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November 2009
Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment
First time uranium associated with framboidal pyrite at contaminated site
Nik Qafoku
Scanning electron microscope backscattered image of two framboidal pyrites found in the <53-micron-size fraction of the naturally bioreduced sediment. Top framboid (left) is weathered and bottom right framboid is unweathered (right). The EMPA elemental maps show the distribution of iron, sulfur, uranium, and silicon in the region depicted in the SEM micrograph. Clearly, uranium is concentrated on framboidal pyrite surfaces. Enlarge Image
Results: A recently published Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study of a naturally bioreduced sediment sample from a former uranium mill tailings site reveals insights that enhance understanding of the long-term persistence of uranium in groundwater. The study provides the first-ever evidence of a useful pyrite mineral formation within the sample.
This mineral form is called "framboidal" because its surface resembles a framboise (French for raspberry). The study presents data showing that framboidal pyrite has an affinity for uranium, decreasing its transport via groundwater. The sample originated from a U.S. Department of Energy Integrated Field Research Challenge site at Rifle, Colorado.
Why It Matters: This new understanding will help in developing strategies for keeping the contaminant out of aquifers and away from humans, animals and crops.
"We are trying to determine what kind of minerals in soil have a higher affinity for uranium; that is, what it will stick to," said Dr. Nikolla Qafoku, a PNNL geochemist, who with Dr. Ravi Kukkadapu, an EMSL chemist, is lead author of the paper, which appears in Environmental Science & Technology. EMSL is the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national scientific user facility sponsored by DOE and located at PNNL.
Past research on pyrite crystals was done on synthesized pyrite made in the lab. These studies demonstrated that uranium adsorption and partial reduction occur on the surfaces on both unweathered and weathered (oxidized) pyrites. However, no such studies have been done with naturally occurring pyrite. High concentrations of uranium in pyrite, including framboidal pyrite in naturally bioreduced alluvial—or silty—sediments, have not been previously reported.
Naturally bioreduced sediment makes up 10% of an alluvial aquifer adjacent to the Colorado River, within the Rifle site. Past and ongoing research has demonstrated that bioreduced sediment has higher amounts of uranium, Fe(II), organic carbon and sulfides.
Methods: The researchers used a series of wet chemical extraction methods and microscopic and spectroscopic techniques on the Rifle sediment sample to determine its mineralogy and the affinity of uranium for different minerals. At EMSL, they used X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy to characterize the iron in the sediment. The results initially showed that the iron sulfide in the form of framboidal pyrite is abundant in the fine-grained fraction of this sediment. Electron microprobe analysis produced elemental mappings showing that uranium was associated with framboidal pyrite.
"The results were really exciting," said Qafoku, "because this was the first time that uranium was found to be associated with naturally occurring framboidal pyrites in alluvial sediments." X-ray spectroscopic analyses conducted at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory confirmed that framboidal pyrite uranium occurred in both oxidized and reduced forms. This is important because the mobility of contaminant uranium depends strongly on its valence state: reduced uranium is usually much less mobile.
What's Next: This research showed that framboidal pyrite may initially serve as a "sink" for uranium, where the contaminant may be sequestered under reducing conditions. Framboidal pyrites may also serve as long-term sources of contaminant uranium under conditions of slow oxidation. More studies are planned to better understand the reduction and the oxidation processes in the naturally bioreduced sediment. Clearly not all pyrites, framboidal or otherwise, contain high uranium, so understanding what controls uranium uptake in pyrite is a crucial next step.
Related Work: For more background, see these related research highlights
- Iron Minerals Found in Subsurface Sediment Reduce Contaminant Oxidation, Mobility,
- Better Bioremediation at Uranium Mill Tailings Site
- Chromate Immobilization Success Leads to More Field Tests for Effective, Long-Lived Contaminant Barriers
- PNNL to Manage Two DOE Field Research Sites for Studying Contaminant Transport.
Acknowledgments: This work was supported by DOE's Environmental Remediation Sciences Program within the Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Work was performed at DOE's EMSL at PNNL and the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. The research team includes Nik Qafoku, Ravi Kukkadapu, James McKinley, Bruce Arey, Chongmin Wang, Charles Resch and Phil Long, PNNL; and Shelly Kelly, ANL.
Reference: Qafoku N, RK Kukkadapu, JP McKinley, BW Arey, SD Kelly, CM Wang, CT Resch, and PE Long. 2009. "Uranium in framboidal pyrite from a naturally bioreduced alluvial sediment." Environmental Science & Technology 43(22):8528-8534 doi:10.1021/es9017333.


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Browsers have become extremely complex. With more and more platform-agnostic webapps appearing, users have been living and working inside a browser instead of a desktop. Google has been pushing Chromebooks that provide a full web experience using nothing more than their Chrome browser. Safari has gone mobile. Firefox has gone mobile. Opera has gone mobile. All these mobile browsers are gaining popularity, yet nobody has been addressing the issue with modern browsers: security.
NoScript allows users to selectively block Java, Javascript, Flash from executing without permission. It provides XSS (Cross Site Scripting) and ClickJacking protection using integrated plugins. The add-on has been completely re-written to support a mobile interface. Once installed, NoScript immediately starts blocking harmful web applets using the default recommended options. More advanced settings such as whitelisting, blacklisting, and granular permissions will be editable on a desktop and can be synchronized via Firefox Sync — keeping all your devices up-to-date, whether a mobile device or full blown desktop/laptop.
