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We are very excited to have been invited by our fellow drawing enthusiasts at The Drawing Exchange to take part in their next drawing event: The Passenger Drawing Society. Join them (and us!) at 11.16am at Bristol Temple Meads to hop on a train to Severn Beach and back again, drawing all along the way and stopping off in various locations en route (train ticket is £4). Returning to Bristol at 1.50pm. Quite frankly, we can't wait!!!
BRISTOL DRAWING CLUB is a social platform for drawing enthusiasts, founded by Bristol artists with a passion for promoting 'Drawing for Everyone'. BDC is run by a team of devoted volunteers & holds regular meets and events in venues across the city, allowing artists & non-artists to mingle through a shared passion of drawing. We are always looking for new volunteers & ideas so please don't hesitate to get in touch! email@example.com
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Welcome to this week's round-up of links for writers. June has arrived, and summer vacation is just around the corner. Many of us need to change our writing schedules for the summer, so Sue Bradford Edwards has some thoughts on summer writing.
Book Expo America (BEA) has just closed its doors. For a peek inside the massive Javitz Center in NYC, here are Jael McHenry and agent Marie Lamba sharing what they learned there.
A year later, #WeNeedDiverseBooks has left its mark on BookCon—but there is more work to be done, as can be seen in this study that shows that books about women are less likely to win prizes.
We love our libraries, but we all know libraries are often under funding pressure these days. Amein Essif explores why libraries matter even more in the age Google, Thomas Frey discusses the future of libraries, Fritz Hoffman shows how libraries provide a quiet place for California's homeless, there is a petition to tell Mayor de Blasio to invest in NYC libraries, and Ed Patrick examines online privacy and the role of library/information professionals in online privacy.
And if any of us actually need reasons to add to our "To Be Read" pile, Jarry Lee gives us 26 reasons why you need to read more—as told by people at BEA. What books to read? Check out the Big Books at BEA—Adult Big Books and Children's Big Books.
We all get story ideas—usually when we're in the middle of another project! Alex Limberg shares 6 tips on what to do with those great writing ideas, Melissa Donovan has tips for developing story ideas, and Nina Amir shows 5 ways to get early feedback on your book idea or manuscript.
Every good story has tension—conflict or unanswered questions that make us keep turning the pages. Kristen Kieffer tells us how to rock your story's tension, Linda S. Clare lists tips to keep tension taut, and Mark Alpert demonstrates how to build up mystery.
Tension aside, compelling characters also keep readers engaged. Shawn Griffith shows how to give your characters some character, Writers Write lists 123 ideas for character flaws, Janice Hardy gives us a trick for writing subtext in dialogue, Dianne K. Salerni discusses writing in a child's voice, and Kristen Lamb advises how to choose the best point of view (POV) for your story.
We creatives have unique minds. Kelly Links asks if we are using daytime logic or nighttime logic when we write, while Jade Varden warns us that a wild imagination isn't always a good thing.
Sometimes our brains get us hopelessly stuck, creatively speaking. Jane Lebak recommends finding some "pure craft" pastime to get unstuck, Kathy Weyer explains how to clean your clogged writing pipes, Roz Morris shows a way to beat writer's block, and Drew Chial tells how to write when your back's against the wall.
We all have room for improvement. Todd Hasak-Lowy explores how to become a better writer, Susan K. Perry lists 52 terrific tips for writing better, and Dawn Lairamore reminds us of the power of a good verb.
Teresa Tysinger shares 5 things she's learned from her critique group, Fiona Quinn interviews scriptwriter-turned-novelist Jim Morris, Susan G. Weidener explores the current state of literary fiction, and Jane Friedman discusses the age-old cynicism shown young writers.
Different publishing paths are increasingly fluid and interconnecting. Jane Friedman examines whether self-publishing is a good springboard to traditional publishing. If you are self-publishing your book, Jami Gold explains how to format from manuscript to print book with MS Word.
Many authors market their books at conventions. Eloise J. Knapp lays out the convention basics for authors. Pricing is one of the variables to selling your book. Writer's Circle shows us how to price your work on Amazon—which brings us to the ever-present controversy over how much an ebook is worth.
Whether for a query or for marketing, you need a pitch. Agent Erin Young details how to create a captivating pitch.
Chuck Sambuchino has gathered agent wisdom into a blog post covering many topics, including what it means when an agent says, "This isn't right for me."
We authors are the brand, so we get to define the brand. Jami Gold examines your brand's voice—is it quiet or loud? We all need platform, and Neil Wooten advises if you don't have a platform, borrow one.
An author website is essential to your marketing plan. Stuart Horwitz tells us how to create a website without it costing an arm and a leg, while Joel Friedlander explains why an email list is such a vital tool and how to build your email list.
Writers love to read, but how can you tell when you've taken your love of books too far? Summer Anne Burton shares 25 signs you're addicted to books.
If you're looking for something to read, check out 50 great books for kids to read this summer, or Sharon Gosling's top 10 children's steampunk books, or maybe the book that saved David Nicholls.
If that's not enough, Lisa Parkin introduces 7 new badass YA heroines for you to love, while 6 authors revisit what they learned about sex, puberty, and writing from Judy Blume's classics.
Michael Lieberman takes a look at Presidents and their libraries.
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Sediment Dynamics in a Dryland River: Grain-Size Variations, Erosion Rates, Sediment Mixing and Dam Effects
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Alamo Dam, beryllium-10, Bill Williams River, cosmogenic nuclide analysis, environmental flows, tributary confluence, valley confinement
University of Montana
Dryland rivers are fundamentally different from humid rivers because large infrequent floods often set channel form and sediment grain size patterns for long periods of time. The large natural variability in dryland river stream flow causes susceptibility to geomorphic alteration when they are dammed. Cosmogenic nuclide analysis, a tool for determining catchment-wide erosion rates and addressing associated geomorphic questions, has seen few applications to large dryland rivers and dammed rivers. Here, three questions are addressed concerning dam effects on sediment supply and grain size: (1) What is the downstream extent of dam effects on sediment supply, as a function of both supply reductions from the upstream watershed and supply from downstream tributaries? (2) what is the pattern of grain size in a dryland river, downstream of a dam, and (3) how do valley confinement and tributaries control that pattern? The Bill Williams River (BWR) in western Arizona is dammed by Alamo Dam and is well suited to addressing these questions. Twenty cosmogenic nuclide samples were collected in the mainstem of the BWR upstream and downstream of the Alamo Dam and from tributaries downstream of the dam. Grain size data were also collected upstream and downstream of Alamo Dam with 70 bulk samples, 18 pebble counts and 411 grain size photos. Cosmogenic nuclide analysis revealed that erosion rates vary considerably in the BWR watershed between the upper catchment (136 t/km^2/yr^1) and tributaries downstream of Alamo Dam (45.5 t/km^2/yr^1). Mixing equations showed that sediments from large dryland catchments were well mixed and nuclide concentrations could determine dam effects. However, nuclide concentrations were small in the mainstem of the BWR, and additional data are needed to adequately determine the downstream extent of dam effects. Grain size was coarsest immediately downstream of Alamo Dam (D50= 41 mm) but fined exponentially downstream. Tributary confluence effects had no statistically significant effect on mainstem grain sizes; it is possible their ephemeral flow does not yield enough sediment to have grain size effects. Wide floodplain reaches appeared to have a fining effect on grain size but were not a significant predictor of grain size.
Recommended Citation
Dekker, Franklin Jacob, "Sediment Dynamics in a Dryland River: Grain-Size Variations, Erosion Rates, Sediment Mixing and Dam Effects" (2012). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1367.
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This movie offers essential information you might need to place you comfortable while you get ready for an upcoming surgery on aSurgery Center.
This can give instructions to services and discuss the Pre-Anesthesia Screening (TERRY) visit or telephone call, the check in procedure about the evening of surgery, and what goes on each action of the way before you or the one you love has restored and it is prepared to be followed home. We would like one to possess the Duke experience that is greatest possible.


