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I have been writing blog posts for my site however I am trying to determine whether it is worth promoting blog posts. I post them on Twitter and Facebook but are there any other methods I can use.
I dont use sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon but is it worth spending the time promote them on here?
My site is B2B.
Make sure that your blog has the following:
Rich, unique contentInteresting or useful for the visitors.Fresh, hot and trending topics.Are you displaying some statistics data in the blogIs your title, headlines catchy?
Sites like Digg and Stumbpleupon can give you huge traffic on your blog. They are good sites. also you can try Google+ and Pintrest. Both of them are rising social networking websites.
You should definitely read this:
Very well written and explained fairly in-depth.
Of course there are many ways to promote a website. It boils down to the amount of time you have left after all the time you need to spend on creating the website content.
Have you gave LinkedIn a try? I don't want to jump to conclusions but so far, I have seen good performance from LinkedIn in delivering not just quality traffic but also leads for B2B businesses.
What you should do, if you don't have time to be everywhere, is to come up with a list of websites or social networks which you can use to promote your website, try them out for a month and monitor the traffic performance on Google Analytics. Usually, this will tell whether it is worth spending time on a particular social network.
Err, no. If your site is not getting traffic, I don't see how allowing comments can help promote a website.
First your blog post should be unique, post interesting information and make SEO to your for promoting. If you follow these steps you definitely attain good result in blog post writing.
One avenue I've had pretty good success with is to create a magazine on Zite (curated magazine on the iPad - it's free) - and then feed the magazine content from my Twitter feed. Great way to reach new prospects.
Brilliant thanks, I shall try Zite. How do you promote it, do you use Twitter?
I have seen alot of people use paper.li on Twitter but I dont use it.
You can use reddit, folkd, freindfeed as wellI use Google-ping services for quick index and there are some other websites like pingfarm to bookmark your post to more sites in less time. The more links your blog post will have the more will be the traffic on your blogpost.
Sharing in sites like Digg or StumbleUpon can generate very good traffic for you, if your content is unique, fresh and valuable to readers.
Your blog must have unique and quality content and it should be intresting and informative. You can promote your blog in various high pr social bookmarking websites, article submission websites. Through which you can get high traffic and good ranking results.
Some of the good Social Bookmarking websites are:
I would suggest you to write user-friendly content. Because people loves to content that is friendly manner. I hope that would get rank over search engine website.
Hi Justlikeyou,
Yes. When promoting a blog, I'll typically use linkedin, facebook, twitter as well as digg, delicious and StumbleUpon. If you use B2B, then linkedin is going to be your best bet (as already mentioned).
Your blog must have unique and quality content and it should be intresting and informative.
I would suggest you to write user-friendly content. Because people loves to content that is friendly manner. I hope that would get rank over search engine website.
First your blog post should be unique, post interesting information and make SEO to your for promoting. If you follow these steps you definitely attain good result in blog post writing.
Your blog must have unique and quality content and it should be intresting and informative.
I hate it when people say things like this. I think it goes without saying you're not using duplicate content for your blog. You're probably writing very nice articles, but nobody's viewing them and you're wondering what the heck the point is. Without seeing examples of your work I can't really tell what (if anything) you're doing wrong.
Are you targeting your blogs? Are you asking yourself "who am I aiming for with this blog? Who is going to be my audience?" Chances are, you're just writing the blog. Next time, try and thing about who you're going to target before you put pen to paper. Another good method is to play "Devil's Advocate". Think about the top issues in your business at the moment and try to offer a fresh perspective. It doesn't matter if you agree with what you're saying, you're offering a new perspective on a hot topic.
There is an another way to promote your business and that will also help you to earn some green as well. The name of the site is Triond.com and there are millions of the users are using this site. Just keep one thing in mind before using this site that your content should be unique and written by you. Don't upload copy content.
Of course it's worth to post blogs. You need to disseminate information of your website (and it's offerings) to the interested buyers. Your blog content can do a link bait -- this is to make the reader click the link on your blog site.
Content should be informative so that the visitors can get the answers of the questions they have. Content should not copied from any other site, keyword should be properly stuffed in it. Such criteria can leads to the benefit of blog posting.
There is lots of way to promote your blog posts like share & like on google+ & some other Social bookmarking sites like:-newsmeback.comtagza.comprmsp.net& many more........
google ,globalsearchdirectory 'yahoo, global,addme ,submitexpress are also very effective sites for blog posting.
I had same problem like yours. I got a blog who describes "How to promote blog" . Followings are the perfect way to increase your blog traffics and comment(if you have informative context). Trust me on this you should follow this methods atleast some part of it. You will definitely got positive result.
The Basics (Social Media)
Tweet your postFacebookPinterestStumbleuponInstagramGoogle+Include a "Follow me on Bloglovin" link in all of your postsDo a Twitter chat around a blog topic
SEO Promotion
Use Google Keywords to promote via SEOLook in your Google Analytics for to see how people find your blog (and expand on that)Link to other posts within your site to boost SEOPut relevant keywords in your image "Alt" TagsGuest Post
Good Old-Fashioned Email
Email Newsletter to your readersAsk your blog friends to promote a postPitch your post to other blogsPitch your post to the press
Create Sharable Content
Create a free download to share with your readersWrite content that solves a problemWrite a catchy headlineWrite a controversial postFeature another bloggerStart a blog memeCreate an infographic, and pitch it to other blogs
or you can visit that site.
I have read "content which solves a problem" in a number of places but Im not totally sure what this means.
Do you mean titles such as "How To Clean Your Home Quickly" or "10 Tips On How To Train Your Dog"


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Morse exits, Maurer struggles against Padres
Slugger day to day with quad strain after rookie's shaky outing
SEATTLE -- The Mariners lost the series finale. They lost leading home run hitter Michael Morse, too.
Did they lose patience with and confidence in Brandon Maurer?
That was the main question following Seattle's 6-1 loss to the Padres on Tuesday night before 11,911 at Safeco Field.
Morse, who has 11 home runs while playing in 45 of the Mariners' first 52 games, was injured trying to score the tying run from first base on Michael Saunders' double in the fourth inning. He was out by about the distance from San Diego to Seattle, and was grimacing after rounding third base.
He downplayed the injury after the game.
"It's not bad," said Morse, one of the few consistent power threats in Seattle's lineup. "Maybe in a day or two I'll be back."
Will Maurer?
The Mariners were grimacing collectively over what to do about him. Before they left late Tuesday for a two-game series at San Diego and then a weekend set at Minnesota, general manager Jack Zduriencik met with Eric Wedge and team staff in the manager's office.