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My english teacher told us to write a persuasive essay, so i decided to write one about my beloved spagedeity the FSM. To my disgust my teacher saw me on the FSM website and stated "Thats garbage get off of there!" quite pissed and tempted to call the ACLU i decided to simply write an essay aimed towards my incompatent excuse of a teacher.
Dear Mr. ********,
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not "Garbage" as you so crudely put it, but is in fact a fast growing religion. I cannot be upset with you over the fact that you've insulted my faith, because you like most people are ignorant to our existance. This is why I am taking this opportunity to explain to you the ways of Pastafarianism so that you may not be so critical of it in the future. If however, religious discrimination continues, the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) could be called upon to resolve these matters.
Pastafarianism has been around for nearly 2500 years, but has stayed hidden from the public until recently when the FSM (Flying Spaghetti Monster) approached our prophet Bobby Henderson. Henderson in turn wrote our only religious tome to date, "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster". Pastafarianism or FSMism, is the only religion based on imperical evidence of our creators existance. Evidence of His existence can be found in such places as "String Theory" which hypothesizes that all subatomic particles are made of small string like or "noodly" waves of energy, which would imply his creating of all things living and non, in his image.
FSMism is also not based on dogmatic beliefs, which means we do not believe that our faith is absolutely true, it could be completely wrong. All we ask is that you prove us wrong. If proven wrong we will alter our beliefs to fit the new found evidence. Furthermore FSMism is the most peaceful religion in the world. No one has been killed or harmed because of our beliefs which cannot be said for most religions. Take Christianity for example, a religion founded on killing. From the death of Christ, to the Crusades, even the Salem Witch Trials, Christian history is bathed in blood. Other religions still feud, Jews and Muslims still fight over who is the rightful owner of Israel to this day.
It is a common misconception that pirates were all theives and outlaws. They were in fact, a peaceful and fun loving bunch of sea goers who were misunderstood. Pirates are the chosen people of the FSM, and due to this, Pastafarians are incouraged to dress in full pirate regalia for religious holidays and also to spread our message. Pastafarian missionaries are different from typical ones such as Mormons and such. Mormons travel from door to door spreading their word and basically putting the occupant into an uncomfortable position. From my personal experience with Mormons it seems to me their missionaries message is simply put as "Join us or burn in Hell!". This statement although harsh is basically true, FSM missionaries typically don't travel door to door, but prefer public speaking. FSM missionaries don't tell people to join us, we simply ask that you try us for 30 days. If you're not satisfied then your god will most likely take you back.
In "The Gospel of the FSM", a story is told of the prophet Mosey who led his people from their evil ruler to become pirates. Once free of their vicious tyrant Mosey led his people to a mountain, where at the top the FSM spoke to Mosey and gave him 10 stones upon which the FSM wishes were stated. Incidentally Mosey dropped two of the stones on the way down the mountain. This is believed to be the reason behind our religions flimsy morale standards. Mosey people became the first Pastafarians, and they prospered until the fall of the pirates in the 1800's.
It is currently believed by Pastafarian scholars that the recent rise in global temperature is directly linked to the shrinking number of pirates. I have included a graph which illustrates this hypothesis.
Pastafarianism is one theory of ID (Intelligent Design) which is the idea the the universe and all in it was created by an intelligent cause, that intelligent cause being a sole creator, or god. It has been proposed that ID be taught in schools along side Natural Selection and the theory of Evolution as an alternative explanation of life on earth. This proposal however has been denied by U.S. Federal Court, due to the fact that this proposal is in violation of the first Amendment of the Constitution. I for one don't encourage the teaching of ID in schools due to the separation of Church and State. ID being based predominantly on the Christian God is basically the equivalent of teaching Creationism in school. If Creationism is fit to be taught in schools however, then so is FSMism, seeing as how it is an alternate theory of ID.
This essay is but a brief explanation of Pastafarianism. To fully understand our ways and beliefs, one would have to read the Gospel. Our Church also has an official website located at www.venganza.org. Now thay you have been introduced to our ways maybe you will be less judemental in the future.


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The Gold Leaf chain has expanded around Melbourne and I cannot say which locations opened first but the Preston location is definitely an institution amongst locals.
An extensive wine list with top quality varietals, top shelf liquor and a range of other beverages will keep even the most discerning diner content.
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Planet Energy Rounds Out Roster
Tour of Missouri organisers announced the Canadian team Planet Energy as the 15th and final squad for the September race this week.
The team will join ProTour teams Astana, Columbia-HTC, Garmin-Slipstream, Liquigas, Quick Step and Saxo Bank and Professional Continental teams Cervelo TestTeam and BMC. Domestic teams include Jelly Belly, OUCH presented by Maxxis, BissellPro Cycling Team, Colavita / Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, Kelly Benefit Strategies and Team Type 1. BMC Racing, which is a Swiss and American based team, rounds out the field.
"Just as we have a commitment to top American teams, we have always tried to include a top North American-based continental team in this race to support the goals of the UCI," said Chris Aronhalt, managing partner of Medalist Sports, the tour's organizer. "Planet Energy is one of the top teams outside the U.S. in this hemisphere, and we are glad to reach an agreement to include them."
The 2009 Tour of Missouri begins September 7 in St. Louis and finishes a week later in Kansas City. The seven-stage race was won last year by Garmin-Slipstream's Christian Vande Velde.