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Ministry of Farang Affairs: Speaking fluent street Thai
The Ministry of Farang Affairs is a one-stop shop where foreigners in Thailand can learn all they need to know about living here. No, we're not talking about work permits, visas or taxes. We're talking about day-to-day life in the Land of Endless Shocks and Riddles, of Blur, Befuddlement and the Bizarre. Stay tuned for weekly insights from Minister Stephff.
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UWSP opens football season at Albion
Editor's note: This is the third in a three-part series looking at the upcoming season for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point football team. Part III will look at the Pointers' expectations entering their season opener with Albion (Mich.) on Saturday night.
STEVENS POINT — University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point football coach Tom Journell swears he will sleep like a baby Friday night before the kickoff of the new college football season.
UWSP will start the 2015 season against Albion (Mich.) at about 5 p.m. Saturday . The Pointers defeated Albion 42-31 in the Spud Bowl at Community Stadium a year ago.
"I don't ever have a problem sleeping; I was much, much more anxious as a player than a coach," said Journell, who owns a 14-16 record at the helm of the Pointers. "(The opening of the football season) is within your fiber and your biological clock. It's just what you do.
"I was more nervous as a player because I was always afraid I was going to screw up," the former college safety added, tongue firmly planted in cheek. "I wasn't very good."
Before the Pointers hit the field in Michigan for Journell's fourth season as UWSP's head coach, they had a chance to spend Friday touring the Michigan State University facilities and stay the East Lansing campus Friday night.
"It's something our players will never forget," the coach said.
Since taking over the dual role of head coach/defensive coordinator prior to the 2012 season, Journell has seen the program show steady improvement.
After struggling through 2-8 and 5-5 campaigns his first two seasons, UWSP took a considerable jump a year ago to finish 7-3 overall, including 4-3 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The Pointers were ranked as high as No. 13 in the country — the team's highest ranking since early 2009.
Journell left little doubt what the end game is for his program.
"It's a new year, and as a coach you're always striving to build consistency," he said. "You always want to take the next step whether you won a championship or not. You look at recent history and recruiting and how it's going to help build a dynasty, which we're interested in doing and getting closer to doing."
Journell should have a better understanding of just how close UWSP is to that goal after the game against Albion.
Albion is expected to contend for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. The Britons finished 6-4 and return most of their starters on both sides of the ball.
On paper, the Pointers' defense will be put to a severe test. Albion returns starting quarterback Dominic Bona and running backs Mike Czarnecki and Colin Parks from a unit that averaged 42.6 points and 509.1 yards a game last season.
"Albion is a really good team. I think they'll be picked to win their conference, along with Adrian and Trine," Journell said. "They have everybody back and they're really confident. (Bona) is really good, and the two running backs (Czarnecki and Parks) are really good.
"It's going to be a real battle."
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Intel might revamp the 11.6-inch and 12.1-inch netbooks
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Intel is making an attempt to upgrade its Cedar Trail netbooks in order to catch the eye with thin, sleek most importantly with fanless designs. These changes are mainly planned for netbooks up to 10 inches. Even Intel will go the extra mile to provide technical support to vendors who takes up the responsibility to these fanless netbooks.
Some of the top performing machines that come with 8W dual core kit are of size 11.6 to 12.1 inches. It is not much clearer, the intentions of using an 8W TDP kit as the processor of choice is N2800 with 1.86GHz clock and 6.5 TDP. It might include a chipset in it. After all this is not the one with fanless design but the 10 inch machine with N2600 processor and 3.5W TDP processor will be the one without a fan.
Though tablets have taken over the market for netbooks these days but still Intel could look for some specific sections of the market like school kids with its ruggedized notebooks.


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ATM fees, some might say, are a necessary evil. They are not regulated by the federal government, meaning consumers can quickly rack up fees from their checking accounts if they're not careful. However, some banks are notoriously greedy when it comes to ATM fees. So we ranked some of America's most popular banks based on their ATM experience.
JPMorgan & Chase Co.
Chase is one of the most popular banks in the United States. In 2012, the company brought in approximately $2.3 billion in total assets. However, an account with the Chase comes with plenty of fees. A typical checking account will run you between $10-12 a month, depending on which state you live in. The fees can be avoided if your account qualifies has:
- The account has at least $500 a month deposited into it
- A minimum balance of at least $1500 is maintained
- $25 or more a month is paid in checking-related fees.
ATM Fees
Every withdrawal you make from a non-Chase ATM, they charge$2, on top of the ATM's fee So, if the prompt on the machine tells you that you will be charged $1.75, the total cost of the transaction will be $3.75.
Or, if you choose to take out money from a teller at a bank other than Chase, 3% of the transactions dollar amount.
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One of the most frequent complaints about JP Morgan Chase as a whole is its terrible customer service. It can be difficult to get in touch with a human on the phone. Additionally, their fees aren't always clearly communicated to their customers.
It may seem like the negative fees associated with JPMorgan & Chase outweigh the positives, but mass amounts of feedback often follows giant corporations. The one benefit to having an account with Chase is they're everywhere; with 5,940 branches and 15,000 ATM's nationwide. By simply locating a Chase branch or ATM you can avoid the pesky fees altogether.
Bank of America
Yes, Bank of America has had its ups and downs in the past in regards to popularity, but its undeniable size and power in the United States puts at number two on our list. In 2012, it placed second to JP Morgan & Chase with $2.1 billion in total assets accumulated. According to their Twitter account, their U.S. profits for the 1st quarter of 2013 were $2.6 billion. However the Bank of America has come under fire recently over egregious ATM fees.
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Like Chase, BOA also charges an additional $2 for every withdrawal from an unaffiliated ATM. However, they do charge only $8.95 a month for any e-banking accounts, which is ideal for those who wish to skip the teller and manage their accounts online and through ATM's.
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As recent as last year, the company eliminated 1,500 ATMs across the country, making fees unavoidable for some. Bank of America customers have been vocal about the fees showing up in the monthly statements. According to The Huffington Post, there have been over 20,000 complaints against the company since December 2011. And, lest we forget their failed mission in late 2011 to charge an additional $5 a month for all debit card accounts.
In the year 2012, Citibank brought in $1.9 billion, making it the fourth most profitable bank in America. For checking and savings, they run a flat rate of $10 a month.
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They don't have an exceptionally high number of ATMs with 3,200 to every 1,328 branches across the United States.
Like Bank of America and JPMorgan & Chase, Citibank charges $2 per withdrawal at a non-associated ATM. However, the fee is waived if you have a Citigold account package. The fee is also waived if you have a Student Account Package, which forgives all ATM fees while enrolled in a higher education program.
Common Complaints:
In terms of customer service, Citibank ranks among the worst in the country. Consumer Affairs has given them a rating of 1 1/2 stars out of 5 for customer satisfaction.
Wells Fargo
The ratio of highest ATM fees to lowest amounts of ATMs across the country put Wells Fargo at number three. They have 12,000 ATMs nationally, but are spread across 41 states with 6,601 locations.
In 2012 they ranked as the fourth most profitable bank in the country with their total assets calculating approximately $1.3 billion.
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This is where Wells Fargo lost major points. They have the highest ATM fee, at $2.50 for every non-affiliated transaction, and a $1 fee for a balance inquiry.
Common Complaints:
Their customer service has gotten shockingly poor reviews. Disgruntled customers have gone so far as to create a website devoted to posting their miserable experiences. Current number of complaints total 2,000 and climbing.
Now, with this information, hopefully you can make more informed decisions about where to put your hard-earned cash. And remember, local and smaller bank chains have their own rates and fees, so depending on your location and schedule, they could be the answer you're looking for.
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Scott Richards, a professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, directed the Consortium for Spiritually Centered Psychology and Education at BYU held last November. The purpose of the think tank was to bring together a nationally respected group of practitioners and researchers with expertise and interests in exploring ways of collaboratively bringing spiritually oriented treatment approaches more fully into mainstream health care through clinical practice, training, and research.
