three friendlies against Mexico, Azerbaijan, and Turkey was not that the defense didn’t make mistakes, but that defenders actually recovered from those mistakes and covered for their teammates’ errors. Whenever the Nigerians took advantage of some American slip to create a bit of space in dangerous positions, a member of the U.S. backline made a strong, chance-preventing tackle. In previous games, those opportunities would have resulted in shots on goal.

With the extra defensive cover, Bradley felt the freedom to roam higher up the field. That led to an aggressive, pressing style from the U.S. that could be very attractive to watch in Brazil. Oh, yeah, and Jozy Altidore scored his first goal in six months, and then another. But that was no big whoop.

Klinsmann may want to experiment some more in the team’s final pre-World Cup scrimmage, an unofficial, closed-doors friendly with potential second-round opponents Belgium. But if I were him, I would play the exact same lineup against Ghana as against Nigeria.

The main questions about this team going into the opener against Brazil have to do with fitness and defensive substitutes. Fitness didn’t appear to be an issue against Nigeria, with the team pressing hard until the 90^th minute. But if Beasley and Beckerman start, as I expect they will, that will be five players over 30 years old in the United States’ starting 11. At some point, some of those guys will need to rest. Whether or not there is enough defensive cover on the bench is still questionable after Omar Gonzalez had another rough showing. DeAndre Yedlin could end up becoming a key man there, but the 20-year-old is still very green, with just four international caps.

My current wishful thinking is that Klinsmann knew all along what side he wanted to select, and all of his previous tinkering was just to give some of the older guys some rest and to play things close to his oversized vest. If Team USA can maintain this level of play and confidence in Natal, Manaus, and Recife, then U.S. fans could be in for a longer, more enjoyable summer than anyone expected.