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A stage-by-stage synopsis of the seven -day, 612-mile Tour of Missouri has been announced by race organizers and Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder today.
"We definitely have some surprises in this year's version of the Tour of Missouri," said Jim Birrell, the race's director. "Missouri is a very deceiving state topographically. Because of the many rivers, the terrain is full of short steep hills. And, the Ozarks are filled with non-stop climbs. It will take a strong man to win this race again."
The race begins in St. Louis on Monday, September 7, Labor Day, with a 10-lap, 75-mile circuit race that will be fast and flat and favor a sprinter taking the leader's jersey. On Tuesday, September 8, the race will transfer south to Ste. Genevieve with a 112.4-mile road race to Cape Girardeau. The terrain is hilly to moderate and features finishing circuits.
On Wednesday, September 9, cyclists will face their toughest challenge of the race, with a hilly 114.3-mile stage in the Northern Ozark Mountains from Farmington to Rolla. After a short transfer on Thursday, September 10, the race will proceed from St. James to Jefferson City, with the circuit finish featuring a steep 300-meter uphill sprint to the finish.
Riders will be able make up time Friday, September 11,during the individual time trial at Sedalia with an 18-mile race against the clock around Missouri's State Fairgrounds. On Saturday, September 12, cyclists will race from Chillicothe to St. Joseph while hitting moderate to hilly terrain.
The weeklong journey through the Show-Me-State concludes with a hilly circuit through the streets of Kansas City. The Kansas City circuit will feature two king of the mountain points with more than 3000 feet of climbing over 72 miles. "I think they did a great job of capturing the challenging terrain of the state," said Rory Sutherland, the current national race calendar leader in the United States and a rider in the past two Tours of Missouri.
Added 2007 race-champion George Hincapie of Columbia-HTC: "From what I know, there are a couple stages that will be very tough. And, with the time trial, and the hilly circuit race at the finish, it could add drama all the way till the end."
Hincapie also added that the wind and undulating terrain play a role in making it difficult for a team to control the race, saying Alpine passes are not always needed to make a race tough.
"We have a top-notch world-class field that I'm sure will make this a great race," said Birrell. " It is a tough race, evidenced by the fact that two of the world's top cyclists have won the past two years (Hincapie, 2007; Christian Vande Velde, 2008.)
Though a stellar world-class field was presented last year, the three-year-old race is expected to be even better as the Tour of Missouri was granted an upgrade to one of the top five-ranked events outside Europe by international and national federation's for cycling last month.
The upgrade has drawn top pro tour teams Astana, Cervelo Test Team, Columbia- HTC, Garmin- Slipstream, Liquigas, Saxo Bank and Quickstep, all recent Tour de France teams, of which won 14 of 21 stages of the world's biggest race.
Domestic teams participating in 2009 include BISSELL Pro Cycling Team, BMC Racing, Colavita / Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light, Jelly Belly, Kelly Benefit Strategies, OUCH presented by Maxxis, and Team Type 1. Canada's top team Planet Energy rounds out the field.
The race will be contested over seven days and seven stages. There will be two circuit races (St. Louis, Kansas City), one individual time trial (Sedalia), and four point-to-point road races (Ste. Genevieve to Cape Girardeau; Farmington to Rolla; St. James to Jefferson City; Chillicothe to St. Joseph).
Team rosters will be announced in late August. The race is sanctioned by USA Cycling and UCI, the international governing body for the sport.
Stage 1: St. Louis (Circuit Race)
Stage 2: Ste. Genevieve
Stage 3: Farmington
Stage 4: St. James
Stage 5: Sedalia (Individual Time Trial)
Stage 6: Chillicothe
Stage 7: Kansas City (Circuit Race)
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Fred Ludekens: "Don't complain about the world being wrong."
Q: Why did you choose art as a career?
A: Because I like to make pictures.
Q: Must an artist have talent?
A: Yes. Most children have talent and like too make pictures. Its a desire to record what they see. Its a desire to say something. I believe talent is fundamentally a desire. If the desire is strong and compelling, the talent develops. To learn to draw and paint is hard, and to do so, the desire must be strong enough for the artist to go through the effort of development.
Q: What kind of training did you have?
A: None. If there is such a thing, I am self-taught. I had a strong desire to make pictures. My talent was limited. I simply developed it as best I could by plain hard work.
Q: Was there a turning point in your career?
A: I don't think there was a turning point. I just climbed the long ladder one rung at a time. I married young and had to make a living. I felt I could be a successful artist if I could make saleable pictures. I did. The career developed. At the time you were supposed to learn how to draw. No one I knew drew from photos. You thought it out and drew it. You learned to study objects and people and to transpose what you saw into pictures you made. Experience taught me the requirements. I formed very objective opinions as you can tell by the answers to these questions. And I have pretty well lived by them. This is hard work, but I survived.
Q: What illustrators influenced you most as a young artist?
A: When I started, Harvey Dunn, Dean Cornwell, Pruett Carter, Walter Biggs, Henry Raleigh, John LaGatta, Frank Hoffman and Gruger were the major illustrators. This was in the twenties. They influenced every young illustrator. How much I was influenced, others can tell better than I.
I think all of them influenced me in different ways.
Q: How did your style develop?
A: I really think it developed as I solved printing and mechanical problems.
Q: How important is originality?
A: I think you have to be yourself. Originality is not a specific term. I feel you have to rest your case on how you think. If you think good, you'll make it. If you are not progressing, you'd better re-evaluate yourself. Don't complain about the world being wrong.