Richards organized the think tank as part of his effort to show that counseling can be a spiritual as well as scientific practice. "When people seek out mental health counseling, they are often fearful that their religious beliefs won't be respected," Richards explained. "Because of this, some people choose not to seek counseling when they would benefit from it. We think it's important to give the option of going to more spiritually sensitive counseling."
This work is also in part a continuation of the legacy of Allen Bergin, a BYU faculty member and clinical psychologist known for integrating psychotherapy and religion. Bergin was Richards' mentor, encouraging Richards as a young student to pursue his interest in psychology and religion.
Below are insights from some of the conference presentations.
Steven A. Smith, Counseling and Career Center, Brigham Young University
Smith compared patients' mental states to deserts. The environment is dry and barren, but there are small reprieves like oases with clean and cold water. Patients are metaphorically "dried out in the desert." The counselor's role is to guide them to the "water."
Smith referred to those oases as "spiritual biomes," defining them as a level or realm of spiritual existence or interaction dictated by differing principles, practices, relationships or outcomes. He said, "There is something more we can do; we can place our hand in a higher power— whatever that higher power may be." Counselors need to offer patients this hope.
"When people seek out mental health counseling, they are often fearful that their religious beliefs won't be respected. Because of this, some people choose not to seek counseling when they would benefit from it. We think it's important to give the option of going to more spiritually sensitive counseling."
Michael E. Berrett, CEO, executive director, and co-founder of Center for Change in Orem, Utah
"Integrating Spirituality into Treatment: Lessons from 15 Years of Inpatient Practice"
Berrett has worked for more than 20 years with patients suffering from eating disorders. He uses spiritual beliefs to help them achieve a spiritual harmony, which he calls "living a life of goodwill towards self and others," as they heal from their illness. Some of the other healing principles Berrett shares with his patients include: listening to and following the heart and learning the language of spirituality.
At the Center for Change, counselors have a universal spiritual emphasis, and every patient is encouraged to explore his own beliefs. Practitioners want to aid patients' recovery by accessing those beliefs. "The number one thing we can do is be examples: examples in [the way] we live, in the relationships we have with patients and other people, and in the responsibility we have to live our spirituality, to have integrity, and to be honest," Berrett said.
Student conversation hour with Think Tank presenters
Below is a sampling of the discussion.
Q: How do you reconcile some parts of psychology and spirituality?
A: Clients don't choose a disorder, but at the end of the day they could choose out of it. Disorders include choice, power, attitude, and biology; the part where spirituality comes into the situation is when clients recognize that they do have power.
Q: Should we look at a specific religion when researching the place of spirituality in counseling, or is it better to use an ecumenical approach to spirituality?
A: There is a need for both.
Q: We are often told we should be concerned about studying psychology at such a conservative university? What advice do you have?
A: Do you have a sense in yourself that you are missing something in your training? No institution gives the whole broad view. There are many advantages to studying psychology at BYU.
Q: Do you feel the notion of a calling within the field of psychology?
A: I want to help people find their way back home; that feels like a calling for me. I want to help people to find their way back to their spirit and self. I am completely passionate about it. Sometimes a calling has you—you don't have it.
Scott Richards, Tim Smith, Steven A. Smith
"Technologies and Methodologies for Revolutionizing How We Conduct Collaborative Psychotherapy Research on Spiritual Psychotherapies.
In 1979 Allen Bergin published an article on psychotherapy and spirituality that influenced the direction of psychotherapy. In the following 20 years many spiritually oriented therapies and treatments were developed. "Books, articles, and workshops proliferated, making it an exciting time in this field," Richards stated. He went on to explain that many different approaches have developed in both the West and the East, integrating therapeutic models, issues, and populations all around the world. And the desire for evidence-based practice creates a greater need to collaborate and move the work along.
There is a need for more research evidence concerning the efficacy and effectiveness of spiritually-oriented psychotherapy approaches. There is not yet a large database, and we need to better understand when and how the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy may be effective.
Richards pointed out needs for cutting edge methods and techniques in developing an evidence-base on spiritually-oriented psychotherapies, as well as for collaborative and creative teamwork among practitioners and researchers with an interest in spirituality. Several forms of technology hold promise for advancing research in this domain of psychotherapy, including online assessment systems and clinical adaptive outcome measures.
Tim Smith, chair of the Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, affirmed that there is no need to hide this work under a rock because it is light and knowledge—part of the human experience. "But," he added, "We have to measure what we're talking about. With spirituality there is a depth of connection, and that should be evident when it is measured." As therapists move towards alleviating symptoms, they need not only to help eliminate the negative things, but to replace them with something positive.
Smith believes the whole spiritual experience, even the down sides, should be explored. There is always the question of aligning one's faith with God's will.
"A person working in this area needs to first connect himself or herself [to be able to] reflect the light and be the repositioning unit," said Smith. "We need to share our work. There needs to be a socialness of the work we are engaged in."
More information about the events of the think tank, including video clips of many of the presentations, as well as future initiatives planned by the McKay School's Consortium for Spiritually-Centered Psychology and Education can be found on the McKay School website. Video of the conference will be available here.
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STEVENS POINT – After 12 seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, baseball coach Pat Bloom has accepted the same position at Washington University in St. Louis, the school announced Tuesday.
Bloom leaves UWSP as the program's all-time winningest coach with a career record of 393-175. His 393 wins are the sixth-most in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history and rank in the top 20 among active Division III head coaches.
Efforts to reach Bloom were unsuccessful.
"I would like to thank (Washington University) Director of Athletics Josh Whitman and Deputy Director of Athletics Chris Peacock for their confidence in entrusting me with the opportunity to be the next baseball coach at Washington University," said Bloom in a press release from Washington University.
"I am humbled to have the opportunity to work with and learn from talented colleagues who have worked hard to build upon the rich tradition of Bears Athletics."
The Bears are coming off a 34-16 season, including a trip to the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional where Washington went 1-2 with its losses coming to UW-La Crosse and UW-Whitewater.
Since taking over the Pointers program in 2004, Bloom built the Pointers into a WIAC powerhouse and a national contender in the Midwest.
Bloom led the Pointers to four NCAA Division III World Series appearances, including a third-place finish in 2007, a fourth-place finish in 2013 and fifth-place finishes in 2006 and 2010.
His teams appeared in the NCAA Regionals 10 times and played in the regional championship game six times.
"While it will be a big loss for the Pointers program, this is an exciting time for Pat and a tremendous opportunity for him," UWSP Director of Athletics Daron Montgomery said. "(Washington) is getting one of the best baseball coaches in the country."
In addition to the success on the national level, Bloom's teams won eight WIAC Tournament titles (2005-09, 2011, 2013, 2015) and two WIAC regular season championships (2009, 2011). The Pointers won at least 30 games in nine of Bloom's 12 seasons, including a program-record 41 games in 2013.
A UWSP alum, Bloom gathered numerous coaching accolades. He was named WIAC Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2011, while earning Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors four times (2006-07, 2010, 2013).
For all of the success the Pointers enjoyed on the field, Bloom also served as the driving force behind upgrades at University Field that included the construction of new dugouts during his stint as coach.
"We are going to be relentless in our pursuit toward achieving a level of national prominence that is on par with our other outstanding Bears programs," Bloom said. "I am excited to be a part of the vision for the future of Wash U baseball, and I cannot wait to get started."
Bloom demonstrated an ability to develop high school and junior college players into elite Division III caliber talent.
He coached 14 All-Americans, seven WIAC Position Players of the Year and five WIAC Pitchers of the Year. UWSP swept both honors this past season with Marathon graduate Cody Hanke being named the top position player and Mitch Beau grabbing the honor for pitching.
Bloom also had three players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft following their junior seasons, including two-time MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann of the Washington Nationals. In addition, two of his players signed free agent MLB contracts.


