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This course was updated on 10/03/12. Updated movies cover the features added through version 3.3, including Retina display support, iCloud photo sharing, streamlined integration with iPhoto, and much more.
- Importing images from a digital camera or hard drive
- Adding metadata to photos including captions and copyright
- Organizing photos using face recognition
- Running Aperture Library First Aid
- Retouching with Quick Brushes
- Importing live images from an iPad or iPhone
- Round-tripping between Aperture and Photoshop
- Adding geo tags to mark photo locations
- Managing movies
- Creating a custom photo book
- Publishing a web gallery
- Uploading images to Flickr and Facebook
- Archiving and restoring photo libraries
- Controlling Photo Stream in Aperture
Skill Level Beginner
So we need to talk about where our master files are going to be stored when we import them into the Aperture library. So what do I mean by master files? Well, those are the actual pictures that your camera has captured. So when I take this picture, whether it's a RAW or a JPEG, the camera creates the master file. And what Aperture does when I want to work with one of these shots is that it reads that original master file.
Let's say that I want to do some image editing on this file, right here, and I go to Adjustments and I want to make some sort of change, I want to maybe change the color temperature a little bit, cool it off, let's say. So what Aperture just did was it read my original file and then it noted what change I made, and then it generated a new preview. That's what I'm looking at. Those previews are what are shared with the other applications and so forth.
So it's a master file and preview and the preview is based upon the master file plus whatever changes I make to the appearance or the metadata. So, then the decision is where do we store these master files? We already know where the previews, what we're looking at, where they're going to be stored. They're going to be stored in the Aperture library on your computer. The size of those files, of course, are going go be determined by what we selected here under the Previews tab and under this pop-up menu.
So, we know what's going to happen with the previews. We know how big they're going to be. However, the master files can be quite big, especially if you're shooting RAW. So, your poor computer may not be able to handle all of the RAW files you shoot, plus your music, plus your movies, plus everything else. So you may want to separate those master files from your computer, put them on an external hard drive and then have Aperture read those files. That's called the referenced file system, or you may want to just store everything on your local computer in the Aperture library container.
Let me show you the Aperture library container real quick just so-- we'll go to the Finder here. So in your Pictures folder, you have a file. The minute you open Aperture, you have a container here called the Aperture Library. Now within this container are all the work and metadata and everything that you do. If you choose what we call the managed file approach, which is store the masters inside this container, then all the RAW files and JPEGs that your camera captures will go in here too.
Now if you have tons of disk space like right here where we've got 1.24 TB, then you can afford to have all those masters stored here. However, if you're working off a laptop like I am most of the time, my laptop could not store all the RAW files that I shoot. I need to store them somewhere else. So I store them in a separate drive here called Photo Masters. This is where they're stored. Those masters that come off of my camera are stored in this folder here and then they are stored inside of here.
Then I point Aperture to these files and it reads them and then it generates previews. It's seamless while I'm working. In other words, I don't really notice that I'm working off a referenced file or a file that's stored inside the Aperture library. It's fairly seamless to me. So let's go back to Aperture for a second. So how would we set that up and what is the thinking that we need to make that decision? Let's go to our Import dialog box, right here, and here are the files that we had before, all waiting for us.
So I have both the JPEGs and RAW files here. These are fairly big files. So if I wanted to store everything in my Aperture Library on my computer, then here in the Import dialog box, I would choose Store Files In the Aperture Library and everything would be in there. If however I decided that I need to store these master files somewhere else, because my computer doesn't have enough room, then I would go and I would choose another location.
In this case, I'm going to choose the connected hard drive that I have and it's a little LaCie Rugged. Then all of my image masters are stored here. Now the way Aperture works is that it reads the master file, wherever it's stored, either on an external drive or in my Aperture Library, I'm going to go ahead and just cancel this right now. Then when make a change to the file. It actually then remembers the changes that I make and then it generates a new preview.
So it's not changing the master. That's even true if it's a JPEG. If I load this JPEG, no matter where it goes Aperture will not alter this original JPEG. It will always generate a new preview. So you just have to decide where are you going to store your files. On your computer, in that case, you choose In the Aperture Library, or on a separate hard drive, in that case, you would choose which hard drive that would be. I would create a separate folder for those images to go in.
Now, here's the good news. Let's say that you choose that route. Let's say you choose the so- called referenced file approach. You can still do everything that you need to do. I'm going to go ahead and close the Import dialog box for a minute. You can still do everything that you would need to do. For instance, you could change the caption and you can build slideshows. You can do all the stuff without a hard drive with master files connected. The only thing that you wouldn't be able to do is make image edits or export a file that's bigger than the size of your preview.
So you could conceivably leave your master files at home, take your laptop with your Aperture Library, and all of the previews that it generated, and build a book or do your metadata or show a slideshow, all that kind of stuff. So, the referenced file approach is very popular, especially with photographers who are shooting these large RAW files, because they don't have to keep those original files on their computer. They can be stored somewhere else. Again, the way that you set that up is that you go to Import and then you choose in the Aperture library or on a separate drive.
You can change your mind up the road, no matter what you choose, because you still have this option. If you go up here to File, you'll see that you have two options under the File menu, Relocate Master and Consolidate. These options allow you to change your mind. So, for instance, right now this master is located in my Aperture library on my computer. If I decided I wanted to move that master out to an external hard drive, I would use this command, or if I decided that I wanted to bring a master file that was on an external hard drive into my Aperture library, I would use this command.
So, Aperture is very flexible basically. You get to work the way you want, but it is worth thinking about a little bit before you get too far down the road in setting up your Aperture library. Where are those masters going to live, on your computer or on an external drive?


