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PIDTutor publishes book on cascade control
Mastering Cascade Control book
PIDTutor has released a book entitled 'Mastering Cascade Control', which is designed to help technicians and engineers to implement and troubleshoot split-range control applications.
Cascade control uses two controllers with a single control valve to provide faster, more accurate control response to upsets.
It can be used for several different applications, such as heat exchangers, tank levels and distillation column control.
It is widely used in process industries such as pulp and paper, oil and petrochemicals and mining.
'This is a practical book for plant technicians and engineers, using straightforward rules and guidelines, without the complex math,' said George Buckbee, president of PIDTutor and author of the book.
'Mastering Cascade Control' covers all aspects of cascade control use.
Starting with the basics, the book discusses when to use cascade and when to avoid it; costs and benefits of cascade; how to configure the control strategy; how to commission the system, tune the loops; and how to train operators and troubleshoot problems.
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-06-16-2007 #16RamsFanLSUMan Guest
Re: Write your script for a Dream Season in 2007
I can't write a good "script". I'm just going to give you some highlights.
STEVEN JACKSON will end the season with 1,500yds. rushing and 400yds. receiving with 20 TDs
MARC BULGER will be the league MVP after breaking Peyton's TD record with 55 TDs (That record will never be touched after Marc "The Spark" breaks it)
TORRY HOLT will continue to prove to my friends that he's the best WR in the NFL and when it's all said and done he will be known as the BEST EVER
ISAAC BRUCE will continue to preach the word of God and will be a pro-bowl reciever along with Torry Holt and Drew Bennett
RAMS D will lead all defenses in turnovers, rushing, and passing.
We will score over 500 points this season.
We will go 15-1 (Loss to the Ravens only cause Marc Bulger was doing charitable acts for God and couldn't make it to the game) and get the first round bye. We will destroy the Eagles in our first playoff game and then go on to crush the Vikings in the NFC championship. (I'm not going to say the Saints made the playoffs cause they suck and everyone is in love with them after having a 10-6 season (same as the Jets). "Oh Katrina destroyed our stadium" Well Katrina but a tree through my house and nobody cheers for me in Madden or Fantasy).
In the Superbowl we will face off against the Ravens (who hold a 16-0 record all because of the leadership of stud linebacker Ray Lewis). This will go down in history as the greatest superbowl of all time. It's an epic battle of emotions! We're down 32-28 with 00:03 seconds left. Marc Bulger has a broken neck but still wants to play. Coach Scott is in the hospital due to a heartattack during half time. Marc doesn't know what to do. We are on our own 1yd line. WE HAVE TO PULL OFF A 99yd. PLAY TO WIN!!! Marc is scarred to death! Again, he doesn't know what to do, he breaks down in tears in the huddle telling everyone that he loves him and how he doesn't want to let them down until Isaac Bruce (who has a broken leg) limps over to him, gives him a hug, and prays. They leave the huddle. EVERYBODY HAS TEARS ROLLIN DOWN THEIR FACES!!! Marc lines up for the snap, looks over his shoulder and sees Kurt Warner and Brett Favre in the stands mouthing the words "We're proud of you, just do your best" then all of the sudden ERIC DICKERSON STANDS UP AND GETS THE CROWD TO START CHANTING "WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE, WE BELIEVE,...". Marc hikes the ball and throws it long to Drew Bennett. IT'S TIPPED!!! but Isaac Bruce catches it, he's limping at the 50yd. line...HE CAN'T MAKE IT!!! But Torry Holt picks Isaac up on his shoulder and starts running. Steven Jackson lays down 2 massive blocks on Ed Reed and Chris McAllister. Torry is still running with Isaac on his shoulders until we see none other than Ray Lewis waiting at the goal line. It looks like we're done for until Torry Holt throws Isaac over Ray Lewis and over the goal line. TOUCHDOWN RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A SEASON, WHAT A SEASON. And the camera fades out to the song "Love Reign O'er Me" by Pearl Jam. LET'S GO RAMS, LET'S GO RAMS, LET'S GO RAMS, LETS GO RAMS, LET'S GO RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-06-17-2007 #18smizzhfx Guest
Re: Write your script for a Dream Season in 2007
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Bought it because the color and the design are so unique even I have three tennis shoes already. Played tennis twice already, and love it. When I played with new shoes in the past, I felt they are tight here or there, never quite right. But not this pair. I like it so much I want to buy some other colors. But unfortunately it looks like they only have one color for this style. ... read more
I have been in the military for 7 years and during this time I began to have really bad tendonitis in my feet from wearing boots all day. I was on a non running profile for almost a year. I just started back running about 4 months ago and every shoe I tried gave me really bad shin splits and wear either to flexible( no stability) or just not comfortable after a few weeks of running. One day I decided to try these shoes after looking around in a few shoe stores for hours on in. And OMG as soon as I put my foot in them it was like a Cinderella Story. I have been running in them for a month now and doing weightlifting with absolutely no shin pain or fatigue in my foot. I love these shoes and as soon as this pair gets old I will by them over again. I definitely recommend its well worth the money. ... read more
Love my new duramo 7's. They are a great shape not too rounded at the toe, so they are flattering. They are a deep pink with black inner (much more sensible colour choice than white as they don't show the dirt). They have been worn regularly & still look quite new. Tongue stays central. Good grip. Seamless make for a sleeker look. Very pleased. ... read more
I am an avid outdoor distance runner, year round..been wearing adizero tempo running shoes since the first prototype..the 7's are manufactured with better quality assurance than the 6's..toe box improved; however if I had any issue a tad more room would add to a perfect running shoe for a neutral runner who is light weight and loves resistance and feeling the ground as they stride. ... read more
I absolutely love these shoes. Even though these shoes do not come in wide widths, the stretchy material allows me to wear these shoes comfortably even with bunions. After trying 4 different brands of athletic shoes, these were the only ones I can wear since they do not have a hard material across the bunion area. I do wish they came in wide which would allow for orthodics to be placed in a lot easier. ... read more
I struggle to get a great fitting sneaker because I have a high arch. I own 2 pairs of the earlier version of these & wanted a third but they are long gone. I took a leap and ordered the Duramo 7. Similar fit but even better cushioning. From the first wearing they are completely comfortable.. In fact, these are so perfect I just ordered my second pair! ... read more
I owned three pairs of the Tempo 6. Love them! When I heard that Adidas made them even better with the Boost foam, I couldn't wait to try them. There are lots of changes from the 6 to the 7. There is no space under the left insole for a foot pod or mi tech. They run smaller and a little more narrow. The toe box was too small for me, so I had to return them. I'm hoping to find a pair in a store so I can see if the fit is right before I buy. ... read more
I don't know why everyone keeps complaining about the color when mine looks exactly like the photo. It looks really nice although I gotta say that the width is a bit too big for me. They are very comfortable to wear when running too. ... read more
The colour doesn't look like it does in the photo, which wasn't the deal breaker. It is the the fact that I think these shoes will fall apart after a very short while. They are more comfy than my current sneakers and I will keep the exchanged pair to wear to work. I will purchase the Boost series or Supernova to begin running. I don't think the material of the uppers and sides will last after a few months of consistent running wear. ... read more
