IBM Buys Cloud-Based Software Testing Platform Green Hat

In its first acquisition of 2012, IBM has announced the purchase of cloud-based software testing platform Green Hat. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, Green Hat allows developers to test software applications prior to delivery in the cloud. Developers can test TIBCO, webMethods, IBM WebSphere MQ, SOA, BPM, SOAP, REST and Cloud applications with the company's platform as well as Virtualize unavailable applications and test application performance.

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Occupy protest follows 123rd annual Rose Parade

Occupy protesters march along Colorado Boulevard during the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Several thousand Occupy protesters marched at the end of the Rose Parade in a pre-arranged demonstration. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Occupy protesters march along Colorado Boulevard during the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Several thousand Occupy protesters marched at the end of the Rose Parade in a pre-arranged demonstration. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Members of Wells Fargo theme float "Just Imagine..." moves along Orange Grove Boulevard during the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

An Occupy protester with a sign marches along Colorado Boulevard during the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Several thousand Occupy protesters marched at the end of the Rose Parade in a pre-arranged demonstration. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Roy Rogers Jr., right, and his son Dustin Rogers wave as they sing "Happy Trails" aboard the RFD-TV float, in honor of the centenary of the cowboy star's birth, in the 123rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. The float won the Tournament Special trophy. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Wells Fargo theme float "Just Imagine..." moves along Orange Grove Boulevard during the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ? The 2012 Tournament of Roses brought its flowery floats and strutting bands to a worldwide audience Monday under clear blue skies, and in its wake came a scruffier parade ? hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters.

The 123rd annual New Year's Day event, with the theme "Just Imagine," flowed along downtown Pasadena to the cheers of hundreds of thousands of sidewalk spectators.

An estimated 40 million people viewed this year's procession of 44 floats, 16 marching bands and 22 equestrian troupes on U.S. television.

There were 10 arrests overnight, including four felonies, as thousands of spectators staked out viewing places along the route but that figure was down from the previous year, police said.

"Everything went very, very well. We're very pleased," police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said.

On the heels of the two-hour parade came anti-Wall Street protesters in a pre-arranged demonstration.

The thunder of the retreating marching bands mingled in the air with chants of "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out" as the Occupy the Rose Parade demonstrators retraced about 1.5 miles of the 5.5-mile parade route before veering off for a rally near City Hall.

They carried a 250-foot-long banner that said "We the People" to represent the U.S. Constitution. Some also held a 70-foot-long octopus made from recycled plastic bags that represented the tentacles of perceived corporate greed.

"This is about getting money out of politics," said Greg Stevens, a 38-year-old public health lecturer at the University of Southern California. "I support everything this movement is about."

As the protesters marched by, some Rose Parade spectators yelled "get a job" while others snapped photos and cheered.

"It's kind of crazy but kind of exciting," said Alana Olvick, 26, of Valencia, Calif.

The ragtag group of protesters made an interesting comparison to the slick, glittering Rose Parade offerings.

"It's contradicting the parade," Olvick said.

Behind the protesters came three truckloads of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in riot gear but no arrests were immediately made and the protest was noisy but peaceful.

Occupy the Rose Parade organizer Pete Thottam estimated the crowd of protesters at 5,000, although police said it was around 400.

Police, parade and city officials held numerous meetings with the protest organizers to ensure that they did not disrupt the parade.

Heightened security is nothing new to the parade, which took place on Jan. 2 this year because New Year's Day falls on a Sunday.

Police also stepped up measures after 9/11 and the Y2K threat, and have regularly dealt with protests through the years ranging from anti-Vietnam war demonstrators to Native Americans incensed at the choice of a descendant of Christopher Columbus as grand marshal.

This year's parade featured Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez as grand marshal, the children and grandchildren of Roy Rogers on a float commemorating cowboys, and the parents of Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl killed in the mass shooting that injured U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords last year, on the Donate Life float honoring organ donors. The Greens donated their daughter's corneas.

The 2012 parade was the first in 58 years without the famed Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale horses after the company withdrew in a change of marketing strategy.

Associated Press

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Colombian police kill leader of powerful drug gang (Reuters)

BOGOTA (Reuters) ? Colombian police killed the leader of a powerful drug cartel that supplied tons of cocaine to Mexican gangs, the government said on Sunday.

Police killed Juan de Dios Usuga, the head of the Urabenos criminal gang in the northwestern department of Choco, near the border with Panama.

Usuga had a bounty on his head of $2.5 million and was wanted by the United States for drug trafficking.

"The police put down in Choco alias Usuga, head of the Urabenos and captured various of his accomplices. What a good start to the year," President Juan Manuel Santos said in a message on Twitter.

The Urabenos are one of Colombia's main gangs, along with Los Rastrojos, Los Paisas and Las Aguilas Negras.

Colombia is one of the world's top producers of cocaine, and criminal gangs made up of former right-wing paramilitary groups and old cartels have become a major emerging threat to the nation of 46 million people.

In November, Colombia and neighboring Venezuela announced the capture of one of the region's most-wanted drug traffickers, who was head of the Paisas gang.