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I'm a healthy, active person that has an important question regarding my work outs. First, recently I took the IL fitness test and ranked in the 96th percentile for all the categories, except one. However, my problem is that at certain points in my work out I get sick. An example is hiking. I'm known as a fast hiker and have been doing it for years, but recently as I approach my maximum heart rate I literally feel sick to my stomach and it happens when I play tennis, ride my bike, swim, etc. My doctor cannot figure out what is going on. Does anybody have an idea or have this happen to them?
hi, I can not help, but my son, he is 17, very fit, been playing tennis for the past 10 years, and in the last 6 months he is feeling sick when playing tennis or doing any fitness trainning, he can not focus, when he was playing tennis intense he had constant headache for days. he had a break for few weeks, now he goes to trainning only twice a week, after half an hour of play he feels sick and dizzy. was wondering if you find the cause for your problem or anybody outhere has any ideas???? we have seen a cardiologist, a neurologist, in their opinion all is good.
Everybody's body physiology is different so I'm not sure this will apply to you but I began having same problem with nausea and vomiting at later stages in my long runs a few years ago. I have traced the problem to sugar. My body just can't process those simple sugars while I exercise. I switched to water and electrolyte pills instead of gatorade and now eat agave or Hammer gels that have zylitol in them (like Trident gum). Lack of nutrition or electrolytes or fluids could do the same thing so be sure you are taking in some source of nutrition and electrolytes and drinking to thirst if you are hiking fast for a longer period of time or in hot weather.
Magnesium deficit leaves some people feeling a bit weak too so look at which foods are high in magnesium or use a supplement if you have to.
I almost guarentee it's related to blood sugar. I do weight training early in the morning, usually starting 30 minutes after waking up. It sounds strange, but if I don't have some kind of simple carbs in my system, get incredibly naseaus and light headed about half way through. So if I'm eating something whole grain - oatmeal, a good cereal, etc. - I throw some fruit in it. I've even found that just one or two pieces of dried fruit can make a huge difference. When I do the same work out during the day, this doesn't seem to happen, but it's because I'm not "fasting" (sleeping) for 8 hours before I do it. When you're going hard, and for a significant duration, remember to get some fuel every couple hours. Water, electrolytes (if needed), and some carbs to keep your body fed.
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Got the below and I have to say it looks really interesting. Might head along.
Cities of Knowledge
20 November 2007
An International eGovernment/Public Sector Knowledge Management event, co-organised by Dublin City Council and DIT. The event is part of ICiNG (Innovative Cities for the Next Generation) which is a project funded through the European 6th Framework Research programme. It aims to develop effective e-communities and e-access to city administration. The project is based in Dublin, Barcelona, and Helsinki. Each city is providing 'City Laboratory' test-bed sites in strategic development/city regeneration locations where users will trial and evaluate technologies and services.
Speakers include
* Jon Udell, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft
* Martin Curley, Head of Innovation, Intel
* Mark Wardle, Head of Innovation Programmes, BT
* Graham Colclough, Vice President, Capgemini
* Prof John Radcliff, DIT Futures Academy
10% discount on bookings before Friday, 19 October.
Conference delegate registration is €195.
Book 4 delegates for the price of 3.
2500 people have subscribed to my website instead of coming back each day. You can subscribe to the site using a feedreader or email. I'm also on Twitter. My online marketing blog might also be worth a visit. Thanks for visiting - Damien.


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When Mike McCartney got the call from Mohamed Sanu and heard the unexpected news Sanu had been drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 27th pick in the first round of the NFL Draft, it all seemed "normal," as he put it.
The agent for the former Rutgers wide receiver knew it was ahead of the projections for his client, who had been pegged as a second- or third-round pick. But the sound of Sanu's family and friends shouting in the background of his South Brunswick home, the surprises already unfolding in the draft and the fact the Bengals had two first-round picks and could use another target for quarterback Andy Dalton all made sense to McCartney, a former director of personnel for the Eagles and an agent for nearly a decade.
So he took to Twitter and wrote, "SANU to Bengals!!!!!!" along with another tweet about how happy he was for his client.
"Everybody's going nuts in his home. He's like, 'I can't hear you, Mike, I'll call you soon,'" McCartney recalled by phone today. "His brother calls me and he's euphoric and going nuts. We're all kind of high-fiving over the phone. And I said, 'They're about to show it on ESPN. I'll call you later.'
"And then they show (Kevin) Zeitler."
Cincinnati had taken the Wisconsin guard, not Sanu, leading McCartney to believe -- or, more accurately, hope -- he'd misheard which team Sanu told him had called. When he called Sanu's brother back and heard nothing but silence on the other end of the phone, he knew something was wrong.
Sanu had been pranked and, in the excitement to answer the call and the chaos that ensued, didn't notice the northern Jersey 908 area code.
"My mind doesn't work like that. It just doesn't think, 'Oh, this could be a prank call,'" McCartney said, adding: "I certainly knew he'd be numb (Thursday) night for a while. Nobody could expect anything different."
But Sanu rebounded very quickly, according to McCartney.
"I'll be all right. It's meant to be that I'll be with another team," McCartney recalls Sanu telling him. "If it happens tonight great, if not it'll happen (Friday)."
This morning, the two spoke again and McCartney said Sanu told him, "I feel great. Today's a new day. It's going to be a great day."
This morning, Sanu tweeted, "Thank God for giving me another day and another opportunity to chase my dream. #thankfulandblessed"
McCartney said neither Sanu nor his family members have expressed anger toward the young man who played the prank. In fact, Sanu didn't call the number back; McCartney did.