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Transition metal isotope fractionation in marine hydrothermal deposits of the Mohns Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean
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Seafloor hydrothermal vent systems form along mid-ocean ridges in all of the Earth's oceans. They have a major impact on the chemical exchange between the lithosphere and the hydrosphere, as vast volumes of seawater cycle through these systems, thereby interacting with young, oceanic crust. Furthermore, seafloor hydrothermal vent systems provide an excellent environment for organisms to thrive, resulting in diverse and unique vent faunas. Due to their favourable ecological conditions and their existence throughout Earth's history, they are regarded as a potential cradle where life on Earth could have emerged. Transition metals, such as iron, copper and zinc, are essential nutrients for all organisms on Earth and, thus, metabolic processes have direct influence on cycling of these elements in the environment. The development of high-resolution multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) in the mid-1990s enabled the use of transition metal stable isotope variations in nature as geochemical tracers. Studies on Fe, Cu and Zn isotope variations have revealed that metabolic reactions are capable of fractionating stable isotopes of these transition metals. Consequently, researchers have tried to find distinct isotopic fingerprints that allow identifying remnants of biological activity in geological samples, since DNA or microfossil structures are often missing in especially ancient samples due to later geological overprint. Unambiguous biological transition metal isotope signatures, however, have not been discovered so far. The objective of this thesis is to better understand fractionation of Fe, Cu and Zn isotopes in seafloor hydrothermal vent systems in general, and whether isotope variations of these transition metals may help to unravel (biological) formation processes of ancient hydrothermal deposits in particular. For this purpose, analytical methods were developed to determine Cu and Zn isotope variations in Fe-rich hydrothermal samples. Copper and zinc were purified from the sample matrices using a two-step ion-exchange chromatographic procedure. It was shown that no fractionation of Cu isotopes occurred during chromatographic separation of copper by applying a standard addition approach with an enriched 65Cu spike. Furthermore, a new 64Zn-67Zn double spike was calibrated in order to correct for instrumental mass bias during Zn isotope ratio determinations by MC-ICP-MS. Cu and Zn isotope measurements of international reference materials and inter-laboratory data comparison between the isotope laboratories at the University of Bergen and the Imperial College, London, confirmed the accuracy and applicability of the established analytical methods. The samples investigated in this thesis derived from the Jan Mayen and the Loki's Castle vent fields, situated along the Mohns Ridge, North Atlantic. Low temperature hydrothermal venting at the Jan Mayen vent fields leads to the formation of extensive microbial mats that mediate the precipitation of layered, siliceous Fe oxyhydroxide deposits. These deposits exhibit substantial amounts of encrusted filaments of the Fe-oxidising bacterium Mariprofundus ferrooxidans. Fe isotopic compositions of the siliceous Fe oxyhydroxides span a range from -2.09 to -0.66 ‰ in δ56Fe, which is most likely the result of partial oxidation of hydrothermal Fe(II)aq by low concentrations of free oxygen in fluid-filled cavities within the deposits and/or by microbial iron oxidation. The Jan Mayen samples are enriched in the heavy Zn isotopes relative to the low temperature hydrothermal fluids, most likely caused by isotope fractionation during adsorption of Zn aquo complexes onto the surfaces of the siliceous Fe oxyhydroxides. Cu isotopes in the Jan Mayen samples, on the other hand, are fractionated towards lower δ65Cu values relative to igneous rocks. Here, Cu isotope fractionation might be caused by partitioning of copper into different organic and inorganic complexes and subsequent preferential, pH-dependent adsorption of Cu aquo complexes onto siliceous Fe oxyhydroxides and/or by assimilation and adsorption of isotopically light copper by microorganisms. Isotope variations in the modern Jan Mayen siliceous Fe oxyhydroxide deposits were compared to those in Ordovician jasper beds from the Løkken ophiolite complex, Norway, which are interpreted to have formed from white smoker hydrothermal fallout deposits. Fe isotope variations in the Løkken jaspers, ranging from -0.38 to +0.89 ‰ in δ56Fe, point to partial oxidation of Fe(II)aq in the hydrothermal plume. The isotopic compositions of copper and zinc in the jaspers are comparable to those of the modern siliceous Fe oxyhydroxide deposits from the Jan Mayen vent fields, and isotope fractionation might have been caused by similar (bio)chemical reactions despite different formation pathways of the two deposits. However, interpreting reactions causing the observed Cu and Zn isotope fractionations in these hydrothermal systems remains speculative. Besides low temperature deposits, hydrothermal sulphides which formed in high temperature white smoker chimneys at the Jan Mayen vent fields and in black smoker chimneys at the Loki's Castle vent field were investigated. In these environments, fractionation of transition metal isotopes is mostly driven by inorganic chemical reactions. Variations of Fe, Cu and Zn isotopes were used to trace reaction pathways of sulphide formation. Isotopically light iron is incorporated into iron mono- and disulphides, such as pyrrhotite and marcasite, respectively, reflecting kinetic Fe isotope fractionation during sulphide precipitation. Kinetic isotope effects are most likely also responsible for low δ56Fe and δ66Zn values in sphalerite solid solution, compared to δ56Fe and δ66Zn values of high temperature hydrothermal fluids. A correlation between FeS concentration and Zn isotopic composition in sphalerite was found, which might indicate an impact of zinc substitution for iron on Zn isotope fractionation. Equilibrium isotope fractionation of copper and iron between hydrothermal fluids and sulphides was identified during formation of isocubanite and chalcopyrite. Here, isotope fractionation is most likely driven by changes in the oxidation states of iron and copper. Overall, the results are in agreement with experimental studies published in literature. The findings of this thesis show that transition metal isotope variations can be successfully used to trace chemical reactions in hydrothermal vent systems. However, the results also confirm that investigations solely based on Fe isotope variations are not suitable to distinguish between microbial and inorganic oxidation of reduced Fe(II)aq, which is an important reaction in oceanic and terrestrial low temperature environments. Combined studies of isotope fractionation of different transition metals, as presented in this thesis, are certainly a better approach to unravel formation reactions of minerals and hydrothermal deposits. However, the results of this thesis also emphasise the need of further research on metal isotope fractionation both in nature and laboratory experiments to enhance our knowledge of transition metal isotope fractionation and, thus, to allow accurate interpretations of measured isotope variations in nature.
Består avPaper I: Calibration of the new Certified Isotopic Reference Materials ERM-AE633 and ERM-AE647 for Copper and IRMM-3702 for Zinc Isotope Determinations (in press). Full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-908X.2011.00153.x
Paper II: Comparison of Transition Metal Isotope Variations of Modern and Ordovician Siliceous Fe Oxyhydroxide Deposits (in preparation). Full-text not available.
Paper III: Transition Metal Isotope Fractionation during Formation of Hydrothermal Sulphides (in preparation). Full-text not available.


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My, my. B. Hussein campaigns for his BFF, Deval Patrick.
Sweeping into town for the fund-raiser and to deliver a speech on clean energy at MIT, Obama said Patrick deserves credit for implementing near-universal health care, investing in education, and making the alternative energy and biotech industries a priority. If voters fail to recognize this hard work in next year's state election, the president said, it will not bode well for the United States.
I'ts also reported that the ballroom/venue was HALF-EMPTY.
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Welcome to Perfume City, a web site created for Perfume fans by a Perfume fan. Perfume is a japanese group composed by three cute young girls. Their music style is Techno-pop, with videogame melodies and sounds, full of energy and very addictive.
It didn't find anything in the net about Perfume, so I decided to complile info, romanize lyrics from booklets, search for images, scans and PVs,… and here it is: Perfume City. I hope you find what you're searching for -if your're searching-, or just take fun in the site.
If you don't know who's Perfume, please click on Profile button, here you will find any info related to this Japanese techno-pop group called Perfume, formed by A-chan, Kashiyuka and Nocchi.
I don't have all the Perfume material, since it's very difficult to find, therefore will be updating the site as something new appears. If you have anything that you want to add to the site, I will thank you :) You can email me here.
Finally, I've created a BBS forum where everybody can write, leave comments, questions, make requests (any stuff like PVs, old singles to download), or aything else.


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Arsenal will axe 55 jobs after admitting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is worse than initially feared, the club announced on Wednesday.