Q: What does the illustrator communicate to his audience? More particularly, what do you try to communicate?
A: I try to communicate to the best of my ability the advertising or selling requirement clearly and convincingly. In fiction illustration, I believe the success of the picture usually lies in the selection of what you illustrate. It should be in character and show feeling for the story and be compelling in concept and treatment.
To deviate from this, I feel, is to be dishonest to the reader.
Concluded tomorrow.
* My Fred Ludekens Flickr set
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- Chad9:48 AM
I like Ludekens BS-free thoughts on art.BTW I love the proportions of that Russki soldier on the left.Didnt realise they ran a dwarf unit,what happened to his legs?ReplyDelete
Hah! Well, I guess Ludekens' attempt to show the soldier running forward in "deep perspective" doesn't quite read as well as one would hope - but I think you already realized that, Chad ;^)ReplyDelete
And I'm with you on Ludekens' "shoot from the hip" attitude about illustration. Very refereshing!
A recurring technique that I really like,(and will borrow), is the monochromatic color with white points of interest that lead your eyes to the main subject. Very effective and clean.ReplyDelete
I like what he said about desire and talent. I have seen fellow artists with such a strong desire make it even though their skill level did not match their desire. And it also follows that a few that come to mind chose a style that communicated clearly and lent itself well to advertizing...which in tern had larger budgets.ReplyDelete
Frank; What I love about Ludekens' statement is that I have also seen the reverse of what you saw: extremely talented artists who didn't make it because of a lack of desire. In art school I was blown away by some of the gifted artists in my classes ... the ability to draw well seemed as effortless as breathing to them! To discover years later that they did not succeed confirmed my belief that great natural talent can be a handicap if it isn't married to desire.ReplyDelete
Bingo...I have seen the same thing as well. Desire is that fire in the belly that is the important wild card.
I have also seen amazing artists who could not take changes or critique well. Its all part of the business.
Nice blogging, My review is very good example.ReplyDelete
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This week we debated:
This week, the Premier and representatives from the opposition parties condemned Bill 62 recently passed through the Quebec National Assembly. This bill prevents anyone wearing a face covering from either accessing or providing public services. This implicitly targets Muslim women who wear the niqab as a symbol of their faith. Under Bill 62, women wearing the niqab will need to show their face to access to basic government services like going to a library and riding a bus. The Premier made it clear that while Ontario has a close working relationship with Quebec, we fundamentally disagree with them on this issue. In Ontario we see our diversity as our greatest strength.
On Tuesday, the House passed second reading of Bill 163, Protecting a Woman's Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017 by a vote of 85 -1. Only Trillium Party MPP Jack MacLaren voted against the bill. Based on the importance of this bill, the Government House Leader proposed an accelerated legislative timeline for Bill 163 that was agreed to by both opposition parties. The bill was referred to the Standing Committee on General Government for public hearings on Thursday October 19th. The bill will be going for clause by clause consideration on Monday October 23rd.
On Wednesday, the House passed second reading of Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017. The bill was only opposed by the PCs who have made it clear that they have no interest in raising the minimum wage and strengthening protections for workers. The bill has been referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Anyone interested in speaking to the bill should contact Clerk Eric Rennie by tel: 416-325-3506 or email: email@example.com.
Bill 162, Insurance Amendment Act (Life Settlements), 2017, sponsored by Liberal MPP Mike Colle passed second reading in the House. This bill would, if passed would allow an individual to sell their life insurance policy.
Bill 167, Fairness in Consumer Reporting Act, 2017, sponsored by Liberal MPP Arthur Potts passed second reading with unanimous support in the House. This bill would, if passed, require Consumer reporting agencies like Equifax and TransUnion to respond to a consumer inquiry within two business days, provide a consumer report free of charge and at the consumer's request place a security freeze on their file.
Bill 168, Putting Your Best Foot Forward Act, 2017, sponsored by Liberal MPP Christina Martins passed second reading with unanimous support in the House. The bill would, if passed, prohibit employers from requiring an employee to wear footwear that is not appropriate to the protection required for the employee's work. This is particularly important in workplaces where employers mandate female employees wear high heels.