"It was some kid from Rutgers who said his friend got his phone and played a practical joke. He was apologetic," McCartney said. "He said he doesn't work for the athletic department and wouldn't tell me how he got Mohamed's number, wouldn't tell me his name."
McCartney is a spiritual person (his father is former Colorado head coach Bill McCartney, who founded the "Promise Keepers" men's ministry group as well as an organization called "The Road to Jerusalem") and a mild-mannered guy, so he kept his emotions in check during the conversation.
"I just said to the kid, 'Do you understand how much pain you just caused? And it's not just him, it's his family. Do you understand what you did?'" McCartney said. "At that point, there was nothing more I could do."
Except to make sure his client and the family were okay. And they were.
"It doesn't surprise me at all the way he bounced back because that's the way he is," McCartney said. "Anytime I've shared with him a negative comment or something from a team that hasn't been positive from a team perspective, he's been great. He really has. This is an extremely mature kid and he is definitely resilient. That's a perfect word for him."
He added, "He is a special kid. Sometimes you say that and it doesn't sound right, you know what I'm saying? But I just, I love the kid. I really do."


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Nebraska lawmakers are set to hear a bill that would let counties establish the fees charged by local sheriffs.
Sheriffs are asking lawmakers for legislation that would give county boards the power to set those fees after holding a public hearing. The Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will consider the bill on Wednesday.
The bill would apply to a host of fees for court-ordered services, such as reclaiming property for a bank or evicting tenants who haven't paid their rent.
Some sheriffs have complained that the current fees don't cover the expense of delivering services, which forces counties to make up the difference with general-fund tax dollars.
The bill is sponsored by Sen. Ken Schilz, of Ogallala.


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Lecture Notes
(Main Source: Voltaire's Candide in Maynard Mack, Howard Hugo, Patricia Meyer Spacks et al., ed., translation by Robert M. Adams, Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces (New York, WW Norton & Co., 1995).
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778); French philosopher and writer, leader of the Enlightenment; characterized by his liberal ideas and his opposition to tyranny and bigotry; had an interest in cases of injustice especially those resulting from religious prejudice; use of wit, satire, critical capacities
Voltaire was the son of minor treasury official in Paris; educated by the Jesuits; studied law then turned to writing; adopted name "Voltaire" by 1718; twice imprisoned (1717-1718, 1726) spent eleven months at the Bastille for writing satires of the aristocracy, was also exiled to England (1726-29), returned to France 1729; became rich by 1726 through speculation with the Compagnie des Indes; fled Paris and settled at Cirey in Champagne with Madame du Chatelet, patroness and mistress (1734-49); conducted scientific research; systematic study of religions and culture; accepted invitation from Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia to go to Berlin in 1750, spent time at his Potsdam court (1750-53); settled in Switzerland in 1754, Chateau Les Delices outside Geneva, later at nearby Ferney in France; growing international reputation as writer and social critic; triumphant journey to Paris and death in 1778
wrote in various genres: classical tragedies, epic poem La Henriade;
his lampoons of the Regency and his liberal religious opinions caused offense;
also wrote histories Charles XII (of Sweden)(1731), use of novelistic technique,
believed in history as driven by personal lives and not by divine intervention;
Le Siecle de Louis XIV (1751); Lettres philosophiques (1734),
against religious and political systems; tales Micromegas (1752);
Zadig (1747) pattern of Oriental narrative, experiential education,
lessons about life's contingencies; Philosophical Dictionary (1764),
witty and penetrating definitions, attempt to master experience through
intellect; "Le sens commun n'est pas si commun" ('common sense
is not so common'); Candide (1758), mocking of artificial order of
fiction and philosophical optimism of Leibniz (1646-1716), concerned with
problem of human complacency, intolerabilty of war, evil of every individual
death, catalogues of vice and folly,
Candide (1758): Discussion Issues (Source: Fidel Fajardo-Acosta)
Criticism of the idea of the inevitability of vice, passivity; hope for satisfaction in life, activist stance, critique of static idealist ideology; nevertheless order is visible beneath the disorder, call to shake off idealist fantasies, face the ugliness of reality and then recover a sense of hope and awe at the underlying order (mechanical and moral) of the universe. Human action however is seen as essential in allowing the world to realize its positive potentials; nothing happens by itself without work and purposeful human effort.
Adventures as education of Candide, Bildungsroman; initial naivete, ignorance, blindness to the reality of the world; journey begins with exile from 'Eden'/paradise brought about by desire for Cunegonde; Cunegonde as symbolic device, the forbidden fruit/apple of Eden ("ruddy-cheeked girl, fresh, plump, and desirable" 522; Candide as "ejected from the earthly paradise" 523). Cunegonde as a symbol embodying the nature of the aristocratic life, standing thus for a false good, external beauty, money, power, aristocratic status, the idle and parasitic life of the nobility. Candide drawn to such a life
Jean-Marc Nattier, The Marquise d'Antin, Canvas (1738), Jacquemart-André Museum
Fortunate fall motif, enlightenment resulting from misadventures; transformation
of the characters from their initial "fallen" position; marriage
to Cunegonde symbolic of eradication of social class boundaries, possibility
of love across social classes, equality of all human beings, erasing of
differences, illuminating of identity of all human beings, love beyond external
Mechanics of separation and reunion: action and consequence system where Candide's failure to gain moral enlightenment and act accordingly leads to continued separation and misery; reunion with Cunegonde, Jew and Inquisitor, Candide kills for Cunegonde, killings connected to further separation; new world but problems (in the self) follow Candide wherever he goes; 'killing' of Cunegonde's brother and further distancing from goal of reunion with the beloved; girls and monkeys, ethnocentrism of Candide, lack of education; "this hemisphere is no better than the other"; loss of direction and nearly everything else.