"I don't think he's that far away," Wedge said of Maurer succeeding consistently. "But it's, what's the best path to get him there?
"We'll continue talking about it. When it feels it gets to the point that we have to do something, then we'll do something. We'll sit down and talk about it, and then we'll go from there."
A day after Aaron Harang throttled the Padres in a 9-0 win, the Mariners' second victory in 10 games, their rookie starter allowed six runs (five earned) on nine hits with two wild pitches and two home runs in 5 2/3 innings.
The 22-year-old right-hander surprised many by making the rotation out of Spring Training after spending 2012 in Double-A. But he has allowed 22 earned runs and 37 hits in 23 2/3 innings over his past five starts. He has three losses (combined final scores, 21-7) and two no-decisions in that span.
Overall, Maurer is 2-7 with a 6.93 ERA. He has allowed 10 home runs in 10 games, and hasn't won since April 20.
Asked what he's learned over this first 10 Major League starts, Maurer looked blankly and deadpanned: "That this is definitely a challenging level."
He thought the Padres took advantage of his concerted effort to get ahead early in counts by swinging aggressively and often.
Wedge and the Mariners realize sending Maurer to Triple-A, where he's never been, just 10 starts into meteoric hopes for him risks severely damaging the young starter's confidence. And psyche is more Maurer's issue right now than stuff.
"It's not a question of stuff," Wedge said. "But he has to keep that same intensity level and tempo when things start happening, to be able to control damage."
The veteran manager acknowledged a kids-glove approach to how the Mariners are handling -- and may handle -- Maurer.
"Sure, yeah. When you talk about a kid who is up here for the first time, younger, you have to handle him a little bit differently," Wedge said. "You make sure they understand what we are about here and what we are working to do."
The Mariners scored just one run despite having the bases loaded and no outs in the second against Edinson Volquez, who was erratic early. San Diego's starter entered the night with an ERA nearing 6.00 and 25 walks against 36 strikeouts this season. He threw 19 of his first 38 pitches for balls on Tuesday, and walked Morse and Saunders consecutively to load the bases in that pivotal second.
Nick Franklin, the 27th overall Draft choice from 2009 making his first career start, then a hit a hard grounder to first base for a forceout at home. Jesus Sucre got his first career RBI with a sacrifice fly before Brendan Ryan hit a long fly that center fielder Alexi Amarista ran back to catch for the third out.
The Mariners led 1-0 -- but it felt like an escape for the Padres.
It was.
Volquez (4-5) threw 31 of his next 46 pitches for strikes while allowing only two hits from the second inning until Kyle Seager's single with two outs in the eighth.
Those two hits came during the sequence in which Morse got hurt. The slugger singled with one out in the fourth. Saunders then ripped a double to the right-center-field gap. Morse got a late break on the drive. By the time third-base coach Daren Brown was waving him home, the slugger was grimacing. When he arrived at home well after Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal had caught the relay throw, Morse was slowed to a near stop. He let out a yell as he was easily tagged out.
"I was just trying to run real hard, harder than my body could," Morse said with a smile that conveyed his lack of concern over the injury.
Franklin struck out, stranding Saunders at third and keeping Seattle down 2-1. Endy Chavez moved from left field to right field to replace Morse for the top of the fifth, and Jason Bay entered the game in left.
The Mariners are already without usual No. 5-hitter Justin Smoak. The first baseman strained his oblique checking his swing Saturday and hasn't played since, though he hit off a tee Tuesday and said before the game he felt "much better" and could return by this weekend.
Then there's Jeremy Bonderman. The veteran right-hander has struggled some this season with Triple-A Tacoma -- 2-4, 4.52 ERA, 77 hits in 63 2/3 innings over 11 starts -- but he allowed just one run on five hits in four innings Tuesday for the Rainiers at Colorado Springs. The 30-year-old reportedly can opt out of his Mariners contract after June 1 to become a free agent rather than wait for a promotion with Seattle.
"So, yeah," Wedge said, "it's fair to say we've got a lot to talk about here."
Gregg Bell is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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CALISTOGA -- A Middletown man was airlifted after his pickup crashed against a bridge and rolled off Highway 29 between downtown Calistoga and Mount St. Helena Tuesday evening.
Matthew Hollibaugh, 24, suffered major injuries and was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Napa Area Office.
Hollibaugh was driving his 1989 Toyota pickup northbound on Highway 29 across a narrow bridge north of Palisades Road about 5:45 p.m. when he let the truck drift to the right and strike the side of the bridge, the CHP reported.
The pickup made it across the bridge but Hollibaugh couldn't regain control, according to the CHP.
The truck reportedly went off the right side of the highway, crossed a creek and rolled before crashing into a stone pillar, which was part of a nearby home's gate.
Highway 29 was closed in the area for about an hour as CAL FIRE personnel worked to remove a trapped Hollibaugh from the vehicle, the CHP reported.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Alcohol did not appear to be factor.


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Could it be an ear infection?
Spotting the signs of an ear infection in a baby or young child is not always easy. If they haven't got some sort of icky fluid pouring out their ear, their distress, crying or fever could be caused by a variety of ailments.
Obviously in an unwell pre-verbal baby, parents have to just add an ear infection, or otitis media, to a list of possibles and then head to the doctor – no wonder the GP waiting rooms are filled with mums of babies.
But sometimes a baby will give of a sign - behavioural or physical - which will make an ear infection a high probability. These can include:
- Frequent tugging at the ears
- Putting their head on the side, like they're protecting their ear
- A thick clear or yellowish, sometimes bloody, fluid draining from the ears
- Loss of appetite, vomiting or diarrhoea – the same bug can cause ear infections and gastro
- Crying more than usual and restless sleeps – ear infections are very painful
- A fever of 38°C or higher – the body is fighting an infection
- A bad smell from the ear
A telltale precursor of ear infections
Ear infections often strike children a few days after they've had a cold, flu or sinus infection.
This happens because the nasal passages get swollen and mucus collects in the back of the nose and can be secreted within the middle ear space. This environment is a breeding ground for bacteria.
An earache is not always a sign of infection
While pain in the ear is a common symptom of ear infection, not all earaches are caused by an ear infection. If a child has earache but is otherwise well with no fever, an ear infection is unlikely.
A common cause of mild earache is a build up mucus in the middle ear after a cold. This usually clears in a few days.
Sometimes earaches are due to "referred pain" from other causes such as teeth problems or sore throats.
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If your baby or child has a fever and seems to be in pain, it's worth visiting the doctor to find out if it is an ear infection.