Sources have told ESPN that some football departments, commercial and administrative areas are involved in the cuts. Arsenal informed staff of the redundancies on Wednesday morning shortly before head of football Raul Sanllehi and manager director Vinai Venkatesham released a joint statement on the club website.
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"It is now clear that we will be facing more significant and longer-lasting reductions in our revenue than we all hoped," it read. "Current indications are that we will not have fans back at Emirates Stadium for the start of next season and fans will only be able to return in limited numbers after that. The global economic projections are also very negative.
"This will impact the disposable income of our fans, the money corporate clients have to spend on hospitality and sponsorship, and the ability for broadcasters to invest in TV rights.
"We all hope there will be no 'second wave' but we also need to accept that is one of the many uncertainties ahead of us and plan accordingly.
"Over recent years we have consistently invested in additional staff to take the club forward but with the expected reduction of income in mind, it is now clear that we must reduce our costs further to ensure we are operating in a sustainable and responsible way, and to enable us to continue to invest in the team.
"Our aim has been to protect the jobs and base salaries of our people for as long as we possibly can. Unfortunately, we have now come to the point where we are proposing 55 redundancies.
"We do not make these proposals lightly and have looked at every aspect of the club and our expenditure before reaching this point. We are now entering the required 30-day consultation period on these proposals."
Arsenal's self-sustainable business model relies heavily on matchday income from Emirates Stadium and the ongoing absence of supporters -- in addition to the cancellation of concerts and other non-football events -- has hit the club particularly hard despite owner Stan Kroenke's net worth estimated to be $8.3 billion.
Test events were due to take place at the beginning of the month to trial fans returning to stadiums across a variety of sports throughout the United Kingdom but that trial was pushed back by the British government amid fears of a spike in coronavirus cases.
Arsenal became the first Premier League team to agree a pay cut with their first-team squad -- 12.5% over 12 months, although that was reduced by 7.5% after the Gunners qualified for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup.
The club also terminated the contracts of around 10 members of their scouting network at the end of May, many of who worked on identifying youth team and academy players.
The statement continued: "These proposed changes are ultimately about ensuring we take this great football club forward, creating the right organisation for a post-Covid world, and ensuring we have the resources to return to competing effectively at the top of the game here and in Europe."


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Pure White Background for Better Photos
I enjoy photography and have been doing so professionally and independently for over 30 years.
Many amateurs that want to feature small products or even some macro shots tend to photograph their subjects where they lay. Just simply place the item on a surface and snap a picture.
Assuming the light is correct, the exposure and all the other technical aspects are technically sound the background is often disregarded as not something to really worry about. This is far from the truth.
A non distracting background is more important than many other elements when taking close ups, especially for macros or product photography.
Pure white backgrounds have two main qualities that make macros or product photography stand out and it is mostly what professionals use. First it eliminates all distractions from taking the eye away from the main point of interest.
Second they are easy to set up and you can fully immerse yourself in other technical aspects without having to worry about what is behind the subject.
Why You Need Pure White
If you have ever photographed someone on a "white" backdrop only to find the white came out more of a gray you know why this episode is so important. An image with pure white edges will fade perfectly onto most websites but how do you get your whites to be "oh so white"?
In this episode we show you how to make a pure white background in photoshop without losing too much detail in your images. As a bonus we also show you how to make pure black. http://phlearn.com/make-pure-white-background-photoshop
To start set up a solid platform where your product or specimen will be placed. You need to line the location with pure white paper like the one used in copiers and it should be non glossy to avoid too many reflections being present in the final shot.
Make sure to extend the paper above the edges of the subject; this needs to extend beyond the scope of the subject on all sides by a few inches. You can crop the final image later using Photoshop or any other digital manipulating software program.
Illuminate the subject with ate least a couple of lights with one of each side of the subject and preferably at 45 degree angles. Make sure to add a diffusing material to each light source for better results. If the light is too strong shadows and reflections will be present. Also aim one light directly at the background to eliminate any possible shadows from the ones used to illuminate the subject.
Photoshop elements tools dialogue box (Background Colors)
Once you have a pure white background like one composed of white copier paper, if you wanted to make it even whiter then using Photoshop will take just a few steps and the result are usually excellent for this type of photography.
First open the image; from the tools select image-adjustments- levels, choose the clear triangular-shaped slider (see photo).
Once you click on it another window called levels will open up. Slide the top slider (bar) to the left but not so much that the actual subject begins to be affected (or starts becoming lighter).
The more you move this slider the lighter (whiter) the background appears.
That's it but if you see the original subject has faded a bit then slide both sliders (top and bottom one) a little to the right until you get the desired results (tonality) on the actual subject.
You can also play with each slider until you achieve what you want plus you get to experiment with different results the more you move one slider or the other.
Simple once you begin to play with it and this is one of the best tools that professional product photographers use to make their subjects pop out.
If you come to the realization that your images would best be suited for viewing with a pure black background, the steps used in Photoshop can be reversed to obtain a pure black instead of a pure white so long as you change the white copier paper sheets with a non glossy black background as your starting point.
Pure blacks are also easier to get by simply placing the background a few feet back from the subject and using a large aperture.
I have a confession to make, I tend to most always use a pure black background simply because I like the feel of the image and the dramatic effect that this background gives my particular choice of subjects which are mostly macros.
Gimp's elements tool dialogue box
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Using Photoshop Elements, I'm going to show you how to do exactly that. There are two ways I'll go over in the video, one for users who have either regular Photoshop or Elements 9 or 10, and one for any Photoshop/Elements user (if you want to see the
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Kahn, Louis
Born Feb. 20, 1901, on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia; died Mar. 17, 1974, in New York. American architect.
In 1915, Kahn became a citizen of the United States. In 1924 he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a professor at Yale University from 1948 to 1957. He became a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1957. Kahn's works from his mature period include the Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania (1957–61), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. (1959–66), the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmadabad, India (1963), and administrative and school buildings in Dacca, Bangladesh (under construction since 1963).
His buildings are characterized by a harsh monumentality that is accentuated by weighty forms and geometrical clarity. The three-dimensionality of the structures is emphasized by the color and rough texture of the building materials. Kahn's style is similar to brutalism. The major and auxiliary spatial units are differentiated and exposed. Kahn ingeniously controlled the light and the movement of air (in countries with hot climates, he used additional walls and roofs).
Kahn was also a specialist in urban planning; he designed the general plan of Dacca in 1962. As a theorist, he considered architecture to be a harmonious space created by form and light.
REFERENCESSovremennaia arkhitektura, 1969, NO. 2.
Arkhitektura zapada: Mastera i techeniia, book 1. [Moscow] 1972.


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Finding out you have chlamydia or gonorrhea—though inconvenient and stressful—isn't the worst thing that can happen. After some antibiotics, you're back in the game, right? Not necessarily: Researchers recently discovered a new strain of gonorrhea, H014, that can't be killed with current antibiotics.
But it's not the first super-strain. "Gonorrhea has a well known history of resisting antibiotics," says Barbara Jean Van Der Pol, Ph.D., professor at Indiana University, and board member of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research. "Sixty percent of samples were resistant to penicillin within 50 years of being introduced to the drug." Gonorrhea is a very complex bacterium with an amazing ability to mutate and resist antibiotics, the CDC says.
In fact, H014 has developed a resistance to all antibiotics, including cephalosporin, the last line of defense. "New antibiotics are desperately needed," says Van Der Pol.
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Should you be worried? Well, considering that gonorrhea—the second most common STD in the U.S.—can cause infertility in men, increase your risk of contracting HIV, and spread to your blood and joints, leading to death . . . yes.
But on the other hand, not much has changed—if you wear condoms. The super-strain may be strong, but it can't claw through latex.
Just make sure to wear it right: 94 percent of men make a rubber-related error before the act. Let out the air in the tip, which reduces the pressure on the latex, decreasing the chance of breakage—one of our five must-follow condom tips in Your Condom Is On Wrong.