Religions: Holland, Protestant minister, hypocritical, self-serving, preaches charity which he does not practice, nature of religion in the cradle of capitalism; contrast with Jacques the Anabaptist (belief in baptism as adult, no weapons, no force, no political office), enlightened businessman, helps and teaches Candide his trade, healing of Pangloss, death of Jacques sacrificing his life for another (healing the sick. feeding the poor and giving up his life to save others, Jacques is Christ-figure; Jesuits in Paraguay, worldly aims, issues of power and conquest, spiritual and material colonialism/imperialism. Issue of 'resurrections' (influence of Hindu reincarnation beliefs) return to evil world of the imperfect and the unenlightened, continuation of narrative fueled by need for further education, Jacques hence does not need to return (his place in Eldorado is assured).
Eldorado. Trust in Providence, arrival to Eldorado; utopian human community; the best of all possible worlds, equality, generosity, concern for the welfare of all, "taught to despise gold" "exempt from the rapacity of the nations of Europe" no law courts, no prayer, no ceremonies; Candide still lusts for Cunegonde and dreams of being rich and powerful in Europe with the jewels of Eldorado; loss of paradise, another fall from happy state brought about by lust, pride, and greed.
Predatory evil of the world. Bulgarians and Abares, absurdity of war, butchery, rape, robbery, identity of all sides, equal in atrocities A=B. Surinam, sugar industry, mutilation/exploitation of black slaves; piracy, Candide robbed by Dutch captain, Vanderdendur; "the malevolence of men revealed itself to his mind in all its ugliness"; Martin the Manichee, man of letters, story of misadventure, evil of the world; Vanderdendur punished, ship sunken; sojourn in France, infidelity of Candide with prostitute, gamblers, swindlers, France as hell; madness of the English, cold-blooded killers; Venice, Paquette, Pococurante "disgusted with everything he possesses"; Pangloss and the Baron as galley slaves; money all gone
Remedies. Constantinople, external ugliness of Cunegonde, but test and discovery of true love. Work as remedy of evil, farm, friends; "we must cultivate our own gardens," return to Eden so to speak, enlightenment reached, best of all possible worlds.


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Pictures of the Day: Aug. 16
AT HOME: A resettled Tamil refugee sat next to his house, which was damaged in the war between Tamil Tigers and the government, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Saturday. The government has gradually been resettling around 300,000 displaced ethnic Tamils since the end of the conflict in 2009. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
SEEKING HELP: Flood victims jostled for food distributed by volunteers in Shekarpur, Pakistan, Monday. Angry flood survivors blocked a highway to protest what they say is the slow delivery of aid. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million Pakistanis affected. (Shakil Adil/Associated Press)
BRINGING DOWN A WALL: An Israel army engineer removed cement blocks Monday that formed a barrier erected in 2001 to separate Gilo, Jerusalem, from Palestinian gunfire in West Bank towns. Israel said it's dismantling the wall because the threat no longer exists. (Jim Hollander/European Pressphoto Agency)
GUSHING OUT: Water gushed from the Xiaolangdi Dam in Jiyuan, Henan province, China, Monday. (Miao Qiunao/ChinaFotoPress/ZUMA Press)
BABY BREAK: A laborer's child slept in a hammock outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which is being constructed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi Monday. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)


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Centennial Field welcomed in former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber on Saturday night. A sold-out crowd attended the game for a chance to meet the three-time All-Pro. Barber threw out the first pitch in his first ever public appearance at a minor league baseball game.
The Lake Monsters kept the energy up inside their home park, blanking Tri-City to earn the series sweep with a 4-0 win. Vermont eclipsed the .500 mark for the first time this season with the win.
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Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College, Norton MA
Reading, writing, and discussing mathematics are three activities I stress in my calculus classes. Of these, structuring my courses so reading is meaningful has been the most difficult: in particular, getting students to read the text prior to each class.
My expectations are fairly modest: I want students to be familiar with the terminology and have a rough idea of the basic concepts of each section. Since very few of my students have experience reading a mathematics text, I give them well-defined goals for each reading assignment and reward their efforts. In addition, my time spent grading needs to be manageable.
This past year, I posted reading assignments for Calculus I on my home page. Two sample assignments from Volume 1 of Ostebee/Zorn were:
Section 2.2 Estimating Derivatives: A Closer Look
Section 4.4 Newton's Method: Finding Roots
Last fall, I gave short two-minute (or so I hoped) quizes at the beginning of class, asking one of the reading questions. As the semester went on, I became increasingly dissatisfied with the results. Quiz time stretched to five or ten minutes, and I saw very little difference in the students' preparation. My hope had been that the quizzes would provide motivation for completing the reading, but instead the quizzes themselves became the focus.
This spring I had students email me their answers to reading questions prior to each class. I was able to quickly review their answers and gain some idea of areas that needed extra attention. To keep my in-box manageable, students gave their messages a specific subject line which I used to filter their assignments into a separate mail box.
I was very pleased with the results. The class average was 23 out of 28 assignments, which means that 19 out of 23 students in the class answered questions for each assignment. As a result, the class as a whole was better prepared for each class meeting than any other calculus class I have taught.