On my first run I thought I had made a mistake with these as they felt quite unresponsive, however a few runs in and they have become a little softer and I love them. I would say these are a short distance shoe though as there is not enough cushioning for me to do a half marathon and beyond, I'll be sticking to my Sequence Boost for that! Now the negative, the quality of the shoe for £95 is disappointing. I had to send the first pair back as one shoe had a noticeably higher profile than the other and it looked like it had been made last thing on a Friday! Second pair are better, still have imperfect stitching and the pair don't match in profile, but they are better. So all in all a good performing shoe, just watch out for the quality issues, and I had to size up by half a size to give a bit more room in the toe box. ... read more
I'm a huge fan of adidas and it took me a while to change from the mega bounce and micro bounce to the spring blade. I made the switch and my 1st pair the neon green ( tennis ball color) pair and one of the blade broke at the ball of my shoe. No problem adidas replaced it. I got the 2nd pair in solar pink and it broke in the same place on both...no problem adidas exchanged again . They were very helpful and said the shoe was redesigned and the sole will not break. They were right and the shoes are very comfy and draws a lot of attention with the amazing color combo. I recommend them for running and long term standing 8+ hours. Oh yeah go down a half size because the shoes are a little long. ... read more
I ordered these bad boys simply because they looked cool. Well to my surprise they are very comfy. I would say they run just a hair larger then expected and a little on the narrow side. But in all fairness I don't have slender feet. They can be a little slippery on a damp day. But over all they are well made and will provide good support. Lastly the cost is a bit much. I did wait for a sale. ... read more


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Texas Rangers pitchers go 1-for-2 in AL monthly award voting
Right-hander Yu Darvish missed out on the American League pitcher of the month award for April, but right-hander Justin Grimm received the league's rookie of the month honor.
Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz edged a field that included Darvish for the AL pitcher of the month award for April. Buchholz was 5-0 with a 1.19 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 37 2/3 innings during five starts for the Red Sox. The Rangers will miss Buchhholz during this weekend's series against the Rangers.
Darvish was 5-1 with a 2.33 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 32 2/3 innings for the month.
Tampa Bay left-hander Matt Moore and the Seattle tandem of starter Felix Hernandez and closer Tom Wilhelmsen also received votes. Media members in each AL city vote on the award.
Grimm went 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA to earn the rookie honor. Davish received the same award for April last season.


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VADO >> An explosion and subsequent fire punctuated a lengthy standoff, leaving one man dead inside a mobile home in a quiet rural Doña Ana County neighborhood late Tuesday night.
Authorities had not released the name of the man or how he died by Wednesday afternoon. He was in his early 60s, Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said.
A sheriff's deputy first went to the home in the 500 block of Palomino Road with the man's son Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release. The son told authorities that his father had been barricaded inside the mobile home since Monday due to a dispute over rent.
The son owns the property, authorities and neighbors said Wednesday.
When the son and the deputy approached, the man allegedly fired a gun through the home's front door. No injuries were reported from the gunfire, but the deputy called DASO's Special Response Team, a tactical unit.
For more than three hours, authorities tried to contact and negotiate with the man. He did not respond, authorities and witnesses said.
About 8:30 p.m., part of the mobile home exploded.
"It wasn't real big," said Larry Tibbs, a 66-year-old retiree who has lived near the property for decades.
Flames started to rise out of the home after the explosion, he said.
"Then it sounded like gunfire," Tibbs said. "... I heard a lot of shots."
Tibbs, a former DASO court security officer, said he heard what sounded like multiple weapons, at least one shotgun blast. But, using a hunting telescope to watch, he couldn't tell from where the gunfire originated.
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Authorities did not say Wednesday if the man fired his weapon after the initial shot. Tibbs and his wife, Kay, suggested Wednesday that the fire may have caused ammunition inside the mobile home to explode.
Tuesday night DASO and the Doña Ana County Fire Marshal's Office turned over the investigation to the State Fire Marshal's Office because of the explosion.
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Tibbs said firefighters were not allowed to battle the blaze for several minutes because of the apparent gunfire. The fire consumed the mobile home quickly, he said.
By late Wednesday morning crews had left the scene.
"He was a very nice guy," Tibbs said of his neighbor who died. " ... I had seen (the man and his son) working on the building over there.
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What To Expect: 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' Season Six Reunion
by Aisha I. Jefferson | April 18, 2014 at 1:08 PM | Black Entertainment, Can't Stop Watching, Real Housewives of Atlanta, TV News, Watch What Happens Live
OMG! We're two days away from the explosive–yes, explosive–part one of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" season six reunion show. I've been dropping hints about what we can expect, including what led to the reported smackdown between castmates Porsha Williams and Kenya Moore. Apparently the fisticuffs was enough for Kenya to call 911 and for Porsha to be charged with battery (see more on that booking here). Good and grown women fighting each other is never a good look and lends to negative stereotypes and generalizations about black women. But, something tells me that viewers will put those points on the back burner as they pop some popcorn and sip on their favorite drink while watching women in their 30s and 40s behave like middle-schoolers. Sadly, I will be among those doing just that … Anyway, check out the video footage I've gathered related to the upcoming reunion episode. The series airs Sundays at 8 p.m. EST on Bravo. Watch it here.
Watch this sneak peak about "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion
Watch behind the scenes footage of ladies prepping for "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion show taping
Watch as Porsha Stewart snatches Kenya Moore's scepter
Watch Kenya Moore express disapproval about how Phaedra Parks' talks about her recently deceased dog, Velvet
The ladies reveal their biggest regrets of season six
Watch NeNe Leakes opine about the upcoming reunion show
The ladies share who they'd like to play them if "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" was made into a movie
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Wolf packs, mountains and full moons. No, these aren't mood effectspabilities of Wolfpack, Wolf Mountain and Full Moon. Intrigued? Then read on ... for the latest Hollywood suspense-thriller or the setting for a piece of rousing classical music. These are all to do with the latest strategies from Microsoft, Novell and Sun to expand the capabilities of their respective operating systems, boosting performance and creating more robust, fault-tolerant systems.
Twenty-four by seven is a term that many network professionals will be all too familiar with. The demand for data to be online 24 hours a day, seven days a week puts a considerable strain on network servers and resources.
If a system component fails - either due to a software crash or major hardware failure - it could prove very expensive for the organisation.