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Chartwell Unveils Plans for New Development in Guildwood VillageSeptember 13, 2018
MPP Hunter's Annual Summer Fun FestAugust 12, 2018
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Not yet, sorry! I will try to get to it soon. - Maciej On Oct 25, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote: > Maciej, > > You agreed to provide feedback on my change proposal for this a couple weeks ago. Have you had a chance to do that? I have not seen anything on the list. > > Cheers, > Rich > > > Rich Schwerdtfeger > CTO Accessibility Software Group > > <graycol.gif>Richard Schwerdtfeger---10/25/2011 11:03:22 AM---Paul, Per your request. I would like to request that the chairs reopen issue 131. > > From: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > To: Sam Ruby <email@example.com>, Paul Cotton <firstname.lastname@example.com>, email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, > Cc: email@example.com, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com > Date: 10/25/2011 11:03 AM > Subject: Request to re-open issue 131 > Sent by: email@example.com > > > > Paul, > > Per your request. I would like to request that the chairs reopen issue 131. > > In the chair's decision on issue 131 (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Apr/0270.html) > > - The chairs did not have adequate information as to the definition of a text Baseline property supplied in text metrics. > - The removal of canDrawCustom was not adopted even though it was possible for an author draw a custom focus ring without it matching the actual path provided to drawFocusRing. > > We would like to reopen this issue for the following reasons: > > - We will provide a change proposal that includes the additional information needed to define the text baseline and because after discussions with developers, such as Tab Atkins, it was agreed it would be of tremendous value to have the text baseline to compute focus rings around text rendered on the canvas. > - I spoke with Maciej at the Apple campus after the decision and he felt it would be better for developers to have two separate API for drawing focus rings. One would be for drawing a focus ring that took on the standard platform drawing conventions for a focus ring and a separate custom focus ring that would allow an author to draw a custom focus ring but still drive magnification features in the browser. > - I would like to bring our spec. closer to WhatWg which attempted to separate out drawFocusRing into two methods for the reasons Maciej stated. Ian had made those changes to the WhatWG spec. after also speaking with Maciej. > > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011Jul/0123.html > > > Rich SchwerdtfegerReceived on Thursday, 27 October 2011 04:23:32 UTC
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TU Book Club
The Thomas University Book Club began in the fall semester of 2003 under the sponsorship of the English Department. Under the guidance of Dr. Bonnie Woodbery, the book club has garnered the support of several superb discussion leaders from TU, FSU, and the community of Thomasville, each of whom lead discussions on books of current interest as well as on the classics. The book club meets once a month on the TU campus. Refreshments are served. For more information, email Dr. Bonnie Woodbery or call 1-800-538-9784 ext. 224.
Monday, September 17 @ 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building: Dr. Maxine Montgomery will lead a discussion of Toni Morrison's amazing novel A Mercy.
Tuesday, October 16 @ 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building: Dr. Bruce Bickley will lead a discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's quirky novel The Blithedale Romance
Tuesday, November 13 @ 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building: Professor Jim Hodges will lead a discussion of Abraham Verghese's The Tennis Partner. First published in 1998, this compelling autobiographical novel was reissued by HarperPerennial in 2011, and is available on Amazon.
Tuesday, December 11* @ 7 p.m. in the Humanities Building: Dr. John Fenstermaker will lead a discussion of favorite Christmas scenes from Charles Dickens' novels as well as discuss Dickens' legacy on the 200th Anniversary of Dickens' birthday!


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Fernhill House hosts evening of sheep tales and Peak District characters
A 25-year-old hill farmer's daughter will be telling amusing tales about lambing and the characters who populate her world in the Peak District at the latest evening talk to be held at Worcester care home Fernhill House.
Lydia Slack, who has an MSc in water science, policy and management from Oxford University, was an intern for the United Nations in New York, has modelled in London Fashion Week and spent a year volunteering in Swaziland, began her speaking career when she was just 17.
Her sharp observational humour has earned her a sizeable following in the after dinner speaking world and she won a National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs best speaker award for her amusing account of the trials and tribulations of being a teenager on a hill farm.
She will be sharing her observations with residents of the Fernhill Heath home and members of the public keen for a little entertaining insight into country life between 6 and 8pm on Wednesday October 18. Guests will be treated to drinks and nibbles and the whole event is free of charge.
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Quote from: Slowhatch on March 04, 2007, 09:23:34 PMQuoteAre you definitely saying Ushuaia first, Slowhatch? Nope. PA and Ushuaia are a lot to put in one episode, but Puddin's right it's definitely doable. When the web promo arrives we might know for sure.Okay--whew! They all have to go rub Magellan's toe in the Plaza, you know!And remember they are there until 11/28--that's a lot of time. I still think we are looking at some kind of continued episode, and Romber will survive for one more week.Now if we're getting the zodiacs already next week (that was on 11/26)---then there is still something special that we don't know about for those two other days--maybe just enough time to squeeze in Antarctica! Either that or they have a 60 hour pitstop... And now I'm really thinking chartered flight from Puntas to Ushuaia--time seems to be moving PDQ!
QuoteAre you definitely saying Ushuaia first, Slowhatch? Nope. PA and Ushuaia are a lot to put in one episode, but Puddin's right it's definitely doable. When the web promo arrives we might know for sure.
Are you definitely saying Ushuaia first, Slowhatch?
and i bet the tbc is april1 because of the 2 hour episode if there is one
The surprise promised in the episode 4 preview is almost certainly the elimination of Rob and Amber. Nothing else would be suitably monumental and it does fit the boot list perfectly. Episode 4 is highly probable to be elimination based on everything we know. The interesting question that remains open is how the teams get from Punta Arenas to Tierra del Fuego National Park near Ushuaia. there a re few options and they have been reviews previously in the SPOILER thread. Summarizing, no scheduled flights exist on Sunday 11/26, by water is too slow, and that leaves ferry to Porvenir and then either bus or U-drove car from there to the park, an 8 to 9 hour drive.
freebie!! False alarm! they snuck a TAR7 clip in there
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News Briefs
New harbor plans revising
The new small boat harbor that city officials have been working on with the Army Corp of Engineers for over 10 years is up for revision after the city manager and mayor say they were rebuffed by TAPS owners in a quest to purchase a portion of land adjacent to the SERVS dock on the spit.
The Valdez City Council 6-1 Monday night to approve a $281,078 amendment to its contract R&M Consultants, contractors working with the city and the Army Corp, to conduct core sampling along the shores of the proposed site that are needed to facilitate moving the footprint of a new harbor east by approximately 600 feet.