One of the most surprising results was that the students seemed more willing to write complete sentences and express complete thoughts when using email than with handwritten work. The lack of symbols on the keyboard was a decided advantage. For example, in a handwritten assignment, many students would explain Newton's Method by giving the formula xn+1 = xn - f(xn)/f'(xn) and hope that would be enough. However, the difficulty of entering mathematical notation via the keyboard, combined with the ease of editing their answers, made most students prefer using complete sentences to writing a few cryptic comments. In this case, technology, in particular, the limitations of technology, encourages the students' mathematical development.
For example, one student's response to the questions from February 17 was:
1. The term "locally linear" means that at a certain point in a function, if you zoom in enough, the function will appear to be a straight line, even if the function is a curve. This allows us to estimate the slope of a curve to give us the derivative.
2. The derivative of f(x)=|x| does not exist at 0 because that equation is not locally linear. No matter how much you zoom in on the graph, the kink will always be at the origin. You can't find the slope at this point, therefore there is no derivative of f(0) for this function.
While the last sentence is not technically correct, it is clear this student had put in much thought.
From April 7, one student responded with:
1. The purpose of Newton's Method is to simply and efficiently find a root of some function. It is also used because oftentimes it is impossible to find roots algebraically.
2. The idea behind Newton's Method is that you start with 'one approximation to a root' and then find another better approximation. In Newton's Method you find successive approximations to eventually find the root, r.
Another responded with:
1.The purpose of Newton's Method is to approximate the root of a function that can not be easily solved algibraically (sic).
2. I really don't understand exactly how Newton's method works or the idea behind it.
The last response, and others like it, gave me worthwhile information on what to expect in class. I spent less time than in previous semesters defining basic terms and discussing basic examples. In their course evaluations, students indicated that these assignments were a lot of work, and even tedious at times, but most felt the readings were very useful for understanding the course material.
To keep the evaluation manageable, I graded the assignments on a binary scale (1 or 0). This took me about 15 minutes per assignment. (All three responses above scored a 1.) These assignments counted 5% of their final grade, which was just enough so most students did them, whle not being overly worried about the grading.
The downside for the instructor is theare startup costs in creating assignments. One needs to plan the semester on a day-by-day basis, if one is going to write the assignments before the semester begins (which I strongly suggest). However, the assignments are fairly low maintenance once they are written, and email submission is the best method I have found for getting the students to read the text.
I plan on using email submission of reading assignments this coming year in both Calculus I and II, and I hope to gather some hard data on the effectiveness of the assignments. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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While a gluten-free diet is crucial for those with Celiac disease, experts are cautioning that excluding gluten from your diet if you don't have Celiac disease can be harmful, according to an article in the NY Daily News
Gluten-free diets are all the rage among some celebrity circles right now. They supposedly assume that avoiding gluten will help them stay slender or lose weight. However, there is no evidence to suggest that eliminating gluten from your diet causes weight loss.
Also, many products that are labeled gluten-free are high in sugar, fat, and salt. It pays to read the label.
The message seems to be that avoiding gluten if you don't have Celiac disease is not only unnecessary but it could potentially backfire if your ultimate goal in doing so is to lose weight or improve your health.


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First Advantage Title Partners, LLC is locally an owned and operated joint venture partnership with Keller Williams Advantage Realty Partners! Anita Dana, Ryan Coleman, and Lori Tyrrell are the principals in this cutting edge Title Agency. The company focuses their services in the Central Florida market with branches currently in the Oviedo area, and affiliate centers in Waterford Lakes and Lake Nona. One thing that sets our company apart from the competition is our mobile closing services. We believe that agents and customers deserve the experience and knowledge that our company has fostered for many years, so we assure that there is an experienced escrow agent available for all local out of office closings, at no additional cost.
Together with their staff of tenured licensed escrow officers First Advantage Title Partners, LLC boasts over 100 years of combined experience in the title insurance industry.
Partner and Licensed Title Agent, Anita Dana, began her career in the industry over 35 years ago. She began in banking, but found her true passion when transitioning into the world of title. "Each transaction is a story book, you get connected to the charters and get to take all that has been done throughout the process, tie a bow around it, and hand keys to the buyers and proceeds to the sellers at closing. What could be more rewarding?" says Anita.
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After seeing today's Junkyard Find '75 Vega, the members of the Vega Jihad are doubtless pounding out 10,000-word screeds about The Greatest Car Ever Made (never underestimate the suspension of disbelief required to be a member of the Vega Jihad), and I'm sure that the Cosworth Vega will be mentioned numerous times during said screeds. That's why it's fortunate that I have a bonus Junkyard Find today, a genuine, one-of-3,508-made junked Cosworth Vega, which TTAC reader and historically accurate 80s minitruck road racer Jesse Cortez found and photographed at a Northern California wrecking yard. (Read More…)
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The first-gen Hyundai Excel is extremely rare junkyard find, with most Excels having been crushed before they hit ten years old. The story of the Chevy Vega is similar, though most Vegas survived a bit longer than Excels did. I hadn't seen a Vega in a junkyard for at least a decade (not counting Pontiac-badged Vega wagons) when I found this reasonably solid example at a California self-service yard a couple weeks back. (Read More…)
Until I spotted this 1979 Chevy Monza wagon in The Crusher's waiting room last year, I had forgotten that GM slapped Monza and Sunbird badges on the (Monza ancestor) Chevy Vega wagon at the tail end of the 1970s. Then, last week, I discovered this Sunbird Safari at another Denver self-service yard. Such history to be uncovered in the junkyards of Denver! (Read More…)
When I first glimpsed this Malaise Era compact wagon in my local wrecking yard, I thought "Wow, I haven't seen a Vega in a junkyard for years!" Then I saw the grille and realized that I was looking at an example of the very rare Monza wagon, which was a Monza snout grafted onto the discontinued-after-1977 Vega wagon. At the risk of enraging the small but very devoted Vega Jihad, I'm going to pronounce this thing The Most Terrible Station Wagon Detroit Ever Made. (Read More…)
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The luncheon celebrated the Institute's current exhibition, which highlights the connections and affinities between the work of Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Arnold Palmer will tee it up in the Masters again, but only for one ceremonial swing.