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Drake Relays: Future Hawkeye, Cyclone linemen duked it out for shot put crown
Iowa defensive line coach Kelvin Bell and special teams coordinator LeVar Woods stood out among the crowd watching the boys' shot put Thursday at the Drake Relays.
They were there to support New Hampton senior Noah Fenske, an offensive lineman who has already signed with the Hawkeyes, Lewis Central junior Logan Lee, a defensive lineman who committed to Iowa back in February, and Pella senior Nick DeJong, a preferred walk-on lineman recruit.
And those three Hawkeyes were just the tip of the college football iceberg.
The boys' shot put field was loaded with Division I football talent. Beyond Fenske and Jones, there was West Des Moines Valley senior Jake Remsburg, an Iowa State offensive lineman signee; Greene County junior Tyler Miller, an Iowa State offensive lineman recruit; Waverly-Shell Rock senior Mosai Newsom, a Nebraska defensive end signee; Cedar Falls senior Jackson Leistikow, a Northern Iowa offensive lineman signee; Humboldt senior Owen Terwilliger, a preferred walk-on Iowa State lineman; and North Polk senior Caleb Lomica, a UNI linebacker signee.
Fenske took the title with a season-best throw of 60 feet, 11.25 inches. Jones finished second at 58-6.5, and Remsburg came in third at 57-3.75.
DeJong also cracked the top 10, finishing sixth at 54-6.75.
Jones said it was "a little bit" weird duking it out against a fellow Hawkeye recruit for the Relays title. He also said it was no coincidence there were nine Division I-level football prospects in the 27-athlete field.
"If you're a football player, you love to compete," Jones said. "You don't want to lose. And that's the biggest thing: You saw a whole bunch of guys out there that are playing Division I football. I mean, they just love to compete and they love to win."
Fenske, Jones, Lomica, DeJong and Newsom will compete in Friday's boys' discus. Solon senior Coal Flansburg, an Iowa State linebacker/fullback signee, will also be in the field.
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Dog day
LAST year, conservatives in Canada thought they had come up with a winning plan to oust the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien. In an effort to unite the divided right, the Reform Party, strong in the western provinces, joined forces with sections of the Progressive Conservative Party in a new Canadian Alliance. They chose as their leader Stockwell Day, a fresh-faced and seemingly bright Albertan. But little has gone right for the Alliance—or for Mr Day.
The problems began at the Alliance's birth, when Joe Clark, the Conservative leader, refused to join. The second setback came when Mr Chrétien called a snap election in November, which he won with an increased majority. Since then, Mr Clark, who was once briefly prime minister, has shone in parliamentary skirmishing with Mr Chrétien over a shady golf-course deal, while Mr Day has stumbled as leader of the opposition. Discontent came to a head last month when his chief of staff and four members of his shadow cabinet resigned from their posts. Even Ralph Klein, Alberta's premier and Mr Day's former boss, has said that time is running out for the leader. On May 2nd, Mr Day presented his MPs with a draft strategy, drawn up by outside consultants, which seemed to contain the revolt—or at least to buy himself some more time.
Mr Day can claim that in the election he did well to add 700,000 votes and six more seats—making 66 in total—to Reform's haul in the 1997 election. His critics counter that he fumbled the campaign. He failed to work with the Conservative machine in Ontario, where he won only two of 103 seats, and he flip-flopped on big issues. Since then, he has attracted ridicule for landing Alberta's taxpayers with legal costs of C$700,000 ($460,000) for a libel case when he was a minister there. More trouble followed over whether he had agreed to hire an American detective to spy on the Liberals. His critics within the Alliance claim that he makes erratic decisions, and without consultation.
Support for the Alliance has crumbled to 13%, down from 25% on election day, and behind Mr Clark's Conservatives (15%), according to a recent opinion poll. More pointedly, the poll showed that Mr Clark was twice as popular as Mr Day in Alberta.
But the Alliance lacks an obvious replacement for Mr Day. Preston Manning, who led Reform, might welcome a recall, but in public says he plans to leave politics later this year. Mr Clark is too much of a centrist "Red Tory" to appeal to the social conservatives of the Alliance. Mike Harris is an obvious choice after six successful years as Ontario's premier. But he seems to enjoy his present job, not least since power in Canada is increasingly moving to provincial level.
Another problem is that the Alliance's MPs cannot by themselves remove their leader, since he was directly elected by party members. A vote on his leadership is not due until a party convention in 2002—unless Mr Day resigns. That looks unlikely. Last week, he commended Queen Elizabeth for saying that at 75 she had no plans for retirement, adding that, at 50, neither did he.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "Dog day"
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Oct 1, 2012
Adele Confirmed For Skyfall Theme Song
Adele's website. (That's 7:07pm, October 4, Eastern Time in America.) But, inevitably, clips have already leaked out. I imagine links will disappear quickly, but keep popping up until Friday's unveiling. Adele is possibly the biggest recording artist in the world right now (her last album, 21, was the bestselling album of the last two years), so this song seems to have a good chance of making the biggest Bondian impact on the charts since Madonna's "Die Another Day" in 2002. There's no word yet on whether there will be a physical CD single (fingers crossed, because I'd hate to curtail my collection of Bond singles!), but the digital download can already be pre-ordered on iTunes.
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Over on Rope of Silicon, you can here 90 seconds of the song. It sounds Bond and it sounds wonderful!
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Rackspace, the erstwhile managed hosting provider who is pushing hard to be an open alternative to Amazon, Microsoft, etc., took a step towards putting some order in their ecosystem with the release of a new portal called Cloud Tools. Rackspace jumped into the Cloud game with an acquisition of a tool for their future ecosystem. They had Jungledisk from the start. With the release of their Open APIs, more companies joined their ecosystem. The greatest advantage of their APIs is the ease with which it can be integrated and a solid documentation support. One of the companies in the Amazon cloud ecosystem, Enstratus, recently joined the Rackspace ecosystem. After completing the integration, the CTO of Enstratus, George Reese, said the following about Rackspace API.
Rackspace really did a solid job designing and (especially) documenting their API. Took us no time to add Rackspace Cloud support.
Rackspace ecosystem is not as big as Amazon's but they had recently jumped into the field and with their advantage of open API (unless Amazon changes the game by opensourcing their API) and fanatical support, it is matter of time before they capture the imagination of cloud pundits. Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge points out that there are more than 51,000 cloud computing users and nearly 20,000 managed hosting customers.
Larry Dignan offers a good overview of Rackspace portal. It is like the Apple's App store but without the control and allowing the app vendors to close the deal directly. They act more like an early matchmaker than a priest who finalizes the marriage. Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO says the following about this new portal
Rackspace's commitment to helping drive success for their partners by leveraging their substantial customer base makes them a smart choice for cloud developers. We are thrilled to be a part of The Rackspace Cloud's growing cloud ecosystem and to helping Rackspace customers reduce the complexity of cloud computing with the RightScale Cloud Management Platform.
The ecosystem is kicking off with 25 participants and tools like RightScale, providing its Cloud Management Platform for enterprises, Mixpanel, a startup providing real-time user interaction analytics, Cyberduck, providing an open source file browser for Mac OS X that supports Rackspace Cloud Files, and tools from fifteen other partners and developers including: Beanstalk, Cloud Mobile, Cloudkick, Django Cumulus, Elastic Rack, enStratus, jclouds, Jungle Disk (a Rackspace subsidiary), LibCloud, Olark Live Website Chat, rPath, SOASTA, Sonian, Vanilla, Zeus, and several more projects from the community. This is a very good start and it will help Rackspace put their cloud offerings across businesses of varied size and needs.
While debunking the Mckinsey FUD, I was venting my frustration with the pricing structure of Amazon. Since then, Amazon has taken a new strategy of reserved instances and they have now brought down the prices of reserved instances even lower.