If there is any discharge from the ear, definitely see the doctor because this may indicate a perforated eardrum. Don't panic: most perforated eardrums will heal spontaneously within a few weeks, but it should still be checked by your doctor.
While antibiotics are not always prescribed now for ear infections, your doctor will make the call on which treatment is best for your child. In the meantime, treat with paracetamol to relieve the pain and fever.
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Vitamins C and E, and multi-vitamins extended life, and men and women who practiced healthy lifestyle behaviors had healthier hearts and blood pressure, in three new studies.
In a lifespan study, researchers asked about 78,000 adults, aged 50 to 76, to list the vitamins they had taken during the last 10 years and followed up for the next five years. Compared to those who didn't take supplements, those who took vitamins C and E were less likely to die from any cause, and those who took multi-vitamins daily for 10 years were 16 percent less likely to die from heart disease.
In a men's lifestyle study, doctors followed about 21,000 men, average age 54, for 22 years, tracking six adjustable lifestyle factors: body weight, smoking and exercise; and consuming alcohol, breakfast cereals, and fruits and vegetables. Compared to participants with no healthy lifestyle factors, men who maintained four or more healthy factors tended to live longer, have less diabetes and high blood pressure, and were twice as likely to avoid heart failure.
In a women's blood pressure study, scientists followed about 84,000 women, aged 27 to 44, for 14 years and tracked six adjustable lifestyle factors: body weight and exercise; and consuming salt, alcohol, painkillers (such as acetaminophen) and folic acid supplements. Compared to women with six unhealthy lifestyle factors, women with a healthy approach were 78 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure. Weight was the single most important factor with overweight and obese women twice as likely to have high blood pressure as women of healthy weight. For the other five factors, women with unhealthy lifestyles were more than twice as likely to have high blood pressure as were women who exercised regularly, consumed low levels of salt, alcohol and painkillers, and took at least 400 mcg of folic acid per day.


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CLEARLAKE -- Doris Logoteta, one of the first elected Clearlake City Council members, died Nov. 16 at age 89.
Logoteta died of natural causes at her son Gary's home in Clearlake, where she lived the last six months of her life.
Logoteta, along with Thomas Hewlett, John Lucich Jr., Eugene Achter and Roy Hamlett, was elected to the first Clearlake City Council after the city incorporated on Nov. 4, 1980.
Gary said she received the most votes of the candidates in the council member election.
The owner of a resort, Logoteta was involved in the community through the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce.
"She was a mover-and-shaker," Gary, the pastor at Crossroads Church in Clearlake, said.
She ran for the council position at the urging of Calvin McCarley, a longtime Lower Lake resident and business owner.
Gary said a movement to dissolve the city government and return the community to the county was hard-fought by Logoteta and the council in the city's early days. Logoteta received threats because of her position.
"It was a really tenuous time," he said. "She really believed in the necessity for this area to be incorporated. It took a lot of determination and tenacity. Because of that fight, we're still a city."
She was re-elected to the council once before she said "the heck with it," according to Gary.
"Being the Mayor was taxing on her," he said.
Logoteta was born in Oklahoma in1923. Her family relocated to the Bay Area, where she eventually met her husband, Lou.
The couple had two sons, Gary, 55, and Greg, 52, and adopted a third son, Mike, 53.
Gary said his father was a milkman and his mother was a telephone operator.
In 1963, they bought the Shady Oaks Resort, which is now Vista del Lago Lake House and Cottages, and moved to Clearlake Highlands. The couple ran the resort for 15 years.
Gary said his mother became interested in politics in the late 1960s, when a movement sprang up to re-align the Eel River to pass through Clear Lake via Rodman Slough and Cache Creek by building a dam in Dos Rios. She was in favor of the project and stuffed envelopes for the movement.
After her two terms on the council, Logoteta retired and focused on raising her family.
"She always saw the best in us and gave us all the tools we needed to be successful in life," Gary said.
When Lou died in 1997, she moved to Sacramento for the better part of a decade before returning to Clearlake about four years ago.
Gary said the last six months of his mother's life weren't easy, but her time with his family was a blessing.
"Mom was a great woman," he said. "We cried a lot of tears, but I'm comforted. I know where she is."
Logoteta is survived by her three sons, five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Kevin N. Hume can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or call directly 263-5636 ext. 14. Follow on Twitter: @KevinNHume.


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Nolasco's last start helps prep for regular season
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With whipping winds and the temperature hovering around 60 degrees at the start of Wednesday's 1:05 p.m. ET game between the Pirates and Twins, it was anything but typical weather for a Spring Training contest.
However, the unusual conditions didn't bother Twins right-hander Ricky Nolasco, who dominated in his final tuneup before he takes the hill Opening Day against the White Sox in Chicago. He allowed just one hit and one walk in four innings. He also struck out three.
"Today was a good way for me to get ready for the cold," Nolasco said. "The ball was a little tough and dry. I was actually kind of glad it was like that. I was blowing on my hands a little bit to keep them warm. It will definitely be like that in Chicago."
Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson felt like it was Nolasco's most complete start of the spring.
"He threw the ball down hill better. One thing we have been waiting for him to do is really get that fastball command," Anderson said. "He did that today, which was huge."
In five starts this spring, Nolasco tossed 18 innings, allowing a total of 11 runs and 20 hits. He also struck out 11 and walked just three.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Nolasco came to him after the fourth inning, telling him he felt ready after tossing just 56 pitches.
"I didn't want him to get too high of a pitch count. Once he got his work in and felt comfortable, we knew he was ready," Gardenhire said. "He is a veteran, so once he knows, you trust him."
Now that Nolasco's first Spring Training with the Twins is officially over, he's ready for the excitement of the regular season.
"You get to this last week and everyone can't wait for the beginning of the season and the regular-season atmosphere, Nolasco said.
"It is an honor to take the ball any time you get it for Opening Day. I am just going to go out there and do what I've been able to do throughout my career."
Quinn Roberts is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A GWENT band have won a slot on an award-winning festival line-up.
The Bleedin Noses, from Blackwood, have been announced as winners of the Larmer Tree Festival Breakthrough Music Award.
The band has won a 45 minute performance slot at the festival taking place from July 16-20, near Salisbury, which this year features Tom Jones and Tom Odell in its line-up.
The band is made up of six members who have been together for five years, producing a blend of genres from country, punk, and rock to blues and soul.
This won't be their first festival, who have already played Glastonbury and Greenman.
Band manager, Alan Jones, from Newport, said: "They came to us last week to ask if we were available to be shortlisted and we were chosen.
It was great. It's very exciting. We're looking to get into other festivals as well."