It is estimated that in the US alone, downtime amounts to almost $4bn a year. The average downtime event for the US retail industry results in a loss of $140,000 and $450,000 in the securities market. With these sorts of figures, your system only needs to crash a few times within a single year for your company to lose a million bucks. In today's highly competitive world that $1m can mean the difference between success and failure.
Availability and scalability are two of the biggest areas of your network that need to be addressed in order to minimise downtime. Achieving high availability ensures that your system can run 24 x 7 by ensuring that failed components can be replaced easily, quickly and, most importantly, automatically. Scalability allows you to grow your system as processing power requirements increase; as well as dropping performance, an overloaded system is more prone to crashing than one that is only 50 per cent utilised.
Server mirroring in real time
A number of proprietary architectures are available today to increase system availability. One traditional hardware structure for gaining high availability is server mirroring - the duplication of one server on to another in real time. Traditionally, one server runs all the applications and stores data, while the other system sits idle, acting as a standby, ready to take over in the event of a system failure.
There are a number of inherent problems with server mirroring. Firstly, and most importantly is the loss in performance as data is first written to the primary server before being duplicated to the standby server; although the servers are connected using high-speed links, there is still a penalty to pay for the mirroring of the data.
Furthermore, there's nothing to actually stop the standby server failing as it sits there idle, preventing it from coming online when the primary server fails. The chances of this actually happening are remote, as the server is not actually doing anything apart from just sitting there waiting, but it is still a possibility that shouldn't be discarded completely.
Last month's feature on fault tolerance talked about systems falling into an erroneous state: a system in an erroneous state is susceptible to failure.
Your standby server may have fallen into this state the last time it was used, due to factors such as incorrect hardware or software configuration, an inherent design or manufacturing fault, or simple wear and tear. In this situation, when the network switches to the standby server, it could fail immediately.
SMP - the shared memory model
Several different architectures are available to enhance system scalability.
One such architecture to achieve scalability beyond a single processor is symmetric multiprocessing (SMP). Within an SMP system, multiple processors share global memory and I/O subsystems - the "shared memory model".
The traditional SMP software model runs a single copy of the operating system with application processes running as if they were on a single processor system. Multithreaded applications are able to take advantage of the additional CPUs by distributing their application threads across the different processors, thus increasing system performance.
The major drawback to this, at the hardware level, is that systems encounter physical limitations in bus and memory speeds that prove expensive to overcome; as processor speeds increase, shared memory multiprocessors become increasingly expensive. Today there are large price steps with PC hardware, as user needs scale beyond four processors, without a significant increase in system performance.
Clustering addresses the problems
Aiming to address both problems, clustering promises to minimise downtime by providing an architecture that keeps the system running in the event of a single system failure. And additional systems can be added, allowing the cluster to grow and help users meet the overall processing power requirements of their networks.
The easiest analogy when trying to understand clustering is to look at RAID: a collection of individual drives connected together to create a single, virtual drive, with a variety of performance and redundancy features.
In its simplest implementation, clustering of just two servers creates a fail-over system whereby if one of the servers fails, due to either a software crash or hardware failure, the other node in the cluster can continue where the first machine left off. Users will notice a delay of a few seconds as data is regenerated on the second system, but then they can continue working as normal, while the first node is repaired.
Ultimately, clustering will enable multiple servers, a mix of uni- and multi-processor systems, to work together as a single entity, sharing the application loads and system processes between the various processors, distributing the data, and providing a robust, fault-tolerant solution.
Unlike the traditional server mirroring technology, clustering provides a truly active/active solution where both nodes are able to carry out tasks independent of each other until one of the systems fails. When this happens, the other system can continue the work of the failed system.
Shared disk and shared nothing
Two software models are currently available for clustered environments: shared disk and shared nothing. The shared disk model enables software running on any system within the cluster to access any resource (for example, a disk) connected to any other system within the cluster.
As with an SMP system, the applications must synchronise and serialise their access to shared data. To achieve this, a Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) is used to control synchronisation. A DLM is a service provided to the application to track references to resources throughout the cluster.
When more than one system tries to reference a single resource, the Lock Manager resolves the potential conflict.
DLM co-ordination, however, can cause additional message traffic, because of the associated serialised access to additional systems. By doing so, it can heavily penalise system performance. Where performance is a high priority, the shared nothing model may be more suitable.
The shared nothing model minimises potential performance loss by assigning a subset of available resources to particular systems within the cluster.
This means that only one system at any one time may own and access a single resource, although when a node within the cluster fails, another dynamically assigned system may take ownership of the resource. In addition, client requests are automatically routed to the system that owns the desired resource.
Both the shared disk and shared nothing models can be run side by side within the same cluster; with some applications most easily able to exploit the capabilities of the cluster through the shared disk model, while others may work best in a shared nothing environment.
Using server-based applications
Without any modification to existing server-based applications, clustering injects a high degree of availability and scalability into the network.
Cluster-aware applications, however, are able to take greater advantage of the benefits that a clustered environment can provide.
Database server applications must be enhanced to either accommodate access to shared data in a shared disk cluster, or to partition an SQL request into a set of sub-requests in a shared nothing cluster.
Furthermore, in a shared nothing cluster, the database server may want to take advantage of the partitioned data by making intelligent, parallel queries for executing across the entire cluster. The application server software may also be enhanced, by way of cluster APIs, to detect component failures and initiate fast recovery.
Now that PC technology is maturing and applications are becoming more and more sophisticated, vendors are able to bring some of this high-end technology down to the mainstream market.
Microsoft's approach: WolfPack
With its WolfPack strategy, Microsoft is looking to expand the functionality, availability and scalability of Windows NT. This will be achieved in two stages.
The first, due for release soon, will implement the two-node fail-over scenario detailed earlier, where both nodes have access to the same disk storage system. When one of the servers fails, the software and applications are dynamically allocated to another system within the cluster.
Phase two of Microsoft's WolfPack strategy is the multiple node solution.
This will allow more than two servers to be connected for even greater availability and performance. As a result, when the overall load exceeds the capabilities of the cluster, additional nodes can be added to the cluster to increase its capabilities.
Traditionally, users have had to make the commitment up front to buy high-end servers that can accommodate multiple processors, additional storage and large memory capacities; clustering enables the network to grow on an ad hoc basis, without having to commit to specific hardware or technologies.
Microsoft intends to make WolfPack an industry standard add-on for Windows NT. To achieve this, it will be making available its Clustering APIs and Software Development Kit to enable developers to test their existing products, adapt them for clustered environments and help developers to develop cluster-specific applications.
To help it push WolfPack as the standard for clustering, Microsoft has enlisted the help of industry-leading hardware vendors, including Compaq, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, NCR and Tandem; many of whom have had their own proprietary clustering solutions for many years now.
Digital has been clustering its VMS mainframes for the past 15 years, and, more recently, its Digital-UX servers.