The four-time Masters champion, who played for the 50th and final time three years ago, will hit the opening tee shot Thursday and become the seventh honorary starter in tournament history.
Palmer, wearing his green member's jacket, said the time has come for him to perform the task.
He was cool to the idea of being an honorary starter when he stopped playing the Masters in 2004, but dropped hints last month at Bay Hill that he would seriously consider it under new chairman Billy Payne.
Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod were the first honorary starters in 1963. Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen started doing it in 1981, with Ken Venturi filling in for Nelson for one year in 1983. Sam Snead joined Nelson and Sarazen in 1984.
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - The Vail Valley's real estate market continued to improve in June, in both number of transactions and sales price.The latest report from Land Title Guarantee Company shows June sales up 43 percent over sales from June of 2011. The 692 completed sales through the end of June is the best six-month total since 2008.The value of those transactions was up over the previous year, too. Through the first six months of 2012, the value of those sales was $662.7 million, a better total than last year.While property values have declined across the valley in the last four years - in degrees from "yikes!" to "$%#!!" - the June report shows values may be coming back, a little, and in some areas.Prices per square foot have increased an average of 13 percent this year for single-family homes, and 2 percent for condos and townhomes.But Craig Denton of Ascent Sotheby's International Realty in Vail said looking at average numbers can be misleading.And looking at Land Title's breakdown, there's a huge spread in the change in per-square-foot values, from a 76 percent rise in single-family property in the Lake Creek/Squaw Creek area to a 43 percent drop for multi-family units in Gypsum.Denton said values can vary widely even in relatively small areas, with factors including whether the home is brand-new and if the seller is trying to complete a "short" sale - a sale negotiated with a lender for less than is owed on a unit.But part of the change in values is due to old-fashioned supply and demand.Rick Beveridge, owner of Beveridge Real Estate in Eagle, said there's currently a shortage downvalley of single-family homes priced at $400,000 or less. By the same token, there's still a good bit of inventory in townhomes and condos, Beveridge said.Laurie Slaughter of Prudential Colorado Properties' Gypsum office, said there are more townhome and condo owners in foreclosure or short sale situations, plus the fact that it's harder to land financing for condo units than single-family homes right now.Despite the still-depressed prices for some units, sales of bank-owned or foreclosed units will frequently draw multiple bidders. But those sales are just 21 percent of the total, and bidders aren't driving prices appreciably higher on those distressed units to drive the averages up by very much.Denton, who's been in the Vail real estate business for about 40 years, said prices are finally starting to stabilize, despite the small average increases. "People are seeing the value in the market," Denton said. That's true even in the realm of expensive real estate in Vail Village, where the average transaction price in June was more than $4.3 million."When something is priced well, it's going to sell," he said.The same is true downvalley, too, where first-time buyers are getting into the market again."People who grew up here are able to buy their first homes now," Beveridge said. "That's great to see."Business Editor Scott N. Miller can be reached at 970-748-2930 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Bucha, T, Stibig, HJ (2008). Analysis of MODIS imagery for detection of clear cuts in the boreal forest in north-west Russia. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 112(5), 2416-2429.
AbstractThis study examines the feasibility of using MODIS images (MOD02 products) for the detection and monitoring of forest clear cuts in the boreal forest in north-west Russia. The proposed approach combines three change detection methods, including Change Vector Analysis, Textural Analysis using the coefficient of variation, and Constrained Energy Minimization analysis. For each individual method a series of thresholds was tested in order to obtain an optimal identification of clear cuts. A clear cut detection was only accepted if the change was detected by each individual method. All input parameters needed were derived from a set of reference clear cuts, mapped from 30 in resolution Landsat ETM+ imagery and used also for accuracy assessment. Change assessment was tested with MODIS images of two and of three acquisition dates. Referring to two test sites (Karelia, Komi) the detection omission and commission errors, assessed within a 3 x 3 pixels moving kernel, were at 23% and 8%, and at 2 1% and 17%, respectively. In terms of detectable clear cut size, a detection accuracy of about 90% can be expected for clear cuts in the size category above 15 ha, which contains the majority of cuts in the region. MODIS therefore provides good capabilities for large scale monitoring of major clear cut activities in the boreal forests of north-western Russia. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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The folks at my favorite Canadian network, Sun News, asked me to come on Adrienne Batra's show today to talk about Greenpeace's absurd "Christmas is Canceled" video. Batra thought my blog post on the Greenpeace video the other day was funny, which was nice to hear.
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Anheuser-Busch is the largest brewing company in the United States. They currently operate 12 breweries in the United States, with one in Fort Collins. Anheuser-Busch began as a small brewery in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1860, Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer, became owner of the struggling brewery. Adolphus Busch, Anheuser's son-in-law, became partner in 1869, and became president when Anheuser died in 1880.
Adolphus Busch was the first U.S. brewer to use pasteurization to keep beer fresh, the first to use artificial refrigeration and refrigerated railroad cars and the first to bottle beer extensively. In 1876, Busch introduced America's first national beer brand: Budweiser.
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A clan in a game called Runescape that treats there old Se clan buddies like royalty but give the new members a hard time even when they are the same rank has there old friends.