It was unknown Monday whether the revised plans for the $50 million project will go up in price – and timeline – after the sampling, due to the fact that it is unknown whether or not an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) will be needed for the portion of land that was not included in the Corp's 2010 study that concluded no EIS was needed on the original plot picked for a new harbor. Hozey told the council Monday that the officials will not know if an EIS is needed until the new sampling is complete.
He also told council that city administrators expect preliminary data for the new report will begin to become available in the coming weeks, but the new report will not be complete for some time.
Only council member Dennis Fleming, a SERVS employee, voted against the change order.
Co-op to send checks
Landline telephone customers of Copper Valley Telecom will indeed be getting a check in the mail. The communications cooperative, formerly known as Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, announced Monday that its board of directors approved the retirement of capital credits worth $1,570,150. The amounts co-op members receive will equal 75 percent of 1990, 30 percent of 1991 and 10 percent of the allocations for members purchasing CVTC services in 2012.
Members must have been receiving CVTC services during the years the credits are retired from to qualify for a capital credit check according to the cooperative.
A cooperative is obligated to pay the credits (all such amounts in excess of operating costs and expenses) to a capital account for each member the company said Monday. On a regular basis, the board reviews the financial stability of CVTC, ultimately determining if they are financially able to pay out the capital credits to our members.
Public housing gets tough
(AP) State officials are trying to increase turnover in public housing.
The Anchorage Daily news reports that beginning in 2014, able-bodied renters in subsidized apartments will have five years to transition out of public housing. During the first year, their rent will drop slightly, from 30 percent of their income to 28.5 percent. But after that, their rent will shift to a percentage of their unit's market value. The percentage of market value they have to pay will increase annually over the five years.
The policy shift has been in the works since 2008. State officials said the income-based system was discouraging renters from becoming self-sufficient because the more they earned at work, the more they had to pay for their apartments.
The elderly and disabled are not being pressured to work or transition out. They're getting notices on Monday that their rent is dropping from 30 percent of their income to 28.5 percent, but they'll also be responsible for paying their own utilities now.
Enroll Alaska on hold
(AP) A company established to help sign Alaskans up for health insurance under the federal health care law has suspended enrollments until problems with the online marketplace are fixed.
The chief operating officer of Enroll Alaska, Tyann Boling, says the subsidy calculations for Alaskans are not correct.
She doesn't know when the issue will be resolved but says doesn't want to sign up individuals until she's confident problems with the site are resolved.
Boling says Enroll Alaska will reach back out to the three individuals it has helped enroll through the site to make sure they have the right subsidy information.
Enroll Alaska is still talking with individuals by phone and enrolling Alaskans outside the federal marketplace that do not qualify for a subsidy to help cover their insurance plan costs.


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Lcross necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 114 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
We are officially called Aenigma but the "A" confuses people. We would like to re-brand as "Enigma Cloud Services"
Aenigma was founded very early in the emerging Cloud Services and Software as a Service (SaaS) industry in 2005. Our industry wasn't described as "The Cloud" back then, we've been called an Application Services Provider (ASP) and a Hosting Provider. Despite the industry names changing, our values have remained the same, to provide robust, highly available infrastructure and personalised customer service.
We specialises in providing Cloud Services for Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Microsoft Project Server & Oracle Primevera, Microsoft Sharepoint Server, Citrix Xenapp, and VMware Virtual Machine hosting that enable our partners to SaaS enable any software application. Built on best of breed technologies our services are secure, robust and scalable. In addition our vast experience working in the Cloud enables us to provide a vast array of infrastructure consulting.
We focus on a niche market and provide bespoke cloud services. We like to establish long term relationships with our customers who are most often our business partners. Trust is essential to us. Our mission is to eliminate the need for on premise software.
We are a young and agile group, looking for something modern and unique. We are open to something fun!
Our target audience is primarily IT Directors, CIOs, Chief Security Officers, and other IT professionals at small, medium and large organizations globally.
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Current website which has current logo - http://www.aenigmacorp.com
We are officially called Aenigma but the "A" confuses people. We would like to re-brand as "Enigma Cloud Services"
Currently our logo can only be used on a white background... we would like a logo that can be used on multiple colours.
We are interested but not fixed on having the red colour used (to keep some consistency) please note - again this is not fixed.
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STOCKTON - Keep your eyes peeled for new speed limits around Stockton. Some are going up, and some are coming down.
STOCKTON - Keep your eyes peeled for new speed limits around Stockton. Some are going up, and some are coming down.
A study of speed limits is required at least every seven years, or police couldn't use radar equipment to enforce speed limits. It's the law.
The City Council on Tuesday will consider approving adjustments to speed limits in a regular checkup. Most changes will raise or lower the speed by 5 mph.
The city hired DKS & Associates of Oakland to survey Stockton streets. The firm recommends increasing the speed on 11 streets and dropping the speed on seven others. On 82 streets studied, nothing will change.
Traffic engineers set the speeds considering the road's conditions, collision history and a sample of the normal speed drivers usually take in a given stretch.
Without the study, police couldn't enforce the city's traffic rules.
"This would make the speed limits unenforceable, as the Stockton Police Department has determined that radar is the only practical speed enforcement method in our urban area," a city report says.
Once the City Council approves the changes, Stockton's street crews will start a monthlong process to replace about 120 new signs. The work is expected to cost $8,000.


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A rural Tea woman is free on her own recognizance after she was charged in the death this past May of a three-month-old baby in her day care.