Whether or not Microsoft is looking to promote clustering technology to dissuade users from focusing on the scalability and availability issues surrounding Windows NT remains to be seen.
Clustering, however, does extend NT's feature set and certainly goes a long way towards dispelling many of the myths and rumours that are surrounding it.
SAP R/3 AND HOW IT WORKS WITH CLUSTERING The utmost concern for users, when running vital applications within R/3 is data security, availability and performance of the production environment. Traditionally many hardware vendors have been forced to deliver a two-tier service where the application and database servers have co-existed on a single platform. High speed networks, such as FDDI for example, between tiers have helped - although only marginally - to reduce the pain for users in multiple system environments.
The major problem when using this approach for large high availability installations is the management of such an environment - it is difficult to see where resources are being used.
A great deal of network traffic is generated between the application and database servers within an R/3 system, which can have a major influence on network performance. For this reason it is imperative to have a traffic monitoring and management system.
The base architecture of SAP R/3 is movement of requests from a client - a PC or X-terminal for example - through well defined modules. These modules are essentially application servers and database servers. With pure SMP systems the application components are required to reside within the same machine due to network and processor limitations.
With the high-speed bandwidth of clustered servers these boundaries no longer apply. The processing modules can therefore be detached from each other to provide greater flexibility and scalability for SAP customers.
This is apparent to such a degree that processor-hungry modules such as the "post-part" module, which until now was tightly bound within the database engine, can now be allocated to other nodes within the cluster, and thus free up valuable system resources on the database node.
Another advantage of a clustered R/3 environment is the ability to distribute modules among the applications servers, providing further flexibility and scalability as computing needs change.
Furthermore, the ability to separate the most critical components of the R/3 architecture - the "enqueue server" and the "message server" - from the applications servers increases throughput for the applications.
But separating the components and spreading them across various nodes also builds in a high degree of availability into the system. If a node, running the entire R/3 environment, fails then the whole system is lost.
In a clustered environment, if a single node fails, that node's service or server application can then be dynamically allocated to another node within the system and work can continue as normal.
Wolf Mountain is the code name for a set of technologies developed by Novell to provide reliable, available, scalable and manageable networking solutions based around future releases of Intranetware. Unlike Microsoft's more cautious two-phase clustering deployment, Novell has decided to jump right in at the deep end and go for the jugular.
Novell's equivalent to WolfPack's two-node fail-over system, SFTIII, has been available for over four years. Novell feels that its customers require more in the way of availability and scalability than either SFTIII or WolfPack has to offer.
The Wolf Mountain technology demonstration at Brainshare, in March this year, consisted of a 12-node cluster. This provides a level of availability beyond what the initial release of WolfPack will deliver, but whether or not Wolf Mountain will have the same impact on the network operating system market as WolfPack remains to be seen.
By means of its Intercluster protocol, Novell claims to be able to support up to 255 individual servers, each with 32 processors, thus creating a single virtual server with 8,192 processors. Quite what the utilisation of each processor will be within a live environment is not yet known, but it does sound impressive nonetheless.
But will anyone actually require the power of that many processors? Probably not, but it does at least go some way to demonstrating the flexibility and performance of Novell's Wolf Mountain technologies.
Like Microsoft, Novell has partnered itself with a variety of hardware vendors. Today, the list of Wolf Mountain Technology partners includes Intel, Oracle, IBM, HP Mitsubishi, Siemens Nixdorf, Unisys, and G2 Networks.
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Some thoughts on the future of books
I just did a quick email interview for Dirk Koppes, a journalist at the Dutch newspaper De Pers, on the future of ebooks. This isn't something I've been thinking loads about, as it doesn't make a huge difference to me as an author where people read my books, but it was cool to jam on the topic and thought it was worth publishing the full interview here.
Dirk: Amazon, Apple, Google and others fight for a major market share of ebooks. Thanks to the iPad publishers even can ask more (14.99, iPad) in stead of less (9.99, Amazon) dollars for their new titles. Is this a good development for the industry? And for the readers?
Me: It's too early to say but it didn't work for the record business. For me the thing is to give readers as many ways to pay for useful versions of your product at as many price points as you can. If you're competing with pirates, you need to offer better services than they do. Giving people less makes piracy more attractive.
iPad, as you write on your blog, blocks everything with its DRM. Is this gonna hurt the ebook-industry?
Probably not too much in the short term, and in the long term I think they'll get rid of the DRM the same way they did with music. This is classic Jobs – start as proprietary as possible and try and control everything, then later figure out it's not what people want and change accordingly. DRM is a waste of time, it doesn't help – it's kind of depressing we have to keep going through this with every new media format. But letting go of control (or the perceived notion of control) isn't easy for big media companies.
What should booksellers do to avoid the calamity in the music industry?
What happened to the music industry wasn't a calamity. Behavior changed as technology changed. The business of people making music and coming up with new business models around music is in great health. The calamity was something that happened to the big record labels that didn't respond to these changes fast enough, because changing your entire business model is hard to to do.
The only thing publishers can do is stay on top of how people are actually using books and respond accordingly (the big news: More people are reading books on cellphones than on eReaders, because the device is already there. It's like Woody Allen once said "80% of success is showing up."). They need to keep adding as much value as they can to the process of making a book, rather than trying to create new distribution bottlenecks that in reality are meaningless. People will keep paying authors and paying for books. It's authors who will decide which publishers stay in business, because they will only work with those who are really helping them get their message to people and adding value to the creative process.
A famous Dutch writer (Leon de Winter) wants to start his own website and sell his own books, so he can keep more income because he skips bookstores and publishers. Good idea?
It's worked for some authors – it's a great idea for some to do that, for others there could be reason to go a more traditional route. With music there isn't one business model per label, there's several business models per band or artist now. The business of making money from content has become much more complex than it used to be. We're living through a period of experimentation, where many people will do many things, some will work and others won't, and those results won't necessarily repeat themselves if someone else uses exactly the same business model. The trick with complexity is to develop a business model where all the places where people can get your work fro free add value to the places where they pay. I like to think of it as creating virtuous circles (and am currently working on a book about this process).
Another Dutch writer (Ivo Victoria) publishes his books for free, people have to decide how much they want to spend on his books (a bit like Radiohead). Better option? The ebook is published by his traditional paper publisher.
I did this with my book too and it worked really well. It didn't cannibalize physical sales, it got the book to a lot more people who wouldn't have found it otherwise, and I get emails every day from people who found the download somewhere and went and bought the real book. The amount of money the free version continues to bring in in terms of speaking and consulting work is substantial, and the number of influential people The Pirate's Dilemma got to as a result of the free download was crazy. No amount of marketing dollars could have spread the message of the book as well as the free version. For me it was word of mouth marketing on steroids. Does this mean this will work for everyone? No. Like I said, different business model for every author (or even every book). Find the virtuous circle.