The band, who have previously performed to sold-out shows in the Blackwood Miners Institute, will be playing new material from the new album they are working from. The six-piece are made up of Oliver Ashton, Paul Julian, Darren Lewis, Lenny Molyneux, Kevin Meyrick and Louie Williams.
The competition was judged on the weekend in Bournemouth, by a panel led by festival founder and programmer James Shepard, Afro-Celt Sound system and The Imagined Village musician Simon Emmerson and festival artist co-ordinator Abi Norman.


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OAKLAND -- Two people were wounded in two separate outbreaks of gun violence overnight, including one man shot during a street mugging in the upscale Rockridge neighborhood.
The robbery victim was wounded around 9:25 p.m. on the 5300 block of Manila Avenue and was listed in stable condition, said Oakland police Officer J. Moore. However, the robber, who escaped on foot, didn't get away with anything.
Then early Sunday, around 12:20 a.m., a person was wounded on the 5300 block of International Boulevard, said Moore. That person got to the hospital on his own. Moore said two armed suspects got away in a car.
Oakland Councilman Dan Kalb, who represents the Rockridge area, said the shooting occurred about three blocks from his house. He urged residents to be careful when they're walking outside and to keep an eye on their surroundings.
"Crime has gotten serious in almost every neighborhood in the city and Rockridge, where this incident happened and where I happen to live, is no exception," he said. "We need to spend more resources on increasing the size of our police force and deploying them -- and this is key -- in ways that are most likely to deter crimes and to solve crimes. And that's what I think we will be doing when we vote on our new budget in June."
Kalb said he received an e-mail from police that said the victim was a man who suffered gunshot wounds and was transported to a hospital.
"People want and expect us to make public safety a top priority and I agree with that," he said. "Some neighborhoods have had these types of crimes forever, so it's not like this is new for the city of Oakland. But, now more people are aware and more people are in fear in other neighborhoods that were not previously used to it."
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland have offered an up to $5,000 award for information leading to an arrest in the Rockridge case. Anyone with information can call police 510-238-3821.
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Law earns Astros' Honorary Bat Girl nod
HOUSTON -- Gina Law, who is battling breast cancer, has been chosen as the Astros' winner of the 2013 Honorary Bat Girl Contest that recognizes baseball fans who have been affected by breast cancer and demonstrated a commitment to beating the disease.
Law will be recognized on-field at Minute Maid Park on Sunday as part of Mother's Day ceremonies. Fans across the country shared inspirational stories that provided hope and motivation in the fight against breast cancer, as well as the reasons they or their nominees should represent their favorite team.
The 30 Honorary Bat Girl winners were selected by fan votes on HonoraryBatGirl.com along with feedback from a guest judging panel that included CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees, Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals, Maria Menounos of Extra TV and Sam Ryan, MLB Network host and reporter.
During MLB's annual Mother's Day national day of recognition, Honorary Bat Girls will take part in pregame activities, be honored during an on-field ceremony, and will receive pink MLB merchandise and two tickets to the game.
And once again, players will swing pink bats on Sunday. The hot pink color was introduced in 2012 and this year, it will include the new Louisville Slugger logo, which changed on MLB's Opening Day, marking the bat maker's first logo change in 33 years and only the second significant change in its 129 years in professional baseball.
Louisville Slugger and MLB first introduced the pink bat program on Mother's Day in 2006. Fans can obtain their own personalized pink bat by going to shop.MLB.com or sluggergifts.com. Game-used Louisville Slugger pink bats from Mother's Day games will be auctioned exclusively on MLB.com to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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EVESHAM Golf Club's winter league saw Steve Wood and Pete Stanley win a one-sided final.
They beat the fancied duo of Gavin Griffiths and Russ Leeming 3&2.
In the wooden spoon final, Ian Elias and John Vaughan lost against youngsters Olly Knight and Alex Clasen to take the unwanted prize.
A better ball pairs contest was won by Mike Abraham and John Machin over Jim Jones and Andrew Witts on count-back with 41 points.
The ladies played their first 18-hole stroke play full handicap medal of the season.
Division One: 1 Mel Evans 96 gross 18 handicap 78 nett, 2 Jenny Marston 97-17-80; Division Two: 1 Margaret Williams 107-25-82, 2 Marlene Billings 108-26-82; Division Three: 1 Sandi Insall 110-33-77, 2 Eunice Allen 111-30-81.
Meanwhile, Broadway held a Waltz competition in testing conditions.
Henrietta Cooke, Barbara Crew and Sheila Aitkenhead won with 35 points, ahead of Judith Noyce, Chris Moulder and Barbara Bate (33) and Janet Sandalls, Pat Green and Sue Jones (32 on count-back).


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Topic: Wife diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma stage IVb
Good morning everyone. I'm very hapy to have found this board. I was a member of a similar group when I was diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma and had my kidney removed in 2005. I found that group to be extremely helpful and prayed I'd find one for my wife.
She was diagnosed on Sept 10 and it seems like our life has started falling apart since then. We've been married 30 years and she's everything in the world to me. Janet went to the Dr in late August because her legs were hurting her. The Dr' ordered a PVL to take a look at her legs and she also thought that Janet's abdomen seemed bloated and ordered an ultrasound for her ab as well. The PVL showed clots in her leg, she was sent to the ER and prescribed cumadin and Lovenox. This was the day before we were scheduled to go on vacation. Janet wanted to go anyhow so we did but by the time we returned her legs were feeling worse and were quite swollen. She was also very short of breath. She went to the Dr and was informed that she had suspected Pulmonary Embolisms and immediately sent her to the ER to be admitted to the hospital. Her Dr. also informed her that the ultrasound showed a 'spot' on her liver.
The spot on her liver was confirmed by CScan at the hospital. She was admitted and spent 11 days while they tried to figure out what was wrong for her. When they biopsied her liver and found cancer there and several other tumors in her small intestine they determined that the cancer was causing the clots.
In less than a month she's gone from just a couple clots to a major problem with new clots forming one after the other. She's had a screen implanted in her Vena Cava to prevent anymore PE's but her legs are extremely swollen and painful. She's started Chemo and they put her on Gem/Cisplatin on a 21 day cycle. She's had one round. The Dr. told her that if we treated the cancer it would probably help slow down the clots. So far she's getting 2 Lovenox shota a day and there's no let up in her legs.
Is this common with CC? Are blood clots a typical issue and if so can anyone give me some idea as to treatment options other than Lovenox? She's been getting 2 shots a day for 3 weeks now and her abdomen is one solid furious looking purple bruise. It looks awful and I'm running out of places to inject her.