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DE PERE - St. Norbert College kept a pair of lengthy winning streaks alive with a 28-7 win over Carroll University in a Midwest Conference game at a windswept Kolstad Field at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights (4-3, 4-2 MWC) won their 15th consecutive game in the series with Carroll (5-2, 4-2) dating back to 1996. St. Norbert also won its 13th straight Homecoming game, a skein dating back to 1999.
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Fabrizio matched a career high with four touchdown passes, completing 12 of 26 passes for 128 yards. Craig Fagan rushed 19 times for 112 yards. Krueger caught five passes for 76 yards.
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Over the years, I have gotten pretty philosophical about our corrupt news media. Obviously, they are trying to elect Barack Obama. Equally obviously, they have some impact on voters. Probably a lot of impact: I don't think we can really imagine what a United States with neutral news media would look like. Still, popular distrust of reporters and editors is at an all-time high; appropriately so. If a majority of voters–not all, of course–can't see through the media smoke screen to the reality of the past four years, they are dumber than I think they are.


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Why do we pay fees on our 401(k) investments? Why are fees different for different funds? And what are we getting for the fee difference between Fund A and Fund B? These are all great questions that you should ask about the funds in your 401(k) plan.
Unfortunately, discussions about fees can quickly get sidetracked into overstated language that winds up obscuring legitimate questions. I think that's the case with the recent Forbes piece, The Trouble with Target Date Funds. The writer is so intent on proving you are a sucker for investing in a target date fund (or, as he puts it, "not at a genius level") that he makes a comparison that doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny - and then argues that you can do it all better yourself [for more ETF analysis, make sure to sign up for our free ETF newsletter].
Comparing Apples to…Anvils?
Bear with me; this part is going to be slightly technical. The writer begins with the fees for a single share class of a BlackRock target date fund that he claims is "typical of the genre." Actually, I'd argue that it is not even typical of BlackRock's target date funds - it's a 'C' share class that is rarely found in a defined contribution plan, which is where most target date fund investments are found [see Single Country ETFs: Everything Investors Need To Know]. .
The writer is aware that funds have different share classes. (He mentions this in the first paragraph.) The 'C' class includes 12b-1 fees and additional advisor fees. A more "typical" share class would be the 'K' class, which has substantially lower expenses and no 12b-1 fees.
Next, he compares the BlackRock fund to a low-cost Vanguard alternative. Once again, we need to ask about the comparison: the Vanguard fund is index-based, while the BlackRock fund he chose has an actively managed component. Had he been interested in a more apt comparison, he could have compared the Vanguard fund with BlackRock's index target date fund, 'K' class. He would have found the fee difference very narrow, which would have invited an intelligent discussion of the differences between them.
This is not just semantics. There are different share classes, investment approaches and objectives within target date funds, often even within the same fund family. That's because not every plan sponsor believes the same things or shares the same goals. Do you believe that active management can produce additional return? Do you want more or less diversification, greater or lesser risk? Choices are available and priced accordingly [see Better-Than-AGG Total Bond Market ETFdb Portfolio].
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It's fair to ask, can you do it cheaper yourself? Well, maybe - if you are incredibly disciplined, have access to sufficient asset classes and don't lose your nerve. Every investment approach will have its ups and downs, but over-reacting to short-term underperformance can undermine your long-term results.
Research suggests that most of us will not be better off D.I.Y. The Employee Benefit Research Institute has found that do-it-yourselfers tend to take on more risk and do not rebalance their portfolios. Another report found that participants using professional management (including target date funds) have had higher returns across all age groups and market conditions [see 5 ETFs To Buy Before The Fed Cuts QE].
So, Getting Back To Fees…
You should be aware of what fees you're paying and why you are paying them. But don't fall into the trap of assuming the lowest fee options are automatically the best. Your plan sponsor has a fiduciary responsibility to make choices in your best interests - choices based on realistic comparisons of fees and investment objectives. And it is the job of BlackRock and other providers to offer funds in a variety of share classes, investment styles and fee structures so that plan sponsors can make choices they believe are right for you.
Asset allocation models and diversification do not promise any level of performance or guarantee against loss of principal. Investment in the Funds is subject to the risks of the underlying funds.
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Chip Castille, Managing Director, is head of BlackRock's US & Canada Defined Contribution Group. You can find more of his posts here.
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Jonathan Coulton Destroys The Rationale Behind The Megaupload Seizure With A Single Tweet; Follows Up With Epic Blog Post
from the and-the-score-is-Coulton:-a-billion;-content-industries:-less-than-zero deptWith Megaupload seized by the feds and everyone else even slightly involved seized by Anonymous, man-without-a-label Jonathan Coulton stepped into the breach and tweeted what we all only wish we were thinking:
(If you can't read it, Coulton said: "Any other musicians notice that ever since they shut down MegaUpload, the money has just been POURING in?")
And that's the crux of it, isn't it? The DOJ claims that Megaupload's infringement has cost copyright holders a half-billion dollars over an unspecified timeframe. And now that it's been shuttered, the money should start pouring in. But, of course, it won't. So, what then? First off, as Coulton points out, there's bound to be collateral damage.
Along with all the illegal stuff happening on MegaUpload was some amount of completely legal stuff. People used MegaUpload to send large files around. Some number of those files were personal files owned by the people sending them. I have no idea what the ratio was, and probably it would be impossible to figure that out with any certainty, but let's stipulate that it was a very large percentage of illegal activity, and only a very tiny percentage of the users were there for anything other than downloading content that they didn't buy. Still, today that tiny percentage had something taken away from them, without warning, maybe just a service they liked using, but maybe a piece of digital media that belonged to them - if they uploaded something and didn't keep a copy, that thing is now gone. Them's the breaks I guess, but in evaluating whether this shutdown was a net positive for us humans, you have to take that into account.