J.K. Rowling doesn't want ebooks of the Harry Potter saga. Now there are tons of pirate versions. Is this going to happen more, and does this teach the book industry it should take better care of its readers?
Like I said – give them what they want or they will get it somewhere else. The publishing industry is in the business of building bridges between readers and authors. To get the work from one to the other in the most efficient way possible and generate profits along the way. Not releasing ebooks is not part of that equation. Rowling is missing out and she should rethink. I understand why this scares people. Change is hard, especially if you're an author who just spent a few decades making eight figures a year from a business model only to be told one morning it no longer works. I wouldn't wanna change either!
Is 2010 the breakthrough year for ebooks?
It could be. It's up to the publishers and authors, and probably Steve Jobs and what they all decide to do about DRM. I'm worried the prices are too high right now – they are making the same mistakes the record business did with that – the focus should be sell more at lower prices, because people know the overheads are lower and know you're ripping them off.
What excites me is the possibility of more people reading books and authors creating new forms of books – new media forms altogether based on the ebook. My UK publisher Penguin asked to get involved in an experiment with digital storytelling last year called We Tell Stories that offered a glimpse of this.
The real problem for authors and publishers is that people don't read enough. I'm excited about books becoming more accessible and e-books becoming a new form of media in their own right where the book becomes something new. All this noise about how devastating new tech is will go away once people start to figure out all the new revenue streams that will come into existence as people start behaving in different ways with that tech. That's how it has always been with new tech from the printing press on down. There's no need to panic, just focus on doing great work and getting it to people in great ways.
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|ROUND O, S.C.- A normally pleasant billy goat turned gruff and, for his troubles, was zapped three times with a Taser gun.
"All I could do was grab his horns and scream bloody murder," Pinette, 38, said.
Her daughter called police and Colleton County Deputy Jeff Scott arrived to try to help Pinette up. But the goat bullied his way in and the deputy used his Taser.
At first, Pinette thought the goat was dead.
"Within a few seconds he was back up and going after him again," she said.
Deputies were finally able to get the goat in the back of a pickup truck, but not before stunning it twice more.
The goat's owner plans to find him a new home, authorities said.
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Oak Hills High School junior Robert Weidner, far left, was joined by his mother, Diane, father, Rob, and brothers, Sam and Bradley, while being honored at the high school's 'Hoops for Hope' basketball fundraiser. The event raised more than $7,500 for two cancer organizations.
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The Oak Hills High School basketball program, under the direction of varsity coach Mike Price, and the Oak Hills Athletic Boosters sponsored the "Hoops for Hope" charity basketball game in late December, and raised more than $7,500 for cancer organizations.
The event honored of two members of the Oak Hills family who were recently diagnosed with cancer - longtime teacher and coach Al Spickard and Oak Hills junior Robert Weidner.
Oak Hills alumna Rebecca Hoff, a 2010 graduate, suggested the event in order to honor her former teacher, and co-chaired the fundraiser with Spickard's daughter, Kate.
"I speak for my entire family especially, my father, Al, and the Weidner's when I say we are absolutely blown away by the support and love received from the community," Kate Spickard said.
"What an uplifting evening which we are so thankful for that provided memories that will last a lifetime."
In an evening filled with Oak Hills spirit, more than 1,800 fans gathered at the high school to watch the Oak Hills freshmen, junior varsity and varsity teams compete on the hardwood against Lebanon High School.
In addition to watching three basketball games, fans were able to support two great causes. Proceeds supported the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, national organizations funding cancer research and providing support for cancer patients.
Oak Hills students and staff, along with basketball fans, gave generously through purchases of "Hoops for Hope" T-shirts, split-the-pot raffle tickets, basket raffle tickets and general donations.
Many local merchants and vendors made the evening possible. Special thanks are extended to Dr. Martinez and his staff for sponsoring the T-shirts and volunteering at the event.
Although Oak Hills defeated Lebanon in the varsity match-up, there were only winners on Dec. 28, with more than $7,500 going to support two organizations serving two members of the Oak Hills family.
Spickard spent 36 years teaching ancient and medieval world history before retiring in 2011. Twenty-five of those years were spent as the Oak Hills varsity assistant and freshmen boys' basketball coach.
He continued as a substitute teacher and coach until his September 2013 diagnosis with pancreatic cancer.
Coach Mike Price said, "Al has been a positive influence on many young people not only as a teacher. He demonstrates an enthusiastic passion for teaching young people history, basketball and good character. He holds high expectations of himself and those around him and is always available to listen or to give sage advice.
"Al's love and loyalty to Oak Hills High School is unrivaled. He cares about young people and their future, and shows that in everything he does. He spends countless hours in the gym coaching many of the young men on the court but also many of those in the stands. We hope that he returns to the court soon to help make Oak Hills basketball players better players, but more importantly, better young men," Price said.
Spickard will continue treatment through the winter, with surgery scheduled in late March or early April.
Oak Hills junior Robert Weidner was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September and is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
He is in remission and will undergo a bone marrow transplant in February.
Weidner is a three-season athlete and an involved student at Oak Hills. He has earned a 4.0 GPA, and received the Oak Hills "Academic O" Award his freshman and sophomore years.
He participates in cross country, swimming and he plans to return to running distance events in track during his senior year. He earned the Cross Country Coaches' Award as a freshman, and the Silver Lining Award as a junior.
In addition to his love of sports, Weidner serves on Oak Hills Student Council, Key Club and is the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Council youth representative. He recently completed a six-month Faith Trek leadership program through the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and participated in a mission trip with the Bishop and other youth leaders from southern Ohio this past summer.
Weidner is also a volunteer with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and he assists with other community outreach projects through his church. He works at Western Hills Country Club as a lifeguard and a caddie.
Donations to the National Pancreatic Cancer Association and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are critical to helping doctors and researchers find cures, treatments and better detection methods for these life threatening diseases.