I will also take this post to vent my gripe against Amazon's pricing
structure. In my opinion, the pricing is still too high for something that is
supposed to be commoditized like electricity. I was hoping for the prices to
come down but so far there is no movement on that front. There is some
competition coming up from GoGrid and Rackspace but, at this moment, their
pricing strategy is not a cause of concern for Amazon. If Amazon is serious
about getting into the enterprise IT with full force, they have to lower their
prices drastically. Unless the pricing is very attractive, enterprises are not
going to get out of their comfort zone anytime soon.
Well, now, there are more reasons for enterprises to stay away from the public cloud but Amazon needs a very aggressive pricing strategy to lure the enterprises away from their comfort zone and, also, from their fascination towards private clouds. The competition offered by a bigger Rackspace cloud and players like GoGrid can make the market more competitive and drive down the prices of on-demand cloud hosting even further. In this context, Rackspace's portal move is very important.
Update: rPath adds support for Rackspace cloud
rPath, an innovator in automating application deployment and maintenance, today announced that it now supports The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace™. With this announcement, software systems packaged, deployed and maintained using the rPath release automation platform are ready-to-run on The Rackspace Cloud's infrastructure as a service product, Cloud Servers


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The United Nations Human Rights Council is set to see a face-off between India and Pakistan over the contentious abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and the state's bifurcation.
While Pakistan Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi will make the case against this move, India, however, has braced itself for the tough challenge by calling in a high-level official team.
In condemnation: Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed "deep concern" at the communication shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir. She further urged the Indian government to protect the rights of the people and stressed that it was important that the people of Kashmir are consulted and engaged in any decision-making processes.
Chiming in: Pakistan PM Imran Khan supported Michelle Bachelet's statement and demanded that a probe be set up immediately to investigate the alleged human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a series of tweets, he implored that the international community must not remain indifferent to the "massive human rights abuses".
In Other News
Kashmir row: The relationship between India and Pakistan is "less heated" now than what was two weeks ago, United States President Donald Trump has said, reiterating his offer to help the two South-Asian neighbours only if both of them want.
Opening Pandora's box: The Home Ministry on Monday cleared a proposal to reopen 1984 six anti-Sikh riot cases against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath. A Special Investigation Team is now said to be investigating the allegations against Nath. Meanwhile, several leaders including Harsimrat Badal Kaur have called for his removal from the Congress.
The NRC saga: Less than a fortnight after 19 lakh people in Assam were declared as foreigners post the final NRC list, the Maharashtra Home Ministry is said to have identified land in Navi Mumbai to build a detention center for illegal immigrants till they are deported.
Candid chat: A week after an explanation was sought from Congress' Kerala unit for 'praising' Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he did not join the party looking for a lifelong career.
Bad omen: Commercial vehicles major Ashok Leyland on Monday said it will suspend work at its various manufacturing facilities across the country this month in order to adjust production with market demand. It announced 16 days non-working days for its facility in Ennore, five days at Hosur (Tamil Nadu) unit, 10 days each in Alwar (Rajasthan) and Bhandara (Maharashtra) unit.
On Our Specials
Seeking help: Chandrayaan-2, India's second mission to the Moon that had the ambitious goal of putting a lander on the lunar surface, is still able to take pictures of the lander through the orbiter after almost once every four hours. The first pictures seemed to show that Vikram was still on its feet but was tilted. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is, however, waiting to get better data from the pictures. Deepa Balakrishna writes the space agency is mulling using resources from other space agencies for better data on 'Vikram'.
Balancing act: All the shelves in the Telangana cabinet are finally full. Chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao – or KCR, as he is better known – inducted six ministers into his team on Sunday after a six-month lull. Many were surprised when seemingly definite candidates – KCR's son Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), and his nephew Harish Rao – were left out of this list. Rishika Sadam writes about how the combination of ministers chosen by KCR is in line with the southern state's shifting political scenario.


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In California, being a pedestrian is extremely dangerous.
This is due to the sheer number of people living in this state, lack of effective public transportation, and the number of miles driven by each driver. Pedestrian accidents are governed by many different laws.
According to the DMV, pedestrians account for 22 percent of all traffic fatalities. This is higher than the national average which is around 13-14%.
Pedestrians are unprotected unlike occupants of motor vehicles equipped with seat belts, airbags and several thousand pounds of metal.
If you are injured in a pedestrian accident caused by someone else's negligence, then you have a right to a financial settlement.
You are entitled to financial compensation for all of your losses, including emergency room bills, ambulance and paramedic charges, all other medical bills, lost wages because you missed time at work, pain and suffering, rehabilitation, and permanent disabilities.
The reason you are entitled to money is because there is no way to make you whole after your injuries. If someone takes your stereo system, they can return it to you.
If you suffer pain and agony for 6 months because someone hit you with their car while you were walking across the street, they can't undo that pain. There is no reset button that reverses all of the pain your body experienced, and all that pain your brain remembers.
Because the emotional and physical roller coaster you suffered can't be undone, the only way to compensate you for the harm caused is with a financial settlement.
In order to prove the driver of the vehicle was negligent, you will need evidence. Hopefully you will have witnesses, statements by the driver, photos of the scene, of the vehicle that hit you, and of your injuries. Any evidence that shows the driver is at fault. California has several right of way laws that apply to pedestrians. These include:
Injured while walking in a crosswalk? Read here San Diego Crosswalk Accidents
Distracted Pedestrians: Who is at fault for a pedestrian accident in San Diego?
Every case is different, so every case will take a different amount of time. Pedestrians with less severe injuries will receive medical treatment and get better fairly quickly. Then settlement negotiations with the insurance companies begin, and the case can be finished within a few months.
If you suffered severe injuries, requiring visits with a pain management doctor, a neurologist, or orthopedic surgeons, your case will take longer.
If settlement talks are not successful and a lawsuit is filed and an actual trial is necessary, this will add more time to your case.
The most important thing to remember is that your case should not be settled until your treatment is complete. That means you are completely cured, or your condition is stable without any more improvement possible.
Of course, if the insurance company is being unreasonable, which they usually are, then throw all of these factors out of the window. They're playing hardball, and nothing short of filing a lawsuit and trying the case will move it forward.
You have two years from the date of the accident to file the lawsuit, which is called the statute of limitations.
After your pedestrian accident, you need to seek immediate medical treatment. If the injuries are severe, you'll be transported to the emergency room by ambulance. Then you'll have visits with doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, and in the worst case scenario, surgery.
Before you know it, you will have thousands of dollars in medical bills.
So how do you pay for all of this?
In the end, the person who caused your injuries should be responsible for your medical bills. However, they usually don't pay until the end of the case which could take months or even years. So how do these medical bills get paid? How do you prevent your bills from being sent to collections and possibly ruining your credit?
There is no easy answer. But that's where an experienced pedestrian accident attorney can help navigate this potential minefield.
These are a few of the options but every case is different:
This is a very complex issue in your pedestrian accident case. When the case is settled, all medical provider bills must be paid back. You are ultimately responsible for all bills until then.
There is no easy answer here. Nobody is able to predict what your case is worth. The general formula for case value is:
Medical Costs +
Future Medical Costs +
Missed Time at Work +
Future Earning Capacity +
Pain, Suffering & Inconvenience
= Value of Your Case
In the real world, you have to take into account the different juries, the facts of your case, any mistakes or inconvenient facts, prior medical history, and numerous other factors that affect this formula.
The hardest part to figure out is Pain, Suffering & Inconvenience. Medical costs and lost wages is easy to calculate. Because they are presented in actual dollar amounts.
Pain and suffering is real, but how do you place a dollar figure on that? How do you get everyone to place the same dollar amount? That is the challenge of trial.
Not always. If your injuries are minor, and you just want your medical bills paid for, then you may want to try dealing with the insurance adjuster yourself. If the insurance company is being unreasonable (which is not unusual) then you can take your case to Small Claims.
Even if you're not sure you need an attorney for your car, it doesn't hurt to contact one immediately after your pedestrian accident. We offer a free case review. We also do not charge a fee until your case is settled. You will not pay anything until you win your case.
So give us a call and schedule a 30 minute free case review, as there is absolutely no risk. Call (866) JOE-DANG or (866) 563-3264 immediately.