I'm also wondering what we can expect from this awful disease. My wife has always been healthy. She exercises, eats right, works hard and has always taken great care of herself and she's ALWAYS cared so much for me! She's my angel and I want to do whatever I can to help her through this.
Her Dr. told her that because her cancer is inoperable her prognosis would probably be less than 6 months without chemo but 9 to 11 months with treatment. I know that these are averages and statistics are difficult to apply to individuals but what can she realistically expect? She doesn't feel sick at all...her only problem is in her legs.
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NEWPORT County AFC have donated a playing kit to local charity Street Football Wales for their East v West match at Dragon Parc later today.
The game kicks off at 2pm at the Welsh Football Trust headquarters near Spytty Park and beforehand the players will have a tour of the facilities.
A County spokesman said: "We wish the team good luck as many of the players will be hoping to be selected for Wales to take part in the Homeless World Cup held in Chile during October 2014."
For more information on the work Street Football Wales does in improving lives of socially excluded people in Wales head to their website http://www.streetfootballwales.org/


text: Garden Guru: Not too late to plant for autumn harvest By John Porter July 6, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For all the fervor and excitement that surrounds planting the vegetable garden in the spring, you would think that home gardeners would be equally excited about growing fall and winter crops.Sure, there is the appeal of that first, warm, vine-ripened tomato or the first "mess" (I am from Southern West Virginia, after all) of green beans.But gardening can mean fresh food even beyond the first bite of frost and freeze. Now is the time to start planning and planting for a bountiful autumn garden.Plants from the spring-planted garden seem to slowly fade before they are taken by frosts and freezes, succumbing to disease, nutrient deficiency and neglect well before their natural expiration date. Gardeners tend to hold on to these plants past their prime, hoping to eke out those last tomatoes despite how miserable the plants may look.Planting a fall garden also allows gardeners to experience that nice rush of fresh produce during cooler days of autumn. Even more exciting is that some pests and diseases aren't as prevalent in the fall. Fall zucchini and squash, for example, breathe a sigh of relief when they realize squash vine borer infections usually afflict only their earlier planted friends.There is an amazing array of produce that can be sown or planted this time of year. Turn to the WVU Extension garden calendar or other similar guide to get a sense of the possibilities. Some of the most common things to plant in July for fall harvest are the cole crops -- broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and the like. If you can find transplants or start your own, they can be planted throughout the month. Likewise, some of the greens such as kale, mustard, spinach and Swiss chard, along with beets, carrots and turnips can be sown now through early September for fall and winter harvests.There are several other crops that are less-common fall garden fare, and they deserve some attention and appreciation for bringing fresh produce past when they are "in season" in the summer garden. Some tomatoes can still be planted in early July, so that older, worn-out tomato plants can be retired gracefully. Beans also can be sown up until about mid-August, and you can also try planting fall peas in August. Cucumbers, zucchini and summer squash will produce a superb fall crop if sown before mid-August. Check the seed packet or the plant tag to make sure that your crop will mature before it is slowed by cold weather or killed by frost (if it is frost-tender). Cold-tolerant plants, such as the cole crops and greens, will survive frost, but it is best to get them close to maturity before the cold weather stops their growth.The plant information should include "days to maturity," which can vary by variety and can be a good indicator of how long it will take for a harvest to start. But wait -- it's not just that simple. That maturity rate is for plants started in the spring. You are going to have to do more math.Because plant growth will slow down with the cooler fall temperatures, add 14 days to the count. Then, to make sure you have a long enough "harvest window" (you are not likely to run out and harvest everything in one day), add at least 14 more days. That's 28 days so far. Now, if it is frost-tender (like beans and tomatoes), you may want to add a few more weeks just to be safe. 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As little as the Cardinals have done this winter, you would think they had won the World Series last year, not finished nine games back in baseball's weakest division.
The club's off-season addition/subtraction ledger leans heavily to the minus side. The Cardinals cut ties with top starter Kyle Lohse and slugger Lance Berkman, traded glue guy Skip Schumaker and bid farewell to resurrected hitting coach Mark McGwire.
Despite saving $23.875 million with the departures of Lohse and Berkman, all they have added are a lefty reliever, Randy Choate, and a backup utility man, Ty Wigginton.
Did general manager John Mozeliak forget to turn on his hot stove or what? With uncertainties in the middle infield and rotation, all he's managed is to overpay for a couple of role players. Not much time remains, either, with pitchers and catchers scheduled to report in three weeks.
But if Mozeliak is worried, he's not letting on. At the team's weekend fanfest, he appeared ready to open camp with exactly what he has.
"Our core is in tact," he told reporters. "We feel good about this club."
He has plenty of reasons to be confident, too. Ace Adam Wainwright will be another year removed from Tommy John surgery. First baseman Allen Craig is poised for a breakout season. With Yadier Molina, Matt Holliday and Carlos Beltran, the Cardinals have three of the best in the NL at catcher, left field and right field.
St. Louis, in fact, is set at every position except second base, and they're never set there.
Plus their bullpen is stocked with hard-throwing youngsters who did a lot of growing up in last year's playoff run and even without Lohse, their rotation boasts two of the league's best in Wainwright and Chris Carpenter, not to mention an 18-game winner in Lance Lynn.
So this isn't exactly the rebuilding Cubs or the hapless Rockies we're talking about.
"I favor the Reds to win the division but the Cardinals should be right there," one NL talent evaluator says. "After the past two years, how can you not like what they have going?"
Well, I can give you three reasons worth doubting the Cardinals:
1. Rafael Furcal
When his season ended last August, the club thought he would need Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. Furcal, however, opted for rest and rehab, and Mozeliak said over the weekend that the elbow has is 100 percent. But that's what is typically said in January. No one knows how long or how well Furcal will hold up to daily grind of playing shortstop.
2. Carpenter
The veteran right-hander made a remarkable comeback from July surgery to pitch in September but after all he's been through, he is no certainty to stay healthy. Even he admits, "I'm in a stage of my career where my mind is never at ease with physical issues." Carpenter started his throwing program a month early mainly because he was curious to see how his arm felt after his strong finish. But at 37, saving his bullets for the long season would have been the safer course.
3. Jaime Garcia
After dealing with a sore shoulder for much of last season, no one knows how he will come back in 2013. Count Garcia among the uncertain. The 26-year-old lefty sought four opinions last fall before deciding against surgery. Like Carpenter, Garcia says he feels fine these days. But he cautions, check back in April.
When Carpenter failed to start 2012, Lohse more than filled the need t the top-of-the-rotation. But Lohse's absence leaves the Cardinals' rotation with much less security. As promising as Trevor Rosenthal, Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly looked last year, they can't be expected to be much more than a fifth starter in 2013.