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MELBOURNE, Australia - Sick and tired of talk about his stomach bug, Roger Federer wanted to show he was in Grand Slam form.He left nobody in doubt. The man who has had the No. 1 ranking just about glued to him for almost four years began his bid for a third straight Australian Open title Tuesday by doing something he had never done at Melbourne Park. He opened the season's first major without dropping a game in the first set at Rod Laver Arena, beating Argentina's Diego Hartfield 6-0, 6-3, 6-0. In eight previous trips to Melbourne, he had never swept the opening set. Federer has not played a competitive match in two months. He withdrew from the Kooyong exhibition last week after being told by doctors he had food poisoning, causing speculation about his fitness. 'I could have maybe played on Saturday, but I didn't want all the fuss - the media, analyzing my game, thinking they know best and all that,' Federer said. 'I took an extra day. It's tough, but I played a couple of sets out here the last few days and it's paid off.' Unable to get his usual fine-tuning done at Kooyong, Federer had to settle for doing it in real time. He tested his entire arsenal, mixing his powerful backhands and forehands with some rushes to the net, and alternating serves wide and down the line on the new blue surface. 'Everything was working perfectly,' said Federer, who is 26-1 in the last four Australian Opens and has figured in the last 10 Grand Slam finals. 'I never expect a result this extreme obviously, but I was playing well in practice, moving well, serving well, and conditions were perfect.' Just before Federer went on court, things turned violent among spectators during a match between Greece's Konstantinos Economidis and seventh-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, last year's losing finalist. Tournament officials said play was interrupted for five minutes while police subdued three people with pepper spray. Five were evicted and banned from the venue for at least 24 hours. Wimbledon champion Venus Williams played her first match in three years at the Australian Open. She downed China's Yan Zi 6-2, 7-5 but hit 29 unforced errors and only 19 winners. 'Errors happen,' Williams said. 'That's tennis.' She was a first-round loser in 2006 and missed last year because of injuries, watching from a distance when sister Serena made a stunning run to the title. Serena Williams, unseeded and ranked No. 81 when she beat top-seeded Maria Sharapova in last year's final, plays today in the second round against China's Yuan Meng. No. 5 Sharapova has the toughest second-round match of the highly ranked players, facing 2000 Australian champion Lindsay Davenport today in the night match on center court. Davenport is in her first Grand Slam and only fifth tournament since returning to the tour following the birth of her son in June. She needed three sets to beat Italy's Sara Errani in the first round and extend her record to 19-1 since her comeback. No. 1 Justine Henin will open on center court against Olga Poutchkova. No. 10 Marion Bartoli, the only player to beat Henin in the past six months - in the Wimbledon semifinals - was the highest of four seeded women players ousted in the first round Tuesday, losing to Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson. Advancing were No. 2-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 4 Ana Ivanovic, No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze, No. 9 Daniela Hantuchova and No. 14 Nadia Petrova. On the men's side, No. 3 Novak Djokovic beat Benjamin Becker 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 (5) and then delighted the crowd with an impersonation of Sharapova - at the behest of the TV commentator.
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UPDATE: Moments after we published the review, SGN's update for FAST went online in the iTunes Store, adding Bluetooth support. Also the game is now available at a reduced price of only
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We previously covered this game when it was announced in TechCrunch. I managed to secure a copy for my iPod touch, and after spending about a week plus with the game, I am impressed.
Originally slated to be a free game, with premium In-App purchases later, SGN's F.A.S.T – Fleet Air Superiority Training! (subsequently referred to as FAST) turned out to be a premium-priced title, selling for
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Okay I've made some crew changes. How's this?
Captain Alvin Ramirez: Commanding Officer- A human male man. Age 48.
Alexander Stuart: Civilian/Supervisor- a human male man. Age 53.
Betsy Hicks: Civilian/Supervisor- a female human woman. Age 39.
Commander Carol Freeman: Executive/First Officer- A human female. Age 36.
Lt Cmdr. Seerik: Chief Engineer- a Romulan male. Age 40.
Ensign Lisa Frost: Helmsman- a female Human. Age 31
Lt. Cmdr. Zordock: Chief Medical Officer- a Monchezke male. Age 94.
Lt. Dara: Tactical/Security Officer- A Felarain female.
Lt. Quiana: Ops- a female Q/Human hybrid. Age: Unknown
Lt. JG Jerrod York: Science- A Human male. Age: 42
Ensign Edgar: Counselor- a male Deltan. Age: 29
Ship: USS Rogue Storm class
and I'm thinking of changing the plot to something more simpler to:
A Captain tells Starfleet Command that he wants to go exploring and learn about the Borg's origin and asks them for permission to go to Borg space and try exploring, and Starfleet Command approves his request, but they tell him they will not order officers to enlist in his request since it is dangerous. Captain Ramirez has two Federation Councilors to find him a nice team of Starfleet officers interested in finding they origin of the Borg. They are given a Storm-classed vessel which is small and used for exploration. Now they search for information concerning the origin of the Borg.
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FARMINGTON — Jimmie Gunn knew that if he could get a few putts to drop, he'd pick up his first San Juan Open title.
Gunn did just that, firing a final round of 6-under 65 to win the tournament and claim the $17,500 first-place check.
The 32-year-old Gunn won the event with a four-round total of 16-under 268 to defeat Jesse Mueller by a shot at San Juan Country Club on Sunday.
Gunn gave a lot of the credit for his good putting to his caddie -- 2013 Piedra Vista graduate Jackson Gurley.
"I finally started making some putts. I had Jackson Gurley on the bag with me today and he can read putts really good," Gunn said. "He's from here, so I just hit them where he told me and they went in. These greens are very tricky. I was reading them pretty good and he was backing me up. If I was off then he was right on."
Gunn, a native of Scotland who now resides in Mesa, Ariz., entered the final round trailing Mueller by three shots, but overtook the 54-hole leader with a pair of birdies on the second and third holes coupled with a bogey on the first hole by Mueller.
Bogeys on the fourth and fifth holes by Gunn put Muller back on top, but Gunn's putter heated up on the back nine.
"I made a snake on No. 10. It was incredible," he said. "It would have been hard to two putt, but I made that one."
Gunn then birdied No. 13, No. 14, No. 15 and No. 16 to get to 16-under.
Fellow competitor Riley Arp was playing in the final pairing with Mueller, but noticed Gunn's birdie barrage and knew the putts were finally falling.
"I played with him yesterday, and I was telling a couple of guys to look out for Jimmie," said Arp, who finished in third place at 14-under. "I was fully aware of what he could do, because he's been hitting it so well. Yesterday, he just couldn't make anything and just couldn't get (putts) to start on line. I saw his score on No. 7 and he 1-under (for the round), then I didn't see it again until No. 16 and he was at 16-under. I thought 'oh man, he's making some putts.'"
Gunn parred the final to holes to post 16-under, meanwhile Mueller went on a birdie run of his own, playing holes No. 15 through No. 17 at 4-under to get to 15-under for the tournament.
Mueller needed one more birdie on the par-3 18th hole to force a playoff with Gunn and he put himself in position to tie with a solid iron shot that landed about 25-feet to the left of the pin.
Mueller struck the putt well, but it came up about a foot short of the hole, clinching the title for Gunn.
"It broke about a foot and a half to the right," Mueller said. "I had a perfect line, but misjudged the speed and left it a little short. I thought it would roll out a little more, and half way there, I thought it had a good chance of going in, but it just came up short."
Mueller tapped in for par to finish off a final round 69.
This was the second straight year Mueller finished runner-up in the event, finishing one shot back in 2012 also.