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A clan in the mmorpg game called Runescape, they were voted #1 for having the most members kicked or banned from the clan for the year 2010.
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"Historical Atlas of McPherson County" Lowell Flory will be at The Bookshelf from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday to sign copies of his father's "Historical Atlas of McPherson County." This Raymond Flory publication has been updated with a 2012 reprint, hoping it will become a valued resource for a few more households on the rich history of McPherson County. Accented with a colorful new cover, new introduction, and updates to indexing, this 67 page book displays dozens of maps, graphs, and pages of explanatory text on such topics as native cultures, trails and roads, origins of settlers, homesteading families, and economic development. For 50 years a professor of history at McPherson College, Raymond Flory reflected a contagious enthusiasm for how an understanding of the past informs and enriches the present and shapes our future, a news release said. The "Historical Atlas of McPherson County" is one of many of his gestures to encourage a popular appreciation of that historical perspective. "American Grain Elevator" There will be a singing of "American Grain Elevator" from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at The Bookshelf. The book explains the who, what, where and why of these sometimes massive structures that puzzle the traveler and are mostly taken for granted by the locals. The 111 page paperback, with more than 150 illustrations, tells the story of how grain storage began, elevators were invented, who owns them and how they work. The book includes sections on a variety materials used in the Midwest from the 1800s to today; with many historic photos and 86 full color examples of an important building form that is integral to our American heritage and agricultural economy. Author Linda Laird was born and raised in Wichita and received at B.A in anthropology and history from the University of Arizona. She became a historic preservation consultant and community planner, moving back to Hutchinson in 1989. In 1992, the Kansas Legislature revised the tax code to include taxing the historic wooden elevators used primarily for storage or remaining empty. Many of the oldest wood frame elevators have been torn down or burned since then to avoid taxes. Laird and her husband, Larry Haney, were determined to photographically document each elevator in Kansas before the destruction was complete.
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BJ Flores Homecoming Against Iannuzzi On SaturdayBy Boxing Press July 21st, 2011 All Press Releases
This Saturday night at The O'Riley Center in Springfield, Missouri, world ranked Cruiserweight B.J. Flores returns to his childhood home to take on Nick Iannuzzi in the ten round main event for the NABA title that will headline a Boxing card.
The show will be streamed live all over the world at 8pm eastern time for just $9.99 on www.gfl.tv.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. � The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Rhode Island starting at 8 o'clock Monday night and running through Wednesday afternoon.
The storms could bring heavy rain and frequent lightning.� "While localized flash flooding is possible at anytime, the great risk appears to be late Tuesday into Wednesday,'' the weather service warns.
In its 4:52 p.m. Monday forecast, the service said there was a 50 percent chance of rain Monday night. That percentage falls to 40 percent Tuesday and then jumps to 90 percent Tuesday night with heavy rain continuing into Wednesday.
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ABILENE, Texas - The Taylor County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in locating a missing teen.
The department issued the following press release:
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in locating a teenager reported missing on Sunday (6-30-13).
His name is Jody Allen Niedecken, and he is 15 ½ years old. He is a white male, with dark brown hair. He is approximately 5'10" tall, and weighs about 160 lbs.
He was last seen in a residential area on the south side of Tye, wearing a gray "Aeropostale" T-shirt, dark blue jeans, white socks, and "Adidas" flip-flops.
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Dave Ramsey is a well-known author and financial advisor. He preaches a message of good stewardship and debt free living. During his call in show each day he has people scream "We're DEBT FREE". There is a sense of empowerment and joy that you hear from their voices as they yell that statement. These families or business owners sacrificed many things to make that happen. Well, FBC Umatilla our journey is very similar. Our church is over 150 years old and during that time there have been many who sacrificed for the work of the Lord to be done. This most recent project "Making HISTORY Known" has included a 26,000 square foot building, a 7,800 square foot playground, and a new parcel of land. The total project reached around 3.5 million dollars. With God's blessings and the faithfulness of His people here at FBCU we never had a mortgage during this project. This week we finalized the last remaining portion of debt for our new expansion/land addition. Debt free living in our personal lives is amazing, but debt free living in a ministry means more opportunities for kingdom work to be done for the Lord. This gives us the ability to dream towards the future. FBC Umatilla "We're DEBT FREE!!! Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord! Make sure you share this amazing story of how God used everyday people to accomplish this God sized task.
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Modern solid state drives breathe new life into aging computers and allow systems built from top shelf components to run even faster than what was once thought impossible. The slowest part of any computer is the storage subsystem and that is true with the fastest solid state drives. By raising the performance of your weakest link, you allow all other parts of your system to run at their highest potential.
Enthusiasts for years have run expensive RAID arrays using enterprise SCSI and later SAS hard drives to achieve a high level of performance. Today you can spend as little as 200 USD to bring home a 64GB Indilinx Barefoot solid state drive that is easily matching the same level of "smoothness" as what was once only found while running enterprise class hardware on the desktop.
Microsoft has done a very good job tuning Windows 7 for the performance profile of SSDs, but as is always the case with Microsoft, it is possible to make things even better. The tweaks we have shown you today will allow you to build upon what Microsoft has achieved and take the performance to the next level.
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Macro Horizons: A Plethora of Moderate PMIs
Macro Horizons covers the main macroeconomic and policy news events affecting foreign-exchange, fixed income and equity markets around the world, as selected by editors in New York, London and Hong Kong.