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Posterous is a really quick way for you and your students to create blog posts or share videos/photos/audio with each other. The beauty of posterous is that you don't need to go to the website to create the blog post, instead all you have to do is to email your text and/or photo to a designated email address and the website does the rest and creates the blog post for you. It's likely that most students should be able to do this directly from their mobile phones.
The best use I've found for it is as a way for my students to quickly send their photos from their mobile phones to a place where they can be seen by everyone in the class. My students often do interesting things at the weekend, travel to different cities, try different cultural experiences here in England and I thought this would be a great Monday morning warmer for students to share their experiences through the pictures they take. For example, one of my students today sent a picture of a international table tennis tournament she went to at the weekend
The other students were curious about this and asked her lots of questions, loads of interesting vocabulary came up (competition, winner, rounds, final/semi-final etc) and it was just a great 10 minutes of spontaneous chat and vocabulary generation at the start of the lesson. Every Monday I try to do this with at least one or two students and it really kicks off the week nicely.
Depending on the pictures, you can do different things. If it's something unclear/obscure, you can ask the student not to say what it is and where it is and the other students have to guess. Or they can spend a few minutes creating questions they would like to ask the student about their picture.
Setting it up so students can post to the blog is not difficult at all. You just add their email addresses as Contributors in the Settings page and once they have the email of the site (which is usually an email version of the website name), they can send any pictures/text/audio recording via email and in a few minutes it will immediately pop up on the site as its own blog post.
Although I use it mainly for photographs, the fact that you can send text, audio and video means that it could be a great way for students to be really creative in documenting their lives and experiences and sharing them with the class via their mobile phones.


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You see him from across the room. He is a masterpiece, a fine, fine example of the a man! Wow! He is looking at you and is coming over to your table. You can feel all your nerves tingling and jumping up and down for joy! He is smiling as he approaches your table. There are those moments in your life when you do something you know deep down you shouldn't really do.
Like, speeding, yes, it is wrong but the majority of people speed on occasion or even roll through a stop sign. Don't deny it, we all have had little slips now and again. Bottom line is that it is part of human nature to try something we know isn't really right and we shouldn't do it! The thrill of danger and excitement is too hard to ignore! Then, you have a sense of power after you get away with it. But, do you ever really get away without a single consequence? When speeding, you could.
But in matters of the heart, you may find yourself in a bad, drama filled nightmare! Have you ever seen this gorgeous guy (who you know has a girlfriend) and flirt with him anyway?! You are not alone! Sometimes harmless flirting is just that – harmless. But the key is not crossing the line with him. He has a girlfriend, he is taken, leave him alone.
Sometimes, you do find yourself tempted to ignore your conscious and mess around with him. Things could be even trickier if he wants to mess around behind his girlfriend's back too! STOP! Think about the consequences and these other things:
Are you exciting to him because you are you – or because you are new?
Maybe he is bored in his relationship and isn't sure how to end it, or he wants to spice up his life a little bit, and he sees you as the perfect escape. But that is all you are – an escape, a fling, a one-night stand. People who are willing to cheat in a relationship just want some excitement, they want a change (it may have absolutely nothing at all to do with you).
Depending on how long he has been with his girlfriend, he may not really want that relationship to end. You could be just a fling for him. You deserve better than this guy. It may be a hard pill to swallow, but resist the urge to do something you will soon regret!
If you are okay with just a one night, one-time romp in the sack, then fine. But don't think that one night with you will rock his world, and you both will be headed to Vegas in the morning!
Lies come easily to liars
When you talk to him, does he tell you horrible stories about his cranky, mean, and nasty girlfriend?! Is he painting an awful picture of her to you? Think about it, if all the things he is saying are true, why hasn't he dumped her like yesterday's garbage?
This guy could be nominated for an academy award if he convinces you he is an angel and his girlfriend is some sort of demon! Exaggerating about a partner is a sure sign a person is willing to cheat on them. They do it for two reasons, one, it justifies cheating in their head, and two, they get some sympathy from the person they cheat with.
Again, STOP! What is to stop him from lying about you in the future to some other girl? Once a liar, always a liar. Don't trust someone who is willing to lie just to get you into bed. He has no shame, and he will keep playing this game no matter who he is with. Leave the scum be and find a decent man.
What if the girlfriend finds out?!
Okay, so the two of you do end up spending the night together, and things got physical. Imagine that his girlfriend somehow managed to find out about it. Now what? There is a small chance that she won't try to get back at you and there will be no consequences for you at all (for destroying a relationship).
But then again, the drama that could unfold could be intense! Talk about living in a soap opera! The girlfriend may come after you, and your life would be turned upside down! How would it make you feel to see a relationship crash and burn and know it was all your fault?! Can you handle the drama? If you don't want to deal with it, find a guy who isn't seeing someone else.
Okay, so what if you slept with a guy that had a girlfriend and he likes you (really likes you)? Praise Jesus, Hallelujah – right?! Wrong!
Take a stand and be clear
You can't flirt with someone and then back off if he returns the flirting. That isn't fair. Don't send mixed signals. Think about the messages you are sending and be prepared for the responses you get back.
Let sleeping dogs lie – he is taken, let him be
Have some respect for this other woman – sure, you want him, but he is with someone else. What if the proverbial shoe was on the other foot – what if you had a boyfriend and another girl slept with him?! Do you really want your future boyfriend to be the one who is willing to be with someone he met once at a party?!
What kind of future boyfriend would he really be? He is not the man for you! Maybe this guy doesn't know what he wants. He changes his mind as often as he changes his socks. He needs to grow up, and you need to give him space.
Let the two of them figure out their relationship. If they are on rocky ground, the relationship may end on its own. If he was just looking for a fling, again (and we sound like a broken record here), he isn't the man for you. You deserve so much better.
Step in to 'save the day' once things settle down
Waiting to see if their relationship lasts or not is a solid plan. No one is saying it will be easy – but he is taken. The best, most responsible, way to get yourself a boyfriend is to find one that is single. That way you can avoid the drama and displeasure of being the "other" woman.
If you are an impatient person, this waiting game will be a nightmare. But you deserve a decent shot at your own relationship. Besides, if he isn't worth waiting for, then he isn't worth waiting for (if you catch the drift).
Last Straw – you don't want to wait, you want him now! Who cares about being nice and the girlfriend?!
If this is you, you need to take a chill pill. NO guy is worth the drama and pain that could result if you break up his current relationship. If you are willing just to dive in and be a 'home-wrecker' without any regard to any one's feelings but your own – you could have an unhealthy obsession. As the saying goes, there are plenty of fish in the sea. There is a great chance that somewhere in this world there is a perfect guy out there for you, and he isn't already taken. Make it your life's mission to find him!
You may be a victim of low self-esteem. Take a hard look at yourself. Do you have a pattern of stepping into other people's relationships just for a fling?! You deserve to be happy and not just a fling. Love is not a competition. Find a man who loves you just as you are – not for what you may provide in a single moment.
It might be a best to step away from the dating scene altogether. Find some perspective, find peace, find yourself. What do you really want in life? Learn to love you first and then you can find someone else to love.
Don't let hormones be your guide. If you do drama is guaranteed!
Ever hear people say that they 'didn't mean' for this to happen? That thing just took on a life of their own and escalated? Sure, that is common. Everything starts out simple, fun, and innocent. But things can get out of control in the blink of an eye when hormones and sex appeal enter into the equation.
You have to be on guard for this at all times! Set boundaries for yourself and don't ever cross them! Have self-respect, have love for you, and don't be weak. If you seem like an 'easy' mark, a taken man who wants to cheat will take advantage of you! Don't find yourself saying you just want to see 'how it goes.' That is a bad piece of advice! Things will probably go down in a way you don't want them to!
All you need to do is ask yourself one simple question. The crucial part is to be sure to give yourself an honest answer. The question to ask yourself is "where is this going?" If the only answer you can think of is 'no place good' – trust yourself. You know what to do next.