Entering the round with a one-shot lead over Arp, Mueller thought it would be different this year, but he surrendered too many strokes early in the round that ultimately ended up costing him the title.
"I just got off to a shaky start today with a bogey at No. 1 and a double on No. 5," he said.
Arp entered the final round ahead of Gunn by two shot and one behind Mueller.
The Fort Collins, Colo., native had a plan to win the title, but just wasn't able to execute it and finished two shots back of Gunn.
"I told myself coming into the day to birdie the par 5s and play the rest of the golf course at even par, and I'd have a chance," he said. "Had I done that, I'd have been just fine."
Arp was playing the event for the first time, and said he enjoyed the experience throughout the week.
"I loved the people and the golf course," he said. "It's a place you want to come back to. You get the support from all the people around. They love the tournament, and they love putting it on. It was a blast."
Gunn, who was playing in the event for the sixth time, agreed with Arp and said the support from everyone at the tournament is what keeps him coming back.
"I love this tournament," said the 2013 champion. "I got a lot of friends here. They put on a great tournament. They take really good care of us here."
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Two police departments have opted not to submit proposals to provide police services to West York.
George Swartz, chief of Spring Garden Police, said in an email that the township did receive a letter from the borough requesting a proposal but commissioners decided during the Feb. 13 meeting to not submit a proposal.
"As the board did appreciate the opportunity presented by West York Borough to explore the possibility of providing police services to the residents of West York Borough, the board of commissioners elected to not submit a proposal to provide such services," Swartz said.
Albert Granholm, vice chairman of the York Area Regional Police commission and York Township commissioner, said the police commission also decided during its Feb. 14 meeting not to reply to West York's request.
Three remain: That leaves just York City, West Manchester Township and Northern York County Regional in the running to possibly provide coverage to the borough.
Officials with York City and Northern York County Regional previously said they will submit proposals by the borough's March 4 deadline.
West Manchester Township supervisors will discuss the matter during the Thursday, Feb. 28 meeting.
Once the borough receives the proposal, the police committee will review them and report back to the council.
During the borough council meeting Monday night, about a dozen residents, many of who said they support borough police, addressed the council during the public comment session.


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JACK COWAN: Women athletes were cheated for too long
SAN ANGELO, Texas - I was walking through the newsroom several years ago when I heard a part-time sports clerk, a female about 20 years old, ask, "What's Title IX?"
I thought, but did not say: It's why you're sitting there, probably why you even have an interest in sports.
Last week's 40th anniversary of the landscape-changing legislation brought back that and other memories of the early days of women's widespread entry into athletics.
I am sorry to admit that, unlike with such causes as civil rights for blacks, gay rights and even the overall quest for equal rights for women, I was behind the curve when it came to supporting equality in women's sports.
A young sports writer when the law went into effect, I was more concerned with athleticism than opportunity. Covering some of that early competition, I was appalled at the pitiful caliber of play and resentful that I had to treat it seriously.
Only later did it hit me: Of course the quality of play was atrocious. Those girls not only hadn't been welcome to compete in athletics as children, most were discouraged from it. How could they be expected to be good when their first real exposure to sports came while they were in high school?
The progress has been stunning. Given the right environment, it turns out that girls don't have to throw like girls.
I've known for a long time many girls had innate athletic talent. My younger sister was fast, and I'm not certain that, had we raced when each of us was at our best, I would have won. But our high school didn't have a girls track team, so her only competition came during annual "field days," intramural competition at the elementary and junior high levels that was comparatively unsatisfying.
I think my sister won every race she ran. Why shouldn't she have had the opportunity to compete against others who never lost a race in their insulated environments?
While I have "evolved," I'm still not a full-blown women's sports fan, and in fact remain something of a sports snob. For example, while I enjoy watching women's sports at the Olympics, I can't forget that the best female track athletes in the world would have a hard time beating the best Class 2A Texas boys.
When much was made of Baylor's Brittney Griner dunking during a basketball game this year, I was unimpressed. After all, she's 6-foot-8. Of course she should be able to dunk.
On the other hand, I have to admit that even though I was a fair all-around athlete, many girls today are better than I was at the top of my game. I loved basketball, and I don't doubt that over the last quarter-century there have been players in San Angelo who could have thumped me in a game of one on one.
But even acknowledging that, I'm missing the point. It's not how accomplished most athletes become that matters, but rather what they experience.
In a column in last Sunday's Standard-Times, Associated Press writer Martha Irvine told about her trials as a Little Leaguer in the 1970s. Over time, the boys on her team came to accept her: "They had my back and I had theirs — and for the first time, I realized what it was like to be part of a team."
That — not state meets or the Olympics — is the experience the typical male athlete relished for more than half a century before the federal government dictated that girls must be given the same opportunity.
Athletes revel not just in the action on the field, but also in the camaraderie in the locker room and the bonding that results from shared sacrifices as teammates. Those things shape us as young people more than nearly any activity except family life, and for too long society effectively barred girls from those experiences.
How many girls over the past four decades have become better prepared for careers, and even for civic life, because they learned what it means to compete in sports as members of a team? And how much better is our society because of that?
Happy 40th Title IX anniversary, women athletes. You shouldn't have had to wait so long.
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Hundreds of thousands of comments flooded social media portals to oppose Instagram's new privacy policy.
December 19, 2012 9:52 by Muhammad Aldalou
It is often repeated that 'there's no such thing as bad publicity' and that even bad press is still good press. If that statement is anything to go by, then Instagram is one lucky company.
After the photo app (now owned and managed by Facebook) published a revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Service on their public forum, the implication of its new guidelines took the world by storm. The Instagram hashtag made it to the Twitter Trends list in many countries, including the UAE. What was understood from the updated version was that the company would be allowed to sell your photos for commercial gains and leave you out of the equation.
The only apparent way out was for unwilling users to deactivate their accounts before a January 16 deadline – on which the revised policy will be put in place.
One of the more popular tweets was that of Anderson Cooper, anchor at CNN. His tweet was re-tweeted over 5,000 times and it read: #Instagram will now be able to use anyone's photos in ads? Without consent? Come on! Is there another photo app people recommend?
Hundreds of thousands of disgruntled comments poured in, flooding the already explosive timeline of Twitter. Users in the UAE expressed their outrage at what they considered to be an invasion of their privacy. But then, in the late hours of the night – after witnessing the havoc that was created – Kevin Systrom, co-founder of the company published a blog post to apologise for the misunderstanding and the use of vague language. Titled 'Thank you, and we're listening', it read as follows:
"Since making these changes, we've heard loud and clear that many users are confused and upset about what the changes mean. I'm writing this today to let you know we're listening and to commit to you that we will be doing more to answer your questions, fix any mistakes, and eliminate the confusion."
"It was interpreted by many that we were going to sell your photos to others without any compensation. This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is confusing. To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear."