WRAP: The manufacturing purchasing managers' indexes for June were released Tuesday morning without any clear message other than that the global economy is expanding, albeit at a moderate pace. Within the individual reports, China is back to modest expansion while the U.K. is booming. Elsewhere, manufacturing is contracting in Turkey, South Korea, Norway and France. The latest Bank of Japan tankan survey of Japanese business came in weaker than expected as the negative impact of the consumption tax increase in April continues to be felt. Perhaps that should be unsurprising given the significant compression of real wages following the jump in inflation caused by the tax increase.
–June Bank of Japan tankan survey was +12, against expectations of +16 and down from the previous survey +17 in March.
–May base wages rose 0.2% on the year, total wages rose 0.8%.
Japanese business sentiment slid in the wake of weak economic numbers that followed the increase in the country's consumption tax at the start of April. The degree to which sentiment and output was knocked seems to have caught Japanese analysts by surprise, though they're taking some comfort in the fact that optimistic corporate managers continue to outnumber negative ones. At the same time, the expectations component of the survey was moderately more positive than current conditions.
Meanwhile, wage data offer a mixed picture for how domestic demand will shape up. Base wages rose in May for the first time since March 2012 and total wages have gone up for three months running. But factor in the jump in inflation as a result of the tax increase and real wages slumped 3.6% on the year, the biggest fall since December 2009.
ASIA: June manufacturing purchasing managers' indexes
CHINA official was 51.0 vs. 51.1 expected and 50.8 in May; unofficial HSBC was 50.7 vs. 49.4 in May.
TAIWAN was 54.0 vs. 52.4 in May
VIETNAM was 52.3 vs. 52.5 in May
INDONESIA was 52.7 vs. 52.4 in May
SOUTH KOREA 48.4 vs. 49.5 in May
INDIA was 51.5 vs. 51.4 in May
All eyes were on the Chinese PMIs which offered a moderately positive message: both the unofficial and official estimates point to manufacturing growth even if the official estimate was a shade below expectations. Elsewhere in Asia, the PMIs were mixed. Taiwan's hit a four-month high, while South Korea's dropped to a 10-month low. Overall, the numbers don't point to muted strength in the global economy.
EUROPE: June manufacturing purchasing managers' indexes
SWEDEN was 54.8 vs. 54.1 in May
HUNGARY was 51.5 vs. 53.8 in May
NORWAY was 49.6 vs. 49.6 in May
POLAND was 50.3 vs. 50.8 in May
TURKEY was 48.8 vs. 50.1 in May
SPAIN was 54.6 vs. 52.9 in May
SWITZERLAND was 54.0 vs. 52.5 expected and 52.5 in May
CZECH was 54.7 vs. 57.3 in May
ITALY was 52.6 vs. 53.3 expected and 53.2 in May
FRANCE was 48.2 vs. 47.8 expected and 49.6 in May
GERMANY was 52.0 vs. 52.4 expected and 52.3 in May
EURO ZONE was 51.8 vs. 51.9 expected and 52.2 in May
U.K. was 57.5 vs. 57.0 expected and 57.0 in May
As with Asia, Europe's PMIs were a broadly mixed bag. Eastern Europe showed some softening, Turkish, French and Norwegian manufacturing are contracting while some of the bombed out euro-zone economies are returning to health. The big outlier continues to be the U.K., which is expanding strongly. This has sent sterling rallying on expectations that the Bank of England will find itself having to increase rates sooner than later.


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My Twitter followers know how much I can't stand #cubelife. Regular blog readers know I live for the weekend – usually an active weekend. But what's a girl to do when the corporate jungle tells you to sit at a desk for 8-9 hours a day?
Well, you can't do much, but you can at least move a little at your desk. I get my sweat session in before work, and I try to take 1 or 2 daily 10-minute walk breaks while at the office. However, there are times when you just need a little something extra.
Harbinger kindly sent me a couple goodies. The company said a lot of their workout equipment could be taken to the office to make cube fitness easier. The moves I've demonstrated below are also discrete since you can do them sitting in your chair.
Resistance Band Curl: I guess this one's pretty self-explanatory. Be sure to keep your wrist firm. *Best with lighter band.
Overhead Triceps Press: Sit with feet on the floor and the band hanging from your upper hand. Reach up with your other hand behind your back, and grab the hanging end. Extend the upper arm above your head. *Best with lighter band.
Reverse Band Fly: Sit tall in your chair with your arms extended out at shoulder height holding the resistance 8 cable. Begin to separate your arms so they move away from each other and stop when they are fully out to the side before slowly returning to the start position.
Balance Trainer: Sit on your chair with the balance disc under you. Placing your hands behind your head, lift your right knee up as you bring your left elbow across to meet your right knee. Switch sides. (My favorite of the moves!)
Of course, if you leave it at home, you can get even more creative…
Important: I recommend using one of their regular resistance bands for most of these moves. I couldn't perform them with the "medium resistance" band I received (I'm a weakling!). I highly recommend buying the "light resistance 8 cable" instead.
Enough of my smiling, happy face. Now it's your turn to smile. Harbinger is generously giving away 1 resistance 8 cable to 2 winners. I will announce a winner on Saturday morning. Here's how to enter:
Leave a comment letting me know which of these you did. You can enter up to 4 times.
- Leave a comment telling me how you squeeze in extra bits of movement.
- Follow me on Twitter @ LoveSweatBeers (Leave a comment with your twitter handle.)
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Jim Jackson of the Dallas Mavericks scored 50 points in a 124-123 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Dikembe Mutombo of the Denver Nuggets blocked 11 shots in a 112-101 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 52 points in a 128-123 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
6-time NBA All-Star Shawn Kemp was born in Elkhart, Indiana.
Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scored 63 points in a 128-117 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.