While bloodshed from Colombia's long guerrilla and drug wars has dropped since a U.S.-backed offensive began more than a decade ago, bombings, murders and combat continue, mainly in Colombia's frontier areas.

The decline in violence has attracted billions of dollars in foreign investment mainly to Colombia's mining and oil sectors, which has allowed the country to boost crude and coal output to historic highs.

(Reporting By Jack Kimball and Luis Jaime Acosta; Editing by Stacey Joyce)

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With focus on Iowa, Huntsman continues NH effort

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye, stops to shake hands while touring businesses in downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye, stops to shake hands while touring businesses in downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman reaches in to shake hands with a motorist while touring downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks during his tour of businesses in downtown Nashua, N.H., Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) ? Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Monday that his intense focus on New Hampshire is paying off and went after rival Mitt Romney in unusually sharp language.

But Huntsman, the former Utah governor, is still being met by some blank looks with the primary just eight days away.

Watching Huntsman enter a Nashua diner surrounded by television cameras, voter Jimmy Pacheco at first mistook the former Utah governor for New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, and not a flicker of recognition crossed his face when he heard Huntsman's name. But by the time Huntsman reached his booth, the former truck driver greeted him like an old friend, complimented him on his "pretty wife" and said afterward that he probably would vote for Huntsman.

Noting that Huntsman is skipping Iowa's Tuesday caucuses and staking his hopes on a strong showing in New Hampshire's Jan. 10 primary, Pacheco said, "He cares about us."

Two minutes earlier, Pacheco had said he was leaning toward Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who has long been the front-runner in New Hampshire.

After stopping by several Nashua businesses and restaurants, Huntsman told reporters that New Hampshire is a place where an underdog can come from behind and beat expectations.

"It happens time and time again here in New Hampshire. It's where message matters, it's where grass-roots politics is rewarded, and this is a state that is finely tuned to finding leaders and then sending them south," he said.

While he lags far behind Romney in polls, the usually positive Huntsman went after Romney by name while speaking to voters in Dover later in the day.

"You can do what the establishment wants you to do. You've got a good candidate in Mitt Romney," Huntsman said. "If you have 47 members of Congress supporting you, as he just announced today, you think you're going to be to do what needs to be done in terms of reforming Congress? No how, no way."

He also suggested Romney couldn't reform the banking system because he's receiving too many donations from Wall Street.

"We cannot afford a status quo presidency," Huntsman said.

At another restaurant, GOP voter Matt Dobski said he was closer to backing Huntsman after meeting him but remained undecided. He said he likes Romney but doesn't like the health care law he enacted in Massachusetts, finds former House Speaker Newt Gingrich too polarizing, and thinks Texas Rep. Ron Paul is too extreme.

Huntsman, in contrast, "is probably one of the only candidates who's been consistent in all his policies and what's needed to change America," Dobski said. "That's important because, right now, everybody's waffling to say what they need to say to get votes. ... So a guy like Huntsman could really come through and steal the show, if he gets the media exposure he needs."

After having the state to himself last week, Huntsman soon will have plenty of company. Only seven days separate the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann plan to head straight to South Carolina after Iowa and then return to New Hampshire for two debates just before the primary.

Huntsman downplayed those debates, saying there have been too many already.

"I think with each passing debate, they're less and less important," he said. "People see them more as show business."

Associated Press

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Romney Compares Obama's Campaign Promises to Failed Kardashian Marriage (ABC News)

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Letter to the editor: Canterbury could benefit from energy plant

While I applaud the work that Claire Miller does in the attempt to keep our environment safe, I?m afraid she?s missed the mark with her commentary published in the Dec. 30 Bulletin regarding the upcoming Canterbury vote.

The referendum will not stop the energy plant in Plainfield. That battle was fought and lost long ago, far outside Canterbury. This plant has begun construction and will take water from the river, whether we vote ?yes? or ?no.? That is the reality we all need to face. Canterbury can vote ?no? and make a political statement, or vote ?yes? and get about $3 million out of this deal.

To call this a power grab and suggest that First Selectman Brian Sear hopes to sneak this by the public is at best uniformed, and at worst disingenuous. What would we say if town leaders unilaterally dismissed this without giving us a chance to vote?

The choice is simple, and thanks to the Canterbury Board of Selectman, we have that choice.

CHRIS PITTS

Canterbury

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NCAA basketball roundup: Duke pummels Michigan 110-70 Friday night

By The Associated Press

DURHAM, N.C. ? Seth Curry scored a season-high 22 points, Austin Rivers added 20 and No. 7 Duke routed Western Michigan 110-70 on Friday night.

Quinn Cook had 16 points and Josh Hairston finished with 13, helping the Blue Devils (11-1) win their fourth straight. They shot 54 percent, held a 50-28 rebounding advantage and used a huge early run and a knack for getting to the free-throw line to take a 30-point lead in the first half.

Duke hit triple digits for the first time this season after scoring 63 points by halftime, its most in a half since its 66-point second half last year against Colgate.