If Carpenter and Garcia stay healthy, the Cardinals won't need but one of the three to fill out their rotation. But if the veterans aren't right, the rotation suddenly becomes an issue.
Mozeliak's slow off-season figures to subject him to plenty of second-guessing if the Cardinals struggle. Why didn't he pursue Elvis Andrus or make a bigger push for Asdrubal Cabrera? Why didn't he bring in a veteran starter as insurance? Why didn't he use the club's considerable resources to sign an impact bat?
The GM says he still could make a move before spring training if opportunity knocks. But he likely will wait to see how the club comes together in camp. A year ago, the Cardinals went to Florida with no Albert Pujols or Tony La Russa and their season went better than anyone could have expected.
They're in a much better place now. "Look back a year ago to where we are today, the level of optimism is much different," Mozeliak said. "It's a much different feeling with (manager) Mike Matheny having a year under his belt. The success this club ended up having last year is a great steppingstone to build on."
And reason enough to not scream about their quiet off-season.


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First-year South Carolina coach Frank Martin owns the reputation of bluntly delivering sharp-elbowed and withering critiques of players if expectations and parameters aren't to his liking.
Left out, though, in the summation of Martin, who arrived after five seasons at Kansas State, are shoulders wide enough to bear the criticism heaped on him when a poor performance stems from his own errors in preparation or in-game adjustments.
On Monday, Martin bore his burden of atonement after the Gamecocks (12-9, 2-6 Southeastern Conference) dropped games last week to No. 2 Florida and Georgia by an average of 25 points, shot just 33.6 percent and were smothered by the Gators in tallying just 10 points during the first half of a 39-point shellacking.
"I did a bad job last week," Martin said Monday. "I did an absolutely awful job coaching my team last week, and we went out and played that way."
Inheriting a thin roster from Darrin Horn, who was fired after a 10-21 record in his fifth season, Martin speaks frequently in his stentorian voice about reforming the culture around the program, which has gone nine seasons since its last trip to the NCAA tournament.
Noble and necessary as that might be, Martin lacks key pieces as the SEC makes the turn for the final nine games of the league slate.
Notably, three of the Gamecocks' top four scorers left Columbia, and guard Bruce Ellington, who is averaging 10.6 points, wasn't available until early January after winding down duties as a wide receiver for football coach Steve Spurrier.
Guard Malik Cooke, who led South Carolina at 12.3 points per game, graduated, and Anthony Gill took his 39.3 percent accuracy behind the 3-point line — not to mention 7.6 points per game — and transferred to Virginia Tech. Inside, Damontre Harris, a 6-foot-9, 226-pound forward, packed his bags for Florida, where he's sitting out this season.
Reading between the lines, the losses to Georgia and Florida dismayed Martin further because he was bogged down in the grind that begins to take hold around February.
"I got too concerned with opponents and the next game last week than help our team fight," Martin said.
In the process, though, Martin doesn't want his group to lose sight of the ultimate end goal, either.
"I'm asking our players to fight for the culture that we're trying to build every single day," he said. "Well, they've never been asked to fight for that culture. If I'm not willing to fight for it myself and hold them accountable to fight for it, then I can't stand back and say, 'They didn't play well.' That's not fair to the players."
Experience edge for Gators
Dogged by criticism that it's the weakest power conference in the nation, the SEC claimed a small measure of pride when Florida ascended to No. 2 in the AP poll Monday.
And the Gators (18-2, 8-0) continued to do it in bruising style, defeating South Carolina and then-No. 16 Ole Miss by a combined 53 points, prompting queries to coach Billy Donovan about what's behind an average margin of victory holding at 26.5 points.
Of course, having a roster whose members average close to three years of experience tends to help, particularly in a season when SEC rosters skew younger. Of the 14 programs, eight rank lower than No. 200 nationally in terms of experience, including Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Kentucky below 300 out of the 347 teams.
"When you've got guys in your program that have been through the ups and downs, there's an opportunity for growth and development," Donovan said. "Our players individually have understood the importance of getting better and just how difficult it is to go through a league schedule."
Stokes surges in Knoxville
After a quiet start to SEC play, Tennessee sophomore forwardJarnell Stokes regained elite form in the past 10 days.
The Memphis, Tenn., native is averaging 17.3 points and 13.0 rebounds for the Volunteers (11-9, 3-5), including 18 points and 10 rebounds during a 73-60 loss Saturday at Arkansas.
Coach Cuonzo Martin credited the uptick to Stokes' renewed vigor in workouts. And his work on the glass has helped Stokes generate looks close to the rim — without needing a direct post feed from the wing to initiate offense in the lane, either.
"It's hard to get the ball in the post sometimes when teams have guys hovering around and doubling him," Martin said. "What he's done is go get offensive rebounds, and it's opened his game up. It also helps other guys, like (forward) Kenny Hall, when you tip those balls and keep them alive."
Daunting stretch for Auburn
In early January, Tony Barbee trumpeted renewed optimism on the Plains after a 2-0 SEC start and competitive finishes against Illinois and Florida State.
Now Auburn (8-13, 2-6) hasn't won in three weeks and, with rival Alabama (14-7, 6-2) and Kentucky (15-6, 6-2) on deck, it doesn't figure to be a fun seven-day stretch for the Tigers.
Barbee seemed to take a positive tack Monday.
"You can get spinning any direction," he said. "If you spin in a good direction, it just builds off itself. If it goes in the other direction, it's hard to stop. We're trying to find a way to get out of the funk we've been in. We've had some chances in some close games, and there have been some games where we haven't given ourselves a chance."


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By Patrick Altman, AWS Community Developer
Bar none, boto is the best way to interface with Amazon Web Services (AWS) when using Python. After all, It has been around for years, has grown up alongside AWS, and is still actively maintained.
The modules in the boto package track with the services that Amazon offers, so it is a fairly intuitive package to learn. Documentation for the project is online at http://boto.cloudhackers.com and is rebuilt with every commit to the project. The mailing list, http://groups.google.com/group/boto-users, is active enough to get help on questions but not so active as to overwhelm your inbox.
This article walks you through three popular Amazon services: Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). By the end of this article, you should be comfortable with:
- Booting up nodes using prebuilt images on Amazon EC2.
- Bootstrapping Amazon EC2 nodes with software you want running when your nodes boot up.
- Uploading, copying, downloading, and deleting files using Amazon S3.
- Using Amazon SQS to queue up work to run asynchronously on distributed Amazon EC2 nodes.