Even some of the illegal usage was likely the kind of activity that approaches what I consider to be victimless piracy: people downloading stuff they already bought but lost, people downloading stuff they missed on TV and couldn't find on Netflix or iTunes, people downloading stuff they didn't like and regretted watching or hearing and never would have bought anyway, people downloading a Jonathan Coulton album (oh let's say, Artificial Heart, the new Jonathan Coulton album, which is an awesome Jonathan Coulton album called Artificial Heart) and loving it so much that in a year they decide to buy a ticket to a Jonathan Coulton show and walk up to the merch table and hand me $20. I know not everyone will think all of those things are victimless crimes, and even I can admit that some of them maybe kinda sorta have victims, but my point is that you can't easily say that every illegal download is a lost sale, because it's a lot more complicated than that. So when you evaluate the "damage" that a site like MegaUpload is causing, you have to think about these things too. The grand jury indictment against them says they've caused $500 million in damages to copyright owners. Given the complexity of actual usage on a site like MegaUpload, how can they possibly know that?So, there's that. An allegedly huge provider of "lost sales" taken down, along with other non-infringing material. Does anyone really think the DOJ is going to bother sorting out what's legitimate and what isn't? I wouldn't hold my breath. And to what end? Supposedly, this is a step towards returning the MPAA and RIAA fortunes to their all-time highs. But when Megaupload's takedown fails to convert into sales, then what?
No one (not even Coulton) truly expects the seizure of a single storage locker, even a mammoth one like Megaupload, to make an appreciable difference in future sales of music and movies. More sites will have to be seized, sites like Mediafire, Rapidshare, Divshare, Hulkshare, Filesonic, etc. Many of these sites host a ton of perfectly legal, non-infringing media. Look around Bandcamp for a bit and you'll run across links to these sites (Mediafire seems to be a favorite) posted by artists for their fans to make use of. Hulkshare hosts hundreds of mixtapes, uploaded by the artists themselves and promoted at sites like Datpiff.
And as each of these sites tumble without a noticeable change in sales, the march will continue on towards other sites that might be hosting infringing material. How long will it take before the rightsholders ask to peek at the contents of your cloud services? Are they going to ask, like so many commenters here, that you produce receipts for everything you have stored?
Even though the White House shot down the current incarnation of SOPA, it still made this statement:
Let us be clear-online piracy is a real problem that harms the American economy, and threatens jobs for significant numbers of middle class workers and hurts some of our nation's most creative and innovative companies and entrepreneurs. It harms everyone from struggling artists to production crews, and from startup social media companies to large movie studios. While we are strongly committed to the vigorous enforcement of intellectual property rights, existing tools are not strong enough to root out the worst online pirates beyond our borders.But how big is this "piracy problem?" And how much does it actually "harm" the American economy? The way Coulton sees it, there's no reason to believe this "problem" is crying out for a legislative solution:
Is it really as dire as all that? It's an emergency is it? Tim (O'Reilly) points out that he and a lot of other content creators have been happily coexisting with piracy all this time, and I'm certainly one of them. Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There's your anti-piracy plan. The big content companies are TERRIBLE at doing both of these things, so it's no wonder they're not doing so well in the current environment. And right now everyone's fighting to control distribution channels, which is why I can't watch Star Wars on Netflix or iTunes. It's fine if you want to have that fight, but don't yell and scream about how you're losing business to piracy when your stuff isn't even available in the box I have on top of my TV. A lot of us have figured out how to do this.
So if you can stand me sounding a little crazy, listen: where is the proof that piracy causes economic harm to anyone? Looking at the music business, yes profits have gone down ever since Napster, but has anyone effectively demonstrated the causal link between that and piracy? There are many alternate theories (people buying songs and not whole albums, music sucking more, niches and indie acts becoming more viable, etc.). The Swiss government did a study and determined that unauthorized downloading (which 1/3 of their citizens do) does not create any loss in revenue for the entertainment industry.When the money fails to pour in, no one will be surprised but the content industry. And they'll be surprised and angry. Equating casual infringement with lost sales has always been a terrible assumption, but without this key bit of theoretical math, the RIAA/MPAA would be unable to make hysterical claims about job losses, overseas robber barons and Megaupload absconding with a half-billion of their cash. The problem is: the public doesn't see it this way.
We are constantly demonstrating through our actions what we believe to be the norms for acquiring and consuming content. Right now a lot of us think that it's OK to download stuff through illegal sites under certain circumstances, and a lot of us think it's totally fine to use those things to make videos and put them on YouTube even though YouTube profits from it. That's not ME saying that, that's US saying that - we're a nation of pirates and infringers. Based on our behavior, you would not be wrong to deduce that some of us think funny videos on YouTube are more important than honoring intellectual property rights. This kind of thing has happened before. Entire industries rise and fall as the world changes and our priorities shift. Sorry.Amen to that.
I believe in copyright. I benefit from it. I don't want it to go away. I love that we have laws and people to enforce them. But if I had to give up one thing, if I had to choose between copyright and the wild west, semi-lawless, innovation-fest that is the internet? I'll take the internet every time.
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