Matt Stainbrook had 18 points to lead the Broncos (5-8). They had their four-game winning streak snapped in decisive fashion and were beaten by an Atlantic Coast Conference team for the first time in program history.

No. 8 Missouri 75, |Old Dominion 68

NORFOLK, Va. ? Marcus Denmon scored 17 of his 19 points after halftime and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 61 seconds to play as No. 8 Missouri survived against Old Dominion.

Kim English added 16 points for the Tigers (13-0), who continued their best start since opening 19-0 in 1981-82. They got all they could handle in their first true road game under first-year coach Frank Haith from the Colonial Athletic Association power.

Old Dominion (6-7), spurred on by a raucous sellout crowd and able to match the Tigers physically, was tied 67-all with the Tigers before Denmon hit his fourth 3-pointer with 1:01 on the clock. Denmon added both ends of a one-and-one with 42 seconds left to make it 72-67.

Kent Bazemore led Old Dominion with 16 points and Trian Iliadis had 15.

No. 23 Virginia 57, |Towson 50 Continued...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ? Sammy Zeglinski scored 20 points and Joe Harris added 18 to help No. 23 Virginia survive a scare from winless Towson in a victory.

Mike Scott, Virginia?s leading scorer coming in at 16.3 points per game, was held to just seven as the Cavaliers (12-1) won their 10th straight game despite shooting just 34.8 percent (16 of 46) from the field.

Towson, one of the youngest teams in the nation, was led by freshman Kris Walden?s 15 points, while sophomore Marcus Damas added 13. The Tigers fell to 0-13 and extended their overall losing streak to 32 games dating to last season.

Virginia?s biggest lead was nine points early in the second half, but Towson pulled to 46-43 with a little over 3 minutes left before halftime.

Women?s Basketball

No. 3 Notre Dame 128, Mercer 42

MACON, Ga. ? Markisha Wright had 24 points, Skylar Diggins had 21, and No. 3 Notre Dame scored the most points in school history in overwhelming Mercer, giving the Fighting Irish their 10th straight win.

After setting a school record with 72 points in the first half, Notre Dame needed only the first 10 minutes of the second half to reach 100 points for the first time this season.

Notre Dame (13-1), looking for a repeat trip to the NCAA championship game, opens its Big East schedule at Seton Hall on Wednesday.

The Bears had 28 turnovers, leading to 55 points for Notre Dame. Continued...

No. 8 Duke 65, Temple 54

PHILADELPHIA ? Tricia Liston scored 20 points to lead No. 8 Duke to a win over Temple.

Duke (9-2) has had a lot of rest lately, playing just two games over the past 19 days. The Blue Devils showed no early rust against Temple, jumping out to a 17-point halftime lead before allowing the Owls to climb back in the game.

Lewis and Shey Peddy scored 13 each to lead Temple (5-7).

No. 11 Rutgers 75, George Washington 54

WASHINGTON ? Monique Oliver tied her season high with 23 points to lead Rutgers to a victory over George Washington.

April Sykes added 17 points and Khadijah Rushdan had 13 for the Scarlet Knights (11-2), who begin Big East play at home against Syracuse on Tuesday.

Tara Booker scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half for GW.

Tiana Myers and Danni Jackson added 10 points each for the Colonials (6-7), who have lost four of their last five.

No. 23 Nebraska 71, |No. 16 Penn State 63 Continued...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ? Jordan Hooper scored 31 points, including a clinching 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, and No. 23 Nebraska won its Big Ten debut with a victory over No. 16 Penn State.

Hooper also had 12 rebounds and Lindsey Moore added 16 points for the Cornhuskers (12-1, 1-0).

The game was tied twice more in the late stages and Penn State still trailed by just one point after a made foul shot by Alex Bentley with 1:58 left. The Cornhuskers sealed the victory by scoring the final seven points of the game.

Bentley led the Nittany Lions (10-3, 0-1) with 22 points and eight steals. Maggie Lucas added 18 points and Nikki Greene had 15 rebounds.

No. 20 Purdue 57, |Minnesota 53

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ? Antionette Howard scored the go-ahead basket and K.K. Houser had 15 points to lead No. 20 Purdue to a victory over Minnesota in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Howard scored with 1:27 left in the game to give the Boilermakers a 54-52 lead. She finished with 13 points and four rebounds.

Rachel Banham scored 15 points and Leah Cotton had 11 for the Golden Gophers (8-7).

Minnesota took a lead in the first half after being tied at 19 when Katie Loberg hit a jumper, which sparked the Golden Gophers on a 7-0 run.

No. 24 North Carolina 79, NC Central 42

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? Chay Shegog had 20 points and five blocked shots to pace No. 24 North Carolina to a victory over North Carolina Central.

Krista Gross added 15 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season for the Tar Heels (10-2), who beat a MEAC team for the second straight day after demolishing Savannah State 74-21 on Thursday. Brittany Rountree chipped in 11 points.

Chasidy Williams had 15 points and eight rebounds for NCCU (2-12), a first-year full member of NCAA Division I.

Central New York Region Sports By Bleacher Report

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