So, let's get started by first walking through the installation and configuration of the boto library. It's quick, I promise.
Installation and Configuration
You can find the project page for boto on Google Code at http://boto.googlecode.com. There, you can log bug reports and feature requests as well as download release distributions. Releases are also published to PyPI, so that they can easily be installed and upgraded using tools like
To install boto, use the following command:
pip install -U boto
Or, if you download the tarball package, you can call the
setup.py script directly:
tar xzf http://boto.googlecode.com/files/boto-1.9b.tar.gz cd boto-1.9b python setup.py install
Now that you have the library installed, set up the optional configuration to make working with the boto framework easier. I mention that it is optional, because you can bypass this step if you want to explicitly pass as parameters your AWS access key ID and secret access key strings, which can be a hassle and lead to having this sensitive data scattered about your code.
These are the only two configuration parameters you need to be concerned with. The file should look like this:
[Credentials] aws_access_key_id = {ACCESS KEY ID} aws_secret_access_key = {SECRET ACCESS KEY}
You will find these values after logging in to your AWS account and clicking Account. Click the Security Credentials link:
and then scroll down the page a bit:
You can place this file either at
/etc/boto.cfg for system-wide use or in the home directory of the user executing the commands as
That's it: You are ready to start using the boto library to drive AWS!
Working with Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is one of the most foundational and basic of all the Amazon services. You can store, retrieve, delete, and set permissions and metadata on objectsAmazon S3 parlance for what you would think of as files. You can version your objects as well as prevent deletions using multi-factor authentication. This article focuses on the basics of storing and retrieving files.
Let's jump right in with some code using your favorite Python library. Start by creating a bucket in which to store files (the name of the bucket must be globally unique, or else you'll get an error upon creation):
import boto s3 = boto.connect_s3() bucket = s3.create_bucket('media.yourdomain.com') # bucket names must be unique key = bucket.new_key('examples/first_file.csv') key.set_contents_from_filename('/home/patrick/first_file.csv') key.set_acl('public-read')
After creating the bucket, create a key in which to store the data. This key name can be anything you decide, however, I like to use a forward slash (
/) and organize my keys similar to how I create folders in a file system. Calling the
new_key method returns a new key object, but it hasn't done anything on Amazon S3, yet. That's where the next call,
set_contents_from_filename, comes in. This call opens a file handle to the specified local file, and buffers read and write the bytes from the file into the key object on Amazon S3. Finally, you set the access control list (ACL) on the file so that you can access it publicly without permissions.
Now, say that you want to download that file to another machine. You could simply use the following command:
import boto s3 = boto.connect_s3() key = s3.get_bucket('media.yourdomain.com').get_key('examples/first_file.csv') key.get_contents_to_filename('/myfile.csv')
As you can see, this code is just the reverse of what you did to upload the file in the first place. But what if you wanted to move the file to a new bucket and prefix name? Simply copy and delete:
import boto s3 = boto.connect_s3() key = s3.get_bucket('media.yourdomain.com').get_key('examples/first_file.csv') new_key = key.copy('media2.yourdomain.com', 'sample/file.csv') if new_key.exists: key.delete()
Doing so copies the file to the new bucket called
media2.yourdomain.com and gives it the key name
sample/file.csv. Then, before deleting the origin, you verify that the new key exists, which tells you that the copy finished successfully.
Working with Amazon SQS
Now that you know how to store and retrieve files in and from the cloud, let's take a look at Amazon SQS so that you can send work to the cloud, as well. Amazon SQS is a message-queuing service that acts as glue for building applications in the cloud. To fully appreciate Amazon SQS's simplicity, you have to think about it within the context of a working application.
The service allows you to write and read messages. In addition, you can get an approximate count of existing messages and deleted messages from the queue. That's about it. You are constrained to 8 kilobytes in the message, so I typically store my message data on Amazon S3 and pass into the message the bucket and key to the actual message data, like so:
import simplejson, boto, uuid sqs = boto.connect_sqs() q = sqs.create_queue('my_message_pump') data = simplejson.dumps(<some data structure>) s3 = boto.connect_s3() bucket = s3.get_bucket('message_pump.yourdomain.com') key = bucket.new_key('2010-03-20/%s.json' % str(uuid.uuid4()) key.set_contents_from_string(data) message = q.new_message(body=simplejson.dumps({'bucket': bucket.name, 'key': key.name})) q.write(message)
This code stores your message on Amazon S3, and then puts a message on your named queue, where that message contains the pointer to your message data. Reading a message is just as simple:
import simplejson, boto, do_some_work sqs = boto.connect_sqs() q = sqs.get_queue('my_message_pump') message = q.read() if message is not None: # if it is continue reading until you get a message msg_data = simplejson.loads(message.get_body()) key = boto.connect_s3().get_bucket(msg_data['bucket']).get_key(msg_data['key']) data = simplejson.loads(key.get_contents_as_string()) do_some_work(data) q.delete_message(message)
Here, you read the message, use the data in the message to get the full contents from Amazon S3, run your imaginary worker function using the data for the input, and delete the message from the queue. If something blew up in the
do_some_work() function, the message would not have been deleted and could be processed again later.
Now that you know how to write, read, and delete a message when you're through with it, tie it all together in a functioning system. You can add messages all day long, but unless you have something responding to messages in the queue, what good is that going to do?
Working with Amazon EC2
Your next step is to boot up nodes on Amazon EC2 and execute a script to read these messages and use the data as input to process into output leveraging these cloud nodes. However, before you can boot up a node, you need to decide on an image. You can either build your own image or go with a prebuilt one. Many images are available through the community, and I recommend at least starting with one of them. If you want to store your own private customizations, you can create a new image based on your customizations. Then, you can simply bootstrap what you need so that you can easily use a stock image and let someone else maintain updating the images.
Note: When a new Ubuntu version comes out and new images are released, you can simply boot with the new images without changing any (or at least much) of your code.
Images are available in many different Linux distributions as well as Windows. This article uses Ubuntu images maintained by Canonicalspecifically, its 32-bit Ubuntu 9.10 Server.