Even after the blog post went viral, some users were relieved while others weren't convinced. Nothing like the power of the people to force a company to take a U-turn they thought. They believed it wasn't a clarification but rather, a sudden change of heart.
"Come on people, this isn't a "clarification" it's a backtrack," tweeted James Temple, a Dot Com commentary columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Many agreed with him.
Do you think that Instagram are genuinely apologetic and that it was just vague language used? Or do you believe that the protests of users forced them to turn it around?
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There was nothing "vague" about the wording. It was very clear and was in line with Facebook's avowed intent to "monetise" everything they have….. and most of what they have – other than a few lines of mediocre code – is (currently) the property of their users. They got slapped in law courts not long ago when they tried to lay claim to ownership of people's photos and stuff.
This new plan might have worked well.. Let's imagine Mark's plan. 1)Instagram gets the rights to sell photos and nobody notices 2)FB moves all it's photo handling to Instagram with a comment that by accepting this (minor) change you accept all Instagram's T&C's 4)FB makes money.
Of course.. When somebody commits suicide because their photo gets put on posters all over the world then it wouldn't be FB's fault, or so they would claim.
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Aquilla S. Turk, D.O., is Director of the Neurointerventional Division of Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He is a Professor with a joint appointment in the departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery.
Dr. Turk received his D.O. at Nova Southeastern University in North Miami Beach, Florida. He completed two residencies, one at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and one at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics where he also completed a fellowship in neuroradiology. He was a clinical instructor of neuroradiology and neurointerventional radiology at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics before coming to MUSC in October 2007.
Dr Turk's postgraduate training started with a Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH and finished at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of Wisconsin. He practiced for one year in Dallas, TX in private practice Neuroradiology. He returned to academic practice at the University of Wisconsin as faculty performing both interventional and diagnostic Neuroradiology for four and a half years. In October, 2007 Dr Turk joined MUSC to further develop the clinical Neurointerventional Surgery Section as a collaborative effort between the Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery. The section is now very active in clinical research trials and training fellows.
Dr Turk is involved in extensive research focusing on next generation devices to treat aneurysms and ischemic stroke. Dr Turk is clinically active in all aspects of endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. Aside from diagnostic angiography the main focus of the clinical service are: coiling cerebral aneurysms, intracranial stenting, carotid stenting, AVM embolization, stroke thrombectomy, and tumor embolization.
Dr. Turk is Board Certificated by the National Board of Medical Examiners, became a certified member of the American College of Radiology in 2000, and further completed a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Neuroradiolgy in 2002.
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Institute at CMU aims to advance energy industry
Carnegie Mellon University has hundreds of experts exploring new ways to produce energy and to make existing types of energy more efficient.
"But the people working on these projects often don't know enough about what other people at the school are doing," said Granger Morgan, a professor who heads the school's Department of Engineering and Public Policy.
Morgan will lead the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, a research and education initiative aimed at designing efficient systems for the use and storage of energy and the developing clean, affordable and sustainable energy sources.
University officials announced plans for the institute in June. Carnegie Mellon is constructing a building to house it within two years, near Hammerschlag Hall.
The institute will organize teams of Carnegie Mellon engineers, scientists, economists, architects, policy specialists and others to examine energy issues.
University researchers developed technology to reduce carbon emissions and technology to transmit wind- and solar-generated power through the electricity grid to a broad range of customers. They have developed materials such as solar panels that produce and store energy, increase efficiency and reduce waste.
"Half or more of the energy produced by big power plants is wasted. If you had smaller, combined heat-and-power systems, you could almost double the efficiency," said Andrew Gellman, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and the institute's assistant director.
Morgan's research on carbon capture and sequestration, a process that pumps carbon dioxide into the ground instead of the air, helped California provide electricity without greenhouse gas emissions.
Next year, Carnegie Mellon spinoff Aquion Energy Inc. will start selling its nontoxic sodium ion batteries that boost capacity for energy storage. Aquion is scheduled to start production in the former Sony plant in Westmoreland County this year.
About 1.6 billion people live with no power, and hundreds of millions of others get makeshift power from dirty diesel generators. In many places, electricity is available only sporadically.
"You see that somewhere like India, where power goes out all the time. When it does, store owners turn on generators, which spew out fumes and make noise. It's horrible," Gellman said.
The institute was made possible by a lead gift from Carnegie Mellon alum Sherman Scott, president and founder of Delmar Systems, and his wife, Joyce Bowie Scott, a graduate and trustee of the university. The institute is named for Sherman Scott's father.
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Down here in Exeter that rogue vagabond we like to call Summer has poked her head out once or twice to say hello, but then left us bare ankled in our boat shoes afterwards.
I think there's an argument that boat shoes can be worn year round. Sure I'm biased, but also stubborn. I don't go anywhere without a pair of my favourite deck shoes, and that means socks are a non-starter. I just can't bring myself to do it, my feet miss the unrestricted freedom that unlined leather quality boat shoes provide... After all, it's not like we often have to slug through snow here in Devon, but there are certainly some chilly mornings that I wish I wasn't so foolish.
I know what you're thinking, how do you go sockless year round without your deckies becoming a hazardous smell zone. It is a question my wife has certainly asked. I went in search of answers and found a great step by step strategy on the Art Of Manliness website:
1. Wash your feet, and repeat - No cheating, you have to dedicate time to specifically washing your feet every day. Don't skim over them in the shower, and an extra wash after a day out will certainly do no harm.
2. Mix up your shoe selection - When you go sockless you're wetting your shoes with sweat. Give them time to dry in between wearings. After all, if the shoe is wet, it's going to smell and by wearing them you'll just make them more pungent.
3. Help them dry with a cedar shoe tree or newspaper - Shoe trees are great for helping to maintain the shape of your shoes, and cedar ones will work double time to absorb the sweaty residual moisture from the lining of your shoes. Doesn't hurt that they smell nice as well. A wad of newspaper will do the trick if you don't have a shoe tree to hand.
4. Foot powders and sprays are your best friends - Look for ones which contain talcum, which will absorbs sweat, and baking soda which neutralises odour. A little bit of powder before you set off for the day will go a long way to help keeping your feet dry and stopping the odour before it starts.
Of course, all these steps work even better when you're starting with a new pair of shoes. With summer close enough for us to almost reach out and touch, feel comfortable to set aside your trusty standard brown deck shoes in favour of something with a little colour.
I personally enjoy soft washable leathers like these in the summer as they're nice and easy to look after no matter how active you are in the summer. Alcyone G2 in Pink is great with jeans for the ladies and Pacific G2 in Navy is great with chinos for men.
Feel free to comment below, we want to know where you wear your boat shoes, and how you wear them. If you've got photos please post them on our wall on Facebook, or Google+. Let us know if this guide has helped give you the confidence to ditch the socks for good.


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