To boot an image, use the following code:
import boto ec2 = boto.connect_ec2() key_pair = ec2.create_key_pair('ec2-sample-key') # only needs to be done once key_pair.save('/Users/patrick/.ssh') reservation = ec2.run_instances(image_id='ami-bb709dd2', key_name='ec2-sample-key') # Wait a minute or two while it boots for r in ec2.get_all_instances(): if r.id == reservation.id: break print r.instances[0].public_dns_name # output: ec2-184-73-24-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com $ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/ec2-sample-key.pem $ ssh -i ~/.ssh/ec2-sample-key.pem email@example.com
First, you activate an Amazon EC2 connection object. If you did not have your
boto.cfg file set up, you would need to pass your key ID and secret key into the
connect_ec2() method as parameters. Because the image only accepts public/private key authentication, you need to write your public key to the image. Amazon EC2 supports this functionality by having AWS actually generate the key pair for you. When this is done, the name
ec2-sample-key is attached to your account, so you can reference it in the future by name. You should only have to create this key pair once as long as you don't loose the private key that you save in this example.
Next, launch the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) based on the image ID found in the previous link to the Canonical image information page. It returns a reservation object, which at the present time has only one bit of useful information: the reservation ID. You need to requery the Amazon EC2 application programming interface (API) through a call to
get_all_instances() to fetch updated information. You do this one or two times after waiting about a minute until
r.instances[0].state (you only launched one instance, but you could have launched as many as you wanted with parameters to
run_instances()) equals
running. You must find the public Domain Name System (DNS) name so that you can use Secure Shell (SSH) to access it. Make sure your private key has the permission bits set to
600, or the public/private key authentication will fail.
That's it. You are running in the cloud.
Now, let's make it more usable. When you boot this instance, you'll have it install what you want installed automatically, saving you time as well as getting things ready to run a script to process the queue without your having to log on:
reservation = ec2.run_instances( image_id = "ami-bb709dd2", key_name = "ec2-sample-key", user_data = """#!/bin/bash apt-get update apt-get install -y imagemagick """)
Putting It All Together: A Sample Application
To demonstrate how everything fits together in a real-world application, take a look at an application I wrote to process Portable Document Format (PDF) documents into preview images for display on a Web site. You can grab the code from Github. This is a Django-based application that enables users to upload a PDF and a short time later have PNG previews of every page in that document.
The PDF is moved to Amazon S3 from the local Web server. Messages are queued up to process the uploaded PDFs; nodes are booted up in response to the queue count; and the nodes bootstrap themselves with software necessary to process the PDF. The nodes then write a result message to a queue that a background task is checking on the Web server, which updates the database with the appropriate record.
By now, you should have enough to get started leveraging the power of the cloud in building your next application. By using Amazon SQS and Amazon S3 along with on-demand compute nodes from Amazon EC2, applications can be built to achieve massive scale with little to no up-front investment, thereby dramatically lowering the barriers to entry in building the next big thing. Futhermore, using boto, you can focus more of your time on your business logic, not the fine details of interacting with the Web services.


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DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda, a top 15 pharmaceutical company in the U.S., will raise money for local charities today when its employees participate in the annual Takeda Cares Day event.
Nearly 600 employees will run or walk a 5K course on the running trail of the company's Deerfield campus, or participate in field games. For each employee who registers and participates in the event, Takeda will donate $100 to one of three community organizations pre-selected by the participating employee. An estimated $60,000 will be raised.
"Takeda is committed to social responsibility, with a focus on health and science education and advocacy, and community vitality," said Doug Cole, president, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. "Takeda Cares Day is a day to showcase our philanthropic spirit and celebrate our employees many of whom have limited time due to work and family obligations giving them a meaningful and fun way to contribute to building a stronger and healthier community without leaving the Deerfield campus."
The event's creation in 2011 was sparked by employees' desire to find a way to promote camaraderie throughout the office and make a unique, meaningful contribution to their community. Last year's Takeda Cares Day resulted in a $54,000 contribution to Community Health, iBio Institute and United Way of Lake County, with 567 employees participating.
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About Takeda in the Chicagoland Area
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Outfielder Jai Miller, who had brief stints with three major league clubs, has decided to quit baseball so he can play college football for Alabama, AL.com reports.
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The HealthCare.gov website may have suffered from inadequate testing, but its readiness on Day 1 wasn't as bad as Republicans are making it out to be, according to a leading congressional Democrat.
As we wrote earlier, Rep. Darrell Issa's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has released internal documents suggesting the site was tested the day before it went live Oct. 1 and could only handle 1,100 users. Mr. Issa, a California Republican, used that figure to suggest that the Obama administration knew the site wasn't ready but opened it anyway.
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January 16, 2010 at 18:03:24 Jan 16, 2010 @ 18:03
didnt see one
anyone of any small or medium flannels/beanies they want to sell?
anyone of any small or medium flannels/beanies they want to sell?
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thanks for that, yom. the parasmock looks great. unfortunately, i need to take a break on outerwear for a while.
also, are the new catalogs in shops yet?
and for those interested, i've got a good bit of older wtaps up for sale at stylisticsspace.blogspot.com (updated fairly often)
Stylistics or Yom- do you know how much the black and white button up goes for? I need a proxy haha
yeah, catalogues are in hoods etc now and the collection launches this Saturday.
agreed on the parasmock, but its gonna get warmer here soon (hopefully anyway lol the wind in Nagoya sucks) so i also really shouldnt be buying more outer lol
there are some very nice khakis and a really nice DUDE shirt (bowling) coming out that i might grab.
this seasons trash disappoints though but i guess the price reflects the lack of customisation (¥37,800)
PX isn't worth it if you're looking for bargains. Their prices are generally better than resell on eBay and forums but it's nothing amazing, they've just got some amazing pieces.
i check their website regularly but id imagine they have stock that isnt on there in store?
the prices do seem to be a bit hit and miss, but its like that in most used clothes stores here.
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Breathe smells like alchohol
After I eat a breakfast that includes green tea, people tell me that my breath smells like alchohol . This is causing me problems at work. Are there foods that can make your breathe smell like alchohol even if you haven`t had a drink? Could it be a gastro reflux problem or some other problem? I have R.A. and Sjogren`s disease. Thank you very much.
Several metabolic conditions and medications can cause an alcohol odor on the breath. When alcohol is present in the body, it is exhaled from the lungs and detected in the breath from the gastrointestinal system. In the absence of alcohol ingestion, some metabolic conditions such as Diabetic Ketoacidosis can result in levels of acetone which when eliminated through the respiration, smell just like alcohol.
In Sjogren`s Syndrome, the immune system destroys moisture producing cells. The decrease in saliva exposes the teeth to cavities and infections. These changes also generate bad breath which could be mis-interpreted as alcohol. Salivary glands can be stimulated to produce more saliva by chewing sugar free gum and eating sugar free candy. Frequent sips of water throughout the day may also be helpful. Your family physician may prescribe a mouth rinse or medication to apply to any inflamed areas in the mouth. It is important for you to follow up with your dentist and family physician to further evaluate